Adam is a recognized expert in all aspects of the ever-changing digital media+marketing landscape. A thought leader in the marketing industry, Adam is known for devising cutting edge marketing strategies for clients ranging from Kraft, The New York Times and Panasonic to LVMH and A&E.

Prior to founding Circ.us, Adam was Director of Strategy at Crayon and Director of Emerging and Creative Strategy for Morpheus Media. He started his digital marketing career at Digitas, working on the American Express team.

Adam blogs on this site and writes for industry publications such as iMediaconnection. An incessant talker, you can find Adam speaking at various industry organization events such as iMedia, OMMA and the PRSA.

Adam holds a B.A. in English Lit. from Queens College and an M.A. in Media Studies from The New School University. He also plays guitar and would be happy to sing Karaoke at your wedding or bar mitzvah (for a small fee+dinner).

Swords is a strategist and producer of social media with experience in virtual worlds, augmented reality and other forms of social software. John has worked with world class entertainment brands such as MTV, CBS, NBC Universal, Time Warner AOL, Sony BMG and NBA.

John Swords has been a social technology entrepreneur most of his life and is currently a founder of startups Circ.us and Larkbox. Swords was previously Director of Business Development and Executive Producer for Electric Sheep Company, an Emmy award-winning virtual worlds developer.

John is a founding contributor to the Metaverse Roadmap Project and is a frequent speaker at social media and virtual world conferences. As an independent media producer, he has produced hundreds of hours of recorded sessions on social software as well as award winning machinima.