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| 1 |  | Lauren Granger: Staff Reporter While studying towards her Bachelor of Journalism degree at Rhodes University, Lauren gave into her fascination with everything digital. As she was more interested in creeping tech sites and Twitter than she was in picking up one of those printed things called 'newspapers', she decided to specialis... more |
| 2 |  | Stuart Thomas: Senior reporter Stuart Thomas is a product of Rhodes University. Whilst completing his Bachelors in Journalism, Politics and English, he realised he was a bit of a geek, albeit one who unafraid of the sun. An honors in English at the same institution failed to curb this. An MA in South African Literature, only made... more |
| 3 |  | Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed. Michelle Atagana has a Masters Degree in New Media and Journalism, her thesis focuses on social media technologies in the South African journalistic space with some focus on the public sphere. She has been hanging around the Internet since she was 11 back in proper Netscape days and even found a wa... more |
| 4 |  | Nur Bremmen: Staff reporter Nur is an enigma with a passion for creating words. He recently entered a love affair with technology and chorizo sausages. He travels a lot -- you catch him, if you can, at a Silicon Cape event every now and again.... more |
| 5 |  | Mvelase Peppetta Mvelase is a graduate of UCT with a Bachelor of Social Sciences majoring in Politics & History. He has a blog, which sadly he often forgets exists. He concerns himself with the important things in life: Left wing social issues; politics, both international & local; television, the trashier... more |
| 6 |  | Martin Carstens: Senior reporter Martin is obsessed with technology and the future. His work life includes positions at UK based Hotcourses.com, Discovery Invest and currently, Memeburn.... more |
| 7 |  | Jeremy Daniel Jeremy Daniel was the editor of www.memeburn.com, and a firm believer in the transformative power of mobile technology for emerging markets. Jeremy has written across various media platforms for the last 10 years, from television to advertising to print before making the permanent cultural leap into... more |
| 8 |  | Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor Steven Norris is a born writer, living in Claremont, Cape Town and educated in the ways of graphic design but destined to follow in the footsteps of the worlds greatest authors. He has had many years of experience as an SEO copywriter, learning the ropes the hard way before utterly mastering them. H... more |
| 9 |  | Graeme Lipschitz: Columnist Graeme Lipschitz is a Business Development manager at Clicks2Customers.com. He has previously worked for Google UK and Google South Africa as a lead account strategist, growing accounts in the Travel, Finance and Retail sectors.... more |
| 10 |  | Rowan Puttergill: Columnist Rowan Puttergill is a technology evangelist and software engineer with a long career working in enterprise environments. He brings with him the experience of being the Technical Editor at SA Computer magazine, and a career history as a technical author. He is a huge advocate of open-source technolog... more |
| 11 |  | Tom Foremski: In Silicon Valley Tom Foremski is a former Financial Times journalist and the Founder and Publisher of Silicon Valley Watcher, which is an online news site reporting on the business of Silicon Valley and the culture of disruption.... more |
| 12 |  | Sarah Britten Sarah Britten is the strategic planning director at Y&R Johannesburg. Her relationship status is hidden.... more |
| 13 |  | Jonathan Houston Jonathan Houston is passionate about digital marketing and digital strategy. During the day, Jonathan fulfills the role of Lead Digital Marketer for Deloitte Consulting's Technology division where his primary focus is to ensure the continued development of the division's online profile. Jonathan's w... more |
| 14 |  | Matthew Buckland: Publisher Matthew Buckland is a web guy who has over the years worked in a programming, editorial and business capacity within the online media environment. He now dedicates his life and soul to Creative Spark and Memeburn.com. He was previously General Manager of ... more |
| 15 |  | Hilton Tarrant: Columnist Hilton Tarrant is production editor at Moneyweb. His main focus is project management for the listed company’s local and international websites, and contributes to their strategic direction. From time-to-time, he also fills in for Alec Hogg on the SAfm Market Update with Moneyweb radio programme. ... more |
