Speaker Bios

Lisa Adatto

Oregon Director, Climate Solutions

Lisa Adatto is a business professional with over 25 years experience. She was a founder, owner and senior executive of a company that grew from zero to $100 million in annual revenue.
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Tom Atwood

Chip Multi Threading, Sun

Dietrich Ayala

Firefox Developer, Mozilla Corporation

Dietrich Ayala started working with technology when he realized that being a professional chef made him love food less, and was hell on the knees. His first website was barbiecake.com, an animated site promoting his cake creations, which lasted only a few short weeks before Mattel's cease-and-desist letter showed up.
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Rich Bader

President and Chief Executive Officer, EasyStreet Online Services

Rich and his team at EasyStreet have built Oregon's largest independent Internet and IT services provider by focusing on the needs of local businesses and delivering reliable service day in and day out.
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Scott Ballantyne

Former VP & General Manager, Personal Systems Group, Hewlett Packard

Scott S. Ballantyne has spent the last 20 years leading international high-technology branding, marketing and business teams with some of the world's largest and most successful corporations in various product categories.
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Ann Bamesberger

Vice President of Open Work Service Group, Sun Microsystems

Brent Barton

CTO & Managing Consultant, Solutions IQ

Brent Barton is the CTO and Managing Consultant at Solutions IQ, where he plays a key role in implementing the strategic vision of an Agile organization. He is also highly regarded as a Certified Scrum Trainer and is recognized as an international leader in Agile consulting.
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Aaron Berg

Founder and Principal, Blue Tree Strategies

Aaron Berg is Founder and Principal of Blue Tree Strategies located in Portland. Blue Tree offers consulting services on; carbon management, strategic planning, renewable energy project finance, and marketing/communications as they relate to sustainability. Prior to founding Blue Tree Aaron was a Tax Accountant at Perkins & Co, a Commercial Lender with ShoreBank Enterprise, Book Reviewer and Financial Manager of Sustainable Industries Magazine and entrepreneur in a few ventures that are not worth mentioning here.
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Steven Blaine

Automation Engineer, Green Building, CH2M Hill

Steve Blaine is a member of CH2M HILL's instrumentation and controls department with 30 years of engineering experience on projects all around the world.
He has designed and programmed control systems for steel foundries, power plants, semiconductor facilities, water/wastewater plants, computer data centers and many types of automated machines.
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Jane Boulware

General Manager, Windows Client, US Business and Marketing Organization, Microsoft

As General Manager of the Windows Client business, Jane is responsible for Windows revenue performance as well as the long-term success of the Windows business within the US sales and marketing subsidiary.
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Dylan Boyd

Vice President of Sales & Strategy, eROI, Inc.

Dylan leads business development and strategy in both online and traditional environments for clients of eROI. He has helped to build and grow internet presence strategy for both retail, corporate and web-only customers.
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Deborah Bryant

GOSCON Director & Public Sector Communities Manager, Oregon State University, Open Source Lab

Deborah Bryant brings twenty years management experience in information technology including both private and public sectors.
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Ron Buel

President and Chief Executive Officer, Donavon Mobile Solutions

Ron is a seasoned veteran of start-up businesses. Most recently he served as CEO of Morgan Connector Corp. Prior to that Ron spent 13 years at Nike, where he rose to the position of Director of Business and Strategic Planning, directly responsible to Nike�s President. In 1974 he founded Willamette Week, Portland�s renowned, Pulitzer Prize-winning alternative weekly newspaper, which Ron edited and published for eight years. Ron is active in local and state affairs and has served on many community boards including, Tri-Met and Human Solutions.
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Carri Bugbee

, Big Deal PR

Mike Caplan

Director of Client Services, Ascentium

Jennifer Cloer

, PageOne PR

Cloer has managed PR for start-ups, government, non-profit and consumer organizations, as well publicly-held Tektronix, an international high-tech company, where she led PR for business lines with revenues of more than $800 million. Cloer has launched multiple new products, developed brand identities in a variety of market segments, and worked with press and analysts in industry forums that include 3GSM World Congress, CTIA, Expo Comm, NAB and many others. A former legislative aide, she holds a BA in journalism from the University of Oregon.
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Peter Coffee

