About
the Panel
J.D.
Bowles, PR Newswire
J.D. Bowles is the Vice President of Entertainment and Sports
for all of PR Newswire Domestically and Internationally. In addition,
he serves as Vice President & Bureau Chief for Southern California.
Prior to his tenure at PR Newswire, J.D. worked for The Los Angeles
Times for ten years in various capacities. A graduate of UCLA's
Anderson School of Management, and a true LA native, J.D. lives
in Southern California, dividing his time between family and coaching
junior sports teams.
PR Newswire
provides comprehensive communications services for public relations
and investor relations professionals ranging from information
distribution and market intelligence to the creation of on-line
multimedia content and investor relations web sites. Its world-leading
wire, Internet, satellite and fax network is capable of pinpoint
or mass distribution, satisfying the growing global demand for
the immediate delivery of news releases, video, audio and photos
to the media, financial community and consumers.
Brian
Deagon, Technology Reporter at Investor's Business Daily,
has been a business and technology journalist based in Los Angeles
for 20 years. He started at the Los Angeles Business Journal before
moving on to various trade technology publications. For the past
12 years he's worked as both a reporter and editor at Investor's
Business Daily. Deagon currently writes full time, focusing on
technology and the defense/aerospace industries. His journalism
career began during a four-year stint as a photo-journalist in
the U.S. Army, beginning in 1976. He lives in Santa Monica.
Jeff Levy, Host, KNX 1070 radio
Jeff Levy is the creator and host of both "Computer News"
which airs on KNX 1070, and the internet radio show "Computer
Talk" which airs on wsRadio.com. Levy discusses current news
and information regarding computers, both hardware and software,
and other technical diversions and focuses on educating his audience
on technology in terms they can understand. KNX also airs Jeff
Levy's "Eye on Technology" which features 90 seconds
of up to the minute technology news. Additionally, Levy is a co-host
on TECHLINK-TV where he also provides advice on technology products
to buy or bypass. Levy is a native of Detroit, Michigan and a
graduate of South Western Law School.
Tony
Mwendi Kinkela, Host, TECHLINK
Tony Mwendi Kinkela hosts and produces a weekly technology show
called "TECHLINK," which airs on the Adelphia Channel
nationwide and provides a comprehensive review of the hottest
new hardware, software and computer games out on the market. Kinkela
is also a reporter and supervising producer for "Inside Dodgers
Baseball," a weekly show focused on the MLB team. In addition,
he is supervising producer of Adelphia Spotlight, a weekly newsmagazine
show that reports on events and issues surrounding communities
served by Adelphia Communications in Southern California. Prior
to working for Adelphia Communications, Kinkela worked at NBC
in Burbank and KICU-TV in San Jose.
Laurie
Sullivan, InformationWeek, Associate editor, has more than
seventeen years of experience in the technology industry. She
joined InformationWeek magazine in January 2004 from EBN magazine,
where coverage included the global electronic components supply
chain. Today, for InformationWeek magazine, her supply chain coverage
includes retail, consumer goods, entertainment, and radio frequency
identification technology. Laurie has contributed to books published
by the University of Maryland, Thomson Learning, and Stony Creek
Press. Other contributions include the Los Angeles Business Journal.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in communications, and Masters of
Fine Art in creative writing from Chapman University. Experience
includes public relations, marketing communications, and graphic
artist.
MODERATOR:
Barbara
Lewis launched her career as a journalist where she wrote for
over
50 trade publications by Prentice-Hall, Cahners, and Harcourt,
Brace &
Jovanovich; newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, the Dallas-Times
Herald; and business publications such as the Wall Street Journal.
She
teamed up with her classmate, Dan Otto, when they graduated from
the
UCLA Anderson School of Management in 1995. They formed MarQuant
Analytics, which has several software products, all of which optimize
the
marketing budget.
She
continues to write for publications including CEO Magazine, Los
Angeles Business Journal, DM News, the Update and the Daily Journal
among others. Barbara recently completed a book, "How To
Get a Black Belt in Business,"which combines her business
experience with her black belt in Tae Kwon Do karate.
