Mark Rose, Principal Internet Communications Strategist

Mark Rose is founder and CEO of Rose Public Relations Inc. (RPR). He is responsible for Internet communications strategies, resource integration, and media relations programs for RosePR/new media and RPR. Mark is based in New York City and Seattle.

Mark Rose has more than 20 years experience with New York City public relations agencies, including Edelman Worldwide, Makovsky + Co., Rubenstein Associates, and several others. He has created and implemented successful branding and media relations programs for financial services, media, technology, consumer products companies and prominent individuals. He has worked with start-ups and large corporations, CEOs, C-Suite executives, top economists, market strategists, management consultants, and entrepreneurs. His journalism has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and other publications. Mark Rose has lectured at New York University on "PR and New Media: The Principles and Practices of Communication Online." He was a featured editor for Global PR Blog Week 2.0.

Mark Rose bio: MarkRose.org Mark Rose's blog: PRBlogNews

Greg Jarboe, Jamie O'Donnell, SEO Strategies

Greg Jarboe and Jamie O'Donnell, co-founders of SEO-PR, are acknowledged leaders in integrating effective, measurable and responsible search engine optimization (SEO) strategies into new media public relations programs. They are experts in helping clients exploit vertical search opportunities, including search engines, online news sites, marketing blogs and social media.

Larry Chase, founder and publisher of Web Digest for Marketers, named Greg and Jamie "two of the hottest gurus in SEO." Greg is based in Boston; Jamie in San Francisco. They both speak often at leading industry conferences. Clients include mid-sized companies, large corporations, and public relations firms.

Greg Jarboe and Jamie O'Donnell have 40 years of combined experience managing PR for tech companies and PR for web companies. They have been focused on generating measurable results since they both worked together at Lotus Development Corp. in the 1980s, when it was the largest independent software company.

SEO-PR web site: SEO-PR.com SEO-PR blog: currently in migration

John Houghton, Podcast Strategies & Production

John Houghton is founder and CEO of MobileCast Media, Inc. a leading provider of services for podcast and videocast production, syndication, and buying. John is adept at planning and managing podcasts that requires high-end audio and professional grade production. John is based in San Francisco.

John is a pioneer in internet-based technologies: he has twice successfully built $100 million dollar ecommerce brands, in one case growing new license revenue at Oracle from $4 million to $76 million in one year. He has designed electronic commerce applications used by a number of the Fortune 50 and has worked with General Motors, Dell, General Electric, Sony, Citigroup, United Parcel Service, Aetna, Boeing, AT&T, Wells Fargo, Reuters, British Telecom, and BAE Systems.

John Houghton web site: MobileCastMedia John Houghton Podcast: NewMediaCurrents

News: San Francisco Opera and MobileCast Media Launch Podcasting Partnership

John Havens, Podcast Business Solutions

John C. Havens is VP, Business Development, for BlogTalkRadio where he helps businesses create radio-style programming via live streaming and podcast applications. John is based in the New York area.

John is also the About.Com guide to podcasting. As a writer/journalist for About, John has created dozens of podcasting articles, interviews, and a podcast show for the site. His position as Guide means he has his finger on the pulse of the latest technologies surrounding podcasting, videocasting, Web 2.0, and new media technologies.

John has been a professional actor for over 20 years and has lent his image and voice to multiple films, TV shows, commercials, and industrial films/radio spots. He is the host of, "Hear and Know," a podcast sponsored by AIM Global, a technology leader in the field of RFID.

John Havens affiliations: John was the official organizer for Podcamp NYC, April 6,2007, which attracted 1,300 participants. At the conference he presented "The real ROI for podcasting/new media."

John Havens' blog: About Guide To Podcasting

Kirie Pedersen, Editorial Services

Kirie Pedersen has over 20 years experience as a writer, editor, and educator. Kirie has edited reports and Web content for Fortune 500 as well as non-profit corporations. For several years she has been an official site reviewer for the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. Kirie is based in New York and Seattle.

Kirie is a pioneer in online education. In 1999 she joined InstantKnowledge as Executive Editor and developed a network of professors and graduate students to create educational materials for college students. KnowledgeNotes, as they were called, were sold to ProQuest, available in most on-line college and university libraries. Kirie Pedersen is faculty at University of Phoenix.

She earned her MA in writing with Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize winner, as thesis chair. Her BA magna cum laude is also in writing through a student-designed interdisciplinary major at Fairhaven College, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington. Her writing has appeared in magazines, newspapers, and textbooks. She has worked with international students who speak English as a Second Language and with graduate students from Yale, Harvard, Northwestern, Mills, Brown, and other top colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Kirie Pedersen's website: QuickEditOnline

Adam Broitman, Interactive Marketing

Adam Broitman is Director of Emerging and Creative Strategy at Morpheus Media in New York. He works on accounts such as A&E, New York University, Kyocera, The New York Times. Adam is responsible for the creation of Morpheum Sim on Second Life. Adam is based in New York.

Previously, he worked on the American Express Account for Digitas. He holds a MA in Media Studies from New York University.

Adam Broitman affiliations: Adam conceived and organized the recent Second Life mashup with Buddahead and Shock Radar featured on virtualive.tv

Adam Broitman's blog: a media circ.us