 
Andrew Crow
Senior experience designer, trainer, and speaker - Adaptive Path
Andrew has a passion for developing innovative design solutions for customers' needs.
Initially a print and web designer, Andrew moved into information architecture and interaction design to promote holistic user experiences to corporate clients. Andrew has over 13 years of design, technical, and strategic experience in the technology industry.
Continually obsessed with the latest technologies in the mobile and gaming space, Andrew advises on the design of Windows Mobile and iPhone applications, social networking, and collaboration software. He is an advocate of ubiquitous computing, and approaches projects with a desire to ensure that the experience of the device fits into the overall product strategy.
 Anthony
"Ant" Scholte
Founding director, TheAntsNest.com
Anthony "Ant" Scholte is the founding
director of TheAntsNest.com, a mulit-disaplined
online creative agency. TheAntsNest.com
specializes in Graphic Design, Website Design,
Photography, Illustration, Graffiti &
Recruitment for the advertising & design
industry.
"Ant" studied Advertising &
Marketing, majoring in Graphic Design &
Photography, before starting TheAntsNest.com
in Cape Town, South Africa in 1998 and launching
internationally in September 2001. For further
information, visit www.theantsnest.com.
ABOUT THE ANTSNEST
TheAntsNest.com is a multinational web based,
creative agency that offers a range of services
to clients by networking the top South African,
freelance, creative talent. TheAntsNest.com
specializes in Graphic Design, Website Design,
Photography, Graffiti Art & Recruitment
for the advertising & design industry.
For further information, visit www.theantsnest.com.
 Matte
Elsbernd
Founder
- The
Firm List
With more than a decade of experience building
websites, Matte Elsbernd has accepted his
"grandfather" role and started wearing plenty
of argyle and high-waisted pants. In between
snooping on his neighbors, he has played the
roles of web designer, web developer, information
architect, web producer and creative director
for various agencies and startups. After complaining
about "kids these days" he also has built
a series of spare time projects, such as The
Firm
List - the largest guide to web design
firms from around the world. Elsbernd has
been a judge for the New Hampshire Internet
Awards and was a finalist in the first New
England Web Design (NEWD) Awards. He can
also be seen on a park bench near you feeding
the pigeons.
 Flavio
Masson
New Media
Director and Co-founder of 10012
Brazilian-born Flavio Masson is the New Media
Director and Co-founder of 10012, LLC (10012.com),
a New York City based multicultural, multilingual
collaborative specialized in all aspects of
marketing communications where he is responsible
for the concept, design and production overview
of all interactive projects for clients such
as AARP, Bravo TV, The Golf Channel and Showtime.
Previously, Flavio worked as an Art Director
at Latin Force where he conceived and developed
online campaigns for clients such as JPMorgan
Chase, Kraft Foods and Nike. Prior to that,
as an Art Director at Small World Media,
Flavio designed and overviewed the production
and marketing of large-scale database-driven
web sites in Latin America, Europe and Asia.
Also a music composer and producer, Flavio
has created commercial and documentary soundtracks
for clients such as Gordon's Gin and AARP.
His awards for creative excellence include
a Webby and an Addy (Voices of Civil Rights
Bus Tour Website, AARP), Latino Marketing
Awards/Best Banner Campaign (Comida Kraft.com,
Kraft Foods) and a Cine Golden Eagle (Dorothy
Height Documentary Soundtrack, AARP).
 Nadine
Wallace
Senor Vice President, Creative Services
– Medical Knowledge Group
Nadine Wallace is Senior Vice President,
Creative Services for the Medical Knowledge
Group (MKG). She has more than 14 years
experience in art direction, project management,
and print and multimedia production, working
within the healthcare industry across a
variety of therapeutic areas. Additionally,
she has broad experience creating print
and interactive Continuing Medical Education
(CME) activities.
Nadine is responsible for the creative
direction and development of all print and
multimedia for the Medical Knowledge Group
companies. MKG is a New York City–based
company comprised of several best-in-class
organizations dedicated to addressing the
unmet educational needs of physicians and
other healthcare professionals.
The company’s versatile approach to
medical communication enables MKG to reach
a wide range of audiences utilizing print,
multimedia, Web, 3D animation, and video
production.
Nadine received her bachelor of Fine Arts
degree with honors from Pratt Institute
in New York. She has continued her education,
obtaining certificates in multimedia and
interactive design, at The Cooper Union
and the School of Visual Arts
 Ann
Connell
Senior Art Director
- Outside Source Design
Ann has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana with
a specialization in graphic design. She has
nine years of experience in the design industry.
Ann currently works for Outside Source Design
as a senior art director. Outside Source Design
partners with their clients to provide creative
visual solutions in the areas of print, multimedia,
web, 3D animation, and video production.
 Angela
Costanzi
Director/Creative
Services, Movéo Integrated Branding
As Director/Creative Services
for Movéo Integrated Branding, a
hybrid brand consultancy and integrated
communications agency, Ms. Costanzi oversees
all creative components of client engagements,
including concept development, design, and
execution of both offline and online advertising
campaigns.