Director of Platform Research, Salesforce.com

Peter Coffee works with corporate and commercial application developers to build a community based on Force.com: the salesforce.com Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). He has led technical workshops and delivered conference keynote speeches in England, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Australia, Singapore, India and China as well as throughout the U.S.
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John Cooney

Senior Marketing Manager, Intel

Malcolm Costello

Senior VP, Marketing & Strategic Relations, Kryptiq Corp

Malcolm Costello is Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Relations for Kryptiq Corp. Malcolm has over 25 years' experience in high technology software development and delivery, including more than 15 years in the healthcare sector. He was VP of Clinical Applications Marketing at MedicaLogic/Medscape and held senior positions within both product development and marketing throughout MedicaLogic�s history. Prior to joining Kryptiq, he was the Marketing Manager for the Physician Office Business at GE Healthcare. He currently serves on the Interoperability Expert Panel for CCHIT.
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Chris Dawson

Founder and CEO, Box Populi

Chris Dawson began working at the dawn of the Internet age at Claris, a subsidiary of Apple. He then worked for RealNetworks and later Virage, a pioneering video analysis software company. In 2003 he co-founded Webcast in a Box (now Box Populi). Chris is a consummate entrepreneur, having started several other companies, including ByTravelers, Action Genie, and Spirited Venture
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Neal Dikeman

CEO, CarbonFlow

Chairman and CEO of CarbonFlow, Neal has been one of the founding partners of Jane Capital Partners LLC, an energy and technology merchant bank whose clients have included the technology arms of multinational energy companies.
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Dan Divens

Website and Community Manager, Tripwire, Inc.

Dan joined Tripwire in 2008 and manages Tripwire.com, vWire.com and their user communities drawing on his 14 years as a web strategist, designer, developer and IT manager in online media.
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Joshua Drake

President, United States PostreSQL and Co-founder, Command Prompt, Inc.

Joshua D. Drake is a PostgreSQL.Org major contributor and Open Source
Advocate. He splits his time between running Command Prompt, Inc. a
PostgreSQL consultancy, the PostgreSQL Community and being a Director on
two nonprofits: Software in the Public Interest and United States (PgUS)
PostgreSQL.
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John Dunn

Division Director, Healthcare Applications, Information Technology Group, OHSU

Lori Duvall

Corporate Sustainability Manager, Sun

As Corporate Sustainability Manager at Sun, Lori Duvall drives initiatives both outside and inside the company focused on enhancing Sun's reputation as a leader in environmentally responsible business.
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Janelle Etchepare

GM of Portland, Clearwire

Dave Evans

, Digital Voodoo

Kelly Feller

Social Media Strategist, Intel's Social Media Center of Excellence

After having been in "traditional" marketing roles for the last 15 years, Kelly Ripley Feller is now a social media addict and outspoken (read "loud") proponent of change and marketing evolution. She has marketed everything from organic foods and senior housing to infrared thermometers and computer software & hardware.
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Russ Finney

Vice President & CIO, Tokyo Electron US Holdings

Russ Finney has spent twelve years as the Vice President & CIO of the US operations of Tokyo Electron, one of the world's largest semiconductor production equipment manufacturers. Russ currently serves on the high tech advisory board of the Austin Chamber of Commerce's AusTech Alliance. He has also served on the board of the Austin Technology Council.
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Tom Ford

Server Solution Specialist, Microsoft

Tom is currently a Server Solution Specialist in Microsoft Pacwest responsible for evangelizing Windows Server, SQL Server, System Center and Forefront solutions.
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Pete Forsyth

Lead Community Manager, Dreamfish

Pete Forsyth is Lead Community Manager for Dreamfish, a global coworking network for micro-entrepreneurs. He is also a founding member of WikiProject Oregon, which supports volunteer-based improvement of Oregon-related content on Wikipedia and other web sites; and of the Oregon Transparency Taskforce.
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Dawn Foster