| 16 |  | Catherine Murray: Columnist Catherine is currently the Senior Account Manager at Creative Spark Interactive in Cape Town, where she is attempting to whip everyone into shape at breakneck speed. Prior to this she was Head of Online at Atalink Ltd, a specialist publishing company based in Central London for 5 years, where she ma... more |
| 17 |  | Anton Koekemoer Anton is a digital marketing specialist and is very passionate about online marketing. His main goal with marketing on the web focuses on designing strategic plans and business solutions around digital technologies to get good results.... more |
| 18 |  | Megan Bernstein Megan has a love and passion for great brands and extraordinary advertising. She is a true Generation Y baby. Immersed in all forms of new age marketing finding it an invaluable tool. Social media strategist for DigitLab by day, blogger for under5foot and Meme... more |
| 19 |  | Stephan Lourens Born 20 years too early. Curses sometimes. Thinks too much. Believes plug-and-play is the best invention ever. If asked what he wants for his birthday he will say a gadget, then money. So he can go buy a gadget.... more |
| 20 |  | Erik Hersman: In Kenya I grew up in Kenya and Sudan. I’m one of those guys who’s much more “at home” in Africa, and I currently live in Kenya. I’m happily married and have 3 beautiful little girls that keep me on my toes. I write two main blogs: White African is my personal blog where I write about high-tech mob... more |
| 21 |  | Tony Seifart With a Degree in Heavy Current Electrical Engineering from UCT Tony Seifart quit his first job after six months when he realised his boss was the one making all the money. Since 2002 he’s been working as an internet marketer, using the internet to build an online income and intermittently running ... more |
| 22 |  | Keet Van Zyl Keet is a dynamic investment expert with extensive growth equity experience. He worked at industry-leading companies such as Procter & Gamble, Investec Bank and HBD Venture Capital. He co-founded KnifeCap to continue building the high-growth investment space in South Africa as well as AngelHub ... more |
| 23 |  | Wikus Engelbrecht Wikus Engelbrecht is a writer, journalist and digital poet. His professional career in language and media has spanned the film, print advertising, magazine publishing, food theatre and online content industries since 2003.... more |
| 24 |  | Amanda Sevasti Fairweather Amanda Sevasti Fairweather – newly appointed as Head of Social Media at leading digital agency NATIVE – studied journalism, but fell in love with creative communication. Fairweather worked as a copywriter and creative head for eight years and was involved in activations, events and digital ca... more |
| 25 |  | Talita Calitz Talita studied Journalism and Visual Communication at the University of Pretoria. Travelled a bit, worked here and there and now resides in Cape Town where she works as a Digital Account Executive at Cow Africa.... more |
| 26 |  | Tech In Asia Tech in Asia is an online technology news startup based in Asia, with team members all across the region. As a crew of journalists and bloggers with a passion for new ways of delivering the news, we’ve bonded together under one goal – to create a great Asia-focused tech news site to tell the wor... more |
| 27 |  | Georgia Christian Georgia Christian is a digital marketing specialist at web development, design and digital marketing company Lima Bean. You can follow them on Twitter @limabeansa.... more |
| 28 |  | David Graham David Graham's passion is business-to-business digital marketing with a specific focus on value networking and inbound marketing. He consults on business-to-business digital marketing strategy and execution, with an emphasis on building sales pipelines and generating new prospects... more |
| 29 |  | Steven Ambrose Steven Ambrose is the CEO of Strategy Worx. Strategy Worx specialises in strategic consulting and decision support for organisations seeking to pursue hi-tech strategies. Strategy Worx is licensed to conduct the Webagility Web Site Auditing system by World Wide Worx. Steven is a rather lateral t... more |
