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Becky Wang, Digital Strategy and Insights Analytics at Saatchi & Saatchi

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Becky Wang has been working in data, media, and technology for the last decade+ and has worked in tech start-ups, finance, government, and the film/TV business.  Currently, she lead the consumer insights and analytics practice at Saatchi and look for patterns in data to tell a story. In previous lives, she has overseen sales, channel/partner development, and US operations and digital product development for business media, film, TV, and social media.  

Most recently, she was the head of sales and US general manager for a social analytics company. Prior to that, she worked as a digital marketing consultant to entertainment groups including Laura Ziskin Productions (The Amazing Spiderman), Sony Entertainment, and EIF. In addition to digital marketing, she has held management and executive positions with an organizational focus in contextual data mining, semantic analysis, and web analytics for firms such as Revere Data, CNET, Washington Mutual.

Dennis Maloney, VP Multimedia Marketing, Dominos

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Robert Harles, Global Head of Social Media, Bloomberg

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Mark Coatney, Director/Media Evangelist, Tumblr

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Claire Díaz Ortiz, Corporate Social Innovation & Philanthropy, Twitter, Inc.

ClaireDiazOrtizTwitterClaire Diaz Ortiz (née Williams) leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter, where she has worked since 2009.

She is the author of Twitter for Good: Change the World, One Tweet at a Time (August, 2011).

She is a frequent international speaker and is known for developing the TWEET model — a framework to help organizations and individuals best excel on Twitter.

Claire holds an MBA from Oxford University, where she was a Skoll Foundation Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship. She also holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Anthropology from Stanford University.

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Margaret Donnelly, Director of Marketing, Meltwater Buzz

Margaret_MeltwaterMargaret Donnelly, the former VP of Marketing & Business Development of JitterJam, spearheads the marketing efforts for Meltwater Buzz. Meltwater Group acquired JitterJam in March 2011.

Margaret has over 25 years of technology marketing and business development experience in the social media, telecommunications, services, and computer hardware and software industries at companies such as Firetide, ArrayComm, SkyTel, Commtouch and Pyramid Technology.

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John C. Abell, New York City Bureau Chief, Wired.com

JohnAbellWiredJohn C. Abell, Wired.com’s New York City bureau chief, directs business and disruptive media coverage. Prior to joining Wired.com, Abell was at Reuters, where his tenure was evenly split between pre-and post-internet eras. He began a traditional career as a reporter, editor and bureau chief, and then built the internet’s first real-time news feed. He also created Reuters’ multimedia desk and was the founding editor of Reuters.com. Abell was also media manager at the Committee for Concerned Journalists, where, among other things, he did media criticism. A graduate of New York University, Abell lives in Westchester County, New York with his wife and daughter.

Michael Donnelly, Director, Worldwide Interactive Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company

As the Director of Worldwide Interactive Marketing at The Coca-Cola Company, Michael is responsible for increasing the understanding, testing, adoption and effective use of Digital Marketing and Emerging Media amongst its marketers throughout the world.
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Joanna Belbey, Social Media and Compliance Specialist, Actiance Inc

Joanna_Belbey_-_Actiance As former co-founder of The BGK Group, a firm that provides compliance training to the securities industry, Joanna specializes in helping regulated firms comply with rules and regulations. Prior to launching a training firm, Joanna led delivery for Member Education programs at FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) for six years. Joanna came to FINRA with 15 years of experience consulting with C-Level executives to develop and implement marketing strategy for educational programs for the financial services industry. She is a member of Financial Women's Association (FWA) Communications and Digital Media Committee, is pursuing a Film and Production Certificate at New York University, enjoys gathering thought leaders together to speak on hot topics and splits her time with her husband, Jerry between Jersey City and Ocean Grove, NJ.

Ted Rubin, Social Marketing Strategist & Brand Evangelist & Chief Social Marketing Officer, Collective Bias

TedRubinCollectiveBiasTed Rubin is a leading social marketing strategist and coined the term ROR, Return on Relationship a concept he believes is the cornerstone for building an engaged multi-million member database, many of whom are vocal advocates for the brand, like the one he built for e.l.f. Cosmetics (EyesLipsFace.com) as the Chief Marketing Officer between 2008 and 2010, and the one being built for OpenSky where Ted, until very recently, was the Chief Social Marketing Officer.
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Jason Wellcome, SVP, Digital Communications, Weber Shandwick

Jason_Wellcome_-_Weber_Shandwick Jason Wellcome heads the Digital Group for Weber Shandwick’s New York office. He has spent more than a decade managing strategic communications, social media engagement and integrated marketing efforts for Fortune 500 and multinational clients, including PepsiCo, Microsoft, Unilever, Samsung and Verizon Wireless. At Weber Shandwick, Jason oversees a diverse team of digital specialists spanning content strategy, community management, and technology platform development, applying deep expertise to consumer, healthcare, B2B and technology practice areas.

