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SPEAKERS Below are photos and biographies for many of our expert speakers for the Content Technologies Conference. Speaker biographies for the Enterprise DRM Conference are here. Additional speaker bios will be added as we receive them. Scott Abel
Scott Abel is a technical writing specialist and content management strategist whose strengths lie in helping organizations improve the way they author, maintain, publish, and archive their information assets. Scott's website, TheContentWrangler.com, is a popular resource for writers, editors and publishers interested in making the move to content management. Scott is a founding member of Content Management Professionals (CM Pros) and currently serves as director of marketing for the organization. Scott is an active member in the Society for Technical Communication (STC), where he focuses on educating members of STC Special Interest Groups about the role of technical communicators in content management. Speaking in: Improving the Effectiveness of Business Blogs Rahel Anne Bailie
Rahel Anne Bailie is a managing partner of Strategy A Consulting Group, a multi-disciplinary consultancy, and president of Intentional Design, a content management consultancy focusing on requirements and content analysis for small- to medium-sized organizations. Rahel comes from a technical communication background, where her relentless drive to improve content performance drove her to content management. She is active in Content Management Professionals Association (CM Pros), a founder of the Canada West CM Pros chapter, and other key industry affiliations including the Information Architecture Institute, Usability Professionals’ Association, IEEE Professional Communications Society, and Society for Technical Communication. Speaking in: What to Watch Out for When Starting a New CMS Projec Sean Barnes Barger
With 17 years of management, engineering and production experience in the software industry, Mr. Barger is the visionary behind Equilibrium's next-generation Automated Media Processing Solutions (AMPS) including the DeBabelizer and MediaRich product lines for the desktop, workgroup and enterprise markets. As the founder of Equilibrium Technologies, Inc. (1989), Mr. Barger pioneered the product development, global distribution, and strategic partnerships for the award-winning DeBabelizer and MediaRich Dynamic Media Processing Platform before selling his company to CMGI, Inc. in 2000. After leaving Equilibrium in 2001, Barger established an executive consultancy where he was responsible for the turnaround of a $120M Pan-European software distribution company and raised multiple rounds of financing for his clients. Prior to founding Equilibrium, Barger produced over 55 entertainment software titles including the legendary "Tetris" game, Capcom's "NFL Football," Bo Jackson's Baseball & Football and The Hanna-Barbara Series. For more information, please visit www.equilibrium.com. Speaking in: Considerations in Managing Rich Media Thierry Barsalou
Dr. Thierry Barsalou is Chief Information Officer for Ipsen, a European pharmaceutical group. As CIO, Thierry has global responsibility over Information Technology, Competitive Intelligence and Information Services. Thierry brings 25 years of experience in the technology and healthcare industries alternating between successful start-ups and varied positions at large companies such as IBM and Novartis. Thierry holds an MD degree from University of Paris, France, and a PhD in Medical Information Sciences from Stanford University. Speaking in: Business Case for Enterprise Blogs David Bean 
David Bean is the son of a high school English teacher and grew up with an interest in linguistics and technology. He co-founded Attensity Corporation in January 2000, and is currently its chief technology officer and vice president of engineering. Before Attensity, he was an IS director and consultant in the healthcare industry. Dr. Bean has also been a research assistant and guest lecturer in engineering and linguistics departments. He is the inventor on eight pending U.S. software patents. David received a B.A. degree in French and Arabic from the University of Utah, an M.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona, and a doctorate in computer science from the University of Utah. Dr. Bean has spoken at several industry conferences, including the Text Mining Summit, the Intelligence Tools, Data Mining, & Visualization (IDV) Conference, and the University of UtahÕs Symposium on Transforming Knowledge into Products.
Garry Beaty
Twenty-five years as Senior Executive of Information Technology for two leading retail chains and most recently as Chief Information Officer for the City of Boise, Idaho, Beaty has continuously focused on improving productivity, enhancing visibility to data and information and improving the bottom line. He has served as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to C level executives while identifying, defining, designing and implementing key initiatives and solutions through the application of technology. At the City of Boise, Beaty embarked on an enterprise-wide information technology strategic plan and it soon became apparent that while the city web site was robust with information it was ripe to serve the citizenry better with on-line transactions. Several initiatives emerged; a content management solution, a citizen relationship management system and components of electronic government. All are on the top of the priority list for the city in its three-year IT Plan. Beaty has been an active participant in every community in which he has resided playing active roles in Goodwills of Northern and Southern California, various Credit Unions, local community colleges and various charity organizations. Beaty resides in Boise, Idaho with his wife and two dogs; with three daughters living in New York, Oklahoma and Texas. Speaking in: Introducing CM Technology from IT's Perspective Steve Bond
