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Jessica Keyes
Over 25 years experience in IT and business development. Experienced in all phases of software development, project management, knowledge management, R&D, technology marketing, business and strategic planning. Founder and president of New Art Technologies, a 15 year old software and management consulting firm. A noted columnist and correspondent with over 200 articles published, she is the author of 17 books including InfoTrends: The Competitive Use of Information, Solving the Productivity Paradox and the Software Engineering Handbook.


Ian Hayes
Over 26 years experience in improving the business returns generated by IT investments. He helps companies focus on value-creating projects and services by better targeting IT investments, improving the effectiveness of IT execution, optimizing the sourcing of IT activities and establishing measurement programs that tie IT performance to business value delivered. He is the author of three IT books, most recently Just Enough Wireless Computing, and hundreds of articles, a popular speaker at conferences, and his clients include many of the world’s top corporations.


Sanjay Anand
Over 20 years of information technology and business process management experience as a strategic advisor, certified consultant, professional speaker and published author. Over 100 personal clients, both large and small, have included companies from a diverse array of industries and geographies, spanning from academia to technology and from Asia to the Americas. Often referred to as a "consultant’s consultant" for training and mentoring skills. Author of books The Sarbanes-Oxley Guide for Finance and Information Technology Professionals and J.D. Edwards OneWorld: A Beginner's Guide. Currently Executive Vice-President at CLA Solutions and Chairperson of the Board of the Sarbanes Oxley Group


Stephen Rood
Over 24 years experience in the information technology field specializing in developing and implementing strategic technology plans for organizations as well as senior project management and help desk operations review. His consulting experience has included designing and implementing a state-of-the-art emergency 911 call center for the city of Newark, NJ, managing technology refreshes for a major non-profit entertainment organization as well as a large, regional food broker. Prior to his consulting work, he was Director, Information Technology for Coopers & Lybrand, Manager, End User Support at General Foods Corporation, and Manager, Data Processing at Survey Research. He is the author of the book Computer Hardware Maintenance : An IS/IT Manager's Guide that presents a model for hardware maintenance cost containment.


Marc Nolan
Over 25 years experience in working with clients developing best practices to increase their bottom line. President/COO of VAS International, Inc., he is a leading business change leadership management consultant, specializing in assisting IT organizations in moving from cost centers to profit centers, and in the new role IT must play as a business unit. He is the author of The Top Ten Money Making Survival Tips for Information Technology Consultants.


Gad Selig
Over 30 years of diversified domestic/international executive, management and consulting experience with both Fortune 500 and smaller companies in multiple industries. His experience includes: marketing, sales, planning, operations, business development, mergers and acquisitions, general management (with full P&L responsibility), systems/network integration/outsourcing, CIO, the Internet, electronic commerce, product management, project management, process innovation, IT strategy and governance. His books include Implementing IT Governance: A Practical Guide to Global Best Practices in IT Management and Strategic Planning for Information Resource Management: A Multinational Perspective. Dr. Selig is an Associate Professor of Management and Technology and the Director, Center for Business Information Technologies at the University of Bridgeport.


Bruce Dearstyne
Over 30 years of broad experience and leadership in government (director of an advisory service and grants program for government), university (professor and interim dean of a college of information studies), and association work (executive director of a professional records/information management association). Author of five books, most recently Effective Approaches for Managing Electronic Records and Archives, and approximately 75 articles on records and information management and strategic information management. Expertise in leadership, development and management of information programs; role of CIO’s; integration of information programs into enterprise operations; knowledge management; trends and developments in information management; and records management including legal issues.


Jeff McLaughlin
Over 12 years in wireless, spanning various aspects of the industry from carrier to vendor to agent to systems integrator. Skilled and experienced in bridging the gap between technology, marketing and business development. He was at the beginning of the converged wireless voice and data products, the online wireless retail business, and currently the mobile application and content revolution with management and senior management positions with large, public companies (McCaw Cellular/AT&T Wireless) and VC backed startups (mFoundry). He has focused on non-core wireless products and has forged strong relationships with online wireless retailers, carriers and handset OEMs. Author of Consumer's Guide to Cell Phones & Wireless Service Plans, he also has two Olympic medals in the sport of rowing.


