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 Event Series Speaker Lineup Charles C. Burns, Vice President, Research, Saugatuck Technology, Inc.(Cities: Cambridge, Dallas, Chicago, and San Mateo)Charlie Burns has been with Saugatuck Technology since early 2006. As research vice president he focuses on disruptive technologies, including virtualization and Cloud Computing. Charlie has more than 35 years of experience in the IT arena. After 26 years with IBM, where he held positions in sales, product development, and large-systems product marketing, Burns left to join Gartner Group and, later, Giga Information Group to focus on the large-systems market. He subsequently rejoined Gartner to guide relationships with two very large vendor clients. Burns received a BS in computer engineering from Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio.
William C. Lowe, Chief Executive Officer and President, NEPS(City: Chicago)Bill Lowe is known as the “Father of the IBM PC,” having led the team that introduced the product. , By using non-IBM hardware, software, sales, and service, and by documenting IBM’s hardware and software interfaces, Lowe’s team not only created the PC but also the industry that would make contributions to its further development. Subsequently, Lowe went to work for Xerox Corporation, where his team developed Docutech as well as the concept for On-Demand Printing, making Xerox the “Document company.” He then became chairman of Gulfstream Aerospace, where his team created and manufactured the GIV-SP and GV, maintaining Gulfstream's leadership in the “jet set” industry. This spring Lowe published No Nonsense Innovation: Practical Strategies for Success (Morgan James Publishing), which lays out a process for developing innovative growth strategies with reference to the highlights of his own career. Lowe is currently working with Lrn2Innovate, a company seeking to address the failure of our public schools and the digital divide through the use of innovative-systems integration capturing cloud computing in the K-12 marketplace.
Leon A. Kappelman, Professor of Information Systems and Director Emeritus of the Information Systems Research Center, University of North Texas(City: Dallas)Leon A. Kappelman, PhD, is a research scientist, teacher, author, speaker, and consultant dedicated to helping organizations better manage their information, systems, and technology assets. He is director emeritus of the Information Systems Research Center and a professor of information systems in the Information Technology & Decision Sciences Department of the College of Business at the University of North Texas, where he is also a fellow of the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge. Kappelman founded and chairs the Society for Information Management’s Enterprise Architecture Working Group. He assisted the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other public and private organizations with their enterprise architecture (EA) work;has given presentations and written articles about EA; and has testified before the U.S. Congress on technology legislation and IT management practices, including EA. Kappelman has lectured and conducted seminars and workshops on many management, business, and technology topics in North America, Europe, and Asia. His work has been reported in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Week, Newsweek, Dallas Morning News, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, and scores of other newspapers and magazines. He has also appeared on CNN, CNBC, PBS, ABC World News Tonight, as well as on numerous local and regional television and radio stations.
Robert Mahowald, Research Director, On-Demand and SaaS Research, IDC(City: Cambridge)Robert P. Mahowald directs research and consulting in the areas of on-demand computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) for IDC. Mr. Mahowald's writing forecasts these markets, and identifies trends and developments affecting related vendors, technologies, and products. Mr. Mahowald serves as a subject matter expert for various publications and trade journals, such as the Wall Street Journal, USAToday, The New York Times, and Investor's Business Daily, and is a speaker on messaging trends and technology at various industry seminars and conferences such as InternetWorld. Mr. Mahowald has also been a guest on such television programs as CNBC and CNET TV. Prior to his current role, Mr. Mahowald was research director for IDC's Collaborative Computing program, and before joining IDC, Mr. Mahowald was a media analysis officer within the Department of Defense. Mr. Mahowald earned his B.A. from the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, IA., and his M.A. from Wesleyan University, in Middletown, CT.
Miko Matsumura, Vice President and Chief Strategist, Software AG(City: San Mateo)As vice president and chief strategist at Software AG, Miko Matsumura is responsible for the company’s technology strategy. He has 12 years of experience in Enterprise Software and Middleware technologies. Prior to his current role, Matsumura served as vice president of SOA product marketing at webMethods and vice president of worldwide marketing at Infravio. He emerged as an industry thought leader while at the Middleware Company, where he was a co-creator responsible for building the partner program for SOA Blueprints, the first complete vendor-neutral specification of a SOA. This program formed the basis of the SOA Adoption Blueprints Technical Committee at OASIS, an international standards organization. Matsumura is the founder and organizer of the SOA Link Interoperability Initiative. He is also the author of SOA Adoption for Dummies, published by John Wiley and Sons. Prior to his work in the SOA space, he was chief java evangelist at Sun Microsystems, focused on ISV relations and technology-platform marketing. He has worked extensively with software startup companies, raising more than $12 million in capital for Java startups. Matsumura holds an MBA from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree in neuroscience from Yale University.
Jason Pontin, Editor in Chief and Publisher, Technology Review(Cities: Cambridge, Dallas, Chicago, and San Mateo)As editor in chief, Jason Pontin is responsible for the editorial direction of the award-winning magazine Technology Review and TechnologyReview.com. Pontin took on the role of publisher in September 2005, overseeing all aspects of the company’s growth strategy, which includes a rapidly expanding website, specialty e-newsletters, an aggressive international expansion, and signature events such as the annual Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT. From 1996 to 2002, Pontin was the editor of the technology-business magazine Red Herring. Most recently, he was editor in chief of the Acumen Journal, covering the business, economic, and policy implications of discoveries in biotechnology and the life sciences. He has written for many national and international publications, including the New York Times, the Economist, the Financial Times, Wired, and The Believer. He is a frequent guest on television and radio outlets, including ABC News, CNN, and National Public Radio.
Sean Poulley, Vice President, Online Collaboration Services, Lotus Software, IBM(Cities: Cambridge, Dallas, Chicago, and San Mateo)Sean Poulley is the vice president of the Online Collaboration Services business unit for the Lotus software division in IBM. Poulley leads the sales, design, development, and delivery of software-as-a-service offerings for the IBM LotusLive services. In the Lotus Software division, Poulley had responsibility for the Strategy and Business Development groups overseeing strategic alliances and driving the overall strategy for the division. He also had specific channel responsibility for Global Independent Software Vendors and Global Systems Integrators. In previous roles, he held similar responsibilities for the Websphere brand specifically focused on Websphere Business Integration. Prior to joining IBM in January 2002, Poulley held various positions with independent software vendors dating back to 1994. At CrossWorlds, an integration software vendor, he was responsible for the successful launch of that entity in Northern Europe before assuming responsibility for alliances and channel strategy worldwide as vice president of business development. CrossWorlds was acquired by IBM. Before working with CrossWorlds, he held various sales roles at Systems Software Associates, an ERP application software vendor, and at IBM UK, where he started his career in the IT industry in 1988. Poulley holds a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham in the UK.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Visiting Lecturer, MIT(City: Cambridge)Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger is chairman emeritus of the IBM Academy of Technology, a position he assumed in May of 2007 when he retired from IBM after 37 years of service. As vice president of technical strategy and innovation, he was responsible for identifying emerging technologies and marketplace developments critical to the future of the IT industry, and organizing appropriate activities both within and outside of IBM in order to capitalize on them. Wladawsky-Berger is visiting lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Engineering Systems Division, adjunct professor in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group at the Imperial College Business School, and senior fellow at the Levin Institute of the State University of New York. In March of 2008 he joined Citigroup as strategic advisor, helping with innovation and technology initiatives across the company. Wladawsky-Berger received an MS and a Ph D in physics from the University of Chicago. http://www.technologyreview.com/navigatingthecloud/
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