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DAM Advisory Board
| Joseph Bachana, President, DPCI www.databasepublish.com |
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Mr. Bachana began his career in the late 1980's at the New York Times in its Production Technology Group. He furthered his career at the Associated Press as technical services manager for AP AdSend, the digital delivery system from advertisers to AP member newspapers. Mr. Bachana went on to be senior Project Manager at I.M.A.G.E. Inc, then Senior Account Manager at Inacom, before founding DPCI in April, 1999. A native of New York, Mr. Bachana is a graduate of both Brown (BA) and Columbia (GS) Universities and holds PMP certification from the Project Management Institute. Mr. Bachana serves on the editorial board of Palgrave-Macmillan's Journal for DAM, , is a guest lecturer on Multi-Channel Publishing, Content Management and Digital Asset Management at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Henry Stewart Symposium, and other industry conferences. |
| Janet Gardner, Founding Partner, the Perspective Media Group www.perspective.tv |
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A founding partner in the Perspective Media Group, Janet Gardner has more than fifteen years experience in media management technology, production and applications development for media rich industries. Janet was honored as one of the Top Ten New Media Executives for 2001 by Electronic Media Magazine based on her strength in merging available media management technologies with business workflow. Janet spearheads the Group's strategic studies and along with Perspective Media Group's senior partners help clients move forward with media management solutions and strategies by leveraging what is possible today and viable tomorrow. An active participant and leader in the entertainment, media management, object oriented analysis, design and database fields, Janet is a frequent speaker, track chair and workshop lead at notable conferences such as SMPTE, Seybold, Content World, Object Expo, OOPSLA, Object World and others. Janet received her MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BS and BARCH from Ball State University. |
| Michael Moon, President & CEO, GISTICS Incorporated www.gistics.com |
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Executives worldwide recognize Michael Moon as a dynamic lecturer and leading authority on governance systems for managing global multichannel brands. Michael and his team advise international-brand corporations including Amway, Boeing, Disney, Gap, General Motors, FCB, Hallmark, Hasbro, Leo Burnett, Nokia, SanomaWSOY, TeliaSonera, Thomson Corporation, VF Corp, and Warner Bros. Michael's book, Firebrands: Building Brand Loyalty in the Internet Age, is available in 13 languages. |
| Andrew Salop, Metaseed.NET www.metaseed.net |
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Andrew Salop has 15+ years experience driving the definition, marketing and evangelism of award-winning digital media technologies and tools. He spearheads Metaseed.NET's media technology practice, helping clients develop strategies, frame products and build communities. As chair of the Content Metadata Summit, he periodically gathers a who's who of market stakeholders to prioritize industry requirements and distill best practices. Previously, Andrew led Adobe's DAM strategy and founded the XMP initiative, which catalyzed industry awareness of metadata and its application. He also drove Adobe's Creative platform strategy, engaging partners to define integration requirements for multi-system solutions. His earlier work at Apple pioneered the introduction of multimedia tools into creative environments around the world. |
| Madi Solomon, Independent Taxonomy Consultant www.taxonomysociety.com |
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Madi Solomon is currently an independent consultant and taxonomy analyst specializing in rich media. As the former Corporate Taxonomist for The Walt Disney Company, she developed standards & practices for metadata (core element set and moving image), cataloguing guidelines, corporate taxonomy and media ontology. She is the Co-chair of the AMIA (Association for Moving Image Archivists) Digital Initiatives Metadata Sub-Committee, member of the LOC ‘s (Library of Congress) Moving Image Collections Cataloging and Metadata Working Group, and a contributor to the ISAN Best Practices for Audiovisual Works. Prior to Disney, she was Project Associate at the Getty Information Institute in Standards and Vocabularies and Curatorial Assistant for the Eli Broad Art Foundation. |
| Skiff Wager, SKIFF: A Consulting Company |
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Skiff Wager has over 30 years experience in the Print & Publishing, Music, and Broadcast & Cable markets for corporations like Xerox, MCA Records, Universal and Scripps Networks. Skiff has been a pioneer in setting the practice standards for global DAM initiatives. He guides both technology and investment companies as an industry expert and has guided the launch of over a dozen digital initiatives. His Practice Group provides support for strategic business planning, investments and resource management for both corporate business units and start-up operations. |
| Beth Weesner, Principal, Marketing Transformation Services www.marketingtransformation.com |
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As Founder of MTS and an early pioneer in the MRM space, Beth has advised hundreds of marketing executives on how to successfully execute the vision of Enterprise Marketing Management and has been instrumental in guiding over 40 client engagements. Beth’s business foundation includes more than six years working with marketing automation field leaders as an industry expert. She was responsible for guiding product development, marketing, sales, analyst and investor relations and held key roles in the Marketing Resource Management (MRM), Marketing Automation and Marketing Performance Management groups with industry leaders such as Aprimo and Unica. |