Colleen Curtis, Director of East Coast Marketing, Yelp

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Colleen evangelizes Yelp on the East Coast on over to Chicago, leading a team of community managers in New York City, New Jersey, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Providence, Pittsburgh, Hartford, and Buffalo. After graduating from Loyola University Chicago in 2005, and a two-year stint as marketing director for a robust boutique real estate services firm, Colleen followed her passion for Chicago (and Yelp!) by signing on as the Chicago Community Manager in February of 2008. Thereafter she became the Midwest Regional Director, and most recently relocated to New York to lead marketing efforts and help facilitate communities large and small for Yelp. Read all about Colleen’s most recent urban adventures at colleenyelp.yelp.com.

Rich Clow, Managing Director, Head of Consumer Mobile Development, Citi Group

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Mike Fraietta, Enterprise Community Manager, News Corp.

MikeFraietta_NewsCorp2Mike Fraietta has served as Chief Listener and Community Manager for two successful startups, Filtrbox (TechStars) and Jive Software.  Mike specializes in using social technologies in the workplace in order to crowd-source ideas, enable efficient collaboration and catapult companies out of the industrial mentality of the 20th century. He currently is the Enterprise Community Manager for News Corporation.

Russ Eisenman, Head of Mobile Marketing and Partnerships, JP Morgan Chase

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Jeannine D'Allegro, Marketing Director, Social & Digital Engagement Strategy, Dun & Bradstreet

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Sarah Carter, Vice President of Marketing, Actiance

SarahActianceAt 17 Sarah joined the workforce as a taxi driver and remembers her roots well, so you can expect an interesting tour through the ins and outs of Social Networking and Web 2.0.

Anecdotes and customer stories are of course inevitable (and gratuities are expected). It took a stint with IBM, a software developer in Canada before she moved to the UK IT security market some (ahem) 12 years ago, where she joined the management team of a UK security integrator, floated the company on AIM, acquired others and then sold it.
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Jay Shapiro, Co-Founder, Infinite Monkeys

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Jennifer Dominiquini, Chief Marketing Officer - Seasonal and Outdoor Living Sears & Kmart, Sears Holdings Corporation

JenniferDominiquini_SearsJennifer Kelly Dominiquini is the Chief Marketing Officer for Seasonal and Outdoor Living at Sears and Kmart, where she manages a team responsible for implementing integrated marketing programs to drive profitable growth for Seasonal and Outdoor Living at Kmart and Sears. Prior to the CMO role Jennifer served as DVP, Customer Analytics and Social Media at Sears Holdings where she used customer insight and analytics to develop and execute effective and innovative marketing strategies for the Toys & Seasonal and Sporting & Fitness business units. She also executed a portfolio of social media initiatives, including the creation of Kmart's Playdate Place and Fitstudio, a free online fitness community presented by Sears, America’s leading fitness retailer.

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Vanessa Sain-Dieguez, Director, Social Media Planning & Integration at Hilton Wolrdwide

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As Director of Social Media Planning & Integration at Hilton Worldwide, Vanessa leads enterprise social strategy, working closely with the company's ten brands, loyalty program, and various departments creating a social presence. Prior to this role, Vanessa worked in several hotels and other hospitality companies in marketing and development roles. Vanessa holds an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business. She is a self-proclaimed foodie and in her spare time blogs about her cooking adventures at http://cookingconsal.wordpress.com

Anna Lingeris, Public Relations Manager, Hersheys

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James Jeynes, Global Brand Manager, Nike

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Mike Mayzel, Director of Communications, StumbleUpon

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Scott Lincke, Senior Director of Products, Yahoo! Connected TV

ScottLinckeYahooScott Lincke is the Sr. Director of Products for Yahoo! Connected TV. Scott leads the product management and user experience teams in developing product strategy & roadmap, product definition and user interface design.

Yahoo! Connected TV is the leading platform for Internet-connected TV, and is available across leading TV brands worldwide including Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, VIZIO and LG. More than 6 million consumers have purchased TVs with Yahoo! Connected TV.  Today the Yahoo! Connected TV experience centers around a collection of more than 100 easy-to-use TV Apps, providing deep content specifically designed to complement TV viewing.  TV Apps run the gamut from social networking to music, games, news, weather, finance, shopping, and more than 50,000 movies and TV shows on-demand.

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Stephanie L.Scheirholz, Social Media Manager, NASA

stephanie_Nasa_ Stephanie L. Schierholz is NASA's social media manager and an agency spokesperson. She has 10 years' experience leading strategic communications, media relations, and public outreach efforts.

She provides strategic communications guidance to NASA's senior management and is an advocate for incorporating emerging communications technologies into the agency's public outreach activities.Ms.

