Tim McLaine is group director of Data Center Services for Perot Systems.  He is responsible for data center facilities, operations, support services, storage, data compliance, capacity planning, disaster recovery and business continuity worldwide.  He provides operational support, strategic direction, evaluation of emerging technologies, and strategic technology guidance to customers. 

Experience
Tim is a 30-year veteran leader in the technology services industry, and a 20 year veteran of Perot Systems.  He has spent his career in technical and leadership roles, including Director of Infrastructure Solutions supporting individual clients within the Transportation, Telecommunications and Financial Services industries. He also served as the director of North American Operations.

Qualifications
Prior to joining Perot Systems, Tim worked at EDS for over 10 years. He has earned a BS in Accounting.

Jeff Pierce manages the mobile computing research group at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA. Prior to joining IBM Research in 2006, he served time as an Assistant Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. There he led the Personal Information Environments research group and co-directed the Adaptive Personalized Information Environments lab with Charles Isbell. Jeff received his PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 2001. While his initial research explored 3D interaction and virtual environments, his recent research concentrates on understanding and supporting interaction that spans multiple personal computing devices (including smartphones, but also desktops, laptops, and other devices). His research has appear in numerous conference proceedings, journals, and books. He also shared the honor of being Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2006.

The first gadget Keith Shaw ever wanted was the Merlin, a red plastic toy that beeped and played Tic-Tac-Toe and other various games. Since then, his obsession with technology, both small and large, has grown into the multimedia empire that is Cool Tools. A child of the '70s and teen-ager of the '80s, Shaw has been a fan of computers, technology and video games right from the start. He won an award in 8th grade for programming a game on the school's only computer, and saved his allowance to buy an Atari 2600. He took a side trip in the '90s to the world of newspaper journalism, and has worked at a variety of newspapers in New York, Florida and Massachusetts. In 1997, he combined his love of technology with his journalism skills, working at Computerworld for a few years before joining Network World in 1999 as the company's product reviews editor. In 2000, Shaw took over the Cool Tools column, which continues to appear in the print version of Network World weekly. Shaw started the Cool Tools video show in 2005, and in 2006 teamed up with Multimedia Editor Jason Meserve to create the company's weekly Twisted Pair podcast, which occasionally covers gadgets and other technology news. As Network World's Programming Director, he oversees the production and content creation of the site's videos and podcasts, and has created or spearheaded several popular programs, including Network World Panorama, the DEMOcast, and JavaWorld's Technology Insider. Shaw has a bachelor's degree in newspaper journalism from Syracuse University and he's extremely disappointed with the football team as of late. As product reviews editor, Shaw won an award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for a 2003 article on anti-spam testing. Shaw is also the co-creator of http://www.taquitos.net, the crunchiest site on the InterWeb, which has taste tested and reviewed more than 4,100 varieties of snack foods.

Raj Singh is a mobile industry veteran having worked in all aspects of mobile over the past 10 years. Currently, Raj is Vice President of Business Development for Skyfire, a mobile browser that supports the full web including Flash 8,9, Javascript and Quicktime. Most recently, Raj was the consulting Director of Mobile for Dell assisting them with their global SMS and WAP strategy. Prior to Dell, Raj co-founded Veeker, NBC's mobile video citizen journalism service and ToneThis, CNET's top ringtone creation product. Raj has also worked in product management and strategy roles for Kodak Mobile, Cellmania, MobiTV, PlayPhone, Tellme, Hungama Mobile and Antenna Software. Raj's personal projects include Moblexa, a mobile toolbar, PocketTella, a mobile file-sharing service and Pubwalk, an LBS bar-hopping service. Raj is also a mobile advisor to a number of companies including Guba, ChuckD Mobile, Scalado, Movoxx, DeviantArt, Oomble, Klicksports, Muse, BuzzD and several VCs within the valley. Raj is a regular mobile writer and speaker including blogging for GotoMobile and previously blogging for O'reilly Emerging Telephony. Raj has also made contributions to a number of mobile user and expert groups including the JCP, MMA and the Bluetooth SIG. For more information, please see www.rajansingh.com.

Zeus Kerravala, senior vice president, leads Yankee Group's Mobilizing and Capitalizing on the Anywhere Network research group. Kerravala's team analyzes the impact of connectivity transformation on the Anywhere Consumer and the Anywhere Enterprise, and probes the changes to behaviors, motivations and technologies that result. Kerravala manages the research and consulting agenda that enables clients to meet the demands of the global connectivity revolution. Kerravala's expertise involves working with customers to solve their business issues through the deployment of infrastructure technology. Before Yankee Group, Kerravala was a senior engineer and technical project manager for Greenwich Technology Partners, a leading infrastructure consulting firm. Earlier, he was the vice president of IT for Ferris, Baker Watts, a mid-Atlantic brokerage firm, deploying corporate-wide technical solutions to support the firm's business units. Kerravala was also an engineer and technical project manager for Alex. Brown & Sons, where he was responsible for the technology related to the equity trading desks. Kerravala holds a B.S. degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.

Todd DeLaughter is currently the President and CEO of Opalis. Prior to Opalis, Todd was vice president and general manager of the $1 billion OpenView Business Unit at HP where his responsibility for strategy and business planning, acquisitions, strategic partner relationships, operations, solutions marketing, research and development all contributed to this business doubling in size during his tenure and achieving growth at two times the market rate. Before joining HP, he spent 18 years with Compaq, leading and working in software teams. DeLaughter is a former advisory board member of the TeleManagement Forum and of NetMan, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based wholly-owned HP company specializing in provisioning products and services for the network service provider market.

Anthony Rydell is currently part of Deloitte Consulting LLP's Enterprise Sustainability leadership group. As the national program manager for Green IT initiatives, a primary focus is on providing services that leverage the IT organization to minimize carbon footprints, drive cost reduction, and lower energy utilization. As co-author of "Green IT: The Fast-track to Enterprise Sustainability," he wrote one of the first papers championing the use of IT to jump-start companies on the path to environmental sustainability. A creative IT executive with broad experience in technology management and enterprise architecture, Anthony has experience across industries, specializing in Technology/Media and Financial Services.

