Kurt Anderson, Worldwide Technology Manager, Pfizer

Kurt is responsible for the Business Technology systems that support Global Operations at Pfizer. Kurt was instrumental in deploying Smart Card technology, allowing for digital signature, remote authentication, as well as physical and logical access. Kurt is also responsible for the systems which allow Pfizer's population to move seamlessly between locations. Most recently, Kurt's responsibilities expanded to include Telepresence, a high fidelity video conferencing solution, globally for Pfizer.

Kurt has worked in technology all of his adult life. He spent 6 years aboard the USS Michigan, operating the nuclear reactor which provided propulsion and electrical power for the ship. Kurt spent several years working in roles of increasing responsibility in the civilian nuclear power industry. Switching from engineering to software, Kurt managed teams whose responsibility it was to convert Windows based software into an early version of SaaS, or Software as a Service, for the Insurance industry.

Lionel Bernard, IT Manager, Appalachian Regional Commission

Lionel Bernard manages the network and software IT operations for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), a federal agency based in Washington, DC. At ARC he oversees network management, virtualization, security, grants management systems, IT contractors, security, audits, federal compliance, and SaaS based systems. ARC awards and manages grants targeted at improving socioeconomic conditions in various communities that comprise the 13 states of the Appalachia mountain region.

Lionel's IT career spans over 15 years with a variety of organizations developing custom applications and leading several large ecommerce initiatives including www.dsports.com , www.towerrecords.com, and www.capital.com.

Lionel holds a BS in Information System from Lawrence Technological University and an MBA from Howard University. He is currently a Doctoral Candidate the University of Maryland University College. His doctoral study is focused on developing a methodology for assessing the risk of SaaS provisions during the selection process to improve adoption success. Lionel lives in Maryland with his wife and four sons, including twins.

Mikael Blaisdell, Director, Mikael Blaisdell & Associates, Inc. - Customerium.com

For over 25 years, Mikael Blaisdell has been closely involved with the strategy, process, people and technology of customer relationship architecture, retention and profitability management. 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 to align with strategic goals. Working with technology manufacturers, he has contributed to the design of contact center products and implementation procedures. He has served on the boards of professional associations, delivered presentations on all aspects of CRM at industry gatherings, and written extensively for various print and online media. His online publications, Customerium.com and TheHotLineMagazine.com, are available in more than a dozen different languages and read in over 100 countries worldwide.

Ken Boasso, Managing Director, Keychain Logic

A founder of Keychain Logic, the premier SaaS revenue acceleration company, Ken Boasso speaks from over 20 years' experience in marketing and selling technology-enabled services and applications. His teams have generated $3.2 billion in profitable new contract revenue for start-ups, turnaround companies, and Fortune 100 enterprises; one of the industry's leading evangelists, he is the principle author of Transforming the Software Industry, the Software & Information Industry Association's whitepaper on SaaS adoption and acceleration.

Joseph Cardenas, Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Employers Direct Insurance Company

Joseph A. Cardenas, Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Employers Direct Insurance Company, is a computer scientist and systems software specialist who has led information technology for several leading insurance and high-tech corporations. He was part of the early team at Employers Direct at inception and left in April 2005 to join SalesForce.com as Senior Vice President and CIO. Prior to Employers Direct, Joe served four years as Vice President and CIO of Autodesk, Inc. Joe also served as Senior Vice President of Fremont Compensation Insurance Group from 1986-1992 and from 1996-1998, and was Vice President of Information Technology for Oracle Corporation from 1993-1996. He has also held information technology positions with Transamerica Insurance, NCR, Hyatt Hotels, and Wells Fargo Bank.

Mr. Cardenas is a leader in aggressive deployment of software as a service (SaaS). Heavy utilization of such services has allowed Cardenas to minimize internal infrastructure and staff. This strategy has allowed quicker systems implementation and also allows internal staff to concentrate Insurance specific systems. This strategy was put to the test when EDIC initially started business. Cardenas assembled application service providers, infrastructure service providers and a small team of consultants to put all critical systems in place in a matter of several months – all with no internal staff. Using traditional methodologies would have significantly delayed EDIC's entry into the marketplace.

