ff MASSIVE

FOUNDER AND CEO MEETUPS

7PM - 1AM ff MASSIVE PARTY

Speakers

      • Rob Cromer
      • CEO, Adcade
      • Shane Snow
      • CCO, Contently
      • Rami Essaid
      • CEO, Distil
      • Brian Schechter
      • Co-CEO, HowAboutWe
      • Ariel Garten
      • CEO, InteraXon
      • Jordan Kretchmer
      • CEO, Livefyre
      • Jordan Kretchmer is the Founder and CEO of Livefyre. Livefyre creates real-time apps that bring the social web right to any media company, digital publisher or brand site to drive live conversations, community engagement, and sharing.  Kretchmer founded the San Francisco based startup in December 2009, and has overseen its growth to the 7th largest site network on the web, delivering over 1 billion live content streams every month. Before launching Livefyre, Kretchmer was the Vice President of Brand at Current TV where he led brand and marketing efforts. Previously, he was the Digital Creative Director at Butler Shine Stern and Partners, and Vice President/Associate Creative Director at Mullen Advertising in Boston.

      • Ari Rabban
      • CEO, Phone.com
      • Rabban is a VoIP industry veteran and has been widely quoted and interviewed in publications globally.  He co- founded Phone.com after moving from Pulver Ventures where he served as managing director.  Previously, Rabban served as VP of corporate development and marketing for VocalTec, the VoIP market pioneer. He also served as president of Surf&Call and TrulyGlobal, both one of the first VoIP web based viral services.  Rabban also worked at Lucent Technologies and prior to his telecom career was a practicing attorney.  Rabban is a member of the board of directors of the NJTC (the New Jersey Technology council) and is a mentor at Techlaunch, ffVC and ERANYC.  Rabban has an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and degrees in Law and Economics from Tel-Aviv University.

      • Adam Ghetti
      • CTO, Social Fortress
      • Paul Gollash
      • CEO, Voxy
      • Karen Bantuveris
      • CEO, VolunteerSpot

ff Venture Capital presents ff MASSIVE:

9:30AM THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION
featuring: Frank Coppersmith, CEO, GameSalad; David Conover, STEM educator; & Paul Gollash, CEO, Voxy
moderated by: Jim Bower, CEO, Numedeon
10:15AM THE EVOLUTION OF ONLINE ADVERTISING
featuring: Rob Cromer, CEO, Adcade; Nova Spivack, CEO, Bottlenose; Nihal Mehta, CEO, LocalResponse; & Amaryllis Fox, CEO, Mulu.me
moderated by: Mark Schaefer, Schaefer Marketing Solutions
11:00AM WHAT IS BIG DATA?
a tech talk by Tim Gasper, Director of Product, Infochimps
11:30AM BIG DATA IN 2013
featuring: Brendan Wallace, CEO, Identified; & Tim Gasper, Director of Product, Infochimps
moderated by: Kristen Nicole, Senior Editor, SiliconANGLE.com
1:15PM ff SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
1:30PM THE NEXT GENERATION OF ONLINE SECURITY
featuring: Rami Essaid, CEO, Distil Networks; & Adam Ghetti, CTO, Social Fortress
moderated by: Elliot Lewis, Chief Security Architect, Dell
2:15PM TECHNOLOGY CROWDFUNDING THROUGH INDIEGOGO
featuring: Ariel Garten, CEO, Interaxon; Sonny Vu, Co-Founder, Misfit Wearables; & LoanMD
moderated by: Kate Drane, Technology and Design Lead, Indiegogo
3:30PM ff SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
3:45PM DISRUPTION IN CONTENT & PUBLISHING
featuring: Joe Coleman, CEO, Contently; Rami Essaid, CEO, Distil Networks; & Jordan Kretchmer, CEO, Livefyre
moderated by: Erica Berger, Director, Publisher, & Partner Development, Storyful
4:30PM BRINGING ENTERPRISE UP TO SPEED
featuring: Joe Kelly, COO, Infochimps; Jordan Kretchmer, CEO, Livefyre; Ari Rabban, CEO, Phone.com; & Adam Ghetti, CTO, Social Fortress
moderated by: Jay Rand, SorinRand
5:15PM BUILDING COMMUNITIES ONLINE
featuring: Brian Schechter, Co-CEO, HowAboutWe; Brad Wyman, Film Lead, Indiegogo; & Karen Bantuveris, CEO, VolunteerSpot
moderated by: Nicholas White, CEO, The Daily Dot
7:00PM ff MASSIVE PARTY
beverages provided by: New Amsterdam Vodka & Shellback Rum
visuals provided by: All of It Now
music provided by: St. Lucia (11pm), French Horn Rebellion (10pm), Rioux (9pm), & DJ Justin Milla
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