Joe Pulizzi

Founder

Joe Pulizzi (he/him) is founder of multiple startups including content creator newsletter, The Tilt, the content entrepreneur event Creator Economy Expo (CEX), and is the bestselling author of seven books including Content Inc. and Epic Content Marketing, which was named a “Must-Read Business Book” by Fortune Magazine.

Joe is best known for his work in content marketing, first using the term in 2001, then launching Content Marketing Institute and the Content Marketing World event. In 2014, he received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Content Council. He successfully exited CMI in 2016 and consequently wrote an award-winning mystery novel, The Will to Die.

He has two weekly podcasts, the Content Inc. podcast for content entrepreneurs and the content news and analysis show This Old Marketing with Robert Rose for content marketing professionals.

His foundation, The Orange Effect, delivers speech therapy and technology services to over 350 children in 35 states.

Joe and his family live in Cleveland, Ohio.

Co-Founder

CEX - Creator Economy Expo - Join 500+ fellow content creators to explore the latest strategies, tactics, and tools — plus make valuable connections — for achieving big success as a new breed of content entrepreneur. 2023 event is at the Cleveland, Ohio convention center May 1-3, 2023

Received the Custom Content Council's prestigious "Lifetime Achievement Award" for efforts furthering the cause and practice of content marketing.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Penn State University

Bowling Green State University

CEX: Creator Economy Expo

CEX - Creator Economy Expo - Join fellow content creators to explore the latest strategies, tactics, and tools — plus make valuable connections — for achieving big success as a new breed of content entrepreneur. 2023 event is at the Cleveland, Ohio convention center May 1-3, 2023

The Tilt

The Tilt is dedicated to turning content creators into content entrepreneurs. Our newsletter is delivered every Tuesday and Friday. Subscribe at TheTilt.com.

The Orange Effect Foundation

The Orange Effect Foundation (OEF) is dedicated to finding speech therapy and technology resources for children and families who need it the most.  OEF started as the Golf for Autism in 2007, and today delivers grants to hundreds of children in 25 states.  The goal is simple...help children communicate more effectively so they can be whatever they want to be.

Co-Founder and Board Member

Content Marketing Institute

The Content Marketing Institute is the go to online resource for how-to information about the practice of content marketing.

Easter Seals Northern Ohio

Board Member

SocialTract

SocialTract is a social media/blogging service specifically designed for service companies. SocialTract is centered on the idea that great content, spread through the right online channels, attracts and retains customers. SocialTract partners with contractors to produce expert content around home comfort issues specific to that contractor’s business.

Custom Publishing Council

Board member for the Custom Publishing Council, working specifically on membership growth initiatives and sponsorship growth packages.

Penton Media

Vice President of Penton’s Custom Media Group, overseeing Penton's content marketing and content repurposing activities, including Penton Custom Media, Penton Reprints, Penton Content Syndication and Penton Database Publishing. My job was to develop Penton Custom Media into one of the leaders in business-to-business custom marketing programs. Over that time, I had the opportunity to develop custom communication programs for top-level business-to-business brands and non-profit associations in a number of vertical industries. 

I was also publisher of B2B Marketing Trends and Fire Protection Engineering Magazines while at Penton Media.

Vice President

Oversaw all client relationships for growing custom publishing unit, as well as overall group operations.

Senior Account Executive

ICLUBcentral.com

Oversaw weekly enewsletter targeted to investment club members from around North America. Focused on key topics such as key investment club trends, stocks to watch, the stock study process, organizing/creating a club, and maintaining a growth portfolio.

Online Investment Editor

About.com

Wrote a weekly column and newsletter on best practices for investment clubs in North America.

About.com Investment Club Guide

Founder of The Tilt Newsletter (for Content Creators) & Creator Economy Expo (Annual Event for Creators) | Author, Epic Content Marketing

Releases in March, 2023. Pre-order the "Textbook for Content Marketing" and "A Must-Read" today!

Epic Content Marketing, Second Edition: Available for Pre-Order

My 2021 Content Marketing World keynote presentation featuring 10 different strategies that content marketers can employ, specifically from what content entrepreneurs are doing. 

