Alexis Ohanian
Co-Founder, reddit
Author, Without Their Permission

Alexis Ohanian is a startup founder and investor in Brooklyn, NY. After graduating from UVA in 2005, Alexis and his co-founder Steve Huffman started reddit, now a top 100 website. Now a reddit board member, Alexis focuses on social enterprise Breadpig, publishing authors like xkcd and SMBC -- profits donated to worthy causes.

Alexis helped launch hipmunk and ran marketing/pr/community before becoming an advisor and joining the fight against SOPA & PIPA. Alexis invests and advises over fifty tech startups. He's Y Combinator's Ambassador to the East, co-founder of the non-profit IHAS, and is writing a book, Without Your Permission. Along the way, Alexis spoke at TED, volunteered in Armenia as a Kiva Fellow, and was named on Forbes and Inc Magazine 30 Under 30 lists.

He proudly doodled the logos for all three of his startups as well as for his book, which drops on October 1st, Without Their Permission.

Baratunde Thurston
Technology-Loving Comedian

Baratunde Thurston is a technology-loving comedian from the future who cares enough about the world to engage with it politically. Yes, he votes. Regularly.

His creative and inquisitive mind, forged by his mother’s lessons and polished by a philosophy degree from Harvard, have found expression in the pages of Vanity Fair and the The UK Independent, on the radio waves of WNYC, where he is a regular contributor and on the screens of news networks such as CNN, MSNBC, BBC, Al Jazeera English and This Week In Tech. He even hosted his own show on Discovery Science called Popular Science's Future Of.

Far from simply appearing in media, Baratunde is also helping defining its future. In 2006 he co-founded Jack & Jill Politics, a black political blog whose coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention has been archived by the Library Of Congress. From 2007 to 2012, he helped bring one of America’s finest journalistic institutions into the future, serving as Director of Digital for The Onion. His book, How To Be Black, was published by Harper Collins in February 2012.

His most significant expression, however, is probably his own creative experimentation with new digital platforms. He was named Foursquare Mayor of the Year for holding a real-world rally to defend his virtual mayorship. Every year he live hate-tweets the Twilight movies to his 100,000+ Twitter followers, and in 2009, he embodied the swine flu with a Twitter account of that name.

Baratunde performs standup comedy regularly in New York City, resides in Brooklyn, lives on Twitter and has over 30 years experience being black.

Brent Herd
Director of Southeast, Twitter

Brent is The Director of Southeastern U.S Sales for Twitter and is responsible for all Southeastern revenue and business partnerships on the Twitter platform.

Most recently, Brent served as Senior Vice President at ShareThis where he was responsible for North American revenue generation activities as well as business development partnerships for the company. Previously, Brent established himself as a leader in the South as he helped grow online revenue and introduced innovative partnerships for the combined AOL – Advertising.com entity.

Brent began his career at Yahoo! In 1998 in NYC. In 1999 Brent moved to Atlanta with Yahoo! and was given the Yahoo! Super Star Award in 2001, the highest distinction a Yahoo! Employee can earn.

Currently, Brent lives in Atlanta with his wife Carolina, his three year old son Sammy, his one year old son Dylan and his 130lb Bull Mastiff, Marshall. Brent enjoys spending time with his family, golfing and general aviation.

Brian Wong
CEO & Co-Founder, Kiip

Brian Wong is the co-founder and CEO of Kiip, a category-creating mobile rewards network that is redefining mobile advertising. The company has raised $15.4 million in funding to date.

Kiip has been named one of the world¹s 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, listed by Forbes as one of the 4 Hot Online Ad Companies to Put on Your Watch List and included on the Dow Jones FasTech50 List. Called the youngest person to ever receive venture capital funding by CNBC and The Wall Street Journal, Brian received his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia at age 18, after skipping four K-12 grades. He's received funding from IPG, Hummer Winblad, Relay Ventures, True Ventures, Digital Garage among others.

He has been recognized with many awards for his accomplishments and leadership, including: the Top 20 Under 20 awards for all of Canada; Business Insider¹s Top 25 Under 25 in Silicon Valley, 30 Under 30 in Advertising and 18 Most Important People in Mobile Advertising; Forbes¹ 30 Under 30 in 2011 and 2012; Mashable¹s Top 5 Entrepreneurs to Watch; iMedia 25; and the AdAge Creativity Top 50.

Before starting Kiip, Brian led key publisher and tech partnerships at the social news website Digg.com, where he accelerated the company¹s mobile presence by launching the Digg Android mobile app.

Lizzy Nephew
Social Media & Emerging Technology Specialist, Porsche Cars North America

As the Social Media and Emerging Technology Specialist at Porsche Cars North America, Lizzy leads strategy development in the digital space. Focusing on social, mobile and web, she develops immersive programs for strengthening relationships with owners, engaging with influencers, and connecting with new prospects.

At her previous position at a digital agency in NYC, Lizzy launched Fortune 500 companies into the digital space. From developing digital strategy to activating campaigns, she helped brands engage directly with consumers and created online customer service programs. Lizzy also led global listening research projects on how online consumer activity can lead to offline behavioral changes.

Tom Daly
Group Director, Global Connections, Coca-Cola

Tom has been involved with Coca-Cola since January 2005, when he joined a small internal group as the first outside person to be part of Coca-Cola’s Global Interactive Marketing Team. He’s delivered major global online offerings including the M5 Aluminum Bottle project, FIFA World Cup online experiences, and the July 2006 re-launch of Coca-Cola.com, which has earned more industry recognition than any site the Company has ever launched, including “Site of the Year” by the British Interactive Marketing Association. He currently leads several global initiatives, including “innovation & partnership” program, search marketing, and iAgency management.

Prior to joing Coca-Cola, Tom was an entrepeneur founding a company called Relevant Ventures. An early believer in interactive marketing and emerging technologies, he started the Interactive Communications Group at UPS in 1995. There, he championed early experiments with start-ups like Yahoo! and DoubleClick. Quickly, Tom was recognized (one of only 21 so honored in 1997) as a “Digital Media Master” by Ad Age, the leading U.S. advertising trade journal.

Chaitanya 'Chet' Kanojia
CEO & Founder, Aereo

Chet Kanojia is the founder and CEO of online TV platform, Aereo. Aereo has developed proprietary cloud-based antenna and DVR technology that allows consumers to watch live or recorded HD broadcast television on virtually any type of Internet-connected device, including smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and computers. Previously, Chet was the founder and CEO of Navic Networks, the industry leader in advanced television advertising. Navic Networks was subsequently acquired by Microsoft in 2008. Chet holds more than 14 patents in fields ranging from robotics to data communications systems, is an innovative leader known for pushing beyond the conventional and developing breakthrough solutions.

Maureen Schumacher
US Sales, Head of Financial Services, Google

Maureen Schumacher leads Google's advertising business focused on Fortune 100 marketers and their media agency partners in the Financial Services industry. Based in Google's Atlanta office, Maureen brings her 20 years of integrated marketing experience to help clients address their challenges with branding and social media strategy; consumer insights; marketing plan development; lead generation; measurement, data analysis and optimization. Maureen is a frequent guest speaker at industry events, conferences and universities including the ANA, AMA, and Emory University.

Maureen previously held leadership positions at GE Consumer Finance in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific focused on strategy, product development, and advertising. Prior to her career with GE, Maureen worked for Shell Oil Company and SunTrust.

Maureen is a Pennsylvania State University graduate; she holds a BA and MBA and studied management and economics in Lima, Peru. Maureen is Black belt certified and recently received her Doctorate of Business Administration from Georgia State University.

Loni Stark
Director, Product and Industry Marketing, Adobe Systems

As director of product & industry marketing for Adobe's Digital Marketing Solutions, Loni leads a team responsible for defining solutions and go-to-market strategies essential to CMOs and digital marketers worldwide. Stark has over 14 years experience helping businesses apply technology to optimize critical functions to meet business objectives including building brand awareness and driving consumer demand. Stark co-founded Stark Insider, a west coast online magazine covering technology, theater, arts, wine and food to over half a million readers/year. She holds a Masters in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. You can follow Loni on Twitter at: @lonistark.

