Confirmed Experts Include:
| Michael C. Aragon Aragon currently manages end-to-end service functions to deliver a high quality entertainment service globally to a variety of Sony Internet-connected devices, via PlayStation Network, Video Unlimited and Music Unlimited services. Aragon has led successful implementations throughout nine countries, across 10 Sony devices, together with more than 150 global studio and network partners. In June 2010, Aragon was recognized by “The Hollywood Reporter” as part of its “Digital Power 50” list, in recognition for building a digital distribution hub where peers in the entertainment industry are seeing strong growth opportunities. |
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| Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Laura is a pioneer in the field of philanthropy. Under her leadership, SV2 (Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund) built a portfolio of 25 grantees and nearly 400 investors. Laura is also the Founder and Board Chairman of Stanford PACS. She has published a book "Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World." and is a contributing author to a number of publications. Laura was the first individual awarded SV2’s “Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Social Impact Award,” and in 2011, the World Affairs Council and its Global Philanthropy Forum honored her with the Global Citizen Award. Currently, she teaches courses on Strategic Philanthropy at Stanford. |
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| | Travis Boatman Boatman is responsible for overseeing the expansion of Zynga’s mobile social game portfolio, including the production of next generation titles across multiple platforms and devices. With almost 20 years of experience working in the videogame industry, he has worked on PC, console, and in mobile for over 12 years. Prior, Travis grew JAMDAT Mobile Studios from a start-up to a publicly traded global leader, before being acquired by Electronic Arts. Travis has managed and delivered content for all major mobile platforms ranging including WAP, BREW, J2ME, Symbian, WebOS, Kindle, Android, and iOS. |
| | Scott Brady Scott Brady is Senior Vice President of Analytics for Digital at Nielsen, the leading global provider of information and analytics around what consumers watch and buy. He is responsible for identifying cross-platform insights and trends that might drive business decisions for Nielsen clients, especially in terms of their mobile and online strategies. He joined Nielsen in 2007, when the company acquired Telephia, a research company serving the mobile industry. |
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| Nicholas Carlson Carlson's ground-breaking investigative reporting has re-written the histories of Facebook and Twitter. He is a regular contributor to Bloomberg Television's biography series "Game Changers." Previously, he reported for Gawker Media's Silicon Valley gossip blog, Valleywag. He got his start on the beat at InternetNews.com. Before that, there was a stint at Merrill Lynch. |
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| Michael Cerda Cerda is in charge of product and technology at VEVO, the music video and entertainment platform. Prior, he was VP of Technology at Myspace working on events, artists' tools, and its messaging platform. Cerda has also co-founded a plethora of successful startup companies including Threadbox, which Myspace acquired last year, and companies Jangl and Ooma. He has held managerial positions at Procket Networks as Director of Corporate Development, where he focused on fund raising, marketing, and customer development, and Redback Networks, where he specialized in product launches.
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| Paul Cousineau Cousineau has over 17 years of experience with Internet management. He is responsible for developing mobile software products across mobile web, apps, and tablets for Walmart’s businesses around the world. Prior, Cousineau had a long career with Palm and Handspring, where he most recently led the Software Product Management team that launched the webOS operating system. |
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| | Kim-Mai Cutler Cutler covers mobile app distribution and monetization. Previously, she worked for Inside Network, where she directed mobile-app and gaming coverage, in addition to launching and building Inside Mobile Apps from scratch in 2011. Prior, she covered bond markets in London during the financial collapse in 2008. |
| | Bart Decrem In 2008, Decrem founded the Tapulous brand through which Disney's Interactive Media Group (DIMG) offers content. To date, Tapulous has more than one billion games played among all of their apps. The app brand became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company in July of 2010. Prior to Tapulous, Decrem headed marketing and business affairs for the Firefox 1.0 launch. He was also a co-founder of desktop Linux startup Eazel and the founding chief executive officer of social web browser company, Flock. |
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| Don Dodge Dodge is an experienced product development leader, known for bringing innovative products to market at five start-up venues including Napster and Bowstreet, the first major XML web services software company. Prior to Google, Dodge acted as the Director of Business Development at Microsoft and was in charge of VP Product Management at Groove Networks. His visions have driven a successful track record of driving both business and technology in entrepreneurial environments. |
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| Dave Finocchio Dave Finocchio leads the Content Team at Bleacher Report, focusing on product strategy and the creation, management and distribution of content. A life-long sports nut with passion for hyperbole, Dave is consistently belittled for his views on Tim Tebow, The San Antonio Spurs, and Kurt Warner. He founded Bleacher Report with three good friends who share a common belief that the most knowledgeable and insightful fans deserve a meaningful voice in sports media. Dave holds a BA in Economics and History from the University of Notre Dame. He has previous experience in venture capital and private equity. |
