Jesus Arriaga, Chief Information Officer, Bosley Medical
Mr. Arriaga is an accomplished senior executive and technology/business solutions architect with 25+-year chronicle of success optimizing IT performance and generating profit gains within start-up, turnaround, and established environments. He has an extensive, diverse IT background combined with a deep understanding of the intersection between technology, business, and operational needs. Additionally, he is a progressive, strategic thinker and astute technology analyst, synthesizing organizational needs with viable IT solutions to address a wide range of business problems.
He presently is in the role of Interim Chief Information Officer for Bosley Medical, Inc. where he was hired as an IT Executive Consultant to perform an IT turn-around and lead the organization through a business transformation process. He was also the former Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Spirent Communications, a global provider of integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems for the telecommunications, wireless and network industry. At Spirent, he was responsible for all global IT operations.
Mr. Arriaga's qualifications in the industry have also been recognized through various awards that include being honored by Computerworld Magazine as a Premier 100 IT Leader for 2005 and by CIO Decisions Magazine as a Midmarket IT Leader for 2006. He is also a frequent contributor to various industry related periodicals and a frequent speaker at industry events
Mr. Arriaga is complemented with a BS degree in Management Information Systems.
Mike Beckerle, Chief Technology Officer, Oco, Inc.
Mike defines the strategic direction for and leads the development of Oco's world-class technologies. He brings 20 years of strong technical leadership in advanced technology with a focus on strategic large-scale information-system deployments and the design, implementation, and operation of scalable software and hardware systems.
Most recently Mike was at IBM where he was an architect for core scalable processing capabilities in the IBM Information Server (formerly Ascential DataStage). He came to IBM when it acquired Ascential Software in 2005, and had come to Ascential in 2001 when it acquired his startup company, Torrent Systems, where he initially created the scalable computing technology that has delivered enduring value to customers from 1995 to today.
Mike became an advocate of the software-as-a-service approach in 1999 when he co-founded a start-up technology company, Fact City, which created an Internet-based information service to enhance the content of high-volume Internet search portals.
Mike has served as co-chair for the Data Format Description Language (DFDL) standard workgroup, and on the ANSI X3J13 standard for the Common Lisp programming language.
Mike earned his Masters in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from M.I.T, and his Bachelors' Degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario. He is a named inventor on eight patents.
Mikael Blaisdell, Managing Director, Mikael Blaisdell & Associates, Inc. / The HotLine
For over 25 years, Mikael Blaisdell has been closely involved with the strategy, process, people and technology of customer relationship management and retention.? As a consultant, he has advised organizations across a wide range of types, locations and sizes on designing, building, re-engineering and optimizing their customer contact centers and programs. Working with support technology manufacturers, he has contributed to the design of tools and implementation procedures.? He has trained support agents, supervisors and their managers, served on the boards of professional associations, done presentations on all aspects of CRM at industry gatherings, and written extensively on the subject for various publications for many years.
Basil Blume, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Colorado Capital Bank
Basil W. Blume is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Colorado Capital Bank. He is an accomplished technology management professional with a broad-based background in architecting technology infrastructure and solutions across divergent industries to better support end-users and meet strategic organizational goals. He has extensive qualifications in all facets of project life-cycle development from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through documentation, implementation, user training, quality review and enhancement.
Mr. Blume has over 20 years of experience in Information Systems, including eight years in senior technology management positions, along with experience in project management, system implementation, business analysis, systems analysis, programming and other functions.
Mr. Blume holds a Bachelors of Science with a concentration in Finance and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from Colorado State University. Mr. Blume is the recipient of several academic and professional awards and recently completed with honors the Graduate School of Banking program at the University of Colorado.
Steve Booth, Vice President, Business Development, Aria Systems, Inc.
Neil Cohen, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Akamai Technologies
Neil Cohen is the Senior Product Marketing Manager for Akamai's Application Performance Services, an evolving line of Web and IP-based application acceleration services for enterprise users. In this role, Neil sets the marketing strategy for penetrating this emerging line of business into traditional and new industry segments.
