Judges

The CODiE Awards are successful because of the great work performed by the judges who participate. They aren't compensated for what they do; they simply enjoy learning more about the products available from the industries we recognize through the CODiE Awards program. Of course, they also hone their understanding and expertise in the industry by serving as a judge. It's a win/win proposition.

Digital Content | Education Technology | Business Software

BUSINESS SOFTWARE CATEGORIES

BEST ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Paul Burnham, Director, SAM Policies and Procedures, Agnitio Advisors
As the Director of SAM Polices and Procedures, he is responsible for specialized and advance development of SAM strategies, policies, processes and procedures within the SAM eco-system. He educates and mentors SAM practitioners on key areas to include: contract negotiations and management, financial and procurement analysis, vendor and relationship management and software licensing compliance.

Mr. Burnham has an extensive background within the Software Asset Management (SAM) area with an emphasis on software license compliance. He has developed, implemented and managed various software asset management programs (includes policies and procedures for utilization, procurement, deployment, disaster recovery, license compliance, policies, procedures, strategies and reporting).

Mr. Burnham has earned the following designations: Certified Software Manager (CSM) and Advanced Software Manager (ASM). He holds the following degrees: Master of Business Administration, Master of Science, Computer Information Systems and Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice.

Mr. Burnham is a frequent speaker at ITAM and SAM conferences and user groups.

Steve Klos, Managing Partner, Agnitio Advisors
Steve Klos is the Executive Director of TagVault.org, the organization providing certification services for software identification tags. Steve is also the convener of an "other working group (OWG)" that developed the ISO/IEC 19770-2 standard on software identification.

Steve co-founded Agnitio Advisors, an organization developing, assessing and optimizing software asset management practices. He also co-founded ManageSoft Corporation, a provider of desktop, security and software asset management tools and services.

Steve is the recipient of multiple industry certifications in Software Asset Management and has been privileged to become a Fellow of IAITAM - one of the largest and most respected Asset Management industry associations. Steve is a certified instructor for SAM training classes and has presented at major conferences such as IAITAM, Gartner, CA World and Acresso’s SoftSummit conferences.

BEST BUSINESS OR COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOLUTION

Scott Attenborough, Technology Consultant, Self Employed
Scott Attenborough is an experienced leader with 20 years of experience developing, supporting and evangelizing online information products. He was instrumental in bringing many first of their kind products to customers at LexisNexis. At LexisNexis Scott was responsible for developing best in class business information products for the legal and business information markets. He is currently performing technology research and business development consultative services for customers in the health care, education, company information and internet security business.

Alex Feng, Director, Strategic Research, the dd+p group
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Barbie Keiser, TBD, TBD
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Michael Knuckey, Editor, Cloud Vision - Tracking Cloud Computing
Michael Knuckey has gained over 30 years experience of sales and marketing of IT solutions for large and small businesses.

He founded Cloud Vision, the web portal focused on Cloud solutions to extend his interest in how Cloud Computing will transform the traditional business models for delivering IT solutions. He is also a Board Member of the Eurocloud UK industry body.

In his role as Editor he has attended many of the Cloud Computing conferences and has participated as a speaker, panel leader and Chairman.

He has met with many of the Cloud vendors and interviewed their senior executives in Europe and the USA. Through the Cloud Vision Executive Network he has pioneered monthly networking meetings at the Institute of Directors in London bringing together senior executives planning to invest in Cloud solutions with representatives of the Cloud vendors and senior IT advisers.

He also launched the "Inside the Cloud" series of webinars sponsored by the Cloud vendors including SAP and HP. The recordings of these webinars can be found on the web portal.

Cloud Vision is also partnering with leading Cloud Experts to offer Executive Briefings and Discovery Workshops on the Cloud and training courses.

Michael Lasky, founder, Altera Group
One of the original judges for the Codies. Early software developer, later involved in brand strategy and strategic positioning for the software industry and now combining with IP law.

Sam Pritchett, Manager, Data & Reporting, VCPI, Inc.
As the Manager of Data & Reporting, and the Product Manager, Sam is responsible for the lifecycle process of all new and existing software application products developed by VCPI. He plans, coordinates, and ensures execution of all aspects of the processes used to make a software product market ready. In addition, Sam directly manages the development team that builds new solutions and maintains current offerings.

Pelin Thorogood, Principal, Schulman+Thorogood Group
Throughout her career, Pelin Thorogood has been in the forefront of emerging technologies and trends. During her more than 15 years as a high technology marketing executive, Pelin has led the go-to-market strategy for WebSideStory's on-demand online marketing suite (acquired by Omniture), extended Peregrine Systems' enterprise software business (acquired by HP) into the web-based employee self service (ESS) category, and in the mid 90s, launched one the very first mobile B2B applications designed for the Windows CE platform. Currently Pelin sits on boards and advises new media and cloud computing companies focused on solving sales and marketing problems - Online Marketing and Media Company Online Marketing Connect; Sales Intelligence Company InsideView; Inbound Marketing Company Eightfold Logic, Content Delivery Network Limelight Networks - and serves as a virtual Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management. Pelin was also instrumental in defining the Sales 2.0 Movement. She is a regular speaker and author on Inbound Marketing, Social Selling, Establishing a Culture of Measurement, and Sales and Marketing Alignment. Most recently, Pelin was the SVP of Marketing for WebSideStory, a leading provider of real-time, multi-channel analytics solutions. Pelin holds a BS, MEng and MBA degrees, all from Cornell University.

Brian Turchin, President, Cape Horn Strategies, Inc.
Brian Turchin is founder and president of Cape Horn Strategies, Inc. which since 1998 has provided management services to CEOs in the software industry helping them to grow their businesses. Cape Horn Strategies focuses on companies from start-up to $50 million in revenue. He sits on the boards of several start-ups.
He founded and runs both the Manhattan and Long Island Software CEO Roundtables. He is a regular presenter and panel moderator at numerous software industry conference. He is a contributor to Sandhill.com's strategy blog and has written articles on the topic of growth chokepoints. And he has been a judge for SIIA's(Software & Information Industry Association) Codie Awards for the past6 years.

Prior to founding Cape Horn Strategies, Turchin was VP Sales & Marketing for a division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp which sold Internet-based software products and services. Prior to News Corp, Turchin held several executive titles at Prodigy Services Corp, helping to build the first consumer-based on-line service. Earlier in his career, on the technical side, at a time of mainframe domination, he helped pioneer the building of distributed

Glenn Wohl, eCommerce Manager, AT&T
Glenn Wohl is an eAwareness Manager in the AT&T Business eSales & Service organization, located in Bedminster, New Jersey. The eSales & Service organization manages AT&T Business� electronic sales and customer care channel. It is focused on improving AT&T�s customer experience through the overall design and implementation of electronic based service applications that are part of the AT&T BusinessDirect Portfolio and att.com/business website.

Prior to this position, Glenn has held a variety of marketing, finance, and operational assignments. Most recently, he created the metrics and tracking structure for the AT&T BusinessDirect Portfolio, including tracking application, sales, and customer metrics.

Glenn holds a BS in Operations Research and Management Science from Carnegie Mellon University, an MBA in Marketing from Rutgers University, and an MBA in Technology Management from The University of Phoenix.

Glenn and his wife have two children.

Marilyn Woods, Manager, Service Desk and Operations, Virtual Care Provider Inc
Marilyn Woods, a three time SIIA CODiE Awards judge, is a seasoned management professional with over thirty years of managerial and executive leadership experience. She has proven expertise in IT Management, IT Operations, Technical Support, systems performance and availability, and Identity Access Management.

Marilyn has managed in the Emergency Government (Law Enforcement and 9-1-1), Financial (both private and not-for-profit), and Long-term Healthcare verticals.

Ms. Woods holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. She is currently also a Certified Public Manager for the State of Wisconsin.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Virtual Care Provider Inc. (VCPI). VCPI is a Total Solution Provider and Business Partner for all entities across the spectrum of Long-term Healthcare. Joining VCPI as the Supervisor of Operations and Facilities Marilyn quickly took on the role of Manager, Systems Performance and Availability. She is currently the Manager, Service Desk and Operations.
Previous experience includes:

Educators Credit Union (ECU).
Vice President of IT

STRONG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Manager - Asset Management
Manager - Technology Support

VILLAGE OF MENOMONEE FALLS, WI
Director of Communications and Information Services
Manager, Comm and Info Bureau
Supervisor,Communications

BEST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATION

J. Bonasia, Staff Writer, Investor's Business Daily
J. Bonasia is a veteran writer who has covered Silicon Valley issues for the past decade as a print and Web journalist. He has spoken at several industry events and interviewed many tech luminaries such as Cisco's John Chambers, Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff, HP chairman Ray Lane, and Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan.

Derrick Lee, Cofounder and VP of Sales, DreamSimplicity
Derrick Lee is a SaaS and Cloud Computing evangelist having first cut his teeth as a sales rep on the front lines. Since then, Derrick has gone on to help create one of the leading voices on the internet promoting the use and acceptance of on demand technologies for business applications - DreamSimplicity.com. Derrick is a firm believer in true multi-tenant software-as-a-service technology as the future of business applications and embraces every opportunity learn more and spread the word about it...

BEST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORM

Richard Dym, Managing Partner, Bondi Group
Hands-on senior software marketer who has spent the last 10 years marketing SaaS, Cloud and Hosting. As a result, I know these worlds very well on both a strategic and tactical level. I've established leading brands in several categories including SaaS and Cloud, built very strong marketing teams that have accomplished much more than one would expect from their size, developed and run successful partner programs and created meaningful strategic relationships with major ISVs and other technology providers including Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and SFDC.

- Broad range of marketing and operating responsibilities including: Corporate Marketing, Product Marketing, Product Management, Corporate. Communications, Strategic Relationships, Business Development and International Operations.
- 25 years of experience in corporate and product brand creation, extension and re-branding.
- Strong industry, analyst and press relationships, including the establishment of strategic alliances, re-seller and OEM relationships with leading companies including Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce.com, IBM, SUN, WIPRO, etc.
- Successful development, launch and establishment of category leading products and services.
- Active involvement in successful liquidity events including IPO, acquisitions and sale.

Steve Garone, Founder and Principal, Garone & Associates
Steve Garone is an independent researcher and industry analyst & consultant, providing end user and vendor clients insight and expertise in the areas of cloud computing, SaaS, SOA and web services issues, related industry standards, application and integration servers, enterprise applications, software development, and open source. He also applies these enabling technologies in key vertical industries, including telecommunications, financial services, and healthcare.
Steve recently served as Director, Market & Competitive Intelligence at CA, and as Vice President of Software Research at Ideas International. Steve also founded and ran his own company (The AlignIT Group), an IT market research and industry analyst firm focused on using sophisticated primary research techniques to help end users make better IT purchase decisions faster. Steve sold the AlignIT Group to Bitpipe (which was eventually acquired by TechTarget), and was employed by both firms to build a market research practice and apply his methodologies to new customer-focused initiatives.
Steve also served as Chief Technical Strategist for Sun Microsystems’ Software Marketing organization, and was Program Vice President at IDC, where he and his staff provided research, market sizing, forecasting, and analysis to both vendors and end users in the areas of SOA and web services, middleware, application development, and enabling technologies.