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| Mike Ghaffary Ghaffery has over a decade of experience in computer software. In addition to Yelp, Ghaffary also co-founded and advises the $999.99 iPhone app BarMax, the first prep course for the C.A. and N.Y. bar exam. Previously, Ghaffary was the Director of Business Development at TrialPlay, the referral program which turns trial consumers into paying customers, and Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development at Stitcher, the on-demand Internet radio service app. Prior, Ghaffary was Vice President of Summit Partners, a venture capital and equity fund. |
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| Julie Hansen Prior to Business Insider, Hansen relaunched NCAA.com for CBS Sports. She led the group that produced magazine web sites for Condé Nast ranging from Newyorker.com to Glamour.com and before that built the #1 web site for golfers at Time Inc. |
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| Courtney Holt Holt is COO of Maker, a next-generation, talent first media company. Courtney brings extensive entertainment and music industry knowledge and relationships to Maker, as well as a deep experience engaging new audiences and creating innovative marketing opportunities. Most recently, Courtney served as an advisor to News Corp. Digital and as president of Myspace Music. Prior to Myspace Music, Courtney was executive vice president of digital music for the MTV Networks Music & Logo Group. |
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| Drew Ianni AppNation the leading independent global conference and expo focusing on the burgeoning app economy. Ianni also serves as the Founding Editor-in-Chief of appnation.biz, a daily editorial publication covering the app economy. Prior to launching APPNATION, Ianni was the Chairman, Senior Global Analyst, Event Master of Ceremonies, and Chair of the North American Advisory Board for ad:tech Expositions. Ianni has 15+ years of experience in the digital advertising industries. Prior to ad:tech, he served as President and CEO of atmosphere.BBDO, he also worked as a sell-side equity research analyst at Lazard, Freres & Co. LLC, a boutique investment bank. Ianni also worked on Wall Street at Jupiter Communications. |
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| Cory Johnson Johnson co-hosts the hour-long technology and business weekday program on Bloomberg TV where he provides in-depth coverage of Internet companies, social media, and other technology, media, and entertainment developments. Prior, Johnson was a hedge fund manager and private investor. Johnson was also a portfolio manager at Kingsford Capital Management and an analyst at Cannell Capital LLC where he focused on value investing, short selling, forensic accounting and covering neglected equities in technology, industrials, oil and gas. |
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| David Ko Ko leads mobile business globally for Zynga, overseeing all strategy, product and platform development. He oversaw the launch of nine new mobile social games across multiple platforms including Scramble With Friends. Prior, Ko spent ten years as Senior VP of Yahoo!’s Audience, Mobile and Local businesses where he led their business globally. He was also responsible for the innovation of Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Finance and Yahoo! Entertainment. David also served as Vice President for Yahoo!’s mobile business in Asia Pacific. |
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| Sarah Lacy PandoDaily, or "TechCrunch 2.0," has officially launched. The site is run by former TechCrunch managing editor Sarah Lacy, who launched it to fill the hole opened when much of the original TechCrunch news staff left AOL Lacy is also an award winning journalist and author of two critically acclaimed books, “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0” (Gotham Books, May 2008) and “Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos (Wiley, February 2011). Lacy has been a reporter in Silicon Valley for nearly fifteen years, covering everything from the tiniest startups to the largest public companies. She was formerly a staff writer and columnist for BusinessWeek, the founding co-host of Yahoo Finance’s Tech Ticker, and a senior editor at TechCrunch. |
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| Brian Lee Lee is chairman of ShoeDazzle, co-founded with Kim Kardashian, Co-Founder of LegalZoom, and Co-founder of The Honest Company with Jessica Alba. ShoeDazzle is a Los Angeles-based online personalized styling and retail service that features reality shoes. Members pay a set monthly fee in exchange for a pair of shoes that are selected by Hollywood stylists. The Honest Company is a monthly subscription service for non-toxic baby supplies. |
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| Jordan Levin Levin has launched many high-impact entertainment franchises over two decades as a network and studio executive, producer, director and new media entrepreneur. He started Generate, a full-service studio and talent management firm, in 2006 acquired by Alloy Digital this year to form a multi-platform, next generation media company. Prior, Levin was the former CEO of The WB Network where he created their original movie division and oversaw Kids’ WB! He helped launch hit programs including “Dawson’s Creek,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and “Felicity.” Levin also helped revitalize the Disney brand in network television through shows including “Home Improvement” and “Boy Meets World.” |
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| Holger Luedorf VP, Head of Business Development, Foursquare Holger has worked in the Internet & mobile services sphere since 1998. Currently, Holger manages mobile distribution and international growth initiatives for Foursquare. Prior, Holger worked at Yahoo Mobile as a Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships where he oversaw the companies partnerships. Holger has also held positions at T-Mobile and Red Message. Holger holds a German Diplom in Business and Japanese from Hochschule Bremen and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. @Holger |