Online Community Consultant, Fast Wonder

Dawn Foster is a consultant, community manager, event organizer, blogger, podcaster, technology enthusiast and business professional. She provides consulting services for companies wanting to engage with online communities and has more than 13 years of experience in business and technology with expertise in strategic planning, management, market research, social media, blogging, podcasting, rss, community building, web 2.0, and open source software.
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Elia Freedman

CEO, Infinity Softworks

Elia Freedman in CEO of Infinity Softworks and a former Advisor at OTBC, a start-up incubator in Beaverton, Oregon. Elia started Infinity Softworks in 1997 as a senior in college, combining my business training and programming ability.
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Steve Gehlen

Founder and Executive Director, Internet Strategy Forum

Steve Gehlen is the Founder and Executive Director of the Internet Strategy Forum, a national professional association for corporate Internet executives. During a 12+ year career as a corporate Internet executive he led Internet strategy and implementation while working at Nike, Hollywood Entertainment Corp., Digimarc and Oregon Health & Science University.
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Bernard Golden

Chief Executive Officer, HyperStratus

Bernard Golden has over twenty years experience in the technology field, having worked in global consultancies, enterprise software companies, and large IT organizations. Today he is CEO of HyperStratus, a virtualization and cloud computing consulting firm.
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Pam Gottieb

Regional Director, PAETEC

Pam Gottlieb is Regional Director for PAETEC, she opened the new branch last summer. Today she focuses on all service, sales and operating activities for the Oregon market. Prior to opening the PAETEC office Pam spent seven years with Eschelon Telecom in sales management.
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Jason Grigsby

Mobile Specialist, Co-Founder, Cloud Four

Jason Grigsby was one of the project leads on the Obama iPhone
Application and helped design the user inferface for the Wall Street
Journal's Blackberry application. He founded and organizes Mobile
Portland, a local mobile development user group.
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Jon Haas

Director Eco-Technologies, Intel

Bridgett Haggerty

Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)

Bridget Haggerty, MBA, MSEM is Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. Bridget has worked in OHSU's Information Technology Department since 1999 and has had a key role in implementing and managing their Oracle ERP applications...
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Jeff Hammarlund

Adjunct Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Portland State University

Jeff Hammarlund is an adjunct associate professor and senior research fellow at Portland State University�s College of Urban and Public Affairs, and the president of Northwest Energy and Environmental Strategies. He is currently co-teaching a graduate seminar at PSU called Designing the Smart Grid for Sustainable Communities.
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Scott Hanselman

Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

My name is Scott Hanselman. I work out of my home office for Microsoft as a Principal Program Manager, aiming to spread good information about developing software, usually on the Microsoft stack. Before this I was the Chief Architect at Corillian Corporation, now a part of Checkfree, for 6+ years. I was also involved in a few Microsoft Developer things for many years like the MVP and RD programs and I'll speak about computers (and other passions) whenever someone will listen.
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Rahaf Harfoush

New Media Strategist, Member of Obama's Social Media Team, & Associate Director of the Global Cooperation Initiative at the World Economic Forum

Rahaf Harfoush is an expert on technology's impact on business, education, and government. In 2008, she was a part of the Obama campaign's social media team, at its headquarters in Chicago.
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Jason Harris

, Tech Craver

Jason Harris is a mobile technologist and independent journalist. A mobile industry analyst, Jason has experience with most major mobile platforms including Nokia/Symbian, RIM/Blackberry, Apple, and Windows Mobile.
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Robert Harvey

Senior Security Consulting, IOActive

Robert Harvey is a privacy expert who has been involved in more than 1000 penetration tests and written innumerable threat models. As a senior security consultant at IOActive, he performs security review and penetration testing for clients in a variety of industries, including software development, financial services, healthcare, high-tech, education, government, and other mid-size and Fortune 500 companies. Harvey has extensive experience in risk management and is currently developing a tool to more easily communicate the results of threat modeling, as well as a methodology to improve and expand the building of threat models in general. He has helped many clients achieve compliance with regulations such as SOX and HIPPA.
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Sandy Hawke

