SMB Digital Marketing Conference

The SMB Digital Marketing program is developed by BIA/Kelsey's team of analysts and represents the “best of the best” of their local digital media coverage. We do not solicit speaker proposals. However, we welcome a dialogue with companies that believe they have something valuable to contribute and wish to take part in this event. Please contact Peter Krasilovsky, vice president and conference co-chairman, with your suggestions.

Featured Speakers


	Jeff Aguero CEO, Main Street Labs


	Patrick Barry CMO, Demandforce/Intuit
	As Chief Marketing Officer, Patrick Barry manages the company's product roadmap, user experience and go-to-market strategy. Patrick's teams develop the features, messaging and corporate partnerships behind Demandforce's growth. Previously, Patrick spent 5 years at Yahoo, Inc., where he was Vice President of Product Management, developing emerging consumer experiences for the desktop, television and mobile. Before joining Yahoo!, Barry was a venture investor, an executive at OnStation, Inc. and a practicing corporate and securities lawyer. Patrick has a BA from Columbia University and a JD from UC Hastings College of the Law.

	Mary Beth Brendza Founder and CEO, App Express
	Mary Beth Brendza has channeled her passions for local, digital and small business into App Express, the self-serve, mobile app builder designed to help small businesses reach their own local customers in an easy, affordable way. As founder and CEO, she brings a determination for building greater efficiency and productivity through technology. Prior to joining App Express, she was vice president of operations and production for User Friendly Media, the fourth largest independent phone book publisher in the United States. At User Friendly Media, she managed marketing, customer service, production and operations, and ultimately headed up digital operations. Mary Beth drew on her marketing experience to direct the launch of User Friendly Media's Internet product, GoLocal247.com, a network of 33 local business directory web portals, and ink key partnership deals with CitySearch and Google. Previously, Mary Beth was a market manager for Verizon. She started her career in the local space as director of marketing for Great Lakes Publishing, which published eight city and regional magazines and websites. An active member of Austin's mobile community, she holds an MBA from Cleveland State University and an undergraduate degree in Finance and International Business from The University of Akron, & Hanzehogeschool Groningen, The Netherlands.

	Ron Burr VP, Callfire
	Ron is the Chief Revenue Officer and member of the Board of Directors at CallFire. Ron is an accomplished technology executive with a focus on SaaS, Telecom, Interactive Marketing and Digital Media. He is a recognized industry pioneer holding 9 Internet Technology Patents 6,928,615 • 6,847,992 • 6,366,298 • 6,983,311 • 6,766,369 • 7,020,690 • 7,240,110 • 6,505,201 • 7,844,491 as well as having founded NetZero (NASDAQ: UNTD) and taken it public with Goldman Sachs. Burr serves as an advisor and board member on several private companies as well as his non-profit Faith Horizon. Prior to joining CallFire, Burr was Chief Executive Officer of WebVisible, Chief Product Officer for LRN, Chief Strategic Officer of Jambo a leading Pay per Call local interactive marketing company, and President and Chief Technology Officer of NetZero. Burr started in the software industry as an engineer in 1984.

	John Busby VP, Marchex Institute
	John Busby leads the Marchex Institute, a research and analytics group that publishes findings on mobile advertising and the growing digital call advertising industry. The Marchex Institute also provides custom research and consulting services for key customers on their mobile and call-ready advertising campaigns.

	Marc Caltabiano Senior VP, Marketing and Products
	Marc Caltabiano is Senior Vice President of Marketing and Products at Cartera Commerce, the leading card-linked offers company marketing offers from thousands of national and local in-store and online retailers with over 65 million active cardholders of the top banks and airline loyalty programs- including 3 of the top 5 banks, 8 of the top 20 bank card issuers, and 5 of the top 5 airline loyalty programs. At Cartera, he is responsible for product strategy, product management, marketing, and analytics at Cartera Commerce. Marc brings 20 years of product and marketing experience in CRM, self-service, e-commerce, and enterprise search. Prior to Cartera Commerce, Marc led product management at KNOVA Software, guiding the company's product and positioning strategy and product management and growing the company towards a successful acquisition by Battery Ventures as part of a CRM/ERP rollup. Marc has also held product and marketing management positions at Siebel Systems and Sun Microsystems, and was based for several years in Tokyo working for Disco Corporation, a leading Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturer. He holds sixteen patents in search and knowledge management. Marc has a B.A. from Williams College and an MBA from the Haas School at the University of California at Berkeley.

