DAVID ROSE
Founder & President, Kudzu Media Group, Inc.

David Rose is the Founder and President of Kudzu Media Group, Inc., a leading provider of specialty-topic based online communities where members can find, exchange and contribute valuable information, as well as get advice and insights from topic thought leaders. Mr. Rose has more than 15 years of leadership experience with Fortune 500, high-growth and start-up companies in the technology and entertainment industries, where he repeatedly obtained results by driving new product and market innovations.

Prior to founding Kudzu Media Group, Mr. Rose was Vice President of Sales & Marketing for SlickEdit Software. While at SlickEdit, Mr. Rose overhauled the company's marketing strategy with a focus on online search advertising and building an active online user community including user forums, technical content and a company blog.

Before joining SlickEdit, Mr. Rose was head of Business Development, Business Affairs, IT and New Media at Redeye Distribution, where he developed and implemented a new media strategy for Redeye Distribution and its subsidiary Yep Roc Records. The new media plan included the organization's overall strategy and detailed execution tactics for digital service provider partners and content providers, as well as email and web marketing, RSS/podcasting, online radio and ringtones.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Rose held the roles of Vice President of Sales, Vice President of Business Development, Director of Sales and Director of Sales Operations and worked with leading technology companies YellowBrick Solutions, Siebel Systems, OpenSite Technologies and Automatic Data Processing.

Mr. Rose holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The University of Tennessee, and currently resides in Chapel Hill, NC.

Advisory Board

Paul Jones
Director, Ibiblio.org

Scott Morrow
President, ThisNext, Inc.

Barry Poss
Founder, Sugar Hill Records