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Susan S. Bratton

Speaker: Susan S. Bratton
CEO, Cendara, Inc.

Susan Bratton, founder of Cendara, leverages her “power-rolodex” of decision-makers in Marketing, Advertising and Communications. Her high-level relationships in the high-tech, retail, finance, automotive, and telecommunications industries successfully create new business opportunities for her clients.

Most recently, Susan was the senior vice president of sales and marketing for Excite@Home’s media business, in charge of PR, marketing and the advertising sales organization. This was the most recent position in her 6-year career with the company.

Prior to Excite@Home she was an independent publisher’s representative, having founded her own company, Media Associates, in 1988. Susan specializes in building new products and developing a sales force for successful deployment of new businesses. She has 20 years of high technology media, marketing and sales experience.

Susan has held a board of director position with Enliven, Inc. as well as advisory board positions with Unicast, DeltaClick and the @d:tech series of professional conferences. She served 5 years on the Board of the Internet Advertising Bureau, which brings standards and leadership to the online media market, including one election as Vice Chairman. As well, she is recognized by Advertising Age magazine as a “Digital Media Master” – one of the top 25 most influential professionals in the online media space.

With Cendara, Susan is assembling a small but potent roster of firms – one in each complimentary category: advertising, public relations, interactive, loyalty and media optimization. These non-competitive clients will benefit from Cendara in many ways including access to decision-makers, full time business development, and cost-efficiency, without the commitment of in-house staff.

Cendara.com


Speaker: Susan Easton
Executive creative Director, SBI -Razorfish

As an Executive Creative Director in SBI and Company's Retail/CPG practice, Susan has led integrated marketing efforts for a variety of clients including Garnier and Kodak. She creates strategically driven solutions that draw upon her experience in a wide range of disciplines including branding, marketing, web design, print design, and merchandising.

Prior to joining SBI and Company, she was a VP/Creative Director at the Interactive Bureau (now circle.com) responsible for building the company's brand identity practice that included clients like Univision and Sotheby's.com. Susan joined IAB after successfully running her own design studio for four years in New York and Los Angeles with clients such as Estee Lauder, Martha Stewart, Paramount Pictures, and Tommy Hilfiger.

SBI -Razorfish


Robert Fleming

Speaker: Robert Fleming
President and CEO
eMarketing Association

As president and chief executive officer of the e-Marketing Association (eMA), Mr. Fleming guides the association's efforts in education, professional development, certification and legislation for individuals and companies engaged in e-marketing.

Mr. Fleming helped co-found the eMarketing Association in 1999. Before joining the eMA Mr. Fleming was Vice President of Business Development for the California Manufacturing Technology Center (CMTC). CMTC is a program of the United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), designed to help U.S manufacturers become more productive and efficient. There are 80 centers throughout the United States. He was instrumental in the development of marketing programs at the national, regional and state level. Additionally, he developed the first center performance review based on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program. Mr. Fleming worked at CMTC from 1996 to 1999.

From 1992 to 1996 Mr. Fleming was president of Stock Editions, Inc., the worlds largest subscription stock graphics firm. He was responsible for developing the first royalty free photography service and the first stock photography to be offered on CD-ROM. Mr. Fleming Worked at Optical Radiation Corporation from 1983 to 1992. He designed, developed and implemented the successful introduction of LiteStyle ophthalmic lenses, Flexeon intraocular lenses, RxPediter computer for medical use as well as many other industrial medical and scientific products. In 1990 he directed the successful launch of Cinema Digital Sound. This was the first digital sound system for motion pictures that debuted in the movie Dick Tracy. Technology from this system is used today within the motion picture industry.

Mr. Fleming has held senior management positions with the American Cancer Society, Adtech, Inc. and The Standard Oil Company. He has received over 45 awards for marketing and communications including 3 American Advertising Federation ADDY awards. His work is on permanent exhibit at the United States Library of Congress Collection of excellent Corporate Communications. He attended Northeastern University in Boston. Mr. Fleming has held numerous seminars on marketing and has been published in a variety of national and regional publications.

eMarketingAssociation.com


Mike Grandchamp

Speaker: Mike Grandchamp
VP Marketing

Digital River, Inc.

