Matthew is responsible for the development, management, and marketing of the Google Enterprise product lines. He brings 10 years of enterprise product management, marketing and sales experience to the team, specializing in the business and technology needs of enterprise customers. Prior to joining Google, Matthew was a senior member of the management team for the Computer Industry Business Unit at Trilogy, an enterprise software company based in Austin, TX. He was involved with the creation of Trilogy's product direction and acted as the lead product manager on a number of Trilogy's industry solutions. Matthew holds a Bachelor's degree from Cornell University.

John Hagel III is co-chairman of the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation, which conducts original research and develops substantive points of view for new corporate growth. As co-chairman, John oversees the development of the Center's research agenda and also represents Deloitte with top-tier clients and media. John has nearly 30 years' experience as a management consultant, author, speaker, and entrepreneur and has helped companies improve their performance by effectively applying information technology to reshape business strategies.

Before joining Deloitte, John was an independent consultant and writer. Prior to that, he held significant positions at leading consulting firms and public and private companies. From 1984 to 2000, he was a principal at McKinsey & Co., where he was a leader of the Strategy Practice. In addition, he founded and led McKinsey's Electronic Commerce Practice from 1993 to 2000. He has also served as chief strategy officer of 12 Entrepreneuring, Inc. and senior vice president of strategic planning at Atari, Inc. Earlier in his career, he was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group and founded Sequoia Group, Inc., a systems house that sold turnkey computer systems to physicians.

John is the author of a series of best-selling business books, beginning with Net Gain, published in 1997, and including Net Worth, Out of the Box and The Only Sustainable Edge. He has won two awards from Harvard Business Review for best articles in that publication and has been recognized as an industry thought leader by a variety of publications and professional service firms.

John holds a BA from Wesleyan University, a B.Phil. from Oxford University, and a JD and MBA from Harvard University.

As executive VP, marketing, applications, and education at salesforce.com, George Hu leads the global marketing organization, which includes corporate marketing, product marketing, and product management. He is responsible for the company's messaging and applications product strategy, and is a member of the company's executive committee reporting directly to salesforce.com Chairman & CEO Marc Benioff. Hu joined salesforce.com in 2002 and has served in a variety of management roles including VP of product marketing, SVP of applications, and chief marketing officer. In these capacities he has led the broadening of the company's product portfolio into customer service and support and partner relationship management, launched breakthrough new products including salesforce.com's Unlimited Edition, and driven the creation of innovative new concepts such as Successforce.com and the IdeaExchange. Prior to joining salesforce.com, Hu held product management and strategic consulting roles at North Point Communications and Boston Consulting Group. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Harvard College and a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Clay Shirky is a writer, educator, and consultant on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. He is an adjunct professor at New York University (NYU) in their graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program, where he teaches courses on the interrelationships of social and technological networks, particularly how they shape culture and vice-versa. He consults to a variety of organizations on network technologies, and is an acknowledged expert on collaboration tools, social networks, peer-to-peer sharing, collaborative filtering, and Open Source development. Clay has spoken and written extensively on the Internet since 1996, with regular columns in Business 2.0, FEED, OpenP2P.com and his own shirky.com blogsite. He has appeared in The New York Times, Time, The Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, and others. In his new book, "Here Comes Everybody", Clay explores how organizations and industries are being upended by open networks, collaboration, and user appropriation of content production and dissemination.

Since co-founding Really Strategies Inc., Barry has served as president and CEO of the company. Under his leadership, Really Strategies has grown to be a leading provider of content management solutions and services to publishers and has been recognized by multiple industry organizations for its growth rate, quality of services, and work environment. A 20-year veteran of the software and information industries, Barry has held executive positions with Reed Elsevier and a start-up life science content developer. Prior to joining the world of electronic publishing, he held project management and senior software engineering positions for GE Aerospace.

As VP, Global Content and Customer Operations, for the Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, Karin Borchert is responsible for procuring third party content, managing over 1,000 existing content relationships through to processing and integrating these content sets into the Group's Content Technology Solutions (CTS) product range. She is also responsible for Global Customer Service for CTS, product testing and the Work Anywhere program, which she spearheaded in 2006. Her technical, business, and management experience provide her with a strong foundation to lead these areas. Ms Borchert was previously Factiva's Chief Operations Officer, and was responsible for all aspects of product and content operations, customer service and business infrastructure. In this role she led teams that provided Factiva customers and employees with a global operating environment optimized for high performance, utilizing sound technologies and improving operational excellence. In addition, she led an enterprise-wide initiative to move to a distributed workforce globally including large-scale outsourcing initiatives. As a result, the company reached significantly greater levels of global agility, organizational flexibility, and cost savings while maintaining excellent levels of customer service.

