Business Technology

Web 2.0 Goes to Work: How Two Media Companies Implemented Business Social ...

By Ross Mayfield, Dave Burke, Patrick Durando

Organizations shape society more than any force, and social software has demonstrated the ability to create sweeping change throughout the organizational culture. This panel will present strong case studies where successful social software implementations exist, showing how these examples provide a beacon of understanding for companies attempting to implement Web 2.0 technologies.

[Publish Date: November 16, 2009]

Speaker: Paul Otellini: Web 2.0 Summit 2009 - Co-produced by TechWeb & ...

Paul S. Otellini is president and CEO of Intel Corporation, the world’s leading manufacturer of microprocessors for personal and business computing. Intel technology is creating new ways for the world to work, learn and play by extending the reach of the Internet and solving business problems. Since joining Intel in 1974, Otellini has managed several Intel businesses, including the company’s PC and server microprocessor division and the global sales and marketing organization. In 2002, Otellini was elected to Intel’s board of directors and promoted to president and chief operating officer. He was named CEO in May 2005, a role in which he’s focused on driving the company’s growth and mission to deliver innovative, energy-efficient products. Under Otellini’s guidance, Intel also aims to usher in a new era when portable wireless computing is available anytime, anywhere. The company also is focused on bringing the next billion people online with affordable computers tailored to their...

[Publish Date: October 20, 2009]

Speaker: Mike Murphy: Web 2.0 Expo New York 2009 - Co-produced by TechWeb & ...

Mike Murphy is the VP of Global Sales at Facebook where he leads media strategy, advertising inventory management and advertising operations. Mike joined Facebook from Yahoo! where he was VP of Media Sales, Western Region. Prior to Yahoo!, Mike founded the company TAG that provided outsourced sales, marketing and business development to established technology companies and early-stage start-ups. Mike began his media career at Ziff-Davis Publishing and CMP Media where he was Publisher, Associate Publisher and Managing Director. Mike received his BA from the University of North Texas and currently resides in Palo Alto, CA with his wife and four sons.

[Publish Date: November 16, 2009]

Speaker: Chris Brogan: Web 2.0 Expo New York 2009 - Co-produced by TechWeb ...

Chris Brogan is a ten year veteran of using social media and technology to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Chris speaks, blogs, writes articles, and makes media of all kinds at chrisbrogan.com (link: https://chrisbrogan.com) a blog in the top 20 of the Advertising Age Power150 (link: https://adage.com/power150,) and in the top 100 on Technorati (link: https://technorati.com/blogs/www.chrisbrogan.com.)

[Publish Date: November 16, 2009]

Speaker: Rolf Herken: Web 2.0 Summit 2009 - Co-produced by TechWeb & ...

Rolf Herken founded mental images GmbH in 1986. He drives the company's innovative technologies and products with primary responsibility for Research, Development, Technology Strategy and for the Company's OEM strategy and business. He brought in private and financial investors in several investment rounds from 1986 to 2005, including a large publicly traded US Corporation. He grew mental images GmbH from inception to its current staff of 63 salaried staff members. The company's headquarters is in Berlin, with subsidiaries in Uppsala, Sweden, and Milan, Italy. Rolf also is the CEO of mental images, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of mental images GmbH, the headquarters of which are based in San Francisco. mental images, Inc., has 14 full-time salaried staff members, and mental images Pty Ltd., based in Melbourne/Australia, with 7 full-time salaried staff members.

[Publish Date: October 20, 2009]

Speaker: Mark Drummond: Web 2.0 Summit 2009 - Co-produced by TechWeb & ...

Mark Drummond is the CEO of Wowd, a new real-time search company that provides tools to help people find and discover popular content across the web. Drummond has a noted ability to humanize even the deepest and most complex technologies. With proven expertise in management, strategy, product development and business development, Drummond most recently served as the Executive Director of Ventures and Licensing at SRI International. His career experience spans from R&D; for Mars Surface Operations for NASA (Ames & JPL) to building three startups -- TYECIN Systems (sold to Manugistics), Timedance (sold to TimeBridge), and Enviz (sold to Keynote Systems).

[Publish Date: October 20, 2009]

Speaker: Michael Ogrinz: Web 2.0 Expo New York 2009 - Co-produced by ...

Michael Ogrinz is the author of Mashup Patterns (Addison Wesley, March 2009). He is also a Principal Architect at one of the world’s largest financial institutions. His business focus is to identify and integrate emerging technologies into the enterprise and to create innovative and competitive solutions. A frequent industry speaker on various facets of Enterprise 2.0 as they relate to the financial industry, Michael has been instrumental in enhancing the environment at his firm through his work on user interfaces and usability, wikis and blogs, so-nets, and most recently, mashups.

[Publish Date: November 16, 2009]

Speaker: Christopher Fahey: Web 2.0 Expo New York 2009 - Co-produced by ...

Christopher Fahey is a founding partner and the interaction design practice lead at Behavior (https://www.behaviordesign.com), an award- winning New York web design consultancy focused on building compelling and elegant user experiences for business and culture. He also blogs about design, technology, culture, and whatever else he’s interested in at https://www.graphpaper.com.

[Publish Date: November 16, 2009]

Speaker: Tom Hughes-Croucher: Web 2.0 Expo New York 2009 - Co-produced by ...

Tom Hughes-Croucher has been working in the Internet industry since he has been working. He has contributed to a number of standards on Web technology for standards bodies such as the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the British Standards Institute (BSI). More recently he worked in the Digital Music business providing digital music solutions to well known UK brands like Tesco, Three telecom and Channel 4. Tom now works for Yahoo in the Audience group looking after the European Frontpages. His role includes supporting innovation in all areas of emerging technology and the Web.

[Publish Date: November 16, 2009]

Speaker: John Hagel: Web 2.0 Summit 2009 - Co-produced by TechWeb & ...

John Hagel recently joined Deloitte & Touche USA to set up a major technology and strategy research center in Silicon Valley. He works with senior management of large enterprises around the world to shape business strategies and improve business performance. Harvard Business School Press has published four books by John, including his most recent, The Only Sustainable Edge, co-authored with John Seely Bronw. John received his MBA from Harvard Business School, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a graduate dgree (B.Phil) in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford University and and a B.a. in economic history from Wesleyan University.

[Publish Date: October 20, 2009]