- Ted Leonsis
Theodore "Ted" J. Leonsis is a pioneer of the Internet and new media, a sports team owner, and an active philanthropist. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1957 to Greek immigrant parents, their goal was for their only son to become educated and go to a good college.. As one of the country's premiere business leaders, Leonsis is a Vice Chairman of AOL LLC. He is also the majority owner of Lincoln Holdings LLC, … - David Lawrence
David Lawrence is an American radio host, webpage designer, voice actor and author. He is the anchor and executive producer of the award-winning network music show, The Net Music Countdown. He is an Emmy Award winner and Clio Award winner. In addition to the Net Music Countdown, he is also host of the daily The David Lawrence Show and weekend Online Tonight, both nationally syndicated radio talk shows that revolve around pop culture and the high-tech lifestyle. - Barry Schuler
Mr. Schuler has focused on developing emerging technologies into successful enterprises for the last 25 years. An Internet pioneer, Barry spent more than seven years with AOL, where he was the chief architect of the products and services that brought the Internet to the consumer. Most recently Barry served as chairman and chief executive officer of AOL. Barry was CEO and co-founder of multimedia design firm Medior Inc. Until its acquisition by AOL in 1995. - Mark Walsh
Mark Walsh is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. Walsh is the managing partner of Ruxton Ventures, LLC, a private equity and investment firm he founded in early 2001. He is also a senior executive fellow at the University of Maryland's Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. His former jobs include CEO of VerticalNet, America Online executive, and president of GEnie. - Jason Smathers
Jason Smathers is a former employee of America Online. In February 2005, Smathers pled guilty to violations of the US CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Smathers was accused and convicted of illegally selling approximately 92 million AOL member screen names, belonging to 30 million AOL customers, to a third party, who then sold the list to many spammers. Smathers made $28,000 on the initial sale. The third party, Sean Dunaway, then sold the list for $52,000 to each spammer. - Andy Belmont
Andy Belmont (born November 20, 1957 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania) is a stock car racer. Belmont began racing at an early age before moving south. In 1987, he was named the NASCAR Dash Series Rookie of the Year, then he won the championship the next year as a car owner. In 1989, Belmont made his Winston Cup debut at the Peak Performance 500, starting 35th and finishing 29th after his #04 Ford Thunderbird suffered braking failure. He would run that same race two years later, … - Steve Case
Steve Case , Chairman As a businessman and philanthropist, Steve Case invests in diverse for-profit and nonprofit enterprises, with a particular interest in health care and the economic and social sustainability of Hawaii, his home state. To that end, he and his wife, Jean Case, created the Case Foundation in 1997. In April 2005, Steve launched Revolution, a company that seeks to drive transformative change by shifting power to consumers. - Susan Mernit
Susan Mernit (b. January 23) is an executive at Yahoo! Personals, a technology and media consultant based in Palo Alto, California and a former vice president of Netscape and America Online. As an executive, Mernit launched several corporate media sites since introducing Scholastic Press on America Online in 1992. She developed the children's educational site Yuckiest Site on the Internet with Jeff Jarvis and served as the editor of New Jersey Online. - Jim Kimsey
James V. ("Jim") Kimsey (born 1939 in Washington, D.C.) was the co-founder, CEO, and first chairman of internet service provider America Online (AOL). - Ken Novack
Ken Novack, a Dartmouth College alumnus, is an American lawyer who currently sits on the board of BBN Technologies and is a special advisor to General Catalyst Partners. From 1998 until 2003 he served as Vice Chairman for America Online and then Time-Warner after the two companies merged. Early in his career, from 1966 to 1998, Novack served as an attorney with the firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, PC ("Mintz"). - Timothy R. McVeigh
Timothy R. McVeigh was a member of the U.S. Navy, best known as the first person to ever win a case against the U.S. military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy. The Navy alleged that he declared his homosexuality on his publicly-available America Online email account with screen name "boysrch". The Navy contacted AOL and requested the subscriber profile of screen name "boysrch" through a paralegal. AOL confirmed that his profile indicated his marital status as homosexual. - Brian Alvey
Brian Alvey along with Jason Calacanis co-founded the publishing company Weblogs, Inc., home to such blogs as Engadget, Autoblog, Joystiq, TV Squad Cinematical and Slashfood. Time Warner's America Online purchased Weblogs, Inc. in October 2005. In November 2006, AOL also purchased the blogging platform Blogsmith which Alvey built. Blogsmith is used to power Weblogs, Inc. and other AOL blogs such as TMZ.com. - Regis McKenna
