Eric Weaver

Director of Digital Strategy, DDB Worldwide

ERIC WEAVER has helped build some of the biggest brands in the US and abroad, including BMW, Brita, Clorox, De Beers, Ford, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods, Lincoln, Mattel, the Mayo Clinic, MCI, Procter & Gamble, the US Dept of Commerce, and many more. Weaver helped several Fortune 1000 companies take their first steps into Internet marketing, then went on to senior positions at Young & Rubicam, FCB and Hamburg-based Kabel AG. His work has been reviewed by Microsoft's Bill Gates, Vulcan's Paul Allen, General Electric CEO Jack Welch, Mattel CEO Jill Barad, Taco Bell CEO Peter Waller, and Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang. He's a member of the American Institute for Graphic Arts, the American Marketing Association, Ad Club of Seattle, the Seattle Podcasting Network, the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest, and the Northwest Entrepreneurs Network. A composer, photographer, and writer, Weaver founded the first online community for composers and songwriters in 1992. In 2005, he founded the Seattle Flickrites, one of the world's largest social photography groups. In 2009, Weaver was awarded a Brand Leadership Award from the World Brand Congress for his work in branding over the years. He also has a curious affliction that causes him to write about himself in the third person.