Steve has been managing Content Management Engineering team @AOL for 7 years.One of pioneers and content management strategists at AOL whose strengths lie in helping organization improve the way they Ingest, maintain, publish at close to real time, and archive their information assets. Steve and his team work with various technology and product teams at AOL and Time Warner on building state of the art Content Management Solutions. Steve is a firm believer in bridging the gap between pure science of technological innovation and dynamic business needs by improving communications between technology and Business organizations. Speaking in: Experiences Implementing Large CM Projects Rod Boothby
Rod Boothby is a Manager in the Financial Services Advisory (FSA) Practice of Ernst & Young LLP in San Francisco. Rod has a Masters in Economics and 9 years of experience in capital markets working with financial derivatives, risk management, and system development. Rod was with Wells Fargo Bank for more than 4 ½ years. At EY Rod focuses on helping clients deal with issues related to capital markets, credit derivatives, organizational design, strategy, technology infrastructure, vendor selection and trading system build out. Rod is currently leading an effort to build an internal enterprise blogging system within EY. Rod is the author of two white papers on enterprise blogging: The next phase in productivity tools: Web Office - Feb 2006 and Turing Knowledge Managers into Innovation Creators - Oct 2005. You can find copies of the papers at Rod's blog: www.innovationcreators.com Speaking in: The Business Case for Enterprise Blogs & Wikis Thaddeus Bouchard
An 18-year veteran of the software industry, Thaddeus Bouchard is responsible for directing all aspects of technology, system development and strategic partner alliances. He brings extensive systems development expertise along with a wealth of project management experience. Bouchard joined Omtool in 1998 as Director of Product Management and was quickly elevated to Vice President of Products in 1999 and has held the position of Chief Technology Officer since 2001. Previously, Bouchard was founder and CEO of NetValu Corporation, an Web-based business providing technology and services for profiling the interests of Internet users. Thaddeus has also had product management, marketing and engineering positions for AT&T and Lotus Development Corporation. Speaking in: Business Issues: Compliance & Security François Bourdoncle
François Bourdoncle, a pioneer of the search engine software market, is the president and chief executive officer of Exalead. In 2000, he co-founded Exalead with the goal of revolutionizing the search engine software market by providing users with a unified technology platform to access information in the enterprise. With a deep background in engineering and R&D, Bourdoncle is truly passionate about technology. He can be credited with the development of Jazz, a programming language designed for synchronous digital circuits, as well as Exascript, an object-oriented XML programming language based on JavaTM technology. Prior to Exalead, Bourdoncle was a researcher at both Digital Paris Research Laboratory and Digital Systems Research Center in Palo Alto, Calif. While at Ecole des Mines de Paris, he collaborated with Patrice Bertin, an Exalead co-founder and the company's chief technology officer, on the LiveTopics project for AltaVista. Bourdoncle holds a PhD. in computer science from Paris-based École Polytechnique. He is the author of several various technical papers and publications, and is a frequent speaker at industry events. Speaking in: A Look at New Search Technologies Janus Boye
Based in Denmark and managing director at Boye IT, a vendor-neutral services company focused on enterprise content management, intranets and portals. Contributing analyst at CMS Watch, as co-author of the CMS Report and a principal author of the Enterprise Portals Report. In a previous life Janus worked several years at an enterprise CMS vendor in various roles with clients across Europe. Speaking in: Expert Help on Some Big Content Technology Decisions Kevin Brown
Mr. Brown has over twenty years of experience in the information technology and management industry. Prior to RenderX, Brown was senior vice president of sales and marketing for Lightspeed Interactive, a start-up XML content management company. While at Lightspeed, Mr. Brown led several acquisitions and developed marketing strategies in XML content management and delivery. Brown has also held management positions at Xerox/Chrystal Software, Texcel Research and EDS. Mr. Brown graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. Mr. Brown also holds a Masters Degree in Nuclear Engineering Design from the U.S. Navy's nuclear design facility in Schenectady, NY. Speaking in: Publishing Solutions for a Variety of Needs Linda Burman
Linda Burman is President of L A Burman Associates Inc., a leading consultancy in the content industry known for providing expertise on: metadata and taxonomy, digital rights, content syndication, DAM and ECM products/tools and workflow-- to tool vendors, companies who are implementing information strategies, standards organizations and the investment community. Ms. Burman founded the PRISM Working Group (prismstandard.org) in 1999 and chaired/managed the WG and drove adoption of the standard for more than six years. She is co-author of Mastering XML PRO (Sybex, 2001). In 2000-2001, taking a tour in the .com world as Vice President, Standards and Consulting at Kinecta, Inc. (acquired by Stellent) she represented the company on the W3C (www.w3.org). Prior to founding her own company in 1995, she held senior technical, marketing, product management and business management roles at networking/hardware and software suppliers including Apple Computer. She has spoken, chaired tracks, developed conferences and delivered tutorials at many industry events including AIIMOnDemand, The Seybold Seminars, Knowledge Management events, Henry Stewart DAM Conference and XML Conferences. And in a previous life she taught high school English and Theater. Speaking in: How to Improve Your Enterprise Search Experience Tony Byrne
Tony Byrne is Founder and Principal of CMS Watch (www.CMSWatch.com), a vendor-neutral technology evaluation firm. A former reporter, publisher, international educator, Byrne previously headed the Engineering and Production groups at an Internet consulting firm. He is the author of The CMS Report, now in its 9th Edition, and publisher of the Enterprise Portals Report, the Records Management Report, and the Enterprise Search Report.