Sitikantha Panigrahi, Associate Analyst, Credit Suisse
Working as an equity associate analyst at Credit Suisse providing research/investment coverage on large, mid and small cap software companies including SaaS companies in software industry. Published reports on analyzing secular technology trends and its impacts on software markets, competitive analysis, investment positives and risks on various software companies. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Siti held different roles in engineering, product management and strategy at Oracle between 2000 and 2007. Siti was also a founder of a Web startup company and raised angel investment. Siti holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India, and an MBA from Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley, California.

Adwait Ullal, CTO, AumSoft Consultants
Adwait is a senior technology consultant in the Silicon Valley, who is available to work with early stage start-ups that require product definition, architecture and development. He has managed teams of upto 20 and is an expert on product development for eCommerce and enterprise applications.

BEST CLOUD MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Ria Hyman, Marketing Manager, IBM Corporation
Ria has been working in the software industry and technology arena for over 14 years. She is an expert in integrated marketing communications, strategizing and planning marketing programs and project management.

She currently works as a Marketing Manager focused on Cloud Computing and has done so for over 3 years. She is responsible for ensuring IBM Cloud Business Partners are skilled on IBM technology and helps partners take their cloud applications to market. She collaborates with partners to plan and execute successful campaigns to drive awareness, interest and demand for their solutions. In addition she works with the IT professional community to drive adoption of IBM Cloud software, hardware and services.

Ria is a member of the AMA and eMA. She stays informed of competitive marketing strategies, direct marketing techniques, advertising and interactive marketing programs, media alternatives including social media and technological advances relevant to marketing through her participation in forums and communities. She is a regular tweeter and blogs on the topic of cloud computing on the IBM developerWorks Cloud Computing Group as well as the IBM Cloud Computing Community.

She is thrilled to have the opportunity to be a CODiE Awards judge this year.

BEST COLLABORATION/SOCIAL NETWORKING SOLUTION

Barbie Keiser, TBD, TBD
TBD

Maribel Lopez, Founder & Principal Analyst, Lopez Research
Maribel Lopez offers deep industry knowledge and expertise to provide research, analysis and strategic insight to the communications industry. Since founding the company, Maribel has been called-upon to provide strategic analysis of global markets, undertaken message testing, analyzed product positioning, and helped companies to understand where they play in new markets … all for a marquis list of clients. Prior to founding Lopez Research, Maribel was a respected analyst for more than 10 years at Forrester Research, most recently as Vice President of the tech industry strategies group, providing analysis on multiple topics including network and service strategies, enterprise communications and consumer markets for voice, video and data. She also worked as an analyst for International Data Corporation, and gained practical marketing and operations experience while at Motorola and Shiva Corp.

Guy Smith, Principal, Silicon Strategies Marketing
Guy Smith is the chief consultant for Silicon Strategies. Guy brings a combination of technical, managerial and marketing experience to Silicon Strategies projects.

Directly and as a consultant, Guy has worked with a variety of technology producing organizations.

A partial list of these technology firms include ORBiT Group (high-availability backup software), Telamon (wireless middleware), Wink Communications (interactive television), LogMeIn (remote desktop), FundNET (SaaS), Open-Xchange (groupware), DeviceAnywhere (mobile apps), VA Software (enterprise software), Virtual Iron (server virtualization), SUSE (Linux distributions and applications), BrainWave (application prototyping) and Novell.

Before turning to marketing, Guy was a technologist for NASA, McDonnell Douglas, Circuit City Corporate Headquarters and other organizations. Guy spent more than a decade focused on IT infrastructure issues and managing complex, multi-platform mainframe-class installations and staffs.

Guy has more than a decade of experience in product marketing, product strategy and branding strategy development.

Marc Strohlein, Chief Technology Officer, Outsell, Inc.
Marc Strohlein was most recently Chief Agility Officer at Outsell, Inc., a research and advisory firm providing decision-support for the business information industry. Earlier, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Classroom Connect, an online education company; SVP and CIO at Gartner Group; VP of Operations at Teltech Resource Network; and VP of Worldwide Operations at Dataquest. His experience includes business strategy development, product development, product marketing and management, agile development and publishing, and information publishing as well as executive management. His analytic coverage has included multi-channel publishing, search, semantic technology, content engineering, Web and Enterprise 2.0, social media and user-generated content, and workflow integration, to name a few.

BEST CONTENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Jackie Bassett, CEO, BT Industrials, Inc
Jackie Bassett is Founder and CEO of BT Industrials Inc., a strategic management and technology consultancy. Her expertise is in identifying ways to turn problems into profits.

She was one of the first 100 employees at Netscreen Security; which started in 1997, successfully IPO'd in 2001, then was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004 for $4Billion.

As subject matter expert she’s published in Security Technology & Design, Security Magazine, IT Audit, Director’s Monthly, and IT Compliance. Bassett’s first book ‘So You Built It & They Didn’t Come. Now What?” received outstanding reviews from MIT, Venture Capitalists and several high profile entrepreneurs.

She recently co-authored her second book with Dan Rothman of DISA. “A Seat At The Table For CEOs and CSOs: Driving Profits, Corporate Performance and Business Agility” which Network World recommended as required reading for every CISO involved with corporate strategy.

She’s a frequent guest speaker presenting at ISACA, SecureWorld and at an international series of events for a consortium of CEOs & CFOs. Her background’s in investment banking at State Street International Capital Markets - Eurodollar Trading.

She holds an MBA from Babson College and a private pilot’s license.

Darrell Gunter, CEO, Gunter Media Group
Darrell W. Gunter is a leading advocate of semantic technology and social media in the Science, Technical and Medical Industry and is a frequent speaker/ moderator at many industry events. His firm Gunter Media Group provides advisory services to companies that includes but is not limited to strategy and business development, sales, marketing, social media & networking, pricing and product development and media relations.
He served as the CMO for Collexis and held senior positions at Elsevier and Dow Jones after beginning his career with Xerox as a marketing representative. An Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University and serves on the Content Board of the Software Information Industry Association, Olin College of Engineering Library Advisory Board, Seton Hall University Advisory Council and the Women’s Venture Fund. His radio program “Leadership” airs Saturday mornings at 9:00 am on WSOU HD 89.5 FM / WSOU.net.

Lars Klores, Creative Director, Data Federal Corporation
Lars, a veteran of the online industry for 20 years, is the Creative Director of Data Federal Corporation. Prior to that, Lars worked at RTC Relationship Marketing as manager of the agency's Online Development team and spent 10 years at America Online, where he eventually managed the Lead Development Team responsible for all consumer-facing content on the AOL Services. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

Matthew Miller, Web Managing Editor, Chapman University
Matt Miller has been the Web managing editor for Chapman University, his alma mater, for the last five years. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the institution's interactive properties. He has been involved in print and online publishing for more than 12 years, including serving as managing editor for the educational technology magazine "T.H.E. Journal." Miller has also worked for trade magazines in the home entertainment and direct marketing industries. He earned his BA in journalism and lives in Orange County, Calif.

Rich Rubin, Innodata Isogen
Richard Rubin is a Principal Consultant with Innodata Isogen’s Consulting Practice. Richard joined the Practice at its inception in April 2009, and during that time he has advised several large information service providers on strategic initiatives, including Ebooks.
Richard has nearly 20 years experience as a publishing and media executive, responsible for integrating and leveraging new technologies across large-scale editorial and publishing operations. At Reed Elsevier plc he served as Vice President of Editorial and Production Transformation; prior to that he held positions as Director of Global Standards at LexisNexis and Director of Publishing Operations at Matthew Bender, a subsidiary of LexisNexis. Richard also served as Director of Production at Xlibris, a print-on-demand self publishing services company.

In 2009 Richard authored an acclaimed White Paper on eBooks and the mounting disruptive forces across the publishing industry. He has also conducted several Webinars and lectures on the topic.

Richard received his BA from Columbia University and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College.

BEST DATABASE SOLUTION

Rob Finn, Associate, Edison Venture Fund
Rob is an Associate at Edison Venture Fund and focuses on evaluating Edison's investment opportunities. His activities include conducting financial analyses, assessing technologies and development efforts, interviewing references, and researching markets for comanies under evaluation. Rob has followed and sourced hundreds of opportunities for Edison including investments in Blue Cod, Neat Receipts and Sonicbids.

Background

Rob was previously with GTSI, a government technology contractor. He earned a Six Sigma Green Belt certification, improved supply chain and sales procedures and developed new processes to leverage technology implementations. He has developed ecommerce sites, project management software, hedge fund information visualization software and wealth management dashboards. He also developed exception management and workflow software enabling a $1B company to identify broken processes.
Rob has held various roles at Kozmo.com, Campus24.com, Leerink Swann Retail Brokerage group, Helios Trading Group and MIT's Laboratory of Financial Engineering.

Rob maintains a blog at Ventureblogalist - www.ventureblogalist.com

Matthew Rehmann, Director, Sales & Marketing, Virtual Care Provider Inc. (VCPI)
Matt Rehmann has had more than 16 years of experience refining Sales and Marketing divisions in the Information Technology industry. At VCPI, Mr. Rehmann is responsible for overseeing the Sales Manager team and constructing and executing the edifice of the Sales and Marketing infrastructure. Recognized for his excellence in sales and management performance, he was promoted up through four positions including National Accounts District Sales Manager and Area Sales Director for Automatic Data Processing. Mr. Rehmann holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Marquette University with majors in Marketing and International Business.

BEST DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Barbie Keiser, TBD, TBD
TBD

Casey Potenzone, Director, Web Technologies, arvato
Casey Potenzone is currently the vice president of Sales for eCommerce solutions provider Avangate. Potenzone's primary objective is to spearhead sales and business development for North America with the goals of matching and ultimately exceeding the already successful European presence. Prior to Avangate, Potenzone was the CIO for digital rights and security firm Uniloc USA. Before Uniloc, Potenzone served as the head of technology operations and risk management for The Relegence Corporation where he designed corporate security operations for the content delivery leader. Prior to Relegence, he was director of digital media operations for The MTVi Group where he designed and supervised centralized asset management systems and digital delivery technologies. An expert in the design of efficient IT architectures, Potenzone has also consulted with industry leaders including Chase Manhattan Bank, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, DivX and ExoNova. Most recently Potenzone was recognized by two of the largest entertainment companies as an expert in the field of digital media and retained to provide expert witness testimony regarding ongoing litigation efforts.

BEST DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

David Stone, Lead Analyst, Self employed. Position at PC Magazine
M. David Stone, Contributing Editor and Lead Analyst for Printers. Scanners, and Projectors at PC Magazine, is an award-winning freelance writer and consultant with over 25 years of experience writing about science and technology. He has tested, analyzed, and written about computer software and hardware both for publication and for corporate clients, for both print and video formats.

Although a confirmed generalist, with writing credits on subjects ranging from ape language experiments to quantum physics to Penn National Gaming (one of the top seven companies in the gaming industry), David's extensive experience working with computer hardware and software has led to an expertise in imaging technologies (printers, scanners, cameras, monitors), storage, and word processing. A recognized expert on printers in general and color printers in particular, he served as the industry-leading expert for printers on PC Magazine's Web site and wrote the Web site's buyers' guide for printers. He was also a judge for the Hewlett-Packard HP Invent Awards and is author of The Underground Guide to Color Printers (Addison-Wesley).

