The Virtual Edge Institute has confirmed top industry experts and practitioners to share their knowledge at the Virtual Edge Summit 2012 to help accelerate your digital strategy and results. We’re excited that so many new speakers are coming to share their best practices. Speakers are listed alphabetically by first name, and are subject to change. New speakers are being added as we receive their listing information.
Aaron Cole, Director of Business Management, Clear Skies Virtual Event Producers
Adam Arthur, CDC Virtual Platform Initiative Lead, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Alison Burns, Manager, Virtual Meetings, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Annie Yuzzi, Director of Marketing, Partner Enablement and Events
Carla Kincaid-Yoshikawa, Co-Founder and Director, Training in the 21st Century
Caroline Avey, Director, Innovative Learning Solutions & Learning Strategist, ACS (Xerox)
Dannette Veale, Digital Engagements and Technology, Cisco
Dave Nielsen, Founder, CloudCamp
David Rich, Senior VP, Strategy & Planning, Worldwide, George P. Johnson
David Wilkins, VP Taleo Research, Taleo
Dennis Shiao, Director of Product Marketing, INXPO
Emilie Barta, Hybrid Event Consultant/Virtual Emcee
Emilie Bridon, Digital Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Emma King, VP of Learning, INXPO
Eric Olson, General Manager, SMB Events
Erica St. Angel, VP Marketing, Sonic Foundry
Gregg McGrath, Marketing Manager, Meetings & Exhibits, American Society for Microbiology
Jim Parker, President, Digitell, Inc.
John Graham, President and CEO, ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership
John Jainschigg, CEO, World2Worlds
John Pollard, Event Services Program Director, Sonic Foundry
Jon Jenkins, Director, Product Team, Coe-Truman Technologies, Inc.
Jonathan Finkelstein, Founder & Executive Producer, LearningTimes
Kathleen Connolly, VP, UBM Studios
Kathryn Barrett, Webcast & Online Event Producer, O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Kathy Visser-May, US Marketing Channels and Analytics Director, Microsoft Corporation
Kevin Novak, Vice President of Integrated Web Strategy and Technology, AIA
Khalid Raza, Community Manager, IBM
Kristin Beaulieu, SVP Sales & Development, East, UBM Studios
Lance Simon, Vice President of Client Services, iCohere, Inc.
Larry Cook, Sr. Manager, Events, IBM
Mark Coe, President, Coe-Truman Technologies, Inc.
Michael Kushner, VP, Digital Media Strategy, UBM Studios
Michele Brouse, CMP, CASE, Manager of Distance Education, HIMSS
Mike Brown, Founder, The Brainzooming Group
Neda Mobasser, Online Customer Engagement Project Manager, Dell
Phil Tierney, Enterprise Architect, Intel
Ray Hansen, Partner, AppEvision
Richard Erb, Managing Director, Robotics Trends
Ron Allen, Marketing Solution Manager for Virtual Events, Microsoft Corporation
Roz Greenfield, Co-Founder and Director, Training in the 21st Century
Samuel J. Smith, CEO , Interactive Meeting Technology
Scott Lum, Digital Marketing Manager, Events, Microsoft Corporation
Shannon L. Ryan, CEO, ArchetypeDNA
Jonathan “Skip” Cox, Chief Executive Officer & President, Exhibit Surveys, Inc.
Stacey Clement, Marketing Director, PTC
Staci Clark, Sr. Manager, Cisco Live Global Marketing Strategist, Cisco
Steph Pfeilsticker, Senior Event Planner, Thrivent Financial
Stephanie Martinez, CIO, Professional Media Group
Steve Gershik, Principal, 28 Marketing
Steve Gogolak, Director of Media & Webcasting, Cramer
Tara Thomas, Vice President, Global Marketing, Certain Software
Terry Schmidt, Sr. Manager, Virtual Meetings, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Todd Tolbert, Sr. Vice President, Strategic Content Solutions
Tony Lorenz, Founder, bxb Online
Todd Kotlarek, Director of Events, Trade Press Media
Todd Hutchings, Director of Distance Learning, Ontario Hospital Association
The Virtual Edge Team is available to answer any of your questions or special requests at: info at virtual edge dot org 