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Thomas Chung, VP, GM, The Playforge

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Ossama Alami, Developer Advocate and Engineering Manager at Google

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Linette Gomez, Senior Director of Digital and Social Media, CA Technologies

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Linette Gomez is a Senior Director of Digital and Social Media at CA Technologies.  With over 10 years of experience across International Marketing(Latin America and EMEA), Social Media, Communications and Digital.  During her time at CA, her cultural knowledge, creativity and ability to engage with people has helped the organization better understand social media opportunities with a sensitivity to local culture.   She is currently leading the digital and social media aspects of Smart Enterprise Magazine (http://www.smartenterprise-digital.com/smartenterprise/2011vol5iss2#pg1), Smart Enterprise Exchange (http://www.smartenterpriseexchange.com) and the IT trend Consumer Driven IT (http://www.ca.com/cdit).

William Trout, Internal Communications – Director, BBVA Compass

WillTroutBBVAAs the Houston-based director of internal communications for BBVA Compass, a top 15 U.S. bank, Will Trout seeks to inform, energize and empower employees in support of the bank’s vision, goals and brand. Will is the founder of the Houston Financial Services Communicators Group, a network of industry marketing and communications leaders, and his professional interests range from technology and innovation to employee engagement and stakeholder outreach.

Michelle Cutter, VP of Marketing and Digital Commerce, Tumi

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Matt Bean, AVP, Mobile, Social and Emerging Media, Rodale Inc.

MattBeanRodaleMatt Bean is AVP, Mobile, Social and Emerging Media at Rodale Inc., the authoritative source for health, fitness and wellness content around the world. In his role, he works across all Rodale departments and brands, including Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Prevention, Bicycling, Runner’s World, Organic Gardening, and Eat This, Not That!, to develop concepts, ideas and products around mobile, gaming, video, and social media. He is also Editor-at-Large of Men’s Health and continues to write the “Guy Next Door” column for Women’s Health.
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Michelle Klein, Vice President, Smirnoff Global Marketing - Communications & Digital at Diageo

MichelleKlein_Diageo2As the Vice President of Content, Digital & Communications, Michelle Klein oversees Smirnoff's global communications across a range of media channels. For the past five years, she has focused on step changing the brand’s digital and social presence, creating marketing programs that focus on consumer co-creation, both physically and digitally. More recently, Michelle orchestrated Smirnoff’s worldwide participation platform – The Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project – where 50 countries swapped the best of their nightlife on one record-breaking night.

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Tom Sharma, Vice President, Digital Media Products , NBC

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Jan Rezab, CEO & Co-founder, Socialbakers

JanRezabSocialBakerJan Rezab is the CEO & Co-founder of Socialbakers (previously Candytech), a company focused on social media marketing and measurement. Jan’s role is to actively push Socialbakers’s global strategy. Socialbakers is one of the largest social media statistics resources worldwide, and its goal is to provide the best social profile monitoring, and measure every social object there is in the world, in the context where it belongs. Socialbakers is also one of the Facebook Preferred Developer Consultants.

Prior to joining the social media marketing world, Jan Rezab worked for 8 years in the mobile content / services business as President / CEO of Redboss.

Richard Margetic, Director, Global Social Media, Dell

Richard_Margetic_Dellv2For the past five years, Richard has been integral to Dell’s success in social media and community, working on the launches of Dell’s blogs, IdeaStorm, Dell TechCenter, Dell’s Twitter and Facebook presence and establishing the first social media metrics for the company. Today, Richard manages Dell’s social media presence cross-segment, cross-region, cross-platform including driving social media governance, innovation and strategy. Prior to joining Dell, Richard was a Global Web Consultant for IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers and led the launch of Microsoft Sidewalk - Dallas.

Lynne Rowe Girotto, Sr Director Brand Engagement, Bing

LynneRoweGirottoBingLynn Rowe Girotto is responsible for consumer engagement marketing for Bing. In her current role she manages the strategy, analysis, and execution of all of Bing's consumer-facing cause marketing initiatives as well as social media programs and loyalty and customer relationship channels. In her previous roles at Microsoft, Lynn managed product marketing for Microsoft Exchange and MSN Mobile. Prior to Microsoft, Lynn led product marketing at OmniSky (a mobile data services company) and brand management at Pepsi-Cola Bottling Group. Lynn received an MBA from Harvard Business School and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Eduardo Cocozza, Product Marketing Director - Mobile Applications and Digital Services, GE Aviation

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Jeff Cann, Manager of Accounts, Marketwire Sysomos

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With over 10 years’ experience in online measurement, media and marketing, Jeff brings both perspective and unique insights to the world social media analysis. 

As Manager of Accounts at Sysomos, a Marketwire Company, Jeff works with some of the world’s largest agencies and brands to implement successful social media monitoring initiatives and help them gather insight and intelligence from their communications efforts.  Much of Jeff’s work focuses on optimization of data collection and understanding the message and metrics around content collection. 
Jeff has also held positions at comScore, the word-of-mouth marketing agency Matchstick Inc., and The Media Company.  You can follow Jeff on Twitter @jeffcann.