	Mike Centorani Cofounder, Sales Transformation Now
	Mike Centorani is the Co-Founder of Sales Transformation Now, Inc. and the former Vice President of Sales Training and Development at Matchcraft. Sales Transformation Now offers Sales Training and Sales Management consulting for traditional media and search companies throughout the US and in 17 countries worldwide. Mike brings over 25 years of print media experience combined with over 10 years of search engine marketing expertise. In addition to passing the Google AdWords Professional Exam, his company was chosen by Google to offer sales training to their Google Premier SMB Partners. Mike is known for his "real world" approach to the sales call process and his ability to teach sales reps "how to speak the small business owner's language" and "make the right sale" based on their specific needs. He now specializes in working with traditional media companies around the world helping them to sell the combination of search and traditional media together. In October, he worked with Scripps on location conducting a successful four-week sales pilot in Corpus Christi, Texas sponsored by Google. The majority of the time was spent working in the field with both sales reps and sales managers with excellent results. For additional information, please refer to Mike's You Tube videos by typing in: Mike Centorani. You can also refer to his profile and background on linkedin.com. Mike has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Binghamton in upstate New York with a major in English and a minor in Advertising.

	Brian Costello CEO, Maple Farm Media
	Brian Costello is equal parts seasoned entrepreneur and native digital guy. Prior to hatching the plan to start Maple Farm Media, he was the General Manager & Vice President, Digital Strategy and The RedPlum Network for Valassis Communications, one of the nation's largest marketing services companies. Tasked with paving the way for the print marketing giant's migration to digital, Brian developed consumer-facing digital strategies for RedPlum.com and Save.com, including their more than 2,500 affiliate sites. Before setting his sights on local targeting, he was co-founder of the award winning digital agency The Barbarian Group. Hailed as one of the most groundbreaking and innovative agencies of its time, TBG was awarded Digital Campaign of the Decade by The One Club, Fast Company, and the readers of Ad Age. The list of awards, accolades, and who's who clients is long (and includes heavy weights like Apple, Volkswagen, and Nice), but it's the experience of building digital campaigns from the ground up that gives Brian such incredible insight and the ability to help other companies navigate this business. Not to leave any stone unturned, Mr. Costello has also worked in mobile applications and industry analytics. And, of course, he is a bee keeper.

	Court Cunningham CEO, Yodle
	As CEO of Yodle, Court oversees all aspects of operations and strategy, including technology, product development and sales and marketing. Court joined Yodle as CEO in 2007 when it had 10 employees and 200 customers. Today, Yodle has over 700 employees serving tens of thousands local businesses in the top 40 major metros across the United States. Prior to joining Yodle, Court held the position of COO at Community Connect, a niche social networking company, where he lead consumer marketing, product development and business development efforts. Prior to Community Connect, Court served as SVP & General Manager of the Marketing Automation group at DoubleClick, where he built DARTmail into a $60 million industry leading email marketing solution that was sold to Epsilon in 2005. Court received a BA in English from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Court is also the co-author of Local Online Advertising for Dummies, the first ever comprehensive book covering online advertising for local businesses.

	Dean DeBiase Chairman and CEO, Entertainment.com Twitter: @DeanDeBiase
	Dean DeBiase has led numerous global organizations in the media, entertainment, advertising, retail, technology, games and local/social/mobile commerce industries through expansion, turnaround, divestiture, M&A and IPO operating phases. He has been chief executive of more than a dozen private and public corporations and Fortune 500 subsidiaries, including TNS Media, where he orchestrated a roll-up of advertising, entertainment, digital media and social networking groups that was subsequently acquired by WPP. He has also served as CEO of Autoweb, which he took public, and built into one of the top web brands and merged with Autobytel. In addition, Mr. DeBiase was CEO of The Imagination Network, a social media games company that was acquired by AOL. Mr. DeBiase received a BS in Marketing from Northern Illinois University and an MBA from Keller Graduate School. He has also completed the MBA-Plus Executive Program at the University of Chicago, the CEO Program at the AMA, and the Directors Certification Program at the NACD's Corporate Directors Institute. In addition, Mr. DeBiase is a participant in the Stanford Law School Directors' College and a KIN Global Delegate at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

