Roger Katz

Founder and leader of Friend2Friend: a marketer, strategist and social media expert. He has a 20-year career as tech marketer, general manager and consultant for companies like Photobucket, Agilent, Brocade, Quantum and Bell Labs and a number of (lower profile) start-ups. Roger is a big believer in the power of social media and the changes that it will bring to consumers and advertisers a like; hence the company’s focus on sites like Facebook, Twitter and the iPhone. He also serves as an advisor to Pacific Community Ventures. Roger has engineering degrees from Michigan State and UC Berkeley and an MBA from Wharton. He’s a cycling fanatic, aspiring guitarist and (slow) swimmer.