Anthony Marino
President, Audizine
With a passion for cars and a background in graphic design, Anthony Marino fell into his current profession by a mixture of chance, luck, and perseverance. Audizine.com was created in the Spring of 2001 as a hobby and outlet for he and his friends to talk shop. At the time there was only one other major site of its kind, with online forums beginning to come into popularity it was also the same time that the Audi brand really started to take off in the United States. Since then, Audizine has not only seen a number of other sites similar to it come about, but it has become the most popular and active Audi enthusiast site online. It's required Anthony to devote his full time and attention to the growing Audizine community, to keep focused on being the very best it can be, not simply the biggest. |
 Ted Gill
Co-Founder and CTO, Huddler
Ted has worked as a software developer, manager, and entrepreneur for more than 15 years. Throughout his professional endeavors, Ted’s passion for all forms of electronics drove him to spend his free time in online discussion forums. His frustration with the software behind those sites hit a breaking point and the concept of Huddler was born—to providing the rich communities a full suite of tools they deserve. |
 Ted Rheingold
VP Social, Say Media
Ted Rheingold is VP, Social for Say Media where he obsesses over Experience, Audience and Data. Ted joined Say after they acquired Dogster, Inc. the makers of Dogster.com and Catster.com, some of the best examples of how niche communities can be wonderful experiences for visitors and brands alike. Ted stated Dogster as a side project while running his first business, OneMatchFire, a web services and consulting business. Now an authority in building revenue-positive internet businesses, "passion-centric" online communities, and harnessing social media, Ted has spoken at numerous technology conferences and companies including SXSW, Google, Web2.0, BigOmaha, The Future of Web Apps, Reboot and CommunityNext.
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 Nir Eyal
Lecturer in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and today is a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Nir is also an advisor to several Bay Area start-ups and incubators. Nir’s last company received venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and was acquired in 2011. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir is a contributing writer for Forbes, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University. |
 Vlad Dusil
Co-founder and COO, PurseBlog.com and PurseForum.com
Vlad is the 33 year-old co-founder, COO and resident nerd of PurseBlog.com and PurseForum.com. The unlikely career in luxury accessories started back in 2005 when he decided to help his then-girlfriend, now-wife Meaghan to build a niche fashion blog and forum around handbags. 8 years and 24 million posts later, PurseForum ranks as the top community online on luxury shopping and women's lifestyle. |
 Crista Bailey
CEO, Texture Media
Crista Bailey has 20 years of business experience working with startups, lifestyle offerings and CPG brands, including IAC, CitySearch, TicketMaster, Nestle, Austin City Limits and now, Austin-based TextureMedia, since 2007. As TextureMedia's CEO, Crista leads a growing team of talent cultivating a media and commerce platform that educates and empowers a community brought together by the common bond of having wavy, curly or kinky hair. Though her locks are straight, Crista connects with and is inspired by the curly community's message of embracing one's true self.
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 Patrick Clinger
CEO and Founder, ProBoards
Patrick Clinger is the 30 year-old founder and CEO of SoCal-based ProBoards, a company he launched as a high school junior. His passion for computer programming, the Internet, and providing quality free services to the online community began in 1995. A true visionary, Patrick quickly learned the value of web traffic and how to generate it after creating his first message board in 1998. He knew that by developing an interactive communications service others valued, he could harness the power of "FREE," while building a wildly successful online business, Patrick remains the technical visionary behind ProBoards and is focused on the continual improvement of ProBoards' free forum hosting service and its contributions to social media.
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 John Rampton
Editor, Search Engine Journal
Entrepreneur on steroids... John has spoken at BlogWorld, Affiliate Summit, SES and several other conferences. He has been written about on Forbes as being a leading Blogging expert. He made Hanapin Marketing's "Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts" in the world for 2012. He was number 10 on the list. Man behind Adogy. He is also a daily Editor on Search Engine Journal, PPC.org and Blogging.com. |
 Joey DeTomaso
CEO, Plum Krazy Media
Known as "JoeyChgo" in the forum industry, Joey built his first forum in 2004 and has been going strong ever since. Primarily focused in the Automotive vertical, Joey has built, bought and sold a number of forums over the years and presently owns several "big boards" such as LincolnvsCadillac.com and Forabodiesonly.com. |
 Dan Gill
Co-Founder & CEO, Huddler
Huddler is the next step in the evolution of online forums. As CEO, Dan and his team seek out and partner with the most knowledgeable and passionate forums online providing conversion to the Huddler Platform, as well as collaboration with seasoned monetization, marketing, community management, development, and other resources to facilitate site growth. Dan is a graduate of Stanford University where he was a 9 time All-American gymnast and international competitor for the United States National Team. |
 Dave Cayem
Vice President, Delphi Forums
Delphi Forums is a network of user-created, user-managed online communities. As Vice President, Dave is responsible for driving revenue growth through advertising and subscription sales. With more than ten years of experience managing forums, Dave is a recognized thought leader in the online community space. |
 Oliver Roup
Founder & CEO, VigLink
Oliver brings over 15 years of software experience to the company. Prior to VigLink, he was the Principal Group Program Manager (Director) at Microsoft in charge of product for various media properties including XBOX Live Video Marketplace, Zune Marketplace and MSN Entertainment. |
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