David is very much a creative writer for high tech subjects, rather than a technical writer; he has written for a wide range of audiences in formats that include books, video,

Steven Sweet, Technology Consultant & Coordinator, Sweet PC Computing
I have been a Codie Award Preliminary Judge from 1994 - 2010. A freelance writer for Computer Pictures Magazine (1990-1994); MicroComputer Journal (1993-1996); and Smart Computing Magazine (1995-2004). Currently Technology Coordinator for the Town of New Castle in Chappaqua, N.Y. managing over 200 devices on a LAN; WLAN; WI-FI and WWLAN environment.

Ganesh Venkatasubramaniam, Consultant, Self Employed
An all round finance professional with 15 years of hands on experience all aspects of Finance. My formal years of career was in manufacturing industry in the area of Financial accounts reporting, maturing to take responsibility in the areas of budget and forecast preparations and SOX.
In all these years I had hands on experience in working in various ERP's (Mfg Pro, Ramco) and software products(Hyperion, Crystal) for day to day reporting purposes. My knowledge in Microsoft related products like Excel, Powerpoint and word are excellent. I have experience working in RDBMS Oracle and MS.

BEST ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SOLUTION

Scott Gordon, Managing Director, Tech Transform
For the better part of a decade Scott Gordon has been launching and turning around companies in the technology sector. Scott is currently Managing Director of TechTransform, a technology consultancy specializing in accelerating and commercializing technology companies. As Managing Director, Scott leads the TechTransform operational team, managing all client engagements. He is currently actively involved in launching several technology companies in throughout the United States. For the better part of a decade Scott Gordon has been launching and turning around companies in the technology sector. Scott is currently Managing Director of TechTransform, a technology consultancy specializing in accelerating and commercializing technology companies. As Managing Director, Scott leads the TechTransform operational team, managing all client engagements. He is currently actively involved in launching several technology companies in throughout the United States.

Scott got his start in the late 90's at Flicks Software, where he launched and marketed five successful enterprise software solutions. In 2003 he joined TechTransform, where he has gone on to launch numerous software titles and web-based applications for TechTransform clients. His most recent engagement was as VP of Marketing with Essential Security Software, where he launched and marketed eCipher, an email encryption and digital rights management solution.

Scott is experienced in all facets of software development and marketing, including product development, project management, marketing strategy and execution, and product marketing.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for numerous companies and organizations, including Family and Child Treatment, a United Way agency that treats child abuse victims and their families.

Lisa Morgan, Founder and CEO, Strategic Rainmakers, LLC
Lisa Morgan is founder and CEO of Strategic Rainmakers, a management and marketing consulting firm that serves technology driven companies, vendors, service providers, associations, event producers, publishers, and media companies. Lisa has worked with clients of all sizes in virtually every sector of the high technology industry to help them launch, reposition, grow, obtain funding for, and sell their businesses.

In addition to working with clients, Lisa has had more than 300 articles published in various magazines and newspapers including The Washington Post, Software Development Times, Systems Management News, InternetWeek, Mobility and many others. She has co-authored three books about Internet security and B2B ecommerce, and authored a book about writing for industry.

Lisa has also served as the program chair, speaker or moderator at executive and industry events including Online Market world, Networld+Interop, Internet World, Alliance Forum, and others. In addition she has served as an awards judge for Networld+Interop, the SIIA Codie Awards, the Waterside Literary Awards, and the Business.com "What Works for Businesss" awards.

Lisa is a certified emarketer. She holds a B.A. in Management from St. Mary's College with honors and a J.D. from Monterey College of Law.

Norm Pensky, VP Sales, SmartAction
Norm Pensky, Vice President of Sales
Norm has successfully led sales expansion at a variety of companies in his more than 30 year career, most recently as VP of Sales at SmartAction, a company that developed Artificial Intelligence for Call automation . Norm was VP of Sales focusing on Saas based Applicant Tracking Systems at both JobFlash and Talent Technolgy. He was GM & EVP of Sales at Workshare Inc., a UK-based company that is the leading content security software provider serving the Top 100 Legal firms.Prior to Workshare,Norm was the VP of Sales and Marketing at Intraware, where he built a team that grew sales from $0 to $122 million to set the stage for the company's IPO. Norm held senior sales management positions in the direct marketing division at Oracle working directly for Tom Siebel and Marc Benioff during the initial stages of the CRM expansion. And at Macromedia with OEM, Field Sales and International Sales Director responsibilities. Earlier in his career, he started and operated a telephone call center from start-up to over 200 people. At that time he was one of the founding members and President of the American Teleservices Assoc.

R Wang, Managing Director, Constellation Research
R “Ray” Wang is a founding partner and research analyst for enterprise strategy at Altimeter Group and the author of the popular enterprise software blog “A Software Insider’s Point of View”. With viewership in the millions of page views a year, his blog provides insight into how disruptive technologies and new business models impact the enterprise. A background in emerging business and technology trends, enterprise apps strategy, technology selection, and contract negotiations provides clients and readers with the bridge between business leadership and technology adoption.

Buyers seek Ray’s research in disruptive technologies and their impact on business processes, business models, and organizational design. Business topics focus on harnessing innovation, creating next generation business and IT leadership, and applying the new rules of business. Technology topics include SaaS/Cloud solutions, Social CRM, Next Gen ERP and apps, business process transformation, Project Based Solutions, Order Management, Master Data Management, and middleware technologies.

For technology sellers, Ray provides strategic guidance in go-to-market strategies; reviews and designs software licensing, pricing, support, and maintenance policies; delivers competitive assessments; evaluates software partner ecosystems, and researches business processes such as the perfect order and customer experience for the enterprise and SMB markets.

BEST ENTERPRISE SEARCH SOLUTION

James Diggs, Vice President Strategy & Business Development, Janeeva Inc.
Jim Diggs is responsible for setting the strategy, direction and positioning for Janeeva outsourcing relationship management solutions and is a thought leader in the industry. Jim has a long history with technology companies as vice president in ADP, IBM, BlueGill Technologies and in emerging start-up companies including CEO of Adapted Wave Technologies and Mindport IBS. At IBM, Jim led the strategy of the printing services business unit. At ADP, as Operations and Quality Champion, he led the re-tooling of the operations and was appointed to an IRS Subcommittee as chairperson of Quality and New Business Methods. Jim led the product strategy at BlueGill Technologies, which became the leader in electronic Internet billing, and was acquired by CheckFree Corporation in 2000. Jim holds a BS degree in Applied Math and Operations Research from the University of Colorado College of Engineering. He has lectured and spoken worldwide on the topics of strategic planning, building new world business models, product differentiation/positioning, the marketspace, quality re-engineering and the changing workforce. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Cathedral Corporation.

Rene van Erk, Director Product & Business Development, Wolters Kluwer Legal, Tax & Regulatory Europe
Rene is part of the European management team of Wolters Kluwer responsible for Product – and Business Development. In this role his key responsibility is to optimize the WK portfolio for maximum growth, including a focus on M&A opportunities

Prior to Wolters Kluwer, but after having returned to the Netherlands in 2004, Rene was an informal investor in a number of Internet and Software start-ups; he is still a member of the Board in 2 of those. He was also part of the management team that led the turnaround of Tridion, a leading European Content Management- and Online Solutions provider.

Between 1991 and 2004 Rene worked in a number of Software companies, but spend most of his time – 9 years - in various roles across the globe for Microsoft . His last role in Microsoft was to lead the Asia-Pacific Services & Solutions business (1700 FTE) through a transition towards a more customer and solution focused organization

Prior to Microsoft Rene worked in two other software companies, establishing/growing their international businesses.

Rene enjoys international environments, speaks 5 languages and has worked across multiple continents; he lived/worked in Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe. He is passionate about Internet, Mobility, Digital/Online Media and Software.

BEST FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Vivek Agarwal, Project Manager, WithumSmith+Brown
SUMMARY
Dedicated CPA with over ten years of experience in auditing, internal control and financial management.
 Extensive knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley sections 302 and 404 & COSO framework
 Expertise in documenting, evaluating and reviewing processes and systems
 Excellent management skills, able to coordinate and direct audits while managing and motivating audit teams
 High ratio of acceptance of recommendations leading to reduction of costs and improvement of operational efficiency

CORE COMPETENCIES
Internal control, process documentation, risk assessment, compliance, fraud detection and control

INDUSTRIES
Financial Services, Software services, Manufacturing, Health Care and Telecommunication

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
 Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Information Systems Audit and Control Association

 Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Colorado State Board of Accountancy

 Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

 Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

 Bachelor of Commerce - Finance & Accounting
University of Delhi, India

Adrian Davis, President & CEO, Whetstone Inc.
Adrian is a business strategist and trusted advisor for chief executives and business owners.

As President and CEO of management consulting firm Whetstone Inc., he has worked with organizations such as AOL, KPMG, Motorola, Dupont, Aviva,
and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
His highly talented team has developed a reputation for leading organizations to innovative and practical solutions that enhance customer value and dramatically increase sales and profitability.
Adrian is a certified professional in Business Process Management
(P.BPM) and a certified Competitive Intelligence Professional (CIP).

He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University
of Ottawa (Dean s Honour List).
 He lives in Burlington, Ontario with his wife Jennifer and children, Ryan and Rachel.

He is a thought-provoking speaker
and is frequently called upon to address senior management teams
and sales groups on the subjects of corporate strategy, competitive
advantage and sales excellence.

Kevin Dobbs, Owner and Managing Director, Montclair Advisors, LLC
Kevin is the founder of Montclair Advisors, a leading strategic advisory firms exclusively focused on assisting software companies with the business side of Software-as-a-Service. For the last 20 years Kevin has held executive positions with public and private software firms with operational responsibility for sales, marketing, business development, product and corporate strategy. Kevin has focused his career on how to use enterprise application software as a catalyst for transformational business change inside of all sizes of organizations.

One area of Kevin’s long-term interests has been delivering easy-to-use business applications over the Internet for all types of end users. Kevin has transitioned several firms to a SaaS business model, and based on his unique perspectives of the software market, it became clear that there was an interesting market opportunity. Although there was not only a need for a technology perspective when delivering SaaS, but there is an equally important aspect which are the best practices on how to run a successful SaaS business, which led Kevin to form Montclair Advisors.

Mark Feldman, Chief Operating Officer, NetProspex
An experienced start up executive, Mark joined NetProspex in 2008 and has helped drive strategy, operations, sales and marketing. Previously, he co-founded The Buzz Group, a pharmaceutical services firm that grew to $6MM in revenue in 3 years. Before that he was an early employee at AgION Technologies, a venture-backed pioneer in silver-based antimicrobial additives where he led a group that marketed products to the pharmaceutical industry. While in school he worked at Bunyip Information Systems, an early Internet company and inventor of the Archie search technology for FTP. Mark holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Management Information Systems from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is an active brewer who especially enjoys using the latest brewing software to manage the biochemistry side of crafting the perfect beer.

Joe Garrow, Director, Business Development, CraneMorley, Inc
Joe Garrow has been involved in the automotive industry for over 25 years. He has worked in franchise development, business management, sales and CRM capacities for both OEMs and suppliers. He started his career working as a business management and sales incentives analyst and was promoted to District Sales Manager for Nissan. He has held Franchise Development positions at the national and regional levels for Mazda, Mercedes-Benz and Saab including dealer expansion activities throughout the USA. He has been instrumental in brand image programs including the upgrade of 70 dealers in the Western States for the launch of the Mercedes-Benz Light Truck Franchise. Garrow received a POPAI award for the Mazda Information Centers program he developed.

