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Johnny has worked on digital, social and mobile strategy at Hill Holliday. His leadership won AdWeek’s Media Plan of the Year for Mobile in 2011 and he has led one of the largest brand integrations into social gaming ever seen (The Sims Social + Dunkin’ Donuts). During the past seven years, he has worked on emerging media with Dunkin’ Donuts, Bank of America, Major League Baseball, Verizon, CVS, Novartis, Chili’s, Playskool, Play-Doh, TJ Maxx and Marshalls.

Mike Enberg is the corporate sustainability evangelist at the non-profit Basel Action Network, the world's leading resource for electronic waste recycling support. Mike helps companies, governments and institutions manage their "e-waste" (the most toxic thing a company produces) in a globally responsible way -- and then get credit where due. Mike comes from the for-profit world where he developed marketing and sales programs for Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, Ritz-Carlton, Abercrombie & Kent, Virtuoso, World Elite MasterCard, and ecotourism companies worldwide. He holds a BA in marketing

Laura Koss is a Senior Attorney in the FTC's Division of Enforcement. In addition to her extensive work on the Green Guides, Ms. Koss has worked on a variety of matters, including investigations involving the advertising and promotion of dietary supplement products and country-of-origin claims. She also served as the Coordinator of the Commission's Hispanic Law Enforcement Initiative. Prior to working at the FTC, Ms. Koss was an Associate at Crowell & Moring in Washington, D.C. Ms. Koss holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a JD from Harvard Law School.

Paul Hunter has a passion for turning data into actionable insight — solving problems with mathematics, algorithms and arraying data visually. As COO of BzzAgent, the social marketing arm of dunnhumby, Paul leads the charge to fully incorporate dunnhumby customer insight into the BzzAgent team. Prior to joining BzzAgent, Paul served as CIO of dunnhumby and helped establish its US operations. He worked at LexisNexis as a Senior Director in their marketing organization, managing their customer insight and direct marketing unit. He was also head of Analytics for Information Resources (IRI)

Sarah Fay is a veteran of the media services industry: in her two decades of experience, she has developed and implemented groundbreaking new models for advertising and media. Over the course of her career, Sarah has become a well-known voice in the advertising industry on the topics of digital marketing and media integration. She has helped to build one of the most recognized digital companies in the world through a combination of acquisitions, new business wins, and organic growth. Sarah's previous positions include President of Carat Interactive, CEO of Isobar, and CEO of Aegis Media North

Seth Miller founded Miller Systems in 1995. The firm focuses on human beings first and technology second, helping organizations to improve and manage web sites, intranets, portals, and day to day IT operations. Seth has assembled a team of some of the industry's best and brightest consultants, providing a wide range of clients both in and outside of New England with valuable counsel and measurable results. A few clients Miller Systems has helped over the years include: WGBH, Southern New Hampshire University, Iron Mountain, Genzyme, Biogen Idec, Express Scripts, Unica, Eastern Bank, Ciena

Dr. James Tracy is the headmaster of Cushing Academy, a boarding and day college preparatory school in Ashburnham, Mass.

Dr. Tracy is a leader in the independent school world whose educational vision has been highlighted in national and international media, ranging from The New York Times, to Toronto's Globe and Mail and Korea's Chosun; from National Public Radio's “All Things Considered” to ABC World News and the Danish Broadcasting Company.

Dr. Tracy received his M.A. and Ph.D. in American History from Stanford and also earned his M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration and his M

David is the Associate Editor of Ad Age DigitalNext, covering startups in the emerging media and technology space.

David is also responsible for Ad Age's conference programming efforts, lining up speakers and developing event content. Additionally, he is the resident social media manager for the publication.

Recently, David debuted Ad Age's Brand H@cks, enabling startups to pitch major brands and marketers for early stage partnerships and creative integrations that marry the brand's need to evolve new capabilities with the startups’ need for scale and resources. These Brand H@cks ha

As a Director of Channel Planning at AMP Agency, Matt spearheads cross-channel strategy development and ideation to create integrated marketing solutions for a range of Fortune 500 brands. Matt has broad marketing experience spanning roles in business development, planning and program execution for clients such as John Hancock, Staples, TJX, Hasbro and the Food Bank For New York City.

Matt began his marketing career with an internship at AMP Agency while a student at Boston University, and remains connected with his alma mater as a guest lecturer at Boston University’s School of Man

Nancy Harhut is Chief Creative Officer of Wilde Agency, where she combines social scientists’ insights about human behavior with direct marketing best practices in order to get people to act. Previously, Harhut held senior creative management positions with Hill Holliday, Mullen and Bronner (now Digitas). She and her teams have won 150+ awards for direct marketing effectiveness, for clients such as AT&T, GM, IBM, TripAdvisor, Dell, Bank of America, Liberty Mutual Insurance and Reebok. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Harhut was named Direct Marketer of the Year by NEDMA and

As Wilde Agency’s President, Neal draws upon more than 25 years of experience in successfully leading and growing teams, brands and businesses. Responsible for the agency’s strategic vision and continued growth (100%+ in the last 36 months), he works with clients to deliver business solutions and results. A classically trained marketer, Neal has held executive sales and marketing positions at leading consumer packaged goods companies (including Revlon and L’Oreal, where he was the youngest marketing director in division history at the time), been a successful entrepreneur and business

Author of the forthcoming book, "I Killed a Rabid Fox with a Croquet Mallet and Other Stories to Make Your Business Memorable," Boillot regularly speaks on branding, marketing and PR topics.

Marty leads JetBlue’s marketing team, which includes (among other areas) its advertising, e-commerce, product and loyalty strategies.  