Frederick Townes
Sr Technical Advisor, Mashable; Founder, W3 EDGE

Frederick Townes is the Senior Technical Advisor to Mashable, from 2007 to January 2012, he served as the Chief Technical Officer, building / maintaining of the network of sites / products and scaling Mashable‘s infrastructure. He is also founder of W3 EDGE a new media oriented software development company. W3 EDGE has provided solutions for brands like: Constant Contact, CVS Pharmacy, Edelman, Hyatt, Kodak, Lord & Taylor, Microsoft, Sanyo, Southwest Airlines, Staples, Sony, REI, Weight Watchers and Yahoo. His passions and experiences are diverse, ranging from founding startups, user interface design and development, blogging and Internet marketing. Frederick currently splits time between Florence, Italy and Boston, Massachusetts and is a graduate of Boston University, where he focused on computer science and mathematics.

Kelly Deen
Director Consumer Marketing, Cartoon Network

Kelly Deen is director, consumer marketing for Cartoon Network, a global kids and family entertainment network within Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s portfolio of cable/satellite television networks, digital properties and entertainment businesses targeted for kids and young adults. In this capacity, Deen oversees the development of show positioning, media strategy, marketing execution and brand positioning for Cartoon Network's animated and live-action original, action-adventure series and movies. Additionally, her efforts expand traditional marketing campaigns to include strategic multi-platform reach through social media content and digital media campaigns. Deen joined Turner Broadcasting in December 2008. Among her core responsibilities, she developed and launched the social strategy for Cartoon Network - including all digital and social media efforts - helping to build a universe of 30 million fans in less than three years.

Joshua Fruhlinger
Head of Digital, TMZ

Joshua is Head of Digital at TMZ where he directs content and digital programming. Since its launch in 2005, TMZ.com has become the foremost entertainment-news Web site in the world, with over 20 million unique visitors a month. Prior to TMZ, Joshua was Executive Producer and Editorial Director for AOL/Engadget where he oversaw and managed sites such as Engadget.com, Switched.com, TUAW.com and Downloadsquad.com. Prior to Engadget, he spent time with Razorfish where he was a senior content strategist.

Matt Wallaert
Behavioral Scientist, Microsoft/Bing

Matt Wallaert is a behavioral scientist and entrepreneur who works at the intersection of technology and human behavior. After two successful exits, he joined Microsoft’s Bing to focus on adapting technologies to work naturally with existing paradigms of behavior to aid in both decision making and task completion, and to broaden how search removes obstacles and enables people to take action on their ideas, questions, and desires.

A proponent of dual process theory, Wallaert is a passionate advocate for a methodological approach to behavior change using technology. In his spare time, he advises startups and creates socially-focused side projects like GetRaised.com, a free service that helps women ask for, and get, pay raises to close the gender wage gap.

Mallory Colliflower
Community Manager, HGTVGardens

Mallory Colliflower is the Community Manager for HGTVGardens.com in Atlanta, where she manages social media and engages with readers. After graduating with a journalism degree from the University of Florida, Mallory found her career niche in social media, working with marketing and PR teams to create and execute campaigns for several companies, including AutoNation, The Miami Herald, Lynn University and others. Mallory has provided social media training to small business owners on behalf of the City of Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency and has authored a guide to using Instagram for business. Mallory maintains a data-driven view of social media to drive real results.

Shawn Mullins
Special Musical Guest

Native Atlanta Grammy nominee singer-songwriter, Shawn Mullins joins the line up as musical guest for Digital Summit 2013. Shawn is best known for the 1998 number one hit single “Lullaby”. He has two other #1 hits to his credit with the 2006 Triple A/Americana chart-topper “Beautiful Wreck” and through a key contribution to the Zac Brown Band’s “Toes,” topping the country charts. Shawn will light up Digital Summit with a special performance on May 14th.

Anthony Napolitano
Global Director, Partnerships & Sales, StumbleUpon

As Global Director, Partnerships & Sales, Napolitano helps the more than 80,000 publishers, content creators, marketers and agencies who are using StumbleUpon's unique platform to introduce their sites and brands to a highly targeted audience. Previously, Napolitano was a key member of the sales teams for several of Google's products, including TV Ads, Analytics, Checkout and AdWords. Prior to Google, he was part of sales teams at CNET and ESPN.

Mandar Shinde
Senior Director, Mobile Monetization, AOL

Mandar heads Mobile Monetization for AOL, and is responsible for driving mobile revenue from AOL properties. He also plays key roles in ad formats, products and standards, as well as mobile ad sales. Mandar came to AOL from Yahoo!, where he had a similar job with Y! mobile monetization. Overall, he has spent 10+ years working on mobile software - both as an engineer and as a product contributor - at companies like Seven, Peek, and Smith Micro.

Tim Clark
Director of Optimization, NASCAR

Tim leads all efforts to optimize NASCAR.com for all internal marketing/branding initiatives, external partnerships, licensing opportunities and industry services. Previously, Tim was with True Action digital agency, where he managed all of the online retail marketing for various sports leagues including the NFL, NBA and MLB and helped launch the social and mobile presence for the NFL, NHL and NASCAR online stores as group marketing director. Tim has more than twelve years of marketing experience including B2C and B2B, print, broadcast and interactive.

Steven Tedjamulia
Director of Digital Strategy and Innovation, Dell

Steven is the Director of Digital Strategy and Innovation at Dell. Steven has responsibility for helping Dell make a leap forward in digital marketing by implementing digital marketing best of breed technologies, facilitating Dell's ability to easily create, launch, and manage digital campaigns, and leveraging digital channels to dynamically target customers within Dell properties and external properties such as mobile, social, ads, affiliates, and email.

Prior to this role, Steven was the Director of Dell's Innovation Lab where he led Dell's strategic innovation efforts in creating, experimenting, partnering, and launching digital technologies.

Steven also worked at Bazaarvoice, Open Text, Vignette, Collanos, and Novell where he conceived and led different digital, social, and mobile projects and business development efforts.

Steven is known for being a breakthrough innovator and has led the development of new products, created new business units, started an eBusiness research center at Brigham Young University, created global marketing partner programs, and driven strategic acquisition initiatives.

Victor Hernandez
Program Manager, Editorial Systems, CNN

Victor Hernandez is a News Futurist with CNN Worldwide. In this role Hernandez is charged with shaping critical vision and strategies around emerging technologies against CNN’s journalistic endeavors.

His work with new media, emerging technologies and convergence is amongst the most innovative and cutting edge at CNN. Hernandez is viewed as an organization leader in the areas of new media, social networking and multimedia journalism. His leadership with the CNN All Platform Journalism initiative ensures the global news organization remains at the forefront of exciting, evolving storytelling opportunities. He has won Peabody awards for the coverage of Hurricane Katrina and BP Oil Spill.

As we recognize these amazing times in the News industry - Innovation is influencing, enhancing and in many cases disrupting how news outlets gather and report. Consumer behaviors are rapidly evolving. Mobile is everywhere. Citizen journalism has helped break antiquated reporting rules and shape new ones. Social web, mobile apps and convergence techniques are now industry standards of storytelling. Yet Technology roadmaps that run through (and co-authored by) newsrooms still remain in short supply. Hernandez is working to change the formula.

He is based at CNN’s world headquarters in Atlanta.

Steve Robinson
Director of Online Analytics & Business Intelligence, Home Depot

Steve Robinson is the Director of Online Analytics and Business Intelligence at HomeDepot.com. He leads the web analytics, site optimization and performance reporting efforts across all Home Depot digital properties including web, mobile and in-store. Prior to joining Home Depot, Steve was with AutoTrader.com for seven years in several leadership roles, directing the Business Intelligence, Business Analysis, and Information Strategy & Security organizations. He has 25 years of online analytics, data management and IT experience, including consulting leadership positions at Verity Partners, Oracle, and Ernst & Young.

