Ron Moravek Sitemasher

Sitemasher is a fully managed, hosted website solution that seamlessly integrates the website building environment, content management system (CMS), analytics, and search engine optimization (SEO) all within a single platform. Sitemasher was started in Vancouver 2006 by Phil Calvin and in mid 2007 was joined by former Electronic Arts VP and COO Ron Moravek.

Ron Moravek will be delivering a 1 minute elevator pitch at the January 22nd 2009 Ideas on Tap Event. Prior posts for Ron include, VP and General Manager of THQ Canada and Co-Founder and COO of Relic Entertainment. Early career titles include senior sales and business development roles with FedEx Canada and an IBM affiliate.

Blink Media Works

Blink Media Works and GetConnected have become a media sponsor of Ideas on Tap.

Blink Media Works Co-Founder, Mike Agerbo, participated in the elevator pitch competition at the October Ideas on Tap and wowed the crowd with his talk on video technology. You will likely recognize Mike and his partners AJ Vickery and Lindsay Smith, from GetConnected TV which airs on Citytv Vancouver and BNN. GetConnected also has a radio show that runs on the Corus Entertaiment Network across Canada and in Vancouver on Saturdays at 2pm on CKNW AM 980.

Veratta is excited to jump on board as a sponsor for Ideas on Tap. “Nice work 6S Marketing. It’s great to see Ideas on Tap back in full swing! Some great, and at the least entertaining, web ideas sprang from creative minds on the patio at Yaletown Brew Pub in the dotcom years.”, says Tim Major President of Veratta. “Bringing this tech watering hole back to life is super for the Vancouver Internet Community”.

DigitalPractices, a digital interactive media firm based in Victoria, has also joined a sponsor. They are a web development company offering Sitemasher and OpenOffice.org  development as well as many other services.

The Fraser Valley’s largest web company, Domain7 Solutions, has joined as an event sponsor as well. Domain7 was recently recognized as one of BC’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies published by Business in Vancouver, ranking number #66.

Welcome to the party!

Linda Bustos Elastic Path Software

As the Emerging Media Analyst, eCommerce consultant and chief blogger at Elastic Path Software, Linda’s expertise spans all aspects of Internet marketing, including SEO, PPC, email marketing, social media, conversion optimization and web usability. She shares her knowledge daily on the Get Elastic eCommerce Blog, has been quoted by Fortune Small Business Magazine, eCommerce Guide and has contributed articles to ProBlogger, Marketing Pilgrim, Site Pro News and Duct Tape Marketing.

Get Elastic was recently named by the Wall Street Journal as one of 15 entrepreneur blogs worth reading.

A member of Canadian Women in Communications, Linda has served as faculty for the Banff New Media Institute’s Career Accelerator Program. This year, Linda was named as one of Vancouver’s Tech Women to Watch in 2008. She is also the winner of Marketing Pilgrim’s 3rd Annual SEM Scholarship for her entry 8 Stupid Things Webmasters Do to Mess Up Their Analytics.