The meshforum team
MeshForum is the efforts of many people. Thanks to all our volunteers and team members. If you would like to volunteer to help organize MeshForum, please contact us.
A few specific areas where MeshForum is seeking help are:
- Graphic Design - a Logo for MeshForum, graphics for the web, design of MeshForum materials and program book
- Media relations/PR - outreach to Media before MeshForum, as well as liaison to media during MeshForum
- Publisher coordination - many MeshForum attendees are book authors, MeshForum is looking for contacts with publishers to coordinate schedules and efforts, as well as to arrange publicity and promotions
- WIFI expert (in Chicago) - a current need is for WIFI experts to help test the venue for connectivity and interference prior to MeshForum in Oct, as well as help the venue set up WIFI successfully
- Foundation outreach - as a non-profit, MeshForum would like to reach out to other non-profits and foundations for support and partnership.
Founder, Shannon Clark
Shannon Clark
Founder & President, JigZaw, Inc
Founder, MeshForum
Shannon Clark has been active on the Internet since 1991. JigZaw Inc is a software and consulting company providing solutions to complex challenges, it's primary product is Decisa: Contract Compliance, a tool for managing portfolios of contracts. Shannon is a writer and researcher, his research is focused on applied Artificial Intelligence, especially automated data extraction from semi-structured data such as webpages. Shannon is an active participant in groups ranging from the IETF CALSCH working group (Calendaring and Scheduling), Minciu Sodas (a virtual research laboratory), to many online Social Networks. Shannon is the former event chair for Ryze.com in Chicago. He maintains a personal blog Searching For the Moon.
Member, Jack Vinson
Jack Vinson
Knowledge Management Advocate
Knowledge Jolt, Inc
Jack Vinson is a knowledge management advocate and technology enthusiast and the president of Knowledge Jolt, Inc., a knowledge management consultancy. Jack also keeps an active weblog of commentary on knowledge management and related topics.
Member, Joel Shapira
Joel Shapira
Software Sales Professsional, Graduate Student
Joel Shapira is an experienced enterprise software sales professional having worked with numerous Fortune 1000 companies including General Motors, Baxter International, Borders Group and Sprint. Additionally, he has business development competence partnering with Cisco Systems, AT&T, EDS and IBM. He graduated from Northwestern University's School of Speech and is currently engaged in the School for New Learning graduate program at DePaul University that integrates business, social networking, collaboration and leadership skills.