Bert DuMars
VP & Principal Analyst, Forrester

Bert serves CMO & Marketing Leadership Professionals as VP and Principal Analyst with Forrester. He is a leading expert on digital, mobile, and social media marketing; eCommerce; marketing technology platforms; and website and eCommerce platforms in government and the consumer and technology industries. He also addresses broader issues including marketing innovation, talent acquisition, integration of digital marketing expertise into the overall marketing organization, marketing and sales integration, and multibrand marketing.

Bert is an accomplished marketing executive with extensive experience in leading digital, social media, and mobile marketing efforts for both Fortune 500 and public-sector organizations. Over the past 25 years, Bert has led high-performing marketing and technology teams in the consumer products, business products, government, software, technology, and power-generation industries. Before joining Forrester, Bert served as vice president of digital marketing and eCommerce for Newell Rubbermaid.

Randall Lloyd
Director of Social Ad Sales, Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Randall Lloyd was previously the Managing Director of North America for Brighter Option, which was subsequently acquired by Buddy Media and then Salesforce.com, overseeing all North American operations, based out of Palo Alto, California. Randall was recruited to Brighter Option from RockYou, the first of its kind Facebook advertising network, where he was serving as the Senior Vice President of Sales. At RockYou, a Sequoia Capital led venture-backed company, he managed the global sales team with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, London, and Singapore. His responsibilities included all of worldwide advertising revenue (which doubled and grew to $30M under his watch) including brand advertising, indirect/channel advertising, and performance marketing - all within the Facebook ecosystem. Prior to joining RockYou, Randall performed research on Facebook advertising and monetization strategies while completing his MBA degree at Stanford. Randall also worked for Google, where he focused on YouTube advertising and monetization strategy, and eBay, where he held various positions in account management, sales and sales management.

Lawrence M. Kimmel
Executive Director, hawkeye

Larry is a renowned marketing thought leader. He led one of the world’s leading direct/interactive agencies to 10 years of unprecedented success. He restored the Direct Marketing Association to economic health. He built several organizations from scratch and drove business for a myriad of Fortune 500 companies. Larry has keynoted at events around the globe and has been featured in countless publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek. Larry recently joined hawkeye, after leading the DMA as CEO. Previously, he spent ten years as Chairman/CEO of the Grey Direct Global Network.

Scott Carlis
Vice President, Digital & Social Media, AEG Global Partnerships

Scott Carlis joined the AEG Global Partnerships team in June 2011. In his role as VP, Digital and Social Media, Scott is responsible for developing multiplatform interactive sales programs and solutions for AEG properties and AEG’s Global Partners.

Previously Scott was Executive Director of Marketing and Brand Development for GQ, where he was responsible for implementing strategic marketing programs, creating innovative solutions for advertising partners, and was the driving force behind GQ’s foray into new media and branded entertainment.

Prior to joining GQ, Scott was the Advertising Sales Development Director at VIBE/SPIN Ventures. In this position, he was responsible for the brand marketing for VIBE and SPIN magazines and oversaw the promotional activity of the company’s new media properties, including spin.com, vibe.com, mobile VIBE and mobile SPIN. Scott is a graduate of Tulane University.

Yoel Leinwand
Senior Account Executive, YouTube

Yoel Leinwand is a Sales Consultant at Google. Yoel works with top advertising clients and their agencies to develop digital solutions across all platforms that build his clients' businesses and brands. Prior to Google, Yoel was a senior account executive at the Katz Media Group. Prior to the Katz Media Group, Yoel served in both the US Air Force and Indiana Air National Guard as a Broadcast Journalist. Yoel earned his BA from Indiana University. He has lived in 18 different cities and three countries but now calls Atlanta home.

Chad White
Principal of Marketing Research, ExactTarget

Chad White is the Principal of Marketing Research at ExactTarget and the author of Email Marketing Rules: How to Wear a White Hat, Shoot Straight, and Win Hearts. He is an authority on email marketing trends and best practices, particularly within the retail industry, and has offered his advice through thousands of blog posts and dozens of research reports. Chad’s research and commentary have appeared in more than 100 publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Ad Age, Adweek, Fortune and MarketWatch.

Yakka Murphy
Art Director, Digital Experience, The Weather Channel

As art director and digital experience designer at The Weather Company, Yakka Murphy works on well-known brands such as The Weather Channel and weather.com. Previously, Yakka worked as a web designer, front end web developer, multimedia designer and graphic designer for Extreme Media, WhatsUp! Interactive, Graphic Visions, Inc., Frank151, Southpaw, Inc., and Millennium Design.

She is part of the Interactive Design Association; AIGA, the professional association for design; the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association; AiMA’s mobile marketing group; and CHIA, the Atlanta chapter of user experience professionals interested in computer human interaction.

Yakka graduated from the Art Institute of Atlanta in computer animation and multimedia interactive design and development.

David Favero
Southeast Sales Director, Shoutlet

David is a passionate digital veteran with over 15 years of sales, marketing, technical consulting, and product development experience. He specializes in enterprise software-as-a-service marketing technology and has consulted with some of the world's largest and most recognized brands in healthcare, insurance, finance, retail, agencies, and non-profits. With an early start as a software programmer with IBM, David learned to appreciate the complexities of product design and development. With the proliferation of the social web, David discovered a new passion for digital marketing and social media. His experiences in software development, digital media, and email marketing lend themselves nicely to David's role as Southeast Sales Director for Shoutlet. In his spare time, David volunteers with a number of local organizations, including a board position with the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association and committee leadership position with Social Media Club Atlanta.

Ade Adeosun
Senior Director, Digital Business Analytics, comScore, Inc.

Ade is a Digital media executive with a strong track record of success in business development, sales, strategy, and P&L execution across North America & EMEA. He works with Fortune 100 Media and technology companies to provide actionable insights and market intelligence to address specific business objectives; driven by market, platform and consumer behavior. He is passionate about the evolution of media and the impact technology has on audiences and consumer behavior. While innovation fuels him, he is highly focused on the commercial impact and the benefits to organizations. At comScore he has worked with clients and internal product teams to create innovative solutions to measure video, advertising, social media and emerging platforms. Ade has been responsible for a number of key client wins and extensive account development within existing strategic accounts. comScore is a leading internet technology company measuring what people do as they navigate the digital world, turning that information into insights and actions.

Laurie Hood
Vice President of Product Marketing, Silverpop

Laurie Hood is vice president of product marketing for Silverpop, a leading provider of digital marketing and marketing automation solutions. In this role Hood is responsible for product- and market-specific messaging and positioning, product launch activities and sales enablement.

Hood brings 20 years of experience in technology marketing and product management to Silverpop. Prior to joining Silverpop, she was vice president of product management for Equifax Technology and Analytical Services. There she was responsible for driving product strategy and direction for Equifax’s portfolio of identity management, application processing, credit risk decisioning and analytical solutions.

Lindy Roux
Principal Content Strategist, Siteworx

As the Principal Content Strategist at Siteworx, Lindy is responsible for articulating, guiding and overseeing the various content services that Siteworx delivers, including content audits and strategy sessions, migration planning, taxonomy development, content definition, modeling and creation. She has over 15 years of experience defining, creating and managing engaging digital experiences that resonate with required audiences and drive conversion, helping to meet business and user goals.

Matt Kaplan
Vice President, Sales, Mail Online

Matt Kaplan is a long time digital media vet with over 14 years experience in the space. Over those 14 years Matt has managed every aspect of a digital media operation, having spent the last 7 years focused on advertising sales, marketing and product development. Matt has worked on big brands for big companies such as Parents, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Redbook and Maxim as well as working for start ups such as eGreetings and My Damn Channel. Currently Matt is the Vice President Sales for Mail Online, one of the largest content Sites in the world.