CISSP, Director of Product Marketing, BigFix

With over twelve years of information security experience in various technical sales, consulting, and product marketing roles, Sandy drives BigFix's product marketing strategy. Over the past year, she's presented on Green IT and Power Management at various events and conferences - sharing how BigFix software reduces costs, power usage and carbon emissions for organizations across verticals and around the world. Before joining BigFix, she held senior product marketing responsibilities at Blue Coat Systems, Vormetric, Nevis Networks and SenSage.
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Scott Heath

Business Development, HP

Scott Hendison

CEO, SearchCommander

Scott Hendison is an SEO expert, and the CEO of Search Commander. He is a former Portland computer store retailer that built a Portland computer repair business through Pay Per Click and organic search engine optimization. In 2003, he started focusing exclusively on internet marketing, and today serves the needs of clients in 5 countries, who find him on the front page of most search engines for "internet consultant" and related phrases.
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Chris Higgins

Lead Developer, Night & Day Studios

Chris Higgins (of Night & Day Studios) has developed eight commercial apps currently in the iPhone App Store, including the popular PEEKABOO BARN (top 5 kids games) and BIG FAT LIES (top 10 trivia games). He also writes historical fiction for kids and trivia for mental_floss magazine.
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Ken Hines

, iCooper

William Holmes

Partner and Chair of the Energy and Telecommunications Practice, Stoel Rives

Bill Holmes concentrates his practice in the area of energy law, with a special emphasis on wind, geothermal, biomass, solar, tidal and ocean power, and other forms of renewable energy. He also has extensive experience with real estate law, water law, and general corporate transactions. Bill has been selected to be included in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in Energy Law and Environmental Law. Bill is the head of the nationally - recognized Renewable Energy Initiative at Stoel Rives.
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Jerry Humes, CGEIT, CIPP

IT Executive Director, Rentrak Corporation

George Illig

, Tandberg

Brian Jaminson

Co-Founder and CEO, Open Sourcery

Brian is a seasoned entrepreneur with many technology-related companies to his credit. He has worked with Linux, open source, and the Internet professionally since 1995. Brian serves on the board of the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) and as President of the Portland Open Source Software Entrepreneurs (POSSE).
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Hallie Janssen

Account Director, Anvil Media, Inc.

Janssen has been customizing Internet marketing strategies for search engine optimization and promotion, directory listings, pay per click media planning and management, public relations support, and link popularity solutions for site launches and redesigns alike.
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Steve Jennings

Chief Marketing Officer, BPL Global

James Keller

VP Strategy, Small Society

James Keller is a digital communications strategist and user experience evangelist. Before joining Small Society, James Keller was at Wieden+Kennedy helping the Portland office align client business goals and brand experiences with emerging technologies.
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David Kenney

President and Executive Director, Oregon BEST

David Kenney is the President and Executive Director of the Oregon Built Environment & Sustainable Technologies Center (Oregon BEST), a university-industry collaboration focused on growing and utilizing Oregon's research capabilities in green building and renewable energy to support economic growth in the state.
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Lance Kidd

CIO, Halton Co.

Marshall Kirkpatrick

VP of Content Development and Lead Blogger, ReadWriteWeb

Michael Kirshner, DDS, MPH

Program Director Health Informatics, Oregon Institute of Technology

Deb Kohler

Director, Solid Ink Sustainability, Xerox

Deb Koehler is Director of Sustainability for all current and future Solid Ink products. Deb has been with Xerox Solid Ink Product Development for the past 6 years, developing printhead and printer technologies. She graduated from California State University, Chico in 1993 with BS degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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Jake Kuramoto

Product Strategy Director, Oracle

Jake Kuramoto is a Product Strategy Director at Oracle, working on a small team called AppsLab whose purpose is to investigate new technologies and trends, kick the tires and mold them into product. He has been in software development in one form or another for 13 years
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Kieran Lal

Community Guide, Acquia

Kieran earned his nickname, Amazon, by following a dream that he was biking through the Amazon river basin. That spirit of adventure continues in his multiple roles within the Drupal community today. He enjoys hiking, wine, and his wife Denise's gourmet vegan cuisine in San Francisco.
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Diana Larsen