Since 1999, Mr. Garrow has been involved in technology initiatives for the auto industry including eBusiness, CRM, and eLearning. While at Siebel Systems, Garrow consulted with OEMS on Call Center Software, CRM and eBusiness solutions.

Garrow was the head consultant at Urban Science for Nissan North America where he led major dealer network representation consulting initiatives from 2002 through 2008. Currently, he is Director, Business Development at CraneMorley, Inc.

Mr. Garrow earned his MBA at the University of Southern California in Management Consulting

Marc Sachdev, Chief Financial Officer, Aquavation
Marc Sachdev has led strategic marketing and operations for numerous enterprise software concerns. He earned an MBA in Finance and Information Systems from University of Rochester Simon School and also holds a BA in Economics. Marc is currently the CFO and co-founder of Aquavation, a cause related marketing organization that provides a customer friendly technology solution that helps nonprofits raise funds. In this role, he is responsible for financial matters, partner and vendor relationships and technology development.

Tom Siegel, Managing Director, Shepherd Ventures
Tom Siegel, a Managing Director and co-founder of Shepherd Ventures, has over 25 years experience in venture capital, entrepreneurial ventures and management consulting. He focuses on investments in mobile/wireless, digital media, Internet and software. Tom manages the firm's investments in portfolio companies including SpecificMEDIA, Quickoffice, WiSpry, Digital Orchid and LTI Lighting.

As Senior Vice President of Advantage Capital Partners, an early stage venture capital firm, Tom's investments resulted in several public offerings. The US Small Business Administration selected him as a Financial Services Advocate of the Year. Prior to Advantage Capital, Tom founded and/or served as President and Chief Executive Officer of various companies, primarily in the software and publishing industries. Earlier in his career, Tom was a Management Consultant with, and a member of the M&A Group of, KPMG.

Tom received a BA in Economics and an MBA from the University of Illinois. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and also holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He is a member of the CFA Institute and is a past Chairman and President of the CFA Society of San Diego. Tom is active in the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and is a past board member of Planet ATE. He

John Venditti, Vice President, Consulting Practice, AnchorPoint
Mr. Venditti is currently Vice President, Consulting Practice for MTS, a public software and services company that delivers a portfolio of Telecom Expense Management (TEM) consulting, licensed software, SaaS, and BPO offerings. In his current role, Mr. Venditti oversees the company’s consulting operations and corporate strategy and was a member of the Executive Management Team that completed AnchorPoint’s NASDAQ merger with MTS.

Mr. Venditti came to AnchorPoint from eCredit, a leading provider of business information solutions for financial professionals that offers both a licensed software solution and a SaaS solution. Mr. Venditti was the Vice President of the Professional Services Organization where he managed the US and international consulting and customer support organizations. He was also a member of the Executive Management Team that closed several rounds of venture funding.

Prior to eCredit, Mr. Venditti held numerous positions at IDX Systems Corporation, now GE Healthcare. Prior to being acquired by GE Healthcare, IDX Systems Corporation was a publicly held corporation engaged in the development, installation, and support of integrated software solutions for hospitals, teaching universities, clinics, labs, and managed care organizations. IDX offered both a licensed software solution and an IDX hosted solution.

BEST HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Bardia Behravesh, Program Manager/Education Specialist, Stanford University Medical Center
Bardia Behravesh is an instructional designer and learning technologist with 9+ years of experience developing and managing learning content for higher education, healthcare, and corporate institutions. Dr. Behravesh earned his doctorate in education at Pepperdine University in 2010 and is primarily interested in developing and leveraging technology-enabled solutions to address graduate medical education needs.

Yves Lermusi, CEO, Checkster
Yves Lermusi (aka Lermusiaux) is CEO & founder of Checkster.

Mr. Lermusi founded Checkster after 7 years at Taleo (TLEO) as President of Taleo Research. Prior to Taleo, Mr. Lermusi founded iLogos (acquired by Taleo) and held several positions in research and consulting organizations in Europe.

Mr. Lermusi is a well known public speaker and a Career and Talent industry commentator. He is often quoted in the leading business media worldwide, including Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Week, and Time Magazine. His articles and commentary are published regularly in online publications and business magazines. Mr. Lermusi was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the Recruiting Industry and his blog has been recognized as the best third party blog.

Mr. Lermusi earned a degree in Physics and Philosophy, and has a diploma in Economics from the University of Brussels and from the University of London.

BEST INTEGRATION SOLUTION

Jan Aleman, Chief Executive Officer, Servoy
EO of Servoy a supplier of an agile development and deployment environment that enables companies to effortlessly move to SaaS (Software as a Service). Servoy helps ISV's and corporates that need to modernize their legacy and/or 4GL based applications to a modern Java platform with capabilities of running both locally, client/server and over the internet from a single codebase. Broad international experience with clients in over 30 countries accross the globe.

Frequent speaker at SaaS University, EuroCloud, ICT~Office about SaaS and Cloud Computing.

Formerly: Entrepeneur, CTO, Application Developer, Database Administrator, and Project Manager in a wide variety of business applications. Interested in SaaS, client/server applications and ISV business models.

Manish Chowdhary, Chief Executive Officer, GoECart
Manish Chowdhary is the Founder & CEO of GoECart, the leader in on-demand ecommerce solutions. GoECart's mission is to empower Small and Mid Size merchants with cutting edge ecommerce technology that allows them to compete and win even in the most competitive online markets.

Manish provides business and technology leadership to GoECart and its clients. He is an innovative business leader and a visionary who creates and executes revenue-producing strategies by developing and launching new solutions to address market needs. Manish is a recognized expert in his field and a sought after public speaker on topics such as ecommerce, entrepreneurship, and online marketing. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Bridgeport and patents in collaborative commerce."

Mike Desai, Director, Business Development, Ping Identity Corporation
Mr. Desai has more than 15 years of experience in building successful software
companies, software product lines and partnering programs. As the Director of
Business Development and Strategic Cloud Alliances with Ping Identity, Mike created
the concept for and leads the team responsible for executing on the company’s SaaS
Partner Program – a program that has grown to more than 100 members. His role at
Ping keeps him entrenched in the software/SaaS space – both in the United States and
EMEA. Additionally, he currently serves on the SIIA Software Division’s Board of
Directors.
Prior to joining Ping Identity Mr. Desai spent seven years with Honeywell International
where he held senior level positions in business development, product development and
engineering including Vice President of Product Development for Honeywell’s Phoenix
Controls subsidiary before moving into the organization’s business development team.
Prior to that he held software systems management and engineering positions with 724
Solutions, Inc. and NetMorf. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
form Boston University and holds a US patent for wireless sash sensing.

Nayan Jadeja, Vice President, R & D, Fiberlink Communications
Has more than 18 years of experience in application software development industry. Lately been involved in building on demand solutions in the cloud.

BEST MARKETING/PUBLIC RELATIONS SOLUTION

Edward Cartier, Partner, Sage Technology Resources
Ed Cartier has a long and distinguished career in software marketing, licensing and sales. He is currently a partner in Sage Technology Resources, a consulting firm that specializes in providing strategic management services to emerging and growth stage companies.

In his position as Sr. Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications for Eracent, Inc., he managed of all aspects of corporate marketing, channel partner development, corporate contract management and oversight of the RFP response process. Prior to taking the position at Eracent, he spent thirteen years in the Intellectual Property Division at AT&T later to become part of Lucent Technologies. Through his work at Lucent he became fully versed in all aspects of software and channel marketing and licensing. Prior to Lucent he spent 10 years at Perkin-Elmer’s Data System Group in various marketing positions.

Ed has been widely published, regularly contributing articles to trade publications focused on IT asset management, including CIO Agenda, SIIA’s Upgrade Magazine, IAITAM’s ITAK Magazine and FAST Talk, published by the Federation Against Software Theft. He also authored several published white papers dealing with the role of IT asset management tools in maintaining network security and controlling IT costs. While at Lucent he was a contributor to

John Gunn, Vice President Security Solutions, Harland Clarke
John brings more than two decades of industry experience in senior sales and marketing positions for leading technology companies. John's diverse background includes executive roles at firms that specialize in software solutions, IT security, software DRM, ASIC development, computer peripherals, and various consumer electronics products. He has created and implemented successful growth strategies for leading manufacturers, distributors, and resellers including Aladdin, Packard Bell, 3dfx, and VisionTek.

Matthew Pollock, VP Director of Marketing and Creative, Curriculum Associates
I've been in the advertising, design and interactive space since 1993, with roots in traditional but a focus on digital since 2000. During my career I have developed award winning global advertising campaigns, relationship marketing programs and brand experiences for leading brands such as Miller Brewing, American Express, Best Buy, Whirlpool and Liberty Mutual. But maybe most importantly, I have successfully built teams of diverse creative and technology talents to develop big ideas across channels and provide the glue that holds together the brand-consumer relationship.

I am currently serving as the Vice President Creative Director at Curriculum Associates where I oversee creative for both Product Development and Marketing by bringing together diverse creative, production and technology talents.

Prior to Curriculum Associates I was a Regional Creative Director with Sapient, where I was responsible for brand experience design and strategy across accounts and provided creative leadership on key strategic clients. As a global representative on the Creative Leadership team I participated in the development of enterprise wide solutions that supported interactive teams and oversaw the interactive Learning & Development curriculum for North America.

Lisa Reichenberg, Director of Client Relations, FirstCourt, Inc.

Daniel Schaible, Senior Vice President, Content Management, BurrellesLuce
Professional Background
Dan Schaible’s deep experience in the newspaper business is evident in the successful initiatives he has directed as senior vice president-content management for BurrellesLuce. In that capacity, he has strengthened the company’s relationships with content providers and has substantially increased the number of licensing agreements with publishers, producers, syndicates, and digital media creators. Schaible also has spearheaded efforts that have resulted in significant growth of the BurrellesLuce copyright compliance program; the company now has use agreements in place with thousands of content providers, far more than any other media monitoring firm. Schaible joined BurrellesLuce following a 27-year career in the newspaper industry. The third generation of his family to enter the field, he worked in advertising and production for the Newhouse-owned Star-Ledger in New Jersey, Led the production and labor teams for the Murdoch-owned New York Post, and headed up production for Thomson in Utah. Most recently, he was IT director for Hearst’s San Francisco Chronicle. Schaible is a member of the Project Management Institute, and the Media Council of The Paley Center for Media. In addition, he is the BurrellesLuce representative to the Software and Information Industry Association, The Copyright Society of the U.S.A, the Newspaper Association of America, the Magazine Publishers of America, American Business Media, the NNA and the SNA.

Marcia Taylor, Director, Sales and Business Development, Newstex, LLC
Marcia Taylor has over 15 years experience in the content field. Before joining Newstex LLC, she held a variety of positions at Businss Wire most recently as Director, Content Development and Licensing where she licensed content packages to a range of services such as small vertical portals to major content aggregator, financial services and archival databases. At Newstex, she continues to reach out to consumers of news and information with products featuring aggregated newswire content and blogs.

BEST MOBILE ON-DEMAND APPLICATION

Tish Grier, Social Media Specialist, TishGrier.com
Ms. Grier is a professional blogger, freelance online journalist, social media specialist, and online community developer. Currently, she is the newsblogger for the Telefonica Developer Community Blog and contributor to Poynter's E-Media Tidbits column. She has also served as Chief Community Officer for Placeblogger.com.

