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David Bowman
Born in Dayton and raised in nearby Springfield, Ohio, I am a lifelong resident of Southwestern, Ohio. I currently work as a Marketing Manager with LUCRUM, a Cincinnati based IT Consulting firm. My primary task is to utilize social media, blogs, and emerging technology to effectively market the firm. Prior to joining LUCRUM, I served as an Account Executive for  a marketing communications firm located in Dayton, Ohio. In 2007, I obtained my MBA, with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Dayton. I also have a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with a minor in Communication, from Wright State University. I am active member of many philanthropic and community organizations, including serving on the board of the Epilepsy Foundation of Western Ohio. I am accomplished presenter and public speaker – having addressed audiences at numerous institutions and organizations on topics such as networking, social media, blogging, business, and marketing. I have worked for corporations such as Cintas, Relizon, and Reynolds & Reynolds, developing and executing strategies for growth. I am now doing the same for LUCRUM. By far, my most important client is my family, where my role is that of a loving husband and father. Find out more about David.

Chris Brogan
Chris Brogan is President of New Marketing Labs, a new media marketing agency, and home of the Inbound Marketing Summit conferences and Inbound Marketing Bootcamp educational events. He works with large and mid-sized companies to improve online business communications like marketing and PR through the use of social software, community platforms, and other emerging web and mobile technologies.  He's ten year veteran of using social media and both web and mobile technologies to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Chris speaks, blogs, writes articles, and makes media of all kinds at [chrisbrogan.com], a blog in the top 10 of the Advertising Age Power150, and in the top 100 on Technorati.  Find out more about Chris.

Kevin Dugan
Kevin Dugan is the Director of Marketing at Empower Media Marketing. For the bulk of my 17-year career in marketing communications I’ve used the Internet to advance client goals. Advising clients as large as General Electric and Xerox, as small as a software startup and most everything in between, I’ve been immersed in interactive technology, social media and digital content.  This has shown me that new media is not a panacea. Like any facet of communications, a blend of creativity and strategy is required to reach your customers and to help reach your business goals.  My public relations efforts have garnered six national awards in the last seven years. My blogs Strategic Public Relations and The Bad Pitch Blog have been singled out for awards, including a 2007 Award of Commendation from the Public Relations Society of America. Both blogs are ranked by Advertising Age magazine’s Power 150 -- a ranking of the top marketing blogs in the world.  Find out more about Kevin.

David Esrati
Called the über blogger by the Dayton Daily News, David Esrati leads The Next Wave, a forward thinking advertising agency that has been on the leading edge of utilizing open source content managers for web development.  He has been a keynote speaker at national conferences talking about organic SEO/SEM, community building online and the future of media.  His Websitetology seminar has launched hundreds of new web entrepreneurs over the last 3 years. A former member of the US Army Special Forces, he has a degree in Marketing from Wright State University, and has taught at the University of Dayton.  Find out more about David.

Bob Garfield
Bob Garfield is a columnist, critic, essayist, pundit, international lecturer and obscure broadcast personality. He isn’t exactly a media whore, but he’s extremely promiscuous. Garfield’s “Ad Review” is a prominent feature of Advertising Age, where each week he singles out an ad for praise or ridicule and thus has become among the more pitifully groveled-before figures in trade-magazine history.

In another life, Garfield is co-host of National Public Radio’s weekly Peabody Award-winning magazine program “On the Media.” This followed a dozen years as a commentator/correspondent for NPR‘s “All Things Considered.” Dubbed by The New York Times “the Charles Kuralt of Bizarro World,” he specialized in quirky Americana -- an act he took to television, as well, producing pieces for public TV, syndication and CBS News. He also served as a political-advertising analyst for CBS, before being bounced in 1992 following an unfortunate Green Room incident. It was his most traumatic TV experience since “Oprah” in 1991, when he was humiliated by Mr. Whipple before a live studio audience.
For many years, Garfield was the advertising analyst for ABC News. He’s been a regular on Financial News Network, CNBC’s “Power Lunch” and “Adam Smith’s Money Game” on PBS. He also has been quoted by every major American newspaper, news magazine and broadcast news program, owing to his fearless willingness to speak authoritatively on subjects he doesn’t necessarily understand. That technique is the secret behind his third book, The Chaos Scenario, to be released in spring 2009.

