Mena Trott is Co-Founder and president of Six Apart, the company behind Movable Type, Typepad and Vox. Named one of Fast Company's Fast 50 (2004), MIT's Technology Review's TR35 (2004), PC Magazine's "People of the Year" (2004), 7x7's Hot 20 (2007) and Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology (2009), Mena has been involved in blogging since she began publishing her own blog, dollarshort.org, in early 2001. She speaks regularly at industry conferences — having appeared onstage at SXSW, DEMO, D: All Things Digital, Blogher and TED 2005. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and Six Apart co-founder, Ben Trott and their daughter, Penelope.

Ben Trott is Co-founder and CTO of Six Apart, the creators of the TypePad service and Movable Type software, two of the leading tools for publishing weblogs. Named one of Fast Company's Fast 50 for 2004, Ben contributes regularly to CPAN (the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network), and has written for Perl.com. He has also contributed to "Essential Blogging," and writes regular posts to the Six Apart company weblog at sixapart.com. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and Co-founder of Six Apart, Mena G. Trott and their daughter, Penelope.

David is an Internet executive and videogame veteran with a unique blend of creative vision and operational strength. He has an accomplished track record of developing strategic marketing solutions for a long list of advertisers, including P&G, NBC, 20th Century Fox, Electronic Arts, Sony, Vivendi, and Microsoft. Before joining Six Apart, he was Senior Vice President of Client Solutions at Fox Interactive Media, responsible for the display product portfolio, advertising effectiveness analytics and vertical sales strategy. Before Fox, he worked at IGN Entertainment (before its acquisition by Fox), as their VP Marketing. While at IGN he was responsible for creating GamerMetrics, a marketing intelligence tool that is used today by the majority of videogame publishers, national retailers, and analysts.

Andrew is a Silicon Valley veteran with experience in two prior startups, including Wired Digital, a pioneering Internet news and media organization. Andrew was the Co-founder and CEO of Wired Digital and built into it one of the 20 largest networks of Web sites with such properties as HotBot, Wired News, and HotWired. Prior to joining Six Apart, Andrew was a general partner with August Capital where he invested in such consumer internet companies as Tickle (recently purchased by Monster) and Listen.com (creators of Rhapsody, now owned by Real Networks). Andrew spent his early career as an investment banker focusing on the media, technology, and communications industries.

Michael Sippey is Vice President of Corporate Development, and is responsible for new market development, key account relationships, business development and corporate & product strategy. Before joining Six Apart Michael was part of the founding management team at email services agency Quris, led engagements at the Internet consulting firm Viant, and managed market data and transaction download systems at Advent Software. He launched the pioneering blog Stating the Obvious in 1995, and blogs today at sippey.com. Michael has a BA in English Literature from Colgate University and a Masters in Business Administration from UC Berkeley.

Nobuhiro (Nob) Seki, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Japan, is responsible for the Japanese market. Previously, he was engaged in business development at Nikkei Business Publications after serving as Staff Editor contributing to Nikkei Computer for several years. Seki graduated from the University of Tokyo with a B.S. in Engineering and received an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Carnegie Mellon University.