BEST MOBILE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Barbara Brynko, Editor in Chief, Information Today
Barbara Brynko is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Information Today and the Editorial Director of Info Pros Publications for Information Today, Inc.

Don Green, SVP, Product Management, OpSource

BEST PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Ken Amron, President, K C Consultants Group, LLC
A results-driven, highly skilled project and process manager with extensive industry experience including Prudential, GE, MetLife, Philips, and Toys "R" Us. Received a Post MBA Certificate in Electronic Commerce from Rutgers Business School, a MBA in Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurial Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a B.S. in Management Science from Kean University. Completed the GE Capital Center for Learning & Organizational Excellence Six Sigma Quality Green Belt Training Certification Program and the Project Management Certification Program from J.J. Glatt & Associates. Currently serve as a guest lecturer at Rutgers University Graduate School of Management and Graduate School of Engineering on "Six Sigma Methodologies".

Kristina Podnar, Principal, NativeTrust Consulting
NativeTrust Consulting LLC is the brainchild of Kristina Podnar, an information management consultant with over twelve years of practice helping organizations achieve their content management and portal solution goals. Her experience spans the government, private, and non-profit sectors, as a government employee, management consultant, and entrepreneur.

Kristina is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), with expertise in large-scale cost and time-constrained systems deployments, and the strong ability to support multiple simultaneous projects with strict attention to detail. Her client work has spanned from government clients including the F.B.I., U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Small Business Administration, and the U.S. General Services Administration, to private sector clients Delta Dental, BEA (now Oracle), and Fannie Mae, as well as to associations and non-profit organizations American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), St. Jude’s Hospital, CARE International, and PBS.

Kristina holds a BA in International Studies and an MBA in International Business, Pacific Rim from Dominican University of California.

BEST RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Matt Childs, Founder & CEO, DreamSimplicity
Matt Childs is a SaaS & Cloud Computing evangelist, social media scientist and the founder of DreamSimplicity, the number one social media marketing and distribution company dedicated to promoting web-based software technology through viral video and in-stream targeted campaigns.

Prior to DreamSimplicity Matt held key sales leadership positions at various Enterprise SaaS companies including: WaveMaker, SmartTurn, and SeeControl.

The early challenges of selling software via the phone was the charge for Matt to develop DreamSimplicity.com, a web-hub focused on leveraging video and social content to educate technology buyers.

BEST SECURITY SOLUTION

Cristian Badea, CIO, Avangate
A founding member of Avangate, Cristian Badea has had a major impact over the company's strategic direction and progress over the years. He understands new trends in technology and how to successfully and efficiently align IT to business goals.

Cristian has a well rounded insight into the software industry, being a developer himself. At the same time, his expertise spans technical, financial and business areas. At Avangate, he is leading multi-departmental projects addressing solution functionality and innovation, scalability, security and efficient resource planning. An outspoken person, Cristian is a mentor and friend to colleagues and partners.

Anurag Sharma, Project Manager, WithumSmith+Brown (WS+B)
A CISA and CISSP certified professional with ten years of experience in Information Security Consultancy, IT and Compliance Audits, Risk Analysis, Authentication Services and Access Control Services. Demonstrated capability to perform IT audits and ISO/IEC 17799 based Information Security consultancy. Adept at developing effective security policies, procedures and technical specifications. Has sound knowledge and experience in establishing IT controls framework; Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance, COSO framework and CoBIT controls. Has performed and assisted in audits of various types such as: Sarbanes-Oxley audits, SAS 70 audits, IT Internal controls audits, security policy compliance review, BS 7799 pre-certification audit, third party verification & validation, system security audits, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.

BEST SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTION

Marcellus Buchheit, President & CEO, Wibu-Systems USA
Marcellus Buchheit, born in 1962 in Germany, is President and CEO of Wibu-Systems USA Inc, located in Edmonds, north of Seattle, and is also chairman of the board at Wibu-Systems AG.
He founded this company together with Oliver Winzenried in 1989. In the same year he completed his study at University of Karlsruhe, one of the few German elite universities, as Diplom Informatiker, comparable with a Master of Science in Computing Science.
He is the original architect of the WibuKey and CodeMeter product lines. He is an expert in designing methods against reserve-engineering and debugging of software and developed many techniques in this field.
He was an self-employed Windows development consultant since 1988, write many articles in German software development magazines, was the author about the German standard book about Windows programming (unofficially named "the bible") and was an independent Microsoft Regional Director and MVP between 1996 and 2004. He developed his first microprocessor-based computer in 1977 and wrote also his first programs in this year.

Pavan Gorakavi, Vice President, IPMA - Young Crew [USA]
I am Pavan Kumar Gorakavi, I am a Sr.Software developer working in Dallas,TX. I am also Vice President for IPMA-USA Young Crew and Associate director for PMI-ISSIG. I
did my B.Tech and M.S in computer Science, M.B.A and G.M.C.P. I am certified Sun, IBM and PMI

William Kelly, Internet Product Design Manager (retired), J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. (retired)
KellerOnline Design Manager (retired)
Previously Product Design Manager for software and IS Systems Manager.
Worked at J. J. Keller & Associates since 1976.

BEST SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

John Martin, COO, IQNavigator, Inc.
As COO and CTO for IQNavigator, John F. Martin leads the Software-as-a-Service provider's product and services execution, including software development, all client interactions and field operations. Now building his third market-leading SaaS enterprise application, John's SaaS blog can be found at www.BuildingSaaS.com.

Previously, as VP Product Management for Saba Software, John helped drive Saba from a 30-person pre-revenue company to the public market-leading learning management system provider. John was also VP of Convergence Technologies for CSG Systems, where he ran CSG's 150-person development group as the company went public and grew to over $200M in sales. Additionally, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. for four years, and as a manager in Oracle's consulting division he managed dozens of custom development projects.

John earned an MBA from Stanford, graduating as an Arjay Miller Scholar in the top 10% of his class, and bachelor degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT.

BEST SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Russ Conwath, Technology Consulting, Independent Management
Russ Conwath is a Senior Research Analyst with Info-Tech Research Group specializing in Help Desk and Software Asset Management. He has spent over 20 years leading and managing IT environments in public, private and non-profit environments such as aerospace, software development, manufacturing, biotechnology, TV and radio services, professional services, pharmaceutical, retail, records management, communications and healthcare.

Russ has managed all aspects of IT including datacenter and facilities, operations, networking and telecommunications, desktop and application development. He has considerable experience reviving IT operations that are in distress, transforming them into stable business contributors.

Prior to joining Info-Tech, Russ was an independent consultant providing strategic and tactical technology advisory services to the SME market. His engagements included technology strategy, system selection and implementation, infrastructure build out and IT function remediation and required a detailed knowledge of software development, server and database technology, business intelligence and data warehousing, mobile and barcode systems, document and records management, document imaging, CRM and ERP systems, EAI and middleware, logistics and automated vehicle route management.

Formerly, Russ was Director of IT for Centrinity, a unified communications system developer and ASP that is now part of OpenText, where he successfully managed IT through a significant period of growth and change.

Jean-Pierre Garbani, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research, Inc.

Roger Green, Executive Editor, CIOZone.com
Roger provides clients with practical business development guidance and strategic planning insights for profitable responses to rapidly changing 21st Century business, technology and marketing realities.

An innovative and strategic leader, Roger is a seasoned sales/marketing executive and a respected C-level IT practitioner. Roger has years of experience in developing, buying, selling and deploying some of the most important technology-enabled solutions in use today.

As Executive Editor of PSN, Inc. Roger is once again at the leading edge - in this case B2B social media -- having daily conversations with the people who are shaping the future of technology and business.

This unusual combination of business and technology expertise enables Roger to provide clients with valuable insights and direction.

Roger also serves as a trusted advisor or 'virtual' C-level executive for clients who need executives with business acumen and proven transformational leadership skills -- by augmenting their management team. This service is especially useful for small and medium-sized businesses undergoing rapid growth or marketplace challenges and could benefit from the insights, capabilities and professional networks that only an experienced business leader can bring. One of Roger's key strengths is effective collaboration with CXOs.

Roger has over 20 years of senior-level experience in deriving business value from information.

BEST USE OF OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY

David F. Carr, Freelancer, Carr Communications Inc.
David F. Carr is a freelance writer, editor, and web consultant. He currently writes a column on IT for small to midsize businesses for Forbes.com and freelances for other IT publications, including CIO Magazine.

David was Technology Editor at Baseline Magazine from its launch in 2001 until 2008 and wrote many of its in-depth case studies on the practical details of technology implementation and management. Previously, he was Technology Editor of Internet World.

BEST WEB SERVICES SOLUTION

Michael Brown, Director - Software Platform Development, DataServ LLC
Mike has over 20 years of industry experience and has served in multiple roles of software product development, network design and engineering and sales. He has been awarded three US patents with two more pending. His industry experience has spanned a range of company sizes from the Fortune 10 to startups.

He is currently leading a greenfield software redevelopment project at a pioneering SaaS company. Prior to this position he was the CTO for OEM software development company supplying the broadband industry, was a team leader for network television quality video over IP networks, designed a national broadband IP network, architected data communication networks at one of the largest US telecom companies and architected one of the earliest datacenter based production client server application prior to the Internet's adoption.

Nathan Elia, Senior Vice President, Scottish Development International

Joe Grossberg, Senior Developer, The Washington Post
Organizer of DC Ruby Users Group. Over a decade of web development experience. Focused on keeping projects profitable and stakeholders thrilled. Passionate about writing great software and conscientious about quality and usability.

EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY CATEGORIES

BEST CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Fran Clark, Instructor, University of Memphis
I am currently an instructor at the University of Memphis. I teach the required technology course to our pre-service teachers. I am also the computer lab coordinator for the Campus School (Grades 1 - 6). I have many years experience working with technology in the K-6 classroom.

Jane Enloe, Teacher, Sequoia Middle School
Jane Enloe has taught for 20 years in both the elementary and middle school setting. Her focus is on reading and writing, but she also teaches drama. She has been teaching drama for four years. The schools Mrs. Enloe has been employed in include Los Angeles Unified School District and Mt. Diablo Unified School District. She has taught grades 1-8 during her career. She enjoys supporting students learning both during the school day and for after school clubs. Mrs. Enloe has a Masters Degree from Hayward State University with a specialty in curriculum.

Jill Solek-Giles, Director of Technology, Grymes Memorial School
Jill Solek-Giles is a graduate of the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. She has seven years of experience as a Software Engineer, having worked in all phases of the systems development life cycle. In addition, she has worked in Educational Technology as an Instructional Technology Resource Teacher. Jill has over 15 years of web development experience with 5 years as managing partner with Webologie, LLC. She currently serves as Director of Technology for Grymes Memorial School, an co-educational independent day school. She lives in Central Virginia with her husband, 11 year-old daughter and 3 year-old son.

