Rick Klau is Vice President of Publisher Services at FeedBurner, the market-leading feed management provider. He is responsible for cultivating and managing relationships with large media companies, entertainment networks, newspapers and a variety of other commercial publishers. Prior to FeedBurner, Rick held the same role at Socialtext, the first enterprise social software company. Previously, Rick was Vice President of Vertical Markets at Interface Software, now part of the Lexis-Nexis family where he held the position of company spokesperson. Rick has also held senior marketing positions at iManage through an IPO.

An accomplished public speaker, moderator, panelist and author of a popular blog, Rick has received extensive coverage in a variety of publications including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CIO, InfoWorld, Inc. Magazine, Internet World, The Washington Post and more. He has published a number of books and columns covering the topics of technology, law, ecommerce and online security. Rick earned AB Degrees in International Affairs and French from Lafayette College, a JD from the University of Richmond School of Law and a Baccalaureate Degree from l'Université de Bourgogne.

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Places Rick has spoken or will be speaking

• Syndicate New York 2005 May 17, 2005, New York, NY
• Forrester Boot Camp July 28, 2005, Cambridge, MassSocial Marketing: Tapping Into The Power Of Connected Customers
• Syndicate San Francisco 2005 December 12, 2005, San Francisco, CA
• Search Engines Strategies New York 2006 February 27, 2006, New York, NY
• Politics Online Conference March 7, 2006, Washington, DCJoin Rick for a panel titled, Leveraging the New Online Publishing Tools: RSS Feeds, Aggregators and Directories.
• Publishing Executive Management Conference and PrintMedia Conference & Expo March 20, 2006, New York, NY
• OMMA Conference and Expo West March 22, 2006, Hollywood, CAInternet 2006: The 100% Solution
• Direct Media Inc. Client Co-Op April 26, 2006, White Plains, NY
• ELCA Communicators' Conference August 4, 2006, Chicago, ILRick conducted a workshop titled "Preaching to the Wired"
• SES San Jose August 8, 2006, San Jose, CARick explores how specialized blog and feed (RSS/Atom) search engines gather content and how to tap into these growing forms of traffic.
• Podcast & Portable Media Expo 2006 September 29, 2006, Ontario, CARick Klau leads a session titled, How To Create and Optimize Your RSS Feed for Maximum Effectiveness.
• The Convergence of Communications October 12, 2006, Chicago, ILRick Klau, our resident authoritative source on technology advancements in communications, joined Business Wire for this discussion of how the public relations industry has evolved over the last 100 years.
• Social Computing: Tapping Into The Power Of Connected Consumers October 23, 2006, Chicago, IL
• WebmasterWorld PubCon 2006 November 14, 2006, Las Vegas, NVJoin Rick Klau in a mind-bending session about feeds.
• SES Chicago December 6, 2006, Chicago, IL
• Integrated Media Association Public Media 2007 February 20, 2007, Boston, MAJoin Rick Klau on Wednesday, February 21 to learn about implementing RSS.
• ABA TECHSHOW 2007 March 22, 2007, Chicago, ILJoin Rick Klau for not one, but two sessions: Collaborating with Clients and Colleagues: Google Docs, Wikis, and Other Web Tools on Thursday March 22, 2007 from 8:30am - 9:30am, followed by The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing on the Internet at 10:30am.
• SES New York April 10, 2007, New York, NYJoin podcastable Rick Klau in an 11 a.m. session titled, Podcast & Audio Optimization.
• SES San Jose August 23, 2007, San Jose, CA