	Stephen Gibbons VP, Dex One
	Stephen A. Gibbons, vice president of marketing at Dex One, has more than 16 years of experience as a sales and marketing leader. He is currently responsible for developing marketing strategies that create value-driven solutions for SMBs by combining the company's traditional and digital media. Gibbons previously led Dex One's national sales and its partnerships with CMRs to jointly develop strategic advertising programs that supported the business objectives of local dealers and franchise owners of national companies. Prior to joining the company, Gibbons served as senior vice president Ketchum Directory Advertising, where he developed research programs and media planning strategies for clients and was instrumental in the development of Web-based client service tools. He also held positions of increasing responsibility at SBC, including senior director of national sales and marketing and executive director of national sales. Gibbons graduated with a B.A. in economics from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Loyola University.

	Gail Goodman CEO, Constant Contact
	A small business expert and visionary, Gail has revolutionized the way that small businesses and organizations can effectively and affordably build relationships with their customers, clients, and members. Since taking leadership of Constant Contact in April 1999, she has led the company to more than 500,000 customers worldwide and its initial public offering on NASDAQ in October 2007. Gail was named "Executive of the Year" at the 2009 American Business Awards, and was the 2008 New England Regional winner of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Under her lead, Constant Contact was ranked 134 on Deloitte's 2010 Technology Fast 500 and was named Best Overall Company at the 2009, 2010, and 2011 American Business Awards. She holds a BA degree from The University of Pennsylvania and an MBA degree from Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth.

	Sanjay Gupta VP, Global Merchant Marketing, Groupon
	Sanjay Gupta, VP of Merchant Marketing at Groupon, leads merchant marketing globally for Groupon. Groupon attracts new and repeat customers for local small businesses everyday and is becoming an integral partner in their growth through a continuously expanding suite of SMB solutions. Prior to Groupon, Sanjay was the CMO at Network Solutions until the company’s acquisition in October of 2011. Before which, he spent nearly 12 years with Sprint in a variety of roles building their small business segment as well as running subscriber management across all customer segments. In previous roles, he led marketing teams across EMEA and APAC for a VC-backed telecom company and started his career in Advertising with McCann and JWT. He received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Delhi University, followed by graduate degrees in Business Administration and Communications from Punjabi University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, respectively. Sanjay has made connecting with local and small businesses a cornerstone of his career.


	Todd Handy Vice President of New Media Sales, Deseret Digital Media
	Todd Handy is responsible for Deseret Digital Media's New Media Sales teams. His organization consists of teams of media sellers who focus on local Long Tail advertising with small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and consumers, local and national direct clients, advertising and interactive agencies, etc. Todd's extensive experience includes Senior Executive Management roles in business development, sales, marketing, operations, strategy and various other disciplines. One of his most recent positions was that of CEO of a Utah-based healthcare organization serving patients in Utah, Idaho and Arizona, and he has served in various senior roles in the Internet, high tech, information technology and consumer electronics industries. Todd has been previously employed with America Online, Utah-based MarketStar Corporation and FUSION Imaging, as well as blue-chip companies such as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Discover and ATK. He holds an MBA from The University of Utah.

	Nathan Hanks President, ReachLocal
	Nathan Hanks, President of ReachLocal, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLOC), is leading the company in 68 locations world-wide to help small-and medium-sized businesses and national franchises reach more local consumers. As President, Hanks oversees day-to-day global operations of the company which serves more than 20,000 businesses. He is also a co-founder and previously served as Co-Chief Operating Officer, Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Distribution Officer of ReachLocal. From 1999 to 2004, Hanks held various positions at CDI Corporation, a provider of outsourcing solutions and professional staffing, most recently as Vice President, SAP Services. Prior to that, he founded and operated a number of companies from 1996 to 1999 with a focus on the retail industry. Hanks holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Master of Business Administration from Centenary College.

	Richard Hanna Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Dex One
	Rick Hanna was appointed Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Dex One Corporation in April 2011. He is responsible for all sales and marketing functions, leading the company's transition from a product-centric to a customer-centric organization. A recognized leader in both the technology and telecom sectors, Mr. Hanna most recently served as President and CEO of RRA Partners LLC, working with companies focused on broadband network deployments. Prior to joining RRA Partners, Mr. Hanna served as Chief Operating Officer at Motive Inc., where he led the sales, marketing, operations and product development functions. He has also held a variety of senior leadership positions at several prominent organizations, including Vice President of Commercial Markets at AT&T, President and CEO of Cidera, President of the small/medium business division at MCI, President and CEO of MFS-Intelenet, and President of Teligent. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hanna held a variety of sales and marketing positions in the telecom industry. Mr. Hanna is a graduate of the University of Central Connecticut.