James DeCarli
Over 20 years of software engineering experience as a software developer, published author, and university professor. His experience includes work in the financial, healthcare, and media industries. He has made numerous contributions to various technical magazines and has authored several books, including Professional ASP Data Access, Professional JavaScript and Beginning Java Databases. In addition to degrees in Computer and Information Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, James has earned numerous technical certifications, including Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), and Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA). In addition to his consulting work, James is an Associate Professor of Software Engineering at Fairfield University.


Douglas Hubbard
Over 20 years experience in IT management consulting including 12 years experience in teaching organizations to use his Applied Information Economics (AIE) method.  He invented AIE to quantify the value and risk of IT in a mathematically and scientifically sound manner and this methodology has been used in a variety of Fortune 500 companies and major government agencies (civilian and military).  He is an internationally recognized expert in the field of IT value and is a popular speaker at numerous conferences.  Doug is the author of How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of “Intangibles” in Business.  He was formerly with Coopers & Lybrand, and has an MBA in Management Information Systems from his home state at the University of South Dakota.


Bill Webster
Over 25 years of experience as an IT leader in the Retail and Manufacturing sectors. His specific areas of expertise include infrastructure management, sales force automation, IT/business alignment, manufacturing, disaster recovery and business contingency planning.


Wayne Gura
Over 20 years management experience building robust, real-world IT systems for both business functions and the enterprise. Mr. Gura has managed the planning, development and implementation of sophisticated hardware and software projects for companies ranging in scale from small-to-medium businesses to multi-national Fortune 100 corporations, in industries as diverse as financial services, medical device manufacturing, electronic media and securities brokerage. His extensive background in software development and hardware and software implementation covers mainframe and minicomputers to PC, client server, networks, and the Internet. When he is not on the job, you can often find him either driving or working on one of his classic cars - most likely, his favorite, a red 1960 MGA.


John Holz
Over 30 years experience as a development manager of both hardware and software products for Fortune 500 systems manufacturers and Internet startups. In addition to managing the development of processors, he has created products for laboratory automation and factory automation. He also developed a systems engineering services business that provided systems test and evaluation to manufacturers, integrators and end-users. His specific areas of expertise include hardware systems, network security, server consolidation, and systems engineering.


Ann Katan
Over 25 years of experience in developing, as well as managing the development, of software and hardware products. Her product development expertise spans the range of NASA space research, communications products, factory automation, and hardware processors. She currently consults to various enterprises on hardware systems and high availability systems. Her specific areas of expertise are hardware systems engineering, server consolidation, high availability systems, and project management.


Ken Appleman
Over 25 years on the wild and wooly cutting edge of IT. Ken has worked on numerous innovative projects, some so innovative that they will never see the light of day. He has been involved in projects which share a single uniting characteristic: they haven’t been developed before. Among his more notable visible achievements: he was the founding CTO of About.com; he was a key architect of the Prodigy Online Service; he worked on the first home banking system; helped develop a ground breaking home computer animation system; and has been an inventor of online technologies and applications. In his work at About.com and Prodigy, he helped architect technologies that earned him a listing as inventor on 11 online and Internet patents. In the rare moments that Ken has time to spend on his avocations, he works on the other things he loves most to do: writing, video production, and the design of innovative lighting systems.


Norman Reiss
Over 20 years experience in project management, information technology and finance for the private and not-for-profit sectors. Proven record of managing successful cost-effective technology solutions that positively impact organizational growth and development. Expertise in designing Internet / web site strategies, selecting and implementing database / CRM systems, planning and monitoring budgets and utilizing on-demand / ASP hosted services. Recently assignments include project manager for implementation of an upgraded online training program for the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Director of Information Technology at Cross-Cultural Solutions. Other past associations include: J.P. Morgan, Independence Community Bank, Find / SVP and Con Edison.