As president of ZoomInfo, Bryan Burdick is responsible for sales, marketing, product and business development. Under his leadership and direction, the company increased profitability and continues to deliver record growth. Burdick was instrumental in expanding ZoomInfo's footprints beyond the recruiting industry into sales, marketing and bizographic ad targeting. He has also helped solidify strategic partnerships and business development relationships for the company. Before joining ZoomInfo, Burdick served as chief marketing officer for the Monster Worldwide TMP AdComms Division, where he was responsible for all product and marketing functions, as well as the division's strategic business operations. Prior to that, he was SVP of core segments for Monster North America. Previously, he served as SVP of global portal services with Terra Lycos, Inc., where he managed the five core international business units including Search and eCommerce. Burdick has also served as the SVP and managing director of consumer products for Go2Net (purchased by InfoSpace) and SVP of marketing for Reality Online, Inc., a Reuters Company.

J. Richard Carlson began his role as CEO and President of Wireless Matrix in May, 2004. He is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Teletouch Communications Inc., a publicly traded wireless communications firm based out of Tyler, Texas, where he led a dedicated paging company through a challenging transition to a multi-product and wireless service distribution company. Mr. Carlson was most recently the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of U.S. Inspect, LLC, the United State's largest non-franchise home inspection business. He holds an MBA from Georgetown University.

Tony Conrad is the CEO/ Founder of Sphere, the company behind the Sphere Related Content Genome that connects content to contextually relevant content from archives as well as from Blog Posts, Media Articles, Video, Photos, and Ads from across the Web. In addition to Sphere, Tony is simultaneously a Venture Partner at True Ventures. Tony serves on the Board of Directors of Automattic (WordPress), WeGame and VoxPop. Prior to Sphere/ True Ventures, Tony served on the Board of Directors for Oddpost (acquired by Yahoo!), Iconoculture, MusicNow (acquired by Circuit City), and Centive. Tony also played an active role managing investments in Post Communications (NASDAQ: NTVS) and Stonyfield Farms (acquired by Groupe Danone).

Dave Couture leads Deloitte's Marketing Effectiveness service line. He has over 17 years of experience helping companies maximize shareholder value through use of a variety of strategic and operational levers, including portfolio shaping, innovation, and sales & marketing effectiveness. He is a leading authority on the evolving dynamics of marketing in today's world of increasing customer empowerment. In addition to his work with Deloitte, Couture has served as Vice President of Operations at a national B2B company where his responsibilities included company positioning, product marketing, and sales.

Colin Crawford was named SVP of online for IDG Communications in late 2005. In this role, Crawford serves as the key evangelist for IDG's transformation from print to online media in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Media properties include Computerworld, CIO, Network World, InfoWorld, PC World and Macworld. Previously, he served as VP of business development and operations for International Data Group (IDG). In 2006 Crawford was responsible for a major initiative called IDG Connect. IDG Connect supports IT companies through sales lead-generation programs that promote white papers, webcasts podcasts, product information and other vendor assets using IDG's extensive database of print subscribers, online readers, and event attendees. More recently Crawford has been helping on the launch of the IDG Technology Network plus various content syndication initiatives as well as evaluating opportunities in the mobile area. Between 1993 and 2003 he was President and CEO of Macworld where he was responsible for the strategic management and business development of the award-winning magazine and several online sites including Macworld.com, MacCentral.com, and the Macworld Product Finder. Prior to joining IDG, Crawford was managing director of Dennis Publishing Ltd., one of the largest independent publishers of computer magazines in the United Kingdom. Crawford is a regular speaker at key industry events. Crawford holds an ACA from the U.K. Institute of Chartered Accountants and a B.A. from the University of Kent at Canterbury.

