 |
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
K E Y N O T E S  Henry BlodgetCEO, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Silicon Alley Insider, Inc. Henry Blodget is the CEO of Silicon Alley Insider, Inc., an online business media company based in New York. Prior to founding SAI in May, 2007, Henry was CEO of Cherry Hill Research, an Internet research and consulting firm. From 1994-2001, Henry was an investment banker at Prudential Securities and an equity analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. and Merrill Lynch. As a Managing Director at Merrill, he ran the firm’s global Internet research practice and was the top-ranked Internet analyst on Wall Street. Blodget’s first book, The Wall Street Self-Defense Manual: A Consumer’s Guide to Intelligent Investing, was published in January 2007.
 Stephanie GeorgeExecutive Vice President, Time Inc. Stephanie George is executive vice president of Time Inc. and president of Time Inc. Advertising Sales and Marketing. In this role, she is responsible for the company’s advertising sales and marketing strategy, bringing together Time Inc.’s business units: Lifestyle, Style & Entertainment, News, and Corporate Sales and Marketing. She directly oversees Corporate Sales and Marketing, Research and Insights, Time Inc. Studios, and Time Inc. Media Group, which includes Time Inc. Content Solutions, a custom publishing division, and Media Networks Inc. (MNI) and Targeted Media Inc, which both specialize in targeted media. George also manages Time Inc.’s partnership with American Express Publishing and holds a seat on its board.  Marjorie Scardino Chief Executive, Pearson Marjorie Scardino is Chief Executive of Pearson, the international education and media business made up of Pearson Education, Penguin and the Financial Times Group. Until January 1997, she was chief executive of The Economist Group (of which Pearson owns 50%), and, prior to 1985, she was a partner in a Savannah, Georgia law firm. With her husband, Albert Scardino, Marjorie founded and published the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper, The Georgia Gazette. They have three children. Marjorie is a non-executive director of Nokia Corporation and a member of a number of charitable and advisory boards, including, The MacArthur Foundation, The Carter Center and The Victoria & Albert Museum.  Mark WalshMedia & Political Pundit Mark Walsh is also CEO of GeniusRocket.com, a “crowdsourcer” for creative content and brand marketing. He also heads a small venture capital firm (Ruxton Ventures LLC) focusing on interactive/internet technology and services. Mark has been in the internet industry for over twenty years, heading up consumer internet efforts for GE, running AOL’s internet and business to business efforts, and as CEO of VerticalNet, a business to business internet company which he took public in early 1999. At its peak, and under his leadership, VerticalNet’s market value exceeded $12 Billion. Since 2001 Mark has been active in politics, serving as the first Chief Technology Advisor for the Democratic National Committee, internet head for the John Kerry for President Campaign, and then as founding CEO of Air America Radio. He recently rejoined Air America as an investor, and member of its board. For the last three years he has also co-hosted a weekly talk show called “Left Jab” on XM Satellite Radio. He is also active in a number of non-profits, serving or having served on the boards of the Philadelphia Orchestra, The Baltimore Symphony, In2Books, and The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland, New Leaders Council, and others. M O D E R A T O R S & P A N E L I S T S  Karen AbramsonPresident & CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research Karen Abramson is President & CEO of the Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research business unit. The Medical Research business unit, known for its established Ovid brand, is a leading force in the development and delivery of customizable electronic research information for the medical, healthcare, and academic markets. Since joining Wolters Kluwer Health in July 2006, Abramson has focused on improving Ovid’s operational efficiencies and delivering new product offerings, including the new OvidSP platform, Ovid’s latest search and discovery tool. Abramson joins Wolters Kluwer Health after serving as Vice President and General Manager of CT Corsearch, a division of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services, having started there in 2000 as Vice President of Operations. Under her leadership, CT Corsearch consistently delivered double-digit organic growth, increased market share by twenty-one points, improved margin rates by four points, and achieved the highest quality and customer satisfaction rates in the history of CT Corsearch. Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer, Abramson was Vice President of Operations at MemberWorks, Inc., a $350 million direct marketer of membership service programs, online sweepstakes, and savings promotions. In addition, she held various leadership positions with the Thomson Corporation, including Vice President of Production Services and Director of Quality Management at the Thomson Tax & Accounting and Research Institute of America (RIA) divisions. Abramson holds a BA in Political Science from George Washington University.  