Melanie Attia

Melanie Attia is the Product Marketing Manager for Campaigner and is focused on managing the Campaigner marketing programs and product messaging.

Melanie maintains a close watch on the needs of email marketers, industry trends, and market developments. With a great appreciation for customer concerns and a keen interest in delivering timely product initiatives and strategic value offerings, she delivers unparalleled email marketing solutions that provide the necessary tools for customer success.

A respected speaker, Melanie has presented email marketing seminars across North America to help businesses boost their revenues with intelligent email marketing strategies. Her extensive web marketing experience and entrepreneurial spirit give her keen insights into the unique challenges faced by small businesses. Prior to joining the Campaigner team at Protus, Melanie operated a successful search marketing business and lead a thriving international affiliate program as marketing director.

Marian Banker

Marian Banker, MBA, is a Business Leadership Coach and President of Prime Strategies, providing the small business community with coaching, consulting and training in business leadership skills since 1996.

Marian has provided targeted training and workshops in academic, professional and corporate settings for such sponsors as AT&T, AWED, McGraw-Hill, Citibank, Melard Technologies, Westchester Community College, Hunter College, Webgrrls and others. She was featured Business Coach on ABC's World News This Morning and Channel 12 News New Jersey. She has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and numerous small business publications.

In 2006 she completed and launched the unique self-study Business Success System Course, which provides entrepreneurs with the tools, techniques, strategies and guidance to set their business on the fast track to success.

Shashi Bellamkonda

Shashi Bellamkonda works for Network Solutions as a "Social Media Swami." He's been named toWashingtonian magazine's Tech Titans list. Shashi speaks on "Social Media Tools for Small Business," "How to Sell Social Media to Your Boss," and "Online Reputation Management - Best Practices & Lessons Learned," at national and regional conferences. He has been featured in the Washington Post, on WUSA9, NY1 TV, Webmaster Radio, BlogTalk Radio, the Washington Business Journal, Tech BizNow and other digital and media publications

Anita Campbell

Anita Campbell is CEO of Small Business Trends, LLC, a media and information company. In that role she closely follows trends in both the small business market and technology. Trained as a lawyer, she was most recently a senior executive with Bell & Howell Company, including serving as CEO of a technology subsidiary of Bell & Howell.

A respected speaker and emerging trends resource, Ms. Campbell's expertise has been noted or her opinion quoted in numerous major business and entrepreneurial publications. She was acknowledged as a participating source in the Intuit Future of Small Business Report. Her popular website, Small Business Trends, is regularly noted as a rich informational resource. In 2005 the site won the "Best of the Web" award for small business blogs from Forbes and numerous other awards and honors.

Tim Davis

Tim Davis is a certified Behavioral Analyst of TTI Systems, a member of the National Speakers Association, holds a teaching certificate from the UCLA Extension Program, and has clocked well over 10,000 hours in coaching and speaking engagements.

Tim has been known to teach Socratic Questioning, Behavioral Selling, and Professional Timing in Pitching and Selling. What makes Tim unique is his ability to write sales presentations based on your specific industry and the selling style of each individual in your company. Role-playing objections and developing effective closings are his forte.

Tim employs a number of methodologies in his work, such DISC assessment and behavioral sales analysis, enabling him to quickly and accurately uncover a client's real thought process and motivation, and giving him the ability to be both an extremely engaging teacher and, at the same time, a highly-effective sales coach.

Ellen DePasquale

Ellen DePasquale - The Software Revitalist and founder of Efficient Office Computing - is a well-known software expert. She brings more than 20 years of software experience to her consulting, training, writing, and public speaking. Ellen has "redefined" software training to be goal-based. Her classes and materials are designed around the software features that produce the desired results, rather than the typical soup-to-nuts approach.

Ellen is a passionate speaker and has been invited to talk about software nation-wide by a host of organizations including the Financial Women's Association, NYSSCPA, Executive Women's Golf Association, and Inc. Magazine. She has participated as both a speaker and a moderator for two annual events; Insights, Sage Software, Inc.'s annual reseller conference and the American International Toy Fair, where she also served on their Honorary Conference Advisory Board.

Author of It's About Time: Time Management Tips From The Software Revitalist, Ellen has also been published in many top business and technology magazines including Crain's New York Small Business, The New York Enterprise Report, Small Business Computing, Success, Accounting Technology, The CPA Journal, Inc. Technology, and PC Magazine.

Steve Fisher

Steve has been actively writing and speaking about entrepreneurship, user experience and product innovation since the late 90s. Steve currently is Managing Partner of AppSolve. In its 10th year, Appsolve is a software innovation and development firm specializing in user experience design, social web application development and online community management.

