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Charlie Kawwas is the vice president of segment marketing for the Network and Storage Products Group of LSI Corporation. LSI is a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content together. Prior to his current role, Dr. Kawwas was the Senior Director for Enteprise and Service Provider Marketing at LSI. Before coming to LSI, he was the Leader of Product Line Management for Optical Multi-service Edge portfolio at Nortel Networks. Dr. Kawwas received his BS in Computer Engineering, MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Tony Pereira's 20 year career with Nortel spans Service Provider Networks, Enterprise and SMB business units in Europe, Asia and North America. His broad industry and market experience in technology, marketing, sales, business development and product management gives him a great insight and capability to define and drive market needs for the next generation of business communication solutions that customers are seeking. His current role in Nortel is to lead the Business Communication Portfolio to drive new emerging business opportunities such those in the Multi Services Gateway market segment with Nortel's Business Services Gateway (BSG), to address the SMB/E markets. He is also responsible for managing Nortel's SIP PBX, SCS 500 built on Open Source platform and Fixed Mobile Convergence portfolios. He is currently located in Richardson, Texas and holds a BSc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a MPhil in Communications Networks, both of which were obtained from universities in the UK.

The Network Systems and Security Solutions team is responsible for partnering with CDO and the field to develop the strategic vision and marketing plans that integrate technologies across key solution areas. Marie has extensive marketing, product management, and technology experience in both Enterprise and SP networking infrastructure including Routing, Switching, L4-7 Load Balancing, Subscriber Carrier Services Aggregation, Subscriber Policy Management and Security both inside and outside of Cisco. Prior to joining Cisco, Marie held leadership marketing, technology architecture and solutions management positions at Nortel Networks, Alteon and Shasta. Marie has an MBA from York University and a Bachelors of Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto

Michelle Dickman is President & CEO of TriGeo Network Security. She is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of sales, marketing and management experience in the high tech sector. She leads a team of cyber security experts and software engineers committed to delivering a new generation of enterprise security information and event management (SIEM) designed specifically for the needs of the mid-market.

Mark Burton more than has 20 years pre and post sales IT experience, primarily in systems and network management at a variety of companies including IBM/Tivoli and Riversoft. He joined Ipanema four years ago as their first UK technical consultant and has been a key team member helping in the establishment and growth of Ipanema in the UK. Mark has recently become Director of Product Management within Ipanema.

Shashi Kiran leads the Access Routing team for the Network Systems group at Cisco. In this capacity, he is also spearheads Cisco?s solution initiative for the branch as a place in the network focusing on routing, unified communications, security, mobility and WAN optimization. Kiran has 13 years of experience in designing, architecting and building networks for hosted businesses, service providers and enterprise networks. Previously he worked as a Senior Product Line Manager with Nortel focusing on the areas of VPNs, Security services and Metro Ethernet products. Kiran has published hundreds of columns as an honorary consultant and columnist to various technology magazines and was instrumental in launching India?s first e-mail based course on Networking in the mid-1990s, which was subsequently syndicated. Shashi Kiran holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering and an MBA degree in Strategic marketing. He has been an active contributor to various standards bodies and a speaker at industry events

Efi Gat mor is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and VP Product Managment of Expand Networks and is responsible for leading the Company's roadmap, technology strategy, system architecture and design. Before Mr. Gat mor was promoted to CTO his key responsibilities at Expand focused on the design and management for the development of key products. Mr. Gat mor has more than 20 years of experience in the field. His areas of expertise include Object Oriented and IP networking and Multi Platform development. Before joining Expand, Mr. Gat mor worked for New Dimension Software which was acquired by BMC in 1999; there he led a group that was responsible for the definition, design and implementation of the company's new communication and database infrastructure. Mr. Gat mor graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tel-Aviv University, where he earned a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics.