Principal Consultant, FutureWorks Consulting LLC

Diana Larsen chairs the Agile Alliance board of directors. As a principal consultant at FutureWorks Consulting LLC, she sparks the creation of workplaces that propel frequent delivery of high value working software. Diana co-authored Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great! and co-founded the annual "Agile Open Northwest" conference.
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Corbin Lester

Program Development for Efficient DataCenter Initiative, Energy Trust of Oregon

Corban Lester develops conservation initiatives for Energy Trust of Oregon, a public-purpose organization dedicated to energy efficiency and renewable energy generation. He currently leads the Efficient Data Center initiative for the Existing Buildings program, which provides financial incentives and technical expertise for retrofitting existing critical facilities.
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Kent Lewis

President, Anvil Media, Inc.

With a background in integrated marketing, Lewis left a public relations agency in 1996 to start his search engine marketing career.
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Ben Lloyd

President, Amplify Interactive

Ben Lloyd, President of Amplify Interactive, started his internet marketing experience in 1999 Shortly thereafter, he took that experience to internet marketing pioneer Wave Rock Communications where he honed his skills at improving Web site visibility and generating sales for his clients. Ben later moved on to The Young & Roehr Group as supervisor of the Internet marketing group. In 2003, Ben moved on to form his own search engine marketing company, Amplify Interactive.
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Jay Lyman

Analyst, Enterprise Software, The 451 Group

Jay covers open source software for The 451 Group, focusing on Linux operating systems and distributors, virtualization, databases and other free and open source software created by communities and used by enterprise organizations.
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Jon Maroney

SVP, Mobile Publishing Platform, Handmark

Jon Maroney is one of the founders of Portland based FreeRange Communications, a leading technology company focused on making Internet content useful for people on mobile phones.
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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. He has developed personas for dozens of companies, helping them craft online strategies that engage their most valuable visitors. Brian is the author of the The Conversion Scientist blog at www.conversionscientist.com.

Tisson Mathew

Chief Executive Officer, Aivea

Tisson Mathew is responsible for setting Aivea�s overall strategic direction and vision. He has over 12 years of information technology research, development and management experience. Prior to his involvement with Aivea, He spent 7 years with Intel Corporation as a Research Scientist and Program Manager in their enterprise platforms group and corporate technology group.
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Harvey Matthews

Former President, Software Association of Oregon

Jason Mauer

Senior Developer Evangelist, Microsoft

Patrick Mazza

Research Director, Climate Solutions

Patrick Mazza is Research Director for Climate Solutions, http://www.climatesolutions.org, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization working to accelerate low-carbon technologies. Mazza has been writing on emerging energy systems including the smart grid for a number of years. Key papers include The Smart Energy Network: Electricity's Third Great Revolution; Powering Up the Smart Grid, and Carrying the Energy Future: Comparing Hydrogen and Electricity for Transmission, Storage and Transportation. Mazza is currently engaged in efforts to promote model deployments of new energy systems linking smart grids, green intelligent buildings and plug-in vehicles. See http://www.newenergynexus.org.
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Michael Meehan

President & CEO, CarbonNetworks

Michael's professional history spans more than a decade in software, including product management, marketing, and technology development. Prior to joining Carbonetworks Michael held senior positions in systems management and software service vendors in the USA and Canada.
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David Mihm

Director & COO, GetListed.org

David Mihm is Director and COO of GetListed.org, an online resource that helps businesses of all sizes claim and enhance their listings at major search engines.
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Kyle A. Miller, CISSP

Information Security Officer, Department of Human Services &, President, ISSA - Portland Chapter

Kyle E. Miller, CISSP, has been working to ensure the availability, integrity and confidentiality of information to numerous businesses and government organizations for 28 years.
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Christopher Mines

Sr. VP focused on Green IT, Forrester Research

Chris works with strategists and marketers at global technology suppliers, illuminating enterprise requirements for more sustainable computing operations, and helping them design, market, and position hardware, software, and services to meet those enterprise requirements.
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Ben Muller

Business Intelligence Practice Manager, CSG Professional Services

Ben Muller, Business Intelligence Practice Manager at CSG Professional Services, is a seasoned Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing project leader, architect, and speaker.
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Stephanie Munoz

