Dave Elchoness
Executive Director, Association of Virtual Worlds

Dave Elchoness is an attorney, an HR consultant, and a former Information Technologies executive. Dave practiced law for ten years before being tapped by senior leadership at Qwest Communications to establish and lead Qwest’s Information Technologies’ vendor relations and global outsourcing teams. Having experienced the challenges of managing a global team of vendors and employees, Dave is passionate about enterprise use of virtual worlds. He founded VRWorkplace to advise organizations on how to use virtual worlds, particularly in globally distributed workplaces. Dave is the Executive Director of the recently established Association of Virtual Worlds, an organization dedicated to advancing the virtual worlds industry primarily through education and outreach.

Moderator: Redefining Virtual Worlds For Mass Market Consumption, Tuesday, 10:30 AM, Harbor