Dave McClure likes to hang out with entrepreneurs, and occasionally help or invest in their startups if they let him. Dave has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for over twenty years, and has worked with companies such as PayPal, Mint, Founders Fund, Facebook, LinkedIn, SlideShare, Twilio, Simply Hired, O’Reilly Media, Intel, & Microsoft. Many years ago he used to do real work like coding or marketing or running conferences, but these days he mostly does useless stuff like sending lots of email, blogging, and hanging out on Facebook and Twitter. Dave also likes to play ultimate frisbee when his knees don’t hurt.

Think of me as the social media lead car on the Autobahn of the Internet. For more than four years, I’ve provided counsel to business leaders ranging from founders of small start-ups and representatives of non-profit organizations to CEOs of large and small corporations. For some, understanding the social media landscape is difficult. I help industry leaders maneuver through the lanes in the ever-changing Internet environment.
Be it social media strategy, Web apps, blogs or new ways to use mobile technology as both a marketing and a sales tool, I make sure that my clients receive the most up-to-date information about best-practices and industry standards for digital/online communities. Speaking engagements, arranging meetups, producing conferences and events are extensions of my capabilities.

Evan Cohen is General Manager at foursquare, where he is responsible for building operational, marketing and business development capability. Prior to foursquare, Evan worked at Bebo in London, where he managed strategy and operations. Evan’s first immersion into the internet industry was in 1996, when he joined Jupiter Research as an analyst specializing in consumer market forecasting and internet usage behavior.

Dave Peck is the Social Media Strategist for LSF Interactive. Active in new media & online communities since 2004, he is one the early adopters of virtual worlds where he created the online persona of Britney Mason. As the Britney character he quickly built online buzz and became a featured user by such sites as: Twitter, MySpace,PodShow, Utterz, Blip.tv, and PodcastReady among many others. He has helped build online communities for such companies such as UC Berkeley, Stella McCartney, and Wells Fargo. Dave has worked as a Social Media Strategist on projects for The Grammys, The Ozzy Osbourne Auction, George Lynch and NPR. The TV networks CNBC and Current tv have profiled him for his social media work as well as online community building. In the past few years he has: been a founding member of the Association For Downloadable Media, Founding Member of the Social Media Club Editorial Board, A Featured Blogger by Sony and a contributor to the book : Marketing In The Social Media Era. When he is not speaking at events like 140 The Twitter Conference, Community 2.0 and Netroots Nation. Most he is spending time with his wife and 5 children. Recently he has joined LSF Interactive as their Social Media Strategist.

Naveed is the Sr. Director of PayPal Developer Network. He has more than 15 years of experience in identity, authentication, safety, and security products, making him the perfect person to lead PayPal’s application developer community in mobile and web based payment systems. Naveed spent the last 12 years at AOL leading many businesses including, most recently, AOL’s developer network. Some highlights as head of AOL’s developer network include: building a network of more than 3 million+ AOL developers; managing a developer network that supports a dozen AOL businesses with total annual revenues of $4 billion; and assisting developers to build 20,000+ developer applications. Naveed is also passionately active in local and international non-profits focused on education including his own family foundation called the Anwar Foundation which helps underprivileged communities around the world.

Think of me as the social media lead car on the Autobahn of the Internet. For more than four years, I’ve provided counsel to business leaders ranging from founders of small start-ups and representatives of non-profit organizations to CEOs of large and small corporations. For some, understanding the social media landscape is difficult. I help industry leaders maneuver through the lanes in the ever-changing Internet environment.
Be it social media strategy, Web apps, blogs or new ways to use mobile technology as both a marketing and a sales tool, I make sure that my clients receive the most up-to-date information about best-practices and industry standards for digital/online communities. Speaking engagements, arranging meetups, producing conferences and events are extensions of my capabilities.