BEST CORPORATE LEARNING SOLUTION

Linda Eller, Information Services Adminsitrator, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
Manage social network and content management tools
Created / Managed online training venues for teachers
Adjunct online instructor for University of Memphis
Adjunct instructor at Christian Brothers University
Served on planning team for one-to-one laptop initiative
Performed all project management duties including project planning; vendor management; application development; quality assurance/user acceptance testing; training; progress reporting; and project risks, issues and finnacials
30+ years experience in k12 education

Paula Hidalgo, Director, Product Development, Math Solutions
Dr. Paula Hidalgo is the Director of Product Development for Math Solutions, in charge of publications and the design, development and delivery of new online Professional Development products. Previous to this position, she was the Vice President of Design and Development in the Curriculum Professional Development group of Pearson. Prior to that, Dr. Hidalgo led the design and development of Enhancing Instruction in Science and Enhancing Instruction in Mathematics along with several other professional development offerings at Pearson Achievement Solutions. She was an Education Consultant for LessonLab before it was acquired by Pearson. Dr. Hidalgo managed the development of online materials and organizational initiatives at Quisic Corporation. Before her position at Quisic, she was an associate at McKinsey and Company, a leading management consulting firm.
Dr. Hidalgo has served as an educational researcher on a variety of large-scale educational initiatives at the University of California, Los Angeles, while completing her doctorate program. She holds three teaching credentials, a bachelor's and a master's degree in education, a master's degree in psychology, and a PhD in applied linguistics. She has taught and is fluent in five languages

BEST EDUCATION COMMUNITY SOLUTION

Luis Aviles, Educational Technology Specialist, New York City Department of Education
In 2005 I started working as a Bilingual Teacher at PS25 The Bilingual School in the Bronx. Sponsored by the NYC Teaching Fellows program I completed a Master’s Degree in Bilingual Education from PACE University. I am a Google Certified Teacher, a Discovery STAR Educator, and a passionate believer of the need to transform education to meet the challenges of the new society.
Since my first year my classroom reflected the needs of 21st century students, incorporating technology into every lesson and providing students with different paths to understanding, thus becoming part of the creation of knowledge. By the end of my first year at The Bilingual School I received a Proclamation from the New York State Assembly in June 2006 for my innovative approach to Bilingual Education. This recognition opened up the doors to developing and implementing a MultiMedia program at The Bilingual School for elementary and middle school students that, focused on Information Literacy, gave them the opportunities to become responsible consumers and producers of media.

In 2008 I joined the Office of Educational Technology to expand the reach of the Multimedia program. Today I work with schools in the Bronx as they transition into 21st Century Learning Centers.

Patricia Delich, e-learning consultant, self
Dr. Patricia Delich is an international e-learning consultant with experience in designing e-learning programs and helping educators learn how to develop and teach online courses.

Patricia has received 11 state (California) and 2 national (U.S.) awards for faculty teaching online courses. Her work with educators spans all disciplines and levels of readiness in developing and teaching online courses. For more information, go to: http://elearningnetworks.com.

Joyce Hinkson, Education Programs Consultant, State of California
Joyce Hinkson, Ed.D.,
Education Programs Consultant
California Department of Education

Ann (Sage) Moore, Teacher, Oakland Unified School District
After more than a decade in End-user and Infrastructure support, design, and analysis, I moved into the field of education. For the last seven years I have dedicated my professional life to the the education of students in the fields of mathematics and computing, as well as worked to support the school community's use of technology to facilitate their work and enrich their curricula.

Amy Perry-DelCorvo, CEO/Executive Director, NYSCATE
Newly appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of NYSCATE –New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education, Amy joins us with over 15 years of Educational Service Agency experience as the Assistant Superintendent of Monroe 1 BOCES and previously as the Director of Strategic Initiatives at Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES. Amy is the recipient of the prestigious "Forty Under 40" award from the Rochester Business Alliance and is one of the founding members of the USNY Technology Policy and Practice Council, led by the Board of Regents in New York State.
Amy is currently a COSN Board Member, and recently completed her fifth year on the Board of Directors for the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), where she served on the Organizational Affiliate Executive Committee. She has served on the leadership team of the Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA) Collaborative and has worked with many educational institutions across the country regarding best practices and projects regarding effective and efficient uses of technology in schools.

Thor Prichard, President & CEO, Clarity Innovations, Inc.
Thor Prichard leads a team of instructional designers, technology analysts and Web application engineers with the unique blend of expertise necessary to meaningfully transform the practice and process of education. Thor takes a collaborative approach with clients; with an ingenuity for innovation, in solving problems, developing learning environments and integrating technology in a meaningful way. Recent clients of his team include Intel Education, Math Learning Center, Bellingham Schools, ScholarCentric, and Learning.com. Thor’s focus is on finding promising technologies that match the needs of the education industry 3-5 years from now. Thor holds a BA in cognitive psychology.

Laura Zieger, Assoc. Professor, New Jersey City University
Laura Zieger is an Associate Professor of Educational Technology in the graduate program at New Jersey City University. She received her doctorate in Educational Technology from Pepperdine University. Laura is a reviewer for the Journal of Interactive Online Learning and Sage Publishers. Her most recent publication is a co-authored book entitled, Teachers as Technology Leaders. Her current research interests focus on the impact of communities of learners and their formation of identities in online teaching and learning.

BEST EDUCATION GAME OR SIMULATION

Tina [Sartori] Rooks, Educational Consultant, Turning Technologies
Dr. Tina Rooks serves as Vice President and Chief Instructional Office and oversees the educational consulting team.

Tina has over 16 years experience in education, as a classroom teacher, middle school principal, technology administrator and Vice President of a professional development division for an educational technology company. At the end of 2008, Tina began working as our Educational Consultant. Her dissertation work using TurningPoint to research the impact student response systems have on achievement in K-12 led her to join Turning Technologies. Additionally, while working as an independent consultant for academically challenged schools, Tina saw that the use of the TurningPoint system was critical to assisting failing schools.
Tina received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education from West Georgia College, her Master of Education Administration and Leadership from the State University of West Georgia, and her Doctor of Education in Instructional Technology from Pepperdine University.
Tina has several published articles and is the recipient of the Google First Women's Engineer Award 2008, President of American Computing and Machinery Award 2007, John Meehl Leadership Award 2006, GISA Summer Grant Award 2005, and the Ingram Scholar Award 1993.

Kurt Eisele-Dyrli, Products Editor, District Administration magazine
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli is the products editor for District Administration magazine, where he covers the latest news in the education technology industry, oversees an annual Readers' Choice Top 100 Products special issue, blogs, films video profiles of companies and products, and attends cutting edge technology trade shows around the country.

Daniel Hall, Assistant Professor, Point Loma Nazarene University
I was a teacher in a K-8 school district for seventeen years. In last four years with the district, I was a technology resource teacher where I provided support for the teachers and the district in incorporating technology into our curriculum and instruction. During the same four years, I provided professional development in educational technology to our county office of education.

I have been a reviewer of district technology plans submitted by school districts to the California state department of education. I have also evaluated EETT (Enhancing Education Through Technology) technology grants submitted to the California state department of education.

I am now an assistant professor at Point Loma Nazarene University, where I teach classes in School of Education.

My master's degree and the doctoral degree I am currently working on at Pepperdine University are in educational technology. I have finished my doctoral coursework and am working on my dissertation.

Cheryl Reynolds-Fefles, Art Department Chairperson, Schurz High School (Chgo.Public Schools CPS)
Computer Graphics teacher - created computer graphics program at Schurz using Photoshop & Google SketchUp; Teacher trainer for Schurz HS - new Gradebook system; eMentor for Chicago Public Schools - Intel Master teacher, provided professional development in technology to teachers; attended Tech 2009 - a forum in Springfield, Il at the state capital to present technology usage in schools to state legislators. Presentation - "Visualization & the Gaming Mind" . National Board Certified Teacher - EA/YA Art - Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood. Renewed certification until 2012. Artist - creates original artwork using Photoshop & Painter.

BEST EDUCATION REFERENCE SOLUTION

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Tom DAmico, Superintendent - Student Success Learning Technologies, Ottawa Catholic School Board
Tom D'Amico began his career as a physical education, business and computer teacher in Ottawa Ontario. He has been with Ottawa Catholic School Board for 20 years

He is the co-author of two accounting textbooks, "Principles of Accounting" and has received several awards including "The Prime Minister's Award for teaching excellence in Science, Technology, and Mathematics", a Royal Bank National Fellowship in Information Technology and he is a recipient of The Learning Partnership's award as one of Canada's Outstanding Principals.

Tom D’Amico is currently the Superintendent of Student Success – Learning Technologies, and has responsibilities for family of schools K-12, and equity and inclusive education for the Ottawa Catholic School Board

BEST EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION FOR PRODUCTIVITY/CREATIVITY

Carol Holzberg, Technology Journalist, Technology Pathfinder, Technology & Learning
Computer journalist and tech integration specialist. Currently working in Massachusetts as the Technology Coordinator of Greenfield Public Schools and Greenfield Center School. Also teaches in the licensure program for Hampshire Educational Collaborative (Northampton, MA) and online in the School of Education at Capella University

Gail Lovely, Independent Educator, Lovely and Associates
Gail has been involved in educational technology for more than 25 years - as a classroom teacher, school-level professional, district and county level professional developer, non-profit organization board member, university professor and employee in private industry. Gail's variety of experiences leads her to indepth analysis and interpretation of software and online products and services. Gail is well-known for making the complex simple and helping all learners learn.

Enza Papeck, Principal, School Distictrict 59
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BEST EDUCATIONAL USE OF A DEVICE-SPECIFIC APPLICATION

Scott Horsch, Curriculum Director, Mendota High School
I have worked as an educator for twenty for years as a teacher, counselor, principal, and central office administrator. Throughout my experiences, I have worked with technology in educational settings as it has developed over the past twenty four years. My experiences have included: working with interactive whiteboards, wireless slates, lcd projectors, student management systems, e-mail systems, digital cameras, and portable handheld data collection devices.

Rosemary Peh, Chief IT Architect, Kamehameha Schools
Rosemary is a global IT expert with over 20 years of experience. This includes a wide area of technology systems inclusive of Enterprise Architecture, IT Governance, Strategy, Technology Delivery and Management. Areas of expertise have involved multiple industries, including Agriculture, Healthcare, Multimedia/Advertising, Retail, Manufacturing, Food Services, Entertainment, and now Education/Endowment. She pro-actively participates as a board member/technical architect at various key industry standards bodies like SIFA, ARTS and the Open Group. She is currently the Chief IT Architect at Kamehameha Schools; where they are undertaking the challenge to update and revitalize all of their core technologies. This includes setting up IT Governance, establishing data governance and stewardship, ensuring IT Security and focusing on increasing process rigor while developing customer service. Rosemary’s diverse experiences include working for Fortune 500 organizations like Pepsico, Yum Brands, and Blockbuster. Having graduated with a Master’s of Science in Information Systems Management from Hawaii Pacific University, Rosemary is constantly looking for new ways to introduce standards and processes that will improve IT-Business collaboration, build high performing teams, and provide an overall greater value of the alignment and use of technology in organizations.

Gilpatrick Peyton, Principal, Nocona ISD
As a public school principal for the past 12 years and assistant for seven before that, I have had an opportunity to use and observe many diffeent programs. I have seen programs that were very easy to use, but not much help instructionally and I have seen some that were great for kids but difficult from the management side. I would be happy to help in this endeavor.

Kathy Sobeck, Technology Integration Specialist, Fair Lawn BOE
I am the only Technology Integration Specialist in our K-12 district of 6 elementary schols, 2 middle schools and a high school; there are always teachers to be trained. In the 6 years I have been in Fair Lawn, we have increased our Smartboards from less than 20 to over 200. I am responsible for all technology related professional development, as well as bringing new technolgy into the district. Our teachers use smartboards, slates and clickers, in addition to a wide variety of software and innovative web based tools.