Angela has over sixteen years of experience
building brands and managing creative personnel.
Key account experience includes: Coca-Cola,
Sears, Payless Shoes, Baxter, Abbott Laboratories,
Siemens, Molex, Littelfuse, CareerBuilder.com,
USRobotics, Lincoln International, StonePeak
Ceramics.
She holds a B.A. in Advertising from Columbia
College, Chicago.
 Bill
Green
Principal & Creative Director - Radium Interactive
Bill Green is the Principal & Creative Director of Radium Interactive, a web design firm focused on strategic planning, branding and user experience development. Prior to forming Radium Interactive, Bill held Senior Creative Positions with Digitas, Gap Inc. and Resource Interactive.
In his twelve years of new media design, Bill has worked on projects for Apple, Gap, National Geographic, Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Limited, Hewlett-Packard, SonyStyle, Charles Schwab, Burton Snowboards, Frigidaire and AARP.
Bill received his Bachelor of Fine Art degree in Industrial Design from the Columbus College of Art & Design. He is currently an active member of the AIGA Washington, D.C. chapter.
 Peter
Bray
Managing Director
- Clear Blue Day
Peter has been a judge at numerous interactive
awards, and his agency Clear Blue Day recently
won Australia's main awards in the Best Interactive
Advertising and Marketing section, as well
as Best Retail site.
Peter was also named by The Industry Standard
Magazine in 2001 as an online thought leader,
and was recently named by B and T Magazine
as one of the 40 most influential people in
the digital industry.
In addition to this, he is the President (NSW)
of the Australian Interactive Media Industry
Association
 Jon
Sharp
Creative Director, Play
Jon Sharpe is the Creative Director
for Play, an interactive advertising agency
that started in January 2005.
Jon studied English at King's College London
and Education at Cambridge University before
beginning his career in interactive advertising
in the mid-90s. After cutting his teeth
conceiving interactive campaigns for brands
including Virgin and United International
Pictures, Jon joined Agency.com in 1999
where he was appointed Director of Digital
Marketing.
Jon went on to found the London office
of Itraffic in 2001 where he spent four
years delivering award winning campaigns
for brands including British Airways, Heineken,
Wanadoo and NSPCC. In 2005, Jon co-founded
Play in conjunction with M&C Saatchi
and former Itraffic colleagues Matt Gorzkowski
and Ethan Segal. Jon likes curries. |
 Steven Nasi
Creative Director - Agency.com
Steve is a Creative Director at Agency.com, leading the digital creative for British Airways and Delmonte Foods.
Steve joined Agency.com from Ogilvy, New York, where he was Partner, Associate Creative Director for more than five years on brands such as AT&T Wireless, IBM, SAP, Time Warner Cable, DHL and Sprite. You might remember spokesdoll Miles Thirst, which Steve helped create online prior to any appearances in traditional media. A series of videos featured Thirst opining on reality TV, instant celebrity and more. The Thirst work represented Ogilvy's first substantial foray into viral advertising. A partnership with MTV.com gave Thirst editorial credibility, as Nasi used the voice of Thirst to write a weekly series of music video reviews.
Prior to Ogilvy, Steve worked at Tribal DDB on brands such as Bestbuy.com and at Andersen & Lembke (SF) and Saatchi’s Darwin unit. Steve’s work has won man industry awards, including the Clio, the One Show, PRINT magazine, Cannes, Communication Arts, ad:tech awards.
Steve studied anthropology at Columbia
University, which comes in handy in this
line of work.
 Rommil
Santiago
Web Designer - Concordia University,
MontrealRommil has been designing and developing
websites since 1999. Over the years, he has
freelanced for many Montreal design firms,
and co-founded; a design company, an online-
magazine, and Montreal's first-ever design-marathon.
Specializing in accessible, and standards-compliant
design, he has been invited to judge several
major web-awards and is an editor for dmoz.org.
Today, he is the lead designer of Concordia
University's central web group.
In addition to his web design training,
Rommil holds a Bachelor of Engineering from
McGill University, and is a very experienced
photographer.
 David
Clarke
Sr. Vice President - BGT Partners
Mr. Clarke is Managing Partner at one of Florida's
premier online consultancies. He is responsible
for managing the strategic design and development
of technology-driven solutions for clients
and the operational management of the firm.
Mr. Clarke guides large clients through design,
technical and strategic initiatives and has
served in a leadership role in the development
and execution of multi-faceted solutions supporting
complex business and brand models.
As Managing Partner, he continues to lead
BGT's largest engagements, providing strategic
direction, focusing on market and user intelligence,
business design, and brand strategy for
the development of digital solutions across
all mediums and industries. Mr. Clarke leads
technology and interactive marketing initiatives
for organizations such as Marriott, Sony,
Disney, FedEx and Visa International. During
his tenure, he has managed multiple projects
spanning solutions such as CRM, Online Brand
Strategy and Loyalty, and Content Management.