Marty joined JetBlue as leader of the network strategy team in 2006 and moved to marketing in 2009.  In his 6 years at JetBlue, he has experienced profits, losses, ice storms, and growth to over 20 new destinations in 10 new countries – but he is proudest of the fact that JetBlue has won 8 consecutive JD Power Awards for best domestic airline in North America. Prior to joining JetBlue, Marty held various marketing, network and strategy positions at both United Airlines and US Airways. He is a native of Boston and has a degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

As Vice-President of Flashtalking US Andy works across sales, marketing, business development and operations. Andy has over 13 years digital advertising & technology business experience in the UK, Europe, Asia and the US. Beginning his career at ad technology start-up, Tangozebra in 2000, Andy was responsible for sales, client services and Business Development. Following Doubleclick's (Google) acquisition of Tangozebra in 2007, Andy ran Doubleclick's Rich Media business across Europe/EMEA. After a year at Google, Andy was appointed International Managing Director for Pointroll - responsible for

Geoff has over 15 years of experience in digital advertising and search engine marketing. He has worked for analytics, ad-serving, rich media, ad-networks and optimization companies including AllAdvantage, Walt Disney Internet Group, I/PRO, DoubleClick and Google. His most recent position was launching DoubleClick’s DART Search (SEM tool) in North America. Geoff has been a panelist, speaker and presenter for SEM/media related events and has worked closely with fortune 500 companies to improve online marketing effectiveness, primarily focusing on SEM.

With 20+ years of experience & a career spanning Music Retailing, Foodservice & CPG roles at both Coca-Cola & PepsiCo, Stephen Springfield has worked as a strategist & consultant for some of the world’s largest brands.

Combining his experience with academic training in social & behavioral sciences, Stephen has established particular expertise in building economic value via consumer-brand relationships - inspiring him to create an innovative & more intrinsically “human” approach to brand development now used across PepsiCo globally & featured in the new Taylor-Francis book: Co

Steve is a platform-independent interactive CD/AD/UX/UI professional who prides himself on being able to come up with "the big idea" as well as make those ideas a reality. He has spent over a decade working at established interactive and advertising agencies, conceptualizing and executing interactive and marketing initiatives of all sizes and scopes. His business cards have held the titles of interactive designer, art director, information architect, developer, engineer, copywriter, and many more. The only two things Steve admits to not being able to do are sit still and understand

As a 20+ year marketing veteran with regional and national brands, Jeff has witnessed first-hand the changing role of marketing and the way in which consumers interact with brands.

Today, Jeff leads the ongoing evolution of Small Army to adapt to this changing dynamic, and help brands build consumer relationships by creating stories that cause them to engage, share and act. 

Jeff is also the founder and CEO of Small Army for a Cause, the non-profit behind the Be Bold, Be Bald! national cancer fundraiser founded in honor of Small Army co-founder (and Boston creative legend), Mike Connell.

Steve Kolander learned the importance of storytelling by writing professionally as both an ad writer and a recording artist. He learned that a story must motivate someone and inspire him/her to think or act. Upon mastering this skill, he wrote and performed songs that hit the Billboard charts. He also wrote songs for other artists like the Dixie Chicks and others.

When returning to advertising, he brought his storytelling sensibilities with him, realizing companies have great stories. If they can find the moral that guides that story, consumers will be moved to think about them more as friends

Author and product launch expert Julie Hall has two decades of expertise in integrated marketing in consumer products and packaged goods, specializing in revitalizing icon products by motivating consumers to try re-branded or reformulated products. Julie’s expertise spans public and media relations, social media, promotional program development, and cause marketing, plus new product launch for global brands. Julie Hall is the Executive Vice President of Schneider Associates, a full-service marketing communications agency founded in 1980. The firm specializes in Launch Public Relations®

As a senior consultant at Chadwick Martin Bailey, Jeff provides thought leadership and strategic direction on methodological, reporting and client solutions.   Additionally, Jeff is lead product manager for CMB’s Pinpoint Suite, a software solution built on experience from delivering highly valued Voice of the Customer solutions to Fortune 500 companies in travel, retail, and homebuilding.  Jeff’s diverse industry knowledge includes travel and hospitality, technology, and healthcare. He has spoken at the Internet Retailer and Institute for International Research conferences, and regularly

Patrick channels product marketing stories into the digital commerce world for New Balance. Patrick enjoys connecting digital and physical mediums to create social consumer experiences. In his spare time he's an accomplished fitness jogger, internet addict, mac 'n cheese connoisseur, and caffeine junkie.

Stacey Howe currently leads Global Digital Marketing and Brand Management for New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., based in Boston, MA. In this capacity, she directs the company’s digital brand strategy for the company’s website, online advertising, social media, mobile, event and in-store consumer engagement initiatives.

She earned her MBA in Marketing at the Warsaw Center for Sports Marketing at the University of Oregon while doing contract work for Nike. Stacey is also a graduate of Syracuse University.