Michael AngleCo-Founder, President and COO, Alacra Michael Angle is Co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer of Alacra. Formerly, Mr. Angle was Vice President of Technology at Technimetrics, Inc., a $20 million financial information company. His responsibilities included managing all aspects of technical development and operations. Nicholas Ascheim Vice President, Product Management, NYTimes.com Nicholas Ascheim is the Vice President, Product Management at NYTimes.com, a position he has held since February 2008. In this role, he is responsible for the site's key verticals, including entertainment, travel, health, business, technology, style, the magazines, and the hard news sections, as well as the site’s email, video and multimedia products. Previously, he was the Director of Entertainment and Video, a role he assumed in June 2006. Mr. Ascheim has also served as Senior Product Manager for Entertainment beginning in December 2005. Mr. Ascheim came to The Times in June 2004 as a Product Manager for Movies and Theater. Before joining The New York Times, from 2002 until 2004 Mr. Ascheim was the CEO of TheSquare, a family of business networking and personals sites catering to alumni of the world's leading universities. He ran strategic and business development from 2000 until 2002 at ActiveBuddy, an innovative company that developed a technology to turn instant messaging into an information retrieval tool. Mr. Ascheim was also a member of the three-person founding team of Fox News Online where he helped build and grow the site into an industry leader. Earlier in his career, he was a field producer at ABCNews. Mr. Ascheim was born in New York City in 1970. He received his BA in English from Cornell University in 1992 and in 2000 received his MBA from Harvard University. Mr. Ascheim lives in Montclair, NJ with his wife and son.
 Thomas C. BrownVice President, Market Planning – Financial Services Brown has nearly two decades of experience in financial services, credit, and scoring. He joined LexisNexis Risk Management in Boca Raton, Florida, following their acquisition of Seisint in late 2004. Brown leads the development of product and market strategy for LexisNexis’s Financial Services Vertical Market, which includes ID verification, fraud prevention, and credit risk products that are used by leading U.S. banks and financial institutions. Prior to joining LN, Brown was a Principal at an NYC-area consulting firm developing profit-based analytics and strategies for the nation’s largest credit card and retail card issuers. Brown also has served as a Senior Vice President with First Data Resources, managing scoring and credit risk products for FDR’s issuing clients. During his tenure at FDR, he conceived and built scoring products predicting key issuer events such as bankruptcy and the likelihood of attrition. He began his career with First of America Bank, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, leading loan administration, loan review, and credit policy functions at both bank and holding company levels. Brown has both an MBA with a concentration in Financial Management and a BBA in Finance from Western Michigan University. He has also pursued post graduate study in Economics at WMU. Mai-Wah Cheung, CTO/ VP of Technology, Univision Online, Inc.  Ed Colleran Senior Director, International Relations, Copyright Clearance Center Ed Colleran serves as the Senior Director of International Relations at Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), the world's largest provider of copyright licensing solutions. He oversees strategic initiatives focused on CCC’s international activities—specifically, providing publishers around the world with new content licensing solutions and revenue-generating initiatives based on CCC’s products and services. Ed also provides the vision for the advancement of CCC’s digital rights management services and is a key contributor on other long-term strategic issues facing the information industry. An industry veteran, Ed serves on several committees of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (IFFRO) and and currently serves on American Business Media’s policy and digital media councils. Ed was also a two-term member of the board of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). He is a featured speaker and editorial contributor on issues such as navigating copyright requirements and the challenges and opportunities of managing content in a digital environment. A regular speaker at industry events, Ed has recently presented at the annual conferences of SSP, O’Reilly Media and SIIA as well as London Online. A ten-year veteran at CCC, Ed has 25 years of experience in the communications and information industries. Before joining CCC, he served as vice president and managing director of Larry Miller Productions (now iXL, Inc.), a marketing communications firm. Daniel C. Duncan Senior Director, Government Affairs The McGraw-Hill Companies Dan Duncan joined The McGraw-Hill Companies as a Director, Government Affairs in August 2005. He is responsible generally for advising the Corporation’s Standard & Poor’s segment on public policy initiatives and assisting in analysis of changes in laws and regulations that affect business practices. In addition, he serves as Chair of McGraw-Hill’s Anti-Piracy Committee and focuses on intellectual property and government information access and use policies. Prior to joining McGraw-Hill, Dan was a consultant to information content companies on issues involving licensing and intellectual property. He also served as Executive Director of NFAIS, a Philadelphia-based trade association of government, private sector and nonprofit secondary publishers. Before joining NFAIS, he served as Vice President of Government Relations for the Software & Information Industry (SIIA) Association, where he was responsible for implementing and directing the association’s government relations programs. Prior to his tenure at SIIA, Dan was Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at the Information Industry Association, specializing in intellectual property, government information and privacy laws. Dan served for eight years as Legislative Director for former Congressman Jack Brooks, Chair of the House Government Operations Committee and later, the House Judiciary Committee.  