Cardenas is also a leader in establishing a rich partnership with the business through utilizing advanced technologies (such as advanced rules engines) that allow direct management of important segments of system behavior by the business (with some help from IT). An example this was the EDIC implementation of the Guidewire claims processing system. Under Cardenas' leadership responsibility for maintaining the claims system rules engine was move to EDIC Claims. Cardenas is strong advocate of pulling back the veil of IT secrecy and forging a business partnership.

Other accomplishments by Cardenas are insurance industry pioneering use of CRM technology (Salesforce.com) as a generalized repository of information related to the total business relationship with the customer.

Tim Crawford, Director of IT Operations, Stanford University

Tim Crawford has 20 years of experience in IT Operations, Infrastructure, Information Security and Core Applications. Areas of focus include Cloud Computing, Infrastructure Optimization and key game-changing strategies for IT organizations. Tim has held senior leadership roles for global organizations such as Stanford University, Knight-Ridder, Philips Electronics, and National Semiconductor.
 
In addition, Tim speaks at industry conferences and seminars. He has written for publications from CMP, IDG and Ziff-Davis including InfoWorld, PC Magazine and VAR Business. Tim currently serves on the boards of the Society for Information Management (SIM) San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, and the Golden Gate University Alumni Association.
 
Tim received an MBA in International Business with Honors and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems both from Golden Gate University.

John Dohm, Vice President, True Religion Brand Jeans

John Dohm is a distinguished executive with extensive experience in most aspects of information technology, strategy development, and business management. Dohm is currently the VP of IT at True Religion Apparel and is focused on the key company objectives of retail expansion, product line expansion and international expansion. His role at True Religion is quite broad, so John is tackling opportunities ranging from leveraging SaaS for Warehouse Management, to building a 100% uptime data center, to deploying Software and Services solutions (such as Oracle EBS On-Demand) to managing integration between managed services providers for domestic and international retail systems. Dohm is highly process oriented, and, as such, has initiatives underway to improve process understanding and project management.

John was previously CIO and VP of E-commerce at American Standard. In this role, he managed a worldwide IT organization and was a member of the corporate Strategy & Planning team. Dohm has numerous accomplishments at American Standard, including supporting global supply chain initiatives, driving a global SAP deployment, negotiating vendor agreements, improving productivity within the IT function across 13 countries, and instituting structured portfolio and program management techniques.

Before American Standard, Mr. Dohm was a Partner and founder of the Distributed Computing Infrastructure practice for Deloitte & Touche. During his tenure, the practice grew at a 300% annual growth rate and was one of the fastest growing practice areas within the Firm. Dohm remains the fastest tenured partner in the history of the firm, being promoted from Senior Consultant to Partner in under four years.

John's interest in computing started early when he did assembler programming for Timex Sinclair machines in the late 1970s. Afterward, he developed software for a variety of platforms, including the original IBM PC. Dohm also started one of the early Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) in 1982. His interest in business began during the mid 1980's when he founded a software development firm focused on call centers.

Mr. Dohm received his MBA from the Northwestern Graduate School of Management (Kellogg) and a combined MS/BS in Computer Science from Loyola University. He has published articles on topics ranging from computer science to organizational design and has been a key speaker at industry conferences and events.

Michael Dortch, Principal Analyst & Managing Editor, DortchOnIT.com

Michael Dortch is Founder, Principal Analyst, and Managing Editor of DortchOnIT.com, "an independent voice for technology-dependent people" Michael launched in January 2009. Michael has more than 30 years of experience as an Information Technology (IT) industry analyst, author, consultant, journalist, and "information entrepreneur." Most recently, Michael was a Senior Analyst at Aberdeen Group, focusing on SaaS and other enabling and emerging technologies and on business-driven information management. Previously, Michael spent nearly 10 years at Robert Frances Group (RFG), where he rose to Director of IT Infrastructure Management Strategies and Executive Editor. In 1990, Michael wrote "The ABCs of Local Area Networks," a book published internationally in three languages by Sybex, Inc. He and his wife live in Santa Rosa, CA, just north of San Francisco. More information is available at www.DortchOnIT.com.

Michael Fauscette, Group Vice President, Software Business Solutions, IDC

Michael Fauscette leads IDC's Software Business Solutions Group which includes research and consulting in ERP, SCM, CRM, and PLM Applications (and the associated business process that the software supports), partner and alliance ecosystems, open source, software vendor business models (SaaS) 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. An ex-US Naval Officer, he began his technology career as a Surface Line Engineering Officer. Mr. Fauscette is 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.