Outside of the office, Stacey is an avid distance runner, having completed f

Dan Allred is a Senior Relationship Manager with Silicon Valley Bank. Dan moved to Boston to start SVB’s Accelerator group, which grew into a team of bankers who are advising, banking and lending to over 500 local start-ups. Prior to moving to Boston in 2007, Dan led SVB’s business development efforts in Research Triangle, NC, where his team tripled that office’s earning assets between mid-2003 and mid-2007. Dan joined SVB as an associate in the Research Triangle office in 2002 and prior to that was Vice President of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development in Research Triangle

As a senior executive with broad, international background in financial services and consumer products, Eduardo has been involved in starting and building several corporate divisions at Santander | Sovereign Bank including Treasury Management, International Trade Banking, Government Banking, Financial Institutions, International Cash Management, Merchant Acquiring, Payroll, Insurance, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and most recently US Cards & Payments. Prior to his career in banking, Eduardo built and sold multiple companies as an entrepreneur and spent time at Proctor & Gamble. Eduardo

Amy holds the world's first Ph.D. in Green Chemistry from UMass, an M.S. from UMass and a B.S. from Saint Anselm. Amy was Assistant Professor Green Chemistry and Director Outreach and Community Education, Center for Green Chemistry, UMass Lowell. In 2007 she co-founded Beyond Benign, a non-profit promoting green chemistry education. Awards include 2012 EPA New England Environmental Merit award for leadership and green chemistry education. Amy co-chairs New England Green Chemistry Education group and is committee member of American Chemical Society Chemical Education program. Amy focuses on chemistry

Shiv is a recognized marketer who helps brands transform with the rise of digital. He has been recognized by Ad Age as a Media Maven and has been featured on the publication's cover and is a past Effies Grand Jury judge. The award winning work done by his teams and him have been recognized by leading industry and consumer publications from Fortune Magazine and Adweek to Forbes and The Harvard Business Review. As the Global Head of Digital for PepsiCo Beverages (across paid, owned and earned media) he is responsible for digital engagement across brand marketing, shopper marketing and foodservice

Kirsner, Innovation Economy blogger, writes the weekly "Innovation Economy" column and blog for the Boston Globe and Boston.com. He served as a contributing writer for Fast Company and Wired, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Newsweek, Salon, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, the San Jose Mercury News, CIO Magazine, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Kirsner's Entrepreneur's Grill is live-streamed from Boston.com/TheHive

Joe Corr is a Creative Director with Crispin Porter + Bogusky, and a Lecturer at Boulder Digital Works at the University of Colorado. With over 15 years of professional experience designing and developing for the screen and beyond, Joe has a background in a wide variety of interactive tools. His specialties include 15 years of development experience from Mosaic 1.0 and Lynx through today. His interests include 3D, Augmented Reality, Physical Computing, Art Installations, Information Visualizations and the Internet of Things. Joe's client credits include work for Domino's, Kraft and Old

Katie Rae is the Managing Director of TechStars in Boston, and is also a founder of Project 11, a firm that invests in and assists early-stage startups.   Katie specializes in rapid product development and customer growth strategies for Internet businesses that scale.

She has spent her career building significant Internet businesses in the community, self-publishing and search spaces.  Most recently she was the Head of Product for Microsoft Startup Labs, an early stage product development lab focused on collaboration, location-based services and social applications, where concepts were tested for consumer enthusiasm.   Before that she was SVP of Product at Eons, a business focused on new products for 50+ community.  Katie pioneered early freemium business models at Lycos for the Tripod and Angelfire communities. She learned the ropes of product and business

Frank Cutitta is recognized by Folio Magazine as one of the media business' Top 40 Innovators and Influencers. He consults around the world on transformational issues related to: global branding, performance based advertising, international content asset optimization, social media architecture, and building the "Big Data Media Company of the Future". He also lectures and writes on "The Geography of Narcissism: The Cross Cultural Aspects Social Media Deployment". Prior to founding The Center for Global Branding, Cutitta served for over 20 years as a senior international executive at International

Nan Ives is an established brand and communications professional who has been employed at Fidelity Investments for the past 22 years.  Her experience spans a multitude of marketing and communications disciplines including brand development, experiential marketing and sponsorships.  In her current role as VP of Employment Branding, Nan is responsible for building, implementing and advancing the human capital brand strategy for the Asset Management division at Fidelity Investments. 

Gopi Kallayil works at Google as the Chief Evangelist for Google Social for brands. Earlier he worked on marketing the company's flagship advertising product, AdWords, in the Americas and Asia Pacific. Gopi also led the marketing team for AdSense, Google's publisher-facing product.

Before joining Google, Gopi was on the management team of two Silicon Valley venture funded startups and a consultant with McKinsey & Co. He has also led large information Technology projects for global corporations in India, China, and the US.

Gopi earned his Bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from the

Leslie is a nationally recognized social media marketing expert. During her tenure with IBM, Leslie has managed complex global initiatives, developed and deployed effective web strategies, portal sites, e-marketing programs, and online social marketing communities targeted to the needs of small and medium business professionals. A highly effective executive, she directs a globally dispersed team of digital marketing professionals, developers, and agency partners. She serves on the board of directors for the Social Media Advertising Consortium (SMAC).

Anthony van Dijk was previously the head of global digital and e-commerce strategy for the Gillette brand at Procter & Gamble and spent the last 3 years focusing on bolstering the brand’s digital fundamentals and creating inroads into social media, CRM and content generation. Anthony worked together with a number of major companies such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon to bring Gillette’s numerous initiatives to life in the digital space and drive stronger overall engagement with the brand’s target consumers.

Katie Martell is a millennial marketer who has followed the career of Lady Gaga through a marketing lens, and believes the success of this pop performance artist reminds us of the importance of authenticity and risk-taking in our work. As the Director of Buzz for fast-growing B2B firm NetProspex, Katie is responsible for creating awareness and demand through strategic PR & events, social media, content marketing, partnership marketing, and caffeine. She is proud to be part of a nationally recognized marketing team, and alumni of Emerson College in Boston.

