Jamie Anderson | Director of Global Solutions Marketing, SAP

Jamie is Director of Global Solutions Marketing within SAP's Customer LOB Solutions area with a specific focus on CRM, eCommerce, and multi-channel solutions delivery. Jamie is somewhat of a CRM veteran, with over 15 years' experience in the customer-facing solutions space, and has worked with many Brands in defining and implementing engaging customer experiences. Jamie is an active blogger and tweeter and can be found under the handle of @collsdad.

Cody Barbierri | Social Media Manager, Piehead

Cody oversees, suggests and implements social strategy solutions that drive customer engagement. Cody is adept at matching social strategies to business goals mindful of consumer behaviors so companies can gain market share with measurable and repeatable results. Cody is a seasoned social and digital media practitioner with public relations expertise. His experience includes public relations roles at Weber Shandwick, Racepoint Group and Version 2.0 Communications. Cody is an active contributor to VentureBeat, a top business and innovation blog, where he spotlights social media, technology and new media startups.

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Steffan Berelowitz | CEO, BlueTrain Mobile

A graduate of Boston College, Steffan Berelowitz is a serial entrepreneur, pioneering web developer, and now train conductor. CEO and Conductor of BlueTrain Mobile, Steffan has launched a platform that enables companies to build and maintain mobile websites optimized for the latest smartphones. BlueTrain Mobile is a spinoff of Bit Group, an award-winning web agency founded by Steffan in 1995. Steffan has served as a trustee of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, at which time he brought the software industry’s concerns to the attention of lawmakers. Steffan currently chairs CJP’s JewishBoston.com advisory board and is a member of the Boston College Technology Council. Steffan has served on the board of directors of the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston, chaired the advisory board of the Center for Information Technology of Hebrew College, and led Bit Group’s pro bono involvement in City Year. From 1996 to 2000, Steffan served as an Internet consultant to former senator and presidential candidate Senator Bill Bradley, ultimately leading to the development of the Bill Bradley Presidential Campaign Web site. In 1993, Steffan co-founded his first technology business, ArtNet, now part of artnet.com, the world's leading web portal for buying and selling art online.

Allen Bonde | CMO, The Pulse Network

Allen is CMO at The Pulse Network, and a noted entrepreneur and industry watcher with 20 years of experience in online marketing, CRM, and e-commerce. Allen helps Pulse clients evolve their digital marketing and business strategies to include video content and social media campaigns, and is a frequent speaker at industry and online events. Prior to joining The Pulse Network, he was co-founder and CMO at venture-funded social marketing tools company Offerpop, and was CMO and SVP of strategic services at eVergance, which was acquired by KANA Software in 2007. He has also held positions in the Media & Entertainment practice at McKinsey, started the Internet Computing practice at Yankee Group, and began his career in corporate R&D in the telecom space. He has been a guest on CNBC, Fox News and PBS television, hosts a weekly marketing show on The Pulse Network, and blogs (when he has time) for 1to1Media, Social Times and WOMMA. Allen holds a BS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with high honors, and an MS from the University of Virginia.

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RJ Brideau | VP, Business Development and Customer Success

RJ Brideau is the Vice President of Business Development and Customer Success and is responsible for the development and management of key partnerships, along with managing the operations, project and account management teams at ReachForce. Prior to ReachForce, RJ served as Senior Director of Worldwide Channels and Business Development for SolarWinds. While there, he owned and managed the development of the global indirect distribution channel, as well as the integration and sales management of several acquired businesses. RJ had previously served as VP of Business and Channel Development, and VP of Sales for Central and Latin America for Motive, now a part of Alcatel-Lucent.

RJ holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Penn State University and graduated with honors from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Chris Brogan | President, Human Business Works

Chris Brogan is president of Human Business Works, a media and education company. He consults and speaks professionally with Fortune 100 and 500 companies like PepsiCo, General Motors, Microsoft, and more, about the intersection of business, technology and media. He is a New York Times bestselling co-author of Trust Agents, and a featured monthly columnist at Entrepreneur Magazine. Chris's blog, [chrisbrogan.com], is in the Top 5 of the Advertising Age Power150. He has over 12 years experience in online community, social media, and related technologies.