| 30 |  | Roger Hislop Roger started life as an electrical engineer, then became a journalist. He then spent the next twelve years his work life being terribly nice to people as he was paid to. That stopped. Now he's paid to be unrelentingly honest. Luckily, all those years in PR taught him how to spot weasely product des... more |
| 31 |  | Ryan Gordon Ryan sees things in binary, which is a handy super power for any coder, even better if you can apply it to your world view. With a BCOM (Hon) Information Systems from UCT freshly behind him, Ryan joined the Creative Spark team as a Web Developer where he is encouraged to share his unique take on our... more |
| 32 |  | Sandra Pitcher Sandra is a techno-geek who is generally excited by anything with buttons, touch screens or flashing lights. Currently, she is a contract lecturer at both the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg) and Varsity College, specialising in social media, journalism and ethics, while simultaneousl... more |
| 33 |  | Matt Cohen Matthew Cohen is a web developer, WordPress enthusiast, avid musician, music lover and blogger. He enjoys coding WordPress plugins and themes, custom web-based applications and playing guitar to a good beat.... more |
| 34 |  | Jacques Coetzee Jacques grew up in Stellenbosch, South Africa. He also studied International Relations (BA) at Stellenbosch University with an interest in innovation and initiatives and how they could contribute to the benefit of society. I have always been interested in both politics and development and started be... more |
| 35 |  | Vanessa Clark A journalist by training, Vanessa Clark was tempted over to the dark side by a London-based startup in the early 2000s, and so her love affair with young businesses began. Back in South Africa she joined the mobile industry and also provided PR and marketing consulting services to growing businesses... more |
| 36 |  | Thomas Crampton: In China As Asia-Pacific director of 360 Digital Influence for Ogilvy, Thomas Crampton heads a team stretching across 23 cities in 15 Asian territories that helps companies conceive, develop and execute strategies in Social Media. Prior to joining Ogilvy, Mr. Crampton spent 18 years as a globetrotting new... more |
| 37 |  | Dewaldt Huysamen Dewaldt Huysamen has over 5 years on going experience in the Internet Marketing, Inbound and Paid Marketing industry. He excels in Research and Development and is a Google expert. He is also Google AdWords Qualified and Google Analytics Qualified. Dewaldt has worked with clients averaging from R3 50... more |
| 38 |  | Nadia Neophytou: In New York Nadia Neophytou is a New York based South African journalist most known for her work as the Entertainment Reporter for Eyewitness News, which is broadcast on Talk Radio 702, 567 Cape Talk, Highveld Stereo 94.7 and Kfm 94.5. She is now based in New York, as their US correspondent. Nadia also contribu... more |
| 39 |  | Mike Sharman Mike Sharman is the owner of multi-award winning agency Retroviral Digital Communications, an online communications consultancy that advises brands how to communicate with their target markets online, and executes strategies, while supporting their business objectives. Clients have included Mille... more |
| 40 |  | Sorab Ghaswalla An old world journalist who went to the light. Sorab Ghaswalla is a born-again chronicler (this time digital), a newbie Internet Entrepreneur and a digital world consultant, all rolled in one. One of the Internet’s earliest advocates, he was snared by the Web in 1999. He’s been in the zone ever ... more |
| 41 |  | Dan Zarrella Dan Zarrella is an award-winning social, search, and viral marketing scientist at HubSpot and author of two O’Reilly Media books: “The Social Media Marketing Book” and The Facebook Marketing Book. He has a background in web development and combines his programming capabilities with a passio... more |
| 42 |  | Graham Shillington Graham is co-owner of Refresh Creative Media along with Craig Bruton. He loves ideas, design, technology, human potential and his wife. He is also into kitesurfing, climbing and running.... more |
| 43 |  | Deep Fried Man Daniel Friedman known on stage as Deep Fried Man, is a South African comedian, musician and writer, based in Johannesburg. Formerly part of the alternative folk scene in Johannesburg, he made the transition to comedy at the beginning of 2010. He was voted Best Newcomer at the first annual Comics... more |
