Speakers

Joe Perez
Executive Vice President
Product Marketing & Community
Demand Media

As part of the founding team, Joe drives strategy for each of Demand Media's products as well as marketing and communities. He draws from more than 15 years of Internet-specific marketing, product management, operations and business development experience, with a specialization in creating, developing and managing online communities and social networks.

Prior to Demand Media, Joe held executive and management positions at iWin.com, Intermix Media, Pulse, Excite@Home and TEN/Pogo.com. Joe was head of Product Strategy and Development at iWin.com, a casual games publisher and community site. At Intermix, Joe was Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and Network Operations where he oversaw product and operations for a network of over 35 different websites. Joe also managed the team that developed the social networking platform that powers various online communities, including: Grab.com (casual games), FoxSports.com and AmericanIdol.com. While at TEN/Pogo.com, Joe created the Professional Gamers League (PGL), the first professional league for computer gaming.

You can follow Joe's Twitterstream at twitter.com/joeperez or check out his very interesting Curious Joe blog on LIVE STRONG .COM. You can also read Joe's article " It Starts with Soul - The Evolution of a Community" on the corporate blog.