For the past 14 years, Scott has delivered a wide variety of strategic analysis and business development expertise to top technology firms. Having served both in operational, investment, and advisory roles during his career, Scott has built deep knowledge in IT operations and services delivery approaches including: utility computing; heterogeneous data center operations; storage infrastructures; telecommunications and wireless operations management/OSS; and service-oriented architectures. Most recently, Scott was VP and lead analyst at Tier1 Research, a Wall Street independent research provider focusing on IT infrastructure where he demonstrated thought leadership and provided technical and financial analysis on a wide range of companies including buy/sell recommendations on over 25 top public software firms. Prior experience includes both work in venture capital focused on driving investments in technology and telecommunications services and in operational and management roles at start-up and leading technology firms including a subsidiary of ADC Telecommunications. Scott earned his B.A. in Economics from UC Santa Barbara and his M.B.A. with Distinction from the University of Michigan.

Glenn W Gerlach ["G2"] Mobility Strategist, Microsoft Corporation; Mobile Communications Business; Glenn joined Microsoft in 2002. As the Senior Mobility Strategist in the Americas, He leverages his 15 years of Mobility expertise in collaboration to Microsoft's largest customers in the design and implementation of their enterprise mobility projects. Prior to 2002 Glenn held customer facing and strategy roles with Pacific Bell Wireless where he contributed to the design their Mobile Wireless Data Go-To Market as well as designing the Business to Business sales channel "BCS Direct". In 1999 he joined eVoice.com where he led all business development activity to the RBOC, LEC and Cellular segments. Glenn holds a BA in Management from St Mary's College, and currently advises organizations entering the Converged Telecommunications and Social Networking Market Spaces in the US and Canada.

Mani Gill is the Vice President of OnDemand at Business Objects, an SAP company; he manages the software as a service strategy, direction, and sales for crystalreports.com, Business Intelligence OnDemand and Information OnDemand products. Prior to coming to Business Objects 11 years ago, he was integrating business intelligence technologies into Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Studio, BackOffice, Dynamics and CRM. Mani is originally from Canada and now lives in Seattle with his wife and two young daughters, and enjoys golfing and travelling in his spare time.

Barry Graubart has spent the past 20 years applying technology to content to develop high value business-to-business information products. Barry is VP, Product management for Alacra, a leading content technology company. Previously, he served as EVP & Chief Marketing Officer for Leadership Directories, a content provider of biographical and organizational data. Prior to Leadership Directories he spent four years in various roles with ClearForest, an emerging leader in the text analytics market. At ClearForest, he helped open the publishing and federal intelligence markets. Previously, he held general management, product development and marketing roles with b2b content businesses including divisions of Primedia, Nelson Information (now Thomson Financial), Kaplan/Washington Post and McClatchy Newspapers. Barry holds a B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany.

Jason is a founder of Emergence Capital and has over a dozen years of experience in the venture capital business as a General Partner with Emergence, a General Partner with USVP and as an associate with Venrock, the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family. Earlier in his career, Jason served as VP of Muzertechnika, the largest private computer and Telecommunications Company in Eastern Europe. Prior to this, he served as a strategic consultant with Bain & Company and with the investment firm of Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe. Jason has led successful early-stage venture investments in past companies such as DoubleClick (DCLK), aQuantive (AQNT), Visual Networks (VNWK), and Ask Jeeves (ASK) and currently serves on the boards of private companies such as SuccessFactors, inQ, Kidzui, Goodmail Systems and Adapt Technologies. Jason is Chairman Emeritus and on the Board of the Center for Venture Education and the Kauffman Fellows Program, the leading educational fellowship in venture capital. Jason also serves on the Advisory Board of Arthur Rock Center of Entrepreneurship at Harvard and on the Steering Committee of the West Coast Research Center. Jason is a Founding Board member of Endeavor, a non-profit serving the needs of entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Jason graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard with Distinction. Upon graduation, Jason was selected for the Charles Williams Fellowship at Harvard Business School for post-graduate research in Entrepreneurship and Finance. Jason is married with two children. The most unique trivia about Jason is that he is a twin married to a twin.

As VP of ISV Strategy & Programs at Oracle Corporation, Tom Herrmann is responsible for the company's overall direction, strategy and programs across more than 10,000 Independent Software Vendor partners globally. Specific areas include ISV business development initiatives, strategic ISV alignment with Oracle's product and development organizations across applications and technology, integration and testing programs, industry initiatives and other programs in support of the ecosystem of ISV solutions around Oracle. Herrmann and his organization also work closely with the various groups within Oracle that determine the company's mergers, acquisitions and strategic investment strategies. Over the past seven years, Herrmann has held various positions at Oracle and PeopleSoft within Strategic Alliances and Business Development focused on partner programs and strategic account management. Prior to the acquisition, he led the Platform and Software Partner organization at PeopleSoft. In this role, his organization's responsibilities included account and program management for all PeopleSoft ISV partners as well as the top platform technology partners, including HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems . Prior to joining PeopleSoft, Herrmann held executive sales, marketing and business development positions at GSI, AiTech and Siemens Corporation.