	Gordon Henry VP and GM, SMBs, Deluxe Corp.
	Gordon Henry is the Vice President and General Manager of Small Business Services at Deluxe Corporation. At Deluxe, Gordon's leads a business that delivers website building, hosting, e-mail marketing, social media, SEO and SEM to over 600,000 customers through both wholesale and retail channels. Before joining Deluxe, Gordon served in several leadership roles with top local media, marketing and advertising companies. Gordon was the Executive Vice President and General Manager at Hostway, a top-five global web hosting company, where he led the company's small- and medium-sized business division. Before working with Hostway, he was the Chief Marketing Officer at Yellowbook, where he managed the company's internet business including its flagship directory site, yellowbook.com, and oversaw the company's nationwide printed directory expansion. Gordon has a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School, a Master of Arts in international studies from the University of Pennsylvania's Lauder Institute, and a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University.

	Dan Hess CEO, Local Offer Network
	Dan Hess, CEO and Co-founder has a 20-year track record of building successful technology-enabled businesses and products. Most recently Dan was President of Thought Motor, an interactive strategy consultancy. Previously he was VP Marketing & Strategy at Tribune Interactive. In 1999 he joined comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) as part of the original executive team that drove the company from startup to $60MM in revenue. Prior to comScore Dan held sales, marketing and operations positions at Information Resources, Inc., including SVP of the firm's e-commerce division in 1998.

	Darnell Holloway Manager, Local Business Outreach, Yelp
	Darnell Holloway is Yelp's Manager of Local Business Outreach. He hosts informational sessions with local business owners across the country to educate them on best practices for navigating the world of online reviews. He oversees Yelp's Small Business Advisory Council, and delivers constructive feedback from the business community to the different divisions within Yelp. He also hosts a series of monthly webinars about Yelp's free online tools, and regularly produces informative content for Yelp's "Blog for Business Owners." Prior to joining Yelp in 2009, Darnell worked in the banking industry as an equity research broker for Thomas Weisel Partners. He is a California native, and UC Davis alumnus.

	Bruce Howard CEO, User Friendly Media
	Bruce Howard is the founder and CEO of User Friendly Media, the fourth largest independent directory publisher in the U.S. He has grown User Friendly's portfolio of media properties to 36 directories and 30 community websites across 8 states, serving over 30,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Under his leadership, the User Friendly Phone Book has demonstrated strong financial performance launching 10 new markets and acquiring 12 directories since launching the company's first phone book in 1999. Prior to founding User Friendly Media, Howard spent 10 years with Ameritech, advancing from sales rep to product manager to area manager of Columbus and Dayton, Ohio.

	Fred Huang Manager, Partner Relations, Facebook


	Doug Kilponen Entrepreneur, Investor
	Doug serves as CMO at ShopCo Holdings, a media company focused on reinventing online discovery shopping. Prior to ShopCo, Doug served as Executive Vice President of Business Development for Reply.com following its purchase of MerchantCircle, where Doug was Senior Vice President. A founding team member at MerchantCircle, Doug held executive roles in product management, marketing, and business development. Prior to joining MerchantCircle, Doug was Director of Product Management at Digital Impact (now Acxiom Digital). Doug has also served as an e-commerce product manager at RealNetworks, and spent four years with A.T. Kearney, a management consultancy, in San Francisco. He began his career at J. Walter Thompson. Doug holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University.

	Logan LaHive Founder/CEO, Belly
	As the Chief Big Belly, it is Logan's responsibility to pay for company dinners and to motivate the team with inspirational quotes worthy enough to be printed on matching t-shirts. Previously, Logan was the Director of New Business at Redbox after successfully leading the company's initiative to test and rollout video game rentals. Since then, Logan has spent the past 7 years in startups and he's developed a passion for helping small businesses achieve their goals. Logan will have succeeded in his efforts when he finally owns the San Francisco 49ers. He admits to wanting to shave his barber's beard; fortunately, he's created a product, Belly, which allows him to do so.

