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pAneL: InTerneT enTrepreneUrShIp
Thursday, May 10th
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Ballroom 2
Panelists:
Catherine Cook
Co-founder, myYearbook and Vice President,
Brand Strategy, Quepasa Corporation
David Cummings
CEO & Co-Founder, Pardot
Glenn McGonnigle
General Partner, TechOperators
Todd Sawicki
Chief Marketing Officer, Cheezburger Network
Moderator: Eric Gregg
Co-Founder, TechMedia
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Catherine Cook
Co-founder, myYearbook and Vice President, Brand Strategy, Quepasa
Corporation
Catherine is the Vice President, Brand Strategy for Quepasa Corporation, the
public market leader for social discovery and owner of Latin-American platform
Quepasa and North-American platform myYearbook. Catherine co-founded
myYearbook, with her brother Dave in 2005. The company merged with the
Quepasa Corporation in Nov. 2011. Catherine is responsible for creating some
of the most important applications on myYearbook and has been instrumental
in driving the site’s growth by conceiving of the next popular features. As part
of Quepasa Corp.’s management team, Catherine will continue to drive new
features that deliver on our mission -- to be the best place to meet new people.
David Cummings
CeO & Co-Founder, Pardot
David has been an entrepreneur for over a decade. In early 2001, David founded
Hannon Hill, which was recognized as the 247th fastest growing company in
the U.S. by Inc. magazine as part of the Inc. 500 awards. In early 2007, David
co-founded Pardot, which was recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as
the fastest growing technology company in 2010 and the third fastest-growing
company in all of Atlanta that same year. David also co-founded Clickscape
real estate technology (clickscape.com), Rigor web performance management
(rigor.com), and SalesLoft sales intelligence (salesloft.com). David blogs at
DavidCummings.org, and is author of the book Startup Upstart and co-author of
the book Think Outside the Inbox, both available on Amazon.com.
Glenn McGonnigle
General Partner, TechOperators
Glenn McGonnigle is a General Partner at TechOperators. Prior to launching
TechOperators, Glenn was most recently Chairman and CEO of Atlanta-based
VistaScape Security Systems, a leading provider of enterprise intelligent video
surveillance software where he was recruited by the company’s board to raise
capital and grow the business. He subsequently oversaw the successful sale
of the company to Siemens Building Technologies. An authority on IT and
physical security convergence and a frequent contributor and expert speaker
for numerous industry publications and events, Glenn helped shape President
Bush’s 2005 National Strategy for Maritime Security.
Todd Sawicki
Chief Marketing Officer, Cheezburger Network
Todd is the Chief Marketing Officer at Cheezburger Network, the largest online
humor publisher in the world. He is an entrepreneur at heart with more than
16 years of experience in online startups, media companies and everything in
between. Todd has worked in senior sales and marketing management with
many startups including most recently Lookery and is on the advisory boards for
Wetpaint and BuddyTV.
Moderator: Eric Gregg
Co-Founder, TechMedia
Eric co-founded TechMedia, which produces technology and entrepreneurial
events including Digital Summit, Southeast Venture Conference, Digital East,
and the upcoming Internet Summit. Eric brings his previous experience in venture
capital and the startup community to help continue to foster entrepreneurship in
the southeast and mid-atlantic along with the rest of the TechMedia team. He
also serves as Publisher for TechJournal.org, covering the latest trends and best
practices in the digital world.
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