Liz Heron, Social Media Editor, New York Times

Liz_Heron_New_York_Timesv2 I am an online content content strategist with a passion for journalism and social media. Currently, I work as a social media editor in The New York Times newsroom. Previously, I was on ABCNews.com's audience development team, increasing traffic, interactivity and engagement through SEO, social media and blogs.

Before that, I spent five years at the Washington Post, developing web strategies for the Foreign, National Security and Local desks that included social media, curation and interactivity; running multimedia projects, live-blogging major international news events, and developing new blogs and partnerships.

Price B. Floyd is the Vice President of External Engagement and Digital Strategy for BAE Systems

http://www.socialmedia-forum.com/northamerica/images/stories/speakers/pricefloydbae.jpgPrice B. Floyd is the Vice President of External Engagement and Digital Strategy for BAE Systems, Inc. and as such focuses on the outward-facing communication strategies that promote BAE Systems, Inc. as a brand and a business and that support business-winning campaigns.   

Prior to joining BAE Systems, Floyd was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs from Summer 2009 until Summer 2010.  In this role he served as staff advisor and assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense for public information, internal information and community relations, as well as information training and audiovisual matters in support of Department of Defense activities, leading a worldwide public affairs community of approximately 2,400 military and civilian personnel.
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Ram Menon, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Worldwide Product Strategy, tibbr

RamMenonTibcoMr. Menon brings award-winning marketing and engineering expertise to his role as TIBCO's chief marketing officer and executive vice president where he is responsible for product marketing and strategy, corporate communications, field marketing, and customer and partner enablement. 

His laser focus on executing innovative and impactful initiatives has allowed marketing to play a pivotal role in defining product offerings, strengthening TIBCO's brand, increasing revenue, and driving conversations among customers and prospects through the early establishment of community platforms. 
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Randi Rosenkranz, Director of Digital Development, Random House

Randi_Random_Housev2As the Director of Digital Development at Random House, Inc.,  Randi Rosenkranz oversees mobile application development for all Random House divisions – including Crown, Knopf Doubleday, Random House Children’s Books and the Random House Publishing Group -- and manages the relationship with recently acquired digital media agency Smashing Ideas. Prior to Random House, Randi led multi-disciplinary teams in the creation of enterprise content management systems, portals, websites and mobile applications for various media & entertainment companies including E.W. Scripps (The Food Network, HGTV and DIY), The New York Times, The New Republic, Paramount Digital Entertainment, Arista Records and CBS at methodfive, a leading web development firm.   Previously, Randi spent eight years in various sales and business development roles at Simon & Schuster, St. Martin's Press and Random House.   Randi graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in psychology.

Teemu Huuhtanen, Executive Vice President, Habbo Hotel / Sulake Corporation

TeemuHuuhtanenHabboAs executive vice president, Business Development and Communications, Sulake Corporation, Teemu Huuhtanen is instrumental in leading the continued development and growth of Finnish-based Sulake’s top property, Habbo Hotel, the world’s largest virtual community and social game for teenagers.

Huuhtanen is responsible for cultivating relationships with major music, television and motion picture studios, as well as retail, fashion and sports industries, to generate relevant and interactive brand partnerships.
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Lila King, Participation Director, CNN

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David B. Thomas, Director of Community and Social Strategy, Radian6

DavidBThomasRadian6David B. Thomas is Director of Community and Social Strategy for Radian6, a salesforce.com company. Dave leads the company’s efforts to engage with and inform Radian6’s customers and communities. Before Radian6 he was Executive Director at New Marketing Labs. Dave also served as Social Media Manager for SAS, directing social media strategy, policies and training.

He is co-author with Mike Barlow of The Executive’s Guide to Enterprise Social Media Strategy.

A marketing professional with more than 20 years experience, Dave began his career as a reporter and has been engaging online since 1994 and blogging since 2002. More at dbthomas.com.

Jason Newport, SVP, Mobile Strategy, Carat

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Jami Lawrence, Mobile Director, Publicis Modem

JamiLawrencePublicis2Jami Michelle Lawrence is the resident Publicis Modem mobile specialist, having worked in the channel helping brands achieve and test their mobile marketing and advertising objectives since 2002. She has worked with clients just starting to create their mobile presence to those having in depth knowledge of mobile, running their 100th campaign. Jami has worked with top brands and retailers such as Nike, Urban Outfitters, Clinique, Volvo, Loreal, United Airlines, USA Networks, and Johnson and Johnson here in the US and globally to build mobile CRM programs, drive to store, games and applications, mobile sites, mobile media plans, interactive billboards, mobile messaging, coupons and content delivery programs. She has great passion in educating and recommending the right strategy for mobile, while integrating campaigns within traditional and other digital media channels.
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Bill Riordan, VP, Mobile Strategy, Thomson Reuters

