Rob Simon is an accomplished entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience starting, growing and managing pioneering media companies. He is the founder, president and CEO of BurstMarketing, a social media company and leader in publishing podcasts, widgets and mobile applications for consumers who access their media online and via portable devices including iPods and smart phones such as the iPhone and Blackberry.

Prior to starting Burst, Rob had started three successful newspapers, two cable TV companies, a magazine, and one of the largest full-service marketing, public relations & Internet firms in the Rocky Mountains. He also started the first Russian-American newspaper in Russia, with a quarterly circulation of nearly 50 million. He is a published author and frequent speaker at conferences and webinars.

Today, BurstMarketing’s social media networks reach more than 400,000 unique customers who download annually nearly 1 million episodes of audio and video content. Burst publishes podcasts and social media networks for organizations such as BookExpo America, Qwest Communications, the City of Denver, the Starz Denver Film Festival, and the 2008 Denver Democratic Convention.

Rob graduated from Cornell University in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in communications & has won several awards for his communications campaigns. He is married with two children.