Prior to joining Akamai, Neil worked at Mindspeed Technologies where he was the Director of Marketing specializing in internet infrastructure chipsets and software used in routers, VoIP gateways, wireless basestations and broadband access equipment. Neil has also held a variety of senior marketing roles at Conexant Systems and Maker Communications.
Early in his career, Neil was a Principal Engineer at Compaq Computer and Digital Equipment Corporation where he developed high-performance semiconductor process technologies and logic designs for their microprocessor division.
He holds an M.B.A. from Boston University and Bachelor and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University.
Abhijit Dubey, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company
Abhijit Dubey is an Associate Principal with McKinsey and Company. He is one of the core leaders of McKinsey's North American High Tech Software and Services practices and advises leading software companies on a range of strategic issues.
Abhijit also leads McKinsey's efforts on Software as a Service (SaaS). Abhijit has a Masters degree in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University and a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Michael Fauscette, Vice President, Software Applications & Business Strategies, IDC
Michael Fauscette leads IDC's Software Application and Business Strategies Research Group which include ERP, SCM, CRM, PLM Applications (and the associated business process that the software supports), Small and Medium Business Applications, Partner Ecosystems, Software Vendor Business Models and Software Pricing and Licensing. With extensive executive experience with software vendors ranging from large enterprise companies to small Silicon Valley start ups, Mr. Fauscette brings a unique perspective by relating research data and trends to the overall strategic focus and go to market strategy of application software companies. Having spent an extensive amount of time working with software end users throughout his career, Mr. Fauscette has a business process oriented and end user focused approach to software research and analysis. He conducts market research, analysis and consulting on emerging markets, go to market strategies, end user requirements, application implementation, vendor business models, partner strategy and end user experience.
Prior to joining IDC, Mr. Fauscette held senior consulting and services roles with seven software vendors including Autodesk, Inc., PeopleSoft, Inc., and MRO, Inc. His software experience spans the entire enterprise life-cycle process and covers all facets of the global software business. Mr. Fauscette is ex-US Naval Officer, where he began his technology career as a Surface Line Engineering Officer. Mr. Fauscette is also a published author and accomplished public speaker on software and software services strategies.
Mr. Fauscette graduated with special honors from Jacksonville State University with a BA in Sociology and History; and with honors from Widener University with a MS in Business.
Louis Guercia, Director, Operations and Strategy, Online Collaboration Services, IBM/Lotus
Lou Guercia is Director, Operations & Strategy for IBM Lotus Software. Previously, Lou served as President & CEO of WebDialogs, Inc., until August 2007 when WebDialogs was acquired by IBM. As CEO, he was responsible for all day-to-day and strategic operations for WebDialogs, a conferencing and collaboration services company. Prior to WebDialogs, Lou was Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Tessera Enterprise Systems, a pioneer in the field of customer relationship management. He also founded Workgroup Solutions, a leading regional provider of systems integration and professional services for the client/server marketplace, where he spent nine years as Director and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Lou began his career at Xerox, where he held various sales and management positions and gained early exposure to the Internet and distributed networked computing. He holds a BS in Business from the University of New Hampshire.
Ken Harris, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Shaklee Corporation
Ken is SVP and CIO of Shaklee, a network marketing company and leading provider of premium quality natural nutrition and personal care products. He is known for his strategic leadership, team building, business development and system implementation skills. Before 2005, Ken was CEO of Retail.IN.Genius ®, a retail software think tank and SVP and CIO of Gap Inc., supporting more than 4,500 stores and a global sourcing organization. Prior to joining Gap in 1999, Ken was SVP and CIO at Nike. He also spent 10 years at Pepsico in a variety of Operations and Technology leadership positions and was General Manager at Security Pacific Information Services.
Liz Herbert, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research, Inc.
Liz primarily contributes to Forrester's offerings for Sourcing and Vendor Management professionals. Her key research areas include software-as-a-service, as well as consulting and systems integration firms' offerings regarding SAP and Oracle implementations. Liz additionally covers sales force automation technologies and strategies including mobile sales and sales performance management.
