SPEAKER: Brett Greene

Marketing Executive

Brett Greene is a marketing executive who has been engaged in digital marketing services since 1999. He has developed integrated marketing strategies tied to business objectives for client companies ranging from tech startups to multi-million dollar corporations. These strategies served industries including retail and ecommerce, mobile applications, social media tools, cloud-based applications, events, entertainment, manufacturing, software developers, finance, education, non-profits, government, and publishing.

The digital marketing strategies and campaigns Brett has created include elements of social media, online advertising, search engine marketing, email marketing, website conversion and usability audits, and mobile marketing. By applying these digital production and brand strategy management techniques, Brett creates premium consumer experiences to build digital brands.

Brett advises Techstars and UpstartLA startup companies including BlipSnips, SpotInfluence & FanMix and blogs about social media marketing strategy & life at Huffington Post and Blind Influence. He has spoken nationally for organizations including Blog World, Pod Camp, Davinci Institute, Pivot Guild and Denver University's Daniels College of Business MBA Program. You can also connect with Brett and his 49,000+ followers on Twitter at @brettgreene.

SPEAKER: Gene Branch

Patent Attorney and Partner with the firm of Perkins Coie

Gene Branch is a partner at Perkins Coie in the Intellectual Property practice. With degrees in engineering, science, business and the law, Gene brings unique depth to clients and their intellectual property needs. Gene works diligently with clients to enhance their company's value through targeted innovation and strategic development of their patent portfolios. To that end, his practice focuses on patent prosecution in the electronics, software and mechanical arts, with a particular emphasis on business method and computer-implemented inventions in the financial services industry. Gene has drafted and prosecuted numerous US and international patent applications.

Prior to joining the firm, Gene was a partner at Townsend and Townsend and Crew. While there, he represented several large integrated financial services companies including Western Union and the United Services Automobile Association (USAA).

Gene began his legal career as a patent agent and in-house patent counsel for Displaytech, Inc., a start-up company founded on technology derived from research at the University of Colorado. While at Displaytech, Gene participated in building the company's patent portfolio to over 100 assets in numerous technology areas. Gene also served as an engineer for Lockheed Martin and as an officer in the United States Air Force. He is an active contributor to the Colorado School of Mines' 8th Continent Project, an organization founded for the purpose of commercializing space-derived technologies. In addition to being a licensed attorney, Gene is licensed as a Professional Engineer in Colorado.

SPEAKER: Matthew Holohan

Associate at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Matthew Holohan is an associate at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.  His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation.  He has litigated case involving electronics, software, computer architecture, and telecommunications technology, representing some of the world’s largest technology companies.  Prior to joining Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, Matthew was an associate at a Silicon Valley law firm representing high-tech clients in a variety of litigation matters.  He also served as a law clerk to Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the presiding judge in the original Napster litigation.  Matthew earned his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where he received the Order of the Coif and a Certificate in Law & Technology.  He has published articles on government regulation of mass media and the effects of new electronic media on content regulation. 

HOST: Thomas Frey

Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute

Thomas Frey is Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute as well as Google top rated futurist speaker.

As part of the celebrity speaking circuit, Tom continually pushes the envelope of understanding, creating fascinating images of the world to come.  His keynote talks on futurist topics have captivated people ranging from high level government officials to executives in Fortune 500 companies including NASA, IBM, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies, First Data, Boeing, Capital One, Bell Canada, Visa, Ford Motor Company, Qwest, Allied Signal, Hunter Douglas, Direct TV, International Council of Shopping Centers, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, Times of India, Leaders in Dubai, and many more.

Because of his work inspiring inventors and other revolutionary thinkers, Tom has been referred to as the modern "Father of Invention" and the "Dean of Futurists."  Before launching the DaVinci Institute, Tom spent 15 years at IBM as an engineer and designer where he received over 270 awards, more than any other IBM engineer.