Lou EcclestonExecutive Managing Director, Standard & Poor’s Lou Eccleston is executive managing director at Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and the leading provider of objective financial information, ratings and risk analysis to the global financial community. In this capacity, he holds a dual role as head of Global Sales and Client Service as well as Fixed Income and Risk Management Services, which provides Standard & Poor’s research, data and analytics in the fixed income market to global financial professionals. Prior to joining Standard & Poor’s in 2008, Lou was chairman and chief executive officer of Pivot Inc., a leading provider of communications networks for institutional investors. Previously, he served as president of Global Sales, Marketing and Services for Thomson Financial, leading the integration of separate sales, service and marketing operations around the world into one globally coordinated entity. Lou was also president of the Banking and Brokerage division for Thomson Financial, their largest business operating group at the time, where he led the development and launch of Thomson ONE. Lou also spent 14 years as a managing director with Bloomberg L.P., where he helped build sales and customer service initiatives for the desktop, trading systems, the electronic brokerage business and media operations. Lou holds a B.A. in Economics from Drew University and an M.B.A. in Finance from La Salle University. Kevin English SVP - M&E, Satyam Kevin English is Senior Vice President and Global Head of Satyam™s Media and Entertainment Vertical Business Unit. Mr English has responsibility for growth and all P&L related activities, client relationships, market facing initiatives, consulting and development of industry solution offerings across the media, entertainment and sports industries. The business unit has consistently grown at a rate faster than the overall company, and now has 1,500 associates engaged with global media companies across four continents. Mr English comes to Satyam with experience in management consulting, business and technology strategy, content and rights management, systems integration and outsourcing strategy and execution. Prior to joining Satyam he was Media and Entertainment Client Industry Executive for EDS, supporting technology strategy and outsourcing initiatives for global clients. Prior to EDS, Mr English was Managing Director of the Media and Entertainment practice at KPMG Consulting/BearingPoint. His practice provided strategy, technology and system integration consulting services to clients across the media and entertainment industries.  Hal EspoPresident, Contextual Connections, LLC Hal Espo is President of Contextual Connections, LLC, a NYC-based consultancy which focuses exclusively in the digital services arena, including digital content, distribution, and applications. In so doing, it assists content and related technology companies develop products, enter markets, identify and secure distribution partners. Hal has more than 25 years experience as an operating executive as well as a business and product development professional in the electronic information industry. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Index Stock Imagery, Inc., a web-based commercial stock photography and illustration vendor, and previously was the Chief Operating Officer at CORSEARCH, Inc., a trademark research firm serving Fortune 500 companies and law firms. Earlier, he served as a strategist at Insurance Services Office, Inc., a major information supplier to the property & casualty insurance industry, and for more than 10 years worked in strategy and planning, alliance development, direct and reseller channel sales, marketing and product development at LexisNexis and Knight-Ridder Information/Dialog Information Services, Inc. Jon Gibs VP, Media Analytics, Nielsen Online Jon Gibs specializes in research methodology design and development using Nielsen’s wide array of media measurement and market research products. With more than 10 years of market research experience, Jon previously managed the survey group for Nielsen Online. He is called upon frequently by the press, including MSNBC, CNBC, the Investor’s Business Daily, and MarketWatch. Prior to Nielsen Online, Jon was an analyst and analytics director at Jupiter Research where he developed client reports based on primary survey analysis. Jon earned a M.A. in Geography, specializing in spatial statistics, from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a B.A from Clark University, also in Geography.  