PORTLAND SPEAKERS/


Chris Van Dyke, President & CEO/ Nau, Inc.

Keynote Speaker

Before joining Nau (www.nau.com), Chris was a product creation and marketing professional in two of the most successful sports apparel companies in the world, Nike and Patagonia. Chris joined Nike in 1984 as its East Coast Corporate Legal Counsel and by 1995 was Nike’s Asia Pacific Director of Marketing and Brand Development. In 1999, Chris accepted a position as the VP of Marketing and Product Development for Patagonia. In 2004, Chris co-founded the consulting firm of Van Dyke & Zilligen to help corporations become financially stronger by making social and environmental responsibility a core value of their business and a key component of their branding message.  As the Chief Executive Officer at Nau, Chris provides guidance and leadership to ensure that the company becomes a leader in the outdoor apparel marketplace.
Rebecca Taubman/ Director of eCommerce, lucy activewear

Rebecca has 10 years of experience in the online industry with a background that includes start up dot-coms, B2B web development for large corporations, and online marketing and eCommerce endeavors. She has enjoyed watching new trends in the industry develop over the last decade, and reach new levels of sophistication as consumers adopt the web as a part of their lives.  Currently the Director of eCommerce at lucy activewear, Rebecca specializes in building an exceptional online shopping experience, and integrated marketing programs that connect with consumers across multiple channels.

Andi Koegler/ Publisher &Editor-in-Chief of The Changing Room
Magazine
Andi Koegler, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Changing Room Magazine (www.tcrmagazine.com), combines her first hand and academic experience to generate a small business resource for boutique owners, designers and vendors within the fashion industry. Starting her first business under the design label of Stayle at the age of 18, Andi began her retail and apparel design experience. Learning not only the opportunities and challenges of a designer, she also became very familiar with the unique challenges of being a small business owner. Andi went on to get her MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Penn State University. And now strives to combine her unique skill set and experience to provide a resource aimed at helping keep small and medium boutiques and designers in business and the women and men that own and run them educated and connected.
Lisa Radon/Editor-in-Chief/ULTRA PDX 

Lisa Radon writes about fashion, design, and the arts. Editor-in-Chief of ULTRA (ultrapdx.com) which covers fashion, design, and culture for Portland and beyond, Radon is also Editor-at-Large for Papierdoll.net (NY) and has written for publications including Flaunt (LA) and Shift (Tokyo). She briefly edited the newsletter for the Portland Fashion Incubator and is Regional Editor for Northwest Edition of the new Changing Room Magazine.

Craig Opfer, Principal, Creative Director; Magneto Brand Advertising

Craig brings more than 23 years of experience in marketing and advertising to the table. As co-founder and creative director of Magneto, he is responsible for agency direction and implementation of creative product. Magneto’s existing clients include NW Natural, Mentor Graphics, Western Rivers Conservancy, Entercom Radio Group-Portland, Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland, Sub Rosa Distillery and Standard Insurance Company. He has extensive brand experience in print and broadcast production and strategic planning. Prior to Magneto, Craig was co-founder and creative director of Nerve, Inc., an advertising agency whose clients included Thomason Auto Group, Portland Trailblazers, Anaheim Angels, Clear Channel Radio Stations and Oregon Ballet Theatre.  Before that he worked for Ad Department [North] in Portland and JWT in Chicago. In addition to creating marketing programs for Fortune 500 brands, Craig’s advertising work has been awarded by the industry’s most prestigious organizations including the National Addy Awards. 

Rebecca Luke /Managing Partner & CEO les Egoistes, LLC

Rebecca founded les Egoistes in 2000 and has 20 years experience in fashion. Rebecca's skills run the gamut from production, public relations and marketing services to art direction, styling, costume design, choreography and visual display. Her expertise has been honed by working with clients both locally and nationally in non-profit, retail, clothing manufacturing, TV/film, theater and the arts industries. Currently, les Egoistes focuses their creative energy on most anything that requires a “look or feel”; including personal image consulting. As Co- Founder of the Sustainable Style Foundation, Rebecca continues to merge her passion for giving back with her style industry experience. Rebecca holds a BA in Marketing with an emphasis in Clothing and Textiles.