Steve Carton Mr. Carton is Vice President of Content Technologies for Retrieval Systems Corporation. He has over 30 years experience in information systems development with special expertise in the technologies of the publishing and library sectors. He couples strong requirements knowledge with best-of-breed technology development skills to create content-centric solutions. At RSC, he is responsible for design and development of complex repository management systems for publishing clients and for research and development into the company's CMS product "Tractare". Retrieval Systems Corporation (RSC) is an established software services company with a well-earned reputation for delivering successful content management and publishing deployments on time and under budget. Our customers include professional publishers and other public and private institutions with significant content management and publishing requirements. As a thought leader in content management and delivery systems, RSC has been recognized by The Gilbane Report for its leadership in blending commercial off the shelf (COTS) and open source components to provide high impact low cost content management solutions. Prior to joining RSC, Mr. Carton worked for Preston-Whitelaw, Ltd., an early adopter of for-profit web publishing technologies, and for Online Computer Systems (A Reed-Elsevier company), where he was Vice President of Electronic Products and responsible for their premier line of CD-ROM products. Mr. Carton, a native of New England, lives in the Annapolis, MD area with his family. He enjoys sailing, reading, gardening, and travel. Speaking in: Organizing Content for Search - Topic Maps Bill Cava
As chief technology officer, Bill Cava is responsible for guiding Ektron’s technology direction, including product strategy, new product development and engineering practices. With more than a decade of experience, Cava brings his passion for Internet technology, software architecture and user-centric interface design to Ektron. Prior to joining Ektron, Cava served as a team leader and software architect at Lycos, one of the Internet’s first search engines. There he led numerous high profile projects, including a large-scale distributed advertising content management system still used across well known sites such as Lycos, Wired, WebMonkey, Tripod and Angelfire. As an undergraduate at University of Massachusetts Amherst, Bill pursued degrees in Computer Science, Italian Literature and Fine Art, and is currently finishing a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Speaking in: Content Management Systems & Blogging Tools Ann Childs Ann Childs provides consulting and project management services for DAM systems, workflow strategies and process improvements. Ann thrives on integrating people with the tools they need to achieve their goals; clients over the last 30 years include Microsoft, Ninetendo, and AirTouch. In 2001, Ann began a 4-year project with Symantec Corporation. She lead a cross-functional core team of Symantec employees to scope and launch their global DAM system--the Symantec Digital Library. She then managed the library for two years before handing off the project to her Symantec colleagues in late 2005. Ann brings full-circle, hands-on experience with DAM in global Corporate Communications to the Gilbane Conference. Speaking in: Considerations in Managing Rich Media David Dahl
David Dahl is the CTO of SpringCM, the leading on-demand provider of document and content management. As such he oversees all Information Technology, Information Security, and Application Development. Before SpringCM, David was VP of Technology Development with Orbitz launching and scaling the popular consumer travel website. He has extensive experience in developing dynamic consumer service and private label booking systems for major airlines. At Orbitz, he launched the web services and private label operation for NWA.com. David also has held leadership positions with Zefer Corporation, Neoglyphics, Andersen Consulting, and Nortel Networks. David holds a BS degree from Purdue University and a MBA from Loyola University, Chicago. Speaking in: Business Issues: Compliance & Security Joshua Duhl
Joshua comes to ClearStory systems with over 20 years of marketing, product management, market analysis, software engineering, and consulting experience. Most recently he was Director of Research for IDC's Content Management and Rich Media software service, where he guided IDC's coverage of DAM, content management, authoring software, digital rights management, and XML markets. He was selected by IDC's clients as one of three 2003 Global Research Advisory Council Analysts of the Year. Joshua held product marketing and engineering positions in ONTOS, Ontologic, Cambridge Robotics, and Prime Computer. He holds a bachelors degree in Computer Science from Haverford College. Speaking in: Considerations in Managing Rich Media Greg Duncan
Greg Duncan has been the manager of eGovernment for the city of Las Vegas since May 2004, responsible for the electronic delivery of information and services to citizens. Prior to joining the city, he lived in Chicago where he managed web sites and applications in the private sector for over seven years. As Internet Project Leader at Amoco Corporation, Greg managed a cross-functional team of designers and developers responsible for the company’s web site. He performed a similar role managing web application development as Web Project Leader at Comdisco. Greg has been a presenter at several industry conferences about web site management and online crisis communications. In 2000, he and his wife were married in a hot air balloon in Las Vegas, just three miles from the home they now share with their 21-month old son. Speaking in: Developing Sustainable Content Strategies Seth Earley
Kay Ethier
Kay Ethier is an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor in FrameMaker 7.x. She is also a WebWorks University certified trainer. At Bright Path Solutions, Ethier helps clients creates a variety of documents: online help, user guides, training materials, aircraft maintenance manuals (among other ATA documents), military documents, and more. She helps teams deliver their materials in many formats. Kay has authored several books, including: XML Weekend Crash Course, Advanced FrameMaker, and XML and FrameMaker. She is currently working on a new XML book, coming out in 2006. In addition to her expertise in publishing, Ethier teaches classes for Bright Path Solutions and partner companies. Teaching experience includes XML and related technologies, DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture), structured authoring, content management, FrameMaker, and Structured FrameMaker. Speaking in: Authoring for Content Applications Sally Falkow
Ms. Falkow has created effective internal and external communication strategies for both large and medium sized enterprises for 25 years. Since 1999 Ms. Falkow has translated her extensive experience in communication to the Internet and is now recognized as one of the leading web site and Internet marketing strategists in the U.S. Her main interest is in the shift in media consumption and how new technology is affecting the practice of public relations. Her web audits and internet marketing strategies using RSS feeds, blogs and optimized press releases have kept our clients on the forefront of technology. She is certified as an Accredited Public Relations Practitioner by the Public Relations Society of America and has authored several books on website marketing strategies and the use of new technology in PR. She has lectured in Communication Theory, Public Relations Strategy and Consumer Behavior at the University level. She is in demand as an expert speaker on online news, blogs and RSS are influencing online PR and marketing Speaking in: The Business Case for Enterprise Blogs & Wikis Dan Farber