His other entrepreneurial ventures included being founder and CEO of Slipstream Air, which was sold in 2008 to JIT Airline Resources. Prior to that, Steve has held key leadership positions at Global Network Solutions, OnSite Technologies, IKON, USConnect, Ryland and Wells Fargo.

After writing several e-books and a blog, Steve is writing is first book, “101 Rules for Entrepreneurs” slated for Summer 2010 release.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from University of Baltimore. On a personal note he is a private pilot, musician and photographer.

Tyler Garns

With a degree in human biology, Tyler has always been a scientist at heart. He has a natural ability to break down complex problems and provide simple solutions. His first exposure to Internet marketing was during the booming 90?s when he was still in college and working full-time for an Internet startup in Utah. Later he spent over 5 years as a legalized drug-lord selling pharmaceuticals. That sales training is where Tyler picked up his focus on "benefits selling" and "benefits marketing".

Tyler started at Infusionsoft during the middle of 2007 and has grown Infusionsoft's lead generations from 300 leads per month to over 20,000. He's also a die-hard surfer (getting parched in the AZ desert), husband to the most amazing wife in the world, and father to 3 beautiful boys.

Seth Godin

Seth Godin is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change. Seth is the author of 12 best-seller books around the world. His latest is Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

His books have changed the way people think about marketing, change and work. Permission Marketing was an Amazon.com Top 100 bestseller for a year, a Fortune Best Business Book and it spent four months on the Business Week bestseller list. It also appeared on the New York Times business book bestseller list.

Unleashing the Ideavirus is the most popular ebook ever written. More than 1,000,000 people downloaded the digital version of this book about how ideas spread. The Big Red Fez, Godin's take on web design, was the #1 ebook (worldwide) on Amazon for almost a year before it was published in paperback in 2002. His popular book, Purple Cow, was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. It's all about how companies can transform themselves by becoming remarkable.

Seth is a renowned speaker as well. He was recently chosen as one of 21 Speakers for the Next Century by Successful Meetings and is consistently rated among the very best speakers by the audiences he addresses.

Seth was founder and CEO of Yoyodyne, the industry's leading interactive direct marketing company, which Yahoo! acquired in late 1998.

He holds an MBA from Stanford, and was called "the Ultimate Entrepreneur for the Information Age" by Business Week.

Mark Graham

Mark Graham is the founder of RIGHTSLEEVE, one of the industry's most innovative promotional products companies. Utilizing a unique mix of design, technology and promotional media, RIGHTSLEEVE develops merchandise programs for brand leading corporations across North America.

Mark has used technology to transform every aspect of his business, from how clients interact with the company online to how employees process orders and collaborate with one another. Mark's technology strategy has allowed RIGHTSLEEVE to scale, enhance margins as well as provide a point of differentiation within a crowded and mature industry.

RIGHTSLEEVE was founded in 2000 and has been the recipient of several industry awards. RIGHTSLEEVE is also the National winner of the Dell Small Business Excellence Award, an honor presented to businesses that use technology in innovative ways to enhance customer experience and company growth.

Brent Leary

Brent Leary is a crm industry analyst, advisor, speaker and award winning blogger. He is co-founder and Partner of CRM Essentials LLC, an Atlanta based CRM advisory firm covering tools and strategies for improving business relationships. His client list includes Sage, Microsoft, Intuit, Cisco, Research In Motion and the state of Georgia's Depart of Economic Development.

Recognized by InsideCRM as one of 2007's 25 most influential industry leaders, Leary also is a past recipient of CRM Magazine's Most Influential Leader Award. He serves on the national board of the CRM Association, and as a subject matter expert for the Small Business Technology Task Force. He's been quoted in several national business publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and Entrepreneur magazine.

Leary writes regular online columns for Inc. and Black Enterprise magzines. He hosts and produces the popular "Technology For Business $ake" radio program.

Adrian Miller

For over 20 years, Adrian Miller has been a strategic ally to companies requiring results-driven, sales-level performance training and executive-level business development consulting. As the president of Adrian Miller Sales Training she is a highly recognized sales training expert who offers real-world solutions to real-world situations for clients that range from promising startups to Fortune 500 global enterprises.

Passionate about helping companies win new business, Adrian delivers her innovative programs in an unforgettable and energetic style that motivates sales teams to achieve new heights of success. With a broad and deep knowledge base, she has successfully worked with clients within the financial services, publishing, manufacturing, accounting, biotechnology, legal, healthcare, and technology industries.

In March 2009 Adrian launched Adrian's Network, a virtual business networking community that is winning raving fans from participants in most every industry and profession. Adrian is also a sought-after speaker and the author of The Blatant Truth: 50 Ways to Sales Success. She is also a frequent contributor to many industry blogs, major business publications, and trade journals.