Rudina serves as a Partner at Fairhaven Capital, which she joined at its inception in 2007. She has invested in and served on the boards of CrowdTwist and FashionPlaytes. Previously, Rudina was a Senior Manager in the Corporate Development Group at Microsoft Corporation. In this position, she was responsible for sourcing, structuring, and negotiating Microsoft's acquisitions and strategic investments including acquisitions such as iView Multimedia, DeepMetrix, and Lionhead Studios. Prior to Microsoft, she worked as an investment banker in the Technology Group at Credit Suisse. Rudina executed transactions

Shalender Bhasin, MD is a Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, and Chief of the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Bhasin obtained his medical education at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. He subsequently received his residency training at Northwestern University Medical School and fellowship training in Endocrinology and Nutrition at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Bhasin was recently recruited to Brigham and Women’s Hospital to head the research program in Men’s Health: Aging and Metabolism

Tara Wislocki currently serves as Director of Marketing at Healthworks, whose mission to be the leader in women’s health and wellness. In this role, Tara leads the development and execution of creative brand building strategies that position Healthworks for successful growth and expansion. She manages and enhances Healthworks brand across all channels by ensuring there is a consistent voice throughout all communications, design, and messaging. 

Tara’s success at Healthworks has been supported by her 10 years of experience in both fitness and marketing related fields.   Tara graduated f

Eric Wheeler is the CEO and co-founder of 33Across, bringing 20 years of experience leading successful Internet businesses. He was formerly the CEO of Neo@Ogilvy and Executive Director of Ogilvy Interactive North America. Under his leadership, Ogilvy Interactive's revenue grew five-fold from 2003-2007 working with leading brands including IBM, American Express, and Yahoo!. Eric was COO of Carat Interactive and co-founder and President/COO of Lot21, the award-winning digital agency sold to Carat in 2002. Eric's career includes leadership positions at CNET, Young & Rubicam, and Anderson &

Chase Norlin is the CEO of AlphaBird, Prior to AlphaBird, he was the founder and CEO of Pixsy, a pioneer in video search. He served as a senior executive at ValueClick where he managed publisher distribution for the display advertising network, paid search, and comparison shopping divisions. Norlin developed Sony's first online photo sharing venture and founded the web's first online video sharing company, ShareYourWorld.He serves on the advisory boards of EgoTVOnline, AdBidCentral, Kerosene and a Match, VideoThang, PickupPal and Adgregate Markets. Additionally, he serves as Chair of the Video

Mark Rogers is the founder and CEO of BoardProspects, an online professional community dedicated to building better boards for private, public and non-profit organizations, launching in Summer 2012. Prior to founding BoardProspects, Rogers was partner at a law firm in Boston, advising non-profit and for-profit entities on corporate governance and boardroom matters. He was an adjunct faculty member at the New England School of Law, is published and lectures frequently on governance, compliance, board policies, corporate liability, health care policies and more.

John Pepper is the founder and CEO of Boloco (www.boloco.com). Since 1997, the Boston-based family of 19 restaurants & 300 team members serves globally inspired burritos, bowls, smoothies & shakes. With locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maryland, Boloco expects to have 22 company-owned restaurants operating by year end 2012, including one in Washington, DC. Boloco’s mission (and John’s) is to positively impact the lives and futures of its people through bold and inspired food and practices.

Gary Singer is the founding partner and CEO of BUYOLOGY INC, a leading neuro-insight firm, focused on understanding the non-conscious. Before Buyology, Gary served as the Chief Strategy Officer at Interbrand, where he co-led the development of Interbrand’s global intellectual property. Prior to joining Interbrand, Gary was a Partner at McKinsey & Company. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director (CEO) of D’Arcy St. Louis and the SVP, World Wide Head of Kraft Foods at Leo Burnett. Gary holds a BS from Carnegie Mellon and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of

Dave Balter is the founder and CEO of BzzAgent, Inc., which he founded in 2001 and was sold in 2011 to dunnhumby, a division of Tesco PLC (LSE: TSCO). In addition to BzzAgent CEO duties, Dave now serves on the Global Executive Team for dunnhumby.

Mihael Mikek is the Chief Executive Officer and a Co-Founder at Celtra.  He is a pioneer in mobile advertising having launched the first all-in-one rich media advertising platform for mobile. Prior to Celtra Mihael co-founded and managed several fast growing global businesses in diverse industries, including the Chemical industry and Medical Services.  Mihael incubated Celtra at Babson's MBA business hatchery in 2006 and managed the company from idea stage to an established mobile advertising service provider. . Mihael graduated magna cum laude from F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson

Daniel is a self-described “serial entrepreneur” with interests in the social application of technology to utilize the strength and engagement of networked communities and audiences. It has been his mission over the years to build smarter, better, and more useful communities. Daniel has been a strategy consultant at Dell working on building stronger personal knowledge networks, Founder at Crowdly and Appswell, co-founder and President at Speak With A Geek, and Community Manager at CollegeClub.com.

Pawan Deshpande is the CEO and visionary behind Curata. Curata is a marketing solution for content curation and content marketing. Pawan has spoken at leading events including Content Marketing World, SXSW Interactive, Online Media Summit, Social Media Breakfast and multiple AMA webinars, and was named to Boston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list of influential business leaders in 2010 due in part to his contributions to the burgeoning online marketing community in greater Boston. Prior to founding Curata, Deshpande held positions at both Microsoft and Google. Pawan attended the MIT

John Federman is an online media and eCommerce executive with over 25 years of experience driving revenue and profit through innovative mediate platforms designed to connect buyers and sellers. He is currently on his 6th CEO position at Dailybreak, holding an incredible track record for turning start-ups and re-starts into multimillion dollar companies. John also has 12 years of traditional publishing background as the Publisher of PC Week, which was the largest trade publication in the world as measured by annual revenue. 