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Wendi Caplan-Carroll | Senior Regional Development Director, Constant Contact

Wendi is a marketing expert with over 20 years experience developing and implementing marketing strategies for businesses and organizations spanning a variety of industries. In her role at Constant Contact, Wendi uses her expertise to provide coaching for small businesses and organizations on best practices of email and social media marketing. Additionally, she creates powerful business alliances and initiatives throughout New York and New Jersey to help empower Constant Contact customers and its partners. Wendi is a popular speaker and educator. She delivers real-world tools and strategies that drive stellar results immediately! And although the topics and strategies may be cutting edge, it doesn’t take an interactive guru to “get it.” Wendi simplifies the information and provides essential basics, secrets, and shortcuts that make it easy for seminar attendees to get on their way fast.

Chris Chodnicki | CTO, R2integrated

With over 20 years experience in business and technology industries, Chris Chodnicki has successfully developed, managed and integrated leading technology products and initiatives for a wide variety of clients that include Texas Instruments, Sharp Electronics, Time Warner Cable, Forbes.com, University of California, National Endowment Foundation for Education and Marsh. Chris's expertise with open source and mobile strategy has driven R2i's digital technology/service areas into their current leadership status. In addition to his duties as Principal, Chris's technology insight and advice are actively sought out by organizations around the region. Chris sits on the board of The Ulman Cancer Fund and contributes services to various social causes. Prior to his current role, Chris was the founder of Bi4ce and positioned the company from a small mid-Atlantic services company to an international leader in open source technology services. He holds a B.S. from Randolph-Macon College and has three very ‘active’ children.

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Ginger Conlon, CEM | Editorial Director, 1to1 Media

As editorial director of 1to1 Media, Ginger Conlon is responsible for the direction and day-to-day editorial operations of two award-winning publications: executive journal Customer Strategist and the online business publication 1to1 Magazine, its e-newsletter, blog, and other website content. Additionally, she serves on the board of the Customer Experience Professionals Association. Conlon has covered the industry for more than 25 years, regularly speaks at industry events, and has both contributed to and edited several books on customer strategy.

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Bob Dieterle, Senior VP and Manager | Smart Online

Mr. Bob Dieterle joined Smart Online in February 2010. He is serving as Sr. Vice President and General Manager. Previously, Mr. Dieterle was at IBM and Lenovo developing, launching and managing global HW, SW and services products. As Executive Director at Lenovo, Bob built out Lenovo’s first services sales and marketing organization and global portfolio targeted to the enterprise, SMB and consumer segments. Over that time period, Bob developed Lenovo’s first global SaaS-based services offerings while the services business grew at a fast 79% growth rate. Prior to that at IBM, Bob spent three years in Shenzhen, China as global lab director creating IBM’s first PC development engineering lab in an emerging market. Bob has a BS of Electrical Engineering from NC State and MBA from Duke University.

John Doyle | Director of Technology and Communications, Alure Home Improvements

As the Director of Technology and Communications for Alure Home Improvements, John is responsible for the company's technology and its Social Media presence. Alure is recognized as one of the nation’s leading remodelers, and has completed eight builds for the Emmy Award winning TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Overall, John has 15 years of experience in the technology industry having worked for such companies as: Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Cablevision. As a speaker at events such as the 2010 Inbound Marketing Summit – Boston, 2011 - 140 Character Conference Long Island, and the 2011 Fair Media Council Summer Social Boot Camp, John has been able to share his experience with social media platforms and what it has meant to his personal and professional growth. A resident of Bayville, Long Island, John is active in his community having served the local Fire Company for 30 years and is one of only five members to have been elected to the offices of Chief, President and Trustee in their 90 year history. An active Little League and CYO coach, John also enjoys golf, boating, reading and free time with his wife Carolyn and two sons.

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Aaron Dun | Vice President of Marketing & Strategy, Percussion Software

Aaron Dun drives marketing and strategy for Percussion. Aaron has 15 years’ experience leading marketing, and connecting marketing performance to sales achievement for technology companies. Aaron was most recently Senior Vice President of Marketing at Ness Technologies, a global technology services firm, where he led marketing for its $200M North American business unit and the company’s global interactive efforts. He was responsible for all aspects of marketing and inside sales, tripling marketing’s contribution to the unit’s pipeline in just 15 months.