Shawn GoldChairman, Social Approach Shawn Gold is Chairman of newly formed Social Approach, a digital media advisory focused on Social Discovery platforms and technologies. Formerly, he was CMO , head of marketing & content for MySpace. At MySpace Gold spearheaded the development and implementation of marketing initiatives and campaigns for MySpace’s more than 110 million users worldwide. He also oversaw the growth and expansion of popular MySpace franchises including Music, Film, Comedy and MySpace Celebrity, as well as creating MySpace’s “Impact awards” and “Our Planet” programs to recognize and reward social responsibility. Gold has over 15 years of experience in digital marketing and content strategy, including serving as publisher of WeblogsInc, the largest publisher of professional blogs on the Web (now an AOL company). In 2000 he became president and chief strategy officer of Intermix (formerly eUniverse), where his team brought the online entertainment network to profitability, making it the most popular on the Web. Additionally, he headed marketing and communications for WHN, an ecommerce company that provided marketing services to the 2002 Olympics, ABC, NBC, Comedy Central, MTV and Fox. Prior to WHN.com, Shawn served as head of strategic planning at Rare Medium where he created the inaugural interactive communication strategies for P&G, General Foods, Mattel and Nestle. In 1995, Shawn was GM and Founder of Icon New media’s Advertising Division, publishing Word.com and Charged.com. There he created the first interstitial ads on the web and an industry-leading advertising system based on time rotation and contextual integration. He started developing interactive content in 1992 as a partner with TouchTunes Interactive, a telecommunications music marketing service in the USA, Japan and New Zealand. He is a founding board member of the Producers Guild of America’s New Media Council and author of The Guide to Laughing at Life book series that promotes wellness through laughter.  Glenn S. GoldbergPresident, Information & Media The McGraw-Hill Companies Glenn S. Goldberg is president of The McGraw-Hill Companies’ Information & Media segment, a role he assumed December 9th, 2005. Prior to this position he was senior vice president, Corporate Affairs and assistant to the chairman and chief executive officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies, a position he has held since 1998.  Lee GreenhousePresident, Greenhouse Associates, Inc. Lee Greenhouse is President of Greenhouse Associates (www.greenhousegrows.com), a consulting firm providing product and market strategies to publishers, media companies, information businesses, and software companies. The firm helps its clients identify and launch new businesses, expand existing businesses, and diagnose problems with existing businesses. With expertise in both business and technology, Greenhouse Associates’ advisory services span a broad range of needs, including market analysis, product validation, business planning, distribution strategies, competitive analysis, pricing, financial analysis, and due diligence for acquisitions.  Caitlin Grusauskas3rd Year Student, Columbia University School of Law Caitlin Grusauskas is currently completing her third year of law school at Columbia Law School. While at Columbia, Caitlin has served as a research assistant to two professors in the areas of legal history and intellectual property law, a teaching assistant in two education law courses, and is currently a managing editor on the Columbia Journal of Law & Social Problems. Following graduation, Caitlin will be joining the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP as an associate in the Litigation Department. Prior to law school, Caitlin worked as a litigation legal assistant in the New York office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. She holds a B.A. in Law, Jurisprudence, & Social Thought from Amherst College.  Kristian J. HammondCo-Director, Intelligent Information Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Northwestern University Dr. Kristian Hammond is a professor of Computer Science at Northwestern University and an accomplished researcher in the areas of human-machine interaction, context-driven information systems and artificial intelligence. After completing his Ph.D. in computer science at Yale University in 1986 and crafting the DARPA white paper that helped define and fund the field of Case-Based Reasoning, Kristian Hammond founded The University of Chicago’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Under his direction, the laboratory flourished as a center for innovative artificial intelligence research for over a decade. In 1998, Professor Hammond moved to Northwestern University to form the Intelligent Information Laboratory (InfoLab). The InfoLab has focused on frictionless information systems that make use of a variety of user contexts to support and radically transform user experiences in the areas of information retrieval, media delivery, speech recognition, collaborative environments, news gathering, intelligent browsing and personalized recommendation. Joe Jaksha Vice President of New Product Development, Thomson West Joe Jaksha is vice president of New Product Development for Thomson West, the foremost provider of electronic workflow solutions to the U.S. legal profession. Mr Jaksha leads the team that designs and develops West's products and services for business law professionals, including content acquisition and feature, functionality and user interface design. Joe and his team are responsible for advancing the Westlaw Business and Westlaw Advisor product strategies as well as driving Westlaw.com product development related to business information assets, statutes and regulations.
