Here are the backgrounds of the writers on Relevantly Speaking.

Peter Bordes

Peter A. Bordes, Jr. is a founder, CEO, and chairman of the board of MediaTrust, Inc. Prior to MediaTrust, Mr. Bordes spent much of his career in banking and venture capital and was founder of Mason Cabot investment bank, which specialized in early stage media and technology financing. Mr. Bordes was also a founder and chairman of the board of Empire Media, Inc., a publishing, marketing, and technology enterprise based in New York. Empire Media incubated and founded www.find.com — the first “True Business Search” engine, and Advaliant (www.advaliant.com), an online performance marketing advertising network.

Currently Mr. Bordes is an investor and board member of LiquidXS, a profitable B2B company that liquidates excess inventories of high-end consumer goods. He serves on the boards of or is an advisor to a number of traditional, new media, and technology companies, such as Mode 11, an interactive broadcast technology company; Northstar Software, an enterprise asset management software solution; and www.jiwire.com, an online hotspot directory. Mr. Bordes is also an owner and chairman of the board of Roomlinx, Inc. (RMLX: OTCBB) A Wi-Fi high-speed wireless, broadband, and VOIP provider for the hospitality industry.

Trip Foster

A veteran marketer of software and technology, Mr. Foster joins MediaTrust with more than a decade of experience in both media and technology. Most recently, Mr. Foster served as vice president, marketing and client services at Intellibank, an online customer relationship management software provider. Mr. Foster has also served as vice president of marketing at Net Exchange, a pioneer of marketplace optimization software used by Schneider Logistics, Sears Logistics, State Street Bank, and the Department of Defense. Additionally, Mr. Foster was one of the original entrepreneurs at CheMatch, an online chemicals marketplace. Mr. Foster has also previously worked for agencies such as McCann-Erickson and The Ad Store, serving clients including Sony, Visa, Coca-Cola, Salomon North America, and Vail Resorts.

Scott Parent

Scott Parent is the VP of Emerging Media and Strategy at MediaTrust. Mr. Parent has been involved in the online media space for the last eight years with expertise in podcasting, streaming, blogging, content creation and production, and social community building. Parent currently produces the popular weekly podcast, American Cliche, as part of Adam Curry’s Mevio network - it enjoyed a year-long run on Sirius Satellite Radio. He was also the founder of 8BallRadio, a pioneer in the online radio movement. Additionally, he is the executive producer of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Podcast.

Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcast production from Franklin Pierce College and a master’s degree in administration, training, and policy studies from Boston University.

Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith is the VP of Digital Media Marketing and the Creative Director at MediaTrust. He is also the “face” of the Relevantly Speaking podcasts. Christopher has held a variety of key positions at design agencies before coming to MediaTrust, including frog design, Web Associates and HP. His clients have included some of the most innovative companies in the world, such as Apple, Philips, Cadence, Rambus, Beam Wine Estates and Intel.

With a broad range of interests and expertise, Christopher’s influence as a thought leader continues to find an audience though the use of social media. He has written for numerous blogs, magazines and other online and offline channels. He can be followed on Twitter.

Christopher holds a degree in Environmental Design from University of California at Davis.