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Jeremy Epstein | VP Marketing, Sprinklr

Jeremy is a veteran of Microsoft, where he spent almost 6 years developing revenue-driving communities and authoring one of Microsoft’s most successful marketing blogs, and his own consulting firm, Never Stop Marketing, where he developed relationships with Johnson & Johnson, Yes To Carrots, Global 360, Pinstripe, and two NY Times best-selling authors, Dan Pink and Gretchen Rubin (who hit #1). In addition, Jeremy is a highly-sought after speaker with numerous keynote presentations around the US and the world, as well as an invited guest lecturer at NYU's Stern School of Business, the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and Merrill School of Journalism, the Kogod School of Business at American University and Stevenson University. He is also the author of ‘It’s All on the Blog, Don’t Buy the Book!” (available on Amazon) as well as three e-Books “Community Driven Marketing: The Power of the Raving Fan”, “Dandelion Marketing: How to Increase Your Odds of Going Viral”, and “10 Ways to Cultivate Your Community: How to Create Genuine Fans for the Long Term. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and a native of Washington, DC Jeremy is married to a former NYC Narcotics prosecutor (no, that’s not how they met) and has 3 children under the age of 8 (so coffee is a food group!).

Laura Fitton | Inbound Marketing Evangelist, Hubspot

Laura "@Pistachio" Fitton is the CEO/Founder of Twitter "appstore" www.oneforty.com. Fitton also co-authored Twitter for Dummies. Credited with explaining Twitter's business value to Guy Kawasaki and dozens of other tech leaders, she's been speaking professionally about the business use of Twitter since October 2007, and launched Pistachio Consulting, the first Twitter for Business consultancy, in September 2008. She's lectured on the topic at Harvard Business School, for Cornell's Entrepreneurs' Network (she is an alum) and at numerous conferences and other events

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Neil Glassman | Social Times

Neil Glassman is the Principal strategist of WhizBangPowWow, a results-oriented strategic marketing consultancy focusing on social media. His clients range from from sole-proprietors to Fortune 500 enterprises.He offers a proven track record of increasing revenue, boosting shareholder value, attention-getting advertising and promotions, and lasting brand identities.

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Matt Goddard | CEO, R2i

As Chief Executive of R2i, Matt Goddard brings deep understanding of social network theory and digital marketing platforms to r2i's clients and partners. His visionary thinking about brands and the engagement strategies that activate “communities of interest” has attracted a national clientele, including Black and Decker, Microsoft, Scientific American, and Forbes among many other familiar companies. Matt's energy and passion for rallying brands to become digital publishers has made him a highly sought after speaker who regularly contributes to academic and business forums on the future of marketing communications in a peer to peer world. Prior to launching r2i, Matt was co-founder of Impreza, a leading digital marketing and technology firm. After the acquisition of Impreza by Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI), Matt began Round 2 Communications (R2), which then morphed into R2integrated (r2i). A graduate of Towson University and Carey Business School of The Johns Hopkins University, Matt is also responsible for R2i ventures, a division of r2i that makes equity investments in start-up companies launching unique and innovative technologies.

Todd Grossman | PR Newswire

Todd Grossman is Vice President of Sales and Client Services at MultiVu, a PR Newswire company, where he is constantly looking for ways to improve efficiencies and the overall client experience. He has been with PR Newswire for 18 years where he has held several positions within sales, management, marketing, and client services. Todd has designed and executed business strategies resulting in new revenue streams in numerous markets and has worked in several European and Asian countries, and South Africa. In the process, he has managed regional offices domestically and internationally including a two year stay in London. Prior to joining PR Newswire, Grossman worked as an account executive at Noonan/Russo Communications in New York. In 2006, Grossman founded the Kilimanjaro Education Foundation, (www.kef4kids.org), a non-profit organization with a mission to provide African children the same educational opportunities as children in developed countries. Recently the Foundation was featured on the Today show. Grossman completed his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Connecticut and has also successfully completed executive education programs at Cranfield University's School of Management in the United Kingdom.

Tim Hayden | CMO, 44Doors

Tim Hayden is the CMO and Co-Founder of 44Doors, providing agencies and brands such as Jackson Family Wines, Fleishman-Hillard, AEG, Coca-Cola, Fujitsu and AT&T with insights and gateways to successful customer experiences and sales. Tim leads strategy for how to best apply QR codes, SMS/MMS texting and the mobile web to achieve greater results in advertising and CRM/social marketing programs. In the past, Tim has overseen production of Bacardi’s first social media/event marketing campaign, Dell’s first social media widget, and AMD’s most-viewed online video. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Texas State University, and lives in Austin with his wife, Halea, and son, Graeme. When not saving the world from bad mobile experiences, Tim chairs the board of Meals on Wheels and More.

