Keynote Speakers
Afternoon Keynote - Rohit Bhargava
Rohit is a founding member of the 360 Digital Influence group at Ogilvy and author of the best selling new marketing book Personality Not Included, an engaging and useful guide on the future of business and technology and how companies can use their personality to drive real business results in the social media era. He publishes the Influential Marketing blog, ranked among the top marketing blogs in the world, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and other global media. He is also widely recognized as the creator of "Social Media Optimization" (or SMO) which has become a standard practice in digital marketing groups around the world.
Rohit is an popular keynote speaker who often speaks at events around the world on marketing and business strategy. In the past six months, he has spoken at events in Singapore, Kiev, Beijing, San Francisco, London, Paris and Toronto. His book "Personality Not Included" has also been translated into 5 languages and is available in more than 47 countries around the world. He currently lives in Washington DC with his wife and two young sons, Rohan and Jaiden.
Morning Keynote - Jason Beckerman
Jason Beckerman is Founder and CEO of Teach The People, a company dedicated to democratizing education by creating a people powered university marketplace. Teach The People is a TechCrunch40 finalist, as well as a recent Facebook Fund Grantee. Jason is also VP of Business Development at Social Cash, a major social advertising network. Jason has briefed CEO's of major fortune 500 technology companies, as well as the CIA, on the changing nature of the internet due to social media.
Jason has worked for various financial institutions and startups throughout his career including Merrill Lynch, Paytrust, Island ECN, Instinet, Albridge Solutions, Siebel, and Salesforce.com. Jason holds a BS in Entrepreneurship and Information Systems from Quinnipiac University and a Masters in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.
