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Chris Aarons

General Manager, Ivy Worldwide

Chris Aarons is a seasoned marketing professional who is breaking ground at the intersection where demand generation and social media meet. He has facilitated many group programs for clients, spoken at industry group events and is currently a teacher and serves as a guest lecturer at the Univ. of Texas at Austin on Word-of-mouth Marketing. An innovator with more than seventeen years experience he has created and implemented powerhouse programs in a variety of professional settings.
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Harish Agastya

Director of Product Marketing, Trend Micro

As Director of Product Marketing for Trend Micro, Mr. Agastya leads product marketing for Trend Micro's server security products including the company's virtualization security line. Prior to his current position, he drove product marketing and management for Trend Micro's Incubation business.
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Paul Baffes

Founder, Dr. WorkLife

Paul Baffes, Ph.D., is a work-life balance consultant, author, and motivational speaker who has helped thousands world wide to address their work-life needs, using principles he developed over a 20-year career in a wide variety of business settings.
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Tom Bishop

VP of Engineering, Storspeed

A recognized and award-winning technologist, Tom Bishop is VP-Engineering at Storspeed, an Austin start-up developing application-aware caching appliances.
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Curtis Breville

Data Storage Evangelist, Crossroads Systems

Curtis Breville is the Data Storage Evangelist at Austin, Texas-based Crossroads Systems, a provider of solutions that connect, protect, secure and restore data.
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Gary Buonacorsi

Chief Information Officer, Office of the Attorney General

Gary Buonacorsi is the Chief Information Officer for the Texas Office of the Attorney General. Gary has worked in both the private and public sectors of the ever-growing and challenging field of information technology.
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Andres Carvallo

Chief Information Officer, Austin Energy

Andres is currently the Chief Information Officer at Austin Energy, where he is responsible for the technology vision, planning, development and operations across the enterprise. Since February of 2003, Andres has been driving a wireless and SOA transformation to deliver a fully-integrated and self-healing enterprise.
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Deni Connor

Principal Analyst, Storage Strategies Now

Deni Connor founded SSG-NOW in 2007. She is a well-known storage expert, who was previously a reporter for IDG's Network World. In addition, she worked in marketing and editorial positions for Novell, IBM, Control Data, Radix International, Thomas-Conrad and Networking Solutions magazine.
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Joe Corella

National Technology Director, Microsoft Corporation

Joe Corella is the National Technology Director for Core Infrastructure Sales for the United States Subsidiary for Microsoft. A 17 year Microsoft veteran...
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Sam Coursen

Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Freescale Semiconductor

Sam Coursen is vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of Freescale Semiconductor. He is responsible for the discovery, development, and delivery of quality information technology services and solutions that optimize the operational effectiveness and market performance of Freescale.
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Jeffrey Dachis

CEO, The Dachis Group

Jeff's leadership and vision helped establish the digital services industry more than a decade ago when he co-founded Razorfish, Inc. out of a one-bedroom New York apartment as its CEO, President, and Chairman. He led its $ 55 M IPO, and grew it into one of the the world's largest digital solutions providers with 2,500 employees in 15 offices across 9 countries, and over $280 million in annual revenue.
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Rob Davis

CIO, Atlantic Aviation

Rob Davis has served as Atlantic Aviation's top IT executive for the past four years and has over 19 years of technology and business experience. Mr. Davis is responsible for all IT strategy, governance, operations, and development and has navigated Atlantic Aviation through a tremendous growth cycle from 11 to over 72 locations in just a 2 year period. In addition to taking on the typical integration related projects, Mr. Davis lead Atlantic through a custom point of sale application development project that went from a blank piece of paper to initial rollout in just 7 months.
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John Dickson

Principal, Denim Group, Ltd

John Dickson is a principal at Denim Group, Ltd. and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) whose technical background includes hands-on experience with application security, intrusion detection systems and telephony security. He helps Chief Security Officers of Fortune 500 and Federal organizations launch software initiatives and has served as Chief Information Security Officer for a major healthcare organization.
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Andrew Donoho

, Donoho Design Group

Erik Dorr

Senior IT Research Director, The Hackett Group

Mr. Dorr has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry in a variety of positions. Currently, he advises Hackett Group clients on a broad range of strategic IT issues, ranging from application management to enterprise architecture and IT governance.
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Curt Finch

CEO, Journyx

Curt Finch is the CEO of Journyx (www.journyx.com), the first company to provide Web-based time-tracking, project accounting and resource management solutions that guide customers to per-person, per-project profitability.
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Giovanni Gallucci

Social Media Ninja, giovanni gallucci, llc

Giovanni Gallucci is a recovering .NET programmer turned tech evangelist and social media consultant. He provides strategy for new developments in social media, search, online public relations and buzzmarketing and functions as a strategic representative to top politicos, internet personalities, celebrities, and forward-thinking companies interested in breaking new ground in social media.
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Sam Goodner