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Interviews Rick Has Done

• Stone Temple Consulting: Rick Klau and Eric Enge talk RSS feeds May 28, 2007
• TotalPicture Radio: A Cool Careers Podcast with Rick Klau May 7, 2007
• eMarketing Talk Show: Understanding How to Use Feedburner April 27, 2007
• DM News: Insights at SES New York April 20, 2007
• Podcasting in Ireland: Defining Feedburner April 16, 2007
• Search Marketing Standard: SEO Through Blogs & Feeds April 11, 2007
• DM News: Devil’s in the details for successful podcasting: SES panel April 11, 2007
• Business Week: Don't Quit Your Day Job, Podcasters April 9, 2007
• Technology for Business Sake: Using Feeds to Find the Right Audience for Your Business March 11, 2007
• Technosailor: Podcast: Rick Klau of FeedBurner March 4, 2007
• Tyme's Not Too Geeky: FeedBurner Rick Klau Interview Part 1 January 29, 2007
• BusinessWeek: Podcasting Distribution: Metrics, ads, and the future of podcasts January 24, 2007
• WebProNews: Feedburner’s Rick Klau Predicts Wider RSS Adoption Soon December 12, 2006
• eMarketing Talk Show: Understanding RSS & XML Feeds December 8, 2006
• Adotas: Dow Jones Chooses FeedBurner for RSS December 5, 2006
• Editor & Publisher: Dow Jones Chooses FeedBurner to Manage, Monetize Podcasts and RSS December 5, 2006
• MarketWatch: Local TV is still No. 1 news source October 4, 2006
• SFGate.com: Tech Talk: The future of podcasting October 2, 2006
• Bitwise Magazine: Podcasting Secrets - FeedBurner August 27, 2006
• On the Record...Online: "On the Record...Online" with Rick Klau, vice president of FeedBurner's Publisher Services August 18, 2006
• Medill News Service: West Loop content distributor keeps investors well-fed August 8, 2006
• David Lawrence: Life Online, Klau on podjacking and no more Morpheus July 31, 2006
• internetnews.com: Can Publishers Survive in an RSS Age? June 19, 2006
• CNBC: Geffen Records and FeedBurner featured on Closing Bell (video clip coming) June 6, 2006
• ClickZ: Geffen Brings Feeds Into Its Marketing Plan June 6, 2006
• MarketingMonger, by Eric Mattson: MarketingMonger Podcast #31 - Interview with Rick Klau of Feedburner May 30, 2006
• Publish: FeedBurner Launches In-Blog Advertising Service May 16, 2006
• MarketWatch: What's next? A podcast for left-handed, red-headed umpires? April 25, 2006
• MarketWatch: Average podcast has 35 subscribers: FeedBurner April 19, 2006
• New Millennium PR: Interview with Rick Klau March 17, 2006
• Netsquared: Making RSS usable, interactive and mainstream: an interview with Rick Klau of FeedBurner March 16, 2006
• Phil Leigh's Inside Digital Media: Interview with Rick Klau (WebEx presentation) February 10, 2006
• Book: Podcasting for Dummies January 1, 2006
• TechWeb: Feedburner Service Adds Tags, Links To RSS December 15, 2005
• For Immediate Release, The Hobson and Holtz Report: For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report - Interview with Rick Klau, FeedBurner December 13, 2005
• TechWeb: Feedburner Service Adds Tags, Links to RSS December 13, 2005
• The David Lawrence Show: Instudio conversation with Feedburner's Rick Klau December 5, 2005
• Corante: Get Real Show: Interview with Rick Klau, Feedburner October 31, 2005
• PodcastTools.com - Weekly Update with Paul Colligan: Who Is Feedburner, What Do They Do, and Can You Trust Them? (.mp3 interview) October 24, 2005
• PC Talk Radio: Feeding a Burning Trend: Monitoring, Monetizing, and Morphing Blogs and Podcasts with Feedburner, featuring Rick Klau, Director of Business Development for Feedburner (.mp3 file) September 30, 2005
• Chicago Sun Times: Helping Publishers, Bloggers Get the Word Out September 6, 2005
• InformationWeek: Finding Profits in Podcasting August 26, 2005
• Yeast Radio: Interview with Rick Klau August 19, 2005
• DIGIT: The Podcast Revolution July 29, 2005
• The Chris Pirillo Show: Interview with a FeedBurner (Weekly Broadcast) July 16, 2005
• Marketwatch.com: Advertisers Try RSS July 6, 2005
• ClickZ: Podcasting Ads Face Challenges July 5, 2005
• Playlist Magazine: Mainstream Media Embraces Podcasting June 15, 2005
• Etopia Media Network: Entertainment Technology World #26 - Interview with Rick Klau (Audio) June 15, 2005

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