Chet Farmer
Over 15 years experience in software development and consulting. His key areas of expertise include technology selection and strategy, requirements analysis, and development project management. He is particularly adept at helping firms understand the implications of new tools and technologies, and how they may or may not map to real business goals. He has a particular interest in the ongoing growth of LAMP and related architectures; his experience with such lightweight development environments as well as large-scale, more traditional efforts creates a valuable perspective on the development process. Since 2004, he has been busily extending his expertise into the world of RFID systems and software. Mr Farmer splits his personal time among various pro bono projects in the arts world, presiding over a nonprofit board, and traveling with his wife, Erin.


Shyam Desigan
Over 9 years of healthcare and pharmaceutical IT, development finance, and project management experience. As co-founder of a telemedicine company, he is focused on enabling healthcare providers use telemedicine to build a sustainable competitive advantage, using a software-as-a-service architecture. His consulting expertise with healthcare providers includes joint business/IT evaluation of software vendor offerings, application service providers, and alignment of IT with the business needs and financial capabilities of mid-market healthcare providers.


Alan Guibord
Over 30 years of IT experience with CIO positions in various industries from small companies to Fortune 100. He is considered a visionary in the field, and a sought after speaker in the United States and around the world. His specific areas of expertise include senior corporate management, organization-building, management/business alignment, building investment strategies, linking IT with business management, large-scale project management, manufacturing efficiencies, and acquisition and merger integration.


Bart Bolton
Over 30 years experience leading the consulting arm of a major IT equipment manufacturer. He is recognized as one of the country's leading experts on building effective organizations. His specific areas of expertise include development and documentation of “Best Practices”, individual and organizational development, and change management.


Humayun Beg
Over 18 years of extensive experience in corporate IT management, technology deployment and risk management. He has significant experience in all aspects of systems management, software development and project management, as well as holding key positions in directing major IT initiatives and projects. His specialties are integrating technology into business, implementing IT solutions for efficient and profitable use, and defining IT risk and contingency. Mr. Beg enjoys travel to new places with his family, he also enjoys discovering new restaurants, reading, walking, jogging, driving and fixing things around the house.


Justin Adinolfi
Over 23 years of IT industry and consulting experience. He has a broad range of industry experience including financial services, insurance, banking, health care, manufacturing, distribution, telecommunications, regulated utilities, not-for-profit, and state and local government. His specific areas of expertise include management of IT strategic planning and large complex implementation projects. He also has developed an IT Management Framework that assists IT organizations deliver business value through improved internal operations by ensuring IT is working on the right things and doing those well.


Bob DaSilva
Over 25 years of progressive IT experience, specifically as a technologist and strategist. He has extensive experience in designing and implementing technology infrastructures, as well as aligning technology and business strategy. His specific areas of expertise include technology strategy, manufacturing automation, wireless networking, portfolio management, disaster recovery and business continuity management, and project management.


Richard Hudson
Over 36 years experience in IT, including 22 years as a CIO, 18 years as CIO of Global Marine. One of Computerworld’s “Premier 100” CIOs, he is a nationally recognized speaker and lecturer in the field of IT. His specific areas of expertise include IT strategy trends, determination of optimal IT spending levels, and IT strategic planning.


David Foote
Over 20 years as a pioneer in IT workforce benchmark research and keen predictive analyst.  Beginning at Gartner and META Group and continuing at Foote Partners, he has for the past decade led a team of senior analysts and researchers that publishes proprietary skills and jobs benchmarking research, used regularly by more than 1,200 corporations and governments, including the Skills and Certifications Pay Index, North America s oldest and most comprehensive continuously updated survey of pay and market demand for 330 IT skills.  A popular opinion columnist, web/podcaster, and frequent contributor to dozens of online, print and televised media sources, Foote’s research-backed analysis and predictions on IT staffing market behavior and workforce trends reach a global audience of business and technology professionals.