| 44 |  | Shawn Graaff From the depths of classics libraries and American academia - Shawn Graaff is a South African based Digital Strategist that works in Digital Management, Information Architecture, Social Media and Search Marketing with a special interest in Mobile for Africa and a self-admitted details fanatic. At Mi... more |
| 45 |  | Sam Beckbessinger Sam likes anything she can take apart and put back together again. This makes her a big fan of Linux and rusty old cars. She is a Digital Planner at Quirk, which is her dream job because it allows her to obsess about the internet, work with some fabulous clients on creative marketing strategies and ... more |
| 46 |  | Herman Manson (@marklives) The inaugural Vodacom Social Media Journalist of the Year in 2011, Herman Manson (@marklives) is a freelance business journalist and media commentator who blogs at www.marklives.com and his writing has appeared in newspapers and magazines locally and abroad. He also co-founded Brand magazine and is ... more |
| 47 |  | Peter Verweij After 30 years of lecturing and training at the School of Journalism at Utrecht in journalism, politics and new media, Peter Verweij, started in 2005 his own company D3-Media, which focuses on the following areas: Production of journalistic content for multimedia media and blogs; Research in the ar... more |
| 48 |  | Paul Armstrong Paul Armstrong is Head of Social for Mindshare. Recently returning from a seven year stint in Los Angeles where he worked in-house at MySpace (Corporate Communications) he has created digital strategies and activations for Activision, Sony, 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks and Yahoo! In his spare time... more |
| 49 |  | Carmen Schaefer Carmen Schaefer believes she can tell everything there is to know about a person just by spending some time studying their Facebook pages. This interest in the social networking titan was spurred by an MA completed through Wits University in Johannesburg. Her full-time job is lecturing Visual Commun... more |
| 50 |  | Jess Green Jess Green is a serial entrepreneur, previously exiting UbuntuDeal.co.za to Tiger Global LLC through bidorbuy, and now founding Perk, a mobile retail engagement app. Jess loves the tech scene, and serves as Investor Relations on the SiliconCape Exco.... more |
| 51 |  | Terri-Lee Adendorff Terri-Lee Adendorff believes that people who use the internet should be more intelligent - she wants to contribute to this initiative in any way that she can.... more |
| 52 |  | Gary Collins Gary Collins started his career as a journalist working for Sunday Times and noseWEEK, amongst others. He now runs a consultancy specializing in TMT, mobile payment - offering business and management consulting and research across sub-Saharan Africa... more |
| 53 |  | Ronan Steyn: Staff Reporter Ronan Steyn has a love for all things technology, with a particular focus on startups, gadgets and games. When not writing the good write, he can be found making films or purveying the latest gadget, game or film. At night he attempts an MA in Screenwriting at UCT. A firm believer that video is the ... more |
| 54 |  | Llew Claasen Llew is Vice President: Marketing at Clickatell.com. Clickatell has been around for more than a decade and is the largest Online SMS mobile messaging gateway covering 869 networks in 223 countries and territories. Llew is a member of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council Advisory Board for ... more |
| 55 |  | Bianca Budricks Bianca is a Communications and English Graduate all the way from North-West University Potchefstroom, finding her feet in the fair Cape as a ‘professional’ intern. She’s an avid reader, writer, wild child and adventurer with a special predilection towards gadgets and digital.... more |
| 56 |  | K.F Lai Dr K.F Lai is co-founder and chief executive officer of BuzzCity, one of world’s leading mobile media companies in the development and marketing of mobile services and entertainment to a global audience. Established in 1999 in Singapore, BuzzCity’s business focuses on two distinct audiences:... more |
| 57 |  | John Beale John spends his time doodling. But not just any type of doodling .The doodling that requires ones brain to actually function. He spends this rest of his day dreaming, sleeping and eating cars (not literally eating, that would just be weird) and wondering about how he can come to own all of them o... more |
