Pete Cashmore is the founder and CEO of Mashable, the leading source of news, information & resources for the Connected Generation. He leads Mashable’s strategy and his innate sense of the web and its community, are core to the company’s operations and future growth. He has been described as the “Sage of Media” and considered one of the most influential voices of his generation-- on and offline. Pete was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2012. He was featured on Forbes 30 under 30 list, named one of Ad Age’s 2011 influencers, and was named a Young Global Leader by The World Economic Forum.
Sree Sreenivasan (@sree) is the first Chief Digital Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the latest step in what he calls "a three-decade, one-way love affair with one of the world's great museums." He joined the Met after spending 20 years at Columbia University as a member of the faculty of the Columbia Journalism School and a year as the university's first Chief Digital Officer.
In 2015, he was named to Fast Company's list of 100 Most Creative People in Business, in part for the work he and the museum are doing on the future of culture: http://bit.ly/sreefc
In 2009, he was named one of AdAge's 25 media people to follow on Twitter and in 2010 was named one of Poynter's the 35 most influential people in social media; in 2014, he was named the most influential CDO in the US.
Tat Been rocking with WQHT Hot 97 since 1997, now as Producer with Funk Flex for the Funk Flex Show! Tat partnered with Flex in 2010, starting InFlexWeTrust.com which he now manages. InFlexWeTrust.com (IFWT) is one of the biggest Hip Hop sites In the world.
Tat is also a digital producer for Hot97.com and Flex's blog page,
He also produces a monthly gaming event with Rockstar Games for GTAV, and Max Payne,
Tat also writes tech articles for urban men's magazine Straight Stuntin, and manges other digital properties like the Dj Funk Flex App, StunnaLife.com and is Digital Director for Planet Kixx.
Marc Rabinowitz is a Senior UX Designer at Code and Theory, where he champions and leads cross-platform UI/Product Design initiatives for Huffington Post and Comcast.
Prior to Code and Theory, his work for clients including ESPN The Magazine, New York City Ballet, Live Nation, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Alliance Bernstein, American Airlines, UL, and Inc. Magazine exhibited a seamless mix of print, web, interactive, motion graphics, environmental and digital product design.
Marc's work has been awarded by AIGA, the Art Director's Club, and the Adobe Design Achievement Awards, and published by Design Observer, Life Hacker and Rockport Publishers, among others. Marc received his MFA in Design Entrepreneurship from the School of Visual Arts in 2008.
Amy is Director of Communications for Misfit. Before, she lead research, social media, and marketing at Rock Health. Previously, she worked for the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School for Public Health, and was in charge of fundraising at a non-profit that led international training trips for physicians in Mongolia and China. She has a BA in sociology from Northwestern.
Paul is Co-Founder and CEO of fashion and wearable creative house and consultancy, Accessory2, based in NYC. Paul regularly speaks at numerous conferences across several disciplines, including social, IOT and wearable interactivity. He contributes to luxury new media/marketing news aite Luxury Daily, http://bitly.com/luxurydaily
He is a member of the NYS Bar, graduating from Hofstra School of Law.
Smartwatch NYC: Wristware heads to Mashable HQ discussing the next big things in smartwatches, wearables and IOT, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. For this session, we'll be focusing on design, UX, apps, and trends, as well as overall state of the industry. Join us for a night of fun, insight and networking with our leadership panel, industry audience and cocktail party.