Regis McKenna is best known for helping start several Silicon Valley firms during the 1970s and 1980s with his own marketing firm, Regis McKenna, Inc. founded in 1970. McKenna retired from consulting in 2000 and is concentrating his efforts on high tech entrepreneurial seed-ventures. McKenna and his firm worked with a number of start-ups during their formation years including America Online, Apple Computer, Compaq, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Intel, Lotus Software, … - Peter Greenberg
Peter S. Greenberg is perhaps best known as the Travel Editor for NBC's "Today", but is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and producer in his own right. Also known as the "Travel Detective"--he has published several books with that moniker--Greenberg was brought to NBC's "Today" by Jeff Zucker. Previously, Greenberg was a correspondent for Newsweek, among other publications. - J. Michael Straczynski
Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is an award-winning American writer/producer of television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. He is also a playwright, journalist and author of a well-regarded tome on scriptwriting. He was the creator, executive producer and head writer for the science fiction TV series "Babylon 5" and its spin-off "Crusade". Straczynski wrote 91 out of the 110 "Babylon 5" episodes, … - Marc Seriff
Marc Seriff (born 5 May 1948 in Austin, Texas) is a programmer who, along with Steve Case, Jim Kimsey and others, was a co-founder of America Online. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and earned graduate degrees at MIT. - Ytcracker
Bryce Case, Jr. (b. August 23, 1982), otherwise known as YTCracker, is a rapper, former hacker, and Internet entrepreneur. YTCracker began producing rap music in 1998 in the genre that has since become known as nerdcore hip hop. His early work mainly focused on documenting and amusing the participants of the America Online hacking scene. YTCracker is a self-proclaimed "jack of all trades", also making a name for himself as a professional disc jockey, … - Doc Holliday
Doc Holliday is a radio personality. His career began during high school in early 1979 in New Jersey. He was the anchor of the Doc & Johnny Morning Show for over 17years, before resigning in March of 2007. Currently, Doc is the arena announcer for the Orlando Predators (AFL). He was also the announcer for "Family Double Dare" in its last season (1992-1993). Other appearances on the airwaves include Clear Channel's 740 The Team and ESPN SportsTalk Radio. - Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben is a writer and activist on global warming, alternative energy, and the need to reshape our economy and our communities. His first book, The End of Nature , was the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has been printed in more than 20 languages. In late summer 2006, Bill helped lead a five-day walk across Vermont to demand action on global warming that some newspaper accounts called the largest demonstration to date in America about climate change. - William von Meister
William F. von Meister (1941/1942-May 18, 1995) was an American entrepreneur who founded and participated in a number of startup ventures in the Washington, DC area. These included Control Video Corporation, a predecessor company to AOL, and The Source, an early BBS. He was considered a near-legendary dealmaker and a pioneering figure in the online services industry. William von Meister died of cancer in Great Falls, Virginia at the age of 53 - Elwood Edwards
Elwood Edwards is an American voice over actor. He is best known as the voice of the Internet service provider America Online, which he first recorded in 1989. His greetings include "Welcome," "You've got mail," "You've got pictures," "File's done," and "Goodbye." In 1989, Edwards's wife overheard online service Q-Link CEO Steve Case describe how he wanted to add a voice to its user interface. In October Edwards's voice premiered on AOL's new program. - Damon Lusk
Damon Lusk (born September 18, 1977, in Kennewick, Washington), is a stock car racer. Lusk entered NASCAR in 1999, when he drove the AOL/Kleenex Chevy for three races NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Northwest Series. He qualified on the outside pole at Portland Speedway and after three starts, he attracted the eye of Jimmy Spencer. - Ann Kirschner
Dr. Ann Kirschner is the University Dean of the CUNY Honors College . She began her career as a lecturer in Victorian literature at Princeton University, where she earned a Ph.D. in English. ... A frequent contributor to conferences and publications on higher education and interactive media, Kirschner was named one of New York Magazine's "Millennium New Yorkers" and honored as a distinguished graduate of Princeton University. - John H. N. Fisher
John H. N. Fisher is a venture capitalist, best known for being a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), with Timothy C. "Tim" Draper, and Steven "Steve" Jurvetson. He is also currently on the boards of companies CMI Marketing, Hands On Mobile (formerly MFORMA), Raydiance, Inc., Selectica, and Visto. He currently lives in San Francisco. - Michael Gilden