Dan Farber is vice-president of editorial at CNET Networks and editor-in-chief of ZDNet. Dan has more than 25 years of experience as an editor and journalist covering technology. He joined ZDNet in 1996, and led the development of ZDNet's worldwide network of more than 70 technology-focused sites. ZDNet has won numerous awards, including voted the Best Overall Online Site by the Computer Press Association. Dan is consistently ranked among the most influential web journalists, according to Technology Marketing Magazine's Media Influencers Report, which ranks influential technology journalists in a range of categories. Prior to joining ZDNet, Dan served as vice president and editor-in-chief at Ziff-Davis' flagship computing news publications, PC Week and MacWeek. He was also a founding editor at MacWorld and part of the editorial staffs of PC World and PC Magazine. He is based in San Francisco. Speaking in: New Technologies That Will Influence Your Content Management Strategies Bret Freeman
As Senior Sales Engineer for Vasont Systems, Bret Freeman is responsible for technical support for the sales and marketing staff. In this role, he consults with prospective clients and demonstrates Vasont’s technical features and capabilities, and frequently delivers presentations for Vasont’s Webinar Series, industry conferences, and media events. He has extensive knowledge in content management strategies and complex multilingual outputs. Bret has more than ten years of experience in the information management and publishing industry. Speaking in: CMS Idol Gene Gable
Gene Gable has spent over 25 years in publishing and graphic arts and is currently a writer and consultant to the publishing-tools industry. After a decade in typesetting and design services, he chronicled the desktop-publishing revolution from his post as a journalist and as president of Publish magazine. He served on the board of PCWorld and PC Games magazines and was earlier publisher of Sporting Times magazine. As president of Seybold Seminars and Publications from 1999 to 2002, he lead conference, trade-show, and publishing products serving the global graphic arts and Web industries. He has spoken around the world and written extensively on the graphic arts and publishing production process for magazines such as Print, U&lc, ID, Macworld, Graphic Exchange, and The Seybold Report. Most recently, Gable's hobby of collecting vintage graphics and hot-metal printing equipment has been the subject of his regular column Heavy Metal Madness, on creativepro.com. Speaking in: New Technologies That Will Influence Your Content Management StratagiesFrank Gilbane President, Bluebill Advisors Editor, Gilbane Report Founding Board Member, CM Professionals  Bluebill Advisors publishes the Gilbane Report, organizes the Gilbane Content Management Technologies conferences, and serves as advisor to the XML & e-business Integration Forum and Documation events in France. Frank serves on the board of directors of APT (Art Plus Technology). Frank also serves on the advisory board of the University of Washington SchoolContent Management Systems (CMS) Evaluation Lab . Frank is also a Managing Partner at Lighthouse Seminars LLC, and StrataData Partners, LLC . Frank was a member of the Board of Directors of market research and consulting firm CAP Ventures, Inc. and the founding Director of their Dynamic Content Software Strategies service. Frank was the founder and former president of Publishing Technology Management, Inc ., a founder of the French firm TechnoForum SARL, and co-founder of the Documation conferences. He held various positions in software development, marketing, and senior management at Texet Corporation and Quadex Corporation. He was a founding member of the Board of Advisors to SGML Open (now OASIS), is a past member of ANSI, ISO, and CALS Standards Committees, the Graphic Communications Association (GCA), numerous editorial advisory boards, and a recipient of the GCA's TechDoc award. James Gonthier
James N. Gonthier is the founding technical visionary who is responsible for Refresh's strategic technology direction and execution. As Chief Technology Officer, Gonthier guides all architectural design, product development, and quality assurance at Refresh Software. His unrelenting passion for customer satisfaction drives product development and innovation to the highest quality levels. Prior to his work at Refresh, Gonthier served as Director of Operations at Cakewalk Music Software. While there, he led the QA, MIS, fulfillment, and technical support teams. Gonthier's resume also includes several years of operations management experience specifically focused on implementing turn-around strategies and process re-engineering methodologies. Gonthier holds several software certifications and earned a BA degree in Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts. Speaking in: CMS Idol Round - 1 Seth Gottlieb
Seth Gottlieb leads the Content Management and Collaboration Practice of Optaros, a consulting and systems integration firm that helps enterprises solve IT business problems by providing services and solutions that maximize the benefits of open source software. With 10 years of IT and technology experience in both software and professional services, Seth has helped numerous companies improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their content management and publishing processes. Seth has written articles on content management and is a member of the 2005 Board of Directors of Content Management Professionals a membership organization of practitioners, consultants, and representatives from the software industry that fosters the sharing of content management information, practices, and strategies. Speaking in: Expert Help on Some Big Content Technology Decisions Erik M. Hartman
drs. Erik M. Hartman is an independent consultant in the field of communications in IT. His company Hartman Communicatie BV provides organizations with communication strategy, design, and research. Hartman Communicatie BV has specific expertise in the fields of IT related change management, knowledge management and content management. Hartman Communicatie consulted several organizations with the selection and implementation of content and document management systems. Hartman’s customer base spans the 500 largest firms and governmental entities in the Netherlands , Belgium and the United Kingdom. Hartman Communicatie publishes a content management portal and maintains several online overviews of content and document management systems. MIchelle Huff As a Product Marketing Manager at Stellent, Michelle Huff is involved with product planning and communication for Stellent Web Content Management and Desktop products. This includes Stellent's blog & wiki tools built on top of their multi-site management platform. She has hosted many seminars for Stellent and authored a number of white papers and technical notes on Stellent Universal Content Management. Prior to this, Michelle served as the Manager of Web Projects at Stellent, where she was responsible for defining and scoping new Web projects and initiatives for Stellent's external public-facing Web sites. She has broad experience with the Stellent product line and has worked with the company for over six years. Speaking in: Content Management Systems & Blogging Tools Dell Joshi
