Brian Alvey
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Brian Alvey is the co-founder and President of the publishing company Weblogs, Inc. It is the largest blogging company and home to such blogs as Engadget, Autoblog, Blogging Baby, TV Squad and Slashfood. Time Warner's America Online purchased Weblogs, Inc. in October 2005 and he remains at the helm along with Jason Calacanis. He is also, most recently, the chief architect of Netscape.
Brian Alvey was the creator and host of the successful Meet The Makers conference, a series of talk show-style events "for creative people in a technical world." He also invented and launched the popular Blogstakes, a sweepstakes application for the blogging community.
Brian designed the first TV Guide website in 1995 and was the senior technical member of the in-house team that built the first BusinessWeek site later that year. He continued designing and developing dozens of database-driven Web applications for companies including BusinessWeek, Intel, J.D. Edwards, Deloitte & Touche and The McGraw-Hill Companies. His Tech-Engine career center application has powered over 200 online career centers including XML.com, the Computer User, O'Reilly & Associates Network, DevShed, and the Cold Fusion Developer's Journal. Brian has been the art director of three print magazines and the Chief Technology Officer of Rising Tide Studios where he personally developed The Venture Reporter Network.
Brian has built publishing systems for sites designed by Jeffrey Zeldman including the popular Web design magazine A List Apart and the Kansas City Chiefs. He was the architect of the system that powers the redesigned global network of Capgemini websites.