Michael Gilden (b. September 22, 1962 - d. December 5, 2006) was an American actor with dwarfism (height 4ft 6in or 1.37 m). He lived and worked in Los Angeles. Gilden performed or did stunt work in a variety of television series and films, including "Charmed", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Family Law", "Cybill", "NCIS_(TV series)" and "Pulp Fiction", … - Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world, and an activist for open standards. O'Reilly Media also publishes online through the O'Reilly Network and hosts conferences on technology topics, including the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, and the Web 2.0 Conference. - Arno Political Consultants
Arno Political Consultants is a company based in Sacramento, California, which collects signatures on petitions to qualify ballot initiatives. The company was founded in 1979 by Michael Arno. The company reports that its former and current clients include Wal-Mart, Phillip Morris, RJ Reynolds, Proctor & Gamble, Kodak, Occidental Petroleum, Mobil Oil, AT&T, and America Online. - Glenn Marcus
Glenn Marcus (born c.1954) is a man convicted of forced labor and sex trafficking in March 2007, because of his conduct in a sadomasochistic relationship with his former girlfriend known as "Jodi". Marcus, also known online as "GMYourGod", operated Slavespace.com, an adult website with pictures of his "slaves." Jodi testified at trial that she consented to the relationship with Marcus from 1998, after she met him in an AOL chat room, until October 1999. - Idit Harel Caperton
Idit Harel Caperton, Ph.D. (born September 18 1958 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an educational psychologist and epistemologist specializing in the study of the impact of computer-based new media technology on the social and academic development of children. Her research, along with that of Seymour Papert, has contributed to the development of constructionist learning theory, a hands-on approach to the use of technology as a tool in juvenile education and acculturation. - Steve Pariso
Steve Pariso began programming (computers) at age 11. His early (university) work was shown at the Whitney Museum of Art and the Art Directors Club in New York. The software he designed is distributed internationally. At 19, Pariso worked as a designer and assistant to Lou Dorfsman (the creative luminary and forefather of CBS ). - James M. Brady
James M. Brady, known as Jim Brady, is an American journalist and the Executive Editor of the washingtonpost.com since November 2004. Brady was born in Queens, New York City and grew up in Huntington, New York. He graduated from the American University with a degree in journalism in 1989. Brady began his career as a sportswriter at the "Post" in 1987 and has worked as a sports editor, managing news editor, and in other capacities, … - R. Adrián Lamo
Adrian Lamo (born 1981) is an infamous former grey hat hacker and journalist, principally known for breaking into a series of high-security computer networks, and his subsequent arrest. Best known among these were his intrusions into "The New York Times" and Microsoft. He is also known for attempting to identify security flaws in computer networks of Fortune 500 companies and then notifying them of any found; while still illegal in many places without permission, … (source: Wikipedia) - Stephen Bollenbach
Stephen F. Bollenbach has been the Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hilton Hotels Corporation since February 1996. Bollenbach graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles. - America 9.0 -America Online
America Online is here to serve you with all your interenet purposes and needs. - Zoë Baird
Zoë Eliot Baird is an American lawyer. She was Bill Clinton's first unsuccessful nominee for attorney general in 1993. She is currently the President of the Markle Foundation and is on the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution. Baird withdrew her name from consideration for the attorney general position when it was learned that she had hired illegal aliens to serve as her chauffeur and nanny. - Victor Wachter
Victor Wachter Online Community Relations Manager, Cryptic Studios Victor Wachter is the online community relations manager, overseeing community relations on Marvel Universe Online and Cryptics future games. - America Online
- Bob Bejan
Bob leads PBJS, and its vision, in four areas: Creative Services, Media and Digital Marketing, Production Services, and Strategic Communications. Prior to this role, Bob was the founder and CEO of Optimobius, Inc., which merged in March 2006 with Seattle-based Insight Creative to form PBJS. Bob held executive positions with Microsoft Corporation from 1996 to 2003 where he was hired as the Executive Producer for MSN to lead the creation of all original content and programming. - Tobias Dengel
Tobias Dengel Executive Vice President, LEADS.com Mr. Dengel joined us as our executive vice president, Leads.com in April 2005. Mr. Dengel served as president and chief operating officer of Leads.com, Inc. from its inception in June 2003 until its acquisition by us in April 2005. From August 2002 until co-founding Leads.com in June 2003, Mr. Dengel was vice president, AOL Yellow Pages and Digital Cities with America Online, Inc., an Internet company. - Tatiana Platt
Tatiana Gau: senior vice president, Integrity Assurance, for America Online. Worked on the nation strategy's recommendations for home users and small businesses.
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