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Chris Schoenfeld, Future Technologies Group, Pearson PLC

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Garth Holsinger, VP of Sales and Business Development, Klout

Garth-Holsinger-Klout2Mr. Holsinger has managed sales and business development for Klout for the past year, and pioneered the first Influence Marketing Campaign for Klout with Virgin America.  Since that time, Klout has run campaigns for major brands such as Nike, Pepsi, Fox, Disney, Audi and others. Mr. Holsinger brings a combination of social media, entrepreneurial, television, and entertainment marketing experience to Klout.  Prior to Klout, for ten years, Mr. Holsinger ran his own agency assisting major brands with new media. In 1995, he co-founded GoCard Postcard Advertising, which became a sensation in the alternative media world, called by Adweek “one of the hottest alternative media companies of the decade.” 
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Philippe Browning, Vice President, Advertising and Operations, CBS Interactive | CBS Mobile

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Jonathan Stephen, Senior Producer of Mobile Products, JetBlue Airways

Jonathan_Stephen_JetBlueJonathan Stephen is the Senior Producer of Mobile Products with JetBlue Airways, bringing more than eight years of experience in the mobile industry. In his current role, Jonathan is responsible for driving JetBlue’s overall mobile strategy as well as maintaining and enhancing the products in JetBlue’s mobile ecosystem.

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Jeff Griffin, VP Mobile Application Development, Bank of America

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Evan Krauss, EVP, Shazam Entertainment

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Meghan Peters, Community Manager, Mashable

Meghan_Peters_MashableMeghan has been Mashable's Community Manager since April 2011, after joining the team as Community Assistant in September 2010. Prior to Mashable, she worked as a web producer at The Seattle Times and managing editor of Microsoft’s JobsBlog.

Meghan has a B.A. in Journalism and Spanish from the University of Washington and has written for The Huffington Post, China Daily, The Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Seattle Weekly

Chris Heuer, Specialist Leader, Social Media, Deloitte

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Katherine McCahill, Digital Project Manager, Penguin Group USA

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Morgan Blake, Manager of Mobile Partnerships, TripAdvisor

MorganBlackTripAdvisorAs Manager of Mobile Partnerships at TripAdvisor, Morgan focuses on distribution, promotion, and integration of TripAdvisor's mobile applications and content with strategic partners.  Morgan came to TripAdvisor from MIT Sloan School of Management, where he co-founded entrepreneurial brainstorming meet-up MIT IdeaStorm, researched for a Latin American VC firm, and interned at Kayak.
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Peter Espersen, Online Community Lead (Global), Lego

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Morgan Baden, Director, Social Media & Internal Communications, Scholastic

SchoalsticMorgan joined Scholastic in 2007 as an Internal Communications Manager and then jumped at the chance to play a role in the company’s social media efforts. Today, she manages the corporate social media strategy, overseeing dozens of Scholastic’s social media accounts and leading a team of bloggers at On Our Minds @Scholastic, while also training employees on social media best practices and writing daily content for the intranet and other communications vehicles. Before joining Scholastic, Morgan worked in Corporate Communications at Reuters. She’s an advisory board member of the nonprofit Girls Write Now and a writer of teen fiction.

Miguel Monteverde, VP of Digital Media, Discovery

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Miguel Monteverde is vice president of digital media at Discovery Communications, the world’s number one nonfiction media company, in addition to serving as general manager of Petfinder.com. In this capacity, he oversees Discovery Channel and Science’s digital media presence, DiscoveryNews.com and Petfinder.com.

Monteverde joined Discovery Communications in February 2008 after spending over 10 years at AOL in a variety of programming and business roles, most recently running AOL’s video site. He is also a former Army officer, a graduate of the University of Virginia and currently resides in Arlington, Virginia with his wife and kids. Monteverde is based at Discovery’s world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Bill Keen, Director of Mobile Solutions, InterContinental Hotels Group

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Michael Becker, Managing Director, North America, MMA

MichaelBeckerMMAMichael Becker North America Managing Director, Mobile Marketing Association Michael Becker is the North American Managing Director of the Mobile Marketing Association, where he is responsible for overseeing the association’s North American membership, research, strategic initiatives, events and education businesses. He also holds the position of Founder and Strategic Advisor to iLoop Mobile, Inc., an industry leading mobile marketing solutions provider.

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Wayne St.Amand, VP Marketing Communication, Crimson Hexagon

Wayne_crimson_heaxagan_Wayne St. Amand is a veteran marketing leader with a track record of significantly accelerating the growth trajectory and valuation of technology businesses. At Crimson Hexagon, St. Amand is responsible for driving business expansion through the company’s global corporate and product marketing efforts.

