Marc Canter CEO Broadband Mechanics

Marc Canter is CEO of Broadband Mechanics, which produces People Aggregator, a social networking tool with source available (but not under an open source license).[1] Previously, he was a founder of the company that became Macromedia. His blog, Marc's Voice, frequently critiques other Internet luminaries and competitors, such as Mark Zuckerberg.[2] Known for his boisterous appearances at technology conferences, Canter makes no secret of his left-leaning politics, identifying himself as a "red diaper baby" (i.e. politically left-wing since infancy) at the 2005 Gnomedex meeting in Seattle.[3][4]

Canter is also a contributor to many open standards efforts and advocates for end-user controlled digital identities and content - being a co-founder of the "Identity Gang",[5] and a co-signer of the Social Web Users' Bill of Rights.[6] He has consulted with global corporations including PCCW and Intel and has written on the multimedia industry, micro-content publishing and social networking.[7]