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Bettina Hein | Founder and CEO, Pixability

Bettina Hein is the Founder and CEO of Pixability. Pixability is a video marketing company that helps businesses increase sales by getting the right videos in front of the right audience so they take action. Pixability's video marketing software helps link business strategy to video production, YouTube and web hosting, social media, and precise targeting and promotion. Bettina is a serial technology entrepreneur based in Cambridge, MA. She has built successful technology companies in the United States and in Europe. She is the author of the forthcoming book 'Video Marketing for Dummies' published by Wiley & Sons. Prior to Pixability Bettina co-founded the Swiss-based speech software specialist SVOX AG in 2001. SVOX was sold to Nuance Communications (NUAN) for $125 million. In 1996, Bettina was the initiator of START, an organization that advances entrepreneurship among college students. In 2000 START received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Bettina is also the founder of the SheEOs, a network for female CEOs and founders of growth companies. Bettina holds a Masters of Science degree from MIT where she was a Sloan Fellow, a law degree from the University of Constance and a degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen.

Joe Henriques | Director of Client Services and Partner Development, Sitecore USA

Joe Henriques has been a top strategist in the field of technology for the past ten years, 5 of which with Sitecore USA. In his current position, Joe's primary responsibilities are the creation and management of the Sitecore Northeast region's client and partnership growth strategy. He also serves as a vital resource in the review of Sitecore core products and modules. In 4 years' time, Joe has developed a region with less than 5 partners and 20 clients into the most successful market at Sitecore USA, showing a 250% increase in revenue during his tenure. Currently Joe and his team manage over 140 certified Sitecore solution partners and over 350 active clients. Some notable clients Joe has brought to Sitecore directly, or through an ever expanding partner channel, include Costco Wholesale, Revlon, SunGard Data Systems, LexisNexis, New York Life, Genzyme, The Knot, PC Connection, ADP, Nestle, Orvis, Iron Mountain, and Ogilvy & Mather. Sitecore USA and its Partners rely on Joe to help prospective clients discover the full potential of Sitecore CMS, and to better understand its place as an integral part in each client's marketing vision.

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Bryan House | VP of Marketing, Acquia

Bryan joined Acquia in 2008 to run product marketing. He came to Acquia from EMC, where he managed product and outbound marketing for Documentum’s knowledge worker business. Prior to EMC, Bryan worked in product marketing and product management in the social business and collaboration technology space, after brewing beer professionally for seven years. Bryan lives in the Boston area and is an ardent Red Sox fan, he earned his MBA at Harvard.

Bill Hughes | VP of Strategy and Partnerships, Pearson

Bill Hughes is Vice President of Strategy and Partnerships at Pearson, where he advises its executive team on growth strategies, acquisitions and partnerships. In that capacity, he led Pearson’s recently-announced partnership with Knewton, and architected several strategic deals and investments. He is also the leading source of emerging trends in e-learning and related technologies in post-secondary education. Previously, he ran and re-architected Pearson’s CourseCompass e-learning platform, the largest eLearning platform for higher ed for the last half decade, and the predecessor of Pearson’s OpenClass platform. Bill has been active in new venture creation for software-based businesses, and he has launched and led several internet-based and open source companies. Over the past 20 years he has held senior management and consulting positions at Sapient, Mercer and the Cambridge Incubator. Bill earned his AB from Harvard and his MBA from the MIT Sloan School, where he was a Seley Scholar.

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Marjorie Kase | Senior Strategist, Adobe

Marjorie Kase is a Senior Strategist at Context Optional, now a part of Adobe where she arms Fortune 500 brands with the tools and services to help them build, manage, monitor and measure their brand presence across the social web. Marjorie holds over 17 years experience in digital marketing, publicity, and content production. She was the CEO of Blogger Reps, one of the first pr firms in the country, dedicated solely to blogger outreach and Co-Founder of social branding firm, MarKyr Media working with clients such as Toyota F.S., Guitar Center, and Adidas Eyewear to help shape their brands' identities on the social web. Fun fact: Marjorie was one of the first bloggers admitted to the Television Critics Association (TCA) and counts interviewing William Shatner as one of the greatest moments of her life.

