Brian Erwin - Marketing advisor and public relations consultant

A pioneer in the development of network- and Internet-based marketing, Brian Erwin specializes in helping start-up businesses with their marketing and demand generation. For eight years he was Vice President, Sales & Marketing of O'Reilly & Associates, a leading technology information company, where he led or participated on the teams that launched the company's entry into Internet publishing, created the world's first commercial Web portal, launched the first desktop Web server, and organized of the first Open Source conference. Prior to that, he founded the media office of the national Sierra Club and was a publishing executive in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. He has served on the boards of directors and in advisory capacities for several for-profit and non-profit organizations.