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name: Larry  Weber
about: Larry Weber is the Chairman &amp; CEO of Racepoint Global (www.racepointglobal.com), an advanced marketing services agency, well-known expert in PR and marketing services, and author. Passionate about the convergence of technology and communications, he is a frequent public speaker on the future of marketing, the social web and building communities online. Larry enjoys helping global brands and emerging companies harness social media strategies to enhance brand reputation, create and extend partnerships, and increase demand generation. He founded one of the industry's first interactive marketing agencies, Thunderhouse, and has worked with world-class clients including ARM, AT&amp;T, Coca-Cola, Cook Medical, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Ka Larry Weber is the Chairman &amp; CEO of Racepoint Global (www.racepointglobal.com), an advanced marketing services agency, well-known expert in PR and marketing services, and author. Passionate about the convergence of technology and communications, he is a frequent public speaker on the future of marketing, the social web and building communities online. Larry enjoys helping global brands and emerging companies harness social media strategies to enhance brand reputation, create and extend partnerships, and increase demand generation. He founded one of the industry's first interactive marketing agencies, Thunderhouse, and has worked with world-class clients including ARM, AT&amp;T, Coca-Cola, Cook Medical, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Kaiser Permanente, Microsoft, and many more. In 1987, Larry started his own public relations company, The Weber Group, and within a decade it became the world's largest public relations firm. The Interpublic Group of Companies purchased The Weber Group in late 1996, and in early 2000, Larry was named Chairman and CEO of Interpublic's Advanced Marketing Services, a $3 billion unit with 12,000 people and including the company's public relations, research and analysis, and entertainment holdings. Larry serves on a number of Boards of corporations, non-profit organizations and academic institutions. He is the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange (MITX),the world's largest Internet marketing association. Larry has authored four business and marketing books, including The Provocateur: How a New Generation of Leaders Are Building Communities, Not Just Companies (Random House/Crown Business, 2002), business bestseller Marketing to the Social Web: How Digital Customer Communities Build Your Business (Wiley &amp; Sons, 2007, with a second edition in 2009), Sticks &amp; Stones: How Digital Business Reputations Are Created Over Time...And Lost in a Click (Wiley &amp; Sons, 2009), and Everywhere: Comprehensive Digital Business Strategy for the Social Media Era (Wiley &amp; Sons, 2011). Larry's newest book, The Digital Marketer: Ten New Skills You Must Learn to Stay Relevant and Customer-Centric, is due out in Spring 2014. ...more