Conference: Enterprise 2.0 Track

As President and Co-Founder of Allyis, Inc., a consultancy focused on the development and adoption of 2.0 technologies and practices within the Enterprise, Ethan is a social computing thought leader and active participant in the Enterprise 2.0 conversation. Via his Emerging Web Memo blog (www.emergingwebmemo.com), Tweets (@ethany), white papers (www.allyis.com/ourthinking.aspx) and speaking engagements, Ethan actively drives conversations around how organizations can leverage and prosper from the use of social tools, platforms and cultures inside the firewall to foster knowledge management, collaboration, innovation and contribute to employee morale and retention. He is an active participant in the Social Media Club Seattle, the largest regional organization of its kind, leading the conversation around the application of social media within the Enterprise. Yarbrough has been asked to contribute his expertise to books on the topic of Enterprise 2.0 and was recently profiled by Seattle Social Media Profiles. Ethan drives Enterprise 2.0 adoption within his own organization with the support of the highly engaged team he leads. In 2007, Ethan was recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of the region's top "40 Under 40", a prestigious award celebrating young entrepreneurs and rising stars in the local business community. Ethan is passionate about programs that support Allyis employees and the community. He spearheads the internal Greener Allyis campaign which emphasizes reduced waste, recycling, reduced consumption, and general environmental stewardship with a goal of making it easier for employees to make "greener" choices while at work. Ethan holds an M.A. in English Literature from Western Washington University and still enjoys spending his free time in creative pursuits such as writing and photography.

Jonathan Yarmis has been a leading voice in the technology industry for over 30 years, with a variety of experience in industry analysis, end-user computing, and public and analyst relations. Yarmis is currently Research Fellow at Ovum. Most recently, he was VP of Disruptive Technologies at AMR Research and spent 10 years at Gartner, heading up all end-user computing research. He has also worked at senior levels at PR firms Hill & Knowlton and Waggener Edstrom Worldwide. He produced and served as content chairperson for a variety of conferences and tradeshows at eMarketWorld, including ad:tech. Yarmis is a regular speaker at industry events and appears regularly on a variety of print and broadcast media. Jonathan received his BA from Hamilton College.

Tony Byrne is Founder of CMS Watch, a vendor-neutral analyst firm that publishes comparative evaluations of content technologies. At CMS Watch, Tony leads of team of analysts covering various technology marketplaces on behalf of solutions buyers. Prior to founding CMS Watch in 2001, Tony led the developer team a systems integrator, following previous stints as a programmer, journalist, and international educator. He is also the author of the CMS Report and publisher of the Enterprise Portals Report, the Enterprise Search Report and the ECM Suites Report, and an avid Green BayPackers fan.

Rico J. Singleton serves as the New York State Deputy Chief Information Officer for Enterprise Strategy & Governance Services. In this capacity he is primarily responsible for the overall I.T. strategy and overseeing IT investments for the State of New York, a $120 billion enterprise with over 190,000 employees serving a statewide population of 19 million. The State has approximately 5,000 IT professionals, and spends approximately $2 billion in information technology annually. His position requires him to work with state, local and federal government agencies to deliver innovative state government services to citizens, businesses and state visitors by leveraging technology. Additionally, to ensure technology purchases are aligned to the enterprise strategy and standards, Rico has responsibility for approving statewide IT investments while also negotiating and executing enterprise contracts with major IT vendors. Rico served as Chair of the New York State CIO Council, which is comprised of 89 State and Local Government CIO's and currently serves as Chair of the IT Executive CIO Leadership Committee. He serves on the Executive Committee for the New York State Forum of the Rockefeller Institute of Government and the Advisory Committee for the Center for Technology and Government at the State University of New York. Additionally, Rico is an active member and of the National Association of State CIO's all of which he utilizes to help advance the technology strategy within New York State. Recently, Rico was the recipient of the Commissioners Commendation Award for successfully launching Empire 2.0 - a New York State social media strategy designed to promote government participation, increase collaboration and expand the state's ability to share information with social media users.?