Barb Goldworm is president and chief analyst of FOCUS (www.focusonsystems.com), a research, analyst and consulting firm focused on systems, software and storage, with an emphasis on virtualization and improving IT agility, TCO and ROI. A frequent keynote speaker, columnist, and author, Barb has spent thirty years in the computer industry, in various technical, marketing, sales, senior management, and industry analyst positions with IBM, Novell, StorageTek, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), and multiple successful startups. In addition to the current virtualization tracks at Interop, Barb also created and chaired Interop's Network Storage Track. She has been one of the top ranked expert speakers at SNW and Data Center Decisions and has been a regular speaker for TechTarget, Ziff-Davis and hundreds of other virtualization events and webcasts. She is also virtualization chair for Blade Systems Insight, and chaired the 2007 Server Blade Summit. Barb also has been a regular expert columnist since the 1990s for publications including Network World, ComputerWorld, TechTarget SearchServerVirtualization and others. She serves on multiple advisory boards and is a frequent judge for awards such as Best of VMworld, and Product of the Year. She has published hundreds of articles, business and technical white papers and market research reports on virtualization, systems, software, storage networking and systems management. She recently published the book, "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs" (Wiley & Sons), available on Amazon.com. Barb started her career with virtualization in the 1970s with IBM's VM/370, and spent a decade in technical roles as a software developer, systems architect, systems engineer, and software development manager. After another decade in product management, marketing and sales, up through VP of marketing and sales, Barb has spent the last ten years as an analyst, consultant, author and speaker.

Travis Greene is NetIQ's Chief Service Management strategist, focusing on industry trends related to ITIL, service management, IT Process Automation and systems management. He brings a wealth of experience—having worked for both service providers and financial institutions, and served as an ITIL consultant prior to joining NetIQ. Travis is manager certified in IT Service Management, and holds a bachelor of science in Computer Science from the U.S. Naval Academy.

Evan Jafa is Senior Vice President and Corporate Chief Technology Officer for The First American Corporation. In this role, Jafa oversees the Corporate Information Technology Group, which was formed to support the ongoing development of First American's technology infrastructure and world-class technology centers. Prior to assuming this position in 2005, Jafa served as Chief Technology Officer of First American's Property Information Group. For the past six years, Jafa oversaw technology strategies for multiple business units within the division. In this capacity, he aligned IT strategies with rapidly changing needs of the fast-growing businesses due to acquisitions and organic growth. The First American Corporation is the nation's leading provider of business information. Tracing its history to 1889, First American continues its commitment to service by providing the information resources businesses need to make timely and accurate decisions. Backed by industry-leading technology systems, First American delivers efficiency to support its customers' business information needs. Under Jafa's leadership, the Corporate Information Technology and Group has executed consolidation of First American's technology infrastructures, provide the most cost-effective solutions for the specific needs of the Corporation and lead the Corporation's vision of technology. Jafa holds a master's degree in engineering with an emphasis in advanced systems from the University of California, Irvine.

Jerome Oglesby is Chief Technology Officer for Deloitte LLP, the U.S. member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of the world's leading professional services organizations, providing audit, risk management, tax, consulting and financial advisory services to selected clients. As Chief Technology Officer of the 1,100 person Information Technology Service organization, he is responsible for the technology strategy and transformation of the technology platforms for Deloitte's operations in the U.S. He is also responsible for the Service-Line Technology Centers of Innovation and Incubation that deliver technology solutions which support client-services engagements Jerome's background spans 27 years in information technology across several different industries, including; airlines, travel reservations, retail software distribution, telecommunications, and professional services. He holds an MBA and BS in Information Systems. He is a member of the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) and the Nashville Technology Council - T3 Initiative, "Turning the Tide of Technology" to promote student & academic interest in technology.

Dave is Surgient's CTO and he has been at the company since its founding in 2003. He has over 20 years of experience in the high tech industry and is responsible for Surgient's product vision & direction, software development, and datacenter operations for the company's virtualization and cloud technologies. Prior to Surgient, Dave was the Vice President of Product Group at Motive where he built the software development organization from its early beginnings and was responsible for product marketing and development of the entire Motive product line that grew from $2 million to over $65 million in annual revenue during his tenure. Prior to Motive, Dave was the Vice President and General Manager of the Internet Business Unit at Tivoli Systems. Dave founded Tivoli's internet management business and launched its first generation of products. Dave held a number of management positions in the product group at Tivoli during his seven-year tenure in which Tivoli had a successful initial public offering, was acquired by IBM and grew from under $1 million to over $1 billion in annual revenue. Prior to Tivoli, Dave held management and software development positions at Locus Computing Corporation and Texas Instruments. Dave graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in computer science. Dave has been featured and quoted in industry publications including Network World, eWeek, RedMonk, Virtual Strategy Magazine and many others.

George Pradel has been in the IT industry for more than 20 years now, the last 12 being in Virtualization. 6 1/2 years with Citrix, 2 years with VMware and now with Vizioncore, a fully owned subsidiary of Quest software specializing in Virtualization solutions including Backup, Replication, Monitoring, P2V and VM Optimization.

A serial entrepreneur, Jay has been a pioneer in emerging high growth markets that include virtualization, enterprise systems management automation, and internet video content distribution. For the past 8 years he has been a virtualization evangelist and advocate, focusing on the strategic impacts of virtualization and automation within enterprise data centers. Jay is ITIL-certified and frequently spends his time serving as a trusted advisor for IT executives and speaking at industry events. Jay is a golf hack, won a Forty under 40 award, and holds an honors degree in Computer Science from Queen's University.

