Rafael Garcia received his MBA from the University of Miami’s Executive MBA International Business program. He is a graduate of Universidad Metropolitana with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, and is also a Full Sail Digital Media graduate. Garcia’s work history includes Director of Product Development for Diario El Universal, a leading newspaper in Venezuela; Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Product Development for Quepasa.com, an internet portal and online community; Vice President of Operations, Chief Software Engineer, and Vice President of Operations for Cybertoons Digital, an e-commerce software development and internet solutions provider; and a Consultant for Interamerican Technology Services, an internet consulting firm.

Don Henderson is the Senior Manager of Creative Expression for Apple Education. In his role, Don is responsible for creating programs and solutions that integrate Apple’s Digital Media Tools across the curriculum, and working with educators around the country and abroad who have created programs focused on the use Apple’s Professional Applications. Prior to joining Apple, Don was the Director of Educational and Library Technology for the Grossmont Union High School District in San Diego, California. Don is also a two-time Smithsonian Laureate for the award-winning Digital Media programs he created for the Grossmont Union High School District.

Christian currently works for CNN.com on the Strategy and Partnerships group on projects involving the Health, iReport, Living, and Travel sections of the site. His professional career has been focused on the digital media side of news organizations, beginning with the development of El Universal’s website (Venezuela’s most influential newspaper) in 1995. He has devoted himself passionately to understanding consumer technology and digital media and the opportunities it creates for content creators and advertisers. His experience within this industry is broad, ranging from developing digital media products to leading a private equity group and consulting for large media organizations around the world. Christian has worked with small newspapers as well as with large media conglomerates in project of all sizes.