Get to know our speakers, who have submitted bios, alphabetically by last name.
 | Jay Berkowitz, CEO of TenGoldenRules.com
Jay Berkowitz is a seasoned marketing professional with over twenty years of business experience. He has managed marketing departments for Fortune 500 brands: McDonald's and Coca-Cola, and has developed traditional and direct marketing programs for AT&T, Sprint and eDiets.com.
Mr. Berkowitz is the Founder and CEO of TenGoldenRules.com, a strategic marketing consulting business based in Boca Raton, Florida. Ten Golden Rules helps companies drive more traffic to their websites, and convert that traffic to sales. Ten Golden Rules services include: Website Marketing Strategy, Search Engine Optimization, Landing Pages and Conversion Strategies, Reputation Management, Search Optimized Public Relations, Affiliate Marketing and Web 2.0 strategies. Tengoldenrules.com clients include: online retail network ExtremeHallowen.com, BlueStarJets.com, Kaplan University, Date.com and 1-800-Pet-Meds.
Mr. Berkowitz is a Founding Board Member of the South Florida Interactive Marketing Association, the co-Chairman of the SEMPO Research Committee the Past President of the American Marketing Association South Florida, and a past Board Member of the Toronto International Film Festival.
He is a keynote presenter at conferences and events such as Ad-Tech, Affiliate Summit, The Direct Marketing Association, The Association of Internet Marketing and Sales, The US Department of Commerce, The Association of Women in Communications, The Global Benchmarking Council and the CEO Executive Forum. Mr. Berkowitz is the host of the popular Ten Golden Rules of Internet Marketing Podcast, the Gold Medal winner at the Association of Women in Communications PR Olympics and the recipient of two SOFIE Award nominations. |
 | Marsha Collier, Author of eBay for Dummies
Marsha Collier is an author and one of the foremost eBay experts and educators in the world. She earned her eBay expertise as on longtime seller on the site beginning in 1996 as a means to earn extra money for her daughter's education (and eventually it paid for her entire college degree). She was one of the first eBay PowerSellers and continues to maintain that status.
With over 1 million copies of her For Dummies books in print, she is the top selling eBay author. Among her books, eBay For Dummies is the best selling book for eBay beginners while eBay Business All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is the best selling title on operating an eBay business. Her books are sold worldwide with translations in Chinese, French, German, Spanish, and Italian; there are also special editions for the UK, Australia and Canada.
Marsha was recently named one of twenty outstanding "iCitizens" in the 2008 book, The Open Brand: When Push Comes to Pull in a Web-Made World by Kelly Mooney. She hosts Computer & Technology Radio along with Marc Cohen from KABC on KTRB in San Francisco (860 AM) and WSradio on the internet. In addition, she also shares her business expertise through videos at Entrepreneur.com's "Coaches Corner." Her highly acclaimed PBS special Making Your Fortune Online marked it's debut in 2005 and is available on DVD.
Along with her writing, Marsha is also an experienced eBay educator. She is a regular presenter at eBay Live! and continues to makes regular appearances on television, radio, and in print to discuss online commerce. To learn more about Marsha check out these sites: www.coolebaytools.com; mcollier.blogspot.com, www.computerandtechnologyradio.com, www.marcandmarsha.com |
 | Lynn Dralle, The Queen of Auctions
Lynn Dralle is the granddaughter of Cheryl Leaf, an antiques dealer and larger-than-life personality who passed away in August of 2000 at the age of 88. Lynn literally grew up in the antiques business; she started accompanying her grandmother to antique shows at the age of seven. Her grandmother, Cheryl Leaf, owned Cheryl Leaf Antiques & Gifts for 52 years. Near the end of her grandmother's life, Lynn returned home to run the family antiques store. She eventually began buying and selling on eBay to pay for her grandmother's nursing home experiences. Lynn is third-generation antiques dealer and an eBay Power Seller who has sold up to $20,000 a month through online auctions.
