Dave Kerpen is the cofounder and CEO of Likeable Media, an award-winning social media and word-of-mouth marketing firm. Dave and his wife and COO Carrie have transformed theKBuzz (founded in 2006) into Likeable, one of Facebook’s Top 65 Preferred Developer Consultants. Dave’s first book, a New York Times bestseller, is “Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irresistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing on Facebook and other social networks.” Dave has been featured on CNBC’s “On the Money," ABC World News Tonight, the CBS Early Show, BBC World News, and the New York Times, and is a regular contributor to The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and Mashable. Within the past year, Dave has spoken in Athens, at SXSW and TEDx, and for the Wharton Club. Dave is proud of his Likeable business accomplishments but prouder of Charlotte and Kate, his two daughters at home in New York.