CEO, Catapult Systems

David Graham

Independant Business Consultant,

David Graham, former CIO of Vignette has over 20 years of IT experience in Austin and Silicon Valley. He has worked at Vignette, IBM, Tivoli and developed as solid reputation as a builder of high performance teams and mentor to IT professionals an those who are dependent on IT services.
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Frank Griffin

Senior Account Manager, Sprint

Tim Hayden

CEO, GamePlan Marketing

As CEO of GamePlan Marketing, Tim Hayden combines his experience in interactive marketing, entertainment and media consulting to help brands build meaningful dialogue with their audiences through offline experiences, mobile and social media.
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Eric Hexter

Principal Consultant, Headspring Systems

Eric is a Microsoft MVP for ASP.Net , User Group Speaker, and INETA Membership Mentor. He devotes his time to helping promote quality and efficiency in Software Engineering. You can find his blog at http://Hex.LosTechies.com
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Nick Jenkins

Solutions Engineering Mangager, Sprint

Robin Johnson

Chief Information Officer, Dell, Inc.

Robin Johnson serves as Dell's chief information officer (CIO). As CIO, Mr. Johnson's responsibilities span Dell's global information systems and technology infrastructure...
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William R. (Bill) Leake

President & CEO, Apogee Search

Bill Leake, a former McKinsey & Co. consultant, draws on a deep expertise in both business and marketing to help increase revenues for a wide range of clients. He has been driving provable revenues through web marketing since the early 1990s when, as part of the management team at Power Computing, he built the first company to sell $1 million of product over the Internet.
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Chris Lehr

Senior Microsoft Consultant, Co-Founder/CTO

Chris has over 16 years of IT consulting experience with Windows Server, specializing in Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange design, implementation, and migration planning, as well as general networking and security management.
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Jeff Margolese

SE Manager, VMware

Jeff has been a SE manager at VMware since 2005 in the Texas area. Originally managing a team of five SE's over a 14 state region, many changes have been implemented over the years, seeing the introduction of commercial, strategic and enterprise SE's and expanding the Texas based Enterprise SE team to 10 people over the last 4 years.
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Brian Massey

Conversion Scientist, Conversion Sciences

With 15 years of online marketing experience, Brian has championed conversion as the key to online marketing success.
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Bob Melk

Publisher, CIO Magazine

Bob Melk brings more than 20 years' media and technology experience to his role as publisher of CIO...
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Bryan Menell

Editor, AustinStartup

Bryan Menell is an Austin-based entrepreneur that enjoys working with emerging technology companies. He has started several successful technology services businesses including Exact Systems, Perficient, and Fusion Learning Systems.
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Pam O'Neal

Vice President of Marketing, BreakingPoint Systems, Inc.

Pam O'Neal is the Vice President of Marketing for BreakingPoint Systems, a network testing products provider and one of the most visible examples of B2B social media and search marketing success today.
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Clay Olivier

Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Volusion

As Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Clay Olivier oversees Volusion's day-to-day operations and marketing initiatives to ensure consistency with the company's growth and strategic objectives. After experiencing the Volusion e-commerce technology first-hand as a customer, Clay left a successful career at Dell to join founder Kevin Sproles in 2004. Clay is responsible for planning the company's expansion initiatives and driving all integrated sales and marketing programs, which led to the company's 1900% growth from 2005-2008. In addition to his marketing role, Clay directs the execution of all company operations where he is involved with everything from finance to business development.
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Peter Poulin

tive Vice President, Marketing, Hoover's Inc.

Peter Poulin joined Hoover's in July 2008 as Executive Vice President of Marketing. A 25-year high tech veteran, Peter has spent his career building new businesses and turning around underperforming operations. His primary areas of expertise are sales, marketing and general management, where he has had P&L responsibility up to $1.3 billion.
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Jeffrey N. Reich, CISSP, CHS-III, CTM

Director of Research Operations, Institute for Cyber Security, University of Texas at San Antonio

Jeff Reich has developed a history of entering situations where little to no security or risk management infrastructure exists, or an existing system needs updating. He is an executive with extensive experience in building and leading high performance teams.
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Bryan G. Rhoads

Sr. Digital Strategist, Intel Social Media Center of Excellence

Bryan Rhoads is a Digital Strategist for Intel focused on social and emerging media. He currently serves as the curriculum architect...
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Troy Rhodes

Managing Partner, Venti Consulting

Troy Rhodes has over 20 years of experience helping organizations increase their operational efficiency.
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Eric Rivas

Sr. Account Manager, Research in Motion

Simon Salt

CEO & Co-Founder, IncSlingers

Simon Salt is the CEO & Co-Founder of the IncSlingers, an Integrated Marketing Communication agency that provides everything from customer winning copy to actionable Social Media strategies and their execution.
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Sarah Sample

Sr. Account Manager, Telenav

Stephen Savage

Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, CA, Inc.