Paul Clermont
Over 28 years experience as a consultant and practitioner helping business and IT executives obtain the greatest value from their IT investments. Specialties include setting direction, aligning with business strategy, organization, governance, assessment, planning, controlling, and measuring results. Successful at communicating IT issues to general managers in a comprehensible jargon-free way that frames decisions and describes their consequences in business terms. Pragmatic approach to specific situations, not wedded to particular methodologies or textbook solutions. Independent consultant since 1990 after leaving Nolan, Norton & Co., as a Principal.


Katharine (Kari) Riley
Over 25 years of experience in information technology consulting and management. She has worked with clients to improve the quality of IT projects by applying effective project management techniques, evaluating process design, and building cohesive project teams. Much of her project management experience focuses on cross-functional projects that successfully integrate functions like finance, human resources, sales and marketing and operations.


Bob Rouse
Over 30 years of experience with personal and professional coaching and education of senior managers in succession programs for large corporations. He has wide experience in building corporate universities and leadership development programs. Bob has extensive practice in health care computing (administrative and research). He is an international speaker and consultant for online-interactive media education.


Mary Ann McIlraith
Over 20 years experience in information technology, human resources, and organizational development.  She covers the complete human capital management (HCM) implementation project and leadership life-cycle.  Mary Ann is on the Technical Advisory Council for Human Capital Management and the Software Industry, past board member and author for IHRIM, and past board member of ASTD.  She is the developer of the Rapid Implementation Methodology (RIM).


Sherry Irwin
Over 20 years of experience in information technology (IT) asset management across a broad spectrum of industries.  An evangelist and recognized expert in ITAM best practices, based on years of personal and client experience.  Founder and chair of the Canadian IT Asset Management Users’ Group (1991) and sponsor of an annual ITAM conference (Toronto).  Developed a series of educational seminars on ITAM, as well as related contract and vendor management.  Mentor to numerous IT Asset Managers in defining, learning, and executing their ITAM accountabilities.


Ronald Bleiberg
Over 25 years of increasingly senior responsibility and experience in the areas of consulting management and delivery, disaster recovery planning, document management systems, and total quality management. His primary focus is working with clients to develop strategic business plans, identify opportunities for the use of state of the art techniques to improve client interaction capabilities, revenue and profitability and the solutions associated with those efforts. He is VP, Products and Services, for FileOn, a document management vendor.


Frank Kovacs
Over 20 years of global IT experience with the largest public and also private data and Internet networks in the industry. Frank was identified as a visionary at Bell Laboratories and was winner of the Gartner Group CIO Choice Award, Vision Award for Excellence at Internet World, Finalist for Ovation Award at Comnet, and the Technology Managers Forum Award for Enterprise Management Systems. Frank has managed data centers, network, applications, distributed computing, and services for organizations spanning over 110 countries, in the Financial and Telecommunication industries. He also has strong quality (six sigma, ISO 9000, winner Malcolm Baldridge Award) expertise, as well as process and project management, total cost of ownership, and balanced scorecard.


Beth Cohen
Over 20 years experience in the trenches creating and supporting corporate IT infrastructure for different industries including architecture, construction, engineering, software, telecommunications, networking, and research. As Director of Engineering IT at BBN, she participated in the creation of the modern Internet. Specific expertise includes building scaleable robust IT architectures, operating systems, desktop support, process improvement, program management, IT/Business alignment, security, and integration of networks, applications and systems. In the occasional moments she has to herself, she likes to cook gourmet meals and read science fiction.


Frederick Scholl
Over 25 years of experience in technology investigations and research covering a diverse range of subjects including the Internet, data communications and intellectual property. Typical recent engagements have included: drafting security policy for enterprise publishing company; testing network reliability for server farm installation within Fortune 100 bank; evaluating SLA for cable ISP in contract dispute with backbone provider; documenting theft of network services for outsourcer in contract dispute with Fortune 100 client; advising client on potential value of Internet technology patents. Prior to 1991, Dr. Scholl was a pioneer in the fiber optic business, and chaired the IEEE committee that standardized the use of optical fiber in Ethernet LAN systems.


