Jonathan is an Associate Professor of Clinical Law at Brooklyn Law School. Prior to that, he was General Counsel to pulver.com and the Executive Director of the Global IP Alliance, the international consortium of IP-based communications providers. Previously, Askin has served as the President and General Counsel to the Association for Local Telecommunications Services and as a senior attorney in the FCC's Common Carrier Bureau.

Keith is Founder and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, a consulting firm specializing in developing strategic relationships. He is also the author of the best-selling book \">\"Never Eat Alone\" and is a frequent contributor to CNN, CNBC, Forbes, Inc, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review and Reader's Digest. Ferrazzi previously served as the Chief Marketing Officer for Starwood Hotels and Deloitte Consulting.

Andrew Rasiej is the founder of Personal Democracy Forum, an annual conference and website covering the intersection of politics and technology; as well as techPresident, a group blog that covers how the 2008 presidential candidates are using the web, and how content generated by voters is affecting the campaign. He is also the founder of MOUSE (Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools and Education), a non-profit organization that provides volunteer manpower and technical support to New York City public schools.

Prior to a life in politics and education, Mr. Rasiej founded several music related enterprises including Irving Plaza, a world famous live music venue in New York, The Digital Club Network, the first streaming live music channel on the Internet, Plug-In, the first and largest digital music conference. While operating Irving Plaza he also founded the New York Night Life Association to promote the hundreds of clubs and live music venues in New York as an integral part of its cultural scene.

D.A. Wallach is one-half of Chester French, a critically-acclaimed pop duo that is releasing its debut album this year on Star Trak/Interscope Records. Over the past five years, D.A. has overseen the group\'s rise from a dorm basement to MTV and the pages of SPIN, Rolling Stone, Vogue, and countless other publications. An avid user of new technologies, D.A. was one of the first artists to employ Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter in the promotion of music. He is a graduate of Harvard College, where he was the top graduating student in African-American Studies, and currently resides in his home town, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Richard used to be a starving musician as the singer of an alternative rock band. For some reason, he decided to go to law school.

Richard graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in Politics, and is a student at the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to GigMaven, Richard was the lead singer for alternative rock band Audiologues while working as a merchandiser at Abercrombie & Fitch. Richard previously also held positions at EMI Music and 21st Century Artists, an artist management company.