10 Content Marketing Strategies from Content Entrepreneurs

Overview of the new book by Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose (Killing Marketing), explaining why the current marketing structure needs to be replaced with a new one...marketing as a profit center. This presentation details the why, includes case studies from Arrow Electronics, Buzzfeed and Red Bull, and reviews how you can generate revenue from your marketing in 10 different ways.

Why You Need to Kill Your Current Marketing (before it's too late)

IT Solutions Architect and senior AWS & DEVOPS consultant with a wide ranging skill set encompassing client, server, network and security systems. Keen interest in furthering technical development and involvement in mobile and open source community projects.

Current Certifications:

Amazon Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Amazon Certified DEVOPS Engineer - Professional
Amazon Certified SysOPS Administrator - Associate
Amazon Certified Solutions Architect (ACSA) - Associate
Amazon Certified Developer - Associate
Suse Certified Administrator
LPI Certified Linux Administrator (LPIC-1)
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) x 3 - Communications, Private Cloud, Server Infrastructure
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) x 2 - Windows Server 2012, Server 2008R2
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) x 3 : Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010, Enterprise Administrator, Server Administrator
Microsoft Technical Specialist (MCTS) : System Centre Configuration Manager 2007, Configuring
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) Xenapp 6.5
VMware Certified Professional v5, v5.1, v5.5 (VCP5)
ITIL v3 & Prince 2 Foundation
Cisco CCNA
Apple Certified System Administrator (10.6)
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator (10.7)

Specialties: 

Cloud (IAAS/PAAS/SAAS) Technologies, with a focus on AWS platforms.
Virtualisation, Infrastructure Consolidation & Simplification
Storage (FC & iSCSI) Optimisation
System Center : Configuration, Operations & Service Manager 2012
Open Source Integration and Implementation
Multi Platform & Vendor Integration
Perimeter & Edge Security
Storage Systems and Optimisation
Technical Project Management
Technical Team Leadership
Apple OSX Client / Server & Associated Technology

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty

AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

AWS Certified Security - Specialty (SCS)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

Amazon Certified Developer - Associate

Amazon Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Amazon Certified SysOPS Administrator - Associate

Cisco

Cisco Certified Network Associate

Citrix

Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) Xenapp 6.5

CompTIA

CompTIA Linux +

Linux Professional Institute (LPI)

LPIC-1 Linux certified professional

Microsoft

MCITP : Enterprise Administrator 2008 R2

MCITP : Server Administrator 2008R2

MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010

MCSA - Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate - Windows Server 2012

MCSA : Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate - Windows Server 2008

MCSE : Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert - Communications

MCSE : Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert - Private Cloud

MCSE : Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert - Server Infrastructure

Sheffield Hallam University

English

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- AWS Certified Sysops Administrator Associate - https://learn.cantrill.io/p/aws-certified-sysops-administrator-associate
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty - https://learn.cantrill.io/p/aws-certified-advanced-networking-specialty
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Cloud Consultant and Instructor

Linux Academy

Head of Cloud Curriculum

Creator of Cloud Training :

- AWS Certified Security - Specialty
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Amazon Lightsail Deep Dive

AWS Training Architect

LevelUpCloud

Instructor / Co-founder

Cantrill Consulting

Cloud Architect

A Cloud Guru

Creator of Cloud Certification Training :

- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional Course.
- Amazon DynamoDB - From Beginner to Pro
- Advanced CloudFormation 
- AWS Advanced Networking - Specialty.

Cloud / Technical Trainer

Bulletproof Group Limited

Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer

Idea 11

Working within a Brisbane based IT consultancy with a cloud and security focus, I've been called on to provide a range of technical design and consultancy such as :-

Cloud infrastructure architecture, design & implementation (AWS, Azure, Google, OpenStack)
Design and implementation of CI/CD/General DEVOPS processes and tooling within medium/large clients - with a focus on on-demand infrastructure provisioning.
Integration of build tooling and AWS spot capability for large scale parallel low cost build processes (1 build per commit) 
Infrastructure orchestration (Chef & Cloud formation) including AWS lambda based serverless extension of cloud formation. 
Security Auditing & Penetration testing
Design of complex multi-cloud  & hybrid cloud DR and production systems.
Scalable Windows stack deployment on AWS
Consulting on Multi Cloud adoption & migration strategy
Consulting on cloud deployment & automation: architecture, governance, implementation & verification