Geoffrey Hyatt is Founder and CEO of Contact Networks, a company acquired by Thomson in 2007. My Hyatt is focused on helping professional services companies maximize their growth by leveraging their most valuable asset: their extended network of business contacts. Contact Networks provides the leading 'enterprise social networking' solution for large businesses. Prior to founding Contact Networks, Mr. Hyatt was the founder and CEO of Strong Numbers, The Blue Book for Everything. Strong Numbers is now part of Intuit. Before that, Mr. Hyatt was a Manager at The Boston Consulting Group where he worked with the world's leading technology companies, and he was an Investment Assistant with the International Finance Corporation (World Bank). Mr. Hyatt holds a Masters of Management degree with distinction from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and he earned a bachelor's degree in economics and computer science from Dartmouth College.

Justin Kestelyn is Senior Director, Oracle Technology Network and Developer Programs, responsible for Developer community-building initiatives within Oracle - including the use of social media and open-space event techniques. Prior to joining Oracle in 2003, Kestelyn was editor-in-chief of CMP Media's Intelligent Enterprise Magazine.

Karen has more than two decades of experience in computer and software product management, marketing, and development. In her current role as Mzinga's Chief Marketing Officer, Karen applies that experience as well as her extensive background in the Software-as-a-Service field to oversee all aspects of the company's product marketing and management, interactive and Web marketing, and corporate communications and public relations. Prior to Mzinga, Karen was VP of Marketing for WebEx WebOffice, where she was responsible for product strategy, development, and marketing. Karen previously served as VP of Marketing at Intranets.com, which was acquired by WebEx in September 2005. Before that, Karen created customer and partner value at NewsEdge Corporation as director of business development, and then later as director of engineering, where she led a team of 25 software engineers in building NewsEdge's proprietary news Refinery.

As VP of hosted and consumer solutions, Doug Mack provides leadership for the software services and consumer offerings of Adobe’s Creative Solutions Business Unit. Key products in his group include Adobe® Scene7® OnDemand, Adobe® Photoshop® Elements, Adobe® Premiere® Elements and the new Photoshop® Express and Premiere® Express software-as-a-service (SaaS) consumer solutions. Mack’s e-commerce expertise and insight into customer experience trends give him a unique perspective on customer engagement strategies across all touch points. He is an active commentator on such issues as SaaS marketing and pricing strategies, new customer interaction models and online brand experience management. Prior to joining Adobe, Mack co-founded and was CEO of Scene7, provider of the leading on-demand rich media platform for e-commerce Web sites such as QVC, Otto UK and Land’s End, which was acquired by Adobe in May 2007. Mack previously co-founded and led GoodHome.com, an award-winning online home design site and the predecessor to Scene7. Prior to Goodhome.com, Mack served as executive VP of the Broderbund Home Division of Mattel. He also held strategy and business positions at McKinsey & Company and General Electric.

Michael Marchesano, a Managing Director with JEGI, focuses on the firm's leading M&A advisory practice to the business information services sector, which includes the wide array of companies providing software and data-driven products and services and marketing solutions. As a 25+ year media industry veteran and a former top executive at The Nielsen Company, Mr. Marchesano is known for his strong strategic and management skills. He has an impeccable reputation and is highly regarded throughout the industry. Prior to joining JEGI in 2007, Mr. Marchesano served as Executive VP and Chief Transformation Officer of The Nielsen Company. In this position, he was responsible for leading the company's business transformation strategy. Mr. Marchesano focused on a far-reaching, three-year program designed to further reduce costs, enhance margins, and more effectively leverage Nielsen's resources to improve its competitive position and fund future growth. Mr. Marchesano joined VNU in August 1999 as President of Bill Communications. In June 2001, he was named President and CEO of VNU Business Media USA, responsible for VNU's portfolio of business publications, trade shows, conferences, database information services, and media intelligence. In 2005, he assumed executive responsibility for Nielsen Entertainment, a leading provider of information, analysis, and marketing solutions to the global entertainment industry.