Prior to joining Forrester in 2002, Liz worked at the US Department of Transportation's Volpe Center, programming a computer simulator to test equipment for GPS-based ship navigation. Liz also worked as a researcher at the MIT Media Lab, programming "smart" objects that sense and "think," and researching electronic ballot user experience as part of the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project. Prior to working at the MIT Media Lab, Liz worked in the COMDEX division of Ziff Davis.
Liz holds a B.S. in computer science and electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Anthony Hill, Chief Information Officer, Golden Gate University
Anthony Hill has a 25 year diversified background in the information technology industry with experience in all facets of information technology as a CIO, CTO, commercial software developer, consultant, product manager and business development across multiple industries.
In his current role as CIO for Golden Gate University, Anthony is responsible for all business and academic technologies including e-business and technology strategy, enterprise architecture, website and e-commerce product management, ERP, CRM, networks, data centers, desktop and mobile systems, and customer support operations. Golden Gate University has made extensive use of open source products in its enterprise architecture.
As CIO for Golden Gate University (GGU) in San Francisco, Anthony has architected and led a turnaround of IT and a transformation of the university to an e-business model, resulting in increased online revenues, reduced costs, and a transformed culture, customer experience, and IT capability.
Anthony serves on the Board of Advisors for the Olliance Group, on the open source editorial advisory board for Tech Target Media and has testified at the California State Senate on the use of open source software in electronic voting systems.
His previous roles include Managing Director for Scient Inc., acting-CTO for homebid.com, Managing Director for GE Capital Consulting, and President and CTO of Hill Technologies.
Anthony has been acknowledged by his peers in the industry when:
• in 2002 was included with the nation's "25 Most Influential CTOs" by InfoWorld magazine
• in 2003 was named to the Infoworld 100
• in 2004 was named to the CIO 100 by CIO Magazine
• in 2007 was selected as one of ComputerWorld's "Premier 100 IT Leaders".
He recently co-authored "CIO Best Practices: Achieving Strategic Value with Information Technology", published in 2007 by Wiley & Sons.
He holds a B.A in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Information Technology and Finance from Golden Gate University.
Chris Hoffmann, Senior Principal and Research Director, TripleTree, LLC
Chris Hoffmann is a Senior Principal and Research Director for TripleTree, LLC. TripleTree is a leading research-based investment bank focused on technology enabled business services and key verticals sectors like Healthcare. TripleTree has developed a worldwide following for its expertise in Software as a Service. Chris has over 19 years of experience in the technology industry as a successful operating executive, entrepreneur and analyst. Chris has held executive positions at Tier1 Research, Gartner, GE Capital Consulting and IBM Global Services and his research and perspective have been quoted in numerous national business and trade publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and Investors Business Daily.
Craig Jocher, Vice President, Information Systems, Transamerica Reinsurance
Craig Jocher is VP of the Information Technology department for Transamerica Reinsurance, a leading provider of life insurance related financial and business risk solutions worldwide through the innovative use of financial and intellectual capital. He is known for his ability to align technology solutions with the achievement of business results, a focus on reducing complexity, and driving efficiencies through the Information Technology processes.
Prior to joining Transamerica Reinsurance in 1999, Craig was the AVP of the Information Technology department at Management Facilities Corporation, a provider of reinsurance administration and managed care services. He was responsible for providing Information Technology infrastructure and application services to all locations within the United States.
Craig also spent 10 years at Prudential Life Insurance in a variety of operational and technology positions supporting the insurance, financial, and pension business.
Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director , THINKstrategies
Jeff Kaplan is the Managing Director of THINKstrategies (www.thinkstrategies.com), a strategic consulting firm that helps IT enterprise decision-makers with their sourcing strategies; solution providers with their marketing strategies; and venture firms with their investment strategies.
Kaplan is also the founder of the Managed Service Showplace® (www.msp-showplace.com or www.thinkmsp.com) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Showplace® (www.saas-showplace.com or www.thinksaas.com) free, online directories. THINKstrategies' online directories provide an easy-to-use listing of SaaS solutions by application and MSPs by service category, and extensive information and insight about industry best practices to help organizations fully leverage the growing array of SaaS solutions and managed services.