John founded Fortisphere(www.fortisphere.com) in 2006 and is responsible for developing the core technology behind the Fortisphere product suite. Prior to founding Fortisphere, John was the founder and CTO of SilentRunner, a successful company that was ultimately sold to Computer Associates. John has held several leadership positions at both vice president and CTO levels, and he has invented and launched countless new products in the security space. John continues to advise the Department of Defense and Directorate of Central Intelligence in the areas of virtualization security and management as well as information operations.

Jim Simonelli is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of APC. Jim is responsible for technology direction, product platform roadmaps and system architectures devoted to Power, Cooling, Rack and infrastructure management software. Prior to his role as CTO, Jim held multiple executive engineering positions with APC including Vice President, System and Platform Architecture and Vice President Solutions Delivery Group. Jim is a frequent speaker at power electronics and information technology conferences. Jim received his BSEE and MSEE degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and holds 8 US patents.

Stephen Elliot is Vice President of Business Unit (BU) Strategy for CA in the Infrastructure Management BU, focused currently on virtualization and data center automation. Previously, Mr. Elliot was a noted software industry analyst at IDC, Hurwitz Group, Gartner, Instat, and Forrester. Mr. Elliot also was a Product Marketing Manager at Inteq, a venture-backed start-up. Additionally, Mr. Elliot holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California with graduate work at American University. He has also completed Harvard Business School's Executive Education course on Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Valuation.

Tim McLaine is group director of Data Center Services for Perot Systems.  He is responsible for data center facilities, operations, support services, storage, data compliance, capacity planning, disaster recovery and business continuity worldwide.  He provides operational support, strategic direction, evaluation of emerging technologies, and strategic technology guidance to customers. 

Experience
Tim is a 30-year veteran leader in the technology services industry, and a 20 year veteran of Perot Systems.  He has spent his career in technical and leadership roles, including Director of Infrastructure Solutions supporting individual clients within the Transportation, Telecommunications and Financial Services industries. He also served as the director of North American Operations.

Qualifications
Prior to joining Perot Systems, Tim worked at EDS for over 10 years. He has earned a BS in Accounting.

Drew has 18 years in the Software, Social Marketing, and Business Risk fields with companies such as BroadVision, salesforce.com, The Hartford, and United Technologies. Drew has written and lectured extensively on Internet and technology business trends over the past decade. He was a participating author in the Brookings Institution book on technology and economics, Unseen Wealth (published in 2001). He is currently a board member of the Online Reputation Management Association and has also worked extensively with Europe's OECD on the During the Web 1.0 and Personalization decade of the Internet, Drew worked extensively with the following organizations' e-commerce initiatives: GE Capital, Home Depot, UBS, Barclays, Walmart, Bank of America, Blue Cross, Nike, Maidenform, Time Warner, Fox, MTV, Telecom Italia, Primedia, GE Supply, Citigroup, e-Trade, Bear Stearns, and Credit Suisse. During the Web 2.0 evolution Drew has already underwritten the risks of emerging models such as social networks, video advertising, and data privacy liability. Drew is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and has an MBA from the Yale School of Management. He is currently working on the book, Unseen Liability, The New Economics of Technology Risk, due in 2009.

As Strategy and Business Development Vice President, AT&T Business Solutions, Joe Weinman helps assess, create, and solution strategic emerging technologies and next generation business models into AT&T's offer portfolio; develop alliances; and evaluate firms for possible investment. A 28-year veteran of the company, a prolific inventor and author, and frequent global keynote speaker, he has held a variety of executive positions of increasing responsibility spanning research and development at AT&T Bell Laboratories, marketing, sales, product management, engineering and operations, and corporate strategy and business development. He has a BS and MS in Computer Science from Cornell University and UW - Madison respectively, and has completed Executive Education at the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne.. He has been awarded 11 U.S. and international patents in areas such as line coding, simulation and workflow, consumer goods, wireless technologies, and telecommunications. He is also a recipient of the AT&T Architecture Award, the AT&T Patent Achievement Award, and the AT&T Distinguished Speaker Award. He is currently or has been a member of a well known Silicon Valley Venture Capital Technology Advisory Board, the IBM Advanced eBusiness Council, the Veritas (now Symantec) Utility Computing Advisory Board, the Hitachi Technology Advisory Council, the EMC Customer Advisory Council, the Technology Manager's Forum Corporate Advisory Board, and the Technology Advisory Board of a Silicon Valley start-up. He is a past Chairman of the joint National Science Foundation / Industry Advisory Board of the Center for the Management of Information at the University of Arizona. He is a member of the ACM and the IEEE, and serves on the program planning committees of a number of cloud computing conferences.

As Vice President of Engineering and CTO of Skytap, Dr. G. (John) Janakiraman leads the architecture, development, and operation of Seattle-based Skytap's award-winning Skytap Virtual Lab service. Skytap Virtual Lab provides cloud-based highly flexible IT infrastructure coupled with a powerful self-service virtual lab management software as a pay-per-use service. John joined Skytap from HP Labs in Palo Alto, CA where he was the research manager for the Data Center Architecture team. At HP Labs, he and his team developed innovative virtualization, server architecture, and data center technologies many of which were implemented in commercial products including XenOprofile, HP Dynamic Smart Cooling, and the HP 9000 Superdome server. John holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from UCLA. He also holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering and M.Sc. in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India where he was conferred the BITS Gold Medal.

Alex Bakman is the founder and CEO of VKernel, a provider of quick-to-deploy and easy-to-use virtual server management solutions. He is a recognized expert in systems management, server virtualization, and configuration management. Prior to VKernel, Bakman was the founder and CEO of Ecora Software, a provider of configuration audit and analytical solutions. His experience as director of IT for a Fortune 500 insurance company adds "real world" perspective to his understanding of the challenges facing today's IT staffs.

Arora leads development of Ixia's industry leading Layer 4-7 products for network assessment and security. His areas of expertise include application layer delivery and testing technologies with a strong background in computer networking including routing, and network security. Arora has been in product management at Ixia since 2002. Prior to Ixia, he held positions with Wind River Systems. Arora has Masters Degree from the University of Southern California and a BS from the University of Bombay.