Mike Grandchamp has served as the Vice President - Marketing since establishing Digital River's marketing department in 1997. His organization manages all aspects of Digital River marketing including a new division that provides e-marketing services to many of Digital River's 32,000 clients. Grandchamp previously served as senior vice president at The Martin Agency and spent sixteen years with U S WEST in marketing and communications. Grandchamp has been honored with over 70 national industry association awards and has presented at several international and national conferences.

DigitalRiver.com

Speaker: Garret Vreeland
Vice President, National Sales
Looksmart

Premier Sponsor

Garret Vreeland's role as Vice President, National Sales, Garret manages all direct sales efforts for Looksmart including strategy, operations and sales management. Garret joined Looksmart in January 2002 after three and half years at search portal Lycos, where he was VP of Advertising Sales. Prior to Lycos Garret held key advertising sales positions for Time Inc.'s Pathfinder and for Money magazine. He spent the first part of his advertising career on the agency side at Ogilvy & Mather and Compton Advertising. Garret received a BS in marketing from the University of Vermont.

Looksmart


Mark Grossman, Esq.

Speaker: Mark Grossman, Esq.
Becker & Poliakoff's Technology Law Group

EComputerLaw

Mark Grossman is a shareholder and chairs Becker & Poliakoff's Technology Law Group. He concentrates his practice exclusively in this growing area of the law representing major corporations, financial institutions, and medium-sized businesses of all types on issues ranging from outsourcing contract negotiation, website development and online contracting to technology procurement, e-commerce issues, intellectual property rights on the Internet, vendor liability, raising venture capital, and technology litigation. He also represents computer and technology companies such as software developers, Internet service providers, computer consultants, as well as government agencies.

Mr. Grossman is one of the country's most prolific writers and foremost authorities in this complex area of the law. As such, he has appeared on "Nightline" and has spoken at numerous high-profile, national, and international conferences on cutting edge legal issues relating to computers, technology, the Internet and electronic commerce.

Mr. Grossman is also the "TechLaw" columnist for the Miami Herald. His "TechLaw" column appears every week in the Miami Herald's Business Monday section and in other newspapers throughout the country. You can find a complete "TechLaw" archive Here and an archive of recent columns on the Miami Herald's website Here.

Before writing for the Herald, for many years Mr. Grossman wrote the nationally syndicated weekly "Cyber Law" column. That column was published by newspapers including South Florida's Daily Business Reviews, Washington's Legal Times, and the Texas Lawyer. Mr. Grossman has also written for PC World Magazine and The Recorder of San Francisco. His articles have also appeared in the University of Texas School of Law Review of Litigation and the Florida Bar's Computer Law Journal.

Mr. Grossman recently co-authored a chapter called "Web Development Agreements" in the American Bar Association's recently published book called, Internet Law for the Business Lawyer.

Mr. Grossman was appointed a subject matter expert to the State of Florida's Internet Task Force, is on the Advisory Board of BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Newsletter and the Board of Editors of "The Internet Newsletter," a publication of Law Journal Newsletters.

Mr. Grossman is also the General Counsel for the CIO Counsel of South Florida.

A graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., with high honors, 1979) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1982), Mr. Grossman is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida.

He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest level attainable, and is a member of the Florida Bar's Computer Law Committee. Further, Mr. Grossman was chosen by his peers to appear in the 2003-2004 edition of The Best Lawyers in America (www.bestlawyers.com). This is an honor awarded in an election in which only other lawyers may vote.

Mr. Grossman lectures throughout the world; his recent appearances include presentations at COMDEX in Las Vegas, chairing the American Conference Institute's "Advanced Forum on Application Service Providers," the keynote address at the 20th Annual United States Department of Energy's Computer Security Conference, Georgetown University Law Center's Advanced Computer Law Institute and speeches to the American Corporate Counsel Association, the keynote address at LegalTech, and numerous others.