Garfield has won many journalism prizes including some big ones and two National Press Club poker championships. He lives in suburban Washington, DC, where, in separate incidents 11 months apart, he has twice been rear-ended by federal employees.  Find out more about Bob.

Debba Haupert
With her 20 years of marketing experience in communications, PR, product development, etc. (self-proclaimed ‘marketing mutt’) in various industries (high tech, finance, B2B, CPG), Debba has grown the girlfriend community online. She employs Twitter, Facebook and other social media methods to further expand the awareness of and traffic on Girlfriendology.com.  Through her social media efforts on Girlfriendology and background in corporate marketing, Debba has established herself as a passionate social media maven.  Having ranked #1 on Twitter in Cincinnati and achieved a perfect 100 score on Twitter Grader, Debba is recognized to be proficient at social media with an emphasis on social media marketing to women. Currently her Twitter followers number 14,000+ with primarily females. Find out more about Debba.

 

Lewis Howes
Lewis Howes, a previous two sport collegiate All-American, is also the NCAA All-Division Record Holder for the most receiving yards in a single football game (418 yards, currently an unofficial World Record). Lewis graduated with a Sports Management degree from Principia College, and since his retirement from professional football, he continues to stay involved in the sports industry with his work through founding the Sports Executives Association and SportsNetworker.com.  SportsNetworker.com is a site that connects sports professionals in the industry. He also represents sports companies and professional athletes with social media marketing and branding. Lewis, unlike many former athletes has successfully translated the mental and physical tools learned in sports to the business world. 

Lewis is the co-author of the LinkedIn success book, LinkedWorking: Generating Success on the World’s Largest Professional Networking Website. In addition to this book, Lewis helps professionals and companies achieve greater return on the time they devote to LinkedIn and other social networking through his acclaimed training seminars, one-on-one coaching sessions, and corporate consulting programs. He also creates opportunities for online connections to gather face-to-face through his live “LinkedWorking” events around the country.  Find out more about Lewis.


Artie Isaac
A Columbus native, Artie Isaac co-founded Young Isaac, an award-winning, creative marketing strategy and advertising agency. Artie is a sought-after teacher and public speaker. He has taught consumer behavior, copywriting, creativity and the history of advertising at The Ohio State University and the Columbus College of Art & Design, and ethics to seventh graders at Temple Israel. When he was 17, his first student was a calf. In addition to serving on corporate boards such as Angie's List, he serves the community as a trustee for a variety of not-for-profit boards. Artie is currently a trustee of Jewish Family Services, Available Light Theatre, and the Haven of Hope Cancer Foundation. None of his community service was court ordered. Artie started his career with agencies in New York, including Ogilvy & Mather. He holds an MBA in Marketing from Columbia and a BA in English Literature from Yale. Most recently, Artie co-founded SpeakerSite, the world's largest open social network for public speakers and event planners. Find a speaker or offer your insights to audiences by visiting SpeakerSite (dot) com.  Find out more about Artie.

Lara Kretler
My LinkedIn profile says I’m an enthusiastic, experienced PR professional skilled at telling stories, building brands, educating, connecting and communicating. It says I love what I do and that I’m especially passionate about social media. And that I specialize in all aspects of public relations, community building, marketing communications and both traditional and new media relations.  That’s all true, but there’s so much more. My Twitter profile dubs me AVP/social media lead at Fahlgren Mortine PR, lucky wife, devoted dog mom, fitness nut, fun friend, liminal creature and world’s coolest aunt . That gets a bit closer to it.  Find out more about Lara.

Brian LeCount
Brian LeCount is Associate Director of Strategic Planning at Bridge Worldwide - a WPP interactive and relationship marketing agency in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Prior to joining Bridge, Brian founded R.O.Why! Marketing, a results-focused marketing communications firm, and previously spent 8 years serving on the client side in marketing leadership roles in healthcare, technology consulting, software and entertainment companies.  Brian is also the social media director for the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Marketing Association.  Find out more about Brian.

Ali Margello
In business development at ExactTarget, Ali partners with marketers and agencies of all sizes to help them optimize their digital marketing efforts through the effective use of email, SMS, voice, and related social media platforms.  In addition to traditional sales developments, she works closely with several Industry partners and Associations (American Marketing Assoc, Cincy Ad Club, The Circuit).  Find out more about Ali.

