DEBRA AHO WILLIAMSON
debbie@milestone2.com

Industry analyst with leading Internet research firm. Specialty: social network marketing. Over 13 years of experience writing about and analyzing Internet marketing and advertising strategies. Veteran of two startups and a pioneer of Internet business journalism. Strong strategic and analytical thinker. Strong presentation skills.

• Lead analyst covering social network marketing; produced the industry's first social network ad spending estimates
• Author of industry-recognized research reports on social network marketing, youth marketing, marketing to kids and teens and word of mouth marketing
• Frequently quoted in top media outlets including Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BusinessWeek, USA Today

• Provide strategic editorial and research services to corporate, agency and media clients.
• Interim editor, mMode magazine, AT&T Wireless (2003).
• Content editor for “Digital Defense: What You Should Know About Protecting Your Company’s Assets” (2003, Harvard Business School Press). Worked with author on a complete revise of manuscript, including new structure and new chapters.
• Articles have appeared in Fortune, Wired, Advertising Age, The Industry Standard, MSNBC.com and numerous other print and online outlets. Areas of expertise: Internet business, Internet marketing, business and consumer technology, marketing and media.
• Contributing editor to Ad Age (1999 - 2003).
• Contributing editor to The Industry Standard (1999 - 2001).
• Consultant/editor, MSNBC.com (1999).

• As second-highest-ranking editor, directed April 1998 launch of first-ever weekly news magazine and Web site covering the Internet economy. Co-wrote business plan, producing extensive research that enabled publisher to hone target audience and editorial mission.
• Recruited majority of reporters and editors, managing a staff that grew from 3 to 35 in seven months.
• Established magazine's "people, ideas and business models" editorial philosophy, resulting in creation of sections focused on recruitment, business strategy reviews and Internet industry metrics.
• Conceived and edited The Network, the first online directory to profile more than 600 Internet leaders.
• Efficiently handled significant workload. Led regular staff meetings; assigned and edited majority of news stories and all features; trained section editors; wrote editorials; managed editorial partnerships with TheStreet.com and @NY; cultivated ongoing relationships with regular columnists.
• Oversaw Web site editorial operations. Developed new site features; edited e-mail newsletters; assigned and edited Web news stories.
• Frequent and proficient public speaker, representing magazine in presentations to the Internet community, financial community, advertisers and agencies.

• Key participant in 1993 launch of one of the first regular news reports focused on interactive business. Promoted from associate editor to editor of the weekly section. Managed 4-person staff.
• Leading expert on Internet marketing and frequent speaker at industry events. Built deep database of contacts among the industry's top executives.
• Wrote three or more articles per week, regularly breaking news. Conceived and edited annual Digital Media Masters section profiling Internet leaders. Managed and co-wrote quarterly special reports, overseeing all editorial operations through to production. Played a key role in the launch of Net Marketing, a regular section appearing within Advertising Age's Business Marketing.
• Lead editor of AdAge.com Web site. Produced daily news feed and developed new site features.
• Honors: 1997 Jesse H. Neal Award; 1995 Crain Communications Editorial Excellence Award.

Copy Editor/Production Assistant (1990 - 1993)

• Phi Beta Kappa. Dean's List.
• Completed five-year double-degree program; wrote 40-page honors thesis on novelist Joseph Conrad's use of the character Marlow in "Heart of Darkness" and other works.
• Performed solo oboe recital featuring works of Bach and Schumann.