Solutions Architect

Ordyss

A hands on technical solutions architect role providing the following services to the business :-

- Client pre-sales and requirements analysis engagement within major clients.
- Technical evangelism (full stack, windows/open source, traditional/private cloud, on-premise/AWS/Azure, Messaging & Communications, Storage, Business Applications, Web applications)
- Trusted advisor to clients senior management to drive IT strategy.
- Technology evaluation and solutions research.
- Technical solutions design
- Tech lead on all major Ordyss Projects
- Sys admin / Project team mentorship - advice & technical development.
- Project & programme management of major technical projects across all major clients.
- DR/BCP, Security, Cloud Adoption audits for major clients.
- IT environment Reviews (on premise, hybrid, full cloud - IAAS/PAAS/SAAS)
- Vendor/Partner management 
- Practise creation and management (AWS)

As head of Ordyss’ newest business unit, 'PMO & Technical innovation' I have responsibility for the technical pre-sales and project-delivery pipeline. I also lead technical innovation within the business via the evaluation, design & delivery of new technical products & product lines to existing and new clients.

Responsibilities include :-

Managing design, direction and delivery of technology & business products and solutions.
Evaluation of emerging technologies and platforms 
Assistance with customised solutions to meet customer requirements.
Project and Programme Management - Delivery of excellent end-to-end projects and management of project team resources within the business.
Ordyss executive-team level technical strategy and product direction

Head of Solution Design & Innovation

A member of the Ordyss executive team with responsibility for the following areas:

Service and project delivery (PMO Function)
Technical direction, design and product development for the business
Management, development and mentoring a team of eight Senior Systems Administrators
Senior technical escalation and SME for Ordyss' technical competencies

Strategic and technical experience of cloud based technologies including Infrastructure and Platform/Software as a Service operating within a rich co-existence environment. Practical experience of large scale 550+ seat hybrid cloud implementations within existing client environments. 

Responsible for client private infrastructure cloud rollouts using VMWare vSphere5 and associated technologies. Design and implementation of a number of highly available and resilient infrastructure platforms. Fibre Channel and iSCSI performance optimisation across a large number of virtual platforms. 

Achieved cost savings and ongoing support reductions for clients through environment simplification and increased virtualisation or PaaS/SaaS/Cloud adoption.

Solutions Delivery Manager

UnitingCare Health

Managed a team of five infrastructure engineers responsible for a medical network across four major Queensland hospitals. Provided senior technical assistance to clinical and financial application teams supporting Cerner, Oracle and SAP in addition to general financial and payroll systems.

Project manager and lead technical resource on a SAN replacement and business continuity project. Installed and configured an EMC VNX5300 storage array with 45TB capacity.  Migrated a number of key corporate and medical systems including Windows 2003/2008 File, Email and SQL servers in addition to SAP Clusters and AIX Application and Oracle DB Servers.  The project was completed ahead of schedule with no service interruption or unplanned downtime.

Infrastructure Team Leader

National Museum of Science and Industry

Internally promoted to Service Delivery Manager and Lead Technician for the UK’s National Railway Museum and National Media Museum.  Was responsible for managing a countrywide network and server platform supporting 800 front-of-house and back-of-house staff members. 

A $300,000AUD Cisco Call Manager 7 implementation to replace a failing analogue PBX;
A multi-site backup consolidation project, replacing a number of isolated backup servers with a single BackupExec platform;
A $75,000AUD investment in Apple server infrastructure to allow network based deployment, centralised control and management and single-sign-on (SSO) against an incumbent 2003 Active Directory system.

In addition, I acted as Lead Technician ensuring the reliable provision of 30+ Windows 2003/2008 servers and associated AD/DHCP/WINS/DFS/SQL/IIS services. Managed a site-wide Cisco WIFI system with WIFI LAN controller and 10 access points supplying private and public networks.

