Adam Hirsch is an advisor to Mashable and current SVP, Emerging Media and Technology of Edelman Digital.From 2008 to Jan. 2012, he was Mashable’s chief operating officer where was critical in developing Mashable from a small blog into a media company. He oversaw Mashable‘s business development, including marketing, partnerships, advertising and events. Some of his key initiatives included the Social Good Summit, the Open Web Awards (now known as the Mashable Awards) and the Summer of Social Good. He joined Mashable in 2007 as community and marketing manager.Adam Hirsch also served as chief digital officer at DoSomething.org. Adam is a New York City native and a graduate of Cornell University.