Virgin, Head of Online Marketing for the Virgin Group
Alex Hunter is the Head of Online Marketing for the Virgin Group.
Before joining Virgin Management, Alex was based in California at Virgin America, where he used the web to build a grassroots marketing campaign to garner public support for Virgin America's certification process on a tight schedule and even tighter budget. The campaign was covered by Time magazine, CNN, and CNBC, amongst others. He also oversaw the front-end development of Virgin America's website which has since won several accolades including ad:tech and Webby Award honors.
Currently based in London, Alex's work regularly takes him across the globe.
Facebook/ Sales Force
Damien Vincent is Facebook Director of sales for France. His mission will be to implement online campaigns on Facebook and to develop new marketing and advertising tools to support agencies and brands in their online strategy. Damien has eight years experience in online sales and advertising. Prior to joining Facebook, Vincent was the sales director for MySpace in France. Vincent began his career in business development in AOL's Interactive Marketing Group, and then joined Advertising.com as sales director where he led a team of sales people and account managers, and also developed and marketed advertising and marketing solutions to augment visibility and traffic for brands and advertising buyers. Damien graduated from IPAG and is fluent in English.
Editor-in-Chief, Nokia Conversations
Charlie Schick is Editor-in-Chief for Nokia Conversations
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His career at Nokia also includes kick-starting Ovi.com, launching
Nokia Lifeblog and the Series 60 Platform, and providing Internet
strategy consulting throughout the company. Prior to joining Nokia, he
was an editorial consultant for various online and print publications.
In addition to having written numerous articles for online and print
telecom publications, he has written various research papers in leading
journals and co-authored a book on advanced phone systems. One of his
dark secrets is that he spent 12 years in basic Molecular and Cellular
Biology research, reaching the level of Research Fellow and Instructor
at Children's Hospital Boston, part of the Harvard Medical School. He
has a graduate degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
His public personal site is at http://cognections.typepad.com/lifeblog.
Pourquoitucours
Jeremy Dumont is heading pourquoi tu cours (why do you run ?) a french strategic planning agency specialized in social interaction. Companies such as Carlsberg, iDTGV, LVMH have asked pourquoi tu cours to develop new products, build advertising campaigns, and design media experiences for their new interactive generation of consumers.
The agency permanently challenges the way we work today and identifies future trends throught its community platform regrouping Marketing, Communication and Media professionals.
For more information: http://pourquoitucours.fr
Head of Social Media, Ford Motor Company
The best way to describe Scott is "Renaissance Man." Friends and colleagues that know Scott from one facet of his life are very frequently surprised to learn of his interests and talents in other areas. Scott is a marketing and communications professional focused on the digital industry - specifically on social media. His career spans a number of industries such as healthcare, pharma, biotech, travel, automotive, tech, and communications, and includes a wide range of clients, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Some of Scott's clients include American Airlines, Audi, Starwood Hotels, IBM Healthcare & Life Sciences, Boston Scientific, The Coca-Cola Company, Millipore, Motorola and Kraft Foods, as well as numerous small-cap and start-up ventures. Scott is currently the head of social media for Ford Motor Company, where he holds the title Global Digital & Multimedia Communications Manager. While his role is based in the Corporate Communications area, he is a strategic advisor on all social media activities across the company. From blogger relations to marketing support to customer service to internal communications and more, social media touches many facets of Ford business, and Scott is there to ensure it is consistent across all of them. As Consigliere for crayon, LLC, Scott served as the primary point of contact for clients, representing their interests. But his role elevated his connection with the client beyond a typical account service role, counseling clients with a firm understanding of their industry, a breadth of knowledge of the landscape of new marketing, coupled with a personal approach to deepen the relationship. Scott joined crayon after three years with PJA Advertising + Marketing, a BtoB shop that specializes in the high tech and health sciences industries, where he helped clients with integrated brand campaigns and led an e-newsletter practice for a major client. Previously involved in the managed care and biotech/pharma/medical device consulting space, he has served in a variety of sales, marketing and communications roles. In addition to his marketing background, Scott is an active blogger and podcaster. He writes about issues relevant to the intersection of advertising, marketing and PR at The Social Media Marketing Blog (www.scottmonty.com) and also writes The Baker Street Blog, a literary undertaking, at www.bakerstreetblog.com. Scott has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, has guest-hosted the podcast Marketing Over Coffee, has been interviewed on numerous marketing podcasts, and is a recognized thought leader in the marketing industry. Scott received his Master's in Medical Science from Boston University's School of Medicine concurrently with his MBA from BU's Graduate School of Management. He lives in the greater Boston area with his wife and two young sons, golfs all too infrequently, and has a hidden talent for voice over work.
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