| 58 |  | Rick Bosch Rick has worked in a variety of fields, from a print and radio journalist to making bubble wrap in the UK for 18 months. However, settled in Cape Town a few years ago, he moved into the online world and as a lover of all things tech and geek related, spent many hours researching all things Android. ... more |
| 59 |  | Rhys Downard Rhys is an online marketing specialist at digital agency Flint Studios. He reckons that If it is online, affects your reputation, can be leveraged for maximized returns or requires an unheard of response technique, then he's your man. The online world changes every day, provides endless challenges a... more |
| 60 |  | David Alves David is a Social Media Manager with a string of agency experience to his name. His digitally besotted nature has been an asset he's nurtured over years of internet abuse, both personally and professionally. Being a failed entrepreneur, twice over, has thickened his skin to Earth-crust-like proporti... more |
| 61 |  | Alan Knott-Craig Jr Alan Knott-Craig Jr is a South African mobile entrepreneur with a passion for business opportunities. He is the former CEO of iBurst and now runs World of Avatar, which acquired Mxit in 2011.... more |
| 62 |  | David Spark David Spark is a new media consultant and producer with more than fifteen years knowledge and experience as a journalist reporting on the tech industry in print, radio, TV, and online. His articles and advice have appeared in more than 30 publications including eWEEK, Wired News, PC Computing, PC Wo... more |
| 63 |  | Tac Anderson From 2001 - 2004 Tac owned a skateboard shop in Las Vegas. From 2005 - 12 Tac has been a partner at a digital marketing agency, a Social Media Strategic lead at HP, the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at an early stage VC company, and a VP of Digital Strategies for Waggener Edstrom. Tac is currently the H... more |
| 64 |  | Arthur Goldstuck Arthur is a writer, analyst and commentator on Internet, mobile and business technologies. He heads the World Wide Worx research organisation, leading market research into hi-tech change. Arthur is author of 18 books, including six books on urban legends. He enjoys reviewing comics, single-malt whis... more |
| 65 |  | Deva Lee Deva Lee is a journalist in teacher’s clothing, currently working in South Korea. She writes about Korean pop culture and her experiences as a traveler and foreigner in the country.... more |
| 66 |  | Frans De Villiers Frans De Villiers has worked in marketing all of his career. He started in advertising first at Saatchi & Saatchi and then at the Jupiter Drawing Room in Account Management. He then moved into Marketing first with Jan Braai at National Braai Day and eventually for 12 months at World of Avatar w... more |
| 67 |  | Dale Ferreira Born barefoot in Boksburg and growing up in Welkom in the Free State, Dale has fought against all odds and managed to come out English. In 2011 he wanted to be involved in social media, and decided to reinvent and at 28 became the world’s oldest intern. Whatever it is, he is probably having fun ... more |
| 68 |  | Craig Rodney Ruggedly handsome space-explorer, philanthropist and part-time haberdasher, Craig Rodney proved to the world once and for all that he was impervious to pain when he founded Emerging Media at the tender age of 26. Craig’s dynamic approach and creative problem solving style catapulted the company in... more |
| 69 |  | Jared Molko Jared is an Account Strategist at Google SA. Before joining Google, Jared was involved in a startup company called CrowdTech. There he was the marketing manager for an online t-shirt design company called Springleap, which is based around the crowdsourcing model. Whilst at Springleap, the compan... more |
| 70 |  | Lara Fawzy Lara Fawzy is co-author of Emerging Business Online: Global Markets and the Power of B2B Internet Marketing , and currently a marketing manager for Cisco’s African region and Turkey (based in Cairo, Egypt). Lara is also Director and founder of her own firm, ebocube Consultancy.... more |
| 71 |  | Matt Rose Matt Rose, an avid trend watcher with a passion for the people of South Africa, is a strategic planner at Publicis Groupe Johannesburg, specialising in market research, shopper marketing and behavioural psychology. He brings a grounded yet often controversial approach to uncovering consumer insights... more |
| 72 |  | HumanIPO HumanIPO is a top pan-African technology news website, covering everything from startups to big tech business, and a community of people creating something new in Africa-- starting businesses, investing in new technologies or joining startups. Create a profile o... more |
