Ruth Blair has worked in the adult industry for more than seven years, and as sales manager with Paxum Inc., since its launch almost 18 months ago. At Paxum, Ruth manages both business and personal accounts, assisting clients with their needs and helping to further develop Paxum into a trusted brand within the adult entertainment industry. Paxum Inc. actively provides alternative payment services to hundreds of adult sponsors paying thousands of adult affiliate webmasters.

Steven H. Bryson is founder and CEO of Global Electronic Technology Inc. and OrbitalPay LLC. For over 11 years, the firm has been a leading provider of payment processing solutions for multiple vertical markets, including the adult entertainment industry. Bryson also owns and operates I-55 Productions, a record label dedicated to keeping blues music alive. Bryson and his family have continued their charitable work through their own international children's charity, The Never Forgotten Foundation, helping families in need since 2009. For more information please contact Natasha Aiello at Naiello@gettrx.com, and to donate to the foundation please go to NeverForgottenFoundation.com.

Ron Cadwell is a veteran of the online industry. As founder and chief executive officer of CWIE Holding Company, Inc., the parent company for CCBill.com and Cavecreek Web Hosting, Ron has remained committed to providing innovative service solutions to online businesses. With Ron's vision and dedication, CCBill.com, a leader in Global Payment Solutions, and Cavecreek Web Hosting, a Tier-1 Networks Provider, have concurrently grown to become two of the longest running and most respected privately held IT service and application suppliers in the world today.

Paul Cambria is a Buffalo, N.Y.-based First Amendment attorney whose impeccable track record includes arguing several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to First Amendment matters, Paul practices in the areas of Constitutional Law, Zoning, Antitrust and Professional Licensing Defense, among others. Paul earned his Juris Doctorate degree from University of Toledo College of Law in 1973 and a B.A. from State University of New York at Fredonia in 1969.

Since 1997, Stan DaMan has headed up several companies providing a wide range of B2B services for the adult industry, including design, hosting, marketing and affiliate programs. In 2010, Stan and his team successfully launched AdultCentro.com (AC) and its flagship offering, Adult Centro Publisher, which was the beginning Stan's vision of revolutionizing the way site owners and operators lease and publish content coming to fruition. Since its debut, AC Publisher has won several industry awards, including XBIZ's Innovative Web Product of the Year, GFY's Innovative Web Company of the Year, and YNOT's Best Adult Services awards. In December of 2011, the next phase of AdultCentro's expansion catapulted the company into the spotlight once again. AdultCentro Market is the newest offering in the portfolio and with its mission to change the way content buyer's and seller's do business, it is set to change the face of the licensing industry. Whether you are looking to monetize your content or in pursuit of acquiring content for various digital platforms, Stan and his team are the 'go-to' source for making that happen.

Jeffrey Douglas, the current chairman of the board of directors for the Free Speech Coalition, has been passionately defending the adult entertainment industry and representing its trade association Free Speech Coalition for nearly 20 years. An accomplished attorney with extensive experience in First Amendment and criminal law, Douglas has been a tireless leader in the FSC’s strong industry stances against the .XXX sTLD, mandatory condom legislation, Cal-0SHA blood-borne pathogen regulations, 2257 litigation and taxes on the adult industry. In addition, Douglas has litigated matters on performer privacy, zoning issues, secondary effects and more. Jeffrey has dedicated decades to protecting the rights of adult businesses and adult business professionals. And remarkably, he has done it all as a volunteer as the FSC has never paid a salary to Douglas. He is also a generous donor to FSC and the Chairman Emeritus of the First Amendment Lawyers Association.

Diane Duke is the Executive Director of the Free Speech Coalition, the trade association of the adult entertainment industry. In her position as ED of FSC, Diane represents the industry to the media, government officials and the broader business community. FSC works to support and enhance member businesses through value-added member benefits and serves as watchdog for the industry through advocacy, lobbying and litigation.

Joey Gabra is the managing director of the North American arm of mobile affiliate program Affil4You. Formerly, Gabra served as the marketing manager for Twistbox Entertainment and American Mobile Ventures, where he sharpened his management skills and mobile sector expertise. Gabra will build Affil4You's North American arm and will expand its global presence to strengthen Affil4You's position as the leading mobile redirect solution of the entire French adult marketplace and beyond. Affil4You currently presents exponential growth for adult and mainstream markets in Europe, Asia, and South America and is now set to establish a significant presence in the North American marketplace.

Harmik Gharapetian is the vice president of sales and marketing at Epoch and has over 13 years of experience in the adult industry. Since 1996, Epoch has been a leader in online billing and has processed millions of transactions worldwide. Harmik began his career at Epoch as the director of customer service. He then later moved into the role he currently has today. This has allowed him to have a very well-rounded perspective of his clients' business needs. Harmik has extensive knowledge of the issues that are most important to online billing and the many obstacles that our industry faces on a daily basis. If you are looking to maximize your payment options, increase revenue and put your online business in trusted hands, contact Epoch today.

