Credits

Jeff Moriarty – Organizer

Jeff is the Director of Social Media Strategy at Sitewire, an interactive design agency in Tempe. His driving interest is creating things, which can be a bit of a messy process at times.

He loves all the arts, but the only one in which he seems to be blessed with any talent is writing. He is an advocate and tinkerer in many forms of Social Media, and a strong believer in using it to bring communities and people together.

Brian Carson – Speaker Coach and Audio/Video Sprite

Honored as Volunteer Spirit Award Winner for 2008 by The Phoenix Business Journal, Brian Carson believes that you can accomplish anything in life as long as you’re prepared to serve others first.  He is exercising that belief as our Speaker Coach for Ignite Phoenix.  When Brian is not being distracted with his Video Production Company, teaching as a Professional Speaking Coach, or by his day job as a Program Manager at Intel Corporation, he enjoys working with his wife Linda to raise two ordinary kids who are accomplishing extraordinary things.

Alan Dayley – Venue Overseer and More

Alan aspires to be an atypical father, husband and software engineer. Be careful about bringing up terms like “Scrum,” “Agile Development” or “Linux” because his passion might come out! The Dayley Agile blog chronicles his agile development experiences. Passion for the wonders of human creativity and interaction fuel his drive to support community groups like Ignite Phoenix.

Oden Hughes – Project Manager

Oden is your average amiable IT manager, wrestling requirements, timelines and unruly resources into manageable mild mannered projects. Enthusiastic about providing a happy and fulfilling workplace, she delights in lightening the workday with sing alongs, emotional intelligence trainings, outdoor meetings and the occasional laser tag battle. When not in a nearby coffee shop fueling her caffeine addiction, she can often be found writing in a local book store or working on projects for one of the many community groups she supports.

Jana Knapp – Sponsor Wrangler

Jana Knapp has been working with nonprofit organizations in the valley since 1999. With a BA in Theatre Management and a MA in Organizational Management, she’s well equipped to help creative individuals and organizations achieve their goals. She specializes in herding (creatives, small children and Clumber spaniels) and in making things better (more formally know as process development and improvement). Her driving belief that Phoenix can be better is what brought her to Ignite.

Michael Barber – The Go To Guy

Michael Barber is a first generation American who ventured to the deserts of Arizona to attend the University of Arizona. After graduating from UA, he began a career working for some of Arizona’s most admired digital marketing agencies including Mighty Interactive, Sitewire and Nomadic Agency. He blogs about life and digital marketing at his website. Two things about him that you should know. He loves Rainbow sandals and gives great hugs.

Jennifer Maggiore – PR Maven

Jenn Maggiore is President & CEO of MCM, founded in 2005, a multi-media marketing company specializing in Social Media. She is one of the 2009 Arizona Republic Top 35 Women Entrepreneurs Under 35, a co-host of Locals Only: Phoenix and co-founder of Social Media In A Carton. She most enjoys kicking back with her husband and 3-year old son, and is excited to support Ignite! Follow her at @jenn_ex.

Roger Williams – Organizer

Roger is a Consultant for SEO.com, the Search Engine Optimization company that you should be talking to. He has been involved in Internet Marketing for over 10 years and loves to talk about what you are working on.

Under the guise of wanting to escape Phoenix, Roger is continuously
amazed at how much this bird of fire has to offer. If he doesn’t have
a beer in his hand you should think of getting him something good like
Guiness, Fat Tire, or any of the Dogfish Heads.

Tomas Carrillo – Presentation Czar Emeritus

Tomas Carrillo is a lighthearted Arizona native and founder of The Closet Entrepreneur, a blog aimed at helping entrepreneurs get off their feet. He graduated from Arizona State with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, then pursued a career with Intel as a Systems Validation Engineer and Process Engineer. He left Intel after 8 great years to pursue his own green startup which is scheduled to launch at the beginning of 2009.

Charlene Kingston – Social Media and Community Outreach

Charlene is an information strategist who helps companies integrate software into the workplace through software user assistance tools like online help, training programs, and documentation. When she isn’t writing or engaging in social media, Charlene is usually working in her art studio, traveling, or planning her next travel adventure.

Clintus McGintus – Video

Clintus is a video blogger and a dad. He’s been working with digital video for almost 10 years now and has worked in all forms of the medium. For the past two years Clintus has been addicted to social media and the people involved with it. He maintains a video blog at I Do It Digital where he shares thoughts & ideas, moments with his kids, and rants about things that bother him.