EComputerLaw.com

 

Speaker: Marni Hoyle
VP of Corporate Marketing
Centra Software

Marni Holye is responsible for the development and execution of global marketing strategies and programs to increase revenue, drive lead generation, maximize market share, and expand Centra's established brand and market leadership for real-time communication and collaboration.

Hoyle brings over 26 years' experience in sales and marketing management positions at leading technology companies and international organizations. Before joining Centra, Hoyle was the vice president of marketing for Torrent Systems, a developer of infrastructure software for mission-critical multi-terabyte applications, recently acquired by Ascential Software. Prior to Torrent, Hoyle spent 10 years at Newsedge Corporation, a pioneer in real-time news and business information delivery, where she lead the company's marketing efforts from startup through IPO, and two acquisitions, to an $80 million market leader. In addition, Hoyle has held a number of sales and marketing management roles at leading global companies, including Lotus Development Corp., Harvard Business School, and Gulf Oil Chemical Company. Hoyle received her MBA from the University of Chicago and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese Studies from Yale University.

Centra.com

Mark Hayden

Speaker: Mark Hayden
Director of Marketing Communications
eRealty Inc.

Mark Hayden manages eRealty's advertising, public relations and market research efforts. With over 15 years experience in advertising and marketing, Hayden was Director of Strategic Services and Senior Copywriter for Adcetera Design where he worked with clients such as Compaq Computers, SYSCO Corporation and Landry's Seafood Inc. He was product manager for SYSCO Corporation where he developed and marketed products for the foodservice industry. Prior to SYSCO, Hayden was a copywriter and broadcast producer for Winius-Brandon Advertising agency in Houston and Anderson Advertising in San Antonio, TX. He is a member of the American Marketing Association, Houston Advertising Federation, and eMarketing Association and is program chairman for the Public Relations Society of America Houston Chapter.

eRealty Inc.

Mike Kozub

Speaker: Mike Kozub
Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
MarketSoft

Mike has over 15 years of Corporate Strategy, Marketing, and Executive Management experience. Most recently, Mike was EVP Marketing, Sales & Corporate Development at RealAge.com, a leading permission-based Internet marketing company. At RealAge Mike helped to launch the company's strategy of developing deep and meaningful relationships with its growing list of over 1.5 million members to drive its targeted e-mail marketing revenue model. Prior to RealAge, Mike was President & CEO of a mid-size consumer marketer.

Previously, Mike spent four years in a variety of Marketing Executive positions at Reebok International culminating as divisional VP/GM. Prior to Reebok, Mike spent two and a half years in Leveraged Buyout/ Venture Capital at Morningside Group.

Mike holds an MBA from Harvard, a joint BS degree in engineering and economics from Union College, and was a member of General Electric's Financial Management Training Program prior to attending HBS.

MarketSoft

Gabriela Linares

Speaker: Gabriela Linares
Vice President Marketing, L-Soft
www.Lsoft.com

Vice President of Marketing for L-Soft, Gabriela Linares leads the company's marketing endeavors within business, education, and government channels. Before joining L-Soft in 1997, Gabriela worked at TRICOM in the Dominican Republic.

Her marketing projects have involved working with wireless and data transmission products before successfully spearheading the introduction of Internet technologies into that country. As the Product Manager of Internet, she led marketing, operations, sales, and systems & procedures departments.

Gabriela graduated with honors in Business, Finance, and Marketing from the Universidad Autonoma de Centro America in Costa Rica. She maintains fluency in English, Spanish, German, and French.