A webmaster turned business owner, Brad Gosse started building websites for other people in 1996 and realized quickly that he was better off making his own sites that had revenue models built into them. Now he owns several online and offline businesses along with commercial real estate and picks and chooses a few select consulting gigs each year to help others succeed.

Alec Helmy is the founder and president of XBIZ, the adult industry's leading source for business news and information, providing up-to-the-minute coverage of the industry at XBIZ.com and in three trade publications ó XBIZ World, XBIZ Premiere and XBIZ Sensuals. In addition, XBIZ produces five annual trade events, XBIZ Summit, XBIZ EU, XBIZ LA and XBIZ Retail Expo, which culminate with the annual XBIZ Awards, a red carpet gala event honoring excellence in the adult entertainment industry. XBIZ is frequently cited in mainstream media for coverage of the industry and has been published in CNN, Fox News, Newsweek, MSNBC, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, CNET, ABC, USA Today and The Los Angeles Times among others. One of the early pioneers of the online adult industry, Helmy is also the founder of ASACP and currently a board member of the FSC.

Gary Jackson, the managing VP of sales at CCBill, brings over 10 years of consulting with the mainstream online media marketsñ to the adult market. He has an extensive background in championing new ideas and perspectives with media leaders such as Universal Music, Disney, CBS and PBS, and has the exciting role of finding new ways for CCBill clients to drive more revenue and reduce costs. He has built four successful sales organizations from scratch, managed the Academy Awards in 1986 at the L.A. Music Center, and performed on Broadway as a professional actor/singer. A Seattle native, Gary holds a B.F.A. from the University of Washington.

Christian joined AdXpansion just recently and holds the position as VP of European Sales. He has several years of experience in the Internet industry. Before joining AdXpansion Christian worked in different roles for companies such as SexGoesMobile, Carmunity, Bango and Hewlett-Packard. He holds a degree as an IT specialist.

Doug Lichtman is a tenured professor of law at UCLA. He joined the faculty in 2007, having previously spent 10 years teaching and writing at the University of Chicago. His areas of specialty are patent and copyright law, though he also covers a variety of more general legal issues pertaining to technology firms and the Internet. Lichtman's academic work has been featured in journals including the Journal of Law & Economics, the Yale Law Journal, and the Harvard Business Review. He also writes for mainstream publications like the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. In addition to his academic pursuits, Mr. Lichtman maintains an active consulting practice, advising Fortune 100 clients on patent and copyright strategy. Mr. Lichtman has undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from Duke University, and a JD from Yale Law School. He can be reached via email at lichtman@law.ucla.edu.

For 12 years Brad Mitchell has been a presence in the adult industry that has defined him as one of the most trusted, respected and recognizable faces in the industry. As the principal and founder of MojoHost, Brad has built a fast-growing and customer-approved hosting company with more than 1100 clients worldwide. Brad has been published many times over the years and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. MojoHost was crowned XBIZ Web Host of the Year 2009 and 2011 and has been a nominee in all other years since 2006. 2011 brought additional recognition with GFY's Best Web Host award in addition to Ynot bestowing Best Web Host and Businessman of the Year. Often recognized as the preeminent host of our industry and acclaimed by customers as an incredible person to be doing business with, Brad is a family man who will always take the time to help. Brad's experience, knowledge and personality make him a 'go-to guy' in the adult industry.

David (DJ) Neawedde is the director of sales for JuicyAds, the sexy advertising network, and a master advertising, traffic and marketing strategist. Over his eight-year career in the online space, DJ has always ensured that his clients acquire the right traffic and from the right ad networks for the right price. It's his experience and knowledge, coupled with his passion for client-satisfaction and generating results, that will leave you completely educated on how to make a profitable ad buy, every time.

Wendy Nelson is the vice president of sales for NETbilling, Inc. Wendy oversees new account acquisitions and maintenance in both the online and retail spaces, including merchant account, gateway and call center services. Wendy has been with NETbilling since 2007, working her way through the sales force to become VP. NETbilling is used worldwide by thousands of adult, mainstream, and retail merchants, with a processing system and call center facility offering unparalleled control and reliability. NETbilling is an excellent solution for all online processing needs, including membership site management, product sales and advanced fraud scrubbing, giving Internet merchants the control they demand.

Christopher runs Saguaro Digital, an agile software and systems development company that specializes in bringing cutting edge technology to the adult industry. Christopher is also the chief software architect at MiKandi, the adult application marketplace and vice president of technology at FastTCP, an Internet acceleration company. Christopher's technology background includes developing and flight testing auto-pilot software and a brief stint as the world’s least popular DJ.