Dell Joshi brings more than 12 years of experience in the information content industry. Dell is the Manager for Information and Content Management and the Six Sigma Deployment Champion in the Information and Computing Technologies (I&CT) division of Central Research and Development in DuPont. His group manages Business and Technical Searching, proprietary and licensed information as well as the Lavoisier library in Wilmington, DE. His group is also responsible for managing the business relationship with the content vendors. In addition, Dell is responsible for the deployment of Six Sigma in I&CT. Prior to joining DuPont, Dell worked for the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia. At ISI, he was the senior manager for the production of chemical-information products. He received his MS in chemistry from Georgetown University and his MBA from Penn State University. Speaking in: Understanding Your Content's Use and Value Tim Kapp
Tim is a recognized authority in market and product strategy. He helps companies understand their target market, position their products for growth, and build profitable product sales models. He is co-founder of BayHill group, an investment strategy firm, which repositions undervalued public companies for rapid growth and financial success. Representative assignments include SCO, InterContinental Hotels Group, FranklinCovey, NextPage, vSpring Capital, Innodata-Isogen, Savvi International, and Sandlot Corporation. Prior to founding BayHill Group, Tim was co-founder and Vice-President of Marketing of Arkona, Inc., During his career he also held senior marketing positions at Open Market, Reed Elsevier, Lexis-Nexis Corporation, and Folio, early leaders in Internet Publishing and eCommerce. Tim has been an advocate of improving technology adoption through industry standards. He served on the board of the SGML Open Consortium (now OASIS), and as a representative to the W3C Internet standards body, defining and promoting the XML standard. During his career Tim has helped company's win such industry recognitions as: PC Magazine editor's choice, Windows Magazine Win Award, PC Computing MVP, and the Byte magazine Byte award of distinction; and has been published in both technology and business magazines. Tim helped found the Utah Marketing Executive Forum and currently serves on its board. Additionally, he is a member of the Northern California Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association. He holds an MBA from the Marriott School of Management and a bachelor's degree in Economics from Brigham Young University. Speaking in: Experiences Implementing Large CM Projects Dave Kellogg
Dave has worked in the database and applications software industry for over 20 years, and has strong experience in marketing, operations, strategy, and product lifecycle management. Prior to joining Mark Logic, Kellogg served as senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Business Objects, a leading business intelligence software company. Kellogg was a key member of the executive team that grew Business Objects from $30M in revenues and 250 people to over $850M in revenues and over 4,000 people during his nine years there. Before Business Objects, Kellogg was vice president of marketing at Versant Object Technology, a provider of object database management systems. Prior to that, he held a number of technical and marketing positions with Ingres Corporation, a maker of relational database systems and tools. Kellogg has a dual bachelor’s degree in geophysics and applied mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley, and a master’s degree in business administration from Saint Mary’s College. Skeaping in: New Search Technologies & Web 2.0 Leigh Klotz
Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. is a senior software architect with Xerox DocuShare, and was editor of the World-Wide Web Consortium XForms 1.0 Recommendation. He has been active in document capture, user interface, and document management projects at Fuji Xerox, PARC and Xerox Corporation. Klotz graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1989 and prior to graduation, held research staff positions at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, and the UC Berkeley School department of Education in math, science and technology. Klotz holds five U.S. patents. Xerox DocuShare broke new ground in 1992 when it launched the first community-maintained web-based document management system, which was enabled by building on new HTML features designed by Xerox PARC and incorporated into HTML specifications [IETF RFC 1867]. DocuShare has today grown into an enterprise content management application. In 2006, Xerox joins the social computing community by bringing new tools to the enterprise, using XForms and other new W3C XML standards. Speaking in: Enterprise "Social Software" Issues Shannan M. Kurz Shannan M. Kurz currently serves as the international web coordinator in the Global Internet Marketing division at Advanced Micro Devices. She is responsible for gathering business requirements for 19 countries outside the US, ensuring web applications and programs are developed globally. In addition, Shannan manages the international launches of global applications and programs. Shannan’s background includes diverse experience in manufacturing, financial services and government. Shannan has improved business processes resulting in increased efficiencies, and has led efforts in Capability Maturity Model, Program Management Office and other governance based improvement initiatives. Previously, Shannan has worked with subsidiaries of ING Group, Holnam Inc and The Resolution Trust Corporation. Community involvements include Read-Aloud programs, back to school campaigns and toy drives. Speaking in: Content Challenges in Global Enterprises Mary Laplante
Mary Fletcher Laplante manages all Bluebill Advisors & Gilbane Report Vendor and Enterprise consulting and services. She brings broad information technology marketing experience to the task of helping companies introduce new products. Ms. Laplante is a Partner Fastwater LLC, and was the first Executive Director of the industry consortium now known as OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards). OASIS provides a forum for the development of open e-business standards, typically built around XML. Before helping in the creation of OASIS, Ms. Laplante developed and managed her own consulting practice providing marketing and technical expertise in publishing-related applications and technologies. She has held executive and senior positions at several publishing software companies; she was President and Chief Operating Officer for Cygnet Publishing Technologies, Incorporated; Vice President of Marketing for Avalanche Development Company; and Vice President and Senior Product Manager at Scribe Systems, Inc. Prior to forming Fastwater, Ms. Laplante was a Director in the Document Software Strategies Group at CAP Ventures, Inc., a strategic consulting and research company that covers the markets for document technologies. Ms. Laplante is a frequent speaker at industry events like The Gilbane Conferences, Internet World, The Seybold Seminars, and the Gartner Group Internet Electronic Commerce conference.