| 73 |  | Mark Molenaar Mark Molenaar is Director of Client Service at TNS South Africa. With over 18 years marketing research experience, Mark is focusing his energies on the opportunities that the Digital world is constantly churning out and seeing how these can be applied to marketing research. Mark has a passion for... more |
| 74 |  | Mark Wright Coming from a Public Relations background, Mark is a devoted enthusiast of the internet. As a wordsmith, consultant and marketer, he aims to bring your ideas to life and attract the attention your organisation deserves. In 2013 Mark co-founded Cavalry Media... more |
| 75 |  | Nicholas Haralambous Nic a mobile entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Motribe, a mobile platform for publishing on the web. He has previously worked at Vodacom in the social media division launching a mobile alternative reality game, Legends of Echo as well as location based social network, The Grid. He has also ... more |
| 76 |  | Alex De Coning Alex de Coning started his career in public relations at Baird’s Renaissance in 2001. During this time, De Coning had the opportunity to work with clients across various industries, including Novartis and Sanofi Pasteur in the healthcare industry, as well as Absa in the financial sector. However, ... more |
| 77 |  | Mike Stopforth Mike Stopforth is the CEO of Cerebra, a leading strategic communications agency specialising in social media and PR for corporate brands. Cerebra’s client list includes Vodacom, Nedbank, Samsung, Toyota, Unilever, PWC and more. He is a sought-after speaker on the subjects of social media and ma... more |
| 78 |  | Brendan Jack Brendan writes, produces, directs and sometimes performs in his online branded entertainment campaigns. “Even if you wanted to ramp a truck off Table Mountain to sell something, we don’t need a permit.”He also works in the film and television industry, and as a voice-over artist.... more |
| 79 |  | Chenka Nkhata Chenka Nkhata is a technology enthused individual. Although he understands geek speak, you probably won’t find him writing code in the middle of the night with owl like eyes. What he lives for is using new technologies excessively in the real word and writing about them. Having worked with leading... more |
| 80 |  | Tim Shier Tim Shier is the Managing Director at BrandsEye where, from the Cape Town offices, he oversees the company’s international operations across 89 countries. BrandsEye is a world class Online Reputation Management service built in South Africa and taking on the international heavyweights (and of... more |
| 81 |  | Dylan Kohlstädt Dylan Kohlstädt is the founder and Account Director of Shift ONE: outsource marketing for entrepreneurs. Dylan is an online marketing specialist who is passionate about the user’s experience and about helping entrepreneurs and start ups succeed. Dylan has 10 years marketing management experienc... more |
| 82 |  | Jon Sumroy Jon Sumroy is a Digital Mentor - he studies and scrutinises how businesses succeed in today’s digital world. Then he finds the best ways to teach these insights to others; using his experience to help companies succeed. Jon consults for large and small companies, coaching teams, individuals and en... more |
| 83 |  | Daryn Smith Daryn Smith is the Executive Director of Product and Marketing at MPULL, a Marketing Software startup based in Cape Town. He has lead Marketing teams in Africa for Global brands before joining MPULL, and now merges two of his passions Marketing and Tech.... more |
| 84 |  | Chris Peterson Chris Peterson is a copywriter for Straight North, a Chicago Internet marketing firm. He specializes in B2B and B2C marketing, with experience in informational blog posts, press releases, and website content that emphasizes Search Engine Optimization. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, whe... more |
| 85 |  | Robin Chetty Robin - Leigh Chetty is a Psych graduate from Johannesburg, with a degree in New Media/Interactive Design, now uprooted and trying making his way in Cape Town and her numerous distractions. The wettest behind the ears of all the Burn Media contributors, Rob has a keen interest in technology and gami... more |