Aaron Schildkrout
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of This Life, Inc., the creator of HowAboutWe.com

Aaron Schildkrout is the co-founder and co-CEO of HowAboutWe.com, the first experience-driven dating and relationships company. Recognizing technology's capacity to facilitate authentic offline experiences, Schildkrout launched HowAboutWe in 2010 with childhood friend, Brian Schechter, with the goal of creating a new way for people to find and sustain love in the modern world.

Before founding HowAboutWe, Aaron was a high school educator at Codman Academy Charter Public School in Boston, MA. His work was featured in a variety of publications, including the Gates’ Foundation “High Schools of the Future” curriculum and conferences, Massachusetts Charter School Association publications and the Boston Globe, among others. Schildkrout oversees product development and engineering at HowAboutWe. He has spoken at NY Tech Meetup, Ignite NYC, SxSW and more.

Michael King
Director of Inbound Marketing, iAcquire

Michael King is an SEO Engineer by trade and Inbound Marketer by evolution. He currently leads cross-channel initiatives as Director of Inbound Marketing for leading content marketing agency iAcquire. Affectionately referred to "SEO's Don Draper", Mr. King is also leading the expansion of iAcquire’s offering into on-page optimization and digital brand strategy.

Michael King (aka iPullRank on Twitter) has an extensive background in software, web development and a proclivity for creative solutions. That experience has afforded him a track record of successfully coordinating the efforts of Creative, Strategy, Technical and Paid Media Teams to achieve synergistic solutions in harmony with long-term client campaign goals for several Fortune 500 brands.

He is also a contributor to leading industry blogs such as SEOmoz, Unbounce and Distilled, Mike continues to usher in ideas that shift the paradigm of SEO and Inbound Marketing as a whole. This is best illustrated by the Keyword-Level Demographics methodology Mr. King developed in 2011 that allows marketers to perfectly measure and target persona types.

Cara Citino
VP of Digital Strategy, R2integrated

As the Vice President of Digital Strategy for R2integrated, Cara provides insight, integration and activation of digital solutions for r2i clients. She lives and breathes digital marketing and knows what tactics to leverage and optimize to engage and encourage action.

Over the past 17 years, Cara has managed and directed every facet of digital design, development and marketing. Her early career was spent at small-boutique interactive firms directing the design and programming of large-scale web solutions for clients like The Discovery Channel, Titleist/Pinnacle Golf, Lockheed Martin and Harper’s Bazaar. She spent 3 years at Weber Shandwick Worldwide as an Account Supervisor managing digital planning and development for clients like Coca-Cola, got milk?, Hanes, Microsoft, Pitney Bowes and Q-tips. Prior to joining R2i in 2012, she was SVP, Interactive Strategy Director at MGH where she built the interactive practice group from the ground up and was responsible for the planning and implementation of memorable, results-driven, integrated marketing campaigns for clients like M&T Bank, Ocean City Maryland - Department of Tourism, Run for Your Lives, Smyth Jewelers and Texas Instruments.

Brian Danin
Lead, Digital Media Team, Georgia Institute of Technology

Brian Danin leads the Digital Media Team, part of Georgia Tech's Creative Strategy & Brand Management division. Using open source web applications, he builds integrations to promote accessibility, usability, and collaboration in online video. He recently led the launch of iTunes U as part of the school's massive open online course (MOOC) initiative. Originally from Colorado, he received a BFA in film, video, and design from the University of British Columbia. While living in Vancouver, he founded the Vancouver Short Film Festival and was named one of the city's top 10 filmmakers by Vancouver's Georgia Straight. After moving to Atlanta in 2007, Brian worked at CNN, Turner Broadcasting, and within the Atlanta startup community.

Nigel Sanctuary
VP Propositions, Kognitio

Nigel is VP propositions providing solutions to the market and for individual clients using Kognitio’s Big Data and Cloud based Analytical Platform.

Nigel Joined Kognitio in 2004 and has 29 years business and marketing experience gained in the financial services and consulting industries operating at senior management level. Nigel has managed multi-million pound credit portfolios for some of the UK’s leading retail outlets and devised and launched an insurance business based on Customer Relationship Management and Customer Value Management operating principles. His consulting experience has been gained with PwC, KPMG and Unisys where he held project direction and management roles. Projects included developing analysis based customer management technical infrastructures and business models.

Since joining Kognitio, Nigel has provided lead consulting roles for a range of clients from telecommunications, financial services, Business Process Outsourcing, Manufacturing, Travel, and hospitality. He has identified and documented the business benefits, operating models and business requirements and aligned them to Kognitio’s database technology and services.

Manny Ju
Director of Product Management, BlueHornet

Manny has over 25 years of experience in the tech industry, including 17+ years bringing software products to market--both as a product manager and as a software developer. As the director of product management at BlueHornet, an enterprise email service provider, Manny is responsible for driving BlueHornet’s strategic product vision, managing the product roadmap, and developing strategic partnerships. He holds an MBA from the Lucas Graduate School of Business with an emphasis in new business ventures and entrepreneurship.

Mike Perla
Director of Conversion Optimization & Creative, Fathom

Serving as director of conversion optimization, Mike joined Fathom in 2006 and has over 10 years of experience as a designer, developer and marketer. He regularly presents on the topics of CRO and UX for organization like the Conversion Conference and UXPA. He also frequently hosts webinars with an international cast of CRO experts through the Conversion Rate Optimization Professional Association (CROPA). Mike’s testing case studies are often published by WhichTestWon (WTW), and in early 2013, he won a gold ribbon in the WTW 2013 Online Testing Awards, where his case study was inducted into the WTW Hall of Fame.

Luke Barton
Technical Director, Siteworx

Luke has more than 16 years of development and implementation experience in areas such as web content management, CRM, analytics, software integration, business intelligence and digital marketing automation. Prior to joining Siteworx, Luke worked in a variety of technical and creative disciplines for eZ Systems, the creator of eZ Publish, as well as at Unboundary, where he managed strategic brand consulting, corporate communications and user experience design. Before building digital infrastructure for clients, Luke designed public works and environmental infrastructures as a civil engineer.

Claudia Perlich
Chief Scientist, Media6Degrees

Claudia Perlich serves as Chief Scientist at Media6Degrees and in this role designs, develops, analyzes and optimizes the machine learning that drives digital advertising to prospective customers of brands. An active industry speaker and frequent contributor to industry publications, Claudia enjoys serving as a guide in world of data and was recently named winner of the Advertising Research Foundation’s (ARF) Grand Innovation Award and was selected as member of the Crain’s NY annual 40 Under 40 list. She has published numerous scientific articles, and holds multiple patents in machine learning and won many data mining competitions.

Prior to joining Media6Degrees in February 2010, Claudia worked in Data Analytics Research at IBM’s Watson Research Center, concentrating on data analytics and machine learning for complex real-world domains and applications. Claudia has a PhD in Information Systems from NYU and an MA in Computer Science from Colorado University. Claudia takes active interest in the making of the next generation of data scientists and is teaching “Data Mining for Business Intelligence” in the NYU Stern MBA program.

Nick Ayres
Manager, Social Marketing, IHG

Nick Ayres leads the global social marketing team for Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), a global hospitality organization with nine hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites®, EVEN™ Hotels and HUALUXE™ Hotels & Resorts.

Immediately prior to joining IHG, Nick spent nearly five years with The Home Depot in a variety of marketing and strategy roles across a several functions including social marketing, interactive marketing, brand management and new product development.

Nick holds a MBA from Georgia Tech and a BS from Emporia State University. You can catch him on Twitter (@nickjayres).

Michael Rodriguez
Product Manager of Digital News, The Weather Channel

Michael Rodriguez is product manager of content discovery and recommendations for The Weather Company. He advances the primary storytelling experiences such as the homepage, content verticals and stories for the world’s largest digital weather experience, reaching more than 55 million unique visitors a month. Previously, Michael led key products and initiatives at CNN.com as a product development and user experience manager. Michael also worked at agencies such as Moxie Interactive and iCrossing, serving clients including UPS, Coca Cola, Microsoft, Dell and AMD.

Michael received his bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Texas State University.

