Chris Brogan

Vice President of Strategy and Technology

CrosTech Media

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/

Chad Brown

Director of Sales

Aventis Systems

Chad Brown, the Director of Sales for Aventis Systems, Inc, has specialized in server and storage hardware sales for the past 12 years. A large portion of Chad?s career was spent focused on business development for HP/Compaq Alpha and Proliant systems by targeting the government and education market within the state of Georgia. Some of his major clients included Georgia Tech Research Institute and the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Over the past few years with the constant changes and challenges in today?s technology market, he has honed in on a special need for small and large businesses alike, with the sale of refurbished Dell and HP Systems. Refurbished equipment allows companies to receive products with name brands they can trust at reasonable prices, which is becoming more and more important in today?s economic environment. Aventis Systems was founded in January of this year and is already projected to be a one of Georgia?s fastest growing technology companies in 2009.

Kevin Brown

President and CEO

IPcelerate

Joe Crowley

CerkiTek

James Gaskin

Author and Columist

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.

Nathan Gerber

Managed Print Services Manager

Milner Document Products

After owning a business himself and understanding hidden costs associated with printers, copiers and fax machines Nathan decided to consult companies on streamlining business processes and cost saving techniques in relation to these devices. Nathan has helped over 500 businesses understand the true cost of ownership for office equipment and implement a plan for current assets and future acquisition.

Regina Grieco

Astaro

Bryan M. Johns

Partner

Shelton / Johns

Bryan M. Johns has spent the last 10 years pioneering business VoIP communications in the Southeastern United States. Over the course of his career, Bryan has been the founder of four network technology start-ups. As a founder and partner in the Atlanta, Georgia-based Shelton Johns, Bryan evangelizes the business value of media-enabled network platforms and steers corporate and carrier VoIP implementations. Shelton Johns specializes in design, implementation and knowledge transfer services specific to open source VoIP platforms. The firm supplies its services to organizations with 200 or more users. Shelton Johns has led implementation and training initiatives at companies such as JBoss, Redhat, Century 21 Real Estate, Life University and other regional and National organizations.

Chris King

Director of Product Marketing

Palo Alto Networks

Chris King is Director of Product Marketing for Palo Alto Networks. Previously, Mr. King held strategic and product marketing roles at Blue Coat Systems, including responsibility for marketing and strategy for Blue Coat's acceleration solution - which he launched and helped grow to a $160 million/year business. Prior to joining Blue Coat in June of 2004, Mr. King spent over 8 years as an information technology analyst for META Group.

Tino Mantella

President

Technology Association of Georgia

Mantella has amassed over 20 years of related experience leading two of the nations more prestigious volunteer-driven organizations - National Arthritis Foundation and YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago.

As President and CEO of two multifaceted and complex charities, he spearheaded agendas that led to the development of innovative new services, resulting in the facilitation of significant membership growth. Since coming to TAG, Mantella has worked with a team of dedicated volunteers and staff to: build a prestigious board made up of 48 technology stakeholders; grow membership by more than 20%; and add a series of program and services that support TAG?s vision of educating, informing and uniting the technology community.

Mantella is a long-standing member of the Northwestern Universities? Kellogg Board; the Young Presidents Organization (YPO); and the board of Catholic Social Services of Atlanta.

Terry Murray

Storage Practice Manager

Lumenate

Terry Murray has been active in the Information Technology industry for over 14 years and has focused on Enterprise Storage and Business Continuity Solutions during the past 7 years. Mr. Murray has worked in diverse environments from Mainframe to PCs to midrange Unix solutions. He has served in wide-ranging capacities including individual contributor, subject matter expert and project manager. Mr. Murray?s proven ability to implement enterprise solutions involving complex technologies, varied customer and partner objectives, while consistently reaching project goals has made him an invaluable asset to his customers.

John Phillips

Senior Advisor

CBIZ Network Solutions

John Phillips is a Senior Advisor for CBIZ Network Solutions. Over the past 13 years, John has developed key business strategies and alliances that have facilitated revenue growth through CBIZ support services, including the co-development of a comprehensive Managed Services offering. John has over 25 years of experience in the information technology industry.

Dean Richardson

Vice President of Sales

ArcMail Technology

Tom Simon

Founder and CTO

iPrismGlobal

Tom Simon is founder and CTO of iPrismGlobal, Inc., www.iprismglobal.com, creator of the iOffice. He has worked for decades building sophisticated systems for computer based teaching, distance learning and virtual teaming. He pioneered online working and learning projects for Xerox, H-P, IBM, Management Centre Europe (MCE), European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), East Midlands, Northwest and South Yorkshire UK Economic Development, and others. He is an experienced speaker and provides vivid live examples that show real world solutions to one of the most challenging problems facing employers today. That is, how to manage people AND technology in a completely mobile workforce.

Bernie Spang

Director, Data Management Market Strategy

IBM

Bernie is currently Director of, Data Management Market Strategy, in the IBM Information Management division. His team is responsible for marketing strategy for IBM database software and integrated data management solutions.

He is a Computer Engineer who has held various positions in the IBM System z development lab and in IBM Software Group. While on the WebSphere team, Bernie was responsible for the launch strategy for the open source eclipse project and WebSphere Studio.

Steve Vandemark

Vice President, Consulting Solutions

CerkiTek