Lynn has an undergraduate degree in entrepreneur studies and a master's degree in business administration, both from the University of Southern California. Lynn has been selling as a full-time Power Seller on eBay since 1998. An award-winning author who has lectured around the country on how to buy and sell on eBay, she has appeared on national television and is the author of iBuy and iSell, an auction-tracking notebook system carried by eBay in their online store. In addition, she writes about eBay for publishing houses like McGraw-Hill and Wiley.
She has built up a loyal following of thousands who subscribe to her weekly ezine. Lynn lives in Southern California with her two children, an eleven-year-old all-star baseball player and a nine-year-old Hannah Montana fan. |
 | Jason Guzman, Co-Founder of JunctionQuest
Jason Guzman is one of the co-founders of JunctionQuest which he helped to start back in 2004. With over 13 years of experience in information technology and 7 years of direct web application development, Jason serves as a senior officer and advisor at JunctionQuest.
As one of the leading ChannelAdvisor and e-commerce standalone store design firms, JunctionQuest sky rocketed in 2006 catering to a growing need for quality e-commerce design and development. Since Jason's career highlight 7 years ago being the development of a web based human DNA sequencing application he has since continued practices in advanced e-commerce deployment and web development at JunctionQuest. |
 | Michael Lambert, CEO and Co-Founder of Merchant Advantage
Michael Lambert is CEO and Co-Founder of MerchantAdvantage with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He established MerchantAdvantage in 2005 to answer the need in the marketplace of creating applications designed to thoroughly connect the online retailer to their marketplace partners in a seamless motion of communication. This pioneering strategy allows small to mid-sized online merchants to take control of their ecommerce channels, marketing strategies and IT solutions without relying on expensive third-party advisory-based solutions.
Previous to creating MerchantAdvantage, Michael was CEO of a custom software development and hosting firm, creating numerous e-commerce websites and related software and services for the company's 3500 small to mid-sized businesses. Michael has been the guest or keynote speaker at many venues such as the "Asian America Hotel Owners Association" and the "Minority and Women owned business Empowerment conference". |
 | Debbie Levitt, CEO of As Was
In April 1995, Debbie Levitt founded As Was, a website design and business consulting firm that became eBay's first Certified Service Provider in 2004. As Was offers services for online sellers including branding, design, and personalized sales and marketing strategies. Consulting for eBay sellers has been the core As Was specialty since 2001. The average As Was client sees an eBay sales increase of 15% within weeks of working with As Was, and then continues growing.
Debbie is eBay's first Certified Consultant and the first Education Specialist Trained by eBay. Her recognized expertise as well as her approach to online branding, marketing, and strategy are redefining the model of what are "good" eBay listings, eBay Stores, or websites. |
 | Tim Woda, Vice President of Business Development & Sales, buySAFE
With more than 15 years of experience in sales, sales management, marketing and collaborative negotiation, Tim brings to buySAFE a refined ability to implement and execute best-practice sales and business processes. As Vice President of Business Development & Sales, Tim is responsible for leading buySAFE's customer acquisition efforts, business development team and establishing strategic partnerships with the Internet's most successful companies. He has a successful track record of developing a deep understanding of a partner's business, their strategy and key initiatives and clearly identifying the business benefits of a proposed relationship.
Prior to buySAFE, Tim was the founder and managing member of The Telecom Recruiter, LLC, an executive search firm specializing in the telecommunications industry. He has also severed as Southeast Area Director for MCI Communications where he managed several district sales teams and was inducted into the MCI Small Business Hall of Fame. |
 | David Yaskulka, President, Blueberry Consulting
After nearly 20 years as CMO for PR and ad agencies and top nonprofits, David and his wife started Blueberry Boutique as a part-time home-based eBay business in 2002. Modest plans aside, Blueberry became eBay's largest shirt and tie seller. Featured in 12 books, including Internet Riches and Secrets of the eBay Millionaires, David was called "likely eBay's best all-around seller" by AuctionBytes publisher Ina Steiner. Blueberry Boutique was acquired by an online jeweler in 2006.
As President of Blueberry Consulting, he serves as VP Product Marketing for Kompolt online agency, Marketing Chair for the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance, advisor to Wall Street firms on eCommerce trends, and as marketing consultant for eBay Giving Works and MissionFish. |
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