Shalon Thomas, Director, Technology, Benchmark Education Company
Shalon Thomas is an accomplished business developer and leader with over 15 years of progressive experience in
technology product development, sales, training and e-Marketing. Key contributor to the corporate bottom line. Adept in strategic planning and sales leadership targeting highly competitive markets. Talented in cultivating profitable relationships with high level decision makers and influential parties. Compelling communicator, able to quickly assess complex situations and determine optimal solutions.

Beth Troy, Adjunct Instructor, SUNY at Buffalo, Graduate School of Education
Mathematics & Computer Science Teacher 20 years at the secondary level.
At State University of New York at Buffalo - Graduate School of Education - since 1991 both full and part time.

Currently teaching two sections of Technology and Curriculum Integration LAI 599. Have taught LAI 544 Technology in Secondary Mathematics and LAI 678 Hypermedia in Education.

Also currently teaching online for the university - CEP 506 Intro to Ed Tech & LAI 599DL - Tech and Curriculum Integration. Also teaching UE141 II - an honors undergraduate seminar in Electronic Portfolio generation.

Codie Awards Judge 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

BEST INSTRUCTIONAL SOLUTION IN OTHER CURRICULUM AREAS

Kathy Poerstel, teacher/tech coordinator, Aleph Bet Jewish Day School
I am currently a second grade general studies teacher and technolgy coordinator at a small Jewish Day school in Annapolis Md. I have 30 years experience teaching in a variety of settings including diagnostic testing, tutoring,home schooling K-12, and classroom settings. I am certified in Ordton Gillingham and tutor children with learning disabilities.I have completed 30 hours toward a masters degree in Educational Leadership in Technology at Geaorge Washington University in Washington, DC.

Marilyn Rosas, Retired Teacher, Oneonta City Schools
I taught Business and Computer courses and was a leader in using technology in my school district. I have been a judge for Disney Teacher of the Year awards and was a member of the technology committee of our school district for many years.

BEST INSTRUCTIONAL SOLUTION FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS

Gayle Curtiss, Specalist for Special Education , Gaither High School, School Distric of Hillsborough County
Under my leadership, Gaither High School was named a demonstration school for the practice of inclusion by the Florida Inclusion Network. I have worked in special education for over 30 years. My current position allows me to directly impact the education of students with disabilities and their integration in all school settings.

Kathleen McClaskey, President, EdTech Associates
Kathleen H. McClaskey, President of Ed Tech Associates, is an education technology consultant, trainer and innovator leader in her 28th year in using technology in the classroom. She has been a computer teacher, technology integration specialist, K-12 technology director and graduate instructor for in online and onsite technology courses. Kathleen is a frequent international, national and regional workshop presenter on topics that include technology for diverse learners, Universal Design for Learning, Moodle and the 21st Century Classroom, math and technology, the role of technology to improve literacy outcomes for all students and utilizing interactive whiteboards in group instruction with autistic students. In 2007, she was awarded a three-year NH Math and Science Partnership grant for the “Science4All” project. In 2009, Kathleen designed and is directing the Tools for Learning Math Intervention Project where tools are applied to UDL researched-based instruction in math. In late 2009, she became the professional development director of three ARRA technology funded projects in NH to create 21st Century Classrooms. Kathleen has presented at ISTE 2010, NECC, CUE Conference, TRLD Conference, IDA Conference, TCEA Conference, Christa McAuliffe Technology Conferences, American Community Schools in Athens, Greece, Schools Moving Up and ISTE Webinars along with numerous state conferences.

Makalla Routten, Assistive Technology Specialist, Hampton City Schools
Assistive Technology Specialist for the past ten years and was previously a special education teacher for 21 years. Currently working on a doctoral degree in technology and curriculum at the College of William and Mary.

BEST K-12 COURSE OR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Matthew Cohen, Managing Director, Cohen Strategy Group
An award-winning technology and marketing executive, Matthew Cohen finds and grows companies which seek to transform and improve the educational landscape. He accomplishes this by helping clients maximize business opportunities, constituent experiences and community investments.

Cohen has been involved in cutting edge technology applications including online communities and education solutions for over fifteen years. His years of experience in the technology world, combined with his background in the public sector, help him bridge the gap between business needs and technology requirements, allowing him to facilitate difficult business conversations and focus on the required results of any project.

Previously, Cohen served ConnectEDU—the nation’s leading education-technology company focused on youth transitions—as a founding member of the executive leadership team. While there he led the expansion from 4 to 38 states, and grew academic partners from 12 to 1,400+ representing over 600,000 student end-users.

Under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Cohen served as the Special Advisor for Strategic Alliances & Initiatives for the NYC Economic Development Corporation, the business development arm of the City of New York. An entrepreneur himself, in 1997 Cohen founded and secured institutional funding for the Internet’s first consumer-facing college & financial aid advisory platform. An active adviser to political candidates and elected officials on the issues of technology, education and workforce development, Cohen began his public service career as Director of Field Operations for US Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro for whom he also served a tour on Capitol Hill.

Jill Galloway, Coordinator of Instructional Technology, Irving Independent School District
Jill Galloway is a Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Google Certified Teacher whose passions include educational technology, project-based learning, and green technologies. She supports the reform of traditional education into rich 21st-century learning experiences for every learner, providing them with preparation for the world of tomorrow. Jill feels fortunate to currently work for a district that is helping lead the revolution by providing innovative and authentic 21st-century learning experiences. Recognizing the fast-paced changes occurring in our world, she is proud to work for a district that recognizes the importance of providing an education that’s not just relevant, but real. Jill is a former math teacher and campus technology integration specialist who holds a M.Ed. in Instructional Technology and a B.S. in Computer Science in Engineering.

Donna Strobel, Teacher, Middletown Board of Education
I have used educational technology for most of my teaching carreer. Recently i have worked reviewing educational videos for WatchKnow (until the funding ran out). I have taught computer applications on a graduate level as well as doing staff development in our district. Currently I am working with the tech department to pilot Google Applications in our building.

BEST K-12 ENTERPRISE SOLUTION

Walter McKenzie, Director, ASCD
Walter McKenzie is director, Constituent Services at ASCD, facilitating its many educator communities, including state, regional, provincial and international affiliates, connected communities, emerging leaders and student chapters. As director, McKenzie also supports ASCD governance, education policy and educator advocates, and the Whole Child and Healthy School Communities initiatives. He is a strong proponent of using social media technologies to transform organizations as they strive to meet the needs of their members in the twenty-first century.

Prior to coming to ASCD, McKenzie served twenty-five years in Massachusetts and Virginia public schools: fourteen years as a classroom teacher and eleven years as a district trainer, coordinator, director and assistant superintendent. He also served as a training specialist for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C. and its field offices around the nation.

In addition to his work in public schools in public education, McKenzie is an internationally known author and presenter on Multiple Intelligences theory and instructional technology, and he has authored several books on these subjects. He has been instrumental in launching and leading online professional development programs and post-graduate professional education courses around the country, and he has actively facilitated online educator communities and web-based interdisciplinary instructional projects.

BEST K-12 INSTRUCTIONAL SOLUTION

Ellen Brody-Kirmss, Teacher, NYC Department of Education
After more than 20 years of corporate, consulting and IT experience at companies including IBM, CSC and Rafael Hotels, Ellen Brody-Kirmss became a NYC Teaching Fellow, launching a new career as a teacher of special education in a large urban high school in Brooklyn, NY.

Ellen graduated cum laude from Marymount Manhattan College with a B.A. in Psychology, earned her Masters Degree in Education from Brooklyn College, and is currently engaged in post-graduate studies at The New School, Eugene Lang College, Institute for Urban Education’s “Creative Pedagogies for School Change” program. She is also an exhibition consultant, and an occasional designer of Web sites who publishes artmuseumjournal.com, an online publication devoted to the world of museums, art and art history.

Ellen is married to artist and writer Arthur Kirmss, and together they have developed a variety of exhibits and educational programs covering wide-ranging historical and arts-related subjects that include the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau, wampum making, colonial New York, early edged tools, engraving as a fine and applied art, and the American Civil War.

Gates Bryant, Principal, Danes Hill Advisors
Gates Bryant is a general manager and strategy consultant with a successful track record for bridging the gap between innovative strategy and practical execution. For the past three years, he worked in strategy, product management and finance at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt during a period of dramatic change in the educational publishing industry.

Gates played an active role in transforming the company from a traditional publisher to a leader in K12 educational content, technology and services. Gates led the team that developed a 120-day action plan to merge the 8 separate divisions of Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt, achieving cost savings in excess of the bank plan’s targets. As a leader of the newly created portfolio management group at HMH, Gates drove innovation in developing new instructional programs for the K-12 Language Arts market.

Prior to joining HMH, Gates spent seven years as a strategy consultant with the Parthenon Group. He advised clients on issues of revenue growth, profit improvement and opportunities for mergers and acquisitions in the information, education, publishing and technology industries. He also advised the largest US foundation in K-12 education on investment and funding initiatives to improve the alignment of instructional systems and public/private cooperation.

Dan Dworkin, Director of Safety & Technology, The Hamlin School
I have a BA in English, a Secondary English Education teaching credential, and a MA in Education with a focus on Instructional Technology. In addition, I have been part of Sanyo Corporation's annual product review with six other educators / IT coordinators from around the US. I also work with the Bay Area Chapter of the American Red Cross regarding school safety and using digital tools to spread the message, and enhance the practices, of perparedness.

Jana Hoggle, Director of Technology, Marengo County Board of Education
Currently the Director of Technology and Federal Programs for the Marengo County School System. Current President of the Alabama Educational Technology Association which is comprised of Technology Directors for the state of Alabama. National Board Certified Teacher (Middle Childhood Generalist).

Sharon Hurwitz, Technology Consultant, PBSTeacherLine
After teaching high school English for 27 years, I became the Technology Facilitator at a high school until retirement in 2003. Since then, I have been building and facilitating online courses and providing professional development throughout Virginia. My expertise is in English, Reading, Technology Integration, STEM, PBL, and Classroom Management.

John Kissell, Director of Technology, Palmer Creative Group
John Kissell brings more than 13 years of K-12 educational technology development and marketing experience. As Director of Technology and Marketing at Palmer Creative Group in Stowe, Vermont, he is charged with all e-learning and interactive initiatives. Most recently he was Product Manager for Mathematics at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology. In his previous role at Great Source Education Group (Houghton Mifflin), he led the development of all e-learning programs and partnerships. His products include programs for Reading Intervention (Reading Advantage E-zines), Math (Larson Learning), and Spelling (Spelling for Writers). His development of the Larson Learning program received the 2007 CODIE Award for Best Mathematics Instructional Solution. He lives in Stowe, Vermont with his wife Alissa, daughter Adelaide, son Felix, and two dogs, Woodrow and Tess.

Julie LaChance, Technology Facilitator, Cabarrus County Schools
As a technology facilitator and adjunct instructor, Julie works to help teachers learn the skills needed to properly integrate technology into the classroom. She is an avid user of virtual worlds, online collaboration tools and social networking for teaching and learning and strives to show teachers out of the box methods for using each of these resources. Julie has recently been recognized as ISTE's 2010 Outstanding Young Educator of the Year as well as Tech & Learning's top 100@30 for innovation in teaching and learning.