Prior to forming THINKstrategies, Jeff served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at InterOPS Management Solutions, an Internet Operations Management Services Provider. Before joining InterOPS, Jeff was Director of Strategic Marketing at International Network Services (INS) and subsequently Lucent Technologies, which acquired INS. Jeff also spent thirteen (13) years as a leading industry analyst at IDC, Dataquest and META Group.
Jeff is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and contributing columnist for BusinessWeek, Mass High Tech Journal, Financial Times of London, NetworkWorld, Business Communications Review, ComputerWorld, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, Managing Automation, and the Web Hosting Industry Review.
Jeff serves as the Site Guide for ITworld's Utility Computing web portal (www.utilitycomputing.itworld.com) and is the Outsourcing Expert for TechTarget's SearchCIO (http://searchcio.techtarget.com) and SearchSMB (http://searchsmb.techtarget.com) web portals, as well as the Offshore Outsourcing Best Practices (OOBP) Association, and SmartFundIT.com.
Jeff is also a Senior Advisor to Triple-Tree, LLC; a Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium; a member of the SaaScon advisory board, the IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA), the Software-as-a-Service Executive Committee of Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), and Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. He has also served on the board of directors of AMR Research.
Julia King, Executive Editor and National Correspondent, Computerworld
Julia King is an award-winning business and technology journalist with more than 20 years experience covering a wide range of key topics, from enterprise software development, technology management and IT skills and career issues to return on investment, business intelligence and next-gen IT leadership. Ms. King was the founding executive editor of the award-winning ComputerworldROI magazine and spearheaded Computerworld's coverage of information economics.
Prior to joining Computerworld in 1994, Ms. King worked for nearly a decade as a reporter and writer for national business and technology magazines. She also worked for five years as a daily newspaper reporter and later, as a features writer and editor. Her IT reporting has earned her several awards form the American Society of Business Publication Editors and she is a frequent presenter and panel moderator at industry conferences. She is editor of a book titled Executives' Guide To The Wireless Workforce, published by John Wiley & Sons.
Ms. King holds a Master's Degree in International Relations and a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, both from University of Pittsburgh. She is based in Ridley Park, PA.
Kraig Kuipers, Chief Executive Officer, Pangea Foundation
Kraig Kuipers is the President and CEO of Pangea Foundation™. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit Software-as-a-Service provider founded in 1996, Pangea Foundation is the leader in delivering Impact Visualization On Demand™ to nonprofits of all sizes. Nonprofits choose Pangea Foundation for its expertise in creating Software-as-a-Service that automatically fuses live program data with sophisticated visual analytics to deliver a real-time snapshot of their impact—anytime they want it. Kuipers focuses his time and energy setting the strategic direction for Pangea Foundation as it employs the unique power of the SaaS delivery model to democratize the access nonprofits have to capacity building software and Business Intelligence.
Kraig Kuipers has been involved with Pangea Foundation since 2003, serving as an advisor to the leadership team, as well as a financial backer of the San Diego based technology nonprofit. In 2005, he was elected to Pangea Foundation's Board of Directors where he helped to define and focus the company's strategic vision. Since 2006, Kuipers has served as President and CEO of Pangea Foundation.
Kuipers came to Pangea Foundation from ITW, a Fortune 200 company, where he served in a variety of Sales and Marketing positions throughout North America. He brought 15 years of Marketing and Business Development experience to Pangea Foundation.
After joining Pangea Foundation, Kuipers recognized that Nonprofit Visual Intelligence™ was at the very essence of Pangea Foundation's value proposition. Today Pangea Foundation equips more than 1,200 nonprofits across America with the technologies they need to easily measure and report their impact to evidence-based funders demanding increased results accountability and a better Social Return on Investment (SROI).
Kraig Kuipers graduated with honors from Michigan State University where he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing. He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising from Michigan State University.
Joe Lacik, Senior Vice President, Information Services, Aviall Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company)
Mr. Lacik is the Senior Vice President of Information Services for Aviall. Aviall is the world's largest independent provider of after market supply chain management services in the aerospace industry. In September 2006 Aviall was purchased be Boeing as a wholly owned subsidiary. He is playing a key role in completely transforming Aviall and the aerospace Industry. A completely new technology strategy, infrastructure and team have been created.