Rich brings more than 20 years of experience leading and contributing to technology-based companies. He is responsible for leading Akorri's engineering and R&D teams. Before founding Akorri, Rich was the founder and Executive Vice President at Pirus Networks, where he was responsible for the company's overall leadership, technical strategy, and product architecture leading up to its acquisition by Sun Microsystems in 2002. Previously, Rich was Director of Advanced Technology at Nortel. Earlier in his career, Rich held founding and engineering management positions at Aptis, Arris, Chipcom, Data General, and Concord Data Systems. Rich holds an MSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a BSET from Northeastern University. Rich is an active member of the College of Engineering Industrial Advisory Board at Northeastern and was awarded the College of Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award in 2004.

With over 20 years of systems management experience, Nyman is a successful veteran of multiple ventures in the systems and application management field. Prior to founding BlueStripe Software, he served as Chairman and CEO of Relicore, Inc., in the ITSM Discovery and Configuration Management market. Previously, he was the first business executive hired by Wily Technology. Prior to Wily, Nyman served in several executive positions with IBM in the Tivoli and Networking Software organizations. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

Brad Minnis is responsible for the development, implementation, operation and management of Juniper's worldwide EHS programs. His leadership emphasizes prevention and early intervention and programs under his guidance have received recognition and awards from organizations such as the Environmental Protection Agency. Minnis has been with Juniper since 2001; his 25 years of international security and EHS experience includes similar senior positions at 3Com and National Semiconductor. Before becoming an EHS professional, Minnis served 10 years in the U.S. Navy. He holds certificates in Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health from University of Connecticut, and continues studies in these areas.

John Engates joined Rackspace in August of 2000 and currently serves as Chief Technology Officer . As Chief Technology Officer, John Engates brings deep technology expertise to the company working closely with customers to develop customized hosting solutions to optimize their applications. Engates also collaborates with the R&D teams to evaluate new technologies and develop industry leading service level agreements to better serve Rackspace's customers. Engates has worked in several areas of Rackspace including Operations, Professional Services and Customer Care. Most recently, Engates has been responsible for managing the ongoing development of Rackspace's Intensive segment. Engates was one of the leading forces behind Rackspace's Microsoft Gold Certification. Engates joined Rackspace in 2000. In 2002, Engates led the launch of Rackspace's highest service level division, serving customers such as Hershey's, Miller Brewing and Hawaiian Airlines. In 1995, Engates co-founded Internet Direct, one of the oldest and largest Internet service providers in Texas and one of the first companies to bring the Internet to the public. Engates is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio and holds a B.B.A. in Accounting.

Tom Raftery is lead analyst of GreenMonk, the Energy and Sustainability practice of industry analyst firm RedMonk. As such, Tom leads the research into all aspects of energy, Green IT and Sustainability. Tom is also director and co-founder of Cork Internet eXchange, a hyper energy-efficient data center based in Cork, Ireland. Having co-founded and risen to CTO in a number of IT companies, Tom has a very strong tech background. Having helped design and build out Cork Internet eXchange - a hyper energy-efficient data center, Tom has demonstrated his commitment to and expertise in energy efficiency. Tom speaks regularly at international conferences on Energy and Sustainability, blogs at GreenMonk.net and is on Twitter at twitter.com/tomraftery.

Bill is a Principal and the Green Business Technology (BT) Director for HP's Critical Facilities Services. Kosik is a licensed professional engineer, LEED Accredited Professional, and a Certified Energy Manager. As the Green BT Director, he is responsible for research, development, and implementation of sustainable, energy-efficient, and environmentally responsible design strategies for data centers, specifically focusing on the integration of power/cooling, ICT systems, and operations and control software. Also an expert on high-performance computing, Kosik is also collaborating with multiple Super Computing 500 clients, developing innovative design strategies for scalable, energy efficient cooling in ultra- high density environments. Among Kosik's 50+ articles and speaking engagements are presentations to AFCOM, the American Institute of Architects, ASHRAE, Data Center Dynamics, Hollywood Goes Green, IFMA, Labs21, NeoCon, ULI and 7x24, as well as articles in the ASHRAE Journal, Energy & Power Management magazine, Building Operations Management, Engineered Systems, Consulting Specifying Engineer, Pure Power, R&D Magazine, and Zero Downtime magazine. Kosik has presented at multiple USGBC conferences, as well as at the World Forum for Building Innovation in the UK and the Sustainable Buildings Conference in Finland. He also worked with the city of Chicago in developing city-specific environmental criteria. Kosik is on the editorial advisory board for Consulting Specifying Engineer magazine and is currently consulting on a new program sponsored by the California Energy Commission defining environmental performance criteria for data centers. He is also the co-developer of the upcoming ASHRAE publication, Green Tips for Data Centers. His most current initiative is with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a new program for certifying data center energy specialists, where he sits on the steering committee.

Charu Chaubal is a Senior Architect in Technical Marketing at VMware, where he is chartered with enabling customer adoption and driving key partnerships for datacenter virtualization. His areas of expertise include virtualization security, compliance and infrastructure management, and he has been responsible for defining and delivering VMware's prescriptive guidance on security hardening and operations. Previously, he worked at Sun Microsystems, where he had over 7 years experience with designing and developing distributed resource management and grid infrastructure software solutions. He holds several patents in the fields of datacenter automation and numerical price optimization. Charu received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he studied theoretical models of complex fluids

Chris Orr joined Tripwire in October 2000 and serves as a Senior Inside Systems Engineer where he provides pre-sales technical assistance and solution designs for the sales force. As a holder of the ITIL Foundations certification and a CISA since 2005, Chris understands the need for Change Auditing in the post-Enron world. Prior to joining Tripwire, Chris worked as a Senior Systems Engineer for a Hawaii based Systems Integrator and has been in the industry since 1995. Prior Speaking Experience Virtualization West Interop IIA All Stars Conference Defense in Depth Taming the Windows Registry Layered Security Seminar 2007 Corporate Audit, Security & Compliance Conference