Basil Fedynyshyn, Vice President, Platform Management, Wells Fargo

Basil Fedynyshyn is Vice President Platform Management for the Home Equity Group of Wells Fargo.  He is responsible for defining strategies, preparing platform roadmaps and leading implementation of technology capabilities. Over the past 4 years, Basil has defined and directed the deployment of Salesforce.com across multiple business units, creating a best practices center of excellence to facilitate a scalable, integrated environment to meet the complex needs of both Business and IT. 

Prior to Wells Fargo, Basil held senior IT management roles with Providian Financial and NextCard.  He also has led technology management consulting practices for Price Waterhouse and MCI.  Basil has significant experience planning for and delivering emerging technologies. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University.

Rodney Foreman, IBM Tivoli World Wide OEM Executive, IBM

Rodney Foreman is a leader in IBM Tivoli world wide OEM sales. Currently, he leads world wide teams that create, develop and promote long term partnerships with a wide range of organizations that leverage and sell Tivoli technology inside their solutions including SaaS offerings. Rodney began his career at Compaq Computer Corporation and as an engineer and product manager then with Dell Computer Corporation as an executive in the notebook computer product management and development divisions. At IBM, he has led various product management and sales teams within Global Services and Tivoli Software. He is on the board of directors for Austin Habitat for Humanity and is a former world champion powerboat racer and was inducted into the prestigious APBA Hall of Champions in 1998.

Rich Froble, Director, SaaS Enablement, AT&T

As Director of Product Development, Rich is responsible for the go-to-market strategy of AT&T's ToplineISV SaaS enablement program designed specifically for the challenges and unique needs of independent software vendors looking to take their products to market as a
continuously supported service. Previously, during his 11+ year tenure at USi, Rich's other responsibilities have included the product management of USi's Managed Hosting Services, Apphost, covering all major components related to computing platform, enterprise storage & backup, disaster recovery capabilities, layered security services, middleware technologies, audits & certifications, and performance management. Prior to his role at USi, Rich was a consultant with a small consulting firm where he leveraged his many certifications with top tier vendors such as EMC, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Compaq Computer corporation to deliver high availability solutions to medium enterprises.

Rich holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and minor in Economics from Shepherd University. Rich has also completed several masters level courses in IT Management.

Liz Herbert, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research

Liz, based in Cambridge, MA, is a senior analyst at Forrester Research. One of her key areas of focus is SaaS where she helps clients evaluate the SaaS model including benefits and tradeoffs of SaaS deployment, best practices for pricing and contract negotiation, and strategies and considerations for maximizing the value of SaaS investments.

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.

Liz holds a B.S. in computer science and electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Steven Hillion, Vice President, Engineering, M-Factor

Dr. Hillion has been leading large software engineering groups for 10 years. Before joining M-Factor, he led development of a new application platform at QRS, and also assisted in restructuring the engineering team and its processes, enabling the creation of a new product suite and a return to profitability.

Before that, Dr. Hillion led the engineering group at Kana Communications during the two largest releases of its flagship product. At Scopus Technology and later at Siebel Systems he co-founded development groups for the Financial, Telecom and other verticals and initiated a highly successful strategy for developing vertical products.

Dr. Hillion received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a King Charles I scholar at Oxford University.

Steven John, Chief Information Officer, H.B. Fuller

Currently Steven is the CIO of H. B. Fuller, a specialty chemical manufacturer. The company spans 31 countries, and its adhesive, sealant, paint and other specialty chemical products reach customers in nearly 100 nations.

Prior to H. B. Fuller, Steven was the Chief Information Officer at Agriliance, the largest supplier of crop nutrients, and crop protection products. He also held positions with the Society for Information Management, First Health, CIGNA, Unisource Network Services, and Transora, Inc.

In 2006 he was selected by Computerworld magazine as one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders. He was recently presented with the 2008 Leadership award by the CIO Executive Council.

Steven holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Utah, and completed graduate work at Temple University.

Beach Clark, Jr., Vice President Information Technology, Georgia Aquarium

Beach has lived in Atlanta for most of his life. He graduated from North Springs High before attending Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia where he earned his undergraduate degree in Philosophy.