He graduated with honors from Villanova University in New Jersey and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. While serving, he also earned his Masters in Business Management in 1981 from Central Michigan University. In 1997, Mr. Lacik was recruited to be the Chief Information Officer and Vice President of PRONET located in Dallas, Texas. In 1999 Mr. Lacik was recruited to be the Senior Director of Information Technology at AMFM, a $3.2 billion entertainment company. In 2003 he was recognized as one of ComputerWorld's Premier 100 IT Leaders and Top Ten Best in Class. In 2002 ComputerWorld's Laureate Honors Program recognized Aviall and Mr. Lacik.
Dean Lane, Chief Information Officer, Henley-Putnam University
Dean Lane has in-depth background and experience in managing the improvement of IT and Company Operations. Mr. Lane currently serves as Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Henley-Putnam University. He has also served as the Chief Executive Officer for Varitrak Solutions, Chief Operating Officer for the Systems Consulting Consortium and as a Chief Information Officer four times.
Mr. Lane is the Managing Partner for the Office of the CIO, which runs several communities of CIOs. Mr. Lane has also served as the Senior Director of IT for Symantec Corporation, EVP and CIO for Masters Institute of Technology, as CIO for Plantronics, as CIO and strategy planner for the Thiokol Corporation, and as Allied Signal's Corporate Production Control Manager and CIO.
Additionally, Mr. Lane has been a consultant for Ernst & Young, AT&T, and the Gartner Group. He serves on the advisory boards of Search CIO, Cranium Systems, HBS Consulting, and San Francisco State University's Center for Electronic Business. He is a member of the Project Management Institute, Secretary for the CIO Scholarship Foundation, APICS, the CIO Collective, co-founder of the Consortium of Information Systems Executives, and was president of SIM's Silicon Valley Chapter from 2005 to 2006.
His first book, published by Prentice-Hall was CIO Wisdom and his second book, CIO Perspectives was published by Kendall-Hunt earlier this year. Mr. Lane speaks internationally, delivering keynote addresses to the Adam Smith Society, the Russian IT Summit in Moscow and a CIO Conference of 200 CIOs from all over Russia. Mr. Lane speaks locally at the SIM Regional Leadership Forum, and Berkeley's HAAS School of Management Seminarium CIO Program. As a representative on the Hi-Tech Economic Mission to Israel, Mr. Lane consulted with the former Prime Minister, Ehud Barach and frequently travels to India for clients. He is a contributing editor to CIO Insight magazine and is a highly decorated U.S. Navy officer.
Mr. Lane obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of California (UCLA) and his MBA from National University.
John Lewis, Director - Information Services, Geokinetics Inc.
Born in Houston, John received a BA from Texas Christian University and a JD from South Texas College of Law. Three years in the practice of law convinced him to return to his first love, computer systems administration and programming. He re-entered the industry in 1995, leading project teams in large-scale rollouts of Windows 95 workstations and Novell, Microsoft and Unix-centric backend systems. In 1997, he accepted a position with Basis Petroleum, handling administration of its various network and server based systems.
Basis was acquired by Valero, and shortly thereafter John moved upstream, taking a position with Grant Geophysical as MIS Manager for a multi-national geophysical services company.
Over 11 years at Grant through its acquisition by Geokinetics, John has taken on projects of increasing scale and importance, including ERP rollouts, mail/communications system design and maintenance, adapting PC cluster technology to seismic data procession, and most recently leading the IT phase of Geokinetics' SOX compliance process for FY 2007. In his spare time, John plays the guitar and is an active member and former President and Trustee for the Unitarian Fellowship of Houston.
