Nicco Mele

Born in West Africa to foreign service parents, Nicco Mele is the co-founder and partner at EchoDitto, a leading internet strategy consulting company with offices in Washington DC, New York, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

EchoDitto's clients include the Clinton Foundation, RIM (Blackberry), Rosie O'Donnell, and SEIU.  Nicco has broad experience working with NGOs and non-profits, including as webmaster at Common Cause and at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, in addition to his time as producing live streaming webcasts during the 2000 presidential election cycle. As the Internet Operations Director of Gov. Dean's presidential campaign, Nicco managed all technical, functional and design aspects of Gov. Dean's national web presence.

In December of 2003, he was named one of America 's "best and brightest" by Esquire magazine. Nicco teaches in the Johns Hopkins University graduate communications program and has presented for Harvard University's Berkman Center and John F. Kennedy School of Government. His podcasts about Mayan archaeology are an internet cult favorite: http://radio.echoditto.com/junglecast.

About EchoDitto: www.echoditto.com