Most recently, St. Amand was the director of marketing for ExaGrid Systems, a fast-growing, multi-award-winning developer of advanced data storage and back-up appliances.

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Senior Mobile Product Manager, Everyday Health

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Andrew Paradise, CEO and Founder, AiselBuyer

Andrew_ParadiseAndrew Paradise is the CEO and founder of AisleBuyer, the provider of mobile checkout solutions for retailers, brands and restaurants. AisleBuyer provides a revolutionary mobile commerce platform that delivers never-before-seen customer analytics to retails, brands and restaurants.

 Prior to AisleBuyer, Andrew was CEO of Photrade, a web 2.0 digital media and advertising company.

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Sara Davar , Head of Business Development, Meltwater Buzz

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Sara Davar leads business development, sales and growth for Meltwater Buzz on the East Coast in U.S.
Sara has risen through the ranks of Meltwater since joining the Stockholm office for Meltwater in 2006. In the past 5 years she has focused on growth and people development as Sales Manager, Managing Director and Area Director in Philadelphia, Stockholm, London and the UK and Benelux region. Sara was a founding member of Meltwater’s Social Collaboration platform Meltwater Drive before moving over to help grow the North American operation of Meltwater Buzz in January 2011.

As the importance of Social Media analysis and intelligence is becoming increasingly apparent to most organizations in the U.S. Sara’s focus is to expand the East Coast region in order to meet the demand of the market.

Prior to Meltwater Sara worked in the UK with Retail Design as an Export Manager where she worked with clients from all parts of the world. She grew up in Stockholm Sweden, studied at University in UK and is currently living in New York City.

As it is apparent from her experience Sara thrives on travelling and is fascinated by the variations and means of international business culture. She is also known to be a ‘wanna-be’ tech geek and true ambassador of the power of Social Media.

Calvin Carter, Founder, Bottle Rocket Apps

CalvinCarterBottleRocketCalvin Carter is the founder of Bottle Rocket Apps (www.bottlerocketapps.com), a full-service mobile app development firm, focused on creating hand-crafted apps for the world's most discriminating brands.  Since its founding in early 2008, Bottle Rocket has completed more than 60 iPhone, iPad and Android apps for leading brands such as NPR, PBS, Disney, ESPN, TBS, TNT, National Geographic, The National Science Foundation, The Seattle Times, Discovery Channel, BET, A&E Television, SPIN Magazine, American Express and AARP.  The company’s apps have won numerous industry accolades including multiple Apple Hall of Fame awards, and frequently appear at the top of their categories on the App Store. The Bottle Rocket team of senior strategists, architects, developers and artists work their magic from the company’s offices in Dallas, Texas.

Peter Shankman, Social Media Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, CEO, Speaker, Consultant & Adventurist

PeterShankmanGeniusPR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking”, and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective”. Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you merge the power of pure creativity with  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a dose of adventure, and make it work to your advantage.

An author, entrepreneur, speaker, and worldwide connector, Peter is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about Social Media, PR, marketing, advertising, and customer service.

Peter is best known for founding Help A Reporter Out, (HARO) which in under a year became the de-facto standard for thousands of journalists looking for sources on deadline, offering them more than 200,000 sources around the world looking to be quoted in the media.

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Shiva Kumar, CTO, ZSL,Inc

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Mike Johns, President, Digital Mind State

MikeJohnsDMS2Mike Johns is the Founder and President of Digital Mind State formerly known as UrbanWorld Wireless, the Los Angeles based company that bridged wireless technology and hip-hop culture. Mike Johns is the driving force behind the Digital Mind State brand, responsible for planning, business development, marketing and the company expansion. A true liaison between urban youth culture and the mobile industry, Johns has been successful at building and maintaining profitable business relationship with some of the biggest company names in mobile industry including T-Mobile, Zed, Fun Mobility, Nokia, Microsoft, amongst others. Motivated byleveling the playing field of the “Digital Divide,” he’s been dubbed “ambassador” of the urban/hip-hop lifestyle segment as well he’s achieved numerous “first” in the mobile entertainment space.
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Phil Guest, Chief Commerical Officer, Peer Index

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Daniel Gellert, CEO, GateGuru

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Senior representative, A&E Mobile

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Rogelio Choy, COO, Formspring

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Ro was previously the CEO of Peerpong, a Q&A service using NLP/semantics for identifying interests and knowledge from social streams. Prior to Peerpong, Ro was Chief Revenue Officer for RockYou and responsible for leading all the business efforts for the company and Director at eBay Motors, leading the online parts business. Prior to eBay, Ro co-founded Cima Systems, a leading VOIP software provider for auto dealers.

Ro serves as an advisor to a number of social media focused startups including Applifer, Nanigans, Wildfire Interactive, Project Slice, Adnectar, 500 Friends, Guestmob, Facepad, Replybuy, J2Play, GamesthatGive and Groupcard.