IT Service Delivery Manager

Assigned overall technical accountability for a national IT network within the UK, located across five heritage sector sites. Assisted with escalated technical issues, functioned as a member of the change advisory board (CAB) and owned most server, security or internet hosting incidents, problems or changes. Led a number of major projects including:

A 20TB backup migration project from NetBackup to BackupExec;
Planned and implemented a business wide migration of file storage towards a Microsoft Distributed file system (DFS);
A firewall consolidation project moving away from isolated Cisco PIX firewalls towards a centrally managed Checkpoint FW1 system.

Functioned as the department’s primary liaison with the NMSI web platform team, assisting with the technical implementation of the ‘SiteCore’ content management system running the primary museum website.  Promoted to ICT Service Delivery Manager and Lead Technician for the NMSI’s UK North operation.

Senior ICT Engineer

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POC of a next generation DAAS platform, utilising a hybrid application & desktop virtualisation platform. Offering the same feature set as the previous generation product, ORDaaSV3 aims to expand on performance while offering a more attractive price point for small/medium sized business. More information to follow...

ORDaaS v3

IT Infrastructure Operations Manager at The University of Queensland

Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Azure technical trainer and solution architect @ learn.cloudlee.io

A hosted desktop platform based on Windows 2008R2/2012R2 / XenApp 6.5. Catering to small, medium and large business in the Australian market looking for a resilient and reliable platform. Offering a wealth of value add features, the platform removes the worry of infrastructure & license management, IT support, Backups, Storage and much more. Our product bundles everything into a scalable per user/ per month cost offering control and transparency. The platform has been designed from inception to support 1000's of users with the ability to scale well beyond that. Get in touch if you want commercial details or want to discuss the underlying tech/design approach.

ORDaaS v2

Home infrastructure and automation. Professional development test lab.

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Luxury & Fashion Innovator | Founder & Chief Metaverse Officer at Journey | NEW BOOK out on 01/17: Into The Metaverse | Speaker |Ex: AWS, Magic Leap, HTC | Virtual Fashion & Couture, Gaming, AR, Connected Fashion

Cathy Hackl is a globally recognized metaverse/ web3 strategist, tech futurist, sought-after business executive, speaker and media personality with deep expertise working in metaverse-related fields with companies like HTC VIVE, Magic Leap, and Amazon Web Services. She’s the Chief Metaverse Officer & Co-founder of Journey, where she leads Journey's Metaverse Studio working with the world's top brands on metaverse/web3 strategies, NFTs, gaming, virtual fashion, and how to extend their brands into virtual worlds. Her consultancy, Futures Intelligence Group, was acquired in just 10 months and now a part of Journey. 
Hackl was recently featured in 60 Minutes+, WSJ, TIME and WIRED's coverage of the metaverse and is a contributor to Forbes. She has written two books and is writing an anticipated book on the business opportunities of the metaverse titled The Metaverse Economy coming out in early 2022. Hackl has been dubbed the Godmother of the Metaverse and is one of the top tech voices on LinkedIn. She's also the host of Adweek's Metaverse Marketing podcast. BigThink named Hackl one of the top 10 most influential women in tech in 2020 and in 2021 she was included in the prestigious Thinkers50 Radar list of the 30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led. She actively invests her money and time in helping move the nascent web 3.0 industry forward.

Nominated as a woman who has championed the use of technology within an organization, and successfully managed to communicate its merits to a wider audience (within their organization and network) and then established it as a technical standard. Award Ceremony postponed till late 2020. 

https://womeninitawards.com/shortlist-new-york/

Technology Evangelist of the Year - Shortlisted for 2020 Awards

EMMY Nomination for Outstanding Achievement Television News Programming Excellence

eCornell

5G Strategy

Institute for the Future

Design Futures 

Kanban University 

Team Kanban Practitioner

LinkedIn

AI in Business Essential Training

Leading like a Futurist

Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)

Accredited in Public Relations (APR)

Newhouse School, Syracuse University

Newhouse Hootsuite Advanced Social Media Strategy Certificate

Harvard Kennedy School

Florida International University

The University of Texas at Austin

University of Houston

Portuguese

Spanish

Association of Professional Futurists

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence

The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB)

World Future Society

The VR/AR Association

Journey

Creating real experiences, for real people - in whichever reality they choose. Journey is a global design and innovation studio. We help our clients anticipate the future and create next-gen customer experiences that engage, elevate, and deliver impact.