Jennifer McClure
Jennifer is an Executive Recruiter, Executive Coach and "Talent Geek". Translation? A Consultant, Advisor and Partner to businesses and business leaders in the areas of attracting, recruiting, developing and retaining Talent in their organizations.    She is the Founder/Group Manager of LinkedCincinnati - a networking group of over 10,000 professionals who understand the value of networking and building relationships in order to assist each other personally and/or professionally.  A former Human Resources Pro, she has leadership and executive-level experience in privately held and Fortune 500 companies in the manufacturing, distribution and consumer products industries.  Find out more about Jennifer.

Steve Phillips
As principal and owner of Purple Trout, LLC Steve Phillips literally lives, eats, breathes and, yes, sleeps Search Engine Optimization (SEO). His passion for SEO is evident in his daily client work; desire to educate clients on the art and science of SEO and his dedication to producing higher rankings in search engines for each and every client.  When Steve founded Purple Trout, LLC in 2005, he made a conscious decision to partner with his clients by demystify the assumptions of achieving high rankings in Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines.  Therefore, no tricks, “trade secrets” or voodoo tactics are ever used at Purple Trout.  Instead, Steve treats everyone’s website as if it were his own. He adheres to a “white hat” approach to ensure that all of his search engine optimization techniques remain honest and ethical.  Prior to founding Purple Trout, Steve spent 12 years as a journalist, covering sports for various newspapers in Indiana (ask him about having lunch with Charles Barkley or spending the entire month of May at the Indianapolis 500). He eventually became a software consultant and trainer helping law firms upgrade their systems and when bitten by the Google Bug, founded Purple Trout LLC.  Find out more about Steve.

Kendra Ramirez
Kendra Ramirez, CEO/Founder of Sales Konnect, is able to teach and consult directly from over a decade of experience in networking, sales, recruiting and business improvement.  Since 2005, Kendra has shown businesses how to utilize these networking tools to shorten sales cycle, find passive candidates and extend their marketing plans.  Kendra also serves as a board member for

Miracles For Life and volunteers her time in over 12 community and chamber organizations.  Find out more about Kendra.

Sabatino|Day & Thompson Hine

Sabatino Day
Mary Leigh Hennings - Mary Leigh Hennings is a brand strategist, helping companies and organizations in the region, across the nation and around the world define, communicate and deliver on their brands.  As an executive vice president at Sabatino/Day, Mary Leigh has been instrumental in articulating the strategic building blocks and advancing the brands of AIDS Resource Center Ohio, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Colfax Corporation, Emerson Climate Technologies and Emerson Network Power, Pioneer Mobile Electronics, Samitaur Constructs/The Art Tower and the 12-Volt Awareness Initiative, a consortium of consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers in the aftermarket mobile space. Previously, she’s been involved in brand work for the Dayton Region, Franciscan Health Systems, Fifth Third Bank, LexisNexis, Mandalay Branded Entertainment programming and Skyline Chili.  Her current focus is on the most powerful ways to leverage social media for brand building and management.

Kerianne Acra - Kerianne Acra is a seasoned marketing communications professional, with a strong background in B2B and healthcare communications and a keen interest, personally and professionally, in social media. As a senior account executive at Sabatino/Day, Kerianne focuses on marketing communications, public relations and event planning with global and local teams to increase brand awareness, enhance brand value and maintain brand consistency for agency clients, such as Emerson Network Power, Power Transmission Solutions and Cincinnati Children’s

Hospital Medical Center.  She also leads the charge for agency and client social media initiatives, and was recently named Social Media Chair for the Dayton Chapter of the American Marketing Association.

Thompson Hine
Roger Bora – Roger is a member of Thompson Hine's Intellectual Property practice group, concentrating his practice in the area of intellectual property law, which includes trademark, passing off, false endorsement, trade dress, copyright, e-commerce and internet, advertising, and right of publicity laws.  Before joining Thompson Hine, Roger was a practicing trademark attorney in a major law firm in

Northern New England. Prior to entering private practice, he was a practicing trademark attorney, and previous to that an intern, while in law school, at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in Arlington, Virginia. Roger also interned at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board under the direction of Judge Gerard Rogers, and worked on detail assignments with the Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks and Post Registration Division while employed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  Roger graduated from the Franklin Pierce Law Center School of Law in 1999 with his J.D. and Masters of Intellectual Property. 

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