Your instructor is Vernon Ross.  Vernon is the author, speaker, podcaster and digital strategist. Vernon serves as a professor at the University Missouri St. Louis, teaching master degree level students about podcasting for the School of Business. In Addition, he chairs the Midwest Digital Marketing Conference Board. This board is responsible for driving the direction of the digital marketing program at the University.

In the community, Vernon has served on the Social Media Club of St. Louis Board, Gateway to Innovation Committee & STL250 Commission respectively. His responsibilities were to educate the community about social media and how to best use it to grow your brand or your business.