Bill McNee, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Saugatuck Technology
Mr. McNee is the President and CEO of Saugatuck Technology, a strategy consulting and subscription research and advisory firm focused on emerging IT markets. Most recently, Mr. McNee has helped spearhead the firm's research into evolving business models as a result of the shift to software-as-a-service (SaaS), open source and utility computing. Prior to founding the firm in 1999, Mr. McNee spent eleven years with Gartner, Inc., most recently as Group Vice President and Research Fellow, responsible for guiding the firm's overall research strategy. A recognized expert in enterprise software and related business/IT services, Mr. McNee spent five years leading Gartner's Business/IT Management practice as its Director of Research, focusing on CIO governance, IT sourcing models and e-commerce management strategies. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Mr. McNee has published hundreds of articles and consulted with thousands of user and vendor clients over the years, throughout the world. Prior to Gartner, Mr. McNee held strategic planning, business development and marketing positions at CBS, HBO, Comshare and the Institute for Social Research. Mr. McNee is a Board or Advisory Board member for a number of emerging and established technology companies as well as the Westport Public Library. Mr. McNee is a University of Michigan alumnus and has completed graduate work in economics at New York University.
Douglas Menefee, Chief Information Officer, The Schumacher Group
Douglas Menefee, a Gulf War veteran, has been involved with technology since the early 90's. In 1994 Menefee resigned from the University of Louisiana to become a pioneer in the Internet economy by co-founding Planet Symphony, a website creation and interactive marketing management company. The company gained national attention in 1995 when it staged the first ever Internet video broadcast of Mardi Gras. To capitalize on the dotcom boom, Planet Symphony split into two distinct entities: Planet Symphony, which was acquired by the Graham Group in December 1995 and StarSeed, which was acquired by Geocities/Yahoo in December 1998. Keeping his roots in Louisiana, Menefee remained with The Graham Group leading the convergence of interactive and traditional media.
In 2005, Menefee joined The Schumacher Group as their Chief Information Officer. Since joining the 3rd largest and fastest growing emergency department management firm, he has led the deployment of a multimillion dollar technology initiative to upgrade and/or replace every enterprise system. Currently he is overseeing a major business intelligence deployment which compliments integration and enhancements to Salesforce.com, PeopleSoft, Onbase, Tangiers, and GE Business Centricity.
Menefee is a recognized military, business, and community leader. During Desert Storm his most notable recognition was an Air Medal for a life saving mission as a flight medic. He has been recognized as the Rising Young Business Leader of the Year and one of Acadiana's "most important people". Additionally, he has received the Innovator of the Year award from the Governor of Louisiana twice, once in 2003 as an individual, and then again in 2006 on behalf of The Schumacher Group. Salesforce.com has recognized Menefee with the 2007 CIO Innovator of the year award. And most recently, InfoWorld magazine recognized The Schumacher Group as one of the top 100 companies for their use of technology to enhance sales automation. Menefee is also a graduate of Leadership Lafayette and Rapport Leadership Breakthrough.
Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld
Ron manages the events business and strategic business programs for IT executive titles in storage networking, mobile and wireless, data center and business intelligence market sectors. Milton leads the team responsible for creating content, sponsor sales, operations, marketing and audience development for all of Computerworld's events, such as brands like Premier 100 IT Leaders, Storage Networking World, Mobile & Wireless World, Business Intelligence Perspectives and IT Executive Summit Series. He has 20+ years of experience in information technology, serving in both vendor and information services management positions. Before his current role at IDG, Ron was Senior Vice President of CXO Media and General Manager of CIO Magazine's Executive Program Divisions.
Prior to joining Computerworld in 1999, he was President and CEO of IDG's Internet Commerce (ICE) business unit, which he founded in 1996 as a start-up business, and was a pioneer in using e-commerce systems and web marketing. He was a 1996 recipient of the coveted IDG Chairman's Award for the most successful start-up business globally. Before joining IDG, Milton spent five years as Vice President/Partner of GLA computer Systems, a software developer and channel integrator with market share leadership in wholesale travel solutions. Prior to GLA, he also held a variety of management positions in channel management, field sales and marketing at Honeywell Information Systems and Bull HN. He holds degrees from Concordia University and Sir George Williams University.