By focusing the company exclusively on the mobile adult sector, Kieran has built Reporo into the largest and most lucrative mobile adult ad network in the world. In two years, Reporo has experienced exponential growth from less than 100m ads served per month to 10 billion per month. Reporo's global reach and scale makes it one of the key media channels that mobile adult providers need to promote their products. Kieran has worked in the mobile Internet sector for a number of years, being responsible for the launch of one of the first mobile shopping applications in 2005 and one of the first mobile social networks (Mwah) in 2006. Kieran holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from University College Cork, Ireland.

President of the parent company for Hustler, the company founded in 1974 by the legendary Larry Flynt, Michael Klein joined LFP originally heading up LFP Broadcasting LLC and created and rolled out Hustler TV to where it stands today. Highly respected in his field, Klein is considered to be a leading industry expert in the areas of pay per view and video-on-demand. Prior to joining LFP, he headed up programming for the leading on-demand content solutions provider TVN Entertainment. Klein holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcasting and Film from Boston University’s College of Communications.

Anthony Patek applies real behind-the-bench and business experience to intellectual property, analyzing problems from the perspective of a district court clerk and pharmaceutical consultant to create winning legal solutions. His practice includes intellectual property litigation, counseling, and licensing, with experience in patent, trademark, and copyright matters. His patent litigation experience spans a wide array of technology areas, including biologics, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, drug formulations, antivirus software, mobile devices and applications, telephony, and electronics. Prior to practicing law, Anthony performed drug development consulting for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies such as Genentech, Chiron, and Sequus Pharmaceuticals. He served as a clerk to the Hon. Edward C. Reed in the District Court for the U.S. District of Nevada and practiced law with Cooley LLP and the Bernstein Law Group prior to co-founding HelixIP. Anthony is Co-Chair of the American Bar Association's Sub-Committee on Non-Practicing Entity Litigation and Lead Coordinator of the ABA's Report and Resolutions on En Banc Review of Joint Infringement in Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc. and McKesson Technologies, Inc. v. Epic Systems Corp.

Ines Petersen, Webbilling's global operations director, has worked in every aspect of e-commerce in the past 10 years, with experience in program /billing development and management. For over eight years she has specialized in international billing and traffic conversion, specifically focused on targeted conversion of European consumers and alternative billing options. Petersen brings a broad and varied background to any industry along with a particularly keen insight into the customs and cultures of European markets. She can address all your questions on the entire user lifespan: attracting, enticing, converting, developing and retaining the customer to maximize lifetime revenues.

Regarded as one of the nation's leading adult entertainment attorneys, Greg Piccionelli has a client list spanning the spectrum of the adult entertainment industry and has represented clients in nearly every type of civil litigation and transactional matter faced by adult entertainment businesses. His area of expertise includes patent, copyright, trademark, celebrity rights and domain name disputes, intellectual property procurement, content licensing and enforcement, e-banking and online merchant account matters and spam email litigation. In addition, he has litigated FTC actions, labor disputes and business transactions of all kinds. He is also a monthly legal columnist for XBIZ World magazine and a legal contributor for many other industry publications.

Marc J. Randazza is a First Amendment and adult entertainment attorney. As general counsel for Corbin Fisher, he has brought the company to the forefront of the industry's fight against online content theft. Randazza has handled many high-profile adult entertainment matters and is frequently sought after as a media commentator, offering legal commentary from Fox News to National Public Radio. Randazza received his law degree at Georgetown University Law Center, and his Master's in Mass Communication from the University of Massachusetts. Randazza is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts, Florida, Arizona and California.

Douglas is the senior authorized consultant for AWEmpire.com, the affiliate program for popular live video sex chat sites LiveJasmin.com & CameraBoys.com and a variety of other niche webcam sites. Douglas began his career in adult more than 13 years ago as a chat host for ifriends so it is fitting to find him today in a position with the world's largest provider of live video sex chat. Douglas has also held several high-level and leadership positions in several key verticals over the years in the gay adult industry before he began consulting for AWE. Having witnessed many changes in the industry, he can offer a wider perspective on the trends facing membership sites specifically regarding how to correctly compliment your products with the right live tools to boost revenue. For the past four years he has contributed with his efforts focused on growing the AWE affiliate program in the United States, where he has found great success for both AWE and their growing network of affiliates and white-label sites.

