- Barry Wellman
Barry Wellman, FRSC (b. 1942) directs NetLab as the S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. His areas of research are community sociology, the Internet, human-computer interaction and social structure, as manifested in social networks in communities and organizations. His overarching interest is in the paradigm shift from group-centered relations to "networked individualism". He has written more than 300 articles, chapters, reports and books.
- Caterina Fake
What she does: The co-founder of Flickr (now owned by Yahoo), Fake was one of the pioneers of the site-based photo sharing model. Before Flickr, sharing photographs meant sending them piecemeal as email attachments. The site is now widely used as a photo repository by individuals and companies alike. How she got there: Fake graduated with a BA in English from Vassar.
- Ronald S. Burt
Ronald S. Burt is the Hobart W. Williams Professor of Sociology and Strategy at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is most notable for his research and writing on social networks and social capital, particularly the concept of structural holes in a social network. He is the author of several books on sociology, organization behavior and network analysis, …
- Nan Lin
Nan Lin is a professor in Sociology at Duke University. Since July 2006, he has been Oscar L. Tang Family Professor of Sociology in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences of Duke University. His research interests are in social networks and social capital, the life stress process (especially social support as resources), social stratification and mobility, and Chinese societies.
- Douglas R. White
Douglas R. White (1942) is an American complexity researcher, social anthropologist, sociologist, and social network researcher at the University of California, Irvine. Born in Minneapolis in 1942, White attended the University of Michigan, Columbia University, and the University of Minnesota, where he received a B.A. in 1964, an M.A. in 1967, and a Ph.D. degree in 1969, all under advisor E. Adamson Hoebel and the CIC: Travelling Scholars Program.
- Harrison White
Harrison C. White is Professor of sociology at Columbia University. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the age of 15, and received his doctorate in Theoretical Physics from the same institution in 1955. He also received a doctorate in Sociology from Princeton University in 1960. Previously, he taught at Harvard University, University of Arizona, University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University and Edinburgh University.
- Vanessa Dimauro
Vanessa DiMauro (b. 1967) is a community builder and researcher whose work focuses on the role learning and decision-making play in online environments. Born in Hartford, Connecticut DiMauro started her career at TERC under the auspices of a National Science Foundation grant to study the ways in which professionals share information in communities of practice online. She has built online communities in business and education settings globally.
- James H. Fowler
James H. Fowler (born 1970) is an American political scientist who specializes in social networks, cooperation, and political participation. He earned a Bachelors degree from Harvard College in 1992, a Masters degree in International Relations from Yale University in 1997, and a PhD in Political Science from Harvard University in 2003. He was also a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador from 1992 to 1994.
- Anatol Rapoport
Anatol Rapoport (born May 22 1911- January 20 2007) was a Russian-born American Jewish mathematical psychologist. He was one of the founders of the general systems theory. He also contributed to mathematical biology and to the mathematical modeling of social interaction and stochastic models of contagion. He combined his mathematical expertise with psychological insights into the study of game theory, social networks and semantics.
- Joel M. Podolny
Joel Podolny was dean of the Yale School of Management from July, 2005 to October, 2008. During his time as dean, he worked closely with Yale SOM faculty, staff, students, and alumni to pioneer an integrated MBA curriculum that sets a new, higher standard for management education. Prior to coming to Yale, Podolny was professor and director of research at Harvard Business School and professor of sociology in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
- Eduardo Sciammarella
Eduardo Sciammarella is a prominent designer specializing in user interfaces for mobile and social technologies. After receiving his B.S. in Design from Chicago’s Illinois Institute of Technology, Sciammarella won the Grand Prize in Sony's 1991 International Student Design Competition. He went on to become one of the top designers at Sony, developing for numerous divisions including Sony Music, Sony Pictures, and the Sony Creative Center.
- Andrey Golub
BSc- Applied Mathematics/ Software Engineering, PhD- Systems Analysis and Design. Who's Who in the World- 2008 (Marquis), . Prof: IT/TLC/Web Project- Product Manager, Sr.Systems/ Business Analyst and Team Leader. Web: Web 2.0 Evangelist and Researcher (Marketing 2.0/ PR 2.0/ Community Manager) with some broad experience in leading Open-Community (and Open-Source) projects.Co-founder, VP and IT/Web Manager of Business Club 2.0 Milan-IN (official LinkedIn Italia supporter Club).
- Idan Gafni
Idan Gafni is an award winning mobile expert and entrepreneur. Using a creativity technique he created named “Object Pairing”, Idan harnesses innovation to create mobile value added services. Services are based on mobile interaction, contextual awareness, user-generated content, and dynamic content, using the advantages of technologies such as SMS, MMS, IVVR, and WEB technologies. In the past, Idan served as the innovation manager of Orange Israel, part of the Hutchison 3 telecom group.
- Yoshua Daely
Green Property and Resort Management. Has 30 years experience in Hospitality Industry, previously working with various hotels and resorts. Involved with The HITA properties. It is a luxury traditional home concept that will feature all exclusive private villas in a design that respects the surrounding environment, offer an enriching lifestyle experience that is based on local art, culture and community spirit.
- Chris Baldone
Information Technology Manager with broad technical experience and background relating to networking infrastructure, integrated systems, and support of enterprise solutions. Interested in companies seeking to expand with focus on people, technology, and process improvement.
- Robert Mark White
I am a 52 year old Happily Married White Male. I was Born in Austin, Texas. I am current living in Parker, Colorado. I have two daughters, one son, and one grandson. I graduated High School from Sussex County Vo-Tech in Sparta NJ. I graduated from the Community College of Denver with a AS Degree.