, The Oregon Medical Association

Sean Odom

Senior Network Engineer, 24x7 I.T. Solutions

Sean Odom is a well known technical speaker and instructor who brings 18 years of technical experience to clients throughout Oregon. He is the author of 24 networking, operating systems, and network security books for Cisco and Microsoft.
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Jeff Omelchuck

EPEAT Executive Director, Green Electronics Council

Jeff manages GEC and EPEAT.
Prior to founding GEC in 2005 Jeff started and managed a consulting practice focused on helping organizations develop effective quality and environmental management systems and achieve certification to ISO 9001 and 14001.
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Dean Oswald

VP & General Manager, MSI Systems Integrators

Don Park

Android Develope,

Don Park is a Portland area mobile software developer, with a focus on the Android mobile operating system. His six-month project, called IceCondor, uses RSS feeds from location services to make a map overlay that show where and what is happening around the city. Don organizes the monthly Android developer meeting in Portland, started in the Spring of 2008 - before the first handset was on sale.
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Eric Peterson

Chief Executive Officer & Principal Consultant, Web Analytics Demystified, Inc.

Eric T. Peterson is the founder of Web Analytics Demystified and has worked in web analytics for over 10 years as a practitioner, consultant, and analyst. He is the author of three best-selling web analytics books, Web Analytics Demystified, Web Site Measurement Hacks, and The Big Book of Key Performance Indicators, and one of the most widely read web analytics writers at www.webanalyticsdemystified.com. Mr. Peterson is currently building a strategic web analytics consulting practice to provide guidance to companies working to maximize the return from their investment in web analytics.

Vance Peterson

Territory Manager, APC, Schneider Electric Company

Vance has 25 years of experience in data center design and employment. He has been with APC for 5 years, first as a Sales Engineer and presently as a Territory Account Manager in the Pacific Northwest.
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Michael Poorman

Sr. Account Manager, EMC

Michael Poorman has spent the bulk of his fifteen year IT career focused on improving Internet Data Center performance and efficiency. Michael has worked with industry leaders US Robotics, Cisco, Packeteer, Infolibria, American Power Conversion and EMC.
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Gail Rahn Fredrick

, Medio Systems

Mark Rezensoff

Technology Consultant, Right Systems

Mark Rezansoff is a technology consultant and a true geek who stays current on new trends and technologies. He started working with application virtualization in 1999 and in 2002 he started working with server virtualization. He now works with all aspects of virtualization: server, storage and desktop virtualization. He has been a consultant with Right Systems for the past three and half years, and enjoys helping companies by applying what he knows about technology to help find the right solution to their problem.
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James Rice

Creatve Director, Ascentium

John Richardson

Senior Vice President of Services, Incentra

Incentra's Senior Vice President of Services, John Richardson, has over 25 years of experience in information technology services, working for companies as large as Sprint and Siemens and as small as locally-based systems integrators and software developers.
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Joel Robnett

, Data Domain

Richard G. Rosen

President & CEO, ROSEN

Richard Rosen is a world-renowned expert on convergence marketing and advertising.
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Craig Schiller

Chief Information Security Officer, Portland State University

Craig Schiller serves as Chief Information Security Officer of Portland State University, and as the President of Hawkeye Security Training, LLC.
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Neal Schilling

VP Business Development, VideoPresense

Neil Schilling is CoFounder and TelePresence evangelist for VideoPresence, Inc. Mr. Schilling works closely with public and private organizations seeking low bandwidth-high performance telepresence video systems to deliver the Triple Bottom Line. VideoPresence is a privately held company based out of Portland, Oregon.
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Kent Schnepp

Co-Founder and Vice President of Strategy, EngineWorks, Inc.