KATHI O’NEIL – Founder/Westover Media & Portland Picks

Kathi O'Neil, started her career in Manhattan with Hearst Magazines and The Hearst Corporation. As a native Oregonian, O'Neil and her husband returned to Portland in the early 90's. There O'Neil started Westover Media, a full-service marketing firm whose partial list of clients include: Elle, In Style, Lucky, Tom's of Maine, Oprah, Gourmet, The New Yorker, Town and Country, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Conde Nast Traveler, W and Health, to name a few. O’Neil is also the founder and publisher of PortlandPicks.com, a subscription-driven weekly newsletter delivered to subscribers each Friday via email. It is a fun and sassy newsletter of City Secrets delivered straight to the inboxes of Portland’s finest.  Other City Picks include: SeattlePicks.com, MinneapolisPicks.com, PhoenixPicks.com, ChicagoPicks.com and PortlandPicksForMen.com.
Carol Gardner, entrepreneur/author/speaker

Eight years ago Carol Gardner, a former advertising executive and creative director, found herself divorced, depressed, and in debt. She was unemployed and unhappy.  A friend suggested she either get a therapist or a dog. Carol's decision to choose the dog, an English Bulldog named Zelda, not only turned her life around, but was the impetus for creating the international line of Zelda Wisdom products. Today Zelda Wisdom products can be found around the world and the list of licensees is impressive: Hallmark, Russ Berrie, Andrews McMeel Publishing, Westland Giftware, Antioch Publishing, Danbury Mint, MicroThin, Franco Industries, The Paper Magic Group and others. Carol and Zelda have been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Ladies' Home Journal and the "Sunday Style Section" of the New York Times.  In addition they have appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Martha Stewart Show, Life & Style, Animal Planet, CNBC's Power Lunch and CNN Live Today.   According to the New York Times, Zelda Wisdom does over 50 million dollars a year in sales* with record growth expected in the next 3 years. Carol is also the author of nine books, (Bumper Sticker Wisdom, Zelda Wisdom, The Zen of Zelda, Zelda Rules on Love, Zelda's Survival Guide, Zelda's Tips From The Tub, Zelda's Bloopers, Zelda's Moments With Mom, and Dear Zelda.)  Her weekly column, Dear Zelda, is available on www.zeldawisdom.com.
Doug Garnett/Atomic Direct
Doug Garnett is a 20+ year direct response television industry (DRTV) guru.  He is the founder of Atomic Direct, a leading brand DRTV agency, based in Portland, Oregon. Clients include Professional Tool Manufacturing, White’s Electronics, Alberto Culver, Limbo, AAA of California, Newell/Rubbermaid, Farberware, DuPont/Teflon, BuderEngel and others. Garnett is an experienced public speaker, educator and panel moderator in the marketing/advertising/direct response and hardware/housewares industries.  
Laura Gunderson/Retail & Consumer Affairs Reporter/The Oregonian
I've reported for The Oregonian for nearly a decade, covering nearly every beat in every outpost, from inner-city high-school sports to politics in suburbia. I came downtown to cover retail for our Business team in 2005, creating a shopping blog and writing stories on retail trends occuring here
and nationwide, along with any local breaking-news stories. This year I've worked to bring more consumer affairs reporting to the beat, adding our regular Complaint Desk feature on Sundays, which as it touts, offers help for frustrated consumers. When my fingers aren't on the keyboard, they're usually equally busy attempting to change the diaper or stuff food into theface of my particulary active -- at least it seems that way -- 1-year-old.
Michelle Cairo/In the Black Business Consulting
Michelle Cairo founded In the Black after over a decade of working in strategy, business planning, accounting, and performance management for several large to mid size companies. She decided to start this business, because she witnessed several new businesses go under due to bad planning and financial management. Michelle has held several key positions throughout her career such as; controller, director of finance, and vice president.  She has a Bachelors of Science in Finance and a Masters of Business Administration.
Krista Colvin/ personal organizing speaker & consultant
Krista Colvin can’t live without three things: lipstick, a morning cup o’ joe and her fabulous girlfriends.  As owner of Organize in Style llc, she helps women organize their homes and offices.  As the queen-she behind her new program “organize the whole shebang”, Krista inspires + guides women through monthly projects related to all things SHE  self | home | endeavors. Krista is the lifestyle expert for AM Northwest, writes a monthly column for The Columbian’s Home & Garden section, and is a guest blogger for Working Mother Magazine and Online Organizing.  Most importantly she is able to live the life she imagines as a mother, wife, and business owner. www.organizeinstyle.typepad.com
Jami Curl/Owner Saint Cupcake
Descending from a long line of family bakers, it is only fitting that Jami now finds herself at the helm of Portland's own Saint Cupcake. Before opening Saint Cupcake, Jami operated Cook & Clutter Bakeshop by night while working as a marketing director by day. Marketing experience combined with heart, vision and a love of baking allows Saint Cupcake to thrive. Jami has a BA from Ohio University and one half of a masters degree from Portland State University. She lives in beautiful SW Portland with her husband Matthew and son Theo.
Julie Duryea/Founder Souk

