CEO & Founder
Wondros
1) What I learned in 2018 is that being committed to principles is more important than ever before; work on projects that are important to you and stay the course.
2) I want to stay dedicated to the things that have gotten me here, and be bold with my goals and the people I want to help. The content landscape is ever-changing and currently the industry is going towards more values-based content, which I think is great. This is what Wondros has always been about, and is what I had in mind when founding the company.
3) We hope to serve more people who are making the world a more interesting and better place. I want to support people and products that do positive things in the world.
4) I did a piece recently where I filmed some of the remaining civil rights veterans who walked with MLK. It was a privilege and an honor. Here is a link to watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY8rnKFqYWY
Also working with XPRIZE on launching the Alzheimer’s Prize. It’s been a fantastic opportunity to work on this and find a community that is trying to solve Alzheimer’s. I’m also excited about my collaboration with INQNET, a research consortium that aims to bring together businesses, non-profits, research and educational institutions and laboratories to advance quantum technologies and computing.
5) We have personal commitment to diversity at Wondros. Not just skin color, gender, or disabilities, but people from disparate parts of the world who bring a unique perspective to Wondros. I’m proud to say Wondros has a reputation as an environment that encourages female talent. We’re also integrating a new applicant tracking system to help us capture EEOC (equal employment opportunity commission) data to analyze where we’re lacking in diversity, and then address issues that surface.
6) We’re currently migrating our postproduction team away from Windows 98. It’s a risk, but we think it’s one worth taking.
Google Opens Its Defense In Antitrust Case Alleging Monopoly Over Online Ad Technology
Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.
"The industry has been exceptionally fluid over the last 18 years," said Scott Sheffer, a vice president for global partnerships at Google, the company's first witness at its antitrust trial in federal court in Alexandria.
The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly over the technology that facilitates the buying and selling of online ads seen by consumers.
Google counters that the government's case improperly focuses on a narrow type of online ads โ essentially the rectangular ones that appear on the top and on the right-hand side of a webpage. In its opening statement, Google's lawyers said the Supreme Court has warned judges against taking action when dealing with rapidly emerging technology like what Sheffer described because of the risk of error or unintended consequences.
Google says defining the market so narrowly ignores the competition it faces from social media companies, Amazon, streaming TV providers and others who offer advertisers the means to reach online consumers.
Justice Department lawyers called witnesses to testify for two weeks before resting their case Friday afternoon, detailing the ways that automated ad exchanges conduct auctions in a matter of milliseconds to determine which ads are placed in front of which consumers and how much they cost.
The department contends the auctions are finessed in subtle ways that benefit Google to the exclusion of would-be competitors and in ways that prevent... Read More