Dan'l Lewin Corporate VP, Strategic & Emerging Business Development, Microsoft Dan’l Lewin is a corporate vice president leading Microsoft’s Strategic & Emerging Business Development efforts. He is responsible for managing worldwide strategic relationships with venture capitalists and emerging venture capital backed businesses as well as managing the business relationship with leading global industry partners such as SUN, Symantec, and BEA to ensure their applications interoperate with and run well on the Microsoft platform, for the benefit of our common customers. Lewin is based at Microsoft’s Mountain View, Calif., campus. A 30-year Silicon Valley veteran, Lewin has been at Microsoft for 7 years. He was most recently CEO of Aurigin Systems Inc., an enterprise software company focused on intellectual property asset management. He was also an executive leading sales and marketing divisions for companies including Apple Computer Corp., NeXT Inc. and GO Corporation. In addition, Lewin has served as a consultant for emerging companies, venture capital firms and corporate joint ventures. Lewin holds an A.B. in politics from Princeton University.  Neal LipschutzSVP and Managing Editor, Dow Jones Newswires Neal Lipschutz is senior vice president and managing editor of Dow Jones Newswires, a unit of Dow Jones & Company. He assumed this role in January 2007 after serving as vice president where he directly supervised the news staffs in the Americas and served as chief arbiter of and spokesman for news policies, coverage and standards on a global basis. In his current role, Neal has global responsibility for Dow Jones Newswires editorial. Newswires editorial consists of more than 800 reporters, editors and translators in about 84 bureaus. Prior to assuming his role as vice president, Mr. Lipschutz served as senior editor, Americas, for Dow Jones Newswires from 1999 to 2005. In this position, he was responsible for Newswires’ editorial operations throughout the Americas. He continues to write “Point of View” columns on a regular basis for Newswires. Mr. Lipschutz also served as managing editor of the Dow Jones News Service, the newswire covering the U.S. equities markets, public companies and the events that affect them, from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Lipschutz's work was included in group entries from Dow Jones Newswires that received awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers three times. His articles, essays and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly, The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun and many other publications. Steve Lohr Senior Writer and Technology Reporter, the New York Times Steve Lohr is a technology reporter for The New York Times. He was a foreign correspondent during the 1980s for the Times, based in Tokyo, Manila and London. Since the mid-1990s, he has covered technology and its impact on the economy and society. He has written for magazines including The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Monthly and strategy+business. He is the author of a history of computer programming, “Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists and Iconoclasts — The Programmers Who Created the Software Revolution” (Basic Books, 2001; paperback, 2002). He is also the co-author, with Joel Brinkley, of a New York Times book, “U.S. v. Microsoft: The Inside Story of the Landmark Case.” (McGraw-Hill, 2001)  Sandy MalcolmExecutive Producer, CNN.com Video Sandy Malcolm is executive producer of CNN.com video. In that role, Malcolm oversees CNN.com’s video content across all digital platforms. Malcolm’s responsibilities include the operations and production of CNN.com Live, CNN’s multi-stream live video service, as well as guiding the daily operations of CNN’s video clip production and distribution to syndicated partner sites. Her role also includes the management of CNN Mobile’s video products. Named to her current role in September 2003, Malcolm played an instrumental role in the development of CNN’s revolutionary live streaming product CNN.com Live, formerly known as CNN Pipeline. She also played a key role in the relaunch of CNN.com, the latest evolution in online news that resulted in an intuitive, integrated Web site that puts users within a click of the global, national and local news and information they find most relevant to them. In addition to her duties with CNN.com, Malcolm handles CNN content provided to Comcast, Time Warner Cable and DirecTV for cable and satellite on-demand usage as well as CNN’s video syndication products in partnership with AOL and Yahoo!.  Bob MerryPresident & Editor-in-Chief, Congressional Quarterly Inc. Robert W. Merry, publishing executive and author, is President and Editor-in-Chief of Congressional Quarterly Inc., the Washington-based publisher of news and information on Congress, politics and public policy. Merry has earned a reputation as a pioneer in the development of web journalism and has addressed audiences on the topic throughout the country. He has more than doubled CQ’s revenue and increased staff by 50 percent at a time when many news organizations are in retrenchment.  