Normand Miron
Interactive/Creative Director
Marketel Normand is an Interactive
Creative Director who works in Montreal
for Marketel, the second largest ad agency
in Quebec. Prior to that position, he was
also Interactive Creative Director at Palm
Arnold, also located in Montreal.
Normand has spent a number of years working
on nationale interactive accounts such as
Volkswagen, Budweiser, Air Canada, Johnson
& Johnson, Rogers Wireless and Maybelline
New York. Over the last 3-4 years, Normand
has received over 50 awards from advertising
competitions around the world, most notably
the New York Festival, London International
Awards, AME Awards, Applied Arts Design
& Advertising Annual and the Digital
Marketing Awards.
Murat Kalaora
Founding Partner / Managing Director
MagiClick Digital Solutions
Murat Kalaora is the founding partner &
managing director of MagiClick Digital Solutions
(www.MagiClick.com) & MagiClick Digital
Solutions (www.MagiClickGames.com). The 40-person
interactive agency, based in Istanbul, MagiClick
is one of the most successful agencies in
the region and the largest in Turkey.
In the past 10 years Murat has led many technology
and interactive marketing projects for multinational
companies including Abbott Pharmaceuticals,
Bayer, Citibank, Dexia, Efes Pilsen, Fortis,
GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC Bank, Intel, JVC, McDonald's,
Novo Nordisk, Siemens, Unilever, Whirlpool
as well as regional corporations like Akbank,
AI Pharma, Aris, Bilim, Borusan, Finansbank,
Otokar, Yapi Kredi & Vestel.
Murat has regularly been invited as a judge
& speaker in regional interactive marketing
competitions as well as events such as Marketing
Istanbul Conference & Istanbul TIME Forum.
 Lance
Ford
Creative Director - aijalon
Lance currently serves as the Creative Director
for aijalon, a web-centric design firm specializing
in brand development, graphic design, web
technology, and marketing strategy. In helping
to establish aijalon as a creative firm, Lance
has received national and international recognition
for his work including: ADDYs, Summit Creative
Awards, Horizon Awards, Webby Awards, GDUSA
American Graphic Design Awards, regional AMA
(American Marketing Association) and AIGA
awards, as well as having work published in
the book series¹ American Corporate Identity
and Creativity.
While at aijalon Lance has worked with
local, national, and international clients
including the Nebraska State Education Association,
YMCA, The National Arbor Day Foundation,
Garner Industries, University of Nebraska
Track & Field Department, and Youth
with a Mission Taiwan. Lance is a member
of the Lincoln Federation of Advertising
and is also an Adjunct Professor at the
University of Nebraska where he teaches
an advanced graphic design course.
 Mike
Sauce
Founder, Horizon
Interactive Awards
Principal - Saucepan Creative
Mike has over 12 years multi-media project
management and development experience producing
and designing web sites, CD-ROMs, DVDs, webcasting
and media streaming. He has developed interactive
media solutions for sales, marketing, training,
business to business, direct to consumer and
publishing applications. He has been responsible
for project management, creative direction,
programming and design. Some of his clients
include: Clear Channel Entertainment, The
Indianapolis Colts, The Indianapolis Motor
Speedway, Carrier Corporation, and Eli Lilly
and Company. He has a degree in Communications
(Corporate Media), from Ball State University
in Muncie, Indiana and has attended Indiana
University's Herron School of Art.
Mike founded the Horizon Interactive Awards
in 2001 with input from a colaborative group
of designers and developers of interactive
media. The competition allows him to unite
his passion for helping small businesses
with his love for electronic art and digital business solutions.
 David
Smith
Principal, Innovative
Marketing Resource
Mr. Smith is Principal of Innovative Marketing
Resource, a business consulting firm specializing
in entrepreneurial ventures. His background
includes over 20 years of senior marketing
management experience that included directing
the new ventures departments for "Fortune
500" companies such as Texize and Dow
Brands. He directed product development, packaging
design, creative and market introduction of
several successful new products including
VIVID* All Fabric Bleach and YES* Liquid Laundry
Detergent in the consumer packaged goods industry.
He has a B.A. degree in Economics from Grove
City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania.
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Kelly McKnight
President / CEO, VIA Internet Studio
As president/ceo of VIA Internet
Studio, Kelly brings over 25 years of
marketing and advertising savvy to every web
project.
Started in 1996, VIA has built over 300
websites and currently hosts and maintains
100 sites on its own servers. Clients include
everything from banks to builders…manufacturing
to marketing firms…retailers to law
firms. With clients on both coasts, Kelly
has done a wide range of projects including
ecommerce, Intranet, database solutions
for its clients.
Over his career, Kelly has created successful
advertising campaigns
for accounts like American Airlines, Bolla
Wines, Korbel Champagne,
Greyhound, Proctor & Gamble, AT&T,
Wendy’s, American Airlines,
Kool Cigatettes, and Anheuser Busch.
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