Live Podcast: Augie Ray, Former Senior Forrester Research Analyst and Future Executive Director of Community and Collaboration for USAA

Augie Ray (@augieray) first joined The A-List back in April 2009, before he became a Senior Forrester Research (@Forrester) Analyst, filling the shoes of Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang), who left to become a partner at the Altimeter Group.

Somewhat ironically, the very thing that urged me to ask Augie to join the program back in 2009, was became an object of scrutiny, when Forrester decided analysts could no longer maintain personally-branded research blogs.

Augie seemed to take it in stride, posting his own response to the decision.

When I received my first post since the decision from Augie’s blog, I was thrilled. In it, he explained his decision and his new role at USAA (@USAA). That’s one thing I love about Augie – he always tells you the way it is…

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Live Podcast: Featured Guest Tara Hunt, Speaker, Author and One Of The Most Influential Women In Technology

Tara Hunt, aka @missrogue

She had us at ‘Whuffie.’

Actually, she had us even sooner than that!

Named one of Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology in 2009, she is a top speaker, entrepreneur, mom, Canadian, karaoke addict, Flickr fan and Twitter-holic and much more.

She is speaking high-demand, speaking at conferences around the world and we’re delighted to have her on The A-List!

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