Randy Abrams is the Director of Technical Education at ESET and a passionate security evangelist. Prior to joining ESET in 2005, Abrams held various security positions at Microsoft during his 12 year tenure. Abrams designed and administered the processes used by Microsoft to ensure that no software was infected upon release, and worked with ISPs to help promote online consumer safety. He also worked closely with the Microsoft Security Response Center and provided internal malware education. Abrams has presented at over a dozen international anti-virus conferences and is a vice president on the board of directors for the Association of anti Virus Asia Researchers (AAVAR). Abrams unique experience and engaging style have made him a sought after analyst and speaker for security trends and issues. He writes a monthly column on security and maintains a blog at http://www.eset.com/threat-center/blog/ and can be reached at askeset@eset.com.
In his 20 years in project/program management, prior to founding TSI, he delivered training and consulting services to organizations throughout the world, such as ? EDS, Verizon, MCI, JP Morgan, and TI. Under his leadership, TSI pioneered project management training delivery through worldwide podcasts with its "Lunchtime Lecture Series." Mr. Balakian is a true project management evangelist, and has been instrumental in changing the way it is delivered, perceived, and globally received.
As a co-founder of Dovetail, a company that builds, hosts, and provides web-based access to marketing databases, Jeff has been instrumental in growing Dovetail to manage 21 marketing databases across North America. Jeff has been in the database marketing industry for over 10 years and the database industry for over 15 years.
David joined Insource Technology Corporation in 1995 and serves as the company's President and CEO. He also leads the Insource Advanced Enterprise Class Wireless Networking and Intrusion Detection practice. David began his career in 1973 with Texas Instruments and was involved in the design of semiconductors, small business computers, and Winchester disk drives. In 1985, David joined Compaq Computer Corporation as Vice President of Engineering and was responsible for development of Compaq's desktop and portable PC's, including Compaq's first laptop and notebook computers. He also served as Vice President and General Manager of Compaq's Worldwide Peripherals Division. David holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University. He also holds seven patents pertaining to advanced disk drive technology.
Velaro's President, Alex Bloom, has over 15 years of experience in the software business, starting at IBM, Smith Corona and General Electric in New York. In 1994, he moved to Maryland and was a founding employee at Sequoia Software Corporation laying the early foundation for IPO. After selling his network services management company, 180 Net Incorporated, Alex joined Velaro. After four years of implementing solutions to hundreds of Velaro's customers, Alex is an industry thought leader in understanding the online conversion process for all kinds of web sites, from e-commerce to specialty sites.
Chris Brogan has over 16 years of telecommunications and enterprise technology experience, including software release engineering, project management, data center planning, and solutions architecture. He left the enterprise behind in 2006 to work on events in the burgeoning field of Internet video, social media, and social computing technologies. Chris is co-founder of the PodCamp unconference series, which launched over 30 events all over the world to promote the understanding and use of podcasting, videoblogging, and other social media technologies to build relationships and extend communities. He has blogged since 1998 (when it was called "journaling"), and keeps a blog at http://chrisbrogan.com/
Perry Correll is a Senior Technologist as well as the Director of Training at Xirrus. His extensive networking background extends from original Ethernet Thicknet technology, through the switching revolution and now is involved in pushing advancements in Wi-Fi technology to displace wired solutions . Previous roles included technologist and management roles at Cabletron, Xylan and Alcatel
Steve Fallin, Director of the Rapid Response Team, has been with WatchGuard since 1998. One of the original architects of WatchGuard's popular LiveSecurity Service, Steve has spent the last seven years researching, writing, and speaking about network security for the small- to medium-size enterprise. Steve's involvement with Internet technologies predates the World Wide Web. Much of that time has been spent figuring out how to break things or keep them from being broken, due to Steve's work experience as a penetration tester and firewall expert for government clients in Washington, DC. Steve believes that when it comes to network security, one size fits nobody.
Greg Forrer is a Marketing Communications professional at SpectorSoft Corporation, an Inc. 500 company specializing in monitoring software. SpectorSoft products feature monitoring technology that twice has won the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award. For more information on SpectorSoft products, please go to www.spectorsoft.com. Forrer can be contacted at gforrer@spectorsoft.com.
James Humphrey is a Disaster Recovery Specialist for Neverfail, a global software company providing continuous availability software solutions for Windows-based applications. Humphrey has 12 years experience designing, delivering and supporting disaster recovery plans and business continuity objectives. He's successfully implemented disaster recovery plans and solutions for customers such as Verizon Wireless, Pepsi, Wells Fargo, Government of Alberta, and dozens of other organizations in both the private and public sectors.
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.
Trung has been with the data storage industry for over 20 years developing tape products, flash memory products, removable hard disk storage products, and own many patents. He has extensive knowledge in data storage technologies and markets.
