Alex Blom

Alex Blom is the CTO & Partner at Helix Commerce, and is a co-founder of SalesChoice. He also sits on the advisory board to the Location Based Marketing Association. Prior to Helix, Alex founded and exited multiple technology ventures and troubleshooted large retail organizations. Sitting prior on council boards and heading marketing organizations in management, training and sales, he achieved distinction at one point as the highest grossing Business Development executive. Alex, also involved in high-tech investments, connects entrepreneurs with technology-based investors

Erin Bury 

After spending time managing public relations for tech companies, Erin joined Sprouter to better utilize her passion for networking, community-building & Web 2.0 technologies. Erin is an in-demand speaker who has led sessions at Podcamp Toronto and North by Northeast. She also comments frequently in the press about Community Management and entrepreneurship, and has appeared in the New York Times, Forbes, CNN, and the Financial Post. Erin also regularly contributes to publications including The Globe and Mail, Mashable and BusinessInsider. Erin can be found on Twitter at @erinbury or on her blog, ErinBury.com.

Casie Stewart

Casie is one of Canada's most well-known online personalities and a daily lifestyle blogger. In the last year she has been a spokesperson in social campaigns for Pepsi Canada, Puma Social, Virgin America, and Arm Yourself with GSK.
 
She started blogging in 2005 and became the social media girl for MuchMusic & MTVCanada. She's a co-founder of#GenYTO and regularly does speaking engagements on personal branding & social media.  In 2011, Casie has been seen in The Globe & Mail, Canadian Business, The Wall Street Journal & on Global TV. Follow her on Twitter at @casiestewart.

Nicole Simone

Late July (a.k.a. Nicole Simone) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, blogger and social media savant. Born in Toronto, Ontario she spent her early years state side in Del Mar, California. After moving back to a suburb of Toronto, she began playing the guitar at the age of 13. She is a three time graduate of Seneca College and York University in arts, music and sociology respectively. In 2010 Late July released her debut EP entitled ‘Side Swept’ produced by Adrian Ellis followed by her 2011 LP release "Hospital Quiet". She is an avid blogger and participant in Social Media. 

Joseph Puopolo

For over 15 years Joseph Puopolo has been a leader within the technology industry. Joseph has a deep background in the world of marketing, social media, PR, and business development. He has lead multiple projects and initiatives at several organizations including, Oracle, PROPHIX, MERGE and MAGIX, OPENapps prior to joining StickerYou. His expertise is primarily focused on building growth strategies for both established and emerging technology start-up companies. Joseph is an avid blogger (www.jpuopolo.com) and is particularly interested in the convergence of traditional, digital and social marketing strategies and green technology. Joseph is a guest contributor to many technology publications including, All Things Digital, TechCrunch and Techvibes.

Moderator:

Soniya Monga

Soniya’s background includes roles at Morgan Stanley and Microsoft Canada where she led the digital and social media strategy for Microsoft's midmarket business focusing on building innovative online programs for technology and business decision makers.
Soniya is now one of the earliest members of the LinkedIn Canada team where she works with businesses to empower a connection with the world’s largest audience of influential, affluent and successful professionals. She's also a contributor and commentator at Techvibes.com, The Mark News and a producer and host at TheSocialMediaLodge.com and Naach Radio.com.