Evyenia Wilkins

DoYouBuzz, Inc.

Evy is the COO of DoYouBuzz Inc, a unique online resume service that gets professionals recognized for their potential.  She has lived and worked on three continents. In a previous life she managed environmental protection projects in Sierra Leone and handled communications for a biodiversity investment fund. Her formative years were spent at the University of Minnesota and Sciencescom (Nantes, France). She also photographs squished plums, which will either repulse or inspire you. Check out her online resume.

Steve Cochrane

VidSF & Gruntled Manufacture

Steve is a freelance web designer and front-end developer, and he finds this whole internet thing fascinating. When he’s not making websites, Steve battles a crippling videogame addiction, occasionally inconveniences his roommate by playing drums, and neglects his personal site at http://stevecochrane.com. You can email him at hq [at] stevecochrane.com.

Anne Gomez

faberNovel, Inc. & pariSoma Innovation Loft

Anne works with the pariSoma & faberNovel team, building the “bridge” between San Francisco and Paris by enabling innovation and ideas to flow. A recent graduate in Product Design, she is excited by the new possibilities that technology affords in creating products that better people’s lives. Anne enjoys hiking, skiing, horseback riding, and pistachios. When she’s not at pariSoma, you can find her hanging out at the dog park or playing Wii with her roommates.

Chris Cholette

Old guy, 10+ years of experience in various project and tech management roles.  Have worked in startups for 7 of the past 10 years. Currently working on an communications based startup.

Expertise: SEO/E-Commerce, Internet Advertising, Community Management, Traffic Building, Offshoring, Back End / Office Systems, Project Management, Supply Chain

About me: I live in SF with a crazy wife and crazier dog.  Interested in Modern History, Economics, Culture and Politics.  Travel extensively.  Speak French, Arabic.  Love Electronica/House music.  The AV guy. Grad from HEC Paris.

Ray Pawulich

VidSF

Ray Pawulich grew up husking corn and milking cows in rural Indiana. After spending his formative years working in old media — including print, outdoor, broadcast and cable — Ray moved to San Francisco to develop innovative new media solutions for the City and beyond.

Julian Nachtigal

faberNovel, Inc. & pariSoma Innovation Loft

Julian Nachtigal was born in Washington, DC but grew up in Costa Rica. He is fluent in English and Spanish, as well as conversational in French.

He is the Business Manager of PariSoMa and a Project Manager for faberNovel, Inc. working with Clement to build the PariSoMa bridge.

Julian wants to change the world for the best through innovation.

Clément Alteresco

faberNovel, Inc. & the Parisoma Innovation Loft

Clément Alteresco was born in Paris and he’s fluent in French, Spanish and English.

He works for faberNovel France and is in charge of following San Francisco’s activity, “building the bridge” !

Clément’s goal is to push innovative projects through his company, faberNovel.

John Faber

- af83

John Faber has been an expert in identifying new internet technologies and trends since 1991. John created one the first Bay Area “business only” internet service providers in 1993: ISP Networks. John sold ISP Networks in the beginning of 2000 to a large telecom. For the next two years John worked as the technical sales engineer designing hardware and network topologies and web applications for Fortune 500 companies. John started using Drupal in early 2003 for a hobby site. John has been an avid Drupal user and community member ever since. John is the COO of the af83, Inc. San Francisco office.

John also runs the San Francisco Bay Area Drupal User’s Group.You can e-mail John here: john [at] [domain above].

Sean Savage

Sean Savage is a designer, strategist, entrepreneur, activist and connector who’s passionate about fixing the world through social media. Sean co-founded PariSoMa, he founded PlaceSite, Inc. and his clients have included Intel, Adaptive Path, Scient and France Telecom. His writing about social tech has been published in Wired, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune and dozens of other publications.

Now Sean’s leading DIYcity: San Francisco and he’s part of the dream team building the Architectural League of New York’s groundbreaking Breakout! Festival. Sean holds a Masters degree from UC Berkeley’s iSchool where he studied business strategy, urban planning and design.

Find out more at www.disrupsean.com. You can e-mail Sean here: sean [at] [disrupsean.com].

Julien Genestoux

- notifixio.us

Julien Genestoux is a successful entrepreneur in France with http://jobetudiant.net he leading website for student jobs.

Julien came to the US to create http://notifixio.us, a real-time notification platform. More info : http://www.linkedin.com/in/juliengenestoux

Ellen Oh

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Ellen Oh is the Executive Director of Kearny Street Workshop, the nation’s oldest Asian American multidisciplinary arts organization. She keeps herself busy curating exhibitions, organizing educational workshops, planning events and performances, and of course raising money and promoting all of KSW’s programs. Ellen has a Masters Degree in Arts Administration from Columbia University and over ten years experience working in nonprofit arts organizations across the country including Sundance Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
You can e-mail her here: Ellen [at] [domain above].

Kieran Farr

- vidSF

Kieran Farr is a transplant from the midwest and works on VidSF.com, a local video events, nightlife and culture outlet for San Francisco. He has a broad array of experience in videography, web development, and advertising. He founded a student television at his Alma Mater Indiana University, channelling the efforts of hundreds of students and over $500,000 in university funding, while also pursuing a double BA/BS in Television Production and Business. Despite his status as a San Franciscan transplant, he gets his City street cred by driving a taxi a few days a week.

Raphael Knapp

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Raphael Knapp is a French wine importer based in San Francisco. He founded International Vineyards five years ago. His intention was to find small, authentic producers from France, and bring them to the test of the California palate. He currently import some 80 labels from roughly 20 producers. Raphael consistently travel to France to find those little gems that will end up in one of the many restaurant wine lists or wine retailer shelves that the Bay Area has to offer. He also teaches many French wine classes and seminars in San Francisco and beyond.

Luke McCormick

Luke McCormick has been obsessed with the Internet since the 80s, when as an engineering student he spent many late nights in the computer labs exploring what was then known as the ARPAnet. He moved to the Bay area in the early 90s and, after the obligatory stint at Apple, became an early employee at Cisco Systems, where he was known as “Web Guy.” At the same time, he started a music website called RockWeb, producing the first sites for Joan Osborne, David Grisman, and many others. He’s done time as an artist, programmer, producer, project manager, business analyst, and CEO for companies including Photography.com, iwin.com, eStar.com, mBed, CMP, and Accenture.

Luke holds a BS in Computer Science from Columbia University and an MBA in Marketing from UC Davis, and has recently become enamored with Drupal as an enabling platform.

Jon Bishop

Dad’s Adventure

Jon Bishop is an online marketer, but has worn many other hats in his career. He has done work for large corporations (Sony, Activision, Capcom), small businesses (Dads Adventure, Traumacare.com, GameMax) and non-profits (Boot Camp for New Dads, National Foundation for Trauma Care). He is most at home reading about the latest trends in technology and the web. He spends his time enjoying concerts and disc golf in Golden Gate Park, shows at The Independent and boxing at Third Street Boxing Gym.