| 86 |  | Muggie van Staden Muggie van Staden helped start Obsidian Systems while he was still studying at RAU. After completing his studies, Van Staden left Obsidian to work at an engineering firm, only to return in 1999 to take the reins as Managing Director. As MD, he has overseen the growth in the company, in both services... more |
| 87 |  | Justin Butlion Justin Butlion is an entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of Bmark. Justin has a BA in Business Administration and Marketing from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel and his interests lie in social media, online marketing, web development and e-... more |
| 88 |  | Dave Blakey Dave Blakey is the founder of Snapt, a South African company that develops powerful user interface tools in order to effectively deliver open source software solutions for corporate customers. Blakey has a strong entrepreneurial background, having previously launched and developed the hugely succ... more |
| 89 |  | Mike Saunders An expert in social media, digital customer experiences and helping business engage customers and employees though the use of digital technology An international speaker, he has worked with some of the worlds most prestigious organisations including KPMG, Vodacom, GIBS, IBM and The South African ... more |
| 90 |  | Aneshree Naidoo Aneshree Naidoo has been on the internet for ten years; writing, editing and hanging around inappropriate chatrooms. But eventually she grew up and is now a freelance writer and copy editor. In her spare time she reads bad chick lit and good sci-fi, and works on a long-term wetware programming proje... more |
| 91 |  | Trak.in Trak.in is a popular Indian business blog which was started by IT professional and self-confessed internet geek Arun Prabhudesai in 2007. It has evolved into a multi-authored news and opinion site which covers topics such as enterpreneurship, startups and technology.... more |
| 92 |  | Tammy Binedell Tammy studied advertising and marketing, making her way up the SEO ladder and ending up as the Head of Editorial at Groupon South Africa. After realising she couldn't walk around with a caffeine drip in her arm forever, she left the world of deals and dove back head first into the world of SEO. She ... more |
| 93 |  | Claudio Rebuzzi ... more |
| 94 |  | Matt Mullenweg Matthew Charles Mullenweg is an Online/Social Media entrepreneur, Web Developer and musician living in San Francisco, California. He is best known for his development of Open Source web software WordPress (which is now managed by The WordPress Foundation). He founded Automattic, a company based in ... more |
| 95 |  | Peter Olsthoorn Peter is a Dutch author and journalist who has worked for national newspapers, TV, radio and management and trade magazines in the Netherlands, Germany, the U.K. and the US since 1978. Peter worked for Dutch dailies, radio and television from Eastern Europe during the upheavals of 1988-1990, th... more |
| 96 |  | Tech Wire Asia Brought to you by the people behind Asian Correspondent, TechWire Asia offers insights and an overview on the technology scene in the region. Their regional staff focuses on daily news, views and reviews on the startup scene, gadgets, social media, enterprise software, and green technology.... more |
| 97 |  | Daniel Scheffler Daniel Scheffler is a freelance writer who spends his time between the soothing Cape Town and the galvanizing New York. After a number of years killing himself in Paris, LA, London and Cape Town in management consulting, he now concentrates on writing about life, technology and culture.... more |
| 98 |  | Jason Stewart Jason Stewart is Managing Partner of HaveYouHeard, South Africa’s first specialist Word-of-Mouth marketing (WOMM) agency, representing brands seeking to develop lasting and intimate relationships with their consumers. After matriculating from the Diocesan College (Bishops) in 1997, Jason spen... more |
| 99 |  | Vint Cerf Vinton G. Cerf is an American computer scientist who is the "person most often called the father of the Internet". His contributions have been recognised repeatedly, with honorary degrees, and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, ... more |
| 100 |  | Athar Naser Athar Nasar, a first class honours university graduate in Multimedia Design, Technology & Communications, has joined Primedia Online where he heads up Juice Content, which creates bespoke content solutions for businesses to ensure your online platforms “speak” to your customers, and each oth... more |
