Market Research & Your Business Strategy
Speaker Biographies
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Walter Callender
Founder & Managing Partner, CSquared Strategy
C Squared Strategy is an information and technology advisory firm that develops insights and solutions for client challenges related to tech adoption and usage.  With offices in Providence and New York, the firm advises Fortune 100 companies, as well as portfolio companies for Charles River Ventures, Austin Ventures and North Haven Partners.  Prior to founding the company nine years ago, Walter was a senior partner at Plural, a full-service technology consultancy firm later sold to Dell.  He was also previously the head of investment banking research for Bankers Trust Securities, having been the first sell side research firm to distribute research via the web in the mid-nineties.

Bob Chatham
Bob is a Rhode Island-based entrepreneur, currently consulting to GSI Commerce (NASDAQ: GSIC) and Andera on marketing and growth strategies.  Prior to this he co-founded WaveSyndicate, a Slater-funded online marketing analytics company; was CMO/SVP for marketing and services at Visual Sciences (acquired by Omniture for $394M in 2008, NASDAQ: OMTR); and served as Principal Analyst at Forrester Research for customer experience, e-commerce and analytics.  He has also held founding sales, product management and software development positions at companies including BBN and area start-ups.

Annette Tonti
CEO, MoFuse
Annette is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of business and entrepreneurial experience.  She is currently CEO of MoFuse, Inc, a fast-growing mobile publishing platform and network.  She was previously co-founder and CEO of Bluestreak, where she built a company that was an early entrant in rich media advertising and online marketing technologies.  Prior to Bluestreak, Annette served as Executive Producer at MIT's Media Laboratory, where she ran the Junior Summit, a global project that linked thousands of kids from around the world.  Before MIT, she was VP, Executive Director at Vanguard, a global marketing and advisory service for senior executives.

Brad Weinberg
Managing Partner, Shape Up The Nation
Shape Up The Nation, a leading health social networking company, helps companies like CVS/Caremark, Cleveland Clinic and Medtronics improve the health of their employees by providing them tools to organize groups and intramurals, share plans and recommendations and challenge each other to meet goals.  Prior to SUTN, Brad founded Event E-Management, a company that managed alumni databases and job fair management web sites.  He is an avid biker, having biked across China to raise awareness of mental disabilities.