After working for several years in the hospitality industry as a manager of Hotel and Restaurant properties, Beach returned to Georgia State University to get his Masters Degree in Accounting. Upon completing his degree, Beach took a position with Andersen Consulting, where he began his career in IT.

Shortly after joining Andersen Consulting, Beach and his late wife Stephanie were married. The first of their three children, Beach III was born in Jacksonville, Florida while Beach was working there on an assignment with Memorial Medical Center of Jacksonville. Beach has 3 sons – Beach III (Trip), Tyler and Hagen.

At Andersen Consulting, Beach worked with clients in a number of industries – Healthcare, Telecommunications and Technology, Finance and Manufacturing to name a few, and specialized in implementation of advanced technology solutions.

The Home Depot recruited Beach in 1991 to design and implement their network architecture. Over the next 12 years at The Home Depot, Beach managed a number of functions in networking, application development and technical support.

Beach joined the team at the Georgia Aquarium in July of 2004 as VP Information Technology. He is responsible for Technology implementation and on-going operation at the Aquarium, which opened in November, 2005.

Jeffrey 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.

Tom Kelly, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer, Kardia Health Systems

Tom has more than 25 years of strategic and tactical business experience. Currently, he is the CFO/CIO for Kardia Health Systems. Most recently Tom was the CFO/CIO for 2nd Wind Exercise Equipment where he and his team placed the IT infrastructure and all business functions in the cloud in a 12-month timeframe simultaneously saving costs and driving efficiencies. Tom has held senior management positions with large publicly held companies like PepsiCo and Deluxe Corporation, as well as small cap and privately held entities such as eBenX and PeopleNet Communications.

Tom has presented at various industry conferences including SAASCON, CFO Forum and the Cost Management Congress. The Darden School of Management at the University of Virginia has written several case studies on some of Tom's strategy and software implementations.

For the past 10 years Tom has been working with companies to create on-demand operating environments to leverage SaaS. He considers himself to be SaaS application agnostic, but he certainly gets the On-Demand religion! Tom combines personal business experience with a fluent understanding of the principles of SaaS. His insights have been gleaned from years of working with companies striving to build on-demand environments to leverage SaaS. He has shifted many business leaders' perspective and assumptions about how to efficiently and effectively run a business in the cloud.

Scott Kupor, Vice President & General Manager, SaaS/Global Support Delivery, HP Software Services, Hewlett-Packard Company

Scott heads both the Global Support Delivery and the HP Software-as-a-Service divisions at HP. Scott joined Hewlett Packard as part of the Opsware acquisition where he had global responsibility for all facets of customer interaction including professional services, technical pre-sales, and customer support. As Senior Vice President of Customer Solutions, Scott provided Opsware with a mix of expertise in operations, financial management and strategic partnerships. Scott joined Opsware shortly after the company's founding and held numerous executive management positions including vice president, financial planning and vice president, corporate development. In these roles, Scott led the company's private financing activities as well as its initial public offering in 2001, started the company's Asia Pacific operations via strategic partnerships with NEC, NTT and Samsung, and led the execution of the company's acquisitions of Tangram, Rendition, Creekpath and iConclude.

Prior to Opsware, Scott represented software companies in both financing and mergers and acquisitions transactions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers. Scott graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a bachelors degree in Public Policy with Honors and Distinction. He also holds a law degree with Distinction from Stanford University and is a member of the California bar.

Carmen Malangone, Global Solution Designer, Coty Inc.

Carmen Malangone spent 11 years as the Director of Coty's Worldwide Research & Development divisions where he led innovation teams located in Monaco, Germany, Paris, and the U.S. He was recently named Global Solution Designer for Coty and now leads Information Management for Finance, Legal, Human Resources, as well as R&D. He is responsible for guiding the business facing teams that integrate with the business divisions and maintains expertise and direction for the Information Management structure. Coty has now become the world's largest fragrance company with leading brands such as Calvin Klein, Jennifer Lopez, and Playboy. Coty has redefined industry standards for innovation and speed to market.

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), Cloud computing and open source – published through the firm's complimentary Research Alerts as well as its' premium research deliverables.

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.

Peter Milla, Chief Information Officer, Survey Sampling International

Peter Milla is Chief Information Officer and Chief Privacy Officer at Survey Sampling International (SSI), a leading supplier of Internet, telephone, postal mail, and personal interview samples to survey and market research agencies in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Asia. He is an expert in the management of information technology, technology assessment, the application of technology to survey and market research and the security, privacy and regulatory issues relating to survey and market research.

