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Directory Driven Commerce
2005 Virtual
Conference
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Sponsored by
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George Burnett President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Dex
Media, Inc.
George Burnett
joined Dex Media as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
upon consummation of the Dex East Acquisition. He served as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Qwest Dex from February
2001 until September 2003 and as of March 2004, serves as a Director
and Chairman of the Yellow Pages Integrated Media Association,
YPIMA. He joined Qwest as Chief Marketing Officer in August 2000. In
2000, he served as President and CEO of the Mass Market Retail Group
of American Electric Power. Prior to holding that position, he spent
six years at AT&T as President of Local Services, General
Manager of two market segments and General Manager of Card and
Operator Services. In addition, he worked for 14 years at D’Arcy
Masius Benton and Bowles, a worldwide advertising agency. Mr.
Burnett received an A.B. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from
Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School.
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Katherine J.
Harless President, Verizon Information Services Vice Chair,
YPA
Katherine J.
(Kathy) Harless has been president of Verizon Information Services
(VIS), the nation’s most advanced provider of yellow pages and
related shopping information, since 2000. VIS publishes more than
1,100 SuperPages yellow pages directories in 38 states and operates
the nation’s number-one Internet yellow pages, SuperPages.com, which
now provides access to merchandise information, shopping sites,
product comparisons and eBay auctions. VIS also offers listings,
maps, driving directions and an assortment of consumer services over
cell phones through SuperPages On the Go, which is available through
Verizon Wireless and through other carriers. VIS is also the largest
publisher of Hispanic directories in the U.S.
Prior to being
named VIS president, Harless served as president of GTE Airfone,
where she directed overall operations, including the expansion of
air-to-ground public telecommunications services in the United
States and other countries.
Harless began
her GTE career in 1973 in her hometown of San Angelo, Texas,
carrying out assignments of increasing responsibility in finance,
sales, marketing and operations before being named regional
president for GTE Telephone Operations in Texas and New Mexico in
1994.
She serves on
the board of directors for the Yellow Pages Association, the Toro
Company and the Verizon Foundation. She also serves on the advisory
board of the University of Texas McCombs School of Business and is a
member of the Committee of 200 and Leadership America.
Harless earned a
bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Texas at
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Charles
Stubbs President and Chief Executive Officer YellowPages.com
LLC
Charles Stubbs
is President and CEO of Pasadena, California-based YellowPages.com,
a joint venture between SBC Yellow Pages and BellSouth Advertising
and Publishing. The venture, announced in November of 2004, will
combine SBC SMARTpages.com, BellSouth® RealPages.com and
YellowPages.com under one intuitive brand – YellowPages.com in 2005.
Mr. Stubbs, will lead a company aimed at providing a leading
Internet Yellow Pages distribution network to SBC, BellSouth and
YellowPages.com local and national advertisers. The YellowPages.com
distribution network will provide more than 70 million monthly
searches to advertisers.
Prior to being
named President and CEO of YellowPages.com, Mr. Stubbs served as
President of BellSouth IntelliVentures, the electronic media
division of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Group, which
produced substantial advertiser and revenue growth for
RealPages.com, from 2001 until 2004. From 1996 to 1999 Mr. Stubbs
worked with BellSouth as a key leader in the launch of
RealPages.com.
Before leading
the BellSouth RealPages.com team, Mr. Stubbs was Executive Vice
President of Infospace, a Bellevue, Washington-based diversified
technology and services company that develops and markets Internet
and wireless solutions for a wide range of customers including
consumers, merchants, wireless operators, content brands, and
financial institutions. In this role, Mr. Stubbs was responsible for
the company’s wireline division, including advertising and licensing
revenue. Mr. Stubbs succeeded in leading significant increases in
revenues, while reducing operating expenses.
Mr. Stubbs
earned an M.B.A from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN and an
undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
Charles and his
wife Debbie are the proud parents of two daughters.
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Marc
Tellier President and Chief Executive Officer Yellow Pages
Group
Marc P. Tellier
is President and CEO of Yellow Pages Group, Canada’s largest
directories publisher. He was previously President and CEO of Bell
ActiMedia, a company acquired through the most important leveraged
buyout in Canadian history. As head of Yellow Pages Group, Mr.
Tellier completed the largest-ever initial public offering in the
income trust sector in Canada.
Prior to his
current position, Mr. Tellier was an officer of Bell Canada and
served as Senior Vice President - Partnership Development. He was
responsible for the launch of the first telco commercial high-speed
Internet service in North America. He also served as President and
Chief Executive Officer of Sympatico-Lycos, Canada's leading
Internet properties.
Marc P. Tellier
began his career at Bell Canada in 1990 after graduating from the
University of Ottawa with a Bachelor's degree in Economics. In less
than a decade, he has become a key player in the expansion and
transformation of the Canadian communications and media
industries.
In 2000, Mr.
Tellier was honoured for his leadership, vision, innovation,
achievements and impact by being named one of Canada's Top Forty
under Forty™. Mr. Tellier is a member of the board of directors of
the Yellow Pages Association (YPA). He is president of the 2004-2005
Quebec Arthritis Society fund raising campaign for the small and
medium-sized enterprises. He was also involved in the Banff Film
Festival as a member of the Governor's Council and in United Way for
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Joe
Walsh President and Chief Executive Officer Yellow Book
USA
Joe Walsh is the
President and CEO of Yellow Book USA, the nation’s oldest and
largest independent publisher of yellow pages. Joe entered the
yellow pages business in 1982 when he co-founded IYP Publishing, a
company he later sold to DataNational. He served as Vice President
of Sales for DataNational until joining Yellow Book in 1987.
Under his
leadership and vision, Yellow Book USA has experienced unprecedented
growth, making it one of the largest yellow pages publishers in the
nation. With approximately 900 directories and a circulation of over
100 million, Yellow Book products are achieving tremendous success
in markets from coast to coast and are supported by a national
branding campaign that has raised their awareness.
Joe was awarded
Ernst and Young’s “Master Entrepreneur of the Year” award in New
York, he’s been featured in Forbes Magazine’s “Entrepreneurs
- Up and Comers” and was featured on the front page of the Wall
Street Journal in April of 2004, in an article titled, “Yellow
Book USA Grabs Business from Baby Bells with Cheap Ads”. He was an
ADM board member for two years.
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