As the founder and CEO of Wasteland.com, the Internet's oldest and most popular BDSM and alternative sexuality site, Colin Rowntree is a true pioneer of the online adult entertainment industry. Since launching Wasteland.com in 1994, Colin has developed a network of sites that encompasses the full breadth of adult business sectors, from content production and distribution to affiliate program management, mobile content delivery to transaction processing, just to name a handful. Colin's stature within the adult industry is reflected by the many honors and recognitions he has received over the years from adult industry media outlets and trade organizations, including his 2011 induction to the Adult Video News (AVN) Hall of Fame and 2010 XBIZ Award for Excellence in Alternative Erotica. Colin was also the recipient of the 2011 Leadership Award from the Free Speech Coalition (FSC). An eloquent, witty and thought-provoking commentator, Colin is a frequent contributor to industry trade publications and websites, including Adult Video News and XBIZ. He has been interviewed by and featured on BBC Television, the Fox Network, HBO, Time and Wired magazines, Cnet.com and Bnet.com.

Gill Sperlein is a San Francisco-based attorney. For the past 10 years, he served as general counsel for Titan Media where he focused his efforts on reducing piracy. He currently operates a private practice which also focuses on anti-piracy. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Free Speech Coalition and is an active member of the First Amendment Lawyers Association. Sperlein has testified before the California legislature on behalf of the adult entertainment industry on issues such as the adult business tax and mandatory condom use in adult film production. He has been a guest lecturer at the University of San Francisco School of Law and regularly presents to legal and trade groups on copyright and anti piracy issues, especially in relation to the adult entertainment industry.

Gianni P. Servodidio represents clients in copyright, Internet, trademark, advertising and anti-piracy matters in federal and state courts nationwide. His practice focuses on the intersection of IP law, technology and the Internet. Mr. Servodidio has represented the major motion picture studios and record companies in several of the leading digital copyright infringement cases of the past decade. Clients also seek his counsel in disputes related to the protection of their Internet domain names, keyword advertising, meta-tags, deep-linking and online branding. Legal 500 recognized Mr. Servodidio in 2011 in the area of Intellectual Property-Copyright. He was also honored with a 2007 Burton Award for Achievement in Legal Writing for his New York Law Journal article, "Keyword Advertising: The Elusive Search for Use in Commerce Over the Internet." Mr. Servodidio is a member of the Firm's Content, Media & Entertainment and Trademark, Advertising and Unfair Competition Practices. Mr. Servodidio is a frequent speaker and writer on issues pertaining to online copyright, trademark and issues. Active in the community, Mr. Servodidio has served on the Advisory Council of Children For Children, a New York-based not-for-profit that promotes hands-on volunteering programs and civic engagement in children.

As chief marketing officer, Judy Shalom is responsible for EroAdvertising's marketing team, including sales management, product development, marketing communications, pricing, market research and customer service. She is responsible for EroAdvertising's growth, sales and marketing strategy, and business development.

Bjorn Skarlen is CEO of CommerceGate, which has offices in Barcelona, Miami and Los Angeles. A leading provider of credit card transaction services, the Barcelona-based company has been serving the online adult industry since 2005.

Signature Card Services was established in 1997 by Cliff and two of his partners ó Christine Bednar and Kirk Allen. Under Cliff's leadership, Signature Card Services has become an industry-leading provider of payment processing services, delivering affordable, reliable and secure payment solutions to merchants worldwide. Prior to forming CKC, Cliff worked for another ISO/MSP in the merchant payment industry as vice president of sales. At Electronic Card Systems, Inc. (ECS) his responsibilities included business development and client retention as well as acting as a bank liaison for both National Bank of the Redwoods (now Westamerica Bank) and Humboldt Bank. During Cliff's tenure with ECS, ECS's parent company RJ Gordon & Co. was recognized by Inc. Magazine's as one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S., primarily on the growth of ECS. From 1991 to 1994 Cliff worked for the corporate offices of Integrated Holdings International (IHI) in Los Angeles as a director of marketing. Cliff attended Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colo.

Jason Tucker's roles include director of Battleship Stance, an intellectual property management and enforcement company; president of Falcon Foto, owner of one of world’s largest libraries of erotic images, maintaining a portfolio of top-level domain names and inspirational leader for those still reading. Tucker, whom USA Today once named one of the Web's most innovative and profitable entrepreneurs, has been printed in such publications as Newsweek, Wired and Business Week and was recently featured along with Larry Flynt in the documentary "Porndemic: Sex in the Digital Age" on issues related to the adult industry, Internet piracy and intellectual property protection.

After completing her degree at the University of Arizona in 2001, Allison Vivas joined thee startup adult website affiliate program TopBucks at the age of 21. Allison quickly rose to the position of Marketing Director, where she oversaw a wide range of the company's activities in marketing, sales, event coordination, and project planning, across several product lines for both the adult entertainment and mainstream markets. In 2004, the company launched Pink Visual to bring together its Internet, broadcast and DVD distribution efforts under a single brand. Allison was named president of the company in 2006. Under Allison's leadership, Pink Visual has established a strong reputation within the adult entertainment industry as an innovative, forward-thinking brand that focuses as much on developing technology as it does on creating high-quality adult entertainment.