About the Conference Hound Team

Bruce Carlisle CEO / Chief Executive Hound

Bruce is one of the pioneers of the Internet Marketing business, having founded SF Interactive in 1996. Today, in addition to making his vision for Conference Hound come to life, he is one of the leading consultants to advertising agencies seeking to make smooth and effective transitions to the digital future.

Prior to his Internet career, Bruce spent seventeen years in the advertising and public affairs businesses. During his career Bruce has provided marketing, communications, and web strategy to a multitude of Fortune 500 companies and major brands including American Express Travel, Fidelity, First Boston, Snapple, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Netscape, Cisco, and Hewlett-Packard, among others.

Bruce holds a B.A. from St. Lawrence University.

Follow Bruce on Twitter: @rbcarlisle

Jay Hung CTO / Chief Technology Hound

Jay heads up engineering and product development at Conference Hound.

Previously, he has architected, built and operated some of the world's largest and most trafficked web sites, including some of the world's most recognizable brands. His work has received numerous accolades and awards, most recently for sites such as Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Turner Broadcasting (NYSE: TWX), and Food Network & HGTV (NYSE: SNI), where traffic numbers exceeded 700 million page views and 25 million unique users monthly.

An early pioneer of the social media space, he co-founded Mixture.com in the late 1990s, an Internet start-up targeting the Gen-X/Gen-Y community, with members spanning across more than 20 countries.

Jay has a BS in Computer Science & Engineering from UCLA. In his off time, he enjoys road cycling, snowboarding, single-malt scotch whiskys, and seeking out alternative types of music. Earlier in life, he raced cars and made music.

Follow Jay on Twitter: @jayhung

View Jay's Attendee Profile, or read Jay's personal blog

Victoria McBride Producer Hound

Victoria keeps all of our projects on track here at Conference Hound, as well as manages our various Curator Hounds.

Previously, she's worked passionately with numerous bay area NGOs, and holds her bachelor's degree in international development from UCLA. When she's not keeping the "pack of Hounds" on track, Victoria spends her time volunteering in the San Francisco non-profit world, enjoying the amazing food the city has to offer and exploring the region's hiking trails with her dog, Doughnut.

Kevin Carter Systems Administration Hound

Kevin keeps all of our server environments and desktop terminals running smoothly here at Conference Hound.

He is a self-proclaimed geek that loves everything Linux. He is the principal of BK Integration, a small IT Services business based out of Marin, California. Personally, Kevin is a passionate soccer fan and avid soccer player. His position of choice is Goal Keeper. He also likes adventure sports and microbrews.

Follow Kevin on Twitter: @bkintegration

Matt Sung User Experience Hound

Matt creates engaging user experiences and designs for Conference Hound products. He is also the CEO and co-founder of design:related, a fantastic site built by creative types for the creative community.

Follow Matt on Twitter: @designrelated or @mattsung

View Matt's design:related Profile

Vijay Kansala Software Engineering Hound

Vijay got his first taste with programming with C++, ultimately resulting in his being featured in a magazine for a game he developed. He started his professional career as a freelance VB6 programmer, first in desktop software, and eventually migrating over into web development, and his introduction to PHP, where he has been working for the past 7 years.

At Conference Hound, Vijay helps to build much of the complex backend functionality that powers our service, including integrations with our API providers, partners, and other external services.

When Vijay isn't programming, he likes to cruise around on his motorbike. He has been to Leh-Ladakh twice on his motorcycle, and has also visited the World's Highest Motorable Road - Khardung-La. In his future, he plans on touring the world tour with his family.

Vijay has a B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from PTU, India.

Anish Sharma Software Engineering Hound

Anish began his programming career with PHP, and eventually found himself falling in love with front end technologies and building user interfaces. Since 2005, he has been a huge fan of the mantra "Code is Poetry".

At Conference Hound, he is an active part of the product engineering team, with a focus on improving the overall user experience.

A motorbike enthusiast at heart, he also has been to Leh-Ladakh twice, and has also visited the World's Highest Motorable Road - Khardung-La. His favorite motorcycle is the Triumph Bonneville T100. When he isn't programming or motoring around on his bike, he loves to surf Net-tuts and read travelogues. If he had the ability live without having to work, he would like to see the world on his motorcycle. His "must-attend" conference every year is Goggle I/O.

Anish has a B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from Kurukshetra University, India.

Follow Anish on Twitter: @anishboiling or read his blog.

Nicholas Quinn Curator Hound

Nick attended St. John's University, where he studied Film and Business, but his real claim to fame is a large head full of an equal amount of useful and useless information. At Conference Hound, we put Nick to work curating our conference and other listings, and now his new claim to fame is a large head 1/3 full of useful information, 1/3 full of useless information, and 1/3 full of conference information.

Oh, and he loves movies, music, video games, books, organized sports, unorganized sports and is one hell of a cook.

Rhianna Shaw UK Correspondent Hound

Rhianna Shaw, Conference Hound’s UK correspondent is a 2011 graduate of Brown University with a B.A. in Literary Arts and a course focus on Business. At Brown, Rhianna was the Public Relations and Event Coordinator for the Brown Class Board, responsible for organizing class and campus-wide events. She spent her final semester developing an online start-up with a small team of her Brown classmates.

Rhianna hails from sunny England, where she has returned to work in the event industry in London. She has spent a large portion of her life dedicated to music as a member of several bands and orchestras and she also enjoys acting and playing competitive sports!