As co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of BlueCat Networks, Richard Hyatt has applied his visionary approach to leading product development efforts for the company. With a focus on creating affordable, scalable and easy to use technology solutions to address complex business challenges, Richard set an industry benchmark with the introduction of BlueCat Network?s flagship product, the Adonis DNS/DHCP server. Under his direction, the company has continued to expand its portfolio of world-class network management and security appliances, including the most recent addition to its product portfolio, the Proteus IP Address Management appliance. A testament to Richard?s innovative designs and technological expertise, today BlueCat Network?s appliances are used by Fortune 100 organizations and classified government agencies around the world. Prior to founding BlueCat Networks with his brother and business partner, Michael Hyatt, the duo co-founded Dyadem International in 1994. Dyadem has grown to become a world leader in advanced risk assessment and reliability software for the engineering industry. Both Richard and Michael were finalists in the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Before embarking on a career in software development, Richard trained in Materials Engineering at the University of Toronto. Since that time he has remained a business entrepreneur and has instigated numerous innovative development projects. Richard is a frequent speaker at industry events on topics related to network management and security, and his byline has appeared in numerous technology trade and industry publications.

Mr. Gillett joined F5 Networks (formally, Acopia Networks) with over 23 years experience in defining, designing, and introducing breakthrough products which have generated in excess of $10B in sales. With 22 patents to his credit, he has a broad range of technical expertise across storage, networking, and computing disciplines. Prior to joining Acopia, Rick co-founded and was CTO of Storigen Systems, a venture-backed startup company that pioneered solutions for remote facility information management. Rick has also served as Corporate Fellow and CTO of Avid Technology's Network and Storage Solutions Division, and as corporate consulting engineer and CTO of Digital Equipment Corporation's Alpha/VAX Server Division (now part of Hewlett Packard). He has a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of New Hampshire and has completed General Electric's Cooperative Engineering Program and Babson's Executive Education.

Lowell Anderson -- Vice President of Marketing Lowell has more than 20 years of technology product development and marketing experience in enterprise software, professional services, business development, product planning, and go-to-market strategies. At SchemaLogic, Lowell leads a strong team focused on product management, marketing strategy, and investor and analyst relations. Prior to SchemaLogic, Lowell was Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Vallent Corporation where he was responsible for overall corporate positioning. Prior to Vallent, Lowell was Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at Metawave Communications Corporation. Lowell also spent 5 years in design engineering and development in the Aerospace industry. Lowell holds a bachelor?s degree in electrical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana and an MBA from Seattle University.

Mark Burton more than has 20 years pre and post sales IT experience, primarily in systems and network management at a variety of companies including IBM/Tivoli and Riversoft. He joined Ipanema four years ago as their first UK technical consultant and has been a key team member helping in the establishment and growth of Ipanema in the UK. Mark has recently become Director of Product Management within Ipanema.

Sanjay Kumar is the Director for Product Marketing, SMB Switching Products at NETGEAR, Inc. He has extensive experience in the networking industry, and prior to NETGEAR he was at Cisco Systems, where he was the Product Manager for Desktop Switches and Access Routers. Sanjay holds an Undergraduate degree in Engineering from IIT Madras and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

Mr. Dyckerhoff is the Vice President & General Manager of the Midrange Routing Business Unit in Cisco?s Service Provider Group. In this role, he is responsible for managing a $1 Billion routing portfolio including the Cisco 7200, 7300, 7400 and 10720 router product lines as well as major next-generation developments targeted at both service provider and enterprise markets. In addition to running the Midrange Routing Business Unit, Mr. Dyckerhoff also has key cross-functional responsibilities such as setting the CPU strategy across business units, being the executive sponsor for some of Cisco?s biggest customers as well as being a senior member on the Enterprise and Service Provider Boards at Cisco. Mr. Dyckerhoff joined Cisco in 2004 as the director of product marketing for the Midrange Routing Business Unit. Mr. Dyckerhoff has eleven years of experience defining, developing and marketing leading-edge networking products. Prior to joining Cisco, he was a product line manager at Juniper Networks responsible for managing the Juniper T-series product line targeted at SP core networks. Also at Juniper Networks, Mr. Dyckerhoff was a senior engineering leader with technical leadership and senior management roles focusing on chip development and system architecture. As one of the first 25 employees at Juniper Networks, Mr. Dyckerhoff was instrumental in building the company?s foundation. His manifold technical and leadership contributions included three generations of Juniper packet forwarding ASICs and filing seven patent applications, of which five have been granted. Mr. Dyckerhoff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.