	Dick Larkin Executive VP, American Marketing & Publishing


	Mark Marinacci CRO, Edo Interactive
	Mark Marinacci serves as CRO for edō Interactive and is responsible for edō's advertising strategy, partnerships and overall monetization. Prior to joining edō, Mark served in a number of roles at Google, most recently as Head of Retail where he managed a team responsible for some of the company's largest retail partners. Before Google, Mark worked for HotJobs.com, a recruitment advertising start up that was acquired by Yahoo! Mark earned a B.A. from Georgetown University and taught English in rural Africa for two years after graduation.

	Valentine Matrat YouTube and Video Advertising Specialist, SMB, Google


	Josh McCarter CEO, GramercyOne
	Josh serves as CEO of GramercyOne, which is transforming the way local services are managed by businesses and purchased by consumers. The company's unified cloud-based platform powers the core operations of 7,000 service businesses in over 66 countries and works with numerous publishers to resell appointment inventory. Under Josh's leadership, the company has secured $20M+ of financing, will process $1B of transactions in 2012, book more than 15M appointments, and is launching new yield management functionality to price optimize and distribute under-utilized times and services in Fall 2012. Prior to GramercyOne, Josh was President and COO of Arbitech, a leading independent distributor of computer hardware. Under his leadership, the company achieved $1B of sales, was recognized as Entrepreneur magazine's fastest growing company in the US (2003), and was rated one of the "Best Places to Work in the OC" by the Orange County Business Journal. In addition, Josh has held executive level positions at SpaFinder and Autobytel.com. Josh is a Cum Laude Graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and earned his MBA at the University of Southern California (USC). Josh serves on the board of the Orange County chapter of Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).

	Mike Nabasny Director of Midwest Sales, Wildfire
	Mike Nabasny, head of Midwest operations, is one of the early team members of Wildfire Interactive, the largest social media marketing platform in the industry. Wildfire was recently acquired by Google. Over the past two years Mike has built high performance sales teams who help brands and companies of all sizes navigate the constantly changing waters of social media marketing. This process includes educating customers about the stages of social media strategy, developing measurable and meaningful goals, and a focusing on how brands can monetize social media engagement. Outside Wildfire, Mike is an avid photographer and enjoys exploring countries and cultures outside the US. Prior to Wildfire, Mike worked in various capacities for Texas Instruments. Mike has a computer engineering degree from Santa Clara University, loves all things tech, and is earning his MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

	Paul Plant Founder and Principal, Radicle Consulting
	Paul Plant launched his own consulting practice in March 2010, rapidly acquiring an impressive and diverse client portfolio, which he advises on all aspects of organizational and transformational change. He previously spent almost 20 years in senior management at Yell Group, in key marketing, sales and strategic operational positions in both the U.K. and U.S. His remit at Radicle is to provide creative strategic insight and inspiration to companies seeking hands-on guidance as they strive to respond to the numerous challenges and opportunities thrown up by today’s constantly evolving and increasingly competitive business environment. Throughout his career, Plant has worked at the forefront of transformational business change. He was one of the first business leaders within the Yellow Pages industry to head up a new media sales operation, developing new business processes and sales approaches to ensure that SMB customers could effectively embrace and benefit from the opportunities presented by the Internet and other emerging technologies. Today, as the corporate world anchors itself in a digital presence, his focus remains to continue to ensure that his clients are able to maximize their lead generation capabilities and optimize their operating efficiency. His publisher clients include Sensis, European Directories and Getit Infoservices. He also provides advisory services to the financial investment community and carries out occasional assignment work on behalf of BIA/Kelsey.

	John Pletz Senior Reporter, Crain's Chicago Business
	John covers the deals space and the technology industry for Crain's Chicago Business, which was one of the first news outlets to begin covering Groupon. He previously was a technology editor and writer for the American-Statesman in Austin, Texas, and is a graduate of the University of Illinois.

	Shawn Riegsecker Founder and CEO
	Shawn Riegsecker is the founder and CEO of Centro, the leading provider of intelligent media logistics software and services for agencies, publishers, and advertisers. Shawn founded the company in 2001 with the goal of making it easier to buy and sell digital media, and since then he has transformed Centro into a partner to hundreds of clients, helping them simplify complex media decisions, connections, and processes in an increasingly digital world. With its software, market-driven insight, and a commitment to outstanding customer service, Centro executes flawless digital media campaigns, resulting in better campaign performance, higher retention rates, and greater profitability for its clients. Shawn's leadership, commitment to innovation in the digital media industry, and unique approach to culture and employee engagement has led Centro to receive many accolades, including appearing on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, the Inc. 500, and No. 1 on Crain's Chicago Business' Best Places to Work 2011. Shawn was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in 2008 and 2011, recipient of the National Association of Newspapers 2008 Advertising Person of the Year Award for his contributions to the newspaper industry, and has been a member of the Young Presidents' Organization since 2010. He is also serves on several boards, including the advisory board for TechWeek. Locally, Shawn is a member of the selection committee for 1871, a community of Chicago designers, coders, and entrepreneurs working together to grow business, and is also an angel investor in the FireStarter Fund, a group of Chicago founders supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs.