- Bill Austin
Accomplished Systems Engineer with extensive experience in Security and Internet Architecture, Information Systems and Project Management. Proven successes in defining and developing complex systems and problem solving involving wireless and Internet technologies as well as the invention of integrated systems applications. Internet marketing expert with extensive experience in improving bottom line performance for medium sized manufacturing and distribution company marketing efforts. . . .
- Ray van den Bel
'Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleurs des mondes possibles..' (Voltaire); Business Consultant and Coach. My background (corporate law, IT, marketing & sales, HR) enables me to understand the situation and the needs and skills of parties involved. I translate these into proper project-management which includes finding and enabling matching people, competences and workflow enhancing tools. I coach people to communicate and network effectively on Web 2.0: projecting . . .
- An de Jonghe
Headhunter for the ICT market with a business approach. (3600+ connections) Ceo of TrendQ.eu Organizer of ThinkTomorrow.eu Author of "Social Networks Around The World: How is Web 2.0 Changing Your Daily Life?"
- Alisha Wright
- Pier Carlo Pozzati
Groups and Social Networks: --------------------------- BUSINESS CLUB MILAN 'IN' - http://www.milanin.com; Founder - President; Within the Club I have worked on: - Definition of Vision, Mission, Club's development Strategy; - Management team creation and motivation. Start-up of the main management teams: Operations, Marketing, IT&Web, Finance&Controlling; Achievements: - More than 300 members in 9 months; - National newspaper articles (Corriere della Sera 23 maggio . . .
- Murty Bvns
Bookseller, Publisher, BOTB Indexer, Consultant in Office and Personal productivity tools specializing in Virtual Working. Founder of Project Vyas through which he is trying to teach people of all walks of life to use Internet for their personal and professional use. He is also part of Citizenship program proposed by Jaycees to teach Internet to ten million people over a period of time. Practitioner of advanced form of Yoga discipline called Purna Yoga an esoteric branch of Raja Yoga.
- Angela Rossoni
- David Berkowitz
Current Roles: * Director of Strategic Planning - 360i; * Columnist - MediaPost's Search Insider (100 columns to date); Other Highlights: * Speaker with OMMA East and West, Digital Media Wire's Games & Mobile Forum, Ad:Tech, Search Insider Summit, The Wall Street Transcript, Frost & Sullivan, eComXpo, Magazine Publishers of America, and other events; * Blogger: MarketersStudio.com, AdTechBlog, RichMediaToday.com, ReverseDirectMarketing.com, MarketingVox, nowEurope; * Director of . . .
- eleonora panto
In charge of technological innovation projects dealing with social network and particularly referring to knowledge communities, inclusion, social software; Technical coordinator of; KEILAB www.keilab.csp.it; SMARTLAB www.smartlab.csp.it; Project manager of the Dschola project, recognized as a best practice at national and international and selected by European Union as a finalist in the eEurope Prize eGovernment section in July 2003 http://www.dschola.it; Project Officer in the 6FP . . .
- Frieda Brioschi
- Anonymous Spocker
- Laura de Benedetto
Whenever I'm close to my goal, I set to myself a new, more difficult one to reach. Always attracted by new challenges in professional and private life. More than 6000 Linkedin professional connections
- Fred Bos
Fred Bos (Amsterdam, The Netherlands / born 1965) is a New Media Expert. Currently CEO at Akris (ICT Services) and Tressis (New Media Concepts & Marketing). In Second Life the concept director of Virtual Starry Night, a popular 3D Van Gogh exhibit. Involved in online (computer mediated) communication since 1995.
- Ross Dawson
Ross Dawson is an entertaining, engaging and highly interactive speaker who brings critical business topics to life, and leaves participants with practical take-aways on how to achieve success in our rapidly evolving economy. His broad industry and technology expertise allows him to adapt or create topics to match his clients' specific industry and concerns. ROSS DAWSON is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Human Technologies.
- Dennis R. Mortensen
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- Julian Rapp
Hi to the world :) My name is Julian Rapp. I'm 21 and I live in Seckach, a town in south of Germany. I love to meet my friends, drink cocktails, go to partys and love my computer. I am a programmer and spend much of my time trying to find new technological developments and innovations. I search a job opportunity in my environment. I study computer science and will be one better guy in this world. :D
- Jason Alba
I've worked for about10 years in internet/intranet environments as a developer and manager of sophisticated custom on-line applications. Sites have including eCommerce, intranet applications interfaceing with legacy servers for HR, Finance and Accounting, operational quality control systems in building maintenenance, online communities for higher education, and many smaller custom sites. Currently I work at designing, supporting and marketing JibberJobber which is a CRM + Career . . .
- Alessandro Longoni
Since I was born I always loved to communicate and to express my self in the most eclectic ways. My main aspiration is to be always connected with innovation and to be the first to know where the world is going. I like mentioning that I've been a huge fan of almost every rock band on the planet and I love playing soccer. Everything that is passion to me becomes part of my everyday life experience and work: Web - www.rmgconnect.it Sport - www.quasigol.it Music - www.nu-noise.com
- Mathieu Marechal
CEO of Trad Online, translation agency based in Paris, France, with offices in Italy and Spain.Providing top-notch translation, interpreting, editing & rewriting services to a wide range of companies, in various industries.Please visit our websites:www.tradonline.frwww.tradonline-italia.itwww.tradonline.eswww.sustainable-translations.com
- Cecilia Scolaro
- Dimitri Hage
Over 20 years in leadership and general management experience in sales, marketing and business development in building successful organizations for both large multi-national corporations and leading-edge technology start-up companies in the voice and data communications industry (both wireless and wireline) in the US and abroad. Strong combination of technology, sales, and operating skills to provide effective product and systems solutions to customer challenges resulting in rapid . . .
- Catherine Helzerman
- Pete Cashmore
Pete Cashmore / Mashable! : Terry Semel Resigns as Yahoo CEO , Finally
- Gianluca Magalotti