One of the ear­li­est social media strate­gists, JD is a con­sul­tant to For­tune 1000 com­pa­nies as well as mid-size com­pa­nies, star­tups and non­prof­its. He is widely con­sid­ered one of the world’s lead­ing author­i­ties on social media and the rev­o­lu­tion in user-created media. JD is chief exec­u­tive of Socialmedia.biz, a firm offer­ing social media solu­tions to busi­nesses and orga­ni­za­tions that want to use social media and social net­works to build deep cus­tomer rela­tion­ships, pro­mote brands and deliver value.