CEO experience includes: AdSmart, Newmediary, Dotomi, eStara, and Sear

Teicko Huber is the founder of Focus2Grow, a business-to-business management consulting firm that lives at the intersection of Sales and Marketing; SMarketing. With the development of the Periodic Table of Topline Growth - empowering salespeople and marketing teams with technology, strategy and training - Teicko has enabled companies to successfully interpret the client decision making journey, while facilitating the necessary course to ensure each respective company is at their ultimate competitive advantage. During his time as a consultant, Teicko has had the privilege of putting more than 100

I was a Navy brat. I grew up wandering around the world, which most likely caused me to wonder about the world, a lot. That unrelenting curiosity led me to the marketing business and to starting Holland-Mark. We provide strategic counsel to the CEOs of early stage to mid-market businesses. I sit on the boards of MITX and Grand Circle Corporation, the Leadership Council of the MGH Cancer Center, the MassArt Corporate Advisory Council, and am Chairman Emeritus of the Advertising Club of Greater Boston. I received a BA in History from Connecticut College and an International MBA from Duke. 

Brian Patrick Halligan is CEO & Co-Founder of HubSpot, a marketing software company he co-founded six years ago to help businesses transform the way they market their products.  Since its founding, HubSpot has accumulated over 7,500 customers. He is a Senior Lecturer at MIT where he teaches 15.S16 Entrepreneurial Product Development and Marketing.  He is author of two books: Marketing Lessons From the Grateful Dead and Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs, which is in its seventh printing, has sold more than 50,000 copies, has been translated into nine langu

Harry Kargman is the founder and CEO of Kargo, the leading mobile publisher platform. Kargo delivers advertising and integrated marketing opportunities across its proprietary network of major media mobile websites and apps. Kargo has won numerous awards including a Mobi and an OMMA for its advertising campaigns and was an OnMobile Top 100 winner in 2011 and 2012. Harry has been featured on 20/20, The Today Show, the New York Times, NPR and in business publications around the world. Harry lives in New York City and holds seven patents on wireless technology. He graduated with honors from

Aron is the founder and CEO of Leaf, a big data platform enabling brick & mortar businesses and their customers to get more out of their everyday transactions. Aron started Leaf upon graduating from Babson College, where he now mentors students on how to bootstrap and finance a new startup idea. In the past year, he has led Leaf from an idea on a napkin to processing over $1.5 Million in payments through the platform. Mass High Tech recently named the company as one of five startups to watch.

Raj Aggarwal is CEO of Localytics. Localytics offers a powerful, real-time analytics platform that helps over 10,000 leading iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows and HTML5 app publishers make more successful and more profitable apps. Raj previously spent 5 years in management consulting, most recently with Bain & Company, where his primary focus was the mobile sector. Prior to consulting, Raj completed his MBA. Before this he managed Pre-Sales Engineering for Requisite Technology, an enterprise software provider in Colorado. Raj’s career began in robotics, where he eventually led the sales

Meredith is a broadband and mobile entrepreneur focused on the convergence of consumer, media, and cross-platform technology. She has introduced transformative consumer media technology to consumers and businesses across multiple platforms. Meredith began her career as VP of Digital Technologies with Ogilvy and Mather Interactive. Following stints at MediaOne and RoadRunner, Meredith became the CEO of Into Networks, Stargus, Integra5 and now MediaFriends, Inc. She led her team in the development of the successful free texting app, HeyWire, and has recently released their latest app, Bandwagon

John Puterbaugh founded Nellymoser Inc., a mobile marketing and technology services provider to publishers, advertisers, retailers and brands, and is the company’s chief strategist and evangelist. Before Nellymoser he was CTO of Reelworks and part of the early team at Voxware, Inc., one of the first companies to provide Internet voice chat and real-time streaming solutions for companies such as Disney, Microsoft, Nokia and Netscape. Educated at Oberlin, Dartmouth and Princeton, he is an entrepreneur, educator and inventor, and holds patents in wireless voice platforms, voice analysis

Jake Stauch is the only 20-something CEO in the neuromarketing industry. He worked as a researcher at the Duke University Center for Cognitive Neuroscience where he conducted independent and collaborative research in the fields of neuromarketing, neuroeconomics, and the cognitive neuroscience of attention across different sensory modalities. Jake then founded NeuroSpire, an innovative neuromarketing company. As CEO, Jake has set out to run a company that makes brain-imaging based market research more transparent and more accessible to the mass market.

Ben is the co-founder and CEO of Promoboxx, the leading brand-to-retailer online marketing platform. As CEO, he's lead Promoboxx from a bootstrapped TechStars company to the industry leader with customers that include Chevrolet, Reebok, and Trek Bicycles. In between a few ski vacations and backpacking trips, Ben also co-founded web marketing companies Acadient and BizUnite.

Jonathan Treiber co-founded RevTrax in 2008 with a vision of building a leading technology company focused on empowering brands and retailers to securely drive and measure in-store sales through any digital marketing channel. RevTrax today supports online to offline digital promotions for hundreds of brands and retailers. As CEO, Jonathan leads the company’s technology, marketing and business development strategy. A serial entrepreneur in the online marketing space and frequent speaker at marketing and technology events, Jonathan has deep expertise in search, email, social, mobile

In 1999, Angus co-founded Tellme, which revolutionized speech recognition systems today used by 1 in 3 Americans. Microsoft acquired Tellme in its largest-ever acquisition of a private company in 2007. Prior to Tellme, Angus joined Netscape as their youngest employee where he was product manager for the company's leading Web browser. 

