Virtual Insights is written by various individuals at InXpo. Meet the authors:
Rich Hawkinson
A co-founder of InXpo, Rich Hawkinson is responsible for the Product Management and Product Development areas of the business. Product Management works with InXpo customers and industry experts to collect ideas on what will improve the virtual events and webcasting experience but importantly where is virtual heading in the future. The Development team then incorporates and tests all of the virtual platform and webcasting features.
John Hegstrom
John Hegstrom is responsible for ensuring that InXpo’s customers successfully reach their target audiences, deliver their messages effectively, and build engaging and collaborative virtual environments. John is an industry veteran with experience in virtual environments, social media marketing, product management, marketing, e-commerce, CRM and client services. Prior to joining InXpo he ran Client Services at PopularMedia where he transitioned the team from a project centric to a relationship centric focus as the company introduced a Software a s a Service platform for their flagship social media marketing product. Prior to PopularMedia John led a global consulting practice at Salesforce.com, launched Informatica’s on-demand family of products, and led global services at Unisfair. John also served as VP/Associate Director at Digitas where he specialized in leveraging Internet technologies to implement marketing programs.
Sean Patrick Keen
Sean Patrick Keen is a Webcasting Product Manager at InXpo. He is responsible for working with the Development and Creative teams on new product developments, and for introducing clients to new features. Sean has extensive experiencing in webcasting and has produced over one hundred webcasts. Prior to InXpo, Sean spent several years working with new media companies and creative agencies, specializing in project management and web design.
John Leahy
John Leahy is the Director of Product Management at InXpo works closely with Customers, Partners and Salespeople as well as Production and Development teams on designing and validating new functional requirements. John has been working in technology for over 25 years and has been working with Internet technologies for over 15 years.
Dennis Shiao
Dennis Shiao is Client Services Executive at InXpo. Dennis works with strategic clients on their virtual event programs. Prior to InXpo, Dennis served as Director of Product Management, Webcasts at TechTarget, where he helped produce over 20 virtual tradeshows for B-to-B technology advertisers. Prior to TechTarget, Dennis spent several years in Information Technology management, with responsibility for large scale web and server infrastructure.
Cece Salomon-Lee
Cece Salomon-Lee is Director of Marketing at InXpo. She is responsible for driving InXpo’s awareness and marketing to the next level. With over 15 years of marketing and public relations experience, Cece has successfully implemented communications strategies for SaaS and technology companies.
