6/25 Networking Event: Social Media & Life Sciences

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Illinois Institute of Technology

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Social Media & Life Sciences

Friday, June 25th, 2010
Illinois Institute of Technology, 10th Floor

565 West Adams Street, Chicago 60661

On Friday, June 25 Catalyzing Collaboration hosted social media experts James Heckman, President of Little Wolf, Inc., and Jack McInerney, Founder/CEO of IntimeTV for an evening of networking and presentations on social media tools for life sciences professionals and organizations.

 James Heckman, President, Little Wolf Inc.

James is president of Little Wolf Inc., a strategic marketing consulting firm in Chicago. He works with membership organizations and companies to build a stronger relationship between the brand and the customer or member.
 
He has more than 10 years’ experience working with a variety of online programs ranging from websites, blogs and webcasts to more recent social media applications mobile and word-of-mouth programs.
 
In addition to his work with Little Wolf, James is currently serving a year engagement as the Interim Executive Director of the Chicago Chapter of the American Marketing Association. At Chicago AMA, James is responsible for guiding the activity of an 80-member volunteer base as they produce monthly programs, networking events, newsletters and a quarterly print magazine. He was a board-level volunteer with the organization for several years, most recently as Vice President, Strategic Marketing, and at the conclusion of the Executive Director engagement will return to the volunteer side as Treasurer in the 2010-2011 programming year.
 
Previous to Little Wolf, James was vice president of sales and marketing at Mir Internet Marketing, Inc., an Oak Park, Illinois-based Internet marketing consulting firm. James joined Mir in August 2006 from the American Marketing Association (AMA), where he served as director, Internet communications.
 
He came to the marketing sector with a journalism background, having worked as the Chicago editor for LocalBusiness.com, an Internet startup focusing on emerging new technology companies in the U.S. Prior, James was the senior staff writer for the AMA’s Marketing News magazine. James earned an MBA from the University of Chicago, with concentrations in Marketing, Finance and Entrepreneurship.
 
He is married with three children and in rare moments of free time enjoys reading and science fiction.
 
Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/jheckman
LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesheckman

Jack McInerney, InTimeTV founder
Watch out, world! Digital communication has taken a gigantic leap forward with a new online, interactive, live TVnetwork called “InTimeTV.”  Nine years in the making, Chicago founder/CEO Jack McInerney, a former commodities trader and engineer at Lucent Technologies, recognized that the new fiber optic cable being installed around the globe could be made useful ... into streaming videos over the internet.  Now with 24 different programs under its belt from its Chicago studio, InTimeTV has produced more 400 shows, and been viewed on six continents.

Mr. McInerney has served on numerous NFP boards over the last three decades in various capacities, which have included fund raising, executive administration, member development, event planning, and by-laws. His national board service includes The FBI Citizens Academy, The Korean War Veterans Museum, and The US Select Service System (board member Region 1, Sec 13-096). Jack's local NFP board service has included Carthage College-Social Sciences Advisory Committee, (Charter member), Illinois Public Policy Caucus (government reduction Caucus Chairman), Lincoln Legal Foundation (Charter member), Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (YP Board), Federalist Society (Chicago Lawyers Chapter) Other local volunteer committee service was March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, JDF, Lincoln Park Zoo Society, Easter Seals, Chicago Maritime Society. Jack's technical NFP's were The Association of Internet Professionals and TROU Computer Group (Macintosh, Director and Treasurer).  Jack's Financial group work has included service on exchange committees at the CBOT and CME. He served on the Index, Debt & Energy Market division of the CBOT (Chairman), Japanese Stock Index (chairman) US Dollar Composite Index (chairman), Market Promotion, Education, Floor Planning, Simex Orientation, Dow Jones Technology, New Member Orientation, Library Center (sec), and Pit Committee (chairman) Jack has also worked in the political arena, most notably as the Midwest Field Director for Presidential candidate Steve Forbes.

He is presently an Adjunct Instructor at Prairie State College (Math) and prior to that he has conducted institutional training seminars in the financial and exchange industries. Jack also has been a guest lecturer at Carthage College, Robert Morris University, Washington College, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the University of Taipei. Jack hold a BS degree (Suma Cum Laude) in Computer Science from Robert Morris University and a MS degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Roosevelt University.

 LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/jjmcinerney