Mae Karwowski | Head of Social Media Strategy, Gilt City

Mae Karwowski runs social media strategy and oversees community management at Gilt City, a subsidiary of the Gilt Groupe. While with the agency 360i, past clients include brands such as Coca Cola, JCPenney and Bravo. She also consults for several start-ups.

Michael Kildale | VP of Integrated Marketing, Freshdirect

Michael Kildale is an eCommerce marketing and media expert. For over 14 years experience Mike has built high-growth, dynamic brands like 1800flowers.com, Barnes&Noble.com and Freshdirect, a leading online grocer, where he is currently the Vice President of Integrated Marketing. Using a balanced approach that includes data analytics, behavior-based consumer-insights, brand strategy, and business leverage points Mike’s programs have employed a wide range of digital and non-digital assets to build Marketing ROI.

Jay Krall | Business Development Manager, Cision

He coordinated the creation of a new Internet media research team for Cision and has been instrumental in Cision’s social media efforts. He has discussed social media engagement and measurement strategies at conferences presented by The Public Relations Society of America, The Canadian Public Relations Society, The Conference Board, The American Medical Association, and other organizations. His work has appeared in PR Week, PR News and The Wall Street Journal. Jay came to Cision from the financial services industry and was previously a newspaper reporter.

Rolf Kraus | Director, Content Management, Portals and Collaboration Practice, eDynamic

Rolf Kraus, the Director of eDynamic’s Content Management, Portals and Collaboration Practice has over 15 years of experience delivering digital solutions for organizations. Having worked at Sitecore for 3 years, defining and selling CMS solutions for key customers, he has delivered dozens of Sitecore and CMS solutions for organizations. Now looking beyond content management systems, Rolf integrates marketing automation, social community and CRM platforms into holistic digital marketing solutions, and is involved in digital strategy, solution architecture and digital best practices definition for organizations worldwide. When not engaged at work, Rolf is actively involved in cooking, home remodeling, woodworking, home brewing, skiing, cycling and spending time with his family.

Trip Kucera | Senior Research Analyst, Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy, Aberdeen Group

Trip Kucera is a senior research analyst for Marketing Effectiveness and Strategy at the Aberdeen Group, a leading provider of fact-based research focused on the global technology-driven value chain. With over a decade of experience driving market awareness and mindshare for high-growth technology companies, Trip Kucera brings a passion for integrated marketing and content development to his role at Aberdeen. Kucera spent a good part of his early career helping Progress Software start-up Sonic Software establish the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) product category and market leadership thereof. Most recently he was the senior manager of corporate communications at SuccessFactors (following the acquisition of Plateau Systems), a global SaaS-based HCM software provider. At Aberdeen, Kucera leads the Marketing Effectiveness and Strategy practice, covering the technology and tactics that marketing organizations deploy to become Best-in-Class.

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Wendell Lansford | CEO and Co-Founder, Offerpop

Wendell Lansford is CEO and Co-Founder of Offerpop, and brings 20 years of experience in business management and technology. He was previously SVP and COO at Systinet (acquired by Mercury Interactive, now HP, in 2006), VP Business Development of eGain, and co-founder and CEO of Sitebridge, which was acquired by eGain in 1999. Prior to Sitebridge, Wendell was Director of Technology at Conde Nast Digital and part of the team that launched Epicurious.com and Concierge.com. Wendell started his career as an engineer at Bell Communications Research. He is an early investor in tech startups, including CheetahMail, Good Data, XGraph, OMGPOP and ExpenseCloud. Wendell holds a BS from the University of Tulsa and an MS from Carnegie Mellon University.

Barry Libert | Partner, OpenMatters

Barry Libert has spent the last decade founding, investing and advising large and small organizations on the power of social networks, information exchanges and human capital into today's socially connected world. He was the founder of Mzinga and is a board member/Advisor of MedNetworks, The Pulse Network, Innocentive as well as the SEI Center for Advanced Studies at the Wharton School.