Julie began her career at Bain & Company, an international management consulting firm.  In a quest to make a difference, she left Bain to teach at Crenshaw High School.  Her work with youth extended to being a Director for Yoga for Youth.  More recently, she developed two programs for the non-profit, Oregon Bus Project. In 2006, she began the journey of starting a business, and in January 2007 opened souk.  souk offers hourly, daily and monthly work and meeting space for indie workers. The growing trend of the post-geographic worker,  fueled by technology, and by our generation’s tendency to place a premium on self-direction and work-life balance, provided a basis for the business.   Equally inspired by Portland’s strong community spirit and creative class, she sought to create a business that would be an unique community additive. Community involvement includes Junior Achievement, LA’s Best, SEI, Young Women Social Entrepreneurs, Ladies Who Launch, Leadership Portland, Portland Public Schools, Women’s Advisory Board, National Women’s Business Council and GirlsInc.
Lara Eve Feltin/ Co Founder Biznik
Lara Feltin graduated from the University of Washington with art and art history degrees in 1994. With experience in oil painting, photography and digital design, she pursued the path of an independent contractor, freelancing in graphic design, photography, and creative direction under the name Studio LEaF. In 2000 she began photographing babies and young children on black and white film, hand printing the silver gelatin prints. Studio LEaF Fine Art Photography continued to grow for five years until 2005, when along with her husband Dan McComb, she co-founded Biznik, a business networking community that supports the growth and profitability of local independent business owners. With over 6,000 members in 85 countries, Biznik members meet, network and support one another via an online social network and at the member-organized face-to-face events.
Kelsey Foster/ President of MySavvySpace.com
An avid user of MySpace and other social networking sites, Kelsey realized there wasn’t an easy-to-use website that taught professionals how to use social networking; nor was there a site providing sophisticated custom graphics for online profiles. So the idea for MySavvySpace.com was born. Kelsey has a 10 year background in graphic design and marketing. She holds degrees in visual communications and business. In her career, she has been honored with several awards, including two Golds in the 2007 MarCom Awards.When she isn't busy with MySavvySpace, you can find her spending time with her kids, entertaining friends, or hatching new business ideas.
Katherine Gray

Katherine Gray has over ten years of experience in developing and producing interactive projects that help companies tell stories online and make meaningful connections with web visitors. She focuses especially on site design, content and architecture and using new tools that facilitate two-way conversations. She’s a strong believer in measuring site activity, either with analytics tools or live user testing, and using findings to improve customer experience and site performance. But when you clear away all the numbers, what she really loves is beautiful, meaningful design that captures imaginations and inspires action. www.soukllc.com
Mark Hayes/ CEO of Flowerbud .com

