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Speaking Engagements

pepcon

04/22/2013

Speaking at Pepcon in Austin on April 29th

Next Monday I’ll be speaking at Pepcon in Austin, Texas (one of my all time favorite US cities). Pepcon is a print and e-publishing conference and I’ll be talking about my transition from print to web design, why I think now is an amazing time for others to make the leap, and how I think [...]

NG-Customer-Experience

03/11/2012

Panelist at the Next Generation Customer Experience Summit in Austin Texas

Last week I was invited to attend the Next Generation Customer Experience Summit in Austin Texas. The summit was a two day event with C-level executives in the customer experience field from companies like Coke, Southwest Airlines, Jetblue, Best Buy, and Macys. I also participated in final keynote panel of the summit which was a [...]

iwu

10/22/2011

Illinois Wesleyan University Alumni Award Ceremony

Today I was awarded the Robert M Montgomery Outstanding Young Alumnus Award from Illinois Wesleyan University. I was presented the award at the annual alumni lunch at the Shirk Center on the IWU campus. The other award winners and I were also announced at halftime at the Titan homecoming football game with the rest of [...]

web2summit

10/18/2011

Presenting at the Web 2.0 Summit

This morning Tim Waddell from Adobe moderated a presentation by Carmen Sutter and I at the Web 2.0 Summit called “Data-Driven Bottom Line Results: Making Social Media Actionable A Real World Case Study”. Carmen (Senior Director of Online Analytics at WEA) and I presented a case study from the current Bruno Mars record outlining Warner [...]

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10/14/2011

Interview with ClickZ: The Art, Science, and Common Sense of Marketing

Today an interview with Carmen Sutter, from WEA, and me is featured on the ClickZ homepage. The interview was a continuation of our keynote speech from the Adobe Online Marketing Symposium last month. In the interview we talk about how marketers at Warner Music Group use social networks, analytics and technology to convert music listeners [...]

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09/21/2011

Presenting a Keynote at the Adobe Online Marketing Symposium

Today I helped present a keynote at the 2011 Adobe Online Marketing Symposium. My speaking partner Carmen Sutter (WEA) and I spoke to a packed house of about 600 Omniture experts about the success of a recent social campaign for Bruno Mars. We outlined Atlantic Records and Warner Music Group’s strategy for using social networks [...]

iwu

06/02/2011

IWU Distinguished Young Alumni Award

Today it was announced that Illinois Wesleyan University (my alma mater) is awarding me with the 2011 Distinguished Young Alumni Award. Needless to say, it’s a huge honor and I feel incredibly humble to be chosen this year. I’ll be heading back to Bloomington for Homecoming to receive the award and to give a talk [...]

max

11/16/2010

MAX 2010 Recap

It’s taken me a few weeks to catch up after back to back conferences in Minnesota and LA, but this weekend I finally got around to jotting down my thoughts about Adobe MAX 2010. The yearly Max conference is always a highlight for me, and this year was no exception. Throughout the conference Adobe set [...]

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10/23/2010

This week: new title, back from Minnesota, building a playground and off to MAX 2010

As I’m about to hop on my 6th flight in 7 days I thought I would add a post about some recent events. First off, I’ve been promoted to the Vice President of Direct to Fan Creative and Technology at Atlantic Records. I’m managing a team of ten project managers, designers, product developers and programmers [...]

msum

10/18/2010

Two Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Over the next two weeks I’m going to be speaking at two conferences, the MSUM College Arts Symposium and Adobe Max 2010. This week I’m speaking at Minnesota State University Moorhead about my work, current concerns for web designers and giving workshops for graduating designers. Wednesday, October, 27th I’m speaking at Adobe Max on a [...]

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