Steve leads the Microsoft-focused, Unified Communications practice at Insource where he has been a senior management executive for 12 years. Before heading the UC practice Steve led the Application Development & Integration practice where he managed numerous large scale development projects. His 30 years of technical and operational experience give him a unique and balanced perspective of the information technology arena. Steve has worked in many industry verticals including energy, finance, insurance, marketing and government. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in Computing Science from the University of Alberta.
Dr. Natale has over 23 years of extensive management and technical experience in the high technology arena. He is a pioneer and innovator in the field of business process improvements for E-Commerce environments that are specifically focused on enhancing the value of transactions through the elimination of paper based documents. Dr. Natale's expertise also encompasses web based technologies, R&D, mobile communications and product development. Natale has served as Worldwide Marketing and Operations Manager for Hitachi's Multimedia Systems Division as well as executive leadership and technical management roles for Intergraph Corporation in the US and Europe, Auto-Trol Technology Corporation, and Exxon Mobil Corporation. Natale is also Associate Professor of global operations and information technology at Regent University's School of Leadership Studies and Entrepreneurship.
In 2000, after a successful career in the technology industry, Gary O'Neal had a passion for building successful organizations by identifying, hiring, and retaining the best talent in the industry. The problem was that very few firms approached this task with a systematic methodology that would provide consistent results. And even fewer recruiting and staffing firms were willing or able to establish the long-term strategic relationships with their clients that could solve anything more than their "hair on fire" needs. So, in 2000, O'Neal formed Coolhires Ltd. to revolutionize the recruiting industry.
Kevin Pate has been implementing solid open source solutions for business applications for over 12 years. His company, Pate Consulting, Inc. has designed and implemented multiple Saas/LAMP solutions utilizing MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft SQL server. His primary focus is supporting and developing open source solutions on the Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD platforms. Kevin has attained several certifications over the years including the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). Currently, he is involved in a major MySQL Cluster project involving millions of transactions for a local school uniform company.
Ken Quinton is the vice president of sales of Stoneware, Inc. As one of the original founders of the company, Ken Quinton has been a key proponent in virtual desktop computing based on web 2.0 technologies.
Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to be worthy of being known. Confucius
Emil Sayegh is the vice president of product management and marketing at San Antonio-based Rackspace, a leading global provider of hosted IT services. At Rackspace, Emil oversees the development, marketing and management of new products and services that support Rackspace's global customer base of both SMB and Enterprise companies in need of reliable hosting for their critical business applications. Since joining the company in 2006, Emil has directed the successful launch of multiple projects including Rackspace's Hosted Microsoft Exchange, software-as-a-service portfolio and virtualization product set.
Prior to joining Rackspace, Emil spent more than 15 years in the IT industry in various product marketing and development roles. Most recently, Emil was the services marketing director at Dell where he oversaw the global services roadmap and marketing organization. Additionally, Emil served in leadership positions at several notable IT companies including RLX Technologies, Compaq Computers and W.L. Gore and Associates. Emil holds nine patents in the fields of Fiber-Optics, Electronics, and Telecommunication.
Emil holds a bachelor of science in Engineering and a master of science in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas at Austin.
Ellen Terry has over 20 years of experience in business and technical architecture. At Microsoft, she envisioned and established the SAP Integration Competency Center at the Microsoft Technology Center in Austin, where she provided guidance to global enterprise customers. She also led the project to create Microsoft's OBA Reference Architecture for Price Management. Prior to Microsoft, Ellen was with Deloitte + Touche, where she developed business and IT strategies and led SAP implementations. Ellen is a highly rated speaker and has published papers on multiple topics, including: Microsoft / SAP Integration, Process-Centric Application Development, and Business Rules Architecture.
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.
Rob Walters serves as Director of Product Management at Rackspace where he is responsible for the vision, strategy and delivery of the company's hosting product portfolio and aligning it to overall corporate strategy. Prior to joining Rackspace, Walters served as Senior Product Manager at Hewlett Packard's OpenView Business Application and Systems Management division and at EMC Corporation as Product Manager for the Product Strategy Group.
Walters has a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Westminster, an M.S. in Computing Science from the University of London and an M.B.A. from Cornell University.
Steve Goncalves has been working in IT for over 20 years, including eight years at IBM before joining StoreVault, a division of Network Appliance. His areas of expertise are in server consolidation, hardware performance tuning, and security. Additionally, Steve is an IBM Xseries specialist and has served as a professional witness for the State of Colorado on data and recovery.
Greg Williams has been an IT professional for fifteen years. Experience includes architecting a global internal thin client solution for IBM, acting as chief technology officer for ManagedOps.com, which was then the single most successful provider of hosted Microsoft Business Solutions, and now serves as president of Chinook Hosting Corp., a wholesale provider of hosted e-mail, mobility and collaboration solutions.
Robert Wong is a senior product manager of Hummingbird, the Open Text Connectivity Solutions Group. Robert has been involved in the X Window industry for over 12 years and managed the Hummingbird Exceed product family.
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