In 2009, Angus returned to New England to bring home a Silicon Valley spark and founded Swipely to help Main Street merchants grow revenue.

Peter Vicars has a highly successful global track record and over 30 years of experience in the networking and telecommunications industry. Mr. Vicars is currently the president and CEO of Vgo, a company which develops and markets visual communications via Robotic Telepresence devices. Previously he was CEO of Chantry Networks, a company in the Wireless LAN (WLAN) space, which he subsequently sold to Siemens AG. Prior to that, Peter served as President and CEO of Cayman Systems, a developer of an intelligent broadband gateway platform for small offices and residential markets, President and CEO

Dave McLaughlin is CEO & Co-Founder of Vsnap, a simple video messaging system for businesses that want an easy tool to make their customers feel special. Previously, Dave was Co-Founder of Fig Card, a mobile payments startup acquired by PayPal. Prior to that, Dave Co-Founded and ran Boston World Partnerships, a non-profit that pioneered the application of web 2.0 tools and tactics to place marketing and economic development. Dave is an award-winning filmmaker and playwright and sits on the Advisory Board of The Irish Film Festival. He is a Boston College alum and lives in the Boston area with his

Clark Kokich has been deeply involved in the digital marketing space since joining Avenue A in the summer of 1999.  Under his leadership, the company grew to become one of the largest and most influential interactive agencies in the world.  In 2004 Avenue A acquired Razorfish, which now employs over 2,300 professionals in fourteen  offices in eight countries, focusing exclusively on digital marketing and technology, serving world-class brands such as Mercedes, Nike, Microsoft, Best Buy, O2, Disney, Ford, AT&T,  State Farm, Delta Airlines, and Intel. In 2009 Clark relinquished the Razorfish

Victor joined Nexage from Martin Dawes Analytics (MDA) where he served as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Marketing Officer and led strategy, marketing, partner development, product management, and business development. Victor successfully repositioned MDA into the high-growth analytic market, driving growth in the communications and media markets, leading entry in the Utility/Smart Grid market, and winning the first global OEM agreement. Prior to MDA, Victor was a Senior Managing Partner at Gartner Consulting, leading their global industries practice.

Ben is an entrepreneurial, innovative executive with 15 years of marketing, technology, and business development experience for B2B and B2C companies large and small. Ben is currently Vice President of Marketing at Litle & Co., #1 on the 2006 Inc 500 and the pioneer in Card-Not-Present payment solutions and payments intelligence. Prior to joining Litle, Ben was Co-Founder & CEO of CitySquares, the forerunner in hyper-local search advertising with advertisers ranging from SMBs across the US to agencies like SMG, TMP, Primedia, and Marquette. CitySquares counted super-angels Mark Cuban and

Joselin Mane, a first generation Dominican American, is a passionate Internet Marketing Consultant with 20 years of computer technology experience, eight years of online marketing experience, and 10 years experience in business development. Joselin is co-founder BostonTweetUp.com, an event planning & promotional service that provides people with a central resource to learn about networking events and Tweetups (gatherings of people who meet in person from Twitter and other forms of social media) in the Boston area, one of the top 100 Most Influential Latinos in Mass as well as a Boston World

Patrick Ambron is the CEO and co-founder of BrandYourself.com. Patrick is recognized as a leading expert in online reputation management and Search Engine Optimization. Most recently, he was recognized by the White House as one of theEmpact 100 Top CEO's under 30 and named Young Entrepreneur of the year by the SBA. His ideas on Online Reputation and business have been quoted in Fox News, the Huffington Post, FastCompany, Mashable, TechCrunch, the New York Post, the WSJ, the NYTimes, PandoDaily, US News & World, ABC, NPR and more.

Dan Schleifer is the President and Co-Founder of ChartIQ, a mobile-focused social stock charting platform.  Dan's career spans over 14 years of Marketing, Product Management, and Sales Enablement within software startups. Prior to founding ChartIQ, Dan was the Sr. Director of Marketing at SAVO Group, responsible for both Corporate and Product Marketing.

Shane Snow is a tech journalist (Mashable, Fast Company, Wired) and entrepreneur in New York City. Recently named one of Inc Magazine's 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs Under 30, Shane is cofounder of Contently, a technology company powering the next generation of publishing. He is obsessed with pizza, infographics, and his two pet ferrets.

Mike is CEO of DataXu, a leader in digital marketing management solutions. Before DataXu, he was VP at Nokia, where he created and ran Nokia Interactive. He came to Nokia through its acquisition of Enpocket, where he was the founding investor and CEO. He was also EVP at CMGI and Engage Technologies.

Before that, Mike was a partner in a venture capital firm and a telecom & media lawyer in Washington. An angel investor in over 20 companies, he is chairman of the board of Nexage. Mike writes and speaks frequently about digital media, big data and decision science.

Brian Wong is the co-founder and CEO of Kiip, a mobile rewards network that is redefining mobile advertising through an innovative platform that leverages “moments of achievement” in games and apps.