Michael Kennedy
Over 25 years experience helping enterprises including utilities, universities and financial services firms develop network architectures and designs that meet business goals as well as develop operationally mature management processes. Founder and president of Network Strategy Partners, a management-consulting firm helping clients make strategic decisions, mitigate risk and effect change through business and technology consulting engagements. Over 200 presentations and articles published and a bi-monthly column on the business applications of networking technology. Industry experience includes financial analyst at Soundview Financial and AT&T; and telecommunications and IT engineering at Bell Labs and IBM.


Brian O’Neil
Over 10 years experience in information technology designing, migrating and managing enterprise network infrastructures for the U.S. Department of Defense, financial organizations, healthcare institutions, and law firms. He has been the primary technical lead and project manager for large migrations toward Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange 2003.


Darrel Berry
Over 27 years experience as an accomplished executive and management consultant with a successful track record of leading clients through difficult adjustments and significant improvements in growth, profitability and efficiency.  Through his global experience and proven executive management capabilities, he provides consulting advice and services in general business and IT management, strategic planning, business process development, outsourcing, IT methodologies and processes, data center operations, data center consolidation, program and project management, and disaster recovery and business continuity planning.


David Greenebaum
Over 30 years experience maximizing the return on current IT investment, and developing IT strategy. His background includes data center construction and operation, building shared services organizations, developing cost structures for “charge-back,” and creating data center services businesses. He is an advisor to technology start-ups, venture capital and institutional money management firms, providing technology guidance. In addition, he is a senior negotiator for outsourcing contracts. David has extensive experience in the financial services community. He has built and operated large scale complex networks, data centers and Internet hosted brokerage services. He built and turned-on a new data center in four weeks for one financial services firm following the 9/11 attacks.


Peter Taglia
Over 20 years of IT experience from the vendor perspective, focused on process automation for eBusiness, eCRM, contact centers, telecomm OSS, E911, wireless and wireline networks via n-tier applications, integration, middleware and portals. His experience includes complex planning, project management, financial justification, ROI, metrics and strategies for growth via opportunity assessment, product management, value innovation, benchmarking, industry structure research for alliances, mergers and competitive analysis.


Carlos Bravo
Over 15 years of experience at the senior officer management level (22 years total business experience). Seasoned former Fortune 500 senior executive and founder and principal of multiple companies in the technology, manufacturing and services sectors. Experienced in all areas from startup though management of thousands of employees and contractors. Has navigated through several mergers, acquisitions and IPO as Principal. Recognized as an industry expert in business process reengineering and large-scale systems integration for enterprise-wide computing solutions. Currently on the Boards of Directors of several technology companies, both public and private. Broad experience in consulting, M&A, technology delivery, sales, marketing, and business development.


Walt DuLaney
Over 25 years of experience in the planning, design and management of strategic business and technology initiatives. He consults extensively on strategy alignment, project management and performance measurement methods to assure that strategic initiatives are delivered successfully and operating results are verifiably improved. He has extensive experience applying these techniques to enterprise systems, supply chain and large-scale technology projects, and has also integrated these techniques into enterprise governance and performance measurement models. He frequently facilitates executive management decision-making and alignment sessions. He is currently completing a book on the role of strategic initiative management in organizational renewal.


David Ross
Over 10 years technology experience, specializing in outsourcing, offshoring, global sourcing, and project management. David is focused on serving information technology, call center, and business processes clients ranging in size from Fortune 20 to venture financed startups across financial services, health care, insurance, automotive, chemicals, IT, and media/entertainment industries. He helps companies reduce risk and receive the greatest value from their global souricng relationships. David has written several articles about outsourcing, offshoring, and global sourcing and is a frequent speaker on topics of global sourcing strategy, site selection, vendor selection, and program management to executives from around the world. He teaches Business English to immigrants from over 60 countries as a volunteer in New York City.