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Scott Liewehr | WCM Analyst, Outsell's Gilbane Services

Scott Liewehr works as an analyst with enterprise and government agency clients on projects ranging from needs assessments and technology selections to strategy and governance. He consults with WCM vendors to advise them on their market positioning and product roadmaps, and he also spends a healthy portion of his time writing about and researching relevant topics in the WCM industry. Scott chairs the Customers & Engagement track at Gilbane conferences, and is a recognized thought leader in the field, speaking, conducting workshops and writing regularly on the subjects of global digital engagement, collaboration in the enterprise and user-oriented intranets. Scott is the elected President of CM Pros, the international association of content management professionals, and has served on the Board of Directors since 2009. He also serves on the Board of the School for Language and Communication Development, a Pre-K through 12 school for children with autism-spectrum disorders in Long Island and New York City.

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Michael Matteo | Executive Vice President & General Manager, Bridgeline

Michael Matteo is Bridgeline Digital's Executive Vice President and General Manager for the New York region. In 2008, Bridgeline New York was the recipient of the “Business Unit of the Year” under Mr. Matteo's leadership. Mr. Matteo was a Director at Bridgeline Digital from 2002 to 2007 and previously served as a Senior Vice President of Bridgeline Digital for 3 years operating out of the New York City business unit. Prior to rejoining Bridgeline Digital, Mr. Matteo was Chief Operating Officer of Telecom Infrastructure Corp, a privately held firm based in New York. Mr. Matteo came to Bridgeline Digital through the acquisition of Lead Dog Digital where Mr. Matteo served as the CEO and was instrumental in growing the company over 100% annually by hiring quality personnel, expanding service offerings, aligning with industry partners, and delivering complex projects.

Jon McGinley | Director of Marketing, Radian 6

Jon is Director Of Marketing at Radian6, the leading social media monitoring, measurement and engagement company for PR, marketing and customer support professionals.  In his role, Jon is responsible for product, online and event marketing as well as helping to build the brand through media relations, customer outreach and strategic partnerships.

Over the past 12 years, Jon has worked with a number of traditional and digital agencies and many of Canada’s top brands.  His experience with technology, marketing, product management and the social web have taken him from bar rooms to boardrooms across the country.   He is passionate about helping businesses build their brands by listening, engaging, entertaining and informing customers.

You can follow Jon on Twitter at @jonmcginley.

Shawn Moore | Founder and CTO, Solodev

Shawn Moore is the founder and chief technology officer at Solodev, an Internet software company with a growing suite of products from Website Content Management and CRM to App development and Ecommerce. Shawn has been the pioneering influence behind the Solodev brand as well as architect in the development of Solodev’s proprietary code base. He has strategically grown the company into one that now services clients across the country in a broad range of industries such as healthcare, mass transit, economic development, technology, ecommerce, non-profit and retail. Considered a thought leader on the subject of functional design, Shawn has a passion for integrating the latest technologies in order to create dynamic online experiences and has a knack for helping clients maximize digital marketing strategies with their customers.

Toby Murdock | Co-Founder and CEO , Kapost

Toby Murdock is Co-Founder and CEO of Kapost, the leading content marketing platform that enables marketers to become publishers and win at the new game of marketing. Kapost customers include L’Oreal, TripAdvisor, and CBS. Prior to Kapost, Toby was the Co-Founder and CEO of Qloud, an online music application that grew to over 25MM users before being acquired by BuzzMedia.Toby lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and three daughters.

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Kevin Palmer | VP of Emerging Media and Innovation, Convertiv

Kevin has been a thought leader in the world of social media since 2004 when he was an early adopter of multiple social networking services. Leveraging the power of social media on a personal level, he built a large audience for his personal blog and was quickly sought by companies to help them cultivate a social presence. Understanding the power and potential of this new medium, Kevin attended the University of Buffalo for Digital Media Study while developing Internet marketing strategies for various businesses including social marketing software company Awareness. In 2008, Kevin launched the consulting firm Social Media Answers (SMA), eventually merging with Convertiv in 2010. Kevin has continued on as a co-founder and Vice President of Emerging Media and Innovation for Convertiv where he has worked with various companies in developing social media strategies for leading brands in luxury goods, hospitality, flash sale, spirits, e-commerce, gaming and technology industries.

