Bob Pearson is chief technology and media officer at WCG, a global communications com- pany. He is past president of SocialMedia.org and vice chair of the State of Texas Emerging Technology Fund. He also serves on the Procter & Gamble Digital Advisory Board, the Pfizer U.S. Health Advisory Board, and as an advisor to MyEdu and UserVoice. Formerly, he was vice president of Communities and Conversations at Dell and head of global communications at Novartis. He is a frequent blogger, speaker, and columnist, living in Austin, Texas, with his wife and two daughters.