Todd Werden
Over 25 years experience in the retail industry, focused around technology and business operations. He has been the CIO of a multi-billion dollar apparel company as well as VP of IT at a medium-sized retailer. As a consultant for Big Four and other consulting firms, Mr. Werden has led many projects dealing with the selection, implementation and use of technology to improve business processes and results. Todd has also been the VP of Software Development and Technical Support at a leading retail ERP and Decision Support vendor providing comprehensive solutions to major retail companies.


Eric Esperne
Over 15 years experience as an in-house lawyer specifically in contract negotiation and management. Eric offers innovative methodologies for developing and implementing IT sales contracts processes that minimize costs of negotiation and disputes, and for realizing complete value from SaaS, IT outsourcing and other technology vendor relationships. He introduces new concepts to the old, traditional way that businesses contract with each other, such as utilizing contracts to achieve better governance-risk compliance, electronic contracting for business services, and purpose-driven outsourcing.


John McWilliams
Over 26 years experience in IT and consulting. Helps companies understand their options and design strategies for business continuity/disaster recovery and data center planning, specializing in rapid recovery of applications across multiple data centers. As Director of Business Continuity at Interactive Data Corporation, he defined a worldwide business continuity strategy for 92 business units, deploying recovery resources, and increasing organizational readiness through training and testing. In the past, he was a network consulting practice leader at marchFirst, manager of financial systems for IBM/Lotus, and a data center manager at Digital Equipment Corporation. He has spoken at securities industry business continuity conferences. Outside of work, he is a high-handicap golfer and runs an occasional marathon.


Ron Barbaree
Over 35 years of experience in software development, marketing, sales, leasing and management. He is founder and CEO of SynerCap LLC, a software leasing and management consulting organization. Based upon his extensive experience in software vendor marketing and sales, he brings valuable expertise to bear in the areas of software vendor relationship management and software asset management.


David Roger
Over 20 years as a developer and implementer of IT applications. His industry experience ranges from retail, to environmental health and safety, to hospitality and food services. His specific areas of expertise include enterprise analytics and reporting, project justification and management, decision support, and financial systems.


Michael Gracer
Over 20 years of experience in software analysis, architecture, design, implementation, and enhancement. During his career, he’s worked in the manufacturing, construction, financial, commercial software, imaging, broadcasting, and securities trading industries. His technical expertise is concentrated in user interface design, and multi-tiered web application development using a variety of technologies.


Vanessa DiMauro
Over 15 years experience building virtual communities, and a recognized expert in online community building, social networking, and digital customer care.  Vanessa is Principal of Leader Networks – a consulting company helps companies strengthen the connection to customers, business partners, and employees through virtual communities and social media.  She frequently gives talks on the reality of building and sustaining online communities, has served as a community judge for the Global Information Infrastructure awards, and has authored numerous academic research and general articles on community building.  Women in Technology International (WITI) named her one of Boston’s Most Influential Women in Technology.


Phil Rosch
Over 36 years of IT experience in virtually all IT disciplines complimented by five years of analysis and best practices consulting for Giga Information Group. He brings a practitioner's perspective with significant and varied experience in IT "archi-torture" and standards, metrics, operations, technical support, and all aspects of security, policy development, organizational metrics, and risk management.


Rosemary Fitzgerald
Over 15 years experience in the fields of Media Design and Internet Marketing Strategy. She has directed the development and worldwide deployment of numerous Internet subscription applications for the healthcare and IT industries. Throughout her career, Dr. Fitzgerald designed and led teams comprising of front-end application design and development, interactive multimedia production, product development and marketing.


Vladimir Tsivkin
Over 20 years of experience in advanced software development, with the last five-plus in senior project management roles in major financial services institutions. His primary specialization is software quality engineering, including Six Sigma and CMM. Mr. Tsivkin has authored a number of published papers in operations research, management science applications, and quality management.