Jonathan F. MillerFounding Partner, Velocity Interactive Group Prior to Velocity Mr. Miller was Chairman and CEO of AOL Inc and LLC. He began at AOL in late 2002 when the Company was given up as lost by the stock market and most pundits. AOL is now in the midst of a revival, with a transformed business model and a newly earned place in the digital world. In his last quarter, AOL's profits were up 21% year to year and its advertising growth, the heart of the new model, was up 49% year to year. AOL is now the third largest internet advertising business in the world, and the second fastest growing behind Google Previously, Mr. Miller was CEO and President of USA Information and Services, now IACI and Expedia (the Company split in two in 2005). Market cap of the combined companies exceeded $25bn. In this period, Miller acted as a Corporate Officer and served on four public boards of related entities. Prior to USA/IACI, Miller was Managing Director of Nickelodeon International, a unit of Viacom's MTV Networks. Jon also acted as CEO of several Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures channels that were joint ventures with such partners as BSkyB in the UK and Foxtel in Australia. Under MIller's guidance, program distribution was extended to over 100 territories including sales to the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, ARD (Germany), ABC (Australia), and RAI (Italy). Mr Miller is on the Board of the American Film Institute, Idearc Media (spun out of Verizon Communications), a trustee of Emerson College, and of WNYC Public Radio in NY. He is also an ‘angel’ investor in internet startups in the areas of digital content, search and online advertising in partnership with venture capital firms such as Sequoia, Accel Partners, Spark Capital, Lightspeed, and Benchmark.
 Mindy PenningtonManager, External Content, Library Services, Pfizer Global Research & Development Mindy Pennington is the Manager of External Content for the Library Services department at Pfizer Inc. She leads the Licensing Team that negotiates contracts for Digital Library content such as databases, electronic journals, ebooks, and other resources. Her current areas of focus are access and pricing models for global business units, standardizing authorized user language in licensing agreements and investigating direct access for reprints with publishers.
 David RosenblattVP, Google and President, Global Display Advertising Operations David Rosenblatt is the former CEO of DoubleClick. In this capacity, he was responsible for developing the long-term strategic vision and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company Prior to this role, David served as the company's President. He joined DoubleClick in 1997 as part of the initial management team where he was instrumental in growing the company's technology division to be a leading player in the industry. During his tenure he has held several executive positions as well as the responsibility for overseeing the success of several mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining DoubleClick, he spent several years at S.G. Warburg & Co, in Hong Kong, London and New York, where he was responsible for advising on mergers, divestitures, IPOs and other strategic transactions for international and domestic clients. In addition, David was responsible for the design and implementation of Omnipoint Communications' online content products as part of Omnipoint's Fall '96 rollout of PCS, the wireless telephone service. In 2007, David was named as #15 on the Silicon Alley Insider 100 List of the most influential people in New York digital business. He was recognized in 2003 as one of New York's rising stars by Crain's Business New York, on their 40 Under 40 List. David earned his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Yale University with a BA in East Asian Studies.  Oakleigh ThorneCo-President, Blumenstein/ Thorne Information Partners Oakleigh Thorne served as Chairman and CEO of eCollege.com [NASDAQ: ECLG], the leading provider of outsource eLearning solutions to the fast-growing postsecondary education industry, from May of 2000 until July 2007, when the company was sold to Pearson PLC. Thorne is a founder of Blumenstein/Thorne Information Partners, LLC, (B/TIP), the captive private equity and venture capital vehicle which invests in information industry and telecommunications companies. Current B/TIP holdings include Aircell, Inc., ShopperTrak, Inc., Datamark, Inc., and MachineryLink, Inc. Prior to TBG, Thorne was CEO of Commerce Clearing House, Inc. (CCH) a leading provider of tax and business law information, software, and services for accounting, legal and business professionals. At CCH, Thorne was largely credited with leading a series of strategic electronic product and reengineering initiatives that moved the company from being a traditional, print-based publishing and service bureau company to become an innovative provider of electronic information and software tools.  