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Mike Proulx | Senior Vice President & Director, Hill Holliday

Mike Proulx is a Senior Vice President and the Director of Social Media at Hill Holliday, a renowned advertising agency based in Boston, where he leads a team with a focus on cross-channel integration, emerging and socialmedia. Mike has spent the last 16 years working at various interactive, high-tech, and new media companies on the agency-side, client-side, and as an entrepreneur. He has spoken at dozens of events and contributed to a number of publications including BusinessWeek. He conceived, produced, directed, and co-host the TVnext summit which took place in early 2011 and 2012. Mike is also the co-author of Social TV, a book from Wiley publishing that launched in February of 2012. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Information Systems from Bentley University and you can follow Mike on Twitter @McProulx or on his personal blog at www.mikeproulx.com.

Andrew Roberts | CEO, Ephox

Andrew is founder and CEO of Ephox, As CEO of Ephox, Andrew is responsible for Ephox’s strategic direction and execution. Andrew has been an entrepreneur for 15 years and on three continents. Prior to co-founding Ephox in 1999, Andrew helped start Webz, a web development company, and Home Computing Connections, a computer services provider targeted at consumers. After establishing Ephox’s Australian-based engineering team and leading the development of EditLive!, Andrew moved to Silicon Valley to establish Ephox’s headquarters. Since becoming CEO in 2004, Ephox has grown sales by more than 600%, increased profits more than ten-fold and developed key strategic partnerships. Andrew is on the entrepreneurial committee of the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE). Previously, he was a board member of Software Engineering Australia and the winner of a Young Australian of the Year Award.

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Sean Rusinko | Interactive Strategist, Verndale

In his role of Interactive Strategist, Sean helps clients realize and measure business opportunities achievable through the utilization of web-based technologies. Sean consults on executing various online marketing initiatives pertaining to usability, consumer research, competitive benchmarking, e-commerce, CRM integration, marketing automation, search marketing, email marketing, social media strategy, and web analytics. Sean also oversees Verndale’s Search Engine Marketing department in guiding its strategic direction and ensuring the success of client campaigns. Sean was previously with iProspect where he helped clients across many industries achieve both near-term results and long-term growth through SEM, SEO and SMO strategies. Sean is Google AdWords and Analytics Certified, and is a Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador. Sean holds a BS in Marketing and Advertising from Northeastern University.

Stephen Saber | CEO, The Pulse Network

Stephen was formerly President of CrossTech Partners and CEO of New Marketing Labs, which merged with The Pulse Network in the spring of 2011. Earlier in his career he was a managing director at Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP) – one of the fastest growing public IT Services companies. CTP became the leading IT consulting and systems integration firm focused on the deployment of client-server based business applications for Fortune 500 clients. Over the past 5 years, Stephen has played a leading advisory role in 4 major M&A transactions ranging from $30M to $450M in Digital Media and IT. He currently guest lectures in the entrepreneurship program at Babson College. Stephen received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.A. from Harvard University.

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Bill Schick | Founder and Principal, Mesh Interactive Agency

Founder of MESH Interactive Agency, Bill has created, revisioned and launched local, national and international brands. He began as a Graphic Designer, so always keeps a keen eye on how creative our solutions are, while keeping a strategic approach in mind. Bill brings style, ambition and a disciplined work ethic to the organization. Bringing to the table the passionate energy required to hurdle obstacles and tackle impossible tasks, Bill embodies unstoppable determination. He also believes in, and drives his team to embody, personal responsibility. These attributes have lead him to create both an organization and suite of solutions that is able to brave any business demand, online problem, or communications challenge presented. Over 16 years he has developed and applied these skills in a variety of roles. From International Consultant called to New York City, Chicago, and London, to Creative Director for a leading medical device manufacturer, Bill has launched brands, turned companies around, helped companies go public, and lead award-winning creative teams. Bill is a respected authority on branding, web and online marketing and has been published in Business NH Magazine, Nonprofit Technology News, EContent, Print CEO, the marketing publication “Fuel Net Monthly”, and has been featured on WMUR. Bill has a degree and background in Visual Communications.

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Stefan Schinkel | VP Global Business Development, Hippo

Stefan Schinkel (VP Global Business Development) is responsible for all business development activities across Hippo's main geographies (Americas, EMEA, APAC). In this role he is also responsible for our professional services partners and technology alliances. He is a technology veteran in business development and professional services and worked for A-brand enterprises (Accenture, Verizon, TNT).