	Bob Sanders President and COO, Axiom Sales Force Development
	Bob Sanders has more than twenty years experience in sales, sales management and marketing and rejoined AXIOM in June 2009 as President and COO. Prior to this, Bob served as Vice President of Sales for Ortiva Wireless, Inc.; a venture funded wireless video technology company. At Ortiva Bob lead a team responsible for introducing the company's video optimization technology to wireless operators around the world and successfully sold and implemented solutions at Sprint and Vodafone. Before joining Ortiva in 2006, Bob served for thirteen years as a partner at AXIOM, helping numerous sales organizations and thousands of sellers to improve their activity levels, closing ratios, margins and sales performance. In addition, he is the coauthor of AXIOM's "Selling Sciences Audio Program™" and numerous other AXIOM programs. Prior to joining AXIOM, Bob ran the marketing organization for Sprint Products Group, a division of Sprint North Supply. In this capacity, He lead the company through a complete marketing overhaul including the development and introduction of several new products, a name change and the integration of marketing into the product development process. He also led a team of people responsible for defining the company's initial product development process and launching its first voice-messaging platform. Prior to heading the marketing department, Bob managed a dealer network covering nine states in the central U.S. Before joining Sprint, he developed and managed a similar sales channel for Genesis Electronics, one of the early voice mail companies. Bob holds a degree in Marketing from Miami University and has been a featured guest on "Embracing the Journey" and the "Small Business Podcast" and is a founding underwriter and frequent contributor to the Sales Management Association.

	Andrew Shotland Principal, Local SEO Guide


	Chris Spanos GM, Repair.com
	Chris Spanos is the General Manager of Repair.com, which launched in June, 2012. Repair.com is an easy-to-use scheduling tool which helps consumers view and compare open appointments for quality TV and home appliance repairmen online or via phone. As general manager, Chris is responsible for leading the vision of the company, spearheading the strategic planning, development and execution of the website's services. Chris is a veteran product and marketing executive with almost 20 years of experience working with some of the most well-known Internet and consumer brands in America. Chris was a founder and former CEO of SeniorChecked, a local business network for seniors and their families. Prior to founding SeniorChecked, Chris served most recently as both General Manager of AOL Local and Vice President of Going.com, where he grew a historically underperforming and unprofitable business unit into a $20 million annual revenue portfolio of leading consumer destinations such as AOL Yellow Pages, City's Best and Going.com. Before joining AOL in 2005, Chris worked in both consulting and corporate roles developing strategic plans and leading product/marketing teams across consumer, international and B2B markets for such companies as Prodigy, MCI, Starwood Hotels, DHL, RealNetworks and Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street.

	Jason Spievak (bio) CEO, RingRevenue, Inc.
	Jason Spievak is the co-founder and CEO of RingRevenue, the leading provider of telephony solutions to the performance marketing industry. Nearly all the leading U.S. performance ad networks and thousands of advertisers use RingRevenue’s software, including Commission Junction, LinkShare, the Google Affiliate Network, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Enova Financial, and SMBs in nearly every category. Prior to RingRevenue, Jason was a director and Chief Financial Officer at CallWave, Inc., a voice-over-internet software and service provider. Jason led CallWave's successful IPO in 2004 and was a key member of the senior team that brought the company to 12 consecutive quarters of revenue growth, GAAP profitability and positive cash flow with more than 750,000 paid subscribers. Prior to CallWave, Jason was a Vice President in the technology mergers and acquisitions group in Broadview International's Silicon Valley office, where he specialized in enterprise software, network infrastructure and internet services transactions. While at Broadview, Jason led the execution on more than $1.25 billion of successful M&A transactions and private placements. Before joining Broadview, Jason held product management roles with Netopia, a developer of Internet/Intranet communications products where he helped the company complete its successful IPO, and also with Nextel Communications' wireless data division. Jason earned his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and his BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his wife, three children, and a puppy.