Called the youngest person to ever receive venture capital funding by TechCrunch and the Wall Street Journal, Brian received his Bachelors of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia at age 18. He has been recognized with many awards including: Business Insider’s Top 25 Under 25 in Silicon Valley and 18 Most Important People in Mobile Advertising; Forbes’ 30 under 30

Rich is an executive with a track record of success, holding a variety of roles with experience in Marketing, Product Management, Sales and Business Development. Rich has built teams and managed advertising, research, promotions, and product development efforts for industry leading companies, including Black & Decker, Sony, Polaroid, Raymarine and Pure Fishing. Rich has experience managing a business through bankruptcy (Polaroid) and also taking a business through an IPO (Raymarine). Rich has partnered with Todd Hoskins to form my-take, LLC to focus on creating value for consumer facing

A seasoned marketing executive, Todd Hoskins has twenty years of brand, product and sales management experience. Todd has directed the marketing efforts of industry leading companies such as Pure Fishing (Jarden) , Raymarine, Polaroid, Danaher and Vermont American (division of Emerson Electric and Bosch). He has led brand revitalization efforts, developed and launched successful new products, launched an Effie award winning advertising campaign and introduced grass roots mobile marketing programs. Additionally Todd has been quoted in the New York Times and Brand Week. Prior to partnering to create

Lars is a proven entrepreneur with extensive experience in the mobile and digital media industries. Prior to Co-Founding SessionM, Lars was at Apple, Inc., where he was a member of the executive team of iAd, Apple's mobile advertising business unit. Before Apple, Lars was Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Business Development at Quattro Wireless, a leading mobile advertising platform that was acquired by Apple in 2009. Prior to Quattro, Lars was Vice President of Business Development at m-Qube, North America's dominant mobile aggregator that was acquired by VeriSign in 2006.

Jeff spearheads business development and public relations at Springpad. Jeff was most recently CMO of Third Screen Media (acquired by AOL), and has held a variety of senior executive roles at numerous companies, including VP of Marketing & Business Development at Britemoon, Founding Partner of Traverse Partners, EVP at Fidelity eBusiness, EVP of Sales and Marketing at iXL and President & CEO of Larry Miller Productions. Jeff holds a BA in International Relations from Brown University.

As Senior Vice President of Marketing and Products, Marc Caltabiano is responsible for product strategy, product management, marketing and PR at Cartera. Marc brings 20 years of product and marketing experience in CRM, self-service, e-commerce, and enterprise search. Prior to Cartera, Marc was senior director of product management at KNOVA Software. Marc also held product and marketing management positions at Siebel Systems and Sun Microsystems. He holds sixteen patents in search and knowledge management. Marc has a B.A. from Williams College and an MBA from the Haas School at the University

A long-time Wall Street analyst turned SaaS entrepreneur, Doug founded OpenExchange in 2009 when he saw the need to bring a community-based approach to financial services and C-suite collaboration. He is the company's VP, Product Development, putting his new-found passion for product design into action. Doug has over fifteen years of senior level buy- and sell-side technology, media and telecommunications equity research experience at firms such as Bear Stearns and Jefferies.

Joe has nearly 30 years of first-hand experience in government, political communications, corporate trade associations and the private sector for numerous clients at the intersection of public policy, politics, media and constituency groups. He has advised senior-level executives at a variety of national corporations, trade associations and nonprofit organizations, assisting with public affairs and strategic communications, and crisis management.

Formerly, Joe was president of the Choate Group, a public strategy subsidy of the Boston-based Choate, Hall and Stewart law firm, where he a

Veronica Kido is an award-winning marketing communications specialist. With 20 years of corporate and PR agency experience, she has worked with both startups and multibillion dollar technology services firms.

Veronica successfully builds brand identities, creates compelling positioning and messaging, and develops global marketing communications strategies. She applies her results-oriented, no-nonsense, and hands-on approach to help businesses increase market visibility, achieve prestigious thought leadership status, and generate business leads and revenues.
Veronica has been named to

Alan Osetek is the President of Resolution Media and oversees the growth and expansion of the brand in the U.S. A digital industry veteran, prior to joining Resolution Media, Osetek was the Managing Director for iProspect’s Boston office, responsible for overseeing all activities for iProspects east coast operations. Prior to joining iProspect in 2008, Osetek served as Chief Revenue Officer for Visual IQ. While there, he was responsible for the firm’s sales, marketing, and revenue generating activities working with clients such as Sirius/XM Radio, Liberty Mutual, Microsoft, and CVS Pharmac

Erica Barth is Vice President of Products and Partnerships for Resolution Media, Omnicom’s (NYSE:OMC) search agency. She is responsible for driving the strategic direction of the firm’s existing service offering and partnerships. In this role, Barth focuses on practice development across both the Advertising and Content Solutions teams to strengthen service delivery, as well as evaluating technology and digital media partners to drive future product development. Before joining Resolution Media, Barth served as Marketing Manager for SIRVA, Inc., a relocation services company. Barth holds a Bachelors

Sam Klaidman is the Principal Adviser at the Middlesex Consulting Group. He applies his nearly 45 years of hands-on experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, Customer Service, Consulting and General Management to help small and medium size Clients grow their business and win Customer Loyalty. Sam works with clients to help them set-up and profitably manage their Customer Service organization, including developing a structure, selecting and training personnel, defining and pricing contracts and other services products, and recommending performance metrics.

Andy Miller is Director of Mobile Products at Constant Contact. Prior to joining the company, he was CEO of CardStar where he was responsible for overall business development and strategic direction for the company.

Prior to CardStar, Andy founded Lumifi LLC, Quece LLC, RetirementSuite.com, and StockCar Stocks Mutual Fund where he served on the Board of Directors. In addition, Andy has held various positions at PFPC, T. Rowe Price, Putnam Investments and Bank of America. Andy holds a BA in Economics from SUNY Oswego, a MS in Entrepreneurial Studies from Suffolk University.