Michael Mucha, Chief Information Security Officer, Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Michael Mucha is a 12 year security industry veteran, with extensive experience in secure software development, network security and IT risk management. Currently, he serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Stanford Hospital and Clinics, one of the world's leading academic medical centers, located on the campus of Stanford University. His prior experience includes consulting with Ernst & Young ,where he helped build their nascent Internet Security practice in the mid-Nineties. Later, he served as one of the lead engineers for Exodus Commucations' Managed Security Services business unit. Exodus MSS served over 1,000 firewall, IDS and VPN customers in Exodus' 60 data centers, leading the way in the commercial security outsourcing market. He holds a BS in Computer Science and a Juris Doctorate, both from the University of Miami.
Marc Olesen, Vice President, HP Software-as-a-Service
Marc Olesen is the Vice President of Software-as-a-Service for Hewlett-Packard. He is responsible for HP's Software-as-a-Service business delivering Managed Solutions focused on Business Technology Optimization. Marc has over twenty years of professional experience in software and services. His extensive background includes organizational leadership, service management, and application delivery. Prior to joining HP, Marc was the Senior Director of Customer Service for Qwest CyberSolutions (QCS), where he was responsible for global application management services. Preceding QCS, Marc was a High-Tech Consulting Practice Manager with BearingPoint. Marc also held positions with Remedy Corporation and Oracle Corporation. He holds a Masters degree in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelors degree in Economics, both from Stanford University.
Peter Quittmeyer, Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Peter represents technology-related companies in corporate, contract and intellectual property matters, as well as "end-user" companies from various industries in their dealings with many technology-related matters, including computer system failures.
Peter's extensive experience with technology transactions includes e-commerce, ERP solutions and "aps" processing, outsourcing, domestic and international licensing and distribution, licensing and technology transfer, corporate finance and reorganization plans. He also has substantial experience in computer software transactions and Georgia's no-compete and trade secret laws.
In addition to his IP practice, Peter has a very active practice in corporate, finance and acquisition matters, particularly in the technology industry. He currently serves as principal counsel for three chemical distribution cooperatives, requiring negotiation of large-volume distribution, supply, marketing and license agreements. He has served as lead attorney in the completion of over 50 mergers or acquisitions, many of which involved complex technology or intellectual property considerations. He also serves as principal counsel for a high-profile "turnaround management" group based in Atlanta.
Peter has been an adjunct professor of law at Emory Law School where he taught computer law. He has published numerous trade articles and has lectured on corporate, no-compete, and technology-related issues. Peter is volunteer general counsel and a board member of Community Life Concepts and the Georgia Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, where he received the Top Volunteer Award in 2005. He is listed in Marquis' Who's Who in the World, and was named a "Georgia Super Lawyer" in 2006.
Bruce Richardson, Chief Research Officer, AMR Research
Bruce Richardson brings more than 27 years of experience to his current role as chief research officer at AMR Research. Bruce has spent most of his career analyzing the software industry with a distinct emphasis on ERP and supply chain. Since joining AMR Research in 1988, he has been responsible for spearheading new market coverage and contributing to the company's analysis of leading market trends in areas such as ERP, supply chain management, service-oriented architectures, software-as-a-service, software appliances, and virtualization and visualization.
Bruce is a sought-after public speaker, having lectured and presented worldwide on the firm's behalf nearly 500 times in more than 20 countries. He has covered and analyzed SAP since 1991 and made many early market predictions that have been realized, such as the rise of the advanced planning market and the evolution of MRP to ERP. Bruce also coined the term MES early in his role at AMR Research when he was responsible for all the written research that came from the firm.
One of his primary responsibilities today is to write the lead research piece for First Thing Monday, a weekly publication that reaches more than 38,000 subscribers in 95 countries. FTM has quickly become a must-read for people interested in the future of software.
Prior to AMR Research, Bruce held senior marketing management positions within the software and networking industries.
Bruce graduated cum laude from Boston College.
Doug Robbins, Vice President Marketing/Sales Application Center, Heidelberg
With over 30+ years IT experience, 20+ years in senior management position, Douglas is currently responsible for all business application in 40 countries for the Heidelberg Sales and Service Units - Heidelberg is the world's leading solution provider for commercial and industrial customers in the print media industry. Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, the company focuses on the entire process and value chain for popular format classes in the sheetfed offset and flexographic printing sectors with direct sales/service units in 40 countries.