In this Podcast Episode

Rob McNealy interviews Melodie Reagan, CEO of Auromira^TM Executive Advantage and President of TiE-Rockies, about what the Rockies chapter of TiE is doing to foster entrepreneurship in Colorado.

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Melodie Reagan’s Bio

Melodie Reagan, CEO of Auromira^TM Executive Advantage, a national  recruitment, staffing and workforce management firm, is an international business leader and entrepreneur, having led teams throughout the US, Europe and Asia. Her 20+ years of Communications and Information industry experience includes line of business management with profit and loss accountability, product management and development, marketing, eCRM, and systems development. Previously, she was Sr. Vice President of Global Marketing and Sales Operations and Sr. Vice President of Transport Services for Level(3) Communications; a global practice leader and industry analyst with Telechoice; and she held marketing leadership positions with Wiltel, Sprint, and US West.

Her business achievements span starting and leading a successful staffing and recruitment firm, having up to $1 billion product line responsibility serving consumers, all size businesses and government, and leading a top performing international consultancy. Melodie has managed operating budgets of up to $35 million, directed technical and non-technical staffs of more than 130 throughout the globe (US, EU and Asia). She has consistently won performance awards including President’s Club, Women Legislator’s Outstanding Women of Colorado, and NAFE’s Women of Excellence for Outstanding Entrepreneur Achievement.

Melodie has a passion for serving her community.  In addition to regularly speaking on leadership, workforce trends and career development, she founded WBE (Women Business Executives), served as a judge in both 2005 and 2006 for Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards - Rocky Mountain Region, was Board Director for ACG (Association for Corporate Growth) Denver and is currently President of TiE-Rockies.  Melodie graduated magna cum laude with a BSBA in Marketing, Management Information Systems and Management Science from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She has two wonderful sons, Aaron and Bryce.

In this Podcast Episode

Rob McNealy interviews podcaster and security analyst, Goldie Katsu, about the Thin Air Summit, a new media conference happening in Denver from November 7-9.

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About the Thin Air Summit

The Thin Air Summit, which is being organized by Goldie Katsu and Kit Seeborg, was born from the idea that getting Colorado’s New Media professionals and out-of-town guests in the same venue for two days of intensive learning and collaborating is a win-win for the area’s New Media community!  Conference speakers include Dave Taylor, Jeremiah, Owyang, and Startup Story’s own Rob McNealy.

The conference is organized in three tracks - blogging, audio and video.  An optional introductory workshop on new media will be presented on Friday.  Seating for the conference is limited to 100 attendees, in order to provide a comfortable and intimate setting for attendees to ask questions and engage in discussions on any number of topics. The opportunities to interact with presenters and fellow attendees are endless.

Register for the Thin Air Summit now.  Don’t wait.  Seats are filling fast, and this event WILL sell out.

Goldie Katsu’s Bio

Once an explorer always an explorer.  Goldie Katsu has been playing with technology since her childhood.  She first explored social networking and “new media” back in the dark ages of the network through usenet newsgroups and UNIX system forums. In the latest incarnation of social networking and new media she has been an early adopter and explorer of how to use and benefit from social networking tools and new media. On her blog she explores themes in technology, society, law and how all this relates to our increasing public and connected world.

In addition to writing she is actively involved in web video on streaming video sites such as Blogtv and Ustream, stored video sites like Viddler, and conversational video sites such as Seesmic and 12seconds.tv, and was an early user of many of these sites.

Her participation and content is valued by others and she has been an integral part of the growth of new media. In a recent newsletter Chris Brogan stated in reference to Goldie’s blog  “Goldie’s Gabs - Want a grab bag of thoughtful, personal, touching, and insightful stories? In video, text, and beyond, Goldie Katsu delivers. She’s a great producer of content, and someone you feel you know after just a few posts.”

Located in Boulder, Colorado, Goldie joined the Denver Area Podcaster’s meetup. It was at this meetup that the idea of a new media conference for Colorado first came up. Inspired by the idea she gathered a team of interested community members and this has become the Thin Air Summit.

Goldie Katsu can be found on twitter.com/goldiekatsu and at her blog at http://blog.goldiesgabs.com.

In this Podcast Episode

Rob McNealy interviews Chris Brogan, a new media expert and co-founder of PodCamp, about using new media to build connections in business.

Chris Brogan’s Bio

Chris Brogan is a new media guru with ten years of experience using social media and technology to build relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. He is also the co-founder of the PodCamp conference series, which explores the use of new media community tools to extend and build value.  Chris’ own blog, where he works with all kinds of new media, is in the top 200 on Technorati.

Chris Brogan currently serves as VP Strategy & Technology at CrossTech Media, an integrated media and events business. He frequently speaks at and attends marketing and social media events, sharing his passion for all things social media. In fact, you can catch both Chris and Rob in a panel discussion on blogging as a business at Blog World Expo on September 21st.

Prior to working in the media and events space, Chris had over 16 years of telecommunications experience in wireless and landline technologies.