Mike Clarke, Vice President of CreekPointe, is a veteran consultant in the I.T. industry. He has significant expertise in infrastructure management, software packaging and deployment. Some of the client's Mike has worked with include Georgia Institute of Technology, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and the Pentagon.
Dan Colby is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in technology solutions. President and CEO of Pinstripe Incorporated, a full service IT Consulting firm, his experience ranges from 'in the trenches' Level 3 Engineering to Enterprise Project Management including over 24 mergers and acquisitions in Corporate America.
As Chief Technology Officer, Jim Doble provides technical vision and leadership for the definition and development of Tavve products. His experience includes 26 years of software development, management, and software architecture leadership in the telecommunications and enterprise networking industries.
As the director of regional sales, Derek Donahue is responsible for growing Exinda's reseller channel and for supporting existing resellers to fulfill customer demand for WAN optimization & application acceleration solutions. Prior to joining Exinda, Donahue worked for Astaro, a network security company in various channel, direct sales and business development roles. He also worked in direct sales at Exodus and Merisel and in corporate reseller management at Netscape Communications.
James Gaskin has been solving computer and network problems for businesses small and large since 1984. He also writes books, articles, and jokes about technology AND real life. In 16 books and hundreds of articles, network consultant Gaskin tells people faster, cheaper, newer, and smarter ways to connect to each other and the world. A founding member of the Network World Lab Alliance, Gaskin focuses on small office issues and product testing. He is the leading voice for the small business market through his long-running Small Business Technology newsletter distributed by Network World. As a speaker, Gaskin travels the country in Hawaiian shirts helping people laugh at their IT pain while teaching them new ways to put technology to work. In venues such as Network World Technology Tours and seminars at leading industry conventions such as Networld + InterOp, Gaskin delivers objective information stripped of marketing hype in his trademark "unbiased and unboring" style. When avoiding computers, Gaskin plays classical chamber music on the violin and tennis (but not at the same time) in the Dallas area.
Rick German is the chief executive officer and president of Stoneware, Inc. As one of the original founders of the company, Rick German has been a key proponent in virtual desktop computing based on web 2.0 technologies.
Joseph is a network security expert with over 13 years of experience in the carrier and financial space. He has designed and architected many large-scale network security solutions. He has graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he received his Bachelors of Science in Computer Science.
Jesper a.k.a. "JJ" is the Co-founder of netVigilance, leading the Technical team with a practical "lead by example" inspiring the team with his direct and creative approach to any obstacle. Jesper utilizes his blend of technical expertise and corporate management experience to steer netVigilance in a highly competitive market. Before founding netVigilance "JJ" Owned and Operated a successful ISP and Web-Hosting company, and ran a highly respected systems integration firm called "InterSpace" in Northern Europe for seven years. Prior to that, he was a team leader and senior consultant for several multinational corporations including Minolta and Compaq Computers (Now Hewlet-Packard). In the late 1980's, JJ Pioneered the field of "Thin Clients" and Satellite emails from vessels in the Atlantic Ocean. JJ demonstrated an industrious nature at an early age, getting his first job when he was merely 11, a job he kept for 3 years. When he was 15, JJ earned his first salary as a Computer pre-Sales engineer, a job that was interrupted a year later when Jesper relocated to Switzerland to pursue his education. JJ is fluent in English, Danish, German, Swiss German, and can also read Norwegian and Swedish.
Erik Lofstrand is an Astaro Systems Engineer. He is responsible for pre and post Sales support at the US Headquarters. Erik has over 10 years experience as both a Network Engineer and a Security Engineer for a variety of technology companies including Lycos, VeriSign and Astaro. At these companies he was responsible for all areas of network flow, monitoring and security. Projects included installing and maintaining a variety of security products including Firewalls, IDS/IPS, as well as other grey boxes for point solutions.
Hank is the Founder & CEO of IssueTrak. Formerly a provider of custom programming services, today Hank's company develops and supports its namesake, issue tracking software. Hank attended Old Dominion University, where he earned a BS in Psychology and studied Computer Science and Human Factors. He has been in software development for over 30 years, working in various environments.