Speaker: Fredrick Marckini
Founder, CEO, CTO
iProspect

Fredrick Marckini is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of iProspect, the Original Search Engine Marketing firm that delivers the industry's most comprehensive paid inclusion, natural search engine optimization, and conversion enhancement services to the worlds largest and most recognized brands. Marckini founded the company in 1996 and was the first SEM-only services firm that pioneered the industry, coined the term, "search engine positioning," and continues to work with brands such as American Express, GlaxoSmithKline, John Deere, Mercedes-Benz, Marriott, Sharp Electronics, Verisign, and Xerox.

Mr. Marckini is recognized as one of the leading authorities on search engine marketing and is the author of the industry's most highly respected Web programming and development guides, Secrets To Achieving Top-10 Positions (1997), his seminal work, Achieving Top-10 Rankings in Internet Search Engines (1998), which established him as the first true expert on the art and science of search engine positioning, and most recently, Search Engine Positioning (2001), which sold out before its first printing.

Marckini is a frequent speaker at industry conferences including @d:Tech, Association for Interactive Marketing, Direct Marketing Association, Frost & Sullivan, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Search Engine Strategies, Microsoft, and the Massachusetts Interactive Media Council. He has been interviewed, contributed to and profiled in a multitude of media outlets including CBS Radio, National Public Radio, Wall Street Journal, BtoB Magazine, Click Z, DM Review, Financial Times of London, Inc.com, Internet Retailer, Investors and Business Daily, PC Magazine, Search Engine Watch, Target Marketing, and ZD Net.

iProspect


Seth Miller

Speaker: Seth Miller
President and CEO
Miller Systems

 

Seth Miller is the President and CEO of Miller Systems, a company he founded in 1995 and built into one of the Northeast’s premier technology consulting firms. Understanding how clients’ businesses could benefit from a comprehensive approach to implementing and supporting technology, Seth built Miller Systems from the ground up on the concept of integrated offerings. Combining business principles with design savvy and technical expertise, Seth created a holistic methodology that supports clients’ cost-saving or revenue-generating requirements through interwoven web and software development and IT consulting practices.

Seth is personally involved in every client engagement at Miller Systems and takes pride in delivering solutions that support his clients’ fundamental business objectives. Seth has provided many of New England’s best and brightest companies with valuable counsel on website and application design, development and maintenance, as well as IT design and administration.

Under Seth’s direction the company enjoys multiple streams of revenue and has delivered over five years of growth and profitability. Before founding Miller Systems in early 1995, Seth held various systems administration positions in Boston at Rourke/MS&L and Graphics Express, gaining valuable skills in publishing, marketing communications and public relations. Miller Systems is a proud member of the 2002 Inc 500 and the Deloitte & Touche New England Technology Fast 50.


Patricia Neuray

Speaker: Patricia Neuray
Vice President Eastern Sales
Overture

Patricia Neuray, Vice President Eastern Sales joined Overture in January 2002. She is responsible for Overture's direct sales efforts in the Eastern and Midwestern regions of the United States as well as Eastern Canada. Most recently, Patricia was Vice President Eastern Sales at LookSmart, where she was responsible for approximately $15 million in revenue per year and the recruitment, training and managing of a sales staff of twenty people. Prior to LookSmart, Patricia was National Vice President of Sales at FortuneCity.com, where she managed all sponsorship, banner sales and trade marketing programs for the FortuneCity.com network, including four national and nine international sites.

Prior to the Internet, Patricia was in sales and marketing for magazine publishers such as Newsweek and BusinessWeek and eventually became the Publisher of a technology magazine at Imagine Media in San Francisco. Patricia holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida and is based in New York.

Overture.com


Bill Nussey

Speaker: Bill Nussey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Silverpop

Mr. Nussey is the President and CEO of Silverpop. Silverpop provides software and service solutions that enable businesses to use e-mail as a strategic communication channel for marketing and customer communications.

Previously, Mr. Nussey was President and CEO of iXL, Inc., a publicly traded e-business consulting firm. During his two-year tenure, iXL executed its initial public offering, grew revenues from $10 million to $120 million per quarter, and grew its headcount from 400 to over 2,000 employees. iXL enjoyed multi-million dollar and multi-year relationships with global companies, including Chase, Delta Airlines, FedEx, General Electric, and Virgin.