Mark Hayes… walks, talks, eats, sleeps and once upon a time even grew flowers. Now if only he could sell the darn things!! Founder/ CEO of Flowerbud .com, an “original” Portland dotcom that despite, drought, pestilence and late frost bloomed rather than burst with the bubble. Mark comes reluctantly to the internet and ecomm from the most unlikely of places…the yellow seats of green tractors on his various farms as close as Sauvie Island and as far flung as Southern Africa. Now too old or perhaps too wise to actively farm, the daily puzzle is of how to repeatedly engage a huge and sometimes unknown public in the act of buying flowers directly from farms he selects throughout the Americas, using little other than the internet and native wit. The internet remains a medium that both attracts and repels him as it involves strategies that evolve about as quickly as fresh tulips drink water. No longer is there an “off season” for him. In  trading in the “agrarian myth” for around the clock , around the world commerce he muses that he has single handedly enriched Delta airlines, FedEx, Google and Peet’s Coffee to name a few. For the sake of sanity and something easy to do he raises two teenage boys and rides a bike close to 5000 miles a year.
Suzanne Hein, Owner LexiDog Boutique & Social Club
With a long career in retail as a VP for Home Buying, Merchandising and Product Development for a large regional retailer, Suzanne’s desire to have a store of her own grew.  It was after she bought the ‘doggie in the window’ on a buying trip that she discovered the passion that would become LexiDog Boutique & Social Club. Lexi quickly became the love of her life, and the ‘muse’ that fueled the idea for her business plan. Lexidog was founded on the premise of offering the same high-quality daycare services that Parents expected for their 2 legged children, in a bright, clean, happy environment,  as well as offering an extensive and unique assortment of high quality dog accessories, fashions, necessities and gifts. LexiDog was established in 2001 and now has 4 locations in Portland Metro area and Eugene. LexiDog now offers Overnight Lodging, Grooming, and Community playgroups in addition to Daycare and the Boutique. LexiDog hosts fabulous Dog birthday parties, fundraisers and dog training classes.www.lexidog.com.
Luna Jaffe/ AAMS, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones

Luna Jaffe, AAMS, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. Her business focuses on helping creatives, business owners, couples, children and families make sound financial decisions while articulating and reaching for their dreams. She was the CEO of LunaSilks, a textile company, for over 12 years. Her handpainted one-of-a-kind wearable art was sold nationally in galleries from Madison Ave to San Francisco.  She completed a Masters in Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute and practiced psychotherapy privately. Feeling the need to impact a wider audience, Luna moved into the corporate world to develop a coaching and training program for technical engineers.  She then made a radical change to become a financial advisor, returning to her entrepreneurial roots and passion.  www.edwardjones.com
Hallie Janssen, Vice President, Anvil Media

Janssen has been customizing Internet marketing strategies for search engine optimization and promotion, directory listings, pay per click media planning and management, public relations support, and link popularity solutions for site launches and redesigns alike. She started out as a client eventually joining Lewis at Wave Rock Communications in 1998 and again with Anvil Media in 2002. Janssen currently manages client strategy and implementation. Additional past client experience includes adidas, Sonus, Emerita and VersionTracker.com. Through site promotion efforts by Janssen, VersionTracker.com received awards and recognition from: Time Magazine, Best Utility Web Site; Yahoo Internet Life, Site of the Day; and TechTV, Mac Addict's Home on the Net. Janssen is actively involved in local charitable organizations through the Junior League of Portland, and was recently chair of the golf tournament and auction, which raised over $75,000 for the League's programs. Outside of work and charity events, Janssen competes as a marathoner, recently qualifying for the Olympic Trials and winning the Royal Victoria Marathon.www.anvilmediainc.com.
Gloria M. Jung/ ORIENTED.COM
Gloria Jung Adeboi is a seasoned global packaging professional.  She has a BA in Marketing and Finance from Portland State University. Her work experience covers 8 years of packaging project management and global procurement experience from working with PACCESS Global, POP-Direct and her current position as co-founder and Packaging development manager of OIA-Creative Packaging Solutions.
Whitney Keyes
Whitney Keyes is one of the executive producers and co-hosts of WhitneyandWyatt.com, a new TV talk show for women on the web. Whitney started her career bagging groceries but dreamed of ditching the paper-or-plastic for a camera-and-microphone. She spent the first part of her career managing her family’s art gallery. Her passion for growing businesses bloomed into an ability to help hundreds of small start-ups and big corporations like Microsoft do things like flirt with the media and court customers. She’s now a multi-media journalist and producer. An engaging, entertaining and motivating speaker, Whitney is quick to share the zigs and zags of her life and career with spunk and humor.
Kristi Jo (KJ) Lewis/ President and CEO of Global Sistergoods, Inc
Kristi Jo (KJ) Lewis is the President and CEO of Global Sistergoods, Inc, a fair trade company that partners with women artisans around the world. Prior to launching Global Sistergoods, Ms. Lewis spent several years in Sub-Saharan Africa in a variety of roles in international development, including: helping to launch a women's shelter in Cape Town, South Africa; training teachers and principals in rural Namibia as a Peace Corps Volunteer; and co-authoring a Department of Education Fulbright in Ghana with the Harambee Centre. Ms. Lewis holds BA from Mills College, a Masters in Public Administration/Cross-Cultural Management and an MS in Education Policy from PSU. She lives in North Portland with her husband and two Namibian bush mutts, Oshike and Oshili. Ms. Lewis leads Portland-based networking group Young Women Social Entrepreneurs, which provides a monthly forum for women (of all ages) to connect with others who share their passion for positive social change. To learn more about YWSE, visit www.ywse.org , or email portland@ywse.org.
Giuseppe Lipari
Giuseppe was born and raised in New York City where he studied illustration at Parsons School of Design. There he honed his design skills, earned a degree and entered the work force as a graphic designer—creating movie posters for independent movie studios. After 5 versions of PhotoShop, countless cups of coffee, and a Key  Art Award, he found him self in the Pacific Northwest raising a family and continuing his career working with agencies and individuals creating everything from brand identity to advertising and web design. After a few more versions of photoshop and additional cups of coffee, Giuseppe continues to grow his design studio, with a network of partners to handle full service marketing needs, and a shelf for the new Davey Award. ( studiolipari.com)
Dan McComb / Co Founder Biznik
Dan is a former award-winning photojournalist whose work has appeared in newspapers and magazine such as Time and Newsweek. After two years as a publication designer at Sasquatch Books, in 2000 he started Visual Contact, developing dynamic websites for schools and non-profit organizations. In 2005, along with wife Lara Feltin, he started Biznik (biznik.com), a Web 2.0 business networking community for local, independent business people, which currently has more than 7,000 members in 89 countries and is growing rapidly.
Veronika Noize
Veronika (Ronnie) Noize, the Marketing Coach, is the author of How to Create a Killer Elevator Speech, and Marketing Strategies that Work from Insight Publications.  Voted the 2007 Coach of the Year by her chapter of the International Coach Federation, and named an “Woman of Influence” by the NW Women’s Journal, Ronnie is a dynamic speaker and sought-after marketing expert with an international clientele who helps small office/home office (SOHO) businesses attract more clients.  A tireless SOHO business advocate, Ronnie founded the Northwest Women’s Virtual Business Network, a virtual group for local women in business to network and connect.  
Regina Perata
Perata Consulting, Ltd./Leadership Development & Business Growth