As Vice President of Strategy at EngineWorks, Inc., a Portland-based professional search marketing company specializing in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Paid Search Marketing, and Social Media Marketing (SMM), Kent Schnepp is responsible for designing and improving systems to deliver the Company's world-class services to online commercial entities and interactive media agencies.
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Andy Schroder

Director, NorthWest RCFL Office

Steven Schroedl

President, Verilan and Chime Software

Dr. Eugene Schultz, CISM, CISSP

Chief Technology Officer, magined Security

Dr. Eugene Schultz, CISM, CISSP, is the Chief Technology Officer at Emagined Security, an information security consultancy based in San Carlos, California.
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Tom Sedory

IT Director of Corporate Responsibility, Nike

For 15 years, Tom has been a part of Nike, leading software research and development for all areas of Nike's "front of the house" including Sales, Retail, Product Creation, and Brand Marketing. Tom's passion for the environment drove him to volunteer time to work with Nike's Corporate Responsibility teams and Facilities to look for IT solutions to environmental challenges.
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Dave Shanley

Founder, Nixwire

Dave Shanley has developed and deployed mobile solutions for Global 500 enterprises since 2000. For the past 5 years, he has lead the eployment of maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) solutions for the Utilities Industry (Oil, Gas, Power) on 3 continents. Most recently, Dave founded Nixwire in order to expand enterprise-class mobile offerings into the small and medium business market
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Mounir Shita

Founder, GoLife Mobile

Mounir Shita is the founder and Chief Innovation Officer at GoLife Mobile. At GoLife Mobile he developed a unique patent-pending lifestyle application platform concept with a unique built-in business model. In this position he interacts with developers and entrepreneurs around the globe to assist in defining and creating innovative lifestyle products.
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Jim Shore

Agile Thought Leader, Author

James Shore is a thought leader in the Agile software development community. He consults with development teams worldwide to help them achieve high throughput, market focus, productivity, and quality.
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David Shute M.D.

, Greenfield Health

David Silverman

Finance & Operations at Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel

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, product
development, and business execution leading the organization to double digit growth.
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Ken Smith

Director, Information Technology, Robinson Construction Co.

Ken has over 15 years experience in the information technology field. He is currently employed as the Director of IT for Robinson Construction Co. His responsibilities include managing the day to day operations of the company network, as well as defining and aligning IT strategy with business goals.
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Ann Swenson

Senior Marketing Manager, Cisco / Webex

Jan Sysmans

, Cisco / Webex

Dick Taylor M.D.

Chief Medical Information Officer, Providence Oregon Health & Services

Tim Towell

GM of Device Engineering, Clearwire

Mark Trexler

Director of Climate Strategies and Markets, DNV Consulting

Rick Turoczy

Writer, Silicon Florist

Scott Urbatcsh

Director of IT, Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc.

Scott Urbatsch has worked in the IT industry for over twenty years. While studying computer science as an undergrad, back in the days of mainframes, he found himself supervising the student computer lab. He trained adults in computer use and applications in Malawi (so he knows a lot about how dust can affect a computer). Scott has help desk and network supervisory experience.
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Ben Waldron

, Pollinate Media

Jim Wasko

Program Director, Cloud Computing

Mr. Wasko is Program Director for Cloud Computing development for IBM's Systems and Technology Group. His team is working on evolving technology for the corporate data center.
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Ken Westin

, GadgetTrak

Lisa Williams

Owner, MEDIA forte marketing

Lisa Williams is a 12-year web marketing veteran. Her clients include Fortune 500 as well as small to mid sized companies. Areas of expertise include content development, website usability, search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM). Lisa is on the SEMpdx (Search Engine Marketing Professionals of Portland Oregon) Board of Directors as their Marketing/Membership Chair . MEDIA forte marketing has been featured in Kiplinger Magazine, Glamour Magazine, The Boston Globe and The Oregonian. Lisa is also a search marketing industry speaker for SMX (Search Marketing Expo), SAO (Software Association of Oregon), SearchFest, Portland State University Internet Marketing Conference and Search Engine Academy of Oregon
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Richard Wunderlich

VP Business Development Energy, Information Systems, Siemens

Raven Zachary

iPhone Strategy & Product Development, Small Society

Raven Zachary is an iPhone advisor who works with investors, startups, and established companies on iPhone strategy and product development. He has directed the launch of two 'Top 20' iPhone applications - Obama '08 for Obama for America and Nearby for Platial. Raven is the founder of iPhoneDevCamp, a not-for-proft iPhone developer conference.
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