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.

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Biography

In 1995, Brian designed the first TV Guide web site and helped BusinessWeek move from AOL to the web. Since then he has created or co-created many popular brands including Engadget, Autoblog, Joystiq, Cinematical, TUAW.com, Obsessable, Super Eco, ComicMix, Meet The Makers, Crowd Fusion and Blogstakes -- and built all of the platforms that powered them.

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

IT Services/Consulting
Information Technology and Services
Corporate Leadership
Computer Software
Media - Online

Areas of Expertise

Entrepreneurship
Digital Media
Software Platforms
Mobile
Tablets
Venture Capital
Content Management
Brand Publishing
Cloud Computing
Startups

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

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