Peter has served on the Council of American Survey Research Organization's (CASRO, the market research industry's trade organization) Board of Directors and currently serves as co-chair of the organization's Technology Committee and Internet Research Task Force. He is also a CASRO and ANSI representative to the ISO Access Panel Quality Standard project (of ISO/TC225/WG2 "Access panels"). Peter also serves as a Fellow of the Ponemon Institute, a research organization that is dedicated to advancing responsible information and privacy management practices in business and government.

Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld

Ron manages the events business, awards programs, and strategic programs for IT management in existing and emerging technology sectors. Milton leads the team responsible for maintaining IT executive relationships, creating content, sponsor sales, operations, marketing, and audience development for these 40-50 events and 8 awards programs per year. Ron founded brands such as Premier 100®, Storage Networking World®, Business Intelligence Perspectives® and Green IT Symposium®. Ron frequently emcees industry conferences and moderates IT industry technology panels and roundtables at both multi-day conferences and regional events. He is also responsible for the same businesses at InfoWorld® and the Computerworld Honors Program®.

He has 25 years of experience in information technology, serving in both vendor and information technology 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 Division. 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. He also held a variety of general management positions in channel management, field sales and marketing at Honeywell Information Systems and Bull HN. He holds degrees from Sir George Williams University and Concordia University.

Prashant Nema, Chief Technology Officer, SVB Financial Group

Prashant is a technology executive with more than 17 years of experience in the IT industry. He currently is the Chief Technology Officer for the Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group, where is responsible for the technology assets, infrastructure and architecture, and drives the company's technology vision. He plays an integral role in the company's strategic direction, development, and future growth. Prior to SVB Financial group he worked in varied technology leadership roles in products, consulting and business IT. At Oracle he was a Director responsible for programs in the Fusion Middleware product development and with British Petroleum in EMEA he was their business systems controller. Prashant also worked a few years with a startup and Big 5 consulting firm as an ERP consultant.

Andy Neville, Vice President of Engineering, Zapproved

Andy Neville is VP of Engineering for Zapproved, a SaaS startup making online tools for decision management. Andy has 16 years experience leading engineering teams and designing architectures, primarily with security and networking systems, database engineering and GIS technologies. Prior to Zapproved he was CTO of Swan Island Networks where he built secure information sharing platforms for government and enterprise customers. He has also managed teams at Preview Systems, Portland Software and Portland General Electric.

Sonal Puri, Director of Business Development, Application Acceleration, Akamai

Sonal is responsible for Akamai's Application Acceleration Solutions business development and strategic alliances. Her current focus includes SaaS, virtualization and analytics. She has more than 10 years of experience in Internet Infrastructure with specialization around the delivery landscape. She has held various senior management positions in corporate development, sales, business development, channels and business operations at Speedera Networks and prior to that at Inktomi Corporation's Network Products Division. Sonal received her Masters Degree from University of Southern California

Andy Rubinson, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Akamai Application Performance Solutions

Andy Rubinson is a Senior Product Marketing Manager for Akamai's Application Performance Solutions. Prior to Akamai, Andy worked for Ariba, Inc., a leading SaaS provider in Spend Management, marketing their Sourcing solutions. Andy has also had consulting roles in Product Lifecycle Management and Supply Chain Management and was an acquisition professional for the Department of Defense. Andy earned his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Emil Sayegh, General Manager, The Rackspace Cloud, Rackspace Hosting

Emil Sayegh is the General Manager of Mosso, Rackspace Hosting's Cloud Division. Prior to joining Rackspace, Sayegh spent more than 15 years in the IT industry in various product development and marketing roles. Most recently, Sayegh led the Product Group at Rackspace where he oversaw the development and launch of new products. Additionally, Sayegh served in leadership positions at several notable IT companies including Dell, RLX Technologies, Compaq Computers and W.L. Gore and Associates. He holds nine patents in the fields of electronics and telecommunication.

Dana Schmidt, SaaS Market Director, Business Intelligence, IBM

Dana is responsible for driving the program and product strategy for the Cognos Software group at IBM in support of ISVs and SaaS vendors. Over the past 12 years, Dana has been working with ISV's in all aspects of the product life cycle to define, architect, integrate and market business intelligence and performance management applications.

