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Patricia Alvey, Ph.D.
Distinguished Chair & Director, Temerlin Advertising Institute, Southern Methodist University
Before coming to Dallas to head the Institute, she was executive director of the renowned VCU Adcenter, at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to that she was head of the Texas Creative Advertising Program at the University of Texas at Austin. Her graduates consistently take top honors in national and international advertising awards competitions.
Dr. Alvey has worked in the education, fine art and advertising industries, and has a special interest in improving creative communications for nonprofits. Her current projects include a series of World Citizens Guides designed to help reduce anti-American sentiment among global communities. The World Citizens Guide website, developed in partnership with InSite Interactive, won a gold Webby in 2005.
Patty and her husband include in their hobbies, operating the ‘world’s smallest business incubator,’ in which they support the growth and careers of young creative professionals. Their latest adventure, a video animation company, has garnered a Latin Grammy for Best Music Video (’03) and a Latin MTV Award for Best Music Video (’03) and the incubator artists have just completed a project with Warner Brothers to produce Richard Linkletter’s soon to be released animated movie.
Justin Archer
Interactive Act Director
Moxie Interactive
David Bluestein
President & Lead Developer, Interactive Internet Solutions
Michael Dail
Marketing Consultant
John Durham
Executive Vice President, Carat Fusion
John is responsible for driving the new business efforts of Carat Fusion across the United States in all 5 offices. Working closely with each market, identifying the type of account, category prospecting and securing the client in utilizing our profitable service lines.
Before joining Carat Fusion, John ran a political digital communications firm based in San Francisco and Washington, DC. Prior to that experience he was Chief Operating/Revenue Officer for Winstar Interactive, one of the top advertising sales representation firms in the US and Canada. He ran a sales staff of some 65 people in nine offices across the country. He joined Mapquest in early 1996 to develop national advertising sales strategies and create a revenue stream for this early digital company.
John also teaches advertising and marketing in both the undergraduate and graduate school of business at the University of San Francisco. He has been teaching for over 14 year’s part time and many of his students are in many digital companies across the country including Carat Fusion.
John is President and co-founder of the Bay Area Interactive Group (BIG) and serves on the boards of two for profit companies as well as 2 non-profit corporations.
John received an undergraduate degree in political marketing from Georgetown and a Masters in Political Communications from the University of Kentucky.
John is a good old country boy!
Joel Krieger
Senior Art Director, THINK Interactive
Joel Lunenfeld
VP of Media, Moxie Interactive
Stephen Marino
Senior Vice President Head of Interactive, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Stephen Marino is senior vice president operations - interactive of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, with responsibility for the day to day operations for the interactive practice in The Creative Studio.
Stephen brings over 12 years of experience in interactive software development. Most recently Stephen was at GetActive Software in Washington, DC helping large organizations and non-profit agency’s with Messaging, Advocacy, Fundraising, and web site development. Some clients Stephen worked with were Save the Children, Environmental Defense, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and the Dow’s Political Action Committee.
Prior to that, Stephen spent 10 years at one of the original and most influential interactive agencies here in the US, Magnet Interactive. Based in Georgetown, Magnet was a pioneering force in bringing some of the most well know corporate names on-line for the very first time. Kellogg Company, Mercedes-Benz, N.A., Nissan and Infiniti, N.A., M&M Mars Snickers brand, The Mayo Clinic and Merck and the original WPP Group web site, to name a few.
Stephen was part of the executive team that sold and merged Magnet Interactive into AKQA, a current creative force in the interactive and traditional advertising, marketing arena with office in London, New York, DC, San Francisco and Singapore. He was a Managing Director at AKQA responsible for the DC office, and Global Alliance Director, managing and acting as the primary contact for AKQA’s strategic partner Accenture. Accenture and AKQA partnered together on many complex business intranets and extranets for such clients as Boston Scientific, Texas Instruments, and AT&T.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Boston University and a master’s degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program.
Rich Marks
Group Director, Client Services, R/GA
Richard Marks is the Group Director, Client Services at R/GA. Richard has primary responsibility for one of R/GA’s largest clients, Verizon Communications. Prior to managing this business, Richard managed the IBM, Schwab and Cablevision accounts.
A marketing veteran with 13 years of marketing, advertising and interactive experience, Richard joined R/GA in 2000 after 7 years at Prudential where he held several marketing positions including Marketing Manager for Prudential’s International Operation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Richard also led several of Prudential’s early programs to leverage the online channel to support customers and the sales management process.
Richard has a BA from George Washington University.
Richard resides in Maplewood, NJ with his wife, Janine, and their son, Griffin.
Amy Messenger
Managing Director – US Technology Practice, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Amy Messenger brings over 15 years of technology marketing and public relations experience to her role as head of Ogilvy PR’s U.S. technology practice. She has led key Ogilvy technology client relationships since 1998.
Amy’s market segment knowledge spans multiple product categories, including consumer electronics; Internet tools and technologies; networking; and telecommunications. She has counseled clients ranging from early-stage start-up ventures to some of the world’s leading corporations, including Hewlett-Packard, Novell, Qwest Communications, Uniden and Xerox. Her program work includes the launch of HP’s first home PC, the communications strategy surrounding the Qwest/ US West merger, and education and thought-leadership campaigns around voice over IP for Level 3.
Previously, Amy was with Alexander Communications, a technology boutique agency acquired by Ogilvy PR in 1998. At Alexander, Amy was a member of the senior team that opened the agency’s San Francisco office, and she founded the firm’s Denver office. Prior to Alexander, Amy worked in marketing at Ziff-Davis Publishing’s PC/Computing magazine.
Amy serves on the Ogilvy PR Worldwide Management Committee, and is a member of Social Venture Partners. She holds a B.S. degree in public relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Christine Schmidt
Past President, Chicago Interactive Marketing Association
Timothy Stapleton
Chief Creative Officer, Fletcher Martin
AJ Vernet
President, Las Vegas Interactive Marketing Association
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