Ted has spent the past 20 years working in the high tech industry, in product development, marketing and as a senior executive for both public and privately held companies. Before co-founding The Conversation Group, Shelton developed a new participatory media platform called The Personal Bee, which was acquired by Technorati in early 2007. Prior roles include Chief Strategy Officer of Borland Software and Senior VP of Sales and Marketing for early Internet pioneer, WhoWhere (acquired by Lycos).