Through experience in roles from product development to product management to sales at companies such as McKesson, AlphaBlox, and Cognos, Dana offers a balanced perspective on all aspects of the software business. SaaS ISV's have been a key focus for the past 7 years, as he has worked with dozens of software companies to architect and deploy solutions that help bring BI to the point of decision in their on-demand application.

Jim Sheward, Chief Executive Officer, Fiberlink Communications

Jim Sheward is the Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder and Director of Fiberlink Communications Corp. He has assembled an experienced management team and secured funding that has enabled Fiberlink to become a leading provider of "mobility as a service" solutions. Jim's leadership and keen focus on the customer has shaped the company and has transformed Fiberlink into a profitable, customer-oriented company that has experienced tremendous growth throughout its history.

Jaswant Singh, Lead Web System Engineer and Architect, AOL

Jaswant Singh (Jas) has over twelve years of experience in Information Technology arena, with rich experience in the following diverse areas: Systems Architecture, Research & Development, Establishing Best Practices & Standards, Statistical Analysis and Heuristic Problem Solving, Software Applications Design & Development, Quality Assurance, Project Management, Leadership, Mentoring & Team Building for telecommunications, transportation, federal agencies and service industries. Jas holds Master of Science in Mathematics with Specialization in Operations Research & Statistics from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay). Jas is member of the founding executive team for Suchna!, and Baghel Corporation. Jas is currently employed as Lead Web System Engineer and Architect for Core Services at AOL LLC. Prior to AOL, Jas has worked for National Library of Medicine (NLM), IBM, AT&T, Mumbai Educational Trust (MET) and IIT Bombay.

Jim Szafranski, Vice President of Customer Platform Services, Fiberlink Communications

Jim Szafranski is Vice President of Customer Platform Services (CPS). He is responsible for the design, deployment, training and technology lifecycle management of Fiberlink's customers and partners. Previously, as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for Fiberlink, Jim was responsible for product strategy, requirements, roadmap, and execution plus go-to-market strategies and corporate marketing.

Prior to joining Fiberlink in 2002, Jim built a $64 million product line for Tut Systems that led to a successful IPO, seed-funded and subsequently raised over $45M in venture capital for Sandial Systems, and led product management at Cometa Networks, an Intel, IBM, and AT&T venture. Jim started his career at A.T. Kearney and has a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from Stanford University.

Lawrence Whittle, Chief Executive Officer, M-Factor

Mr. Whittle has over 15 years of experience in management roles in the enterprise technology sector. He brings with him a wealth of relevant experience from the world of advanced, analytically-powered software solutions for a broad range of industries including retail and CPG.

Most recently, he was the Managing Director and International Vice President of Nomis Solutions, the recognized leader in pricing optimization software for banking and finance. Prior to Nomis, he was Vice President, International at ProfitLogic, Inc., which provides profit optimization software for retailers. Whittle founded the international operation in Europe, and built a sales and consulting team to expand global business. Upon acquisition of ProfitLogic by Oracle Corporation in mid-2005, Whittle was appointed as Regional Vice President of Operations - EMEA of Oracle.

Earlier he spent seven years as Vice President EMEA of Marcam Solutions (acquired by SSA Global which later merged with Infor Global Solutions), an enterprise solutions company focused on the global CPG and process industry market.

Peter Young, Vice President, Chief Information Officer, MedImmune

Peter Young is VP and chief information officer (CIO) for MedImmune. He directs the global activities of their Information Technology business and serves on the global information systems leadership team for AstraZeneca plc, MedImmune's parent company.

Mr. Young's responsibilities span all IT operations and activities globally for MedImmune, including five domestic sites and three international manufacturing and R&D facilities in the Netherlands and United Kingdom. Mr. Young leads all of MedImmune's IT activities including outsourcing relationships, enterprise architecture and strategy, enterprise IT governance, and all IT compliance activities.

Prior to taking the role of CIO, Mr. Young held several IT positions of increasing responsibility with MedImmune. Prior to joining MedImmune, Mr. Young served in a variety of roles within the Ameritech family of companies, most recently as senior telecommunications analyst at Ameritech Services.

Mr. Young received his master's degree in business administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and his bachelor's degree in computer science and economics from Wittenberg University.