Peter Sorrentino
Over 20 years experience in consulting and software development with extensive experience in the high technology and financial industries: trading, cash management and risk management. Peter’s specialties include development of business differentiating software systems and providing consulting to IT organizations with an emphasis on applications. Consulting expertise includes joint business/IT evaluation of software vendor offerings and business-service platforms, application architecture and development best practices in support of real-time business opportunities, application portfolio analysis in support of business/IT alignment and IT costs reduction, and business derived IT capability enhancement/CMM: principles, BPM, organization, roles, measures, standards and technologies linked directly to business objectives.


Larry Martell
Over 25 years of experience as a hands on UNIX software developer, primarily in the Wall Street and financial communities. Designed, implemented, documented, and supported many client/server, real-time, and embedded systems. Has worked with many leading hedge funds, brokerage houses, and back offices, as well as the manufacturing, semiconductor, and gaming industries. Experienced with all phases of the product development life cycle, and has worked in systems and database administration, management, and production support roles.


Richard Feingold
Over 30 years of IT experience, with the last 15 years specializing in information security. He is an expert in aligning information-security programs and solutions to business processes and requirements. Special strengths include information-security risk management; secure network architectures; policies and procedures; audit and regulatory compliance; efficient, customer-focused operations; and aligning with industry best and prevailing practices.


Anurag Gupta
Over 12 years experience at Intel Corporation and Amazon.com in enterprise platform technologies, performance, architecture, and strategy. He helps companies use technology to build sustainable competitive advantage. Dr. Gupta is currently Engineering Manager at Intel responsible for the Eclipse program and strategy. Eclipse is an open source development platform (www.eclipse.org) He is active in the Eclipse Architecture Council and the Eclipse Requirements Council.


Sue-Rae Rosenfeld
Over 20 years experience as an IT project manager and business analyst, primarily in the financial industry. She has special expertise in data analysis, data modeling, and converting systems into new platforms, including mainframe to Internet and intranet server environments. In addition, she trains IT professionals in project management fundamentals and Project Management Professional exam prep. She is an active member and volunteer for the Project Management Institute.


Philip Werner
Over 17 years of IT management, systems integration, consulting, software development and marketing experience. Philip is an expert in customer data integration, electronic commerce, online advertising, virtual databases, enterprise application integration and web services. Specialties include business process definition, regulatory compliance, implementation of key performance indicators and cross-functional project management. On weekends, he can be found whitewater kayaking Class IV rivers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.


Colin Goldberg
Over 35 years experience in information technology serving the financial services and professional services industries, in a variety of roles including architect, lead analyst, project manager, mentor, and consultant. Colin is experienced in all phases of application development, project management, knowledge management, business intelligence, technology marketing, and strategic planning. He is founder and creator of BizConnector, an interactive marketing automation tool.


Steve Hoffman
Over 20 years of experience developing innovative software solutions using the latest technologies. He is founder and chief architect of Forestay, LLC. Previously, Steve was with Active Endpoints and Starwood Hotels. As an independent consultant, Steve provided technical strategies and implementations for organizations such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Pitney Bowes, and Dictaphone. He leverages broad knowledge of the Web services, SOA, and BPEL technology, vendor, and product space, and deep knowledge of BPEL practices and patterns, to provide insightful analysis that demonstrates how to use BPEL to solve real-world problems.


Maurene Caplan Grey
Over 20 years of experience with electronic messaging and collaboration.  Maurene is the Founder, Principal Analyst of Grey Consulting.  Prior to starting an independent firm, Ms. Grey was Gartner's lead analyst on messaging, calendaring/scheduling and human communications. Earlier, she headed United Parcel Service's global messaging environment.  Ms. Grey's active involvement in the industry includes serving as Conference Director for INBOX 2007.  She also serves on the ARMA International collaborative environment task force.  Ms. Grey is an Advisory Board Member and Research Fellow of the Society for New Communications Research and served as a SIIA CODiE 2007 Awards first-round judge.

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