Mr. Marcinko brings to Groxis over 20 years of senior–level leadership, strategy and advisory experience in the information industry. As founder and CEO of MEI, a service organization specializing in the monetization of publishers’ digital assets, Mr. Marcinko has designed and established content licensing strategy, executing deals on behalf of primary and secondary publishers with aggregators, syndicators, redistributors and specialty vendors within the information industry. Prior to MEI, Mr. Marcinko founded Dynamic Information Corp., a full–service information brokerage, which was sold to EBSCO Industries, Inc. In 2002 and 2003 he held the position of President and COO of Nstein Technologies, Inc. Mr. Marcinko received a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Alberta and did graduate research in organic chemistry at Stanford University.

David Mather joined Hoover's as president in June 2007. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring the successful execution of the company's initiatives and for driving Hoover's overall strategy. Before joining Hoover's, David served as Vice President and General Manager of Global Business Operations for a $1.4 billion Global Systems and Technology division at Unisys. David joined Unisys from Hewlett-Packard, where he was Vice President of Imaging Printing Group Worldwide Direct, which was responsible for developing the division's go-to-market model, as well as its global direct sales, Internet, and marketing strategies. Prior to this, David was HP's Vice President of Americas Sales Operations, after serving as a member of the acquisition team during the HP merger with Compaq Computer Corporation.

Jason Maynard co-manages a technology, media and telecom fund for Credit Suisse. Maynard has worked in the software industry since 1996 as both a research analyst and entrepreneur. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2005 as the group head of software research, Maynard was the global software coordinator for Merrill Lynch. In February 2004, Maynard launched the On Demand Index to track and measure the rise of On Demand business models and the trend of Software as a Service. InformationWeek magazine named Maynard to its 2005 Innovators and Influencers list based on his work in the field. Maynard was also a co-founder of Verix Software, a startup in the Java and CRM field.

Dave McClure has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for almost twenty years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, blogger, & internet marketing nerd. He is an advisor or investor for Mint, SlideShare, TradeVibes, Oortle, CrazyEgg, TeachStreet, Eventvue, Spock, RichRelevance, Mashery, Simply Hired, HealthUnity, & Canopy Financial. His current passion is helping startups with product strategy, internet marketing, and startup metrics for pirates (AARRR!). Dave is the conference chair for Graphing Social Patterns, and a co-chair for Web 2.0 Expo. He is a guest lecturer on social application platforms & viral metrics at Stanford University. Dave is a board member for microfinance accelerator Unitus, advisor to microfinance lender Kiva.org, and a co-founder of the Silicon Valley Microfinance Network. Previously Dave launched & ran marketing for job search engine Simply Hired, and its evil twin SimplyFired.com. From 2001 to 2004, Dave worked at PayPal (acquired by eBay in 2002) as Director of Marketing, where he founded & ran the PayPal Developer Network program. Prior to PayPal, Dave was a database consultant & programmer for several companies, including Microsoft and Intel. In 1994 he founded Aslan Computing, an internet & e-commerce firm later acquired by Servinet/Panurgy in 1998. Before coming to Silicon Valley, Dave barely graduated from the Johns Hopkins University with a BS in Mathematical Sciences Engineering and a minor in frisbee, billiards, & foosball. His interests include microfinance and economic innovation, entrepreneurship and venture capital, ultimate frisbee, cartoons and animation, and an ever-growing collection of funny-looking hats.

Tim has primary responsibility for overall commercial growth, new business development and new product development for The 451 Group's financial product line, which includes the M&A analysis service 451 TechDealmaker, the IT-specialized transactions database, the M&A KnowledgeBase, and the firm's offerings to buyside equity investors. Tim is the former founder of Webmergers.com, which was acquired by The 451 Group in 2003. Prior to establishing Webmergers in 2000, Tim spent five years as President of New Media Resources, a consulting firm for interactive media startups. Previously, Tim spent five years in corporate development at Ziff Communications, assisting senior management in acquisitions research, strategic planning and development of online products. Tim has studied interactive services through a fellowship at the Gannett Center for Media at Columbia University in New York. He maintains numerous contacts among the Silicon Valley technology and finance community and has chaired several national conferences on technology M&A topics.

