Lynda Weinman, Co-Founder and Executive Chair, lynda.com
Lynda Weinman, a Web graphics and design veteran, wrote the very first industry book on Web design, Designing Web Graphics, in 1995. She is a prominent educator and the author of dozens of best-selling books. Weinman was a faculty member at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, in 1989, and has worked as an animator and motion graphics director in the film special effects industry.
Weinman has worked as a consultant for Adobe, Macromedia, and Microsoft, and has conducted workshops at Disney, Microsoft, Adobe, and Macromedia. She has been a keynote speaker, moderator, and lecturer at numerous design, animation, Web design, and computer-graphics conferences. Weinman and her husband Bruce Heavin co-founded lynda.com in 1995. Website: http://www.lynda.com
Mark Sylvester, CEO and Co-Founder introNetworks, Inc.
Mark is the CEO and Co-Founder of introNetworks which offers smart social networks that are dedicated to helping people identify, and then make meaningful connections to who and what matters to them in their work and interests. Since 2003 the company has successfully deployed over 250 introNetwork Communities across a growing customer base that includes such high profile companies as Adobe, British Airways, Starcom MediaVest, HP, Harvard, Autodesk, United Way, Fortune, CMP Media, Xerox, Ziff Davis, and Intel. Mark has been on the leading edge of software development for more than twenty years. As a co-founder of Wavefront Technologies, Mark and his team developed software that completely revolutionized the way the world is entertained. He co-designed Wavefront's flagship product, Advanced Visualizer, which was the first commercial 3D modeling and animation system. Working directly with major Hollywoodstudios, the company introduced the world to computer-generated animation, and received many accolades - including an Oscar for Technical Achievement. Website: http://www.intronetworks.com
Michael Berman, CIO for California State University, Channel Islands
Michael Berman is the Chief Information Officer at California State University, Channel Islands in Camarillo, California. He is also the owner of AmbermanLTD LLC, providing IT consulting services to education and other industries. From 2005 through 2008, Michael was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Prior to joining Art Center he was the senior technology administrator at two other universities. Michael is also an active participant in NMC and was a member of the advisory committee for the 2009 and 2010 Horizon Reports. Michael holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rutgers University, and he has been a faculty member, software developer, systems administrator and a textbook author. Website: http://www.csuci.edu