Stephen Savage is senior vice president and chief information officer at CA, responsible for the company's global IT strategy, IT compliance, international IT organization and infrastructure...
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John Savill

Advisory Architect, EMC Corporation

John Savill , Advisory Architect at EMC, is a ten-time Microsoft MVP, a CISSP, and Security and MS ITP - Server and Enterprise Administrator, and is recognized worldwide for his superior product knowledge and practical skills.
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Robert Sims

President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors, Crossroads

As an international storage and data protection veteran with in-depth engineering expertise, Rob joined Crossroads Systems' development and operations team in 1999. Given his outstanding business acumen, success and leadership, Rob rose quickly to the position of President, CEO and Board member.
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Aaron Sloman

President, CEO, speakTECH

A New Zealand native, Aaron came to the US thirteen years ago after a successful career at the Department of Internal Affairs and Unisys, and later Microsoft Corporation. During his seven years at Microsoft, Aaron served in several senior management teams participating in strategic partnerships and M&A activities.
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Tristan Slominski

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David Smith

Chief Executive Officer, HBMG Inc.

Mr. David Smith joined the HBMG Inc. team as CEO in early 2008. As CEO of HBMG Inc., Mr. Smith is responsible for the global strategic planning...
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Chad Sour

Account Executive, Moroch | PR

Chad Sour's quick on his feet. As a PR guy and Account Executive at Moroch | PR, the job requires it. At the integrated marketing firm based in Dallas, Chad specializes in social media strategies, traditional media outreach, and community and government relations. He has worked with a roster of clients ranging from McDonald's and Travelocity to Nobu Restaurants and The National Osteoporosis Foundation.
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Joe Stocker

IT Director, Catapult Systems

Joe Stocker is the IT Director for Catapult Systems. His responsibilities include all IT related functions: LAN, WAN, Servers, Messaging, Telecommunications, Purchasing, PC Support and Helpdesk. Joe advises company management in IT policy, making or recommending appropriate decisions as consistent with the company's strategic direction.
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Ian Strain-Seymour

Director of Product Development and Strategy, Apogee Search

Ian Strain-Seymour leads Apogee Search's product development team, working to deliver next generation tools for Apogee's teams. He espouses the credo that "he/she/it with the most, and best quality, data wins."
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Jonathan Swartz

Territory Manager, Microsoft

Jonathan Swartz is a Territory Manager for Microsoft in the South Central Area specializing in Server and Core Infrastructure technologies. In his role, Jonathan is responsible for developing and driving engagements in the Mid-Market customer segment and helping grow customer adoption of the Microsoft platform.
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Andy Webb

Co-Founder/CTO, Simpler-Webb

As CTO of Simpler-Webb, Andy maintains strong expertise in Microsoft technologies including Exchange, Windows Server and Active Directory. His experience includes working with some of the largest organizations in the world to solve their IT architecture and operational challenges.
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Nick Weynand

President & Strategy Director, TradeMark Media

Nick Weynand is the founder, president and strategy director for TradeMark Media, an award-winning interactive agency. Nick started the company in 1999 while earning his degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Whurley

Evil Genius, Whurleyvision, Inc.

Hurley, better known in technology circles as whurley, is one of the world's leading authorities on open source, open innovation, and collaboration life-cycle management. Named a Master Inventor by IBM, whurley has received numerous awards, including an IBM Pervasive Computing Award and an Apple Computer Design Award. In 2008, he was named one of the "Top Leaders in Open-Source Business" by LinuxWorld magazine.
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Vern Williams

Senior Program Manager, Advanced Communications Concepts, Inc

Vern Williams, a Senior Program Manager for ACCI and the previously the Director of Operations for ISSA International and a Security Architect for SAIC was added to the ISSA Honor Roll in 2007 and in 2005 was selected as the ISSA 2005 Security Professional of the Year. He has also served as a Security Engineer and Enterprise Consultant with SAIC and is enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Information Assurance at the University of Fairfax
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Bryan Wirth

Sr. Consulting Engineer, On-Site Computer Solutions

A seasoned IT professional, Bryan has both practical, hands on and leadership experience in the IT field. Prior to joining On-Site, Bryan served in IT operations with the US Air Force receiving an honorable discharge. He still maintains a top secret security clearance. After his tour of duty with the Air Force, Bryan ran IT Operations for a large US based training company with over 2,000 employees and 18 locations in the US. Currently, Bryan leads the hosted services practice for On-Site Computer Solutions in Austin, TX.
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