Michael Clauss

Mr.Clauss has built marketing and business development groups for business large and small. He specializes in highly focused customer service programs. At MCI he managed major account teams and marketed business services. For several years he advised Microsoft on marketing wireless and mobile devices. For Amazon.com he managed marketing within All Product Search - responsible for 70% of Amazon.com's revenue. He also marketed Amazon Anywhere for wireless shopping. He has recently been consulting and has advised many companies on strategy and marketing.

Daniel Herb

Daniel has focused his career on technology consulting and strategy development. Daniel is experienced in developing methodologies and processes to identify and maximize value creation for businesses, both in competitive intelligence and in new product development, particularly bringing new service products to market. Daniel worked at Strategic Decisions Group, a Stanford Research Institute spin-off, for six years before leaving to help launch a new services product at Amazon.com. Subsequently he was a founder and managing director for Saltmine Digital Strategies, whose customers included Seattle's Best Coffee, Muzak and several internet start-ups.

Michelle Sheiman

Michelle has spent 21 years in technology management and business operations management, specifically in product development, product management, marketing, hardware & software engineering, process reengineering, technology strategy, operations, project management and business planning. Her industry experience includes e-commerce, wireless, semiconductor, healthcare, retail, insurance and public sector. She has worked for IBM, Oracle, Amazon.com, and her own consulting company, Z Creek. She has consulted with customers such as Kaiser Permanente, Safeway, Bank of America and several non-profits.