Scott Golder is a social scientist and designer whose research explores identity and social interaction in electronic environments. His work covers a broad range of communication and collaboration tools, from mobile telephones and email to document annotation and online gaming. Golder holds an MS from MIT's Media Laboratory, and a BA in Linguistics with Computer Science from Harvard College.

Don Schechter has worked as a director, editor and producer on filming ranging from the Rolling Stones to Dateline NBC. His work with NibbleBox.com and interviews with political officials provide cutting edge relevance to his approach. He has applied this insight to commercial projects both on and off the web. Don holds a B.A. in Media Arts and an M.A. in Music theory from Tufts University.

Joe Nelson has worked in investment banking and private equity throughout most of his career. He has advised companies in technology and financial services on mergers, acquisitions and fund raising. His experience evaluating technologies and business models has been instrumental to IMS. Joe holds a BA in Economics and Psychology from Stanford University and an MBA from MIT.