Hezi Moore, the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Reflex Systems, brings more than 15 years experience in security, networking and entrepreneurial expertise to Reflex Systems. In his role of CTO, he is responsible for shaping the company's technology strategy and defining the roadmap for future design and development of innovative, virtualization infrastructure management and security solutions and delivering them to market. In 2006, Moore led the effort to develop the industry's first Virtual Security Appliance (VSA) that has since evolved into Reflex Systems' flagship product, Virtualization Management Center. Reflex VMC provides comprehensive visibility, management, and security for the virtual infrastructure. Moore has participated as a virtualization industry expert in various sessions, roundtables and panels including 451 ICE Summit, Sys-Con Virtualization Conference, and CSI and been published in multiple industry publications. Prior to founding Reflex Systems, Moore was president and co-founder of MicroTech Systems - a firm specializing in network design and configuration of point-of-sale systems - which was subsequently acquired by Retail Technologies International of Sacramento, California. He has also held such diverse occupations as a technical support and research analyst for GE Technology. Moore was a pioneer of the automated network intrusion response system, the concept out of which Reflex Systems grew. Hezi graduated with Honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Georgia with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering.

Michael Berman is the CTO of Catbird, with over 20 years experience in system engineering, architecture, design and implementation of secure computing. Michael's experience includes implementation of C2 UNIX; Fortune 100 enterprise security; and expert support in the prosecution of computer crimes. He is a member of the Electronic Crimes Task Force and High-Tech Crime Investigation Association and a Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP). Michael is a frequent speaker on the topic of virtualization and security and is currently coauthoring a book on virtualization security. Michael is also a member of the editing team for the Center for Internet Security's vmsecurity benchmark.

Anders Vinberg is a Technical Fellow and the division architect of the Management and Services Division, responsible for technical direction across Microsoft's management initiatives. This includes the management infrastructure that goes into Windows, management services like Windows Update, and the management products in the System Center family. Anders is originally from Sweden. Previously, Anders worked as architect at CA.

Ben Verghese has been at VMware for 9 years and worked on and managed numerous products including ESX Server 1.0 and vCenter 1.0. These days he is responsible for the technology and strategy for the management aspects of vSphere. He has previously worked at HP, Apollo Computers, Digital Equipment Corporation and Compaq. He has a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University.

As chief corporate architect, Mr. Behnia is responsible for leading the design of BMC's industry-leading Business Service Management architecture and the critical enabling Atrium technologies. Mr. Behnia was previously chief technology officer for change and configuration products at BMC Software. Mr. Behnia is currently responsible for the direction of product development and product strategy for change and configuration products at BMC including the BMC Atrium CMDB. Mr. Behnia was previously chief technology officer for Marimba Inc. In that role, he led Marimba's product strategy and technology partnerships. During his tenure at Marimba, Mr. Behnia was instrumental in the design and delivery of Marimba's innovative configuration and patch management solutions across servers, client systems and mobile devices. Prior to joining Marimba, Mr. Behnia served as a senior member of the technical team for Tivoli Systems Inc., which was acquired by IBM. Mr. Behnia has over fourteen years' experience in the management of distributed systems and databases. Mr. Behnia holds a B.A. degree in computer science from the University of California at Davis.

Stephen Elliot is Vice President of Business Unit (BU) Strategy for CA in the Infrastructure Management BU, focused currently on virtualization and data center automation. Previously, Mr. Elliot was a noted software industry analyst at IDC, Hurwitz Group, Gartner, Instat, and Forrester. Mr. Elliot also was a Product Marketing Manager at Inteq, a venture-backed start-up. Additionally, Mr. Elliot holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California with graduate work at American University. He has also completed Harvard Business School's Executive Education course on Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Valuation.

Adam Blum is CEO of Rhomobile, the open mobile framework company. He is a longtime CTO/VP of Engineering of several successful startups in the web services and mobile spaces (Commerce One, Systinet, Good, Mobio). He is also an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon and advisor to several other software companies.

Irv Shapiro, CEO/CTO of Ifbyphone has spent over 30 years driving technology innovation with a focus on data communications and networking. Irv began his career writing custom VAX/VMS device drivers for Digital Equipment Corporation, then founded Metamor Technologies, a two-time INC 500 award recipient, followed by Edventions, an elementary school infrastructure company. Following the sale of Edventions he founded Ifbyphone and developed its proprietary VoiceXML generation technology. Ifbyphone provides hosted automated telephone applications. The Ifbyphone applications provide automated routing of inbound calls, automation, scheduling and initiation of outbound calls, complete IVR applications and API driven telephony. All Ifbyphone applications are configured from an easy to use customer portal and work with any telephone. These applications are sold directly to small and medium sized businesses, and via resellers, OEMs and agency partners. The Ifbyphone for Carriers solution supports the delivery of all Ifbyphone applications to a carriers customers via reverse SIP peering. Irv is a member of the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, has a BS/CS from Washington University in St. Louis and is a regular speaker and writer on the application of technology.

Barb Goldworm is president and chief analyst of FOCUS (www.focusonsystems.com), a research, analyst and consulting firm focused on systems, software and storage, with an emphasis on virtualization and improving IT agility, TCO and ROI. A frequent keynote speaker, columnist, and author, Barb has spent thirty years in the computer industry, in various technical, marketing, sales, senior management, and industry analyst positions with IBM, Novell, StorageTek, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), and multiple successful startups. In addition to the current virtualization tracks at Interop, Barb also created and chaired Interop's Network Storage Track. She has been one of the top ranked expert speakers at SNW and Data Center Decisions and has been a regular speaker for TechTarget, Ziff-Davis and hundreds of other virtualization events and webcasts. She is also virtualization chair for Blade Systems Insight, and chaired the 2007 Server Blade Summit. Barb also has been a regular expert columnist since the 1990s for publications including Network World, ComputerWorld, TechTarget SearchServerVirtualization and others. She serves on multiple advisory boards and is a frequent judge for awards such as Best of VMworld, and Product of the Year. She has published hundreds of articles, business and technical white papers and market research reports on virtualization, systems, software, storage networking and systems management. She recently published the book, "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs" (Wiley & Sons), available on Amazon.com. Barb started her career with virtualization in the 1970s with IBM's VM/370, and spent a decade in technical roles as a software developer, systems architect, systems engineer, and software development manager. After another decade in product management, marketing and sales, up through VP of marketing and sales, Barb has spent the last ten years as an analyst, consultant, author and speaker.