Vivek ShahGroup Digital President, News Business Unit, Time Inc Vivek Shah is the group digital president of the News Business Unit of Time Inc, which includes the print and digital properties of the Time Group, the Fortune|Money Group, the Sports Illustrated, as well as LIFE.com and GEE . Previously, Shah served as president of the Fortune|Money Group, which included the magazines Fortune, Money and Fortune Small Business and the website CNNMoney.com. Before his promotion to President of the newly formed Fortune|Money Group, Shah served as president of digital publishing where he oversaw CNNMoney.com, the Web’s largest vertical business site with nearly 40 million unique visitors each month. Previously, Shah was the general manager of group, functioning as its senior financial and business development executive, helping to develop and implement strategy and manage day-to-day operations. Prior to that, Shah was the vice president of new business ventures of the group, where he was responsible for launching and managing a portfolio of new businesses. Shah has been named online Publisher of the Year by MIN and Innovator of the Year by BtoB’s Media Business. Shah was also named to Folio magazine’s Thirty under 30 list and Crain’s Forty under 40 list. He has a B.A. in political science from Tufts University.  Jon WilliamsCTO, iVillage, a division of NBC Universal Jon is the CTO at iVillage, a division of NBC Universal. Jon started this blog as an opportunity to share his technology management experience with a wider audience. He is a member of InfoWorld magazine's CTO advisory council, and co-founder of the New York CTO club, a eight-year-old group of CTOs who meet and collaborate on a regular basis.  Michael WolffFounder, Newser; Vanity Fair Columnist Michael Wolff, a columnist for Vanity Fair and two-time National Magazine Award winner, is one of the nation's most influential writers about media, culture and politics. He is a commentator for CNBC and the founder of Newser (www.newser.com), the news aggregator. In 2003, he achieved international recognition for his dispatches from the Persian Gulf as the Iraq War began. His work, which has been widely anthologized, has appeared in numerous publications in the U.S., including New York Magazine, where he was a columnist, and the Guardian and Spectator in the U.K. He is the author of five books, including Autumn of the Moguls (HarperBusiness, 2003) and Burn Rate (Simon & Schuster, 1998) and the forthcoming The Man Who Owns the News (Random House, 2008), a biography of Rupert Murdoch, based on nine months of interviews with Murdoch and his family and associates. He lives in New York City. Joanna Woodward Global Library Services Director, Pfizer Inc. Joanna Woodward is the Global Library Services Director at Pfizer Inc, the world's largest research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company. Joanna is responsible for the global vision and strategic direction of electronic information acquisition and deployment. She leads a team of professional librarians and information specialists in connecting Pfizer employees worldwide with critical scientific, biomedical and industry information resources -- electronic journals, global news services, books, databases etc. Joanna’s prior experience is in leading large Information Technology infrastructure projects in the pharmaceutical Human Resource and Finance divisions. This IT background has proved to be extremely valuable in taking on the challenges and opportunities new technology presents in the Library profession. Throughout her 30-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, Joanna has received numerous awards in both the U.S. and the U.K. for individual achievement and personal leadership. In the UK, she has served as an industry mentor to Age Concern and served on the Board of Trustees for a local children’s charity. In 2005, Joanna relocated from the UK to Connecticut where she now lives with her husband and three children.  Kathy YatesCEO, AllBusiness.com Kathy Yates is CEO of AllBusiness.com, a leading online resource that provides advice, information and solutions to growing businesses. She joined AllBusiness in 2005 and in 2006 raised $12MM in funding from Sutter Hill Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners and Reed Ventures. AllBusiness was sold to Dun and Bradstreet for $56MM in November, 2007. Prior to AllBusiness, Yates was President and COO of MarketWatch, Inc. where she actively participated in the sale of the company to Dow Jones for $519 million in January 2005. MarketWatch is a leading provider of business news, financial information and analytical tools, and producer of the Marketwatch.com and Big Charts.com websites, the Marketwatch Weekend television show, and the Marketwatch radio network. Ms. Yates is a veteran Internet media executive, having started and led several Internet ventures since 1995. Her roles have included founder, Vice President/Business Development and Interim CEO for Knight Ridder Digital; founding Board Member of CareerPath (now CareerBuilder) and Classified Ventures (parent company of Cars.com); and Vice President/Product Development for Women.com.
H O S T S
|
|
