David Carey  | Group President, Condé Nast

David Carey is group president at Condé Nast, overseeing the company’s properties that reach a business and executive audience, including Condé Nast Portfolio, WIRED, Golf Digest, Golf World, Golf for Women and its related event and digital platforms. Most recently, he led the startup Condé Nast Portfolio and Portfolio.com.

Previously, David was the VP and publisher of The New Yorker, where in 2002 he helped the company post its first profit in 18 years. He was also a founding publisher of SmartMoney and a publisher of House & Garden. In 2001, he served a brief stint at Gruner & Jahr’s business information group as president and CEO. David was named by AdWeek as the industry’s “executive of the year” in 2004, and in 2005 he was named by Folio: Magazine as a member of its “Dream Team” of publishing executives.

Bob Carrigan  | CEO, IDG Communications worldwide

As CEO of IDG Communications worldwide, IDG’s media and events subsidiary, Bob Carrigan oversees IDG’s media operations in 85 countries around the world.  Prior to assuming his worldwide CEO role in 2008, he was responsible for business units in the U.S., including CXO Media, Computerworld, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, PC World, IDG Entertainment, Industry Standard, IDG World Expo.

Bob returned to IDG in 2003 as president and CEO of Computerworld. He rejoined IDG from AOL, where he was SVP in the interactive marketing group.  He joined AOL through its acquisition of Spinner.com. Bob also spent seven years in multiple roles at IDG’s PC World. He is a board member for the Interactive Advertising Bureau and American Business Media. 

Gordon T. Hughes II  | President and CEO, American Business Media

Gordon T. Hughes II is president and CEO of American Business Media. He joined ABM in 1994 as president, and took on the title of CEO in 2000. During his tenure at ABM, he has repositioned the association from a traditional publishing group to a global organization of business information providers.

Prior to joining ABM, Gordon was president of the marketing division for the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. He also served as vice president of marketing for CBS stations division. While at CBS, he won two Emmy Awards as a producer of major sports and entertainment events. Earlier in his career, Gordon was vice president and station manager at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, and director of sales at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles.

David Jackson  | Founder and CEO, Seeking Alpha

David Jackson worked for five years as a technology research analyst for Morgan Stanley in New York. He left in early 2003 to manage money (long/short) and explore new approaches to financial publishing, ultimately leading to the creation of Seeking Alpha. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he worked in technology venture funding and macroeconomics (HM Treasury in London and The Bank of Israel).

David has a B.A. from Oxford University and an M.Sc. from The London School of Economics. He is married to a very patient and loving woman, and has four young children. He is also on the Board of food rescue organization Table to Table.

David Levin  | CEO, United Business Media

David Levin is CEO of United Business Media, an international media and business information company that includes UBM, LLC, Commonwealth Business Media and PR Newswire. Prior to joining UBM, David was CEO of Symbian, which he joined after serving as COO of Psion, Symbian’s parent company.  While at Psion, David led the acquisition of Teklogix and managed Psion’s exit from the consumer handheld business.

Previously, David held senior management positions at the Euromoney Institutional Investor.  He also worked for the venture capital firm Apax Partners, and for Universal Grinding Wheels of Stafford and in Asia.  David began his career with Bain and Company, a consulting firm where he worked in several world regions including West Africa, North Asia, Southeast Asia, and the U.S.

Marty Moe  | SVP, AOL Money & Finance

Marty Moe is SVP for AOL Money & Finance, News, Sports, KOL and Weblogs, overseeing the operation of the financial portal and the commercial blog network, with sites such as Engadget, Autoblog, and Joystiq, as well as AOL News, Sports and KOL and the new AOL technology network. Under his direction, these properties reach more than 40 million monthly unique users.

Having joined AOL in 2001, Marty previously worked as its executive director of business affairs and development. He also supervised the management of partner relationships for various AOL businesses. Earlier, he was deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, practiced corporate law and served as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. 

Scott Peters  | Managing Director, The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc.

Scott Peters, a managing director with JEGI, represents a wide array of consumer and business information, marketing services and online media companies in an M&A advisory capacity.

Before rejoining JEGI, Scott was the co-founder of AngelSociety, an information, communications and transaction company serving the early stage investing or ‘angel’ investing market.  Prior to his initial employment with JEGI, Scott was with Veronis Suhler Stevenson, where he served as director of research and later, director of business development for the investment bank and private equity fund. He currently serves as a media and entertainment sector advisor to The New York City Investment Fund (NYCIF) and on the advisory board of Columbia Business School’s social enterprise program. He earned an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Paul Rossi  | Managing Director, EVP and Publisher, The Economist

In June 2008 Paul Rossi was named managing director and executive vice president of The Economist Group for the Americas. Paul’s portfolio of businesses includes The Economist magazine, Economist.com the Economist Intelligence Unit, Economist Conferences, and the CFO brand businesses in the region. 

He joined The Economist in 1987, managing advertising sales for the Middle East and Africa, and became publisher of The Economist in North America in 2005. In 2007 BtoB Media Business named Paul one of its top publishing innovators.  In 2008, Adweek called The Economist the hottest magazine in America, naming Paul one of two “Executives of the Year” along with The Economist’s editor-in-chief. Paul currently serves on the board of the Hope Program, a career development program for homeless and welfare-dependent adults in New York City.

Vivek Shah  | President, Fortune|Money Group

Vivek Shah is president of the Fortune|Money Group, which includes the magazines Fortune, Money and Fortune Small Business, and the website CNNMoney.com. Vivek formerly served as president of digital publishing for the group, overseeing CNNMoney.com, which has more than 22 million unique visitors each month. 

Previously, he was the general manager of group, functioning as its senior financial and business development executive, helping to develop and implement strategy and manage day-to-day operations.  Prior to that, Vivek was the vice president of new business ventures of the group, where he was responsible for launching and managing a portfolio of new businesses. Vivek has been named online Publisher of the Year by MIN and Innovator of the Year by BtoB’s Media Business.