Brian Mason is the Director of Product Marketing at Xirrus where he is in charge of managing their High Performance Wi-Fi Arrays. Prior to joining Xirrus Brian worked as a product manager at Spirent Communications where he managed their 3G wireless, storage, and VoIP products. Brian also has several years experience with BellSouth and Verizon where he designed enterprise and carrier networks. Brian has his electrical engineering degree from Auburn University.
Scott Pinzon, Information Security Analyst, joined WatchGuard in 2000. Since then he has edited, written, and/or published well over 1,500 security alerts and "best practices" articles to LiveSecurity subscribers, who have more than doubled in number during his tenure. Scott, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), has 16 years of experience writing about high-tech products for clients both large (Weyerhaeuser IT) and small (Seattle's first cash machine network). He has worked in the fields of security, encryption products, e-commerce, and voice messaging, and loves translating technical concepts into down-to-earth, "blue jeans" language. He was the story editor on Stealing the Network: How to Own a Shadow and the technical editor for Johnny Long's latest book, No-Tech Hacking. Scott created and hosts the popular podcast, Radio Free Security.
Kevin Scott leverages 12 years of experience designing, selling, and implementing voice, wireless, and data networks to enterprise customers. Kevin spent 11 years working in the carrier space with Alltel/Windstream Communications and a VoIP startup based in Seattle. Kevin then joined a Lightwave team that offered unique opportunity to provide companies with a broad range of products and services that is un-matched in the industry. Kevin helps customers compile information on available services/technologies and presents them in a carrier neutral forum so customers can make a well-informed and confident decision. Going a step further Kevin is also backed by the support of a project management team and back office built over the past 17 years to coordinate the ordering, installation, and post-sales support for services sold.
Michael Serulneck, RedDot's Solutions Activist, has 12 years experience (the last five with RedDot) designing, delivering and supporting Enterprise Content Management solutions for customers such as Verizon Wireless, Amgen, Bank of NY, the Government of Alberta, the US Dept. of Energy, UNICEF, Multiquip, and dozens of other organizations in both the private and public sectors. The last two years, Serulneck has worked directly with RedDot customers to help them build on and optimize successful ECM initiatives. The theory being that if your customers are more successful, then your company will be more successful; what a concept! RedDot Solutions currently enjoys a 98% customer retention rate. Serulneck holds several degrees and certifications, though he is most proud of his Bachelor's Degree in English and American Literature from New College of Florida.
Mr. Shok is responsible for Pillar's outbound product and technical marketing activities. He has spent the majority of his career either bringing products to market or selling them within the networking and storage industries. Glen has held various sales and marketing positions at Cisco, NetScreen, Brocade and EMC prior to joining Pillar Data Systems. Mr. Shok has been a member of the IEEE for over 15 years and has held multiple technical certifications over the years from Novell, Microsoft and Cisco.
Taylor Data Systems is a strategic member in the Auto ID and Mobile Data Collection industries providing solutions for Manufacturing, Distribution, Field Service, Mobility, and Healthcare. TDS is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Microsoft Mobility Solutions ISV/Solutions Partner, and is RFID Certified. Taylor Data Systems has sales offices in Florence SC, Charlotte NC, and Burlington NC.
Steve Taylor has 20 years of experience consulting, designing and implementing technologies for high-profile Fortune 1000 clients. Mr. Taylor has lectured and given numerous seminars on the topics of storage solutions and system integration with a demonstrated specialty in the practice of server-based computing, virtualization technologies, highly available computing solutions, networked storage and disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
Labeled a "serial entrepreneur" by colleagues, David has been starting successful companies since he was in high school during the first PC revolution. David founded MailFoundry to bring continuity back to email in a world where, as he puts it, "anti-spam has ruined email." David operates as a hands-on CEO, overseeing new product development and engineering as well as field marketing and business development. With a BS degree in Artificial Intelligence and a lifetime of applications "visioneering", David not only knows the ins and outs of the architecture and coding behind his products, he has the understanding and vision of where communications and technology are headed and how they are changing the way we work and live.
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