Pete Scott
VP of Emerging Media, Turner Sports

Pete Scott is vice president of emerging media for Turner Sports. In this role, Scott oversees digital operations and technology for delivery for the entire Turner Sports digital portfolio which includes TNT OverTime on NBA.com, PGA.com’s PGA Championship Live and most recently Bleacher Report. In addition, Scott oversees the company’s strategic partnership with Yahoo! Sports.

Prior to his current role, Scott was the executive director of digital partnerships for Turner Sports where he managed Turner’s digital rights for NBA.com, PGA.com, as well as broadband channels TNT OverTime on NBA.com and TBS Hot Corner on MLB.com. His responsibilities included managing the day-to-day programming of interactive content on each of the sites, which includes live streaming coverage, widgets and downloads, interactive TV and wireless platforms.

Since joining Turner Sports new media team in 2001, Scott has helped to create a digital media team with diverse expertise that has attracted attention from other professional leagues and their peers throughout the digital media industry. His unique hybrid background of TV and digital platforms has helped Turner Sports develop into a leader in the digital sports business.

Gretchen Fox
Social Architect

An early leader to identify business value in the social landscape, Fox provides a social vision and strategy for startups and Fortune 100 brands striving to become truly integrated social businesses. Prior to launching her consultancy, grtchnfx, she served as Vice-President of Social at Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s leading live entertainment company, where she built a "social layer" that functioned across departments and divisions to leverage earned, owned and paid media holistically, and distribute social data across the organization. This strategy and framework effectively built an in-house social agency to service superstar touring artists including P!NK, Rihanna, and Jay-Z, as well as more than 100 regional and venue marketers.

Before joining Live Nation, Fox spent more than a decade consulting on digital marketing, web product development and content production projects for a variety of brands including: AELTC's Wimbledon Championships, Rugby World Cup, ING New York City Marathon, NBC's Winter Olympics, Best Buy, New York Stock Exchange, and the Conversation Group.

Jeff Siegel
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Advertising, Rovi

Jeff Siegel joined Rovi Corporation in October of 2010 as senior vice president, Worldwide Advertising, bringing almost 20 years of experience at all levels of advertising sales. His experience includes managing global sales teams, and developing and marketing world-class brands and assets on diverse platforms including cable networks, internet, mobile, VOD and iTV. Prior to Rovi, Jeff was at Ensequence - The Interactive Video Company, where he built out the programmer, distributor and advertising sales efforts. Previous to this, Jeff spent a total of 13 years at ESPN, most recently as senior vice president, Advanced Media Sales and Marketing where he led the sales, marketing and development of advanced media platforms.

Jeff Ferguson
CEO & Lead Consultant, Fang Digital Marketing

Jeff Ferguson is the CEO and Lead Consultant of Fang Digital Marketing, a strategic consulting agency that specializes in internet marketing, including search engine marketing, display, social, and affiliate programs. With over 17 years of online marketing experience, Jeff has led the online marketing efforts for companies such as Hilton Hotels, Kimberly-Clark, InterActiveCorp, Experian, Napster, and Local.com. Jeff has also served as a consultant for renowned clients such as American Airlines, CBS Local, Farmers Insurance, Hilton Hotels, KinderCare, eHarmony, JustFab, Paychex, CBS Local, and Toyota.

Recently honored as one of PPC Hero’s “Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts,” Jeff Ferguson is no stranger to the industry speaking circuits throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. Jeff is a regular presenter at Ad:tech, AllFacebook Expo, Conversion Conference, eMetrics, Search Marketing Expo (SMX), Digital Hollywood, Online Marketing Summit (OMS), Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and Search Engine Strategies (SES), where he also served as a member of the advisory board. Additionally, Jeff has volunteered his time for the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) on both the national and regional levels, where he serves as a board member of the Los Angeles chapter. Jeff can be found on Twitter countxero and @fangdigital.

Joellyn "Joey" Sargent
Principal, BrandSprout LLC

Joellyn "Joey" Sargent is principal of BrandSprout LLC, a strategic marketing and management consulting firm that helps companies turn daunting business challenges into compelling success stories. An avid fan of technology and innovation, Joey's approach merges new media with traditional marketing. Before founding BrandSprout, Joey spent 20 years leading marketing strategy for businesses ranging from start-ups to the Fortune 500, including UPS and BellSouth (now AT&T). As a senior marketing executive, she had global responsibility for branding, marketing strategy, communications and product management functions. Joey has been quoted in Fox Business, Huffington Post and Social Media Today. She holds an MBA from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Read her blog at www.Fresh-Sprouts.com

Chris Korbey
Creative Director, Emma

Chris Korbey is Emma's creative director, overseeing the brand experience for Emma's customers and business partners. Before joining Emma, Chris founded and worked as creative director for Meat+Bones, a Dallas-based boutique strategic marketing and creative agency. His work has been recognized in Communication Arts, Print Magazine, The New York Art Director’s Club, AR100, GRAPHIS, and he is included in the permanent collection of the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. Chris is a relentless skateboarder and was once restrained by the Secret Service in high school. (He has an autographed Presidential sneaker to show for his efforts.)

Brian DAmato
SVP Analytics, Moxie

Brian is a veteran in the digital space - working with technology, businesses, user experience and analytics to help transform teams into continuous learning organizations. He uses data, research, and insights to craft solutions and push the envelope in the spaces of Big Data and omni-channel user experience.

DAmato has worked with Fortune 500 companies like Intel, General Electric, Delta Air Lines, and The Home Depot, and has launched two startups. Brian aligns business objectives and customer needs, with appropriate KPIs and available technologies to enable intelligent risk-taking for organizations.

Brian is the proud father of two children and has a Chemical Engineering degree from MIT and a MBA in Strategy and Finance from Goizueta Business School.

J. Scott Williford
Founder & CEO, vLink Solutions

Scott is a serial entrepreneur, consultant, and family man. He has played a major role several successful organizations and helped countless others as an investor, consultant and executive. Scott has a passion to help businesses and professionals differentiate themselves in their marketplace.

His current project, vLink Solutions is positioned as “The Video Marketing Authority”. vLink helps businesses CREATE cost effective, high quality videos then CURATE these digital assets with a proprietary video marketing platform that provides powerful metrics, video hosting and social media integration. As CEO and Founder of vLink Solutions, Scott is the visionary leader and spokesperson for the company.

Scott is also the managing partner in Iuvo, LLC, a boutique management consulting practice, specializing in all areas of technology, marketing, business planning and more. Scott brings a wealth of knowledge from his CEO and COO background that provides clients access to a unique blend of technology, marketing, sales and operational expertise.

Trish Nettleship
Director for Social Media & Influenced, UCB

Trish Nettleship is the Director for Social Media & Influence at UCB, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company. Her role at UCB is to create a social media center of excellence to support UCB on a global scale and drive adoption of social across the organization. She has spent the better part of her career helping business customers succeed. Previously at AT&T she built the social media practice within the B2B space. Under her leadership, AT&T grew social into a significant channel for lead generation and overall engagement with their customers.

Nettleship has held various marketing roles from social media, digital strategy, communications, product marketing and business development within the technology space. She holds a MBA in International Business and a BA in management and marketing both from Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. She regularly speaks at social media and pharmaceutical conferences on topics related to leveraging digital and social to support business objectives.

Stefan Tornquist
Vice President, Research (US), Econsultancy

Stefan has been at the leading edges of online marketing for over 15 years. He manages all US-based research activities, as well as maintaining an active writing and speaking schedule. Before joining Econsultancy in 2010, Stefan was the research director and a primary spokesperson for research publisher MarketingSherpa. He began his career in disital as co-founder of rich media pioneer Bluestreak, now part of the Dentsu network of companies.

Mike Marshall
CEO, Internet Marketing Analysts

Mike Marshall has more than 20 years of experience in information technology, including web design, software engineering, e-commerce solutions and internet marketing. From this experience, Mike emerged as a mentor with insight and advice for advanced techniques in the SEO industry, even to the experts. His articles and commentary have appeared in Forbes.com, Web Pro News, Website Magazine, PR Week, SearchNewz, “Building Your Business with Google for Dummies” and many other publications.