Daren Lauda Daren Lauda is a regional sales vice president at PTC. In this position he manages sales activities for Arbortext products in western United States. Mr. Lauda has over 15 years experience selling software solutions to industry leaders such as Boeing, Oracle, Toyota and Visa. Prior to joining PTC, he was a territory manager at FileNet Corporation where he was responsible for delivering document management, document imaging and workflow solution. In addition to his time at PTC and FileNet, he held positions at Liberty IMS where he was responsible for direct and channel sales of document imaging and workflow software and Symbol Technologies where he worked in Marketing Communications. Mr. Lauda has also served in the United States Army. Daren holds an MBA (with Marketing Emphasis) from California State University Long Beach, and an MS in Management from Pepperdine University. Speaking In: Publishing Solutions for a Variety of Needs
As a principal analyst on the Devices, Media, & Marketing team, Charlene examines the ways new technology will affect how companies deliver information, content, and advertising, as well as how these changes will affect the businesses that provide these services. Charlene's current research agenda focuses on marketing trends, search engine marketing, media site design, local media, social networking, blogs, RSS, politics, online recruitment, and consumer portals. Charlene also oversees the operation of Forrester's San Francisco office. She also shares her insights on technology developments in media and marketing in her Weblog, Charlene Li's Blog. Prior to joining Forrester, Charlene was publisher of interactive media for Community Newspaper Company, a group of newspapers in Massachusetts, where she started its award-winning Town Online Web site. In addition, Charlene served on the board of directors for the Newspaper Association of America's New Media Federation. Before working for Community Newspapers, Charlene was at the San Jose Mercury News, where she managed new product development. This included creating new advertising products and a consumer electronics show. A former strategy consultant for Monitor Company, Charlene is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Speaking in: New Technologies That Will Influence Your Content Management Strategies Michael Maziarka
Michael Maziarka has over 15 years of product management, marketing, and consulting experience in the document and electronic publishing market. As Director of the Dynamic Content Software Strategies (DSS) service at InfoTrends/CAP Ventures, he provides research and consulting services to software suppliers, investors, and corporate users who need accurate, objective, and unbiased information and advice on document software technology. Prior to joining InfoTrends/CAP Ventures, Mr. Maziarka was a Product Marketing Director at Xyvision, where he was responsible for product planning, pricing, packaging, and promotion of the company's Parlance Document Manager product line. Prior to joining Xyvision, he held several corporate and product marketing positions at the Datalogics Division of Frame Technology. Recognized as an industry expert, Mr. Maziarka has Chaired numerous Seybold Enterprise Publishing Conferences and Content Management & Collaboration Forums for the Internet World conferences. During his tenures at CAP Ventures, Xyvision, and Datalogics, Mr. Maziarka was active in industry consortiums and industry standardization initiatives. He held the Chair position on the Board of Directors for OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (formerly SGML Open). He was also active in the development of the CALS electronic publishing standards, and has participated in J2008 and ANSI committee work. Thad McIlroy
Thad McIlroy is an electronic publishing analyst and author, and president of Arcadia House, based in San Francisco and Toronto. A well-established expert in the technology and marketing issues surrounding automated electronic publishing, custom publishing solutions and cross-media publishing, he has authored a dozen books and over 180 articles on these subjects. McIlroy served for five years as Program Director for Seybold Seminars, and has spoken on publishing, printing and Internet topics throughout the world. Eben Miller Eben Miller is Interwoven's Director of Product Marketing for Web Content Management. Eben is a seasoned entrepreneur and technologist, having founded three technology companies in 14 years including 13 Colonies Software, Inc. in 2001 (purchased by Interwoven for its innovative Web Content Management software – Interwoven LiveSite™) and CollegeStudent, Inc. in 1996 (a company that built information management software for Higher Education). As CEO, Eben successfully steered these companies from start up through the high growth phases and ultimately to purchase by larger companies. An experienced leader, Eben has taken lead roles in sales, marketing, and product management. His focus on innovative content management and web applications over the past 9 years gives him a unique outlook on Enterprise Content, Knowledge Management, and Business Process software trends. Eben has traveled extensively on six continents and his interests include foreign policy, physics and environmental affairs. Speaking in: CMS Idol Round 1 Sean Murphy
Sean Patrick Murphy, CMC, CMA is a Senior Manager in the Technology Integration consulting practice of Deloitte. Sean leads the Canadian Public Sector Enterprise Content Management practice. Sean is an accomplished business solutions project manager with 12 years of IM / IT consulting experience. Sean blends a broad range of experience both in information technology and strategy. Sean has significant background in enterprise content management, IT Strategy, business and process analysis, strategic and business planning, performance management and benchmarking for public and private sector clients. Sean was the lead solution architect for the Government of Canada Metadata and Content Management Software Solution. Sean holds an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and a graduate level degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Ottawa. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He is married with three children. Speaking in: Experiences Implementing Large CM Projects, cont. Brad Raasch
Brad Raasch is an IT Team Leader within John Deere's Global Computing Services organization. In 1996 Brad was brought on as a consultant to organize IT knowledge within the corporate data center at John Deere. (John Deere is a 46,000 employee, Fortune 150 company doing business in over 160 countries. Deere operates its own large corporate data center that is considered world class, with a wide range of technologies supported). This has transformed from a one man effort to a staff of seven with additional functions including Operational content management, Disaster Recovery processes/procedures, Sarbanes-Oxley data management, and Customer Engagement. Brad’s other career experiences have been focused on getting people the information they need to do their jobs, and delivering specific content for specific audiences. Brad started his career as a Procedural Analyst with McDonnell Douglas. He has also worked for the Small Business Administration, and done some independent consulting. Brad's education includes an Associates in Technical Writing, a Bachelor's in Advanced Technical Studies and a Master's in Business Administration. Speaking in: Introducing CM Technology from IT's Perspective Chris Randall
Chris Randall is a Technical Specialist for PaperThin, Inc., a leading provider of Web publishing and content management software. Chris has over 10 years of consulting experience designing, developing and implementing mission critical Windows and internet applications. As president and founder of Red Pipeline, an Internet consulting company, Chris developed and implemented customizable Web content management solutions for local small businesses and non-profits. In his role at PaperThin, he is responsible for leading product demonstrations and training for CommonSpot, the company’s flagship content management solution, as well as contributing to the company’s overall product strategy and management. Speaking in: CMS Idol Theresa Regli Theresa Regli applies over a decade of experience in content management and cross-media publishing as the Director of the Content Management Practice at Molecular, a Boston-based technology consulting and services firm. Working with clients such as Analog Devices, MassMutual Financial Services Group and Hewlett-Packard, she designs online publishing systems for consumer web sites and corporate portals, seamlessly integrating content and technology to anticipate the needs of businesses and consumers. Regli profiled many Internet pioneers as a reporter during the early 1990s, and in 1995 became the founding web content manager for New England’s largest weekly newspaper. In the late ‘90s, she was Director of Content Management for multiple subsidiaries of venture capital firm CMGI. She frequently leads seminars and workshops on all aspects of content management and user experience design.
