Praized

Team

Harry Wakefield is the CEO of Praized Media. He’s the founder of Technorati Top 1000 blog MoCoLoco.com and the former General Manager of Yellow Pages Group electronic directories. Harry got his start in advertising at Cossette Communications Group and was one of the founders of Taxi The Advertising Agency. Drawn to the internet and product management, he eventually found himself on the team that launched Teleglobe’s global internet service in 1997, became the Director of E-Commerce at Bell’s Sympatico portal and then the General Manager of local directories and city sites at Bell Globemedia. He is a strong advocate of the environmental and social benefits of local commerce. See more info on his

Sebastien "Seb" Provencher is VP Product Management and Business Development at Praized Media. He has more than 10 years experience in local search, interactive entertainment and online media. From 1999 to 2007, Sebastien played an instrumental role in developing Yellow Pages Group’s online strategy, notably developing their most successful online advertising product ever (DirectoryPlus), striking a strategic partnership with Google, and creating a vision around local search. At Praized Media, he brings his own distinct point of view on local search and social media. Seb is also the blogger behind The Praized Blog. See more info on his or profile.

Sylvain Carle is the CTO of Praized Media. He has been on the bleeding edge of new media and networked applications for more than 10 years with stints at LVL Studio as VP interactive media solutions, CTO at Messagia and as a Product Manager at My Virtual Model. He was also a CTO for hire in Silicon Valley in 2000-2001 where he worked as a senior consultant for several dot com startups. He’s a frequent speaker at technology events and has been blogging for 6 years at www.afroginthevalley.com