Mike is the lead instructor at the North Carolina Search Engine Academy. The U.S. Patent Office contracted him to design and teach a required course on search engine technology. Companies he has consulted with include AOL, 1-800-Flowers, IBM, Sony, WebMD, and Alcatel-Lucent. Mike is a member of SEO Professionals and the World Association of Internet Marketers, and holds degrees in linguistics, philosophy and theology.

Josh McCoy
SEO Lead Strategist, Vizion Interactive

Josh McCoy, a Lead Strategist at Vizion Interactive, possesses a strong dedication and passion into the understanding and execution of successful search marketing campaigns. Deeply ingraining himself into "all things search," Josh's years of expertise in search marketing help him to concentrate on how to effectively harness all areas of online marketing. These include SEO, Social Media and Paid Search to help create an encapsulating approach to search engine marketing ideation as the online landscape continues to evolve.

Beyond his involvement with Vizion Interactive, Josh is a monthly columnist for the leading search engine marketing news site Search Engine Watch, a speaking contributor for the Search Engine Strategies conference series and the ClickZ Training Academy and Josh also manages the Kansas City Search Engine Marketing Association.

Simms Jenkins
Founder & CEO, BrightWave Marketing

Simms Jenkins is Founder and CEO of BrightWave Marketing, North America’s leading email marketing focused digital agency. The award-winning firm works with a world-class client list including Aflac, Chick-fil-A, Cox Business, Phillips66, Porsche and Weather.com. Jenkins is recognized globally as one of the leading email marketing experts and has been awarded the Agency Marketer of the Year and Email Marketer of the Year and has been featured in Fortune Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Wired and Bloomberg TV. Jenkins is the author of two definitive and highly regarded books on email marketing, “The New Inbox” and "The Truth About Email Marketing.”

Dave Mundo
VP, Analytics Director, BKV

Dave’s 17 years of marketing analytics expertise has helped numerous clients measure the impact of their marketing investments via various statistical analyses. This work has enabled clients to increase the efficiency and ROI of their marketing investments. He is a regular digital ROI guest speaker for the Gateway Analytics Network (both in Atlanta and San Francisco), as well as other industry events including the Direct Marketing Association and Emory University.

At BKV, Dave has led data modeling projects for both Kool Smiles and The American Red Cross.

Prior to joining BKV in 2012, Dave had a lengthy stint as an analytics director at The Nielsen Company. He led a team of analysts that worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Coca-Cola, Unilever, and SCJohnson both in the US and Latin America.

Becky Scheel
Graphic & Website Designer, Zoo Atlanta

Becky Scheel is a graphic and website designer at Zoo Atlanta, and Google’s first Google+ Community Ninja. During her time at the Zoo, she has acquired extensive knowledge of presenting interpretive content online, in print and at exhibit. In the process, her interest grew in digital media, infographics and conservation education. Becky is the content manager of the Zoo Atlanta Google+ page, which has an audience of more than 475,000, making it the highest user zoological page and one of the largest nonprofit pages. She enjoys exploring Atlanta’s taquerías and makes time each year to visit SXSW (for the music part).

Michael Tippett
Director, New Products, HootSuite

Michael Tippett is a 2 time Emmy nominee & successful entrepreneur. Over the last 2 decades he has founded and managed several startups in New York and Vancouver. In 1994 he founded and sold one of the Canada's first digital design companies. He then spent 5 years in New York where as the Director of Marketing, he helped build Afternic.com. The company sold to Register.com where Tippett served as General Manager. In 2005 he founded, ran and later sold Nowpublic. NowPublic was named one of the top five most useful new sites on the web by The Guardian and Time magazine named it one of the Top 50 Websites for 2007. He ran GrowLab, a Vancouver based accelerator in 2011. Currently he is Director of New Products at Hootsuite.

Apart from his professional activities, Tippett sits on a number of boards and professional organizations. He is on the National Steering Committee for Startup Canada also donates his time to run Vancouver’s Startup Weekend. In addition, he is a member of the University of British Columbia’s School of Journalism Advisory Board, Capilano University, Bachelor of Professional Communication Advisory Committee and also a board member of the Upside Foundation.

Jason Hartley
Group Media Director, Search Marketing Practice Lead, 360i

Jason Hartley is Group Media Director, Search Marketing Practice Lead at 360i. He oversees search strategy and paid search best practices at the agency and works with major marketers to evolve their search strategies. Jason has appeared in a number of media outlets such as Direct Marketing News, eMarketer and Search Engine Journal. His book, The Advanced Genius Theory (Scribner), was also featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Entertainment Weekly.

Prior to 360i, Jason was a media manager at Hachette Filipacchi Media, managing the email and SEM programs for publications like Elle, Woman’s Day, Car and Driver and Road and Track. Before Hachette, he served as editorial director for the dELiA*s catalog, website and stores. Jason graduated with a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of South Carolina-Columbia.

Adam Harrell
Co-founder & Creative Director, Nebo Agency

Adam oversees brand strategy, user experience and creative direction for Nebo Agency. Adam's passion is helping clients craft interactive experiences that connect with their customers. He believes that design can be a differentiator, and that a good user interface shouldn't require instructions. Adam was named one of Atlanta's '40 under 40' rising stars by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in 2011 and named Atlanta's Agency Marketer of The Year in 2013 by AMA.

John Rich
VP, Digital Strategy, Moxie

With a background of traditional and digital advertising, John Rich has worked with some of the most recognized brands in the world. His specialty: developing "always on" brand engagement strategies that allow consumers to connect with brands in meaningful ways no matter when, where or which device they're using.

Justin Carll
Interactive Manager, PureRED

Justin Carll is PureRED's Digital Strategist. He currently manages digital strategy, operations and account service for PureRED's digital marketing department. Justin has over 10 years experience working with retail clients including Lowe's, Verizon Wireless, Safeway, Dollar General and Michaels.

He has been a judge at the Digital Signage Expo and has spoken at numerous industry events including Global Shop. Justin has a BS in Communications, Electronic Media and Broadcasting as well as a BS in Business Administration from Appalachian State University.

Thomas Cornelius
President of Adility, InComm

Thomas Cornelius is President of Adility at InComm. InComm is the leading provider of prepaid and transaction technologies with 400,000 points of distribution, $ 21 billion annual transaction volume and reaching over 1 billion customers weekly. Thomas has focused on the convergence of online and offline sales since 1997, when he developed an ecommerce platform for retail merchants and one of the first largely available mobile ecommerce solutions.

Thomas worked on local merchant campaigns for companies like Google and AOL; developed supply chain e-commerce integrations and developed digital promotions for major retailers and brands. In 2009, Thomas founded Adility to enable online-to-offline commerce, turning online purchase intent into measurable offline retail transactions. InComm acquired Adility in 2012.

Jeff Dennes
SVP, Head of Digital, SunTrust Bank

Jeff Dennes, is a nationally recognized leader in the online, mobile and payments industry. With nearly 20 year of experience in online and mobile services innovation. Jeff has been recognized by multiple industry accolades including Innovator of the year in 2011. Jeff recently joined SunTrust Bank from Huntington Bank to lead their Digital teams and assets. Prior to Huntington Jeff spent 10 years at USAA where he lead many firsts in the industry to include Mobile Banking and the first Mobile Remote Deposit Capture.

Rob Sanders
Founder, RSO Consulting

As founder of RSO Consulting, Rob Sanders provides creative and technical solutions to the world of online marketing across many verticals representing healthcare, e-commerce, technology, law, and finance. He also teaches PPC, SEO and web analytics classes for marketing and business professionals in the San Francisco-Bay Area and throughout the U.S.

Rob is Google AdWords and Analytics certified and has over 15 years of experience that compliment his core competencies: search engine optimization, pay per click management, social media optimization and web analytics.