Prior to iXL, Mr. Nussey was an investment professional with the venture capital firm, Greylock Management Corporation. While at Greylock, he worked on several investments, including DoubleClick, Mainspring, iXL and Media Metrix. Mr. Nussey is also the founder of DaVinci Systems, an award-winning email software company.

In June 2000, Consulting Magazine named Mr. Nussey the most influential consultant in the world.

Mr. Nussey holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. He serves on the Board of Directors of nuBridges, Proficient Systems, and Air2Web and is an active participant in community activities serving on the Board of SciTrek, a Georgia-based Science museum. He lives with his wife and two sons, just outside of Atlanta, Georgia.

Silverpop.com


Bob Rustici

Speaker: Bob Rustici
Managing Partner
ipmconsulting

Bob Rustici is a Managing Partner with Internet Performance Marketing and has extensive background in launching new software and solutions into the marketplace. Going from the concept stage to developing the sales channels he balances strategic positioning with highlighting a company's unique value propositions. Building teams within client's R&D, Services, Marketing and Sales using formal methodologies to improve a customer centric selling process via their Internet presence is one of Bob's expertise.

Career background includes years with Digital Equipment Corporation in Product Management roles including International assignments. Also, with Compaq Global Services E-commerce Practice as a program manager and consultant. Author of a book about videoconferencing (Enhanced CU-SeeMe) and analyst reports for the Patricia Seybold Group.

ipmconsulting


Tim Sanders

Speaker: Tim Sanders
Chief Solutions Officer
Yahoo, Inc.

A seasoned sales and marketing professional, Tim Sanders is the Chief Solutions Officer of Yahoo!, which is charged with delivering next-generation marketing programs to world class brands. Sanders' team focuses on matching marketers' needs with Yahoo!'s arsenal of cutting-edge capabilities and solutions.

Prior to leading the solutions team, Sanders created and led the Yahoo! ValueLab, an in-house "think tank" which delivers value-added propositions to prospective and current Yahoo! clients. The team which Sanders built continues to serve as a consultation practice for clients, by coordinating and leveraging Yahoo!'s resources to find, connect with and add value to clients' growth strategies.

Tim joined Yahoo! as part of the acquisition of broadcast.com in July 1999. For over two years at broadcast.com, Sanders served as an integral part of the company's Business Services division and developed audio and video broadcast ventures for a variety of clients including The Limited, Inc. (the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show webcast), Harvard University, Dell Computers, Intel and Ford Motors.

Tim's dynamic speaking presence and presentation skills have landed him appearances at high-level executive conferences and graduate schools, as well as an enthusiastic endorsement from renowned business motivational speaker, Tom Peters. He developed and honed these skills as a competitive debater, where he was national debate and public speaking champion in five categories over his career.

He is the author of Love is the Killer App, a New York Times best selling business book published in February 2002 by Crown Business/Random House. This book is endorsed by a variety of personalities including; Stephen Covey, Tom Peters, Seth Godin, Phil McGraw and Fatih Popcorn. Visit his multimedia site at http://www.timsanders.com

Sanders attended Loyola Marymount University as an undergraduate and the University of Arizona for graduate work. He worked in the early cellular phone industry in the 1980's and produced content for cable television in the 1990's until going to work for broadcast.com in 1996.

Yahoo! Inc.



John Waddy

Speaker: John Waddy
President
TraveleMarketing


John Waddy is Founder and President of Travel eMarketing, LLC. Prior to launching Travel eMarketing, John managed two advertising agencies in Atlanta, Georgia with clients that included Hilton Hotels, Marriott and Delta Airlines. John has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Georgia State University and a Master of Science in Technology Management from Mercer University. He has made over 50 presentations on Internet marketing and web site design at various tradeshows and conventions.

TraveleMarketing

 

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