Tim FitzGerald has more than 23 years of experience in solution sales, marketing, alliances and strategic development. In his current role, Tim serves as Technology Solutions Practice Leader for Avnet Technology Solutions. He oversees the development and growth of the Technology Solution Practices including virtualization, security, networking, mobility, unified communication and storage optimization. Before taking this position, Tim was responsible for successfully developing and launching Avnet's VirtualPath™ practice that enables the development of trusted advisor reseller practices in delivering virtualization solutions. From this experience, Tim has gained an understanding of the unique nature how virtualization technologies solve customer business challenges. Tim hosts a virtualization blog at http://www.virtinfo.com and you can find him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/virtualpath. Rising through the ranks at Avnet, Tim has held positions with increasing responsibility in sales, marketing, and alliances since joining the company in 1989. He holds a BS in Business Management and Marketing from Cornell University.

Mr. Bruce Barnes has over thirty-seven years of experience as a senior level officer in the technology arena, including very influential roles in Fortune 100 companies. He has received numerous industry accolades, including having been recognized by the industry press as one of this country's most noted CIOs. He is also a recognized voice at national industry events and in major industry publications. He is an ongoing advisor and retained coach for a number of successful senior level corporate leaders. Currently, Mr. Barnes is the founder and CEO of BOLD VISION®, a senior management consulting consortium comprised of "C Level" executives, which operates as a trusted advisor and consultant to a number of noted CIOs and other I/T leaders, as well as to several large I/T product and service providers. Prior to this current role, Mr. Barnes served as the Vice President of I/T Strategy and Planning for the Nationwide Enterprise, a $200B international insurance and financial services company. There, he was responsible for the overall technology strategy, I/T architecture, information security, and I/T governance processes for the global enterprise. Prior to that, Mr. Barnes served as VP and Chief Information Officer for Nationwide Financial Services, a $100B international financial services company, where he oversaw all facets of technology services and operations within that publicly-held organization. Prior to that, he served as Chief Information Officer for Ohio's largest privately owned HMO, and he also held various management positions with an international library/information services company, the Washington (DC) office of a major technology vendor, and as an officer in the United States Army. He is a co-founder for the nationally acclaimed "CIO Solutions Gallery" at The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business. He is a graduate in five sciences from The Ohio State University.

Karlin has over 25 years IT experience that includes CIO, CTO, and CDO (Chief Development Officer) roles. She has deep retail experience having worked at Wal-Mart, Home Depot, The Limited, and Abercrombie and Fitch. She also has worked in other industries including Energy, Wireless, Telecommunications and Financial Services (Insurance and Mortgage). She is currently VP of Applications at Cricket Communications. Karlin's broad IT experience includes international expansions, IT lead on multiple merger and acquisition activities/integrations, SAP implementation, Oracle ERP, POS expertise, extensive applications development, data warehousing/business intelligence, establishment and management of off-shore IT support with multiple companies in India, and much more. Karlin is a tireless advocate serving on non-profit Board of Directors and offering her time and efforts to support various charities. Often can be found swinging a hammer on habitat for Humanity builds. She has also served on IT Advisory Boards for Ohio State, University of Arkansas, and Oregon State. Her philosophy was voiced best by author George Matthew Adams, "There is no such thing as a ?self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success."

Louis Gutierrez has twice served as Chief Information Officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has also served as: SVP/CIO of Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare during a significant corporate turnaround initiative from 1999-2002; Chief Technology Strategist at the Commonwealth Medicine Division of UMass Medical School; and Chief Information Officer for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (HHS), Massachusetts' largest secretariat with 23,000 staff and more than $12 billion in annual spending. While at HHS, Gutierrez led the development and implementation of the state's Virtual Gateway, an online portal that integrated the web presence of 16 agencies into a user-friendly format that improved service delivery and reduced costs.

Owner & President - PAMCO

Alan Saldich joined Riverbed Technology in September 2002 and serves as its VP of Product Marketing and Alliances. Prior to joining Riverbed, he was director of enterprise solutions for Inktomi Corporation, where he began working following its acquisition of FastForward Networks in the fall of 2000. Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Saldich served as FastForward Networks' director of business development. In addition, since 1988 Mr. Saldich has held senior positions in sales, marketing, business development and corporate finance at several high technology companies, including RasterOps (IPO, 1990) and Metricom. Mr. Saldich holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from U.C. Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Bruce Barnes has over thirty-seven years of experience as a senior level officer in the technology arena, including very influential roles in Fortune 100 companies. He has received numerous industry accolades, including having been recognized by the industry press as one of this country's most noted CIOs. He is also a recognized voice at national industry events and in major industry publications. He is an ongoing advisor and retained coach for a number of successful senior level corporate leaders. Currently, Mr. Barnes is the founder and CEO of BOLD VISION®, a senior management consulting consortium comprised of "C Level" executives, which operates as a trusted advisor and consultant to a number of noted CIOs and other I/T leaders, as well as to several large I/T product and service providers. Prior to this current role, Mr. Barnes served as the Vice President of I/T Strategy and Planning for the Nationwide Enterprise, a $200B international insurance and financial services company. There, he was responsible for the overall technology strategy, I/T architecture, information security, and I/T governance processes for the global enterprise. Prior to that, Mr. Barnes served as VP and Chief Information Officer for Nationwide Financial Services, a $100B international financial services company, where he oversaw all facets of technology services and operations within that publicly-held organization. Prior to that, he served as Chief Information Officer for Ohio's largest privately owned HMO, and he also held various management positions with an international library/information services company, the Washington (DC) office of a major technology vendor, and as an officer in the United States Army. He is a co-founder for the nationally acclaimed "CIO Solutions Gallery" at The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business. He is a graduate in five sciences from The Ohio State University.

