Cleveland, OH | Willoughby, OH | Atlanta, GA
Also known as: wayneporter
Speaking engagements have included RSA, Affiliate Summit, CJU. Topics included e-commerce, advertising fraud prevention, spyware, security, experimental media, and community development. Sample media citations include Barrons Financial Times, Forbes, New York Times, Playboy, Mercury News, Entrepreneur, Fox News, and Revenue Magazine. Worked with other researchers to solve complex security cases such as the Orkut Worm, KMeth Worm, and the SpazBox Puzzle. In , I served as an expert panelist at the FTC Spyware Workshop. In , I organized and chaired the New York Marketing Summit to open up dialog among industry players. The Summit helped industry leaders produce a nascent Code of Conduct. Provided funding and assisted as a creative consultant for the award winning film, Nothing So Strange (). The film received the New York Times Claiborne Pell Award for Original Vision. It also was the first film embracing the open source format. Served as the Consulting Producer on the dramahumor film Williamsburg (), selected as Winner Best Noir at the New York International Film and Video Festival. Recent experimental media work has been in -D metaverses. Projects include an exact replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. and Alternate Reality Game (ARG) development. Most recent project was Eldritch Errors, featured in Wired Magazine, an immersive horror series playing out in real time -- on the Internet and in the real world. Recognized authority on security, performance marketing, and social networks. Excel in social network design, immersive media and performance marketing as well as security concepts. Accolades include three consecutive Microsoft MVP awards, Google Responsible Security Disclosure Recognition, and the Affiliate Summit Legend Award among others. Specialties adwareAdwarespyware analysis, online fraud analysis, security concepts, management of performance based revenue systems, versed in SEO, SMO SEM, tactical and strategic blogging. ARG development, NextGen marketing, micro-media, and Virtual World development concepts.