Founder/Futurist

Ad Council

Member of the Board of Directors

World Economic Forum

Initiative Partner - Defining and Building the Metaverse

Adweek

Host of the Metaverse Marketing Podcast

WXR Fund

The WXR Fund invests in two of the greatest opportunities of our time: the next wave of computing + female entrepreneurs. (metaverse, augmented reality, spatial computing, artificial intelligence, virtual goods, gaming, the future and beyond.)

Limited Partner

Avatar Dimension

Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Licensed Studio powering global needs.

Volumetric Video/Hologram Advisor

VRM & The ARIA Network

Futurist in Residence

Uplandme, Inc.

Metaverse Growth Strategist

Futures Intelligence Group (Acquired by Journey) 

Chief Metaverse Officer/CEO

Worked on the development and launch of new strategic services & technology programs, including a stealth simulation service from AWS Game Tech. 

Partner Activation Leader

Tech Executive at Journey  |  Focused on the Post-Smartphone Future | Luxury & Fashion Innovator | Author | Speaker | Fashion Tech | Gaming | Virtual Couture | Web3 | AR | Ex: AWS, Magic Leap, HTC

The Future of Fashion Is Here - and Her Name Is Cathy Hackl

Hackl: Meta's Quest Pro headset is a way for the company to catch up with its peers in the VR/AR industry

Cathy Hackl, tech futurist and CEO and chief metaverse officer at the consulting firm Futures Intelligence Group, and Brian Trunzo, metaverse lead at Polygon Studios, discuss how Microsoft's decision to buy Activision Blizzard impacts the metaverse...

Two metaverse experts break down what Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal means for the industry

WIRED Brand Lab | What will it take to build a livable virtual future? Cathy Hackl, Futurist + Chief Metaverse Officer, Futures Intelligence Group/ Future Metaverse Labs, Andrew Maximov, Founder/CEO, PrometheanAI, and Tin & Ed, Artists & Creative...

Into the Metaverse: The Present | WIRED Brand Lab

We're about to enter the metaverse. This will completely change how we interact with our environment, says Futurist Cathy Hackl.

The metaverse is coming. Cathy Hackl explains why we should care.

Once a niche concept, the idea of a centralized virtual world has careened into the mainstream landscape this year. Here's what to know

What Is the Metaverse and Why Should I Care?

The Metaverse is being defined, and developed; leading voices evangelize, educate, advise, develop, create the successor of mobile internet.

The Top 30 Most Influential People in The Metaverse - ReadWrite

These thought leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs are propelling the kind of future we want to be a part of.

The 10 most influential women in tech right now

By Brandon Kerman, April 13th, 2020 We are now in 2020, and the landscape of VR is as fast-paced and evolving as ever.  It has been four years since consumer virtual reality has hit the scene. Back in 2016, multiple major tech companies released...

25 Most Influential People to Follow in VR in 2020

Futurists are looking ahead to prepare themselves, their organizations and their audiences for how the world could change. And as they delve into the future, they have a chance to shape it.

50 Leading Female Futurists

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

Helping the Academy explore the future of content and TV in the 21st century. 

VR/AR Association (VRARA)

The AWE Advisory Council is an initiative consisting of industry luminaries, thought leaders and influencers who share AWE’s aspiration of seeing XR not only enter the mainstream but also become an essential part of our lives and work. We hope to harness the Council’s expertise to curate the most important and influential people, products and ideas shaping the Spatial Computing industry into an inclusive and positive force for the future of humanity.

Shorty Awards

XR Bootcamp

I'm part of the XR Bootcamp Advisory Board supporting Global upskilling & training for Education & Business and define the immediate skillsets needed to support the workforce.

	name		keywords	# followers	# posts	# engagements	eng. ratio	score
1.	Joe Pulizzi	🇺🇸	newsletter amazon podcast	251,307	21	2,958	4.15%	15.66
2.	Adrian Cantrill	🇦🇺	amazon networking datascience	78,790	19	9,305	6.2%	13.82
3.	Cathy Hackl	🇺🇸	ai mothers amazon	155,877	11	1,712	4.09%	13.68

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