Greg Cargill, VP Client Services, Social & Media, BLITZ

GregCargillBlitzGreg's professional career has been focused on developing awareness for personalities, brands, and products through the Internet and strategic partnerships. After starting in Interscope Records' New Media Department in 1999, he spent 8 years at the center of the new music industry as part of a living education in the world of online consumer engagement.
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Senior representative, SPIN

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Joe Meyer President & CEO, HopStop.com

JoeMeyerHopStopJoe Meyer is the President and CEO of HopStop, a leading location-based service that provides mobile transit-routing and pedestrian navigation in 62 major metropolitan markets throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Prior to HopStop, Mr. Meyer was a Vice President and General Manager for AOL's Quigo Technologies. At Quigo, a leading contextual ad network that was acquired by AOL in late 2007 for $376 Million, Mr. Meyer was responsible for on-boarding and managing exclusive partnerships with hundreds of leading online publishers including Time Inc., ABC News, CareerBuilder, ESPN, Forbes, FoxNews, USA Today, Fodor's and several other top digital media companies.
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Stef Gans, CEO, EffectiveBrands

StefGansEffectiveBrandsStef is a specialist in global marketing organization development and the CEO of EffectiveBrands.

Stef started his career in Finance with Unilever, moving into brand management in personal care in Europe and the USA. His successful career with Unilever spanned 15 years, during which he held several operational marketing leadership roles including that of VP of Marketing in a key operating business.
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Matt Meeker, Entreprenuer in Residence, Dogpatch Labs NYC (& Co-Founder Meetup.com)

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Mark Sigal, Co-Founder, Unicorn Labs

MarkSigalUnicornMark Sigal is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Unicorn Labs, a maker of rapid development tools for creation of eBooks and Mobile Entertainment apps on the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices.

He is an eight-time entrepreneur, with successful exits to Apple, IBM and Intel. Sigal is a respected builder of platform-oriented ventures in the Mobile, Social Media and Software Infrastructure sectors, and also writes a recurring mobile column for O'Reilly Media. Mark has presented at numerous industry conferences, including Maker Faire, Foo Camp, Internet World, Broadband World, AppNation and Embedded Systems Conference, to name a few.

Ian Schafer, Founder & CEO, Deep Focus

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Gerry Gouy, Senior Director, Business Development, International Digital Media at MTV Networks International

GerryGouyMTVGerry Gouy is the New York-based Global Senior Business Development Director for MTV Networks International, the world's largest television and mobile video network.

He is responsible for global distribution deals and partnerships (200+ deals in 100+ countries) across every country outside the United States, and across every digital platform including TV VOD, Online, Mobile, Applications, and across all MTV Networks global brands and properties including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, South Park, The Daily Show, the MTV Europe Music Awards & SpongeBob SquarePants.
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Joshua March, Co-Founder & CEO, Conversocial

joshus-march-conversocialJoshua March is the co-founder and CEO Conversocial, a SaaS product that helps businesses manage the increasing volume of two-way communication going through social platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Through in-depth engagement analytics and comprehensive comment management tools, Conversocial enables effective marketing distribution, moderation and customer support, and is used by leading brands and agencies across the world, including ITV, Aviva, Tupperware, MediaCom, and more.
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Andy Chen, Vice President Social Media Strategy and Distribution, Match.com North America

AndyChenMatchJoining the Match.com family in 2010, Andy brings a wealth of experience and a passion for emerging media.  He and his team are focused on building new products and marketing programs on social platforms and technologies.  Responsible for managing Match.com’s social channels, Andy also oversaw the launch of Stir, a new Match.com experience built for Facebook users .  He continues to develop innovative ways to keep Match.com members engaged and connected to the larger online community.

Before joining Match.com, Andy served as Co-Founder and President of Traxo.com, an award winning next generation social travel service.  He has also held a variety of Internet marketing and business development roles with True.com, Travelocity.com, and Sabre Holdings.   Andy started his career with Northrop Grumman as an Aerospace Engineer and an Associate in the company's Leadership Development Program.   He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and a M.B.A. with distinction as a Sord Scholar from the University of Texas at Austin.

Josh Martin, Director - Apps Research, STRATEGYANALYTICS

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Eric Lagier, CEO & Co-Founder, Memolane

EricMemolane2Eric Lagier is CEO of Memolane.com. In 2010 Eric Lagier co-founded Memolane together with Harry Vangberg and Nikolaj Hald Nielsen. Memolane is your time machine for the web. Capturing your entire online life in one timeline making it easy for you to travel back in time and re-live great memories. 

With Memolane you can easily view and explore your photos, music, tweets, updates, check-ins, blogs and more from all of your favorite online services in one place. Simply search your history using the Memolane timeline to step back in time and re-live great memories.

Share memories with friends, explore their Memolanes and invite them to contribute to your Stories. Memolane is the winner of Startupweekend CPH 2010.