Marcus New is president and chief executive officer of Stockgroup Media Systems Inc., a company he founded in 1995. New has been involved in new media since its genesis, and is highly sought after as a thought leader in business Web 2.0 and social networking technology for investors. In his 13 years at the helm, New has grown Stockgroup from a Vancouver start-up to a leading international company. He started the company with a goal to help investors find quality information about companies in order to manage their wealth successfully. New’s belief in innovation and commitment to R&D, even in tough economic conditions, helped Stockgroup weather the storm of the dot.com collapse. The Company purchased its media property Stockhouse.com in 2002, and New’s leadership and determination have enabled Stockhouse to outpace its peers. New has also overseen the Company’s deployment of world-class products such as StockStream Enterprise™ and MarketStream™. New’s vision and business acumen have made him one of the most influential leaders in the financial services industry. Twelve of Canada’s top 30 brokerage firms are Stockgroup clients, including National Bank Direct Brokerage, Desjardins Securities and Laurentian Bank Securities. News outlets such as Reuters, Associated Press, and CanWest are also clients. Stockgroup’s corporate partners also include Yahoo Canada, Facebook and Google.

Since 2001, Morris Panner has been CEO of OpenAir, a global provider of SaaS project workflow solutions. OpenAir has been named a Fastest Growing Private Company in New England, a Deloitte & Touche Fast 500 Company, a Finalist for the SIIA CODiE awards and a Top 25 Global Service Provider by ASP News. Prior to OpenAir, Morris was a Federal prosecutor and spent a year fighting narco-terrorism at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. Morris is co-Chair of the Board of the Software Division of the SIIA and has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes and Fast Company.

Steven Rosenberg joined Thomson Financial as head of Content Licensing and Third Party Redistribution strategy in 2006. Since joining this leading provider of financial information and technology solutions, Steven has been successful in executing digital content distribution strategies and engagements with partners in the portal, media, software as service (SaaS), and financial services industry. Prior to joining Thomson, Steven served as Senior Manager, Strategic Planning and Sales at Reuters within the Enterprise Information Group leading Content Redistribution. At Reuters in 2001, Steven established leading brand presence in the Reference Data Market by tripling revenue from: major accounts, delivering new business, creatively managing strategic Third Party EIP Redistribution Relationships, and partner acquisition. Earlier, Steven was Strategic Sales Manager at Bridge Information Systems before it was acquired by Reuters and was responsible for developing and monetizing the B2B eBridge platform and Enterprise data business.

Since 1996, Mr. Ryan has been instrumental in defining and creating services organizations that improve the quality and reliability of the technology infrastructures businesses depend on for communications and commerce. Prior to co-founding OpSource in 2002, Mr. Ryan was President of the Americas for Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN). He was responsible for integrating the sales and delivery organizations of the company's Internet businesses-hosting, IP networking, and managed services - providing customers with an integrated network and IT infrastructure solution. Under his leadership, MFN customers included BP Amoco, JP Morgan Chase, Sony, Microsoft, and Mercedes-Benz. Mr. Ryan joined MFN from SiteSmith, a company that he co-founded in 1999 and ultimately sold to MFN the following year in a deal valued at $1.4 billion. Prior to co-founding SiteSmith, Mr. Ryan was VP of Professional Services for GlobalCenter, a pioneer in the hosting and Internet services marketplace. Mr. Ryan credits his success in creating IT services that meet customers' ever-changing business challenges to his background in operations, which includes ten years in operations and management positions at Great America, a division of Viacom, one of the world's largest consumer entertainment companies.

Webb Shaw leads content creation and management, content software development, custom project development, IP protection and corporate knowledge management at J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. With nearly 1,300 employees based in Neenah, WI, J. J. Keller is the leading North American publisher of regulatory, compliance and best-practice materials - print, software and online - in the human resources, workplace safety, construction safety, heavy-duty trucking and hazmat markets. While at J. J. Keller, Webb has served as senior-management champion for development of: KellerOnline®, the premier interactive safety management tool and winner of the 2005 CODiE Award for Best Vertical Market Business Content Solution; Prospera®, the online people management tool for HR professionals and a 2008 CODiE Award finalist, and SAFE Sim™ Truck Driving Simulator software, also a 2008 CODiE finalist. He was responsible for creation of the company's content-software product line (Keller-Soft®), CMS implementation and ERP evaluation/selection. Webb's previous experience was with Knight-Ridder, Harcourt Brace and Eaton Corp. He is vice chairman of the SIIA Content Division Board.