	Pamela Springer CEO, Manta
	Springer has more than 20 years of experience building and growing technology-based companies. She has transformed Manta into the largest and fastest-growing online community for small business through a keen focus on connecting business owners with customers, prospects and partners. Under her leadership, the Manta community has grown exponentially and now draws more than 30 million unique visitors per month and over 3,000 new business owner members every day. Because of this remarkable growth, Manta has been named in the Top 100 Most Valuable Private Internet Companies by Henry Blodget's Silicon Alley Insider for the past two years. Springer was awarded the 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Technology category for the Central Ohio & Kentucky Region. She is a board member for JobsOhio, an initiative by Gov. John Kasich to pursue job creation and capital investment opportunities for Ohio. Springer is also a board member for the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and a Trustee for Franklin University. Prior to joining Manta, Springer held leadership positions with a number of high-growth companies including Interliant, Inc. (Softbank investment), reSOURCE PARTNER, Inc. (KKR investment), Litton Enterprise Solutions, and Metatec, Inc. Springer has a BS in business administration from Franklin University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.

	Henry Tam Jr. VP, Self-Service Advertising, Millennial Media
	Henry Tam Jr. is a Vice President at Millennial Media where he oversees advertising on the mMedia self-service mobile advertising platform, which features hyper-local targeting capabilities on over 35,000 mobile apps and mobile websites. Prior to Millennial, Henry was Chief Product Officer at SmartBrief, and held senior digital strategy and business development roles at The Atlantic, where he co-led the launch of The Atlantic Wire, the leading opinion aggregation website, and The Washington Post, where he led hyper-local and mobile initiatives, as well as served as general manager for Cars.com. Henry holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a JD from Georgetown University, and a BA in Economics from Columbia University.

	Whitney Vogel Chief of Staff, Engineering, Angie's List
	Whitney Vogel joined Angie's List as an Orr Entrepreneurial Fellow in 2006 and has served in a variety of capacities within the company directly reporting to co-founders Bill Oesterle, CEO, and Angie Hicks, CMO. These varied experiences have enabled her to build a broad understanding of virtually every corner of the business and an ability to communicate well across all departments. Ms. Vogel is currently Chief of Staff for the Engineering department. She led the company's expansion to Palo Alto, California and oversees departmental operations in both the Indianapolis headquarters and Palo Alto. Among other duties, she oversees the design, development and execution of mobile applications. She was an integral part of the company's 2011 initial public offering, serving as liaison among senior managers, investment bankers, legal counsel, investors and sell-side research analysts. Past positions with Angie's List have included Director of Strategic Projects and Investor Relations; New Product Manager; Assistant to the CEO; and Business Development Associate; Writer/Communications in the Marketing Department. An Oregon native, Ms. Vogel earned her MBA at the University of Chicago with a concentration in Finance, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management. She graduated cum laude from Valparaiso University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. She is based in Indianapolis but travels frequently to Palo Alto, Calif.

	Ben Wood Head of Channel Sales Partnerships Americas, Google
	Ben runs the team responsible for prospecting, signing and managing partners who sell Google advertising products to SMB's across the Americas. Covering many different sectors inc. YP, newspapers, broadcasters , SEM specialists as well as vertical players, his team helps partners to build long term, profitable businesses around Google products. He has worked for Google for 4 years, initially in the UK running the team responsible for developing and growing the Classified, Newspapers and Directories market. Prior to Google he spent over 14 years experience running sales and strategy teams in the world of National and Regional Press. Ben lives with his wife and three young children in Mountain View, CA

	Steve Yeich CEO, Relevant Ads
	Steve Yeich has been leading technology businesses for over a decade. Prior to Local Splash, he was general manager of the Registrar & Aftermarket Business Unit of Oversee.net, and led operations in Los Angeles, Portland and Pompano Beach, Florida. Yeich was one of the early pioneers in Local Search at Overture and Yahoo!, where he led the team that launched the world's first locally targeted pay-per-click advertising product as VP and GM of the Local Search Business Unit. Yeich has also held executive-level product, marketing and business development positions at Matrix Net Systems (acquired by Keynote Systems), eRealty (acquired by Prudential Real Estate) and Printrak International (IPO, then acquired by Motorola). Early in his career, Yeich was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company. He holds a bachelor's degree from Penn State University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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