Ellen Pack

Ellen Pack is the Vice President of Marketing at Elance.

In the early 1990's, Ellen founded Women.com, which grew into the largest internet destination for women, attracting millions of unique visitors each month. Ellen was responsible for developing and driving Women.com's rapidly growing network of original, interactive media sites. Her leadership led to a successful IPO and later merger with iVillage in 2001 (now part of NBC).

In 2003, Ellen became a partner at a regional staffing agency in the San Francisco Bay Area. During her tenure, she launched a website with real-time job listings, successfully implemented numerous new services, expanded company operations and tripled revenue. She sold the company in 2008.

Ellen holds a B.A. in economics from Columbia College and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. In 1997, she authored the Women's Wire Web Directory, the first comprehensive directory of sites of interest to women. In addition, her success in the technology industry has earned her recognition from a number of industry organizations and media outlets across the US.

Mel Parker

Mel Parker serves as Director for Dell U.S. Small Business. In his role, Mr. Parker is responsible for leading sales teams, strategy and operations.

Before joining Dell in 2009, Mr. Parker served as vice president of North America Sales and Marketing with Newell Rubbermaid. During more than 17 years in sales and marketing, Mr. Parker has held numerous senior leadership positions at Corporate Express, Bristol Myers-Squibb and PepsiCo.

Mel has a bachelor of science degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (New York), where he majored in computer science and minored in electrical engineering. He is a decorated combat veteran and graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger and Airborne School. He served with distinction in the 82nd Airborne division at Ft Bragg N.C.

Christine Quinn

Since her election as City Council Speaker, Christine C. Quinn has established herself as a champion for working families, fighting for policies and services that are critical to the lives of real New Yorkers. She has worked to make the Council more responsive to the needs of all New Yorkers, and dramatically increased transparency and accountability. Quinn has developed a reputation for finding innovative solutions, and furthering policies that are both creative and fiscally responsible.

Speaker Quinn has been a leader in the fight to eliminate unfair taxes on the business community, particularly the double taxation of freelancers and sole proprietors. Quinn and the Council recently passed a bill to create a penalty forgiveness period this fall, during which the city will waive late fees and penalties for businesses with outstanding violations. They also passed legislation creating a Regulatory Review Panel to find and help eliminate outdated rules that interfere with business operations.

Ramon Ray

Ramon Ray is the editor of Smallbiztechnology.com and author of Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses (Amacom). He has written thousands of technology articles and news items for Smallbiztechnology.com. He is a contributing editor to the New York Enterprise Report and has written business small business technology articles for Inc Magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine, CNet, Var Business, TechTarget, Entrepreneur.com, Small Business Resources and other media.

Ramon has also written for technology vendors including Microsoft, FileMaker, Everest and others. He is often quoted in the media, including the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc Magazine, WCBS Radio, Crains New York, National Federal of Independent Business, Small Business Advocate Radio Show, Wells Fargo Small Business Roundup and more.

Not "just" a technology writer, but as a former small business technology consultant, Ramon has years of hands on experience in building networks, installing software, upgrading computers and supporting the technology small businesses use on a daily basis.

Jonathan Rochelle

Jonathan Rochelle is a Group Product Manager in the Google Apps area of Google's NYC office, primarily responsible for Google Docs and Google Sites. Jonathan has more than 20 years of experience in software development and product management.

Prior to joining Google in 2005, Jonathan co-founded, built, and sold two profitable technology companies - ITK Solutions, a technology focused consulting firm, and 2Web Technologies, a software product company which developed the XL2Web product (which allowed complex spreadsheet models to be immediately converted to interactive web applications). 2Web Technologies was acquired by Google as the technology behind Google spreadsheets, which launched in 2006 as the first component of what became Google Docs.

Before founding his companies, Jonathan spent 16 years as a software engineer and Applications Development manager, primarily at JP Morgan & Co., working across a broad set of financial service businesses.

He's a strong advocate of web-based software and is always enthusiastic to help businesses and other organizations gain extreme value from web apps and help developers bring interesting technology products to market. He holds a degree in computer science and Business Administration from the State University of New York at Albany.

Mitch Rothschild

Over the past decade, Mr. Rothschild has started, managed, and sold a number of businesses before starting MDX Medical (Vitals). His specialty is strategic marketing and execution, particularly in early stage companies. Over the years, he has been CEO of Raspberryred Marketing, RUSS CandyBears and Time Warner Viewer's Edge.