Clara Shih joined Salesforce.com in 2006 and is currently the product line manager for AppExchange, an online marketplace for software-as-a-service business applications. In this role, Clara oversees product marketing, product management, and product strategy functions for the site, described by Forbes Magazine as the "iTunes of business software" and one of the top innovations of 2006. Independently, Clara is also the creator of Faceforce, the first enterprise social networking mashup which integrates Salesforce CRM and Facebook. Previously, Clara worked in strategy and business operations at Google and as a software developer at Microsoft. She is the founder and serves on the board of directors of Camp Amelia Technology Literacy Group, an East Palo Alto, California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that develops and distributes technology education software and curriculum. Clara holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from Stanford University, as well as a Master's Degree in internet studies from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Marshall Scholar.

Larry Schwartz is a co-founder of Newstex and President of the company. Larry has guided numerous entertainment and new media ventures, from start-up through growth, development and maturity, including Bolenka Games Online (Trivial Pursuit Online), GFI Group (Nasdaq:GFIG - financial), Wizard World (publishing), Patron Technology (technology) and Tickets.com (Purchased by MLB.com). Larry attended Bates College and the Yale University Graduate School of Drama. He serves on the Content Board of Directors for the Software Information Industry Association, and is a frequent speaker on content, product development, start-ups and turnarounds. When he's not adding value to content, Larry is a show manger for hunter/jumper horse shows, is on the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Horse Show Association and maintains several horse web sites and blogs (www.chsaonline.com, www.srostables.com). Larry, a confirmed gadget geek, also spends time on Broadway with his theatrical agent wife and two daughters.

Jim Skelly is the director of content licensing in North America for Dow Jones & Company's Enterprise Media Group. In his role, Mr. Skelly is responsible for managing existing relationships with information providers in North America as well as generating new content relationships. Prior to his current position, Mr. Skelly was major account executive for Factiva's Global Account team, before it was fully acquired by Dow Jones, where he managed some of Factiva's largest customer accounts. And prior to that, he was sales and marketing manager of Federal Filings, a subsidiary of Dow Jones. Mr. Skelly joined Dow Jones in March of 1988 as an account development executive. Throughout his career, Mr. Skelly has been recognized with many company awards for his ability to successfully manage customer accounts and information provider relationships. Mr. Skelly earned a bachelor's degree from Manhattan College with a major in computer information services.

Springer is responsible for the overall strategic direction, growth and management of ECNext. Under Springer's leadership, ECNext has developed an agile strategy and has fostered a culture that promotes innovation and speed to become recognized as an industry pacesetter. Recognized as having a sophisticated understanding of the open web dynamics at play in driving diverse revenue streams and repeat visitors to robust websites, ECNext created one of the largest company information resource sites, Manta.com (http://www.manta.com), visited monthly by millions of business people. ECNext's private labeled Web portal business, which is now running more than 40 websites for leading publishers and media companies. Under Springer's leadership, the company has grown more than 7 times in revenue and 4 times in margin. A veteran executive with more than 20 years' experience growing technology-based companies, Springer served in leadership positions with a number of companies before joining ECNext, including Interliant, Inc., reSOURCE PARTNER, Inc., Litton Enterprise Solutions, and Metatec, Inc. Springer has a BS in business administration from Franklin University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Springer currently serves as chairwoman of the Software Industry and Information Association (SIIA) Content Division.

In her capacity as Director, Market Intelligence Service, Kate Worlock is responsible for analytic coverage and advisory services focused on the Credit & Financial (C&F) information sector, including credit ratings, financial services, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) services. She serves as an executive-level advisor and consultant to clients on issues such as M&A, due diligence, private equity, and investment banking. She also covers industry financial performance and benchmarks. In addition, Kate leads the analyst team in creation and delivery of research and advisory services for publishers and information providers in all segments of the information industry. In March 2008, Kate was elected to the Content Division Board of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

Ed Keating is VP of the Content Division for the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). Keating has over 15 years of experience in the information industry as both an internal manager and a consultant. He has led marketing, product management and sales organizations at both startup and established information companies. His work to enhance product processes and organizational effectiveness has helped numerous companies enter unfamiliar markets and launch new products.

Thomas provides strategic market consultation, research and analysis for senior industry executives on varied issues relating to the software industry, publishes wide industry knowledge and strategic insight for member companies on the latest trends, business issues and visionary topics as well as fosters partnership and alliance opportunities. He works with executives to develop showcase industry thought leadership and increase industry exposure.