Demian Perry
Director of Mobile, NPR

Demian Perry has managed product development efforts for a variety of top media companies from the Washington Post to Yahoo. He currently leads the mobile and connected cars product development team at NPR. Demian’s areas of expertise include mobile app development, digital product management, data mining, server architecture, front-end deployment & UI, and interactive marketing. He has an MBA from the University of Virginia Graduate School of Business (Darden). Get more information about Demian on his Linkedin profile

Vinnie Schoenfelder
Principal, CapTech Ventures

Vinnie Schoenfelder is a CapTech Principal with 18 years of industry experience and more than 15 years working on Portal, Content Management, and Collaboration systems. He is an expert on Web 2.0 and mobile technologies, and currently oversees CapTech’s project management, strategic visioning, enterprise architecture, and solution modeling efforts. In addition to this work, Vinnie is a frequent speaker at Fortune 500 companies and technology conferences across North America. He is a graduate and volunteer for Leadership Metro Richmond, and an active member of VCU’s Industrial Advisory Board. Learn more about Vinnie on his Linkedin profile

Michael Yoch
SVP, Product at HelloWallet

Michael Yoch is in charge of product strategy and development at HelloWallet. Prior to this work, he led NPR’s successful effort become one of the world’s top digital content providers and oversaw the organization’s creation of both a comprehensive suite of award-winning mobile web products and the publishing tools that drive them. In addition to his work in the technology sector, Michael is also a lawyer. He has a BA in Liberal Arts and a JD from the University of Texas at Austin. More about Michael on his Linkedin profile 

Kevin Novak
VP of New Business Development & Digital Strategies, American Institute of Architects

As the Vice President of New Business Development and Digital Strategies for the American Institute of Architects, Kevin is directly responsible for AIA’s new business development strategy and product development, and digital strategy. In addition to his current work, he is Chair of the National Research Council/National Academies Panel on Communicating and Disseminating Engineering and Scientific Data for the National Science Foundation, and the former Chair of both the W3C Electronic Government workgroup and the Internet in Developing Countries Task Force under the .MOBI Foundation. Prior to joining the AIA, Kevin was Director of Web Services at the Library of Congress, where he led the development of the Library’s award-winning 22 million-item online multimedia collection, one of the world’s largest websites. More about Kevin on his Linkedin profile 

Robert Spier, Moderator
Director of Mobile, The Travel Channel

Robert Spier is Director of Mobile at Travel Channel. Before assuming this position, he was Mobile Product Director for Travel Channel’s parent company, Scripps Networks Interactive, home to leading television networks like HGTV, DIY Network, the Food Network, and the Cooking Channel. In addition to this work, Robert was Director of Content Development & Mobile OPs at NPR, where he oversaw development of award-winning mobile web, applications and podcasting tools. A dual US/French citizen, Robert is based in Washington, DC. More about Robert on his Linkedin profile