Kevin Pomplun
Founder and CEO, SkyGrid

Kevin Pomplun is the founder and CEO of SkyGrid. Established in 2005, SkyGrid is an innovative financial platform for hedge fund managers, portfolio fund managers, and research analysts. SkyGrid delivers real-time access to thousands of sources of relevant corporate news – and millions of Internet sources – to surface accurate, rich, and immediate market Sentiment. Kevin is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. He also leads the design of the SkyGrid platform and the development of its core technology and operating infrastructure.

Sessions

2:30pm Wednesday, 02/06/2008

Building a Better Information Beast: What Will it Take

Location: Starlight Roof

Randall Winn (Capital IQ), Robert Passarella (Dow Jones ), Kevin Pomplun (SkyGrid), Renny Monaghan (Salesforce.com)

The news and information business is changing rapidly. There is simply far more of it, with thousands of stories moving on major newswire on any given day, but there are also hundreds of market-moving niche sites and blogs. Read more.

11:00am Thursday, 02/07/2008

“All the Information” or “Just the News”

Location: Starlight Roof

Kevin Pomplun (SkyGrid)

Today’s hedge fund managers, portfolio fund managers, and research analysts enjoy state-of-the-art desktop news feeds but still spend considerable time and effort scouring the Internet for market-moving information. Read more.