Regina Perata partners with executives and teams to help them achieve nothing short of leadership mastery. Simply put, the executives she coaches increase revenue, generate highly productive workforces, and achieve previously unmatched individual and company performance. Regina brings ten years of professional aptitude in business development, sales, and strategic partnership to her training as a Marriage and Family Therapist. This in combination with her committed approach to her own continuing education, communication and somatic skills, offer leaders a unique and treasured balance of tools that bring about lasting transformation. Regina is the founder of Perata Consulting, Ltd. has spent 4 years on the Advisory Board for PDXFX, a monthly professional gathering for top-performing women in the Portland Metro area, and is the author and leader of several workshops and seminars on leadership and self-mastery.
Brad Porteus/Yelp.com
Yelp is a website where real people read and write reviews of their favorite local businesses. As the Vice President of Marketing at Yelp, Brad spends his days leading his team in seeding, nurturing and growing vibrant communities of real locals (like in Portland!) who passionately share their opinions about the best and worst their neighborhood has to offer.  Brad reluctantly admits to having worked in online marketing since 1994 when he cut his teeth promoting online fantasy football for ESPN.com for Paul Allen’s Starwave. Subsequent marketing stints have included 5 years in online music (incluiding MTV Interactive) and 4 more years in various marketing roles at eBay.  A father of two young punk boys, Brad has an MBA from Stanford, but asks that you don’t hold that against him.
Marlynn Jayme Schotland/ Owner, Event Bliss LLC & Owner, Portland Mamas Inc.
Marlynn Jayme Schotland, Owner, Event Bliss LLC and Owner, Portland Mamas Inc.  An award-winning public relations pro and former broadcaster, Marlynn has combined her love of creative communications, modern design and helping other mothers into two thriving small businesses. Event Bliss LLC is her custom stationery, graphic design and PR studio, serving families and family-owned businesses throughout the globe. Portland Mamas Inc. is a local resource and networking organization devoted to providing its 200+ members with resources, support and fun in order to be successful as business owners and mothers. She has more than 10 years of experience in public relations, event planning and management, publications, graphic & Web design, public speaking, and journalism. In addition to her two businesses, Marlynn is a freelance writer, with credits in Cookie magazine, NW Women’s Journal and Colors of Influence. She also writes the OregonLive.com Family Friendly blog, recently launched the Mama Lit blog , and writes the New Biz Mama blog for Working Mother magazine online. Marlynn lives in SW Portland with her Web genius husband, super silly 3.5 year old son, and social butterfly 9-month-old daughter.  www.eventbliss.com | www.portlandmamasinc.org
Rebecca Shapiro
Rebecca Shapiro is an avid artist and active entrepreneur. She has successfully launched two online businesses: Pig and Panda an arts and crafts store and Oasis Connect, an eBay stores consulting group. She recently sold both businesses and is now focused on illustration, murals and fine art as an eco-conscious artist (www.dreamingsage.com & www.myrewee.com). Rebecca is also the Portland leader for Ladies Who Launch (www.ladieswholaunch.com ), an international social network for women entrepreneurs.
Melissa Shaw, Senior Marketing Strategist, WhatCounts Inc.