Karlin has over 25 years IT experience that includes CIO, CTO, and CDO (Chief Development Officer) roles. She has deep retail experience having worked at Wal-Mart, Home Depot, The Limited, and Abercrombie and Fitch. She also has worked in other industries including Energy, Wireless, Telecommunications and Financial Services (Insurance and Mortgage). She is currently VP of Applications at Cricket Communications. Karlin's broad IT experience includes international expansions, IT lead on multiple merger and acquisition activities/integrations, SAP implementation, Oracle ERP, POS expertise, extensive applications development, data warehousing/business intelligence, establishment and management of off-shore IT support with multiple companies in India, and much more. Karlin is a tireless advocate serving on non-profit Board of Directors and offering her time and efforts to support various charities. Often can be found swinging a hammer on habitat for Humanity builds. She has also served on IT Advisory Boards for Ohio State, University of Arkansas, and Oregon State. Her philosophy was voiced best by author George Matthew Adams, "There is no such thing as a ?self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success."

Louis Gutierrez has twice served as Chief Information Officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has also served as: SVP/CIO of Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare during a significant corporate turnaround initiative from 1999-2002; Chief Technology Strategist at the Commonwealth Medicine Division of UMass Medical School; and Chief Information Officer for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (HHS), Massachusetts' largest secretariat with 23,000 staff and more than $12 billion in annual spending. While at HHS, Gutierrez led the development and implementation of the state's Virtual Gateway, an online portal that integrated the web presence of 16 agencies into a user-friendly format that improved service delivery and reduced costs.

Russ McGuire is a leading strategist and visionary in the telecom industry. As vice president of corporate strategy for Sprint, he is responsible for developing the strategic vision and strategic framework for the $40B+ telecommunications giant. Mr. McGuire is also the author of The Power of Mobility, a book about how businesses can prosper in the next technology revolution, published by John Wiley & Sons. His daily weblog on these topics can be read at www.law-of-mobility.com. His experience includes over 20 years in the telecom industry. Prior to joining Sprint, Russ was Chief Strategy Officer for TeleChoice, a leading business strategy consultancy solely focused on innovative telecom market opportunities. In this role he guided top executives from established and start-up telecom companies in developing core business strategies and market strategies to leverage their unique capabilities into sustainable market positions. Prior to TeleChoice, Mr. McGuire was vice president of strategic development for Williams Communications, where he was responsible for corporate strategy, new business analysis, and competitive intelligence. Mr. McGuire has also founded or co-founded two technology start-ups. Russ began his telecom career as a software developer for Northern Telecom. He has a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and has completed the Advanced Management Program for Telecommunications Executives at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.

Owner & President - PAMCO

Thomas U. Fenady is the Senior Director of Information Technology for Activision|Blizzard, a $5 billion international creator, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment software products. Thomas joined Activision in 2004. His current responsibilities at Activision include Global Network Systems, Studio Infrastructure and Architecture, Security, and Compliance. Fenady's career in the information technology industry spans over 15 years with postition that include leading the Information Technology team at Rubin Postaer and Associates, working in IT for BBDO Advertising, and consulting for Apple Computer.

Marius Haas is senior vice president and general manager of the ProCurve Networking business. He oversees the group's worldwide operations, with a focus on expanding its position as a leading networking supplier in the market. Previously, Haas served as senior vice president of strategy and corporate development for HP. In that role, he led initiatives that focused on improving efficiency and driving growth, including the execution and integration of all acquisitions since 2004. He also oversaw the company's strategic planning process, new business incubation and strategic alliances. Haas joined Compaq in 1995 from Intel Corporation and has held a wide range of senior operations roles. His teams have developed and deployed enterprise software solutions, Internet and e-commerce capabilities, content management applications, IT services offerings, marketing programs and complex cross-company strategic programs. Haas is a member of the McKinsey & Co. Chief Strategy Officer Council, the Ernst and Young Corporate Development Leadership Network, and a Board Member of the ASAP organization. He has been active on several advisory boards including the Texas eCommerce Group, the eBusiness Research Center at Penn State University and Suffield Academy in Connecticut. Haas received a BSBA from Georgetown University and an MBA in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) in Glendale, Ariz.

Dr. Stephen Herrod, Chief Technology Officer Stephen Herrod is responsible for VMware's new technologies and technology collaborations with customers, partners and standards groups. He has led the VMware ESX group through numerous successful releases. Prior to joining VMware, Stephen was Senior Director of Software at Transmeta Corporation co-leading development of their "Code Morphing" technology. Stephen holds a Ph.D. and a Masters degree in Computer Science from Stanford University where he worked with VMware's founders on the SimOS machine simulation project.

Sean Ryan is a worldwide research analyst within IDC's Mobile Enterprise group. In this position, he provides coverage of mobile enterprise software and device technologies for the enterprise and mobile ecosystem providers. His primary focus is on mobile software markets including mobile infrastructure software, mobile middleware, mobile enterprise applications, and mobile device management. As part of the Mobile Software service, he contributes to research in the mobile security software market, mobile operating environments, and mobile application development markets. Mr. Ryan also researches regional mobile user trends and profiles the enterprise support and management of mobile users. Prior to joining IDC, Mr. Ryan engaged in business development for an organization affiliated with the Ministry of Information and Communications of South Korea where he researched & analyzed the market for opportunities, provided competitive analysis, developed go-to-market plans, offered strategic direction, brokered partnerships, and provided ongoing consulting services for Korean technology start-ups seeking to enter the U.S. market. Prior to this he held positions at Percussion Software and Nortel Networks. Mr. Ryan earned his MBA in Information Technology from Bentley College. He received a bachelor's degree in Communications from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Dave Stevens brings more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise networking, security, compute, and data storage industries to his current role as Chief Technology Officer for Brocade Communications Systems. In this position, Mr. Stevens is instrumental in driving Brocade's company-wide technology strategy as the company expands its role in the evolving enterprise network market. Before joining Brocade in 2008, Mr. Stevens was founder and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, a developer of next-generation firewall products. Previously he was a partner at Foundation Capital, and held senior management positions at Atmosphere Networks, Nortel and Microdyne. Mr. Stevens had also worked with Brocade previously, serving as Vice President and CTO of Brocade Transport Systems from 2003 to 2004. He joined Brocade through its acquisition of Rhapsody Networks, where he was Vice President of Business Development. Dave Stevens holds bachelor of science and a master of science degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia.