Rob received an MBA from the University of San Francisco and is the author of the book "42 Rules for Applying Google Analytics". He currently splits his time between his homes in San Francisco and Murcia, Spain, and is acting board chair of the Ama Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports underprivileged children in Nepal.

Erik Muendel
CEO & Creative Director, Brightline Interactive

Erik Muendel has been a national leader in the digital marketing industry for over 17 years. Since founding Brightline Interactive, Erik has provided the creative direction and technical understanding that has established Brightline as a national leader in the digital and experiential marketing space. Erik’s leadership and vision cut across platforms - mobile, web, installations, and live events all converge, providing award-winning solutions for clients and brands including 5-hour ENERGY, the National Guard, AT&T, Pepsi and the National Park Service. Erik is an alumnus of James Madison University.

Carol Barnum
Director of Research, The UX Firm

Carol Barnum is Director of Research for the UX Firm and the author of Usability Testing Essentials: Ready, Set…Test! She is an award-winning speaker, writer, and presenter and has been conducting usability research with a diverse range of clients and products for nearly two decades.

Topher Kohan
Associate Director of Search, Rockfish

Topher Kohan is Associate Director of Search for Rockfish, a full-service digital innovation partner that drives business for some of the world’s largest brands. He was previously the in-house SEO coordinator for CNN’s digital news properties (including CNN International, HLNtv.com, CNN Mexico and iReport), where he oversaw a 17% increase in traffic from search year-over-year and oversaw one of the single largest search traffic days in the site’s history with the 2008 presidential election. Topher previously worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Bob Gilbreath
Co-Founder & President, Pingage

Bob Gilbreath is Co-Founder and President of Pingage, a new service, powered by software, that helps brands dramatically scale business growth through Pinterest with less effort and a pay-for-performance model. Pingage works with companies such as P&G, HSN and ConAgra Foods.

Bob is the author of the award-winning book The Next Evolution of Marketing: Connect with your Customers by Marketing with Meaning (McGraw-Hill 2009). His writing has been featured in Adweek and Entrepreneur, he has spoken at Harvard Business School, Google, the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival, and he has appeared on ABC News.

Before joining Pingage, Bob was Chief Strategy Officer of Possible Worldwide, one of the largest global digital agencies with over 1,000 employees in 20 cities. At Possible, Bob led global projects for companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Samsung, Danone, and MasterCard.

Bob began his marketing career at Procter & Gamble, where he led a dramatic turnaround of the Mr. Clean brand through several new product innovations including Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. He was recognized by Advertising Age as a Top 50 Marketer. Bob received his MBA in marketing from the NYU/Stern School of Business and his BA in Economics from Duke University.

Kami Watson Huyse
CEO & Founder, Zoetica Media

Kami Watson Huyse is the founder of Zoetica Media, an award-winning marketing and PR firm. Kami authors a blog on the topic of public relations and social media strategy and is considered a national leader in the use of social media for public relations. A 19-year-veteran of public relations, her work in social media has earned her the SNCR’s 2008 and 2010 awards and IABC’s 2009 Gold Quill of Excellence Award. She authored a chapter on social media measurement in “Welcome to the Fifth Estate: How to Create and Sustain a Winning Social Media Strategy” and is a frequent speaker on the subject.

Trevor Sumner
President & Co-founder, LocalVox

Trevor is the President and co-founder of LocalVox, a local social and mobile marketing platform for local businesses that was named one of the top startups in NYC by Business Insider and one of the top fast-growing tech companies by Forbes. He has spent ~15 years in startups as a product and marketing executive for cutting edge technologies and services from eCommerce and eBusiness in the late 90s to wireless Internet and messaging solutions in the early 2000s to most recently consumer platforms and local, social and mobile marketing platforms.

His core specialty is understanding technology, what it is now and what it could be, and then driving its evolution and market delivery to maximize corporate value.

Trevor is a born and raised New Yorker, an avid fisherman who caught a 600 lbs Black Marlin, an amateur chef, and an adventure scuba diver who has dived in every continent including Antarctica.

Rory Felton
VP of Business Development, Music & Entertainment, Chirpify

Rory heads Chirpify’s business development. Felton started executive producing records 15 years ago and has sold 5+ million recordings. Sony Music acquired most of his record company - The Militia Group white Universal and EMI have also acquired artists he has developed. He created a music publishing joint venture with BMG (acquired by Universal). At Chirpify, Rory is helping brands, record companies, and artists make sense (and dollars) of going selling in-stream on social media. Chirpify clients include Adidas, NBA’s Portland Trailblazers, Taco Bell, Warner Brothers Records, Island/DefJam, Universal Republic, Tim McGraw, Green Day, and Lil Wayne.

Brian Ford
Senior Director of North American Sales and Service, Quickparts®/3D Systems

Based out of Atlanta, Brian oversees a group of Directors who lead the Sales and Project Management teams that support Quickparts, the On Demand Parts business unit of 3D Systems. Brian has been with Quickparts/3D Systems since 2002, in a variety of Sales and Marketing management positions. Brian’s passions include growing small business units and helping people realize their full potential.

Erica McClenny
Vice President Client Services, Expion

Erica joined Expion, a leading enterprise social software platform, in January 2010. Her role is leading the Client Services team in execution of multi location social media roll outs such as Applebee’s 1550 Facebook pages or The Home Depot’s 2000 store level strategy. Her team also assists with social software deployments to assist agencies and global brands such as Oreo, Coca-Cola and Fisher-Price to maximize rich actionable insights from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google+. Her team is focused on solving integration of social media across the enterprise to maximize the usage of Expion’s social software and integration into all legs of business. Keep up with her on Twitter @ericamcclenny.

Victor Wong
CEO & Co-Founder, PaperG

Victor Wong is the CEO and co-founder of PaperG, a display advertising technology company. He along with the cofounders envisioned a platform that makes ad creation and targeting radically simple, which the company launched to much acclaim. The New York Times called the technology “an ad engine to put ‘Mad Men’ out of business.” Victor has served as co-chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) Local Committee and has been a guest lecturer at events hosted by NYU, NAA as well as BIA Kelsey. He has contributed writings to Forbes, PaidContent, and Techcrunch. Victor graduated from Yale University with a degree in economics, and is a Yale Entrepreneurial Institute Fellow.

Annalise Kaylor
Director of Social Media Marketing, Intrapromote

Annalise Kaylor built her first social network in 1992 when the so-called Internet was $8/hour and the BBS was the way of the world wide web.

Fast forward 20 years and she heads up the social media department for Intrapromote, a boutique social media and SEO agency whose clients include Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Honda, Cleveland Clinic and Livenation. Annalise has also presented at SXSW Interactive, SMX Social Media, SMX West, and PubCon. In 2012, she served as the technical editor for The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Pinterest Marketing (Penguin).

Patrick Toland
Chief Revenue Officer, Optimal

Patrick Toland is chief revenue officer at Optimal, where he is responsible for driving Optimal's revenue growth and leading the company's sales strategy. Toland has extensive experience building leading Internet businesses in marketing, business development and product management roles. Most recently, Toland was senior vice president and managing director of North America at UK-based social marketing agency TBG Digital. He was responsible for all aspects of TBG's North American business including sales, client service and campaign execution. In this role he also drove many of the operational and strategic shifts that established TBG Digital as one of the largest third-party buyers of Facebook advertising.

Toland also was co-founder and vice president of business development at Incentive Networks, a private-label, merchant-funded, online loyalty program for affinity and membership organizations which was acquired by WebLoyalty in 2008. Prior to Incentive Networks, Toland worked as director of business development at Schoolpop where he managed a sales team responsible for all company revenue. He also led business development as director of strategic accounts at Digital River, and director of Snap! and BuyDirect's business development at CNET Networks.

