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Jeremiah Owyang
Web Strategist & Manager of Online Community Marketing at Hitachi Data SystemsJeremiah Owyang is a self-described Global Web Strategist who's a known blogger and podcaster among the Social Media industry. Currently, he maintains the title of Manager of Online Community Marketing at Hitachi Data Systems in Santa Clara. Recently he's been tasked to understand the emerging web market on behalf of Hitachi Data Systems in the role of Business Development. He's spearheaded the corporate blogging program, which has empowered key executives to publically evangelize the corporate message, and also involved with other new media focuses as well as involvement with various Extranet and Intranet projects.
Jeremiah has held a variety of web related roles at companies such as World Savings, Cable and Wireless, and Exodus Communications. Jeremiah holds a Bachelor Degree in Marketing from San Francisco State University.
Jeremiah Owyang blogs at:
web-strategist.com Speakers
Robert Scoble
Vice President Media Development at PodTech.net & Blogger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scoble Harry McCracken
Vice President/Editor in Chief, PC WORLDNamed Editor in Chief of PC World in March 2004, Harry McCracken overseesall editorial and design for PC World, PCWorld.com, and the PC World TestCenter. His areas of expertise include the Internet, PC service andsupport, digital imaging, and other aspects of technology; his "Up Front"column opens each issue of the magazine. McCracken also authors PC World’sTechlog, a Web log with news, opinions, and links on PCWorld.com.McCracken has won numerous honors for his work at PC World, including JesseH. Neal Awards for "Best Subject-Related Series" in 1998, 2000, 2001, and2002, a 2000 Grand Neal Award from American Business Media, was recognizedwith the 2004 American Business Media’s Western Award for Editorial Courageand Integrity, and recently won a 2005 min's Best Of the Web Award for BestBlog. He has appeared as an industry expert on television and radioprograms on ABC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and the BBC. He also collaborated withDateline NBC on a multi-state undercover investigation into PC repair in2000 which aired later that year. A past contributor to USA Today, FamilyCircle, and other publications, McCracken was named to the TechnologyMarketing Influencers list in 2002 and 2003. A 15-year veteran oftechnology journalism, he served as an editor at InfoWorld and ComputerBuying World prior to joining PC World in 1994.McCracken has been a screener for the Jesse H. Neal Awards for the pastthree years, and also judged the National Magazine Awards for 2003 and2004. In addition, he serves on the editorial board of American BusinessMedia, and was a judge for ABM’s Littleford Awards for Public Service in2003.A graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor’s degree in history and aminor in English, McCracken has lived in Massachusetts, Oregon, and London,England, and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.Sean Ness
Co-Founder at STIRR.net & Business Development Manager at Institute for the Future Sean Ness oversees Business Development for the Institute for the Future (
www.iftf.org), a Palo Alto-based think tank and is a Co-Founder of the STIRR Network (
www.stirr.net). Prior to IFTF & STIRR, he has served in business development roles for startups (desktopstandard & eSelf) and market research firms (Forrester Research & ComputerWire). He has a BS in Materials Engineering from Penn State University.
Jeremiah Owyang
Web Strategist & Manager of Online Community Marketing at Hitachi Data Systems
Jeremiah Owyang is a self-described Global Web Strategist who's a known blogger and podcaster among the Social Media industry. Currently, he maintains the title of Manager of Online Community Marketing at Hitachi Data Systems in Santa Clara. Recently he's been tasked to understand the emerging web market on behalf of Hitachi Data Systems in the role of Business Development. He's spearheaded the corporate blogging program, which has empowered key executives to publically evangelize the corporate message, and also involved with other new media focuses as well as involvement with various Extranet and Intranet projects.
Jeremiah has held a variety of web related roles at companies such as World Savings, Cable and Wireless, and Exodus Communications. Jeremiah holds a Bachelor Degree in Marketing from San Francisco State University.
Jeremiah Owyang blogs at:
web-strategist.com