Panelists' Profiles
Kevin Popovic, Founder of Ideahaus®
Kevin Popovic has been in the communications business for over twenty-five years. He's been an Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University since 1998, and been a corporate trainer/marketing professional for fortune 500 companies. Popovic is completing his first book, "Satellite Marketing: Using Social Media to Sell", which documents his trademarked strategy for using social media sites and services as stand-alone marketing stations, or "satellites".
Rodney Rumford, Co-Founder of TweetPhoto, Founder of Gravity Summit
Rodney is a noted new media visionary and has authored books on social media, Twitter, business blogging and podcasting. He is also the founding partner of TweetPhoto, a Twitter photo sharing service with over a million page views per day. He is the founder & CEO Gravitational Media, a new media agency. Rodney has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, Business 2.0 and numerous Associated Press & Reuters articles.
Dexter Bustarde, Senior Web Analyst, Digitaria Interactive
With over 12 years experience, Dexter defines social media and web analytics solutions for select clients at Digitaria Interactive. Dexter has been a featured speaker and panelist at BlogWorld Expo and the National Sports Forum as well as a contributing editor and manager of GaslampBall.com and UncommonSportsman.com, both part of SportsBlogs Nation, which 24/7 Wall St. has identified as one of the 25 most valuable blogs in America.
Steve Kovsky , Technology Correspondent, San Diego 6 TV (XETV, San Diego).
Steve Kovsky is a veteran technology journalist, author and consultant based in San Diego. Steve has covered business and technology for more than 20 years in print, radio, television and online. In addition, Steve is a contributing editor for a variety of technology publications and Web sites, including InformationWeek, eWeek, TechWeb, TechRepublic, and others.Venture Challenge
Brown, Georgetown, Michigan, Brigham Young and SDSU all competing to win over $25,000 in awards.
- Top 20 in the nation among universities for entrepreneurs in the U.S.
- Top 25 list of "America's Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs."
- Top 30 in entrepreneurship according to U.S. News & World Report.