Jenny Schmitt
President & Senior Spark, CloudSpark

Jenny Schmitt is the First Employee and Senior Spark at CloudSpark, an award-winning strategic communications and social media company that specializes in helping new and emerging companies answers the key questions of “What now?” and “What next?” With experience, expertise, inspiration – and a spark or two – the company provides answers that help business stand out and achieve results. A veteran public relations and marketing professional and sought-after public speaker, Jenny is a frequent media contributor and has been quoted in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, BrandWeek, Ragan’s PR Daily, Nielsen’s Small Business among others; an author as well, she regularly contributes to the online world through blogs relating to social media and public relations. Jenny’s company has been recognized as one of the “Top 10 Agencies Who Get Social Media” in a national CMO survey conducted by ZDNet. Jenny can be followed on Twitter at @cloudspark.

Jeff Sheehan
Founder, Sheehan Marketing Strategies

Jeff Sheehan holds a BBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a MSF from Bentley University, and a MSM from Georgia State University with additional training at Northwestern University and the University of Virginia. With over 30 years of high-tech global sales, marketing, and advertising experience marketing to Intel, Cisco, Apple, HP, and IBM, to name a few, Jeff is now a marketing and social media consultant at Sheehan Marketing Strategies for many businesses, professionals, and non-profit organizations. With over 195,000 followers on Twitter, he has been recognized as #1 Of The Top 100 Marketers In The World To Follow On Twitter. He is a well known speaker in the Atlanta area on the use of LinkedIn, Personal Branding, Social Media, and Marketing.

Stephen Pair
Cofounder & CTO, BitPay

Stephen Pair, co-founder and CTO, saw a need for bitcoin payment processing and founded BitPay in 2011. As a start-up, Mr. Pair is involved in all of the day-to-day operations including research and engineering, product development and information technology. Mr. Pair has 20 years of experience building software systems in the financial and telecommunications industries.

Before founding BitPay, Mr. Pair held various roles including entrepreneur, architect, manager, team lead and developer. He started programming at a young age and spent much of his early career focused on languages, compilers, operating systems and virtual machines. Later, he developed an interest in the mechanics of financial markets, economics and monetary systems as well as developments in cryptography.

Mr. Pair has a Bachelors in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and two patents in the field of streaming analytics.

Mark Miller
Founder & Chief Strategist, StepWise Marketing

Mark is widely regarded as one of the foremost thinkers in CRM and digital with a focus on groundbreaking ideas that power customer dialog. As Founder, Chief Marketing Strategist of StepWise Marketing, Mark takes on the industry’s toughest problems and finds actionable solutions that leverage digital, social and content opportunities. Prior to launching StepWise Marketing, Mark was CRM Practice Leader at Digitas where his focus was on the exponential growth of digital technology, and keeping mobile and social data at the core of CRM. Mark also led the combined Strategic Services and the Technology Group for Digitas Health and led the healthcare consulting practice for Epsilon.

Rebecca Lieb
Analyst, Altimeter Group

Rebecca Lieb is an analyst at Altimeter Group where she covers digital advertising and media, an area that encompasses brands, publishers, agencies, and technology vendors.

Rebecca previously launched and oversaw Econsultancy’s US operations. She was VP and editor-in-chief of The ClickZ Network for over seven years. For a portion of that time, she also ran Search Engine Watch.

Earlier, Rebecca held executive marketing and communications positions at strategic consultancies, including Siegel+Gale, and has worked in the same capacity for global entertainment and media companies, including Universal Television & Networks Group (formerly USA Networks International) and Bertelsmann’s RTL Television. As a journalist, she’s written on media for numerous publications, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. She spent five years as Variety’s Berlin-based German/Eastern European bureau chief. Until recently, Rebecca taught at New York University’s Center for Publishing, where she served on the Electronic Publishing Advisory Group..

Steven Roe
Director of Marketing & CRM Strategy, Response Media

Steven Roe has over 18 years of marketing experience. He currently serves as the Director of marketing and CRM Strategy for Response Media where he is responsible for advising Proctor & Gamble, Red Bull, S.C. Johnson, and Disney on their digital marketing strategies. Roe also serves as the president of the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association.

Prior to joining Response Media, Roe drove new client strategy for BrightWave Marketing (2007-2012), north Americas leading digital messaging agency. While at BrightWave, the agency experienced nearly 500% growth in revenue and was a trusted partner of CVS, Chick-fil-A, RaceTrac Petroleum, O’Charley’s, AGCO, Southern Company, Randstad, and Lotus Cars.

Jacques Panis
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Shinola

Jacques Panis has over 10 years of experience spanning marketing, branding and sales. Panis founded Webosaurs in 2007, an online brand created to educate children globally on the history and diversity of our planet. He collaborated with animation studio Reel FX to expand the Webosaurs project while running the Reel FX interactive division. Panis joined Shinola in 2010 to oversee product development and strategic direction for the company.

Alankar Tayal
Optimization, Usability, Testing & Analytic Expert

Alankar Tayal is a thought leader, mentor, blogger and speaker who has been evangelizing user-centric approach for 18 plus years for all things in online space. During this time, Alankar has been helping businesses of all sizes get the most of their online presence by optimizing the conversion rate and usability of their websites and online marketing programs.

Alankar has a masters in Computer Science, focusing on Web Usability and a MBA in Marketing. Alankar has worked for companies such as Sage, The Home Depot, Publix, Sprint, BellSouth and iXL.

Danny Davis
CEO, Proving Ground

Danny Davis has been helping senior executives use technology to solve customer-facing business problems since 1999. As the co-founder and CTO of Spun Logic (now Engauge), Danny helped major brands see and act on opportunities to engage customers and drive revenue using web-based experiences and applications.

In 2010, Danny founded Proving Ground, a strategy and development firm focused on overcoming the challenges of creating highly rewarding customer experiences in a multi-screen world. Danny speaks frequently on the topics of Digital Customer Experience strategy and development at major industry conferences and private workshops.

Howard Morton
CEO, Boardwalk International Advisors

As CEO of Boardwalk International Advisors, Howard Morton helps leading brands, financial institutions and loyalty programs engage consumers with innovative social media, big data, and mobile loyalty marketing solutions. His search for optimal technologies lead him to join as an advisor to Omnego, an innovative mobile engagement app platform provider. His passion for performance and executive experience at brand leaders such as: Bell Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, Rogers Communications, and AIR MILES, makes him a frequent presenter / panelist at global conferences. He understands how to successfully build lasting consumer engagement using the proven mobile and social media solutions.

Nikhil Deshpande
Director, GeorgiaGov Interactive

Nikhil Deshpande is Director of GeorgiaGov Interactive, a division of the Georgia Technology Authority. He is responsible for the digital presence and strategy for the State of Georgia’s official web portal and multiple other web properties for state agencies and elected officials. He is also an adjunct professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Atlanta where he teaches principals of interactive media and social gaming.

Nikhil is a user interface designer and a certified usability analyst with more than 10 years of digital media experience. Give him a tweet at @nikofthehill.

Peter Lee
Editorial Director, GeorgiaGov Interactive

Peter Lee is Editorial Director of GeorgiaGov Interactive, a division of the Georgia Technology Authority. His team of writers and content editors maintains GeorgiaGov, the official website for the State of Georgia. He also works with other state agencies to develop and improve their websites, offering consultation and insight on how to make their sites more usable.

Peter has more than 20 years of writing and editing experience and has been working with content management systems for 12 years. He holds a master’s degree in communications and is a Certified Usability Analyst. He is also an avid music blogger.

Kelley Mitchell Price
Chief Experience Officer, Pocketfirm

Kelley Mitchell Price is a recognized digital experience expert, working with major brands and non-profit organizations to improve their businesses. For the past 14 years, Kelley has been helping brands realize the business value of customer-centric experience design, harmonizing digital activations created for customers with the marketing strategies that get them there. Kelley’s unique point-of-view combines powerful digital marketing techniques with innovative creative strategy and design to create experiences that make an impact, lift KPIs, build brands, and grow revenue.

In addition to consulting, Kelley has held senior digital strategy and creative positions at the American Cancer Society, IQ Agency, Tribal DDB, and UPS. She resides with her family in Atlanta, Georgia.