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Greg Reinacker – CTO and Founder: Reinacker is the Founder and CTO of NewsGator Technologies. Greg's background includes technical consulting work for companies such as Galileo International, as well as several commercial software ventures with companies such as McGraw-Hill. Greg is recognized as a thought leader in the weblog and RSS arenas, publicly speaks about RSS, and is a vocal proponent of business uses of RSS and syndication technologies. Greg holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Speaking in: RSS in the Enterprise Hadley Reynolds
Hadley Reynolds directs the research program at Delphi Group, Boston, MA, a Perot Systems Company. His practice focuses on the convergence of technologies that is transforming the digital workplace for today's knowledge workers. He is the author of frequently quoted original research reports as well as widely published articles in the areas of information intelligence, content management, the knowledge practice, business process management, and the operations challenges of moving business online. Mr. Reynolds brings over 25 years of industry experience in enterprise software and information systems development to Delphi Research and the thought leadership practice at Perot Systems.
Phil Ritchie
Originally trained in architecture, Phil Ritchie's localization career started when he managed the internationalization and localization of Alias Research's Architectural modeling software. He moved on to hold senior management roles in SDL and ITP. Phil is the brain trust of the technology group where he drives the development of tools and customization of processes to fit our clients’ requirements. Speaking in: Content Challenges in Global Enterprises James Robertson James Robertson is the managing director of Step Two Designs, a vendor-neutral CMS and intranet consultancy based in Sydney, Australia. James is the author of the "Improving Intranet Search", "Staff Directories" and "Content Management Requirements Toolkit" reports, as well as being the lead in the development of the "Intranet Roadmap". James is recognised as a global thought-leader in the fields of intranet strategy and CMS selection, and has presented in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Denmark, UK and the US. James is also a prolific blogger and author of over 200 articles on intranets and content management, which are all published on his site. Speaking in :How to Improve Your Enterprise Search Experience Ann Rockley
Ann Rockley is President of The Rockley Group, Inc, a consultancy that has an international reputation for developing content management strategies with a focus on unified content, and information architecture for content management. Rockley is a frequent contributor to trade and industry publications and a featured speaker at numerous conferences in North America and Europe. She has been instrumental in establishing the field in online documentation, single sourcing (content reuse), enterprise content management, and information architecture for content management. Rockley is President of Content Management Professionals, a member organization that fosters the sharing of content management information, practices, and strategies. Rockley is a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication and has a Master of Information Science. Rockley is the author of the best-selling book “Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy” with TRG Senior Consultants Pamela Kostur and Steve Manning, New Riders Publishing ISBN 0-7357-1306-5. She can be reached at 905-415-1885 or rockley@rockley.com, www.rockley.com. Philip Rugile Business Development Strategist, Managing Editor, Inc. For the past 25 years, Mr. Rugile has played key roles in the emergence of computer pagination and content management technology. His resume includes executive roles, such as director of sales for NewsStand, Inc., COO of Reuters Personal Finance, CIO for The Baltimore Sun, director of technology for Newsday, and product marketing manager for Mediabridge Technologies (formerly Cascade Systems)—all of which contributed to his reputation for standing on the cutting edge of publishing technology. Mr. Rugile began breaking new ground in the late 70’s when he managed the “perfect page” pagination project with Atex Systems (and later SII) and Time Inc. He also managed the installation of the largest ad automation project in South America at Jornal O Globo along with Cybergraphic Systems in the early 90’s. On the content side, Mr. Rugile introduced early natural language search technologies with Cascade Systems and brought to market their first open platform database for advertising workflow for the Mac with Dataflow (also from Cascade). Mr. Rugile has also worked with a number of industry suppliers on a consulting basis, helping them in their Business Development efforts as well as establishing channel partnerships to help them rapidly grow their business. Currently working at Managing Editor, Inc. (MEI) - a leading software supplier to the newspaper and magazine marketplace and an Adobe Ventures Portfolio Company - as a Strategist, Mr. Rugile is responsible for identifying new products and new markets within the traditional publishing arena as well as opening “non-traditional” markets such as Advertising Agencies, book publishers, manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies. In addition, he has responsibility for helping MEI find added value opportunities that enhance the Adobe Systems product lines. Speaking in: Publishing Solutions for a Variety of Needs Andrew Salop
Andrew Salop is a recognized authority on the development, marketing and application of digital media technology with a specialization in digital content/asset management and metadata. His consulting practice, Metaseed.NET, provides strategic marketing services for digital media technology vendors and advises content developers on technology assessment and workflow automation. He draws upon 16+ years of best practices experience in product management and marketing at Adobe Systems and Apple Computer. During his 7 years with Adobe, Andrew defined and executed the company's "Intelligent Media" strategy that successfully extended the brand beyond its content creation roots. His intrepreneurial leadership of Adobe's award winning open-source Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) elevated the industry profile of metadata and produced a standards-based framework for mixed-media workflows that is now implemented across 20 Adobe products and endorsed by over 30 vendors and 10 industry standard bodies. Later, he led Adobe's Creative Suite platform and partner initiative, working closely with leading media studios and DAM & ECM vendors to define a next-generation platform for multi-system solutions. His earlier work at Apple Computer pioneered the introduction of multimedia tools within creative environments across North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Andrew is a popular speaker at industry forums, addressing leading-edge topics relating to the above subject matter. He serves as Strategic Advisor to the XMP Open initiative, on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Digital Asset Management and was a charter member of the Executive Governing Board for the Global Society for Asset Management (G-SAM.) Speaking in: Considerations in Managing Rich Media Alan Scott
