
Brian Alvey
Serial entrepreneur and startup advisor
- New York NY
Brian Alvey is a leader in online publishing. His software makes creative people more powerful.
Social
Biography
Brian has also built publishing platforms for brands he didn't personally create such as TMZ, The Daily, Capgemini, Intel, JD Edwards, Deloitte & Touche, The Kansas City Chiefs, Dow Jones Venture Reporter, Warner Bros, MySpace and Netscape.
Specialties include: products, branding, design, development, content management, startups, scaling, cloud, mobile, agile, virtual, puns.
Industry Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Weblogs, Inc. and Blogsmith
2005-01-01
President and Co-founder of Weblogs, Inc. with Jason Calacanis.
http://www.weblogsinc.com/
http://www.engadget.com/
http://www.autoblog.com/
http://www.tvsquad.com/
http://www.slashfood.com/
http://www.joystiq.com/
and about 50 more leading blogs in 5 languages.
Weblogs, Inc. was acquired by AOL in October 2005. Our enterprise blogging platform Blogsmith was acquired by AOL in November 2006 and powers several of the Technorati top 100 blogs.
Education
Texas Christian University
BS
Physics and Astronomy
1991
Minors in both Mathematics and Fine Arts
Testimonials
Editor
http://thenextweb.com/The Next Web
Brian is capable of performing business magic: anticipating needs and solving problems before the become problems or before users start asking for features. Coupled with boundless energy and a quick wit, Brian's leadership is inspirational to anyone in a company where results matter and innovation is built into the culture. It was an honor working with him!
Event Appearances
Brand Publishing's Secret Weapon
iStrategy Conference Miami, FL
2013-04-23
A Perfect Storm: When Mobile Met The Cloud
Breaking Development Dallas, TX
2011-04-12
Sites, Servers, Action! Cloud Computing Goes Hollywood
SxSW Interactive Austin, TX
2011-03-14
An Abundance of Tools, An Absence of Craft
Audience Conference New York, NY
2010-08-14
Style
Availability
- Keynote
- Moderator
- Panelist
- Host/MC