Art Zeidman, President, US, Unruly Media

ArtZeidman2Before joining Unruly Media, Arthur (Art) Zeidman was a Senior Leader at Google, Inc. where he helped found the company's North American Agency Team and was a leader in crafting and executing Google's advertising agency holding company busin¬¬ess strategy. Prior to that, Zeidman held a succession of increasingly senior Sales and Management positions with leading Radio broadcasters in New York. Altogether, Zeidman brings more than two decades of experience and close, senior-level relationships with major agency executives to Unruly Media.
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Adam Singer, Social Media Practice Director, LEWIS PR

AdamSingerLewisPRAdam is a digital marketing and PR professional, speaker and blogger. He has developed and executed online marketing and PR strategy for top B2B and B2C brands in a variety of industries such as healthcare technology, manufacturing, subscription-based web startups and much in between.

Adam brings over 12 years of online marketing experience to LEWIS. Working alongside the account teams, he provides strategic advice implementing social media, online marketing and PR campaigns, with an emphasis on SEO.
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Gary Lee, CEO, mBLAST

http://www.socialmedia-forum.com/northamerica/images/stories/speakers/garymblast.jpgGary presently is CEO of mBLAST and has over 25-years experience in high-tech marketing, product management, development and executive management in various global telecom and high-tech companies including Nortel, Sprint, General DataComm and three venture-backed global startups.

At mBLAST, Gary is driving the company's solutions to change how marketing identifies with, and works with, the individual influencers of its market who are daily shaping public perception of one's company, product and services.
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Senior representative, Brandwatch

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Alan Wolk, Managing Director of Social Strategy, KIT digital

AlanWokKitDigitalOne of the only new voices to come out of the creative side of the ad business, Alan Wolk has staked out a distinctive space for himself among digital strategists. The wide-ranging appeal of Wolk’s common-sense approach, combined with his prior hands-on experience as an advertising creative director, has made him the go-to guy for digital thought leadership, speaking and consulting.

His blog, The Toad Stool, has been described as a “frank but fair” look at the confluence of advertising, marketing and the social web.
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Senior representative, Marketwire

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Ishwari Singh, Director, MobileProgramming.com LLC

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GW Shaw, Executive Director of U-verse Marketing, AT&T

GW_Shaw_ATTGW Shaw is the Executive Director of U-verse Marketing, AT&T. GW leads the product marketing, applications development, and product management for AT&T U-verse® TV. His team is responsible for driving U-verse customer growth, developing and rolling out new integrated applications that utilize the company’s IP platform, and differentiating the U-verse TV product and customer experience from the company’s cable competitors.

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Sean Rosenberg, Managing Director USA, Grapple Mobile

Sean_RosenbergSean Rosenberg, a leading voice in the evolving digital landscape, lays claim to many first-in-mobile campaigns over the past decade. While transitioning to Grapple after twelve years in music, Billboard Magazine named Sean in the 2010 list of ‘Top 5 Label Executives Who Joined Digital Services’ In the early 2000s, Sean created digital platforms and promotions at artist management firm ADi Management and direct marketing agency MKTG Services.
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Matt Britton, Founder & CEO, Mr Youth

MattBrittonMrYouthMatt serves as founder & CEO of NY-based social marketing agency Mr Youth. Since founding the agency in 2002, Mr Youth has worked with some of the world’s leading brands—including P&G, Microsoft, Nike, and HP—to help them connect with the rapidly evolving and highly elusive Millennial consumer.

Matt, 36, has grown Mr Youth from a 1-man startup to a company with more than 100 employees.  He speaks often at conferences about trends that affect the landscape of Millennial marketing. He’s been featured on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, CNBC’s Power Lunch, USA Today, Bloomberg Radio, CNNfn, PROMO and NBC.

Stewart Putney, Founder and CEO, Moblyng

StewartPutneyMoblyngGamesStewart Putney is the founder and CEO of Moblyng, the leading developer and publisher of HTML5-based games for web and mobile devices. Prior to Moblyng, Stewart co-founded iPlayMusic, an internationally distributed line of music creation and education software. Before co-founding iPlayMusic Stewart was a Business Manager at Knight-Ridder Digital launching and managing their local shopping and coupon product lines. He also has management experience with Electronic Arts, FusionOne and Pointcast. Stewart holds a BA in History from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

Josh Kramer, Founder & Managing Partner, Leapfrog Group

JoshKramerLeapfrogGroupJosh Kramer is the founder and managing partner of the Leapfrog Group. Leapfrog Group is a boutique firm providing global business leaders with strategic advice and strategic project resources to grow through innovation, process, and people in a variety of industries.

Prior to founding Leapfrog Group, Josh spent 15 years as an operating executive in both start-ups and Fortune 100s building his expertise in operations, management, marketing, and technology.
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Senior representative, Meltwater

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