Melissa is a results-driven consultant with 14 years of experience in online marketing, strategy, research, and product development.  Working on both the client and agency side, she has developed hundreds of email and lifecycle marketing programs for Fortune 500 companies such as BMW, Wells Fargo, Chanel, and Continental Airlines.  Most recently she spent five years at Responsys Inc. where she built and directed the Strategic Services practice.

Well known for her commitment to data-driven decision making, and her ability to create well-defined marketing strategies, Melissa has a proven track record driving increased ROI. She has experience with key vertical markets like financial services, travel, and retail. Melissa is an active member of the DMA, ESPC, and a certified member of the IAPP.www.whatcounts.com
Rob Smith, Editor-in-Chief, Portland Business Journal
Rob Smith was born and bred in Portland. He graduated with a B.S. Degree in Political Science from the University of Oregon in 1985. After a brief stint in Oregon politics, he moved to Seattle, where he began freelancing for local newspapers. He held writing and editing positions at several Seattle-area newspapers before being named Special Reports editor at the Puget Sound Business Journal, an affiliated publication to Portland Business Journal, in 1998. He was promoted to managing editor there in 2002. Smith returned to Portland when he was named editor of the Portland Business Journal in November 2003.
Cindy Tortorici, CEO President/ The Link For Women LLC
A recognized leader in the retail/wholesale industry, Cindy Tortorici’s 25 year corporate career included 3 big brands; May Co., Saks Fifth Avenue and Nike, Inc. After receiving a Bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Cindy became a buyer of Junior Sportswear at Famous-Barr in St. Louis, Mo.  In 1983, Cindy moved to Chicago where she joined Saks Fifth Avenue moving to Portland, OR in 1990 to open Saks Fifth Avenue’s first store in the Northwest as General Manager. Cindy was recruited to join Nike, Inc. in 1992 where she held a variety of corporate sales and marketing positions. After leaving Nike in 2003 to find her own muse, Cindy formed The Link For Women, LLC a Northwest based company that helps women to flourish. The Link provides customized executive consulting, multi-day seminars, and monthly events, creating opportunities for women to connect with others, learn something new and be inspired. Passionate about the arts, Cindy was a trustee of Oregon Ballet Theatre for 9 years and chaired four major fundraising galas for OBT. She is currently on the Board of Girls Inc. NW, chairing the Advisory Board. In 2007, Cindy was named "One of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Town" by the NW Women's Journal. Cindy has been married for 13 years to John and has two beautiful stepdaughters, Beth and Jayme.  In her spare time, she enjoys golf, travel to Italy and her family’s vacation home in La Quinta, California.  Wine is her passion!
Mark Wyner, Principal, Designer and Programmer, Mark Wyner Design

Mark has been designing and developing on the web for over a decade. He is a seasoned veteran with extensive expertise in virtually every facet of interactive media, from design to technology. He is also one of an elite group of pioneers of the web-standards approach. Mark has humbly accepted awards for visual design, experience design and web standards interfaces. And while he's among an increasing minority of web designers without a blog, he still manages to seep into the web community with his articles and speaking engagements. When he's not obsessing about web accessibility, Mark enjoys his beautiful family of seven and his other obsession: bowling.www.markwyner.com.