Dave Gilbertson joined Constant Contact in 2009. He is the founding general manager of the SaveLocal business unit at Constant Contact, which is dedicated to putting control of local deals back in the hands of small merchants. Previously, Dave served as vice president of strategy and corporate development, where he guided a number of key strategic decisions and led the acquisitions of NutshellMail, BantamLive, MobManager, and CardStar.
Prior to joining Constant Contact, he was a strategy consultant focused on private equity clients with The Parthenon Group in Boston and a professional

A small business expert and visionary, Gail has revolutionized the way that small businesses and organizations can effectively and affordably build relationships with their customers, clients, and members. Since taking leadership of Constant Contact in April 1999, she has led the company to more than 500,000 customers worldwide and its initial public offering on NASDAQ in October 2007.

Gail was named "Executive of the Year" at the 2009 American Business Awards, and was the 2008 New England Regional winner of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2011, she was inducted into the MIT

Eric leads the brand content practice across Digitas clients serviced out of Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Detroit. He leads content strategy development and execution - borne out of insights, driving brand goals and business results. Clients include Tide, Sprint and eBay.

Eric is an Emmy winning media veteran. He was COO of Scout Productions, creators of Queer Eye and other series for MTV, CBS, ABC Family, etc. He oversaw network relationships, international sales and licensing, and branded entertainment.

He spent many years as commercial and film producer.

Eric has an MPA fro

Julia Pandolfo, a graduate of Providence College, learned from a young age that the most impressive answer is not always the traditional one. Throughout her academic career she consistently used inventive thinking to solve nearly any problem. Julia is now an Associate Community Manager at Communispace Corporation where she is still developing creative methods, but this time to reach consumers. Julia maintains overall community functionality and vibrancy, building upon the social glue that brings members together while exploring a multitude of topics, including social media trends. Julia began

A 17-year EMC veteran, Chuck is a long-time member of EMC’s management team, working on strategic aspects of marketing, business development and technology. He is a popular industry blogger (http://chucksblog.emc.com) and writes frequently about advanced IT leadership topics. Chuck is particularly interested in how IT groups are re-organizing and re-structuring to meet new expectations and new missions.

Today, he is very focused on IT transformation, enabling big data analytics, the challenge of mobilizing larger enterprises as well as next-gen security thinking.

Molly is responsible for global loyalty product innovation and business development at First Data. She has 22 years of experience in card and payment processing with fifteen years of focus in cardholder marketing products, including pricing, rewards, cobranding and communications.

Molly has spent the last five years focused on new loyalty opportunities, including Merchant Funded Programs, Relationship Loyalty and Retail Loyalty Offers. Throughout her tenure, Molly has managed project and product teams and has brought many new products to market. She currently holds several patents for

Dave Wieneke leads ISITE Design’s digital strategy practice which helps enterprises unify and act on their customer experience and digital business plans. Dave teaches graduate courses in digital business and social branding – and keynotes internationally on the future of digital marketing. Before agency life, he built digital teams at Thomson Reuters Law, the Christian Science Monitor, Sokolove Law, and the pioneering Boston Computer Society. Dave blogs at UsefulArts.us and is a frequent writer for eConslutancy, and AdAge.

Mike Scopino leads UX design at Almighty. He is obsessed with functionality, both online and off, and acts as a constant advocate for the end-user. With professional experience in visual design and development, Mike creates online strategy with a holistic understanding of the problem at hand.

Fleck is a creative director with more than ten years of industry experiences strategizing, designing and delivering digital experiences for several well-known brands.

Todd Vanderlin is an interaction designer at IDEO Boston. He helps clients realize ideas and communicates those ideas by quickly building functional and interactive experience prototypes. Todd has experience in developing and implementing complex interactive systems and interfaces across a multitude of industries. Past clients include PNC Bank, the City of Boston, 23andMe, Sealy, and HBO.

Prior to IDEO, Todd worked as the Director of Creative Technology at Arnold Worldwide where he led the R&D group. He studied design and technology at Parsons The New School for Design, exploring new f

Jessica Casey leads research and strategic policy development in the areas of housing production and economic development, and manages the implementation of those policies. She develops, conducts and coordinates stakeholder outreach and education campaigns to advance policy implementation and adoption. In addition, Jessica develops technology-driven data collection and analysis strategies, such as the MassWorks Infrastructure Program Online Application Tool, to improve efficiencies and evaluate effectiveness of policies.

Formerly, Jessica worked with the Kitty & Michael Dukakis Center

Grant is a sales and business development executive with more than 15 years experience in Digital Media and SaaS Platform technologies. Prior to Celtra, he was the Managing Director of Agency Development for Yahoo! where he was responsible for building mutually beneficial relationships with Yahoo's! strategic agency partners. Grant joined Yahoo! from their acquisition of Maven Networks in which he was the Director of Sales & Alliances responsible for worldwide sales of Maven's Video Publishing and Advertising Platforms to leading Media & Entertainment companies.

Dan is the founder & president of 4ORCE Digital. Having created and introduced the philosophy of Empirical Marketing, 4ORCE looks to migrate brands away from a pure creative intuition model towards a measurable User Experience model. The team at 4ORCE is hyper vigilant to remain ‘the authority’ on user-centered digital engagement.

4ORCE provides digital solutions for a variety of clients, including Post Foods, Nestle Purina, Scottrade, Save-A-Lot and Sigma-Aldrich.

Dan currently is President-Elect of the St. Louis Ad Club, Board Member of The Children's Home Society of Missouri a

David Spitz has been instrumental in the transformation of WPP from an advertising and marketing agency group into a digital and data-driven marketing services organization. He is responsible for the development of the network’s “Big Data” platform which is enabling the delivery of marketing products and services across the $16B company’s media investment, consumer insights, and relationship marketing business units. He co-chairs WPP’s inter-company data and technology steering committee (“The Data Alliance”) and spearheads investments, joint ventures, and strategic alliances