As Chief Marketing Officer, Alan Scott is responsible for Factiva’s overall go-to-market strategy including market planning, branding, positioning, advertising, channels, communications, segmentation, lead generation, media relations, customer training, competitive intelligence and customer retention. An information industry veteran, Mr. Scott brings over 17 years of executive-level marketing and sales experience in the technology and venture capital industries. Before joining Factiva, Mr. Scott was vice president of marketing at Giga Information Group. He also spent over 13 years at Gartner Group in various sales and marketing roles, including group vice president of marketing. Mr. Scott also worked for Spencer Trask & Co., a New York-based venture capital concern and Prescients, a strategic marketing consultancy. Mr. Scott is a regularly featured speaker at industry events such as: the Reputation Forum, the European Business and Information Conference, the Public Relations Society of America and the Software Information Industry Association. Mr. Scott earned a bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies from Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, and a language certificate from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Speaking in: Enterprise " Social Software" Issues George Song George Song is a founding partner of the web application development firm, 55 Minutes. He specializes in solving problems and tackling challenges despite a variety constraints – whether it's fixing the kitchen cabinet or building an enterprise application.He advices clients on best practices, helps them choose the best components, and builds simple and elegant solutions. Because 55 Minutes is an independent firm, clients seek George's opinion for impartial evaluations of vendors, open source projects, and his favorite assignment, checking out restaurants. George's goal is to spread the open source message to clients in a meaningful way, instill a demand for impeccable quality in developers, and still have plenty of time to hone is photography skills. Speaking in: Considerations in Managing Rich Media
Speaking in: Bill Trippe Senior Consultant, Bluebill Advisors Senior Editor, The Gilbane Report Co-author, Digital Rights Management: Business and Technology (John Wiley & Sons) Author, SVG for Designers: Using Scalable Vector Graphics in Next-Generation Web Sites (Osborne/McGraw-Hill)
Bill Trippe is President of New Millennium Publishing, a Boston-based consulting practice formed in 1997, and Senior Editor of The Gilbane Report. Bill has more than 20 years of technical and management experience in content management, XML, and related technologies. He specializes in large-scale applications of content management technology, working with publishers who are typically converting extensive legacy databases and systems into more contemporary, open technology. He brings a unique blend of strategic and hands-on knowledge of the products and trends that are shaping the publishing and content technology marketplace. At The Gilbane Report, Bill covers trends and technologies in the content management industry and develops conferences and tutorials on XML and content management. He is a sought-after speaker and author in the XML field, and is the XML columnist for Transform, a Consulting Associate with the consulting and market research firm CAP Ventures, and a regular contributor to the magazine, EContent. Joel Warwick
Joel Warwick draws from 20 years of experience in the media and publishing technology arena in his independent consulting practice. Over the last 10 years he has led teams developing content strategies, business cases, and in the design and implementation of content management and publishing systems – with an emphasis on rich-media and digital asset management. He has consulted for both end-use and technology vendor firms including General Motors, Nokia, Adobe, Documentum, IBM, Amway, CanWest, TeliaSonera, Getty Images, ClearStory, and NorthPlains. Recent projects focused on unified access to multiple content repositories using portal systems and establishing new revenue channels leveraging existing content. Joel brings in-depth, hands-on knowledge to a broad range of consulting work including business cases and ROI models, future state vision and roadmaps, content architecture, taxonomy and metadata design, legacy content migration, system architecture, technology vendor selection, project management, and interface, standards, organizational, and workflow design. He holds a BS degree in Electronic Publishing and Imaging from Cal Poly, SLO. He has also worked in the production trenches as a pressman, camera operator, page assembler, and retoucher for various printing firms, color trade shops, and print brokerages. Speaking in: Considerations in Managing Rich Media Scott Wolf
Scott Wolff is principal of WOLFF & Associates, LLC, a consulting company providing expertise in Publishing, Outsourcing, XML and Content Management – helping enterprises achieve productivity by design. Prior to starting WOLFF & Associates, Scott worked for 17 years with Hewlett Packard Company where he introduce an extensive single sourcing strategy for centrally managing, automating and outsourcing publications development and localization. Scott Wolff also led initiatives to standardize all HP technical publications. As an Engineer for HP, Scott Wolff managed production teams, technical publications teams, outsourcing and developed software. Prior to HP, Scott worked for General Motors Hughes and IBM where he assisted a senior scientist with the development of an early version of the multi media PC in use today. Scott recieved his degree in Industrial Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1985 and later a master’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering and a second master’s degree in Computer Science. Speaking in: Charlie Wood
Charlie Wood is the founder of Spanning Partners, an independent consulting firm specializing in adding RSS support to enterprise applications. Spanning Partners also operates a variety of enterprise RSS services including Spanning Salesforce, which delivers information from Salesforce.com via secure, personalized feeds. Charlie has over 10 years of startup experience, including roles in software development, presales, sales, and product management. Most recently he served as vice president of enterprise solutions for NewsGator Technologies. Previously he was director of enterprise solutions at Stellent. Charlie also served as group product manager for content management and syndication at Vignette. Sine June 2004, he has operated Moonwatcher (globelogger.com/moonwatcher), a blog covering the emergence of RSS in the enterprise. Charlie holds a BA in Computer Science from The University of Texas. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and twin boys. Speaking in: RSS in the Enterprise Janice Yates
Janice Yates has a thorough understanding of the management of informational and portal-based websites. She has extensive experience working with diverse stakeholders to develop and rationalize their enterprise content management requirements. Currently, she is developing and implementing a strategy for the departmental Web presence. Speaking in: Expert Help on Some Big Content Technology Decisions
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