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Michael S. Malone

Few people know Silicon Valley better nor have written about it more than Michael S. Malone.  From his classic expose, The Big Score, to The Virtual Corporation, to his upcoming blockbuster, Bill and Dave, the definitive history of William Hewlett and David Packard, and a dozen books in between, no writer has better captured the zeitgeist of Silicon Valley than Malone for the past 25 years. 

His articles and editorials have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the Economist and Fortune, and for two years he was a columnist for the New York Times.  He was editor of Forbes ASAP, the world’s largest circulation business/tech magazine, at the height of the dot.com boom.  Malone has also hosted three public television interview series, and most recently was co-producer of the award-winning PBS miniseries on social entrepreneurs, “The New Heroes.” 

He has been the ABCNews.com “Silicon Insider” columnist since 2000.

Bill Cleary

Bill Cleary began his career developing marketing programs in the mid-1970’s for consumer oriented companies such as Pepsi, Welch Foods and Pizza Hut. In 1981 he joined Apple Computer, changing his marketing focus to high-tech, while bringing his highly disciplined approach to consumer marketing to Silicon Valley.  While at Apple, he was very active in the launch of several major products, including the Apple //e and Apple //c.

In 1987 Bill launched a highly sophisticated marketing communications company, and was soon joined by partners Mark Kvamme and Tom Suiter, a former creative director at Apple. In 1995 the partners recognized the benefits of the emerging web, and began working with incredibly exciting and innovative startups. Several of these companies achieved unparalleled success, such as eBay, Amazon and Yahoo. CKS was hailed as one of the most innovative web companies of the 90’s, revolutionizing the development and deployment of web sites and digital media-based programs for companies like Disney, NBC, General Motors, United Airlines and Mitsubishi.

Today Bill continues to put energy into one of his great passions…the successful marketing of Silicon Valley-based companies.

Tom Hayes Bio

Tom Hayes is one of Silicon Valley's best known marketing executives.  His new book on digital business and culture, Jump Point (McGraw-Hill), arrives in bookstores in January 2008. 

Tom has been called A Model Citizen for the 21^st Century by Fast Company magazine and marketing maverick by the Wall Street Journal.  As vice president of Applied Materials, he put the semiconductor industry giant on the global map.  In a 16 year career there he was responsible for growing the brand from modest beginnings into a mutli-billion dollar high tech powerhouse.

A pioneer at probing the intersection of technology and culture, Tom was the founding CEO and Chairman of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley, and launched the Charitech program to promote corporate citizenship among high tech companies.  A decade ago he created the Webstock ’96 live four-day mega-event with his friend, Melrose Place star Andrew Shue.  He made musical history the next year when he negotiated the only joint appearance ever of Bob Dylan with his son Jakob’s band The Wallflowers at the Applied Materials’ 30^th Anniversary party in San Jose. He invented the digital lifestyle event in the late 1990s with a series of events called Silicon Planet that paired new technology demos with live entertainers such as Beck and the B52s. Tom's 1994 book You Can Make A Difference in Silicon Valley is still used as a text on civic activism in schools and universities.

As a business writer and author, Tom is managed by Jim Levine at the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency.

Currently Tom is VP of Corporate Marketing at device software leader Enea, where he continues to color outside the lines.  His riffs and rants on marketing, technology, and culture can now be found at www.tombomb.com.