David Yen, Ph.D., serves as the Executive Vice President of the Data Center Business Group (DCBG), for Juniper Networks. Dr. Yen came to Juniper from Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he served in a broad range of executive assignments during his nearly 20-year tenure. In the '90s, his team developed Sun's first- and second-generation multi-CPU SMP servers, which transformed Sun from a workstation company to a leading enterprise server company. After Dr. Yen took over Sun's Microelectronics group in 2001, he turned around Sun's declining SPARC business by focusing on execution and innovation. His group introduced the industry's first 8-core, 32-thread general-purpose processor in 2005 and developed it into a multi-billion dollar business. He also managed Sun's storage business for one year. Prior to joining Sun Microsystems in 1988, Dr. Yen was a cofounder of Cydrome, Inc., a mini-supercomputer start-up. He also served in engineering roles at IBM Research and TRW, Inc. Dr. Yen earned a bachelor's in electrical engineering from the National Taiwan University in 1973, and received an MS and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1980. He also completed a General Management Program at Stanford Business School in 1993. Dr. Yen holds three U.S. patents.

John McAdam has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of F5 Networks, as well as on the board of directors, since July 2000. Just after his arrival at F5, McAdam successfully navigated the company through the turbulent post-dot-com era, bringing F5 to profitability and positioning it for further growth. During his tenure at F5, McAdam has grown the company's annual revenue from $108.6 million to over $650 million. He has overseen numerous successful acquisitions, guiding F5 into new and adjacent markets that build on the company's Application Delivery Networking solution offerings. Under his leadership, F5 has been named the ?Best Company to Work for in Seattle' and identified by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 25 hottest tech stocks. Prior to joining F5, McAdam served as General Manager of the Web server sales business at IBM. From January 1995 until August 1999, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of high-end open systems, which was sold to IBM in September 1999. McAdam holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Mark Day, PhD. came to Riverbed from Cisco Systems, where he was technical lead for content networking product management. Dr. Day was previously Senior Scientist at Sight Path, which was acquired by Cisco in 2000. Earlier, he was a Research Scientist and assistant to the CTO at Lotus/IBM, where his work contributed to the creation of Lotus Sametime (now called Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing). Dr. Day has chaired Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working groups on Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol (IMPP) and Content Internetworking (CDI). He has three issued patents and multiple pending patents relating to presence, streaming media, content networking, mobile communications, and telephony. His other notable work includes contributions to the programming languages Argus and Theta, and to the distributed object database Thor. Dr. Day has held an adjunct appointment at Harvard University teaching graduate computer science, and received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1995.

Paul McNab is responsible for developing and executing Cisco System's global Enterprise and Mid-Market Solutions and Technology Marketing strategy. This strategy focuses on providing global marketing programs, messages and content that support Cisco's broad portfolio of Foundation, Advanced and Emerging products and technologies in the Enterprise and Mid-Market segments. Such products and technologies include Routing, Switching, Unified Communications, Security, Mobility, Video and Storage across Campus, Branch, Wide Area and Data Center architectures. Paul is also responsible for delivering both horizontal reference architectures as well as scalable industry based solutions in support of Cisco's customer's business strategies. Previously, Paul was Vice President of Cisco's Integrated Network Systems Engineering group, providing verified reference network designs for Enterprise, Service Provider, and Commercial markets. He devloped Cisco's Service Provider Solutions Engineering and Enterprise Solutions Engineering and Commercial Solutions Engineering teams to design, test, and market total customer solutions. Paul joined Cisco in 1996 through the acquisition of StrataCom. Previously, he held management and engineering positions with Cray Communications and Dowty Communications in Watford, England. A hardware and software engineer for the first half of his 25 years in the industry, Paul brings to his role a balanced mix of both Marketing and Engineering skills. Paul has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from North West University in Manchester, England, and holds an international patent for distribution switch matrices.

As the Avocent Chief Technology Officer, Ben Grimes is responsible for helping to establish the technical direction for the company by proactively evaluating technical companies and technologies pertinent to the future of both the company and the industry. Prior to joining Avocent, Ben Grimes had a 17-year career with IBM, most recently in the appointed position of Distinguished Engineer, an executive position he held from 2002 to 2007. In that role, he served as the lead architect for software development for IBM xSeries and blades. That position overlapped with a two year special assignment in which he worked directly with large financial institutions to develop industry-specific customizations for software products. Grimes' earlier years with IBM included five years as the lead designer and engineer for embedded systems management for xSeries after serving as a programmer in embedded firmware. He was awarded 9 patents for his innovations in systems software. Grimes holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University.

Prashanth Shenoy is a Network Systems and Security Solutions marketing manager at Cisco, responsible for Cisco's high-end enterprise routing portfolio including the 7200, 7600, Catalyst 6500, and the ASR 1000 Series. Previously he was responsible for core Cisco IOS strategies and initiatives, including technologies such as MPLS, IPv6, QoS, and multicast. Prashanth joined Cisco in 2000 as part of the core engineering team that designed and developed the routing and forwarding engines for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series of switches. Prashanth Shenoy holds a Master of Science degree in computer science from Texas A&M University and a Master of Business Administration from University of California, Berkeley.