Susan Emerick

Susan Emerick leads enterprise social business programs for IBM. As an author, speaker and adjunct professor, Susan helps marketers use social and digital media to foster longterm, high-value relationships with clients, prospects, partners, colleagues, and communities. Beginning in 2008, Susan helped establish a social insights practice at IBM, to continually develop social listening insights that drive marketing planning and social engagement strategies. This IBM initiative was awarded the 2010 SAMMY (Social Advertising, Media and Marketing) for Best Socialized Business. In 2011, Susan was named to the elite iMedia Top 25 Internet Marketing Leaders and Innovators, an annual list of cutting-edge creative professionals, strategists, and technology innovators. As an active member of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association Research and Measurement Council, Susan uses her expertise to influence the standards and principles of word of mouth research and measurement.

Chris Boudreaux helps large brands transform their business operations for ROI through social media.  He also leads development of social media offerings and serves as a solution architect for social media solutions at Accenture. In 2008, he created SocialMediaGovernance.com to help organizations get the most from their social media efforts. In 2011, he coauthored The Social Media Management Handbook (Wiley & Sons), and his studies of social media have been referenced by corporations, governments, industry analysts and non-profits around the world. He also led business development and marketing at two online start-ups, one of which was acquired by Glam Media.