Our People

Dan Schawbel, recognized as a “personal branding guru” by The New York Times, is the Managing Partner of Millennial Branding. He is the author of the #1 international bestselling book, Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Building Your Future, now in 11 languages. His second book, Promote Yourself: The New Art of Getting Ahead, will be released in 2013 by St. Martins Press. Dan is the founder of the Personal Branding Blog, the publisher of Personal Branding Magazine, a columnist at both TIME and FORBES, and has been featured in over 500 media outlets, such as Wired Magazine, PBS Nightly Business Report, and ELLE Magazine. He’s spoken at Google, NBC Universal, McGraw-Hill, Harvard Business School, MIT, Time Warner, IBM, and CitiGroup. Dan was named to the Inc. Magazine 30 Under 30 List in 2010, and BusinessWeek cites him as someone entrepreneurs should follow on Twitter.

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Tim Hare is a Vice President of Millennial Branding. He has helped grow the Millennial Branding brand since 2010 through various avenues. He has directed networking events, crafted the service offerings, and consulted for clients such as Harpoon Brewery and Abigail Michaels Concierge. He helped create Millennial Branding’s social media management platform and the Gen Y research and management consulting business. He has hosted panel discussions with Larry Weber, and Mel Robbins, and conducted interviews with the likes of Bob Taylor, Jim Craig, and Dan Roam, in order educate others on the importance of personal branding. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate from the Berklee College of Music.

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Bill Connolly is a Vice President of Millennial Branding. He has worked with the company since 2010, and has assisted on a variety of initiatives, such as crafting the corporate service offering, cultivating relationships with event sponsors, and developing the Gen-Y research portal. He has consulted for several clients in the branding space, and has interviewed such luminaries as Martin Lindstrom, Ali Velshi, and Jonathan Fields. His research interests focus on the changing corporate, personal, and societal culture for members of Gen-Y. Bill is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Bentley University, and has previously worked with such brands as National Grid, Cumberland Farms, Citigroup, TJX and Fidelity Investments. Bill enjoys engaging different audiences on the topic of Gen-Y, and has presented to thousands of students, young professionals, and executives. He has spoken at organizations like NASA, where he presented a branding program to increase youth excitement in the space program, and at international conferences, including the Center for Academic Integrity where he discussed the state of academic and professional integrity in the Gen-Y demographic. Follow him on Twitter: @billconnolly

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Paul Collanton is a Sales Associate with Millennial Branding focusing on both the consulting and advertising platform aspects of the business. He grew up in the San Francisco bay area and graduated from San Diego State University in 2009. He first took interest in personal branding after attending a business fraternity conference and reading books about the subject. Paul also works as a Sales Representative for ServiceSource, where he has won countless awards and recognition. He currently lives in Oakland, California. He loves to work out, travel and meet new people and ideas.

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Stephanie Melnik is a Sales Associate for Millennial Branding. She also works in San Francisco as a sales rep for ServiceSource while also working for Millenial Branding. Her colleague, Paul Collanton, first introduced her to Dan Schawbel’s book, Me 2.0, and the concept of personal branding. Stephanie has found that personal branding is integrated into many aspects of her work and personal life; this concept ties in with the granola bar business, Awesome Bars, she has started with her sister. They have learned the importance of creating and maintaining a brand image for their company and products. Stephanie has been a part of the Millennial Branding team since October 2011.