Gerry Campbell
Senior Vice President
AOL Search

Gerry Campbell joined America Online in 2001 and brings with him more than ten years of experience in Internet search and online business management.

As Senior Vice President for the AOL Search and Directional Media Group, Gerry Campbell oversees one of the key business and product groups within America Online's Web Audience division. Properties Gerry directly oversees include: AOL Search; AOL Local Search and Yellow Pages; Netscape Search; and AOL eCommerce Search products. These properties are also central to the overall growth and success of the AOL Audience Group, which includes the free AOL.com Web portal, AIM, MapQuest and other leading brands and services.

Previously, Gerry served as Vice President and General Manager of AOL Search, where he oversaw business activities for AOL Search, including all search-based revenue and advertising initiatives.

Prior to joining AOL, Gerry served as Director of Product Strategy for AltaVista's commerce group where he was responsible for product marketing, integration of commerce into Web search and partner services for the company's CPC shopping engine. Gerry has also held product marketing and business management positions with Compaq and CompuServe, as well as co-founded Bounce Networks, a digital media startup.

Gerry received his MBA as well as his Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Media from The Ohio State University.

Eric Chandler is president – Internet Division for Verizon Information Services (VIS), the nation’s most advanced provider of yellow pages and shopping information. VIS’ products include Verizon Yellow Pages, SuperPages.com and SuperPages On the Go.

Chandler leads the rollout of advanced Internet/Web products and pay for performance advertising solutions, ensuring the continued evolution of SuperPages.com as an easy-to-use and effective Internet medium for linking buyers and advertisers.

Previously, Chandler served as executive director – E-commerce Marketing, where he managed SuperPages.com products and the user experience. Prior to that he served as director – Innovation and Development, overseeing all new product improvements associated with Verizon Information Services’ Internet and wireless applications.

He began his Verizon career in 1989, advancing through positions of increasing responsibility in the Marketing and Distribution areas. Chandler holds a master’s degree in business administration from Southern Methodist University, a financial planning certificate from the University of California – Irvine and a bachelor of science degree in electrical and computer engineering from Ohio State University.

Dan Gillmor

Blogger and Author
Founder and Director

The Center for Citizen Media

My principal gig these days is the Center for Citizen Media, a joint project with Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the University of California-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. 

I also write articles and have published a book called We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People (2004; O'Reilly Media), and am working on a new book about media in the digital age. The paperback version of We the Media will be released in January 2006.

In 2005 worked on citizen media through Grassroots Media Inc. From 1994-2005 I was a columnist at the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper, and wrote a weblog for SiliconValley.com. I joined the Mercury News after six years with the Detroit Free Press. Before that, I was with the Kansas  City Times and several newspapers in Vermont.

During the 1986-87 academic year I was a journalism fellow at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where I studied history, political theory and economics. 

Before becoming a journalist I played music professionally for seven years.

Safa Rashtchy
Senior Research Analyst - Internet Media and Marketing Managing Director
Piper Jaffray

Safa Rashtchy is a managing director of Piper Jaffray and a senior research analyst focused on Internet media and marketing. He joined Piper Jaffray as a research analyst in 1997 and has published several technical papers and presented at various industry conferences.

Rashtchy has been ranked for his research in Institutional Investor magazine for the past three years and was named to The Wall Street Journal's "2002 Best on the Street" analyst survey. Rashtchy also consistently enjoys the top ranking for his earnings accuracy, as compiled by Starmine. He is quoted regularly in many top publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, BusinessWeek, and Fortune, and he makes regular appearances on CNBC and CNNfn.