Dave Pell, Founder + Roll Player
Bar Mitzvahed in 1980, Dave is the author of the popular Davenetics blog. Much to the silent dismay of his co-investing sisters, he has acted as an investor and advisor with more than thirty internet start-ups and is the managing director of Arba Seed Investment Group. A graduate of Berkeley undergrad and Harvard Ed school, Dave is generally an advocate of psychotherapy, but not opposed to medication when symptoms dictate. Always willing to stand up for what he believes regardless of the pressures of the times, Dave continues to be a strong supporter of carbohydrates.
Angus Durocher, Engineering + Roll Model
After traveling the country for years as a freelance journalist, Angus settled down to the relative stability of the San Francisco internet industry during the El Niño winter of '96. After stints at a few companies who don't have so much as a URL to link to any more, he led the integration of Blogger.com with Globo.com in Rio De Janeiro, which made up for a lot of it. In his spare time, he runs a small business with his family at Crowhillart.com and can often be found infuriating motorists on his Bianchi road bike.
Dan Cederholm, Designer + CSS Jedi
Dan Cederholm is a web designer and author living in Salem, Massachusetts. A recognizable figure in the world of standards-based web design, Dan is the founder of SimpleBits, a tiny design studio and popular weblog. He's written two books: Web Standards Solutions (friends of ED) and Bulletproof Web Design (New Riders), that cover the simplistic, adaptable approach to building web sites that he uses in his everyday work. Dan also plays in a competitive dodgeball league.
More about Dan at his SimpleBits Site
Alex Wright, Zen Master User Experience Architect
Alex has led user experience and design initiatives for clients including Microsoft, Yahoo!, Macromedia, frog design, California Digital Library, the Rosetta Project, Sun Microsystems, and numerous startups. He was Vice President of User Experience at Phoenix Pop/Liquid Thinking, a San Francisco-based Web consulting firm. Later he was Senior Manager of User Experience at IBM.com, where he led a site-wide redesign of IBM's 3 million+ page Web site that resulted in a 400% increase in online sales.
A popular speaker and writer, Alex has written widely for publications including Salon.com, Utne Reader, Harvard Magazine, Library Journal, Boxes & Arrows, Think, Design Times and Boston Business magazine. He has presented at UC-Berkeley, the Institute of Design-Chicago, the University of Richmond, Seybold, Flashforward, Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, ASIS&T, Web2001/Web2000, AIP, Creating for the Web, and numerous IBM conferences.
More about Alex at his personal site.