Prior to those enterprises, Mr. Rothschild was Vice President, Brand Management at Genesis Direct - a direct response consolidator - where me managed 24 distinct direct response Brands, growing revenue from $35 million to $160 million in three years. Prior to Genesis Direct, Mr. Rothschild was the founder and CEO of Time Warner Viewer's Edge, a direct response company, marketing video, movie-and TV-related merchandise to consumers. Which he guided from start-up to $17 million in sales and 200,000 active customers before it was sold.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Rothschild was Vice President of Marketing & Product Development at Guidance Associates / Prentice Hall Media, and in the Publishing Division of Time, Inc.

Mr. Rothschild now serves on the Board of Directors (or Management Committee) of Awards.com, LLC; Dale & Thomas Popcorn, LLC; Access Medical, and American Registry, LLC. He also serves on the Board of a not-for-profit, charitable entity.

Mr. Rothschild has an MBA, with honors, from Columbia University and a BA from Queens College (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa).

Debra Ruh

Debra Ruh is the founder and CEO of TecAccess, the leading provider of accessible Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) for the world’s largest and fastest growing minority group – People with Disabilities, Baby Boomers, and Veterans with Disabilities.

Debra created TecAccess in 2001. She has grown the organization into a profitable multi-million dollar company and it is the most awarded provider of professional accessibility and usability testing, training, and remediation. Known for creating targeted and cost effective solutions that impact an organization’s bottom line, TecAccess has proven a measurable business value of reaching this untapped demographic. By making your business vehicles fully accessible and usable to all (including websites, social media, telecommunications, hardware, software, eLearning, and other technology), TecAccess effectively turns what could potentially be a legal pitfall into a marketplace advantage.

Angus Thomson

As leader of Intuit Grow Your Business Division, Angus is focused on helping small businesses grow their revenues. The Grow Division offers services that enable this growth, such as websites, customer relationship management, email marketing and online reputation management.

Previously at Intuit, Angus led the company’s Mid Market Group, which focused on mid-sized companies’ business management services, and also served as VP of Corporate Strategy. Prior to that, he was a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group. In this role, he drove the web and ecommerce strategy for companies such as Ford and Nike.

Helping small businesses succeed is a passion for Angus. He watched his mother run two small businesses of her own, spending summers working behind the counter of her gift shop on Pier 39 in San Francisco. After college, he spent a year growing a small engineering outsourcing business in India. He later took the opportunity to serve as director of business development for the visual search startup Groxis.

Angus holds a doctorate in International Relations from Oxford University and is a Bikram yoga enthusiast.

Grant Wickes

As vice president of marketing for Wasp Barcode Technologies, Grant Wickes sets the strategic direction of the company’s marketing programs. Wickes’ marketing and sales experience spans more than two decades, during which he has focused on helping small technology companies grow. Prior to joining Wasp, Wickes was principal of WickPoint Management Services, which provided strategic marketing and business guidance to early-stage technology companies. Previously, Wickes was part of the founding management of EZ Prints, a venture-backed photographic service company where he served as executive vice president of sales and marketing. Wickes also spent 10 years with graphics software maker Micrografx, where he filled roles in executive marketing, sales and international business development.

Wickes earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce with honors from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He lives in Dallas with his wife Anne and two children. Wickes enjoys photography and is experimenting with ways to capture and improve business experiences with photography.

Edith Yeung

Edith Yeung is passionate about connecting entrepreneurs. She is the founder of BizTechDay, a conference that inspires entrepreneurs to create and grow their business with the help of technology.

Edith is also guest host of CBS 5 Startup Profile, a speaker, entrepreneur, blogger, award-winning consultant to Fortune 500 companies, and someone who makes things happen. She has delivered many content rich, high-energy and memorable talks in the US, Asia and Europe and leads San Francisco's Entrepreneur Meetup Group with over 2,700 members.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Edith moved to the United Stated by herself at the age of 16 and survived the culture shock with minimum English. Early in 2007, she left Corporate America to pursue something really meaningful to her entrepreneurial dream of empowering the small business community.

Nelly Yusupova

Nelly Yusupova, featured as a woman on the IT fast track by the Wall Street Journal, is the CTO of Webgrrls International and has been a leader of the women’s movement online since 1998. Nelly is also the founder of Digitalwoman.com. She is a technical specialist, and an Internet, Web 2.0 and Social Media and marketing expert and consultant. Nelly writes about the tools and services of tech industry and how to incorporate them into our personal and professional lives and is a speaker and presenter at the industries major events.

In December 2004, Nelly assumed the reins of leadership for the New York City Webgrrls. The NYC Webgrrls chapter is the first and largest chapter of Webgrrls International. Webgrrls International is a networking organization of professional women in or interested in technology and The Webgrrls International mission is to help women succeed in an increasingly technical workplace and world through networking, exchanging job and business leads, and learning new skills. Webgrrls international has chapters across the country (USA) and around the world throughout Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.