Featured Speaker(s)

MODERATOR:
Mary Smaragdis
Acting Executive Director at Sun Foundation, Global Community Development
Distinguished Marketing Director, Brand Experience at Sun Microsystems

During her 10-year tenure at Sun, Mary has played principal roles in Brand Experience, eMarketing,Lifecycle and Audience Marketing, Web, PR, Executive Communications, and other functions. Prior to Sun, Mary managed PR at Insignia Solutions.

Mary has a background in journalism, having spent five years at USA Today.
Her blog (http://blogs.sun.com/mary/) has been featured in Fortune, Financial Times Germany, CMO and in other media and publications.

SPEAKER:
Vanessa DiMauro
A pioneer in business-to-business community building, Vanessa has been a virtual community builder for more than fifteen years. Working for forward-thinking organizations such as Cambridge Technology Partners and TERC, Vanessa has helped shape the role virtual communities play on the Web.

Vanessa's firm is a strategic consulting company that helps organizations create business focused communities and social networks. She has lead numerous communities such as Cambridge Technology Partners’ Cambridge Information Network (CIN) and was Executive Director of Communities at Computerworld, an IDG company. Vanessa DiMauro has taught Executive Education at UCLA �" Anderson School, University of Miami, and University of Chicago on the topic of Web Centric Application Development.



SPEAKER:
Kirsten Dixson is an authority on building credible online identities for career and business success. She is a founding partner of Brandego and the Reach Branding Club (a virtual personal branding program), and co-author of Career Distinction: Stand Out by Building Your Brand (Wiley 2007). She is a contributor for TheLadders.com and is frequently quoted in articles about career-related technology.