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| T.J. Marchetti Marchetti has created the consumer experience for start-ups and major online brands for over a decade. He has utilized consumer interaction online to develop sustainable media brands including eHarmony and weplay.com. Prior to Disney, Marchetti was the VP of social media development at MTV and Senior Producer of Yahoo!. |
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| Scott A. McGregor President & CEO, Broadcom Corporation McGregor is in charge of Broadcom’'s growth strategy as Broadcom’s President and CEO. Prior, McGregor served as President and CEO of Philips Semiconductors where he directed employees in over 50 countries. McGregor also designed software for the first personal computer using graphic interfaces Xerox Corporation’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). McGregor has served multiple senior management positions at Santa Cruz Operation Inc. (SCO), Digital Equipment Corporation and Microsoft where he worked on the original version of Windows. |
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| Shishir Mehrotra Shishir joined Google in 2008 and oversees YouTube's product management. Since Shishir joined, revenue has continued to double each year, YouTube currently receives over 48 hours of content every minute, and YouTube’s viewership now reaches hundreds of millions. Prior to joining Google, Shishir spent 6 years at Microsoft where he held leadership roles in the Windows, Office, and SQL Server divisions. Before Microsoft, Shishir was the founding CEO of Centrata, a Kleiner-Perkins funded startup focused on data center management technologies. |
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| Arden Pennell Pennell curates content for events including IGNITION, IGNITION West, Social Commerce Summit, and others. Prior, she helped launch the Disrupt conference for TechCrunch and created executive conferences on innovation for various clients. Before that, she covered Facebook, iPhone and local tech news as a reporter at the Palo Alto Weekly. |
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| Atif Rafiq Rafiq is an Internet veteran with 15 years of experience in the medium at Amazon, Yahoo! and AOL. Currently, as GM for Kindle Direct Publishing, he oversees product management, marketing, business intelligence and author relations on a global basis. Previously, Rafiq worked as head of Yahoo! Local and head of Product Marketing & Strategy for Yahoo! News. Rafiq also founded and served as CEO of Covigna, a content management software provider, before selling to Proquest. He began his career at Goldman Sachs, where he was a financial analyst. |
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| Kevin Rose Rose is an angel investor and entrepreneur with over eight years in the business. He is co-founder of mobile development lab Milk that created Oink, an app which allows you to rate items inside of places. Rose has also founded popular sites Digg, Twitter directory, WeFollow, Pownce (now Six Apart), and Revision 3, an online TV network which creates and produces its own content. He has been on the cover of BusinessWeek for his entrepreneurial endeavors in Digg. Rose is also on the board of directors of the Tony Hawk Foundation. |
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| Matt Rosoff SAI West Coast Editor, Business Insider Matt Rosoff is Silicon Alley Insider's West Coast Editor. Prior to joining SAI, he was an analyst for Directions on Microsoft for 10 years, and blogged about music and digital technology for CNET News.com (CBS Interactive). From 1995 to 2000, he was a founding editor at CNET.com. @MattRosoff |
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| Ben Schachter Schachter leads Macquarie’s US Internet and interactive media coverage. Prior, Schachter worked at Gleacher & Co. as an Internet and Interactive Entertainment Analyst. He also spent nine years at UBS Investment Bank, where he covered the large-cap Internet and video game industry. He holds an MBA in finance from the Johnson School at Cornell University and a BA in near Eastern studies from Cornell University. |
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| Aydin Senkut |
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| Mike Shim Shim is responsible for developing the company’s partnerships with wireless operators, OEMs, mobile platforms and developers worldwide, in addition to overseeing mobile marketing in the U.S. Prior Shim served as VP, Mobile Partnerships and Business Development at Yahoo!, where he was charged with developing Yahoo!’s mobile leadership and deep relationships with more than 100 mobile partners. In addition, Shim has held business development and strategy positions at AOL and began his career as a corporate lawyer with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. |
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| Ellen Siminoff Siminoff is President and CEO of Shmoop, an educational website that specializes in literature, history, and poetry. Siminoff is also Chairman and former CEO of Efficient Frontier, a pioneer of dynamic Search Engine Marketing (SEM) management services. Prior to Efficient Frontier, Siminoff was a founding executive at Yahoo. Before Yahoo, Siminoff worked for the Los Angeles Times as Electronic Classifieds Manager. She also sits on the board of directors for Mozilla Corporation, Efficient Frontier, Journal Communications, 4info, and US Auto Parts. |
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| Mark Young Young is focused on providing insights into consumer and technology trends that NBCUniversal brands can capitalize on, as well as, distribution and co-marketing of mobile web & app services, commerce, and video with third-party partners. Prior to Comcast, Young was at The Walt Disney Company serving as the VP of Strategy and Business Development for the Walt Disney Internet and Mobile Group. Prior to Disney he was the VP of Business Development and Partner Management for mobile data services pioneer Moviso/Infospace, and an Executive at IBM’s Innovation Center. |
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