Stephane Alnet

CTO

Sotel IP Services

Stephane Alnet is the CTO of Sotel IP Services, where he develops innovative, inexpensive solutions to help others deploy SIP Trunking and VoIP solutions. He has been involved in large-scale Voice-over-IP deployments for over eight years; he is also the leader of the OpenSource project "CarrierClass.net", and a contributor to the Linux Kernel.

Terrence Davis

Senior Sales Engineer

WatchGuard

25 years+ in the computer networking industry holding various positions ranging from NOC admin, network admin, system admin, systems engineering, sales engineering, security specialist, network security consultant, and certified IT trainer. Attended College of the Mainland and North Texas State University specializing in studies in engineering and computer sciences and has completed several industry and product specific certification trainings to include; CCSA,CCSE,NCCA,NCOA,NCOA-Advanced,WSP,WCSP,WCSP-FV,WCSAV,WCSSE

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.

Regina Grieco

Astaro

Trevor Henke

Managed Services Manager

High Touch, Inc

Dave Hiechel

President and CEO

Eagle Software

Dave has been with EAGLE since 1986, serving first as a Programmer, Product Manager, and Software Engineer. In 1993 he became President and CEO of EAGLE. Dave has over 20 years of experience in the storage industry. He serves on Partner and Product Advisory Councils for Dell Storage. He is a VMware Certified Professional and in addition, holds channel certifications with CommVault, Spectra Logic, and QLogic. His responsibilities include site evaluation, storage assessment, solution recommendation and storage design.

Jesper Jurcenoks

Co-founder

NetVigilance

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.

Matt Keil

Palo Alto Networks

Pat Kelly

Enterprise Sales Engineer

DoubleTake-Software

Pat Kelly is a DoubleTake Enterprise Sales Engineer. He began his Information Technology career with 12 years at Chevron, spent 10 years with his own IBM Value-Added Reseller business, and has worked for 3 venture-capital-backed startups. He has configured high-speed computer storage for MySpace Music and 7 of the Top 100 supercomputing sites in the world. My combines his Electrical Engineering degree and experience with an MBA to help customers best justify their computer solutions.

Trung Le

Marketing

Imation

Trung Le is the marketing manager for the external hard drive business and is responsible for development and launch of all external hard drive products globally. Previously for Imation, Trung has been involved in developing and launching flash memory products. Trung has been in the data storage business for over 15 years and with Imation for over 11 years.

Justin Livengood

Network Infrastructure and IP Telephony Engineer

SKT Business Communication solutions

Justin Livengood an engineer in SKT Business Communication Solutions? Infrastructure Practice. Justin has over 10 years experience working with enterprise networking and IP Telephony based systems with an emphasis in information security. Responsibilities include Implementation, troubleshooting and support of medium and enterprise solutions

Gordon Martin

NetApps presents Peak Uptime

Gordon Martin has over 20 years of experience in leading technology organizations and was involved in the foundation of commercial IP networking while with WilTel Communications. Mr. Martin is a past Board member of the National Research and Education Network (NREN) working in conjunction with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and was involved with the formation of the first commercial internet service providers UUNet and PSInet.

Kil No

Director of Operations

CBIZ Network Solutions

Kil No has been the Director of Operations for CBIZ Network Solutions for over 4 years. Over the past several years, Kil has helped develop key business strategies and internal business processes that have facilitated the creation of a comprehensive managed services offering from CBIZ. He is instrumental in ensuring customer satisfaction by leading a team that is dedicated to providing best-in-class managed services delivery. Kil has over 9 years of experience in the IT industry.

T.J. O'Connor

Systems Consultant

CrossTech Partners

TJ O'Connor is a pioneer in the field of interactive web sites, with a focus on the convergence of Rich Internet Applications in the corporate marketplace. He is a recognized expert in the area of Web 2.0, and as a principal consultant with CrossTech Partners he has recently been involved with the development of cutting-edge web applications, integration of social media tools, and implementation of content management solutions.

Eric Offenberg

CIPP, WW Business Development Manager

IBM

Eric Offenberg, CIPP and Business Development Manager at IBM, has nearly 12 years of technology marketing experience across various industries. Eric has established himself as a data governance thought leader, who speaks frequently on governance issues at industry events, webinars and with media and analysts on behalf of IBM. He holds a MBA with a concentration in Marketing from Rider University and a BA in Communications from Rutgers University.

Dean Richardson

Vice President of Sales

ArcMail Technology

Jack Roberts

Solutions Director

Content Sharing, Inc

Mr. Roberts has been in the Document Imaging and Business Process Management industry for the last 12 years. He has helped numerous companies around the world save money on their automated data entry, document storage & retrieval as well as workflow projects. He has a wealth of knowledge across many different industries of how businesses have used the aforementioned technologies to improve their business processes.

Cindy Rockwell

CEO

CustomerVision

Cindy Rockwell is CEO of CustomerVision, an enterprise social networking platform for content collaboration and knowledge management. She has helped Fortune 500, government entities, entrepreneurial small businesses and non-profits leverage CustomerVision to deliver robust websites, intranets and portlets for collaborative web content. CustomerVision fulfills a need for companies that need real-time collaboration to rapidly foster the creation of shareable knowledge, repeatable business processes and faster dissemination of information for employees, users and partners. With 20 years of experience in Business and IT, Ms. Rockwell brings a passion for the web?s collaborative communication potential. As a previous Vice President at Wells Fargo and Executive at the Principal Financial Group, Ms. Rockwell brings a vast array of business and technology real-world expertise to CustomerVision and its customers. She is a community leader in Economic Development and the Philanthropic Endowment foundation and a regular speaker at various conferences and events.

Kevin Schmutzler

Territory Manager

SonicWall, Inc

Jonathan Shaver

Unified Communications Architect

SKT Business Communication Solutions

Jonathan Shaver is a Enterprise Consultant for SKT Business Communication Solutions and has over 10 years of experience in the IT field. His responsibilities include the support, configuration and design of a variety of Information Technology systems. Jonathans?s professional experience if focused on Microsoft technologies including directory services, server management, storage, virtualization and messaging; VMware data center consolidations with high availability (HA); HP and EMC storage solutions.

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.

Lou Ann Stovall

InfraGard Coordinator

FBI Kansas City Division, Cyber Crimes Task Forec

Kent Woodruff, CISSP, CWNA, CWAP, CWSP

Senior Wireless Security Engineer

AirDefense

Kent Woodruff, CISSP, CWNA, CWAP, CWSP is currently a Senior Wireless Security Engineer with AirDefense, the leading provider of Wireless LAN security monitoring. He is responsible for technical support and guidance for the AirDefense sales team. Mr. Woodruff applies a keen understanding of industry trends and technology for large enterprises, leveraging his experience in demonstrating not only the vulnerabilities of wireless networks, but also how such vulnerabilities can be mitigated. Mr. Woodruff has over 24 years experience in the IT field, with a wide variety of technologies. He has experience in CAD/CAM and graphics programming; storage and systems management; software development for embedded systems, service oriented architectures, and middleware (CORBA and EJB); 802.11 security assessments and mobile device management; vulnerability management; and network security, policy, and compliance.

Andres Zeller

Infoblox