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Adam Schoenfeld | CEO and Co-Founder, Simply Measured

Adam is the CEO and Co-Founder of Simply Measured, a leading social media analytics company. Adam has led Simply Measured to become a well recognized brand in the analytics market with over 500 customers from dozens of Fortune 1000 brands and top digital agencies. Adam has been quoted on data-related topics in places like Forbes, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb and spoken about measurement and analytics at events around the country. Adam is a two-time entrepreneur, former Analyst and Management Consultant, and a long-time data geek. In his limited free time, Adam can be found on the golf course, a place where he used to win tournaments but these days is just focused on keeping it in play.

Butch Stearns | VP Content Delivery, The Pulse Network

Responsible for the company’s Enterprise Social TV studio and production team, Butch brings more than two decades of TV and Radio sports broadcasting experience, along with extensive sports marketing and sales experience. His broadcasting experience includes WFXT-TV Fox 25 Boston, Comcast Sportsnet New England, WMAQ-TV (NBC) Chicago, KAAL-TV (ABC), WEEI Boston, WDFN Detroit, KFAN Minneapolis, and the Sporting News Radio Network. He is a frequent host/emcee at fundraising events in the Boston area and since 1987 has maintained the Arthur F. Stearns memorial fund. Butch holds a bachelors degree from Stonehill College.

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James Ward | President & CEO, BrainSell Technologies

When Jim Ward founded BrainSell in 1994, his goal was to give businesses the insights and tools needed to thrive, even in challenging economies. A prominent turnaround specialist, Ward had spent more than 23 years helping small-to-medium businesses apply innovative sales and marketing techniques in order to improve performance. Having helped a variety of U.S. and Canadian companies transform into growing, profitable organizations, Ward determined that strategic CRM (customer relationship management) was key to each company's success, and in turn has helped BrainSell became a Top 10 Business Partner for Sage Software in North America. Ward is a recognized expert in business software, and has addressed many organizations and published a variety of articles on how to use CRM to enhance sales and business prosperity. An honors graduate from Bentley College, Ward is committed to giving back to the community. Driven by the belief that hard work and integrity pay dividends, Ward devotes time to a variety of civic projects.

Tom Wentworth | CMO, Ektron

As the Chief Marketing Officer, Tom drives Ektron's global marketing strategy. Tom works closely with Ektron's executive team to deliver on Ektron's vision for transforming online customer experiences. Tom brings over fifteen years experience in enterprise marketing and sales to Ektron. Prior to joining Ektron, Tom was the Web Solutions Evangelist for Autonomy Interwoven where he was responsible for delivering Autonomy Interwoven's vision to customers, partners and analysts worldwide. Tom’s previously held senior Sales and Marketing positions at IBM and Macromedia. Tom holds a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Michael Westcott | Principal, Relate Solutions

Michael has made a career of helping organizations harness the power of creativity and change to turn disruption into opportunity. Trained as a designer, he is the author of several patents and numerous marketing and research papers and has delivered online and offline marketing solutions for brands that include GE, IBM, Cisco, Hasbro, Jeep, Toyota, and Disney. He founded relate, a unique marketing software service company to help transform the web, from pages and links to events and destinations where people connect, collaborate and do business.

Tony White | Founder, Ars Logica

Tony White, founder of Ars Logica, has covered the content management market since its inception in the mid-1990s. He has held lead analyst roles at Giga/Forrester Research, the Yankee Group, and the Gilbane Group. Since founding Ars Logica in 2006, Tony has focused primarily on helping companies choose the right CMS products for their businesses. End-user clients have included the Yale University, the New England Journal of Medicine, Foley & Lardner LLP, the New Orleans Tourism and Marketing Corporation, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and many others. Ars Logica also provides product-development and strategic-marketing guidance to CMS, CXM, DAM, portal, search, and WEM software vendors.

Brad Williams | VP, Strategic Initiatives, NAB

Brad joined the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) in 1997 as an Account Executive in Sponsorship and Advertising. This was followed by positions as Director of Sponsorship and Advertising, Director of Business Development, Vice President of Member Benefits & Business Development, and his current position as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. Brad created and manages the strategic account management program for the NAB Show and is also charged with increasing the overall value of the NAB Show and growing revenue. Brad has a Master’s degree in Sport Management from Georgia Southern University and a B.S. degree in Communications from James Madison University. Brad and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters and one son. Brad loves the Oakland Raiders for some reason, and is a huge UNC Basketball fan.