Andy Beal is an Internet marketing consultant specializing in search marketing, blogging, and reputation management. Beal is also the founder of the online reputation monitoring service Trackur.com.
Greg Blonder, formerly chief technical advisor at AT&T;, is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist in the New York area.
Anastasia Goodstein is the publisher of Ypulse.com. Her book, Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online, was published by St. Martin's Press in March, 2007.
Haig is a partner at Iron Horse Ventures (www.ironhorseventures.com), which advises companies and governments on technology initiatives. She writes an occasional column on the Internet and international affairs at http://www.businessweek.com/technology/.
Arik Hesseldahl is a technology writer for Bloomberg Businessweek. In addition, he writes the Byte of the Apple column. Previously, Hesseldahl was a senior editor and technology columnist at Forbes.com. Before that, he was senior editor at Electronic News, a contributor to Electronic Business Asia, and a reporter, columnist, and business editor at Idaho State Journal. Hesseldahl is a graduate of the University of Oregon and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Holtzman, who blogs at Globalpov.com, is the author of Privacy Lost and founder and chief technology officer of pseuds Inc. He writes frequently on technology and privacy at http://www.businessweek.com/technology/.
Kay is the founder and president of Endpoint Technologies Associates (www.ndpta.com).
Ben Kunz is director of strategic planning at Mediassociates, a media planning and Internet strategy firm. He is author of the advertising strategy blog ThoughtGadgets.com.
Lacy has been a business reporter for 10 years and is currently writing a book on global entrepreneurship. Her first book, Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0, was published by Gotham Books in May 2008. She also blogs for TechCrunch.
Gene Marks, CPA, is the owner of the Marks Group, which sells customer relationship, service, and financial management tools to small and midsize businesses. Marks is the author of four best-selling small business books and writes the popular "Penny Pincher's Almanac" syndicated column. He frequently speaks to business groups on penny-pinching topics. More penny-pinching advice from Marks can be found at www.quickerbetterwiser.com.
Rudy Puryear is a Bain & Co. partner in Chicago who leads the firm's Global IT practice. Thomas Gumsheimer is a leader of Bain & Co.'s European IT practice, based in Frankfurt.
Jeffrey F. Rayport is founder and chairman of Marketspace LLC, a digital strategy and customer experience practice, and an operating partner at private equity firm Castanea Partners. Rayport was previously a faculty member at Harvard Business School.