Carol Nelson, Education Adjunct, Central Christian College
I am a technology explorer! I love to "play" with technology. Sometimes I probably know enough to be considered armed and dangerous. Non-the-less I am ready to explore and share my knowledge! I have my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with a Certificate in Educational Technology.

BEST MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTIONAL SOLUTION

Gary Bitter, Professor/Executive Director, Technology Based Learning & Research, Arizona State University
Dr. Gary Bitter is a Professor of Educational Technology at Arizona State University and Executive Director of Technology Based Learning & Research (TBLR). He has received lifetime achievement awards from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) as well as outstanding alumnus awards from Kansas State University and Emporia State University. His groundbreaking research and development of digital curricula and professional development materials is poised to transform PreK-16 and adult learning environments. At Arizona State University, his research focus is on such areas as the impact of integration of technology into curricula on student achievement and attitude, the impact of information technology fundamentals on the digital divide and the future of technology. Garys accomplishments are exemplified in his numerous journal articles, books, book chapters, conference presentations, invited talks, funded projects, and innovative courses. Gary also has an enviable record for leading successful research and development grant projects. Over the past decade, Gary has received grants in excess of ten million dollars to support his research and development efforts. Grants sources include the U.S. Department of Education, National Science Foundation, Intel, Cisco, Texas Instruments, Apple, IBM, and others. Through these grants, he has developed several interactive multimedia programs for the professional development of teachers, including Understanding Teaching, Math-ed-ology and the ASU-NETS Digital Video Library (DVL). In addition, the e-Learning Network, which is a series of interactive modules designed to help under-advantaged adults learn Internetworking skills and the Hispanic Math Project.

Donna Cooper, Math Chair, Mad River Local School District
I have taught for 42 years in high school math, statistics, computer science and science. I have been our building technology coordinator and professional development chair along with currently being the math chair.

Marion Foster, Professor of Mathematics, Houston Community College
I am a Mathematics Professor at Houston Community College where I have been a full time faculty member for five years. Prior to that I taught high school mathematics for 15 years. Before that I was a programmer. I have a masters in mathematics and a masters in educational technology.

Jennifer Rising, Math Specialist, The Nueva School
Jennifer Rising is a mathematics specialist who has earned many accolades for her achievement with the primary grades. In 2008 she was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching from President Obama for embodying excellence in teaching, for devotion to the learning needs of students, and for upholding the high standards that exemplify American education at its finest. She has many former students who have gone on to pursue careers in science, engineering, and mathematics, who name Mrs. Rising as the teacher who first lit the spark of passion in the subject. She has spoken at many conferences at the state, regional, and national levels, including the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Florida Educational Technology Conference.

Kathy Schlachter, Teacher, St. Joseph School
I am currently in my 22nd year of teaching. I am fully aware of the responsibility that brings. I enjoy bringing my creative and innovative ideas into my teaching. I continually explore new ways to teach and encourage my students to think outside the box. This past summer I was one of 50 Exemplary Educators nationwide to be invited to the SMARTboard Summit in Canada. There I spent a week learning about and creating new adventures for my students. I hold professional development workshops at my school for the teachers. In this world of instant communication, I am looking for products that can give students, parents, and teachers instant feedback.
I have been honored as the regional Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year, the Greater Cincinnati Science and Math Teacher of the Year, and the Ky. Post Golden Apple recipient for excellence in teaching.

BEST MOBILE EDUCATION SOLUTION

Sally Bair, Retired at this writing, None
Sally Bair has been invited or selected to speak at numerous conferences and events during her 35 year career in K-12 public education. She has received numerous awards including a fellowship for summer study at Northwestern University, the PAECT Pioneer Award, and CoSN Volunteer of the Year. Most recently, she has been named a MAGPI Fellow for the 2009-2010 school year. Sally has earned degrees from Mansfield University, NYU and Bloomsburg University. Presently, she serves as Technology Facilitator for the Northern Lebanon School District in Central PA. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, photography, NYC - where she is a member of the Washington Square Music Festival Benefit Board, college football and hoops and her family, friends and dog.

LeAnn Morris, K-5 Technology Teacher/2008 Nevada Teacher of the Year, Carson City School District
I am the 2008 Nevada Teacher of the Year. I have been teaching for 21 years, all with the Carson City School District, at the elementary and high-school levels. I currently teach all K-5 students at Empire Elementary School and the basis for my instruction are the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS-S). I have my Masters of Education degree in Educational Technology and am currently pursuing my PhD in Educational Technology, as well. I am SMART Notebook v.10 Certified from SMART Technologies, as well as a SMART Exemplary Educator, even providing a week-long SMART Board training in Quito, Ecuador in 2009 at a K-12 American International school for all staff. I also provide extensive district-wide technology professional development to elementary teachers in the Carson City School District. I am a 2009 recipient of the National Education Association Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence and a 2010 recipient of the Kappa Delta Pi Teacher of Honor Award.

Chris ONeal, Educational Consultant, University of Virginia
Chris O'Neal is a former elementary and middle school teacher, central office technology coordinator, and state director of technology for the Louisiana Department of Education. He has awarded several recognitions in the field of education including Shaper of our Future, One to Watch, Making it Happen award, etc.

He is an independent consultant working with the Virginia Department of Education, ISTE, the University of Virginia and many districts around the country providing outreach and professional development to school administrators, teachers, etc.

Cathy Poplin, Deputy Assoc. Supt for Educational Technology, Arizona Dept of Education
Cathy Poplin is the Deputy Associate Superintendent for Educational Technology at the Arizona Department of Education (ADE). She oversees several large technology initiatives: e-Learning Task Force, IDEAL (Integrated Data to Enhance Arizona’s Learning) Portal project, Statewide Instructional Technology Project and the EETT grant program. Before coming to ADE, she held educational technology roles in 3 local districts and taught in the College of Education at Grand Canyon University. In June 2008, Ms. Poplin was elected to the SETDA (State Educational Technology Directors Association) Board of Directors and was elected Chairman in June 2010. She currently holds the office of Treasurer for the Arizona Technology in Education Alliance (AzTEA, an ISTE affiliate). She has a BS in Training and Development from Grand Canyon University and a M.Ed. in Learning and Instructional Technology from Arizona State University. Cathy is a frequent presenter at local, state and national technology conferences.

BEST POSTSECONDARY COURSE OR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Sara Greenback, Professor, Self-Employed
Whether she's teaching, hiking the Appalachian trail, or vlogging, Sara Greenback's exuberance is contagious to everyone who watches her videos or crosses her path. The Maryland native has created over 600 travel videos since she joined Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as a teacher last summer.

Over the past 6 years Sara has ventured to more than 13 different countries covering North & South America, Europe and Africa. During these travels she enjoyed her experiences tutoring children in West Africa and teaching science for an eco-friendly school in Costa Rica. She believes that together we can ‘Bring Green Back’.

BEST POSTSECONDARY ENTERPRISE SOLUTION

BEST POSTSECONDARY INSTRUCTIONAL SOLUTION

April Creasey, Technical Learning & Development Manager, Microsoft
April Creasey is a manager at the Boeing Company. Her primary focus is on enabling human performance.

Karen Finter, Director, Instructor, West Irondequoit Teaching Learning Center
Over the last 6 years, I have served as a member of the NYS Teacher Center Technology Committee, developing private-public partnerships in order to bring high-quality technology resources to students and teachers across NYS. Verizon's Thinkfinity, Intel Teach, Professor Garfield, SAS Curriculum Pathways, and most recently Google for Education are all organizations that we partner with to roll-out training and support to NYS teachers. Effective technology integration isn't just about the tools, it is also about how teachers change their practice as a result of the tools in the best interest of kids. How does the tool change thinking? THAT is the question.

In support of this coneptual shift, in my work with pre-service teachers at Nazareth College, I strive to stretch students' thinking about "technology" in the classroom - how can they leverage the technology to enrich their students? How can they use the technology to bridge learning gaps and to lessen equity and access issues?

Kathy Lein, Instructional Specialist, Community College of Denver
I have taught in the college setting since 1998 first as an assistant professor at Cal. State Univ., Northridge. I began at Community College of Denver at the end of 2002 and have continued in several capacities since.

My teaching experience includes psychology and student success courses, both online and face-to-face where I can evaluate best teaching practices.

As an Instructional Specialist and professional development director, I consult with and train faculty members on using effective instructional technology to increase student engagement and success. I also help with course design and redesign.
Areas in which I train include
* Course Management System proficiency
* Web-enhanced, hybrid and on-line course design
* Audio and video podcasting
* Effective use of student response systems
* Web 2.0 tools and ”smart classroom” proficiency

I have collaborated with over 500 faculty members since 2002 from numerous disciplines to create the most effective curriculum to increase student success, especially for underprepared students. This includes
developing effective assessment techniques, both formative and summative in addition to hands-on instructional technology development.

Additionally, I create faculty development programs each semester which are directly related to interactive instructional-technology-based teaching and learning.
Other duties include design and maintainence of faculty development website with the latest resources.

BEST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SOLUTION

Roberta Ambrosino, Educational Development Specialist, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
Roberta Ambrosino earned her doctorate in Educational Technology at Pepperdine University and an MS in Curriculum Design/Instructional Technology from the State University of New York at Albany. She taught for 10 years in a full range of settings like junior high remedial reading, 4th grade classroom, and adult software courses. She went crazy and moved to California in 1996 to work at The Art Institute of Los Angeles. With newly found skills in adult education, she went back to public education to blend her skills as faculty development director and instructional technology specialist at California State University, Dominguez Hills. There she guided the Center for Teaching and Learning to support faculty in their research and scholarly activities. Today, at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, she initiates and supports programs that assist faculty in the advancement of excellence in teaching and learning. She joined the Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching (ACET) staff in 2007.
Selected peer-reviewed publications:
Ambrosino & Peel. (In Press) Faculty Development Programs: Assessing the Impact on Instructional Practices, and Student Learning and Motivation. The Journal of Faculty Development.
Souza, Carey, McMartin, Ambrosino & Grimes. (2010) Using Multimedia Case Stories of Exemplary Teaching for Faculty Development. To Improve the Academy. v29.
Ambrosino, R. (2009). Mentors as Fellow Travelers. Adult Learning, v20/1&2.

Jodi Mulholland, Principal, Kinnelon Public Schools
Jodi Mulholland is currently an elementary school principal with a vision for changing the landscape of learning for all students. She encourages her staff and students to embrace technology in the classroom by introducing tools to lift the learning to new heights. Her philosophy is rooted in active learning that helps the adults and community understand that learning is not about memorizing facts, but knowing how to use information in thoughtful and innovative ways.

BEST READING/ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONAL SOLUTION

Nancy Dean, Associate Director, National Literacy Project
Nancy Dean, Ed.S., is professor emerita at the P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. During her 40 years in education, she has taught middle and high school English, special education, reading, English as a second language, and Advanced Placement English. She is also an experienced literacy coach and curriculum specialist.

Committed to school reform and meaningful professional development, Nancy has worked extensively with teachers and school leaders in both urban and rural schools throughout the United States. She is Associate Director of the National Literacy Project and works as a lead trainer for that organization.

Nancy is the author of Voice Lessons: Classroom activities to teach diction, detail, imagery, syntax and tone (2000); Discovering Voice: Voice lessons for middle and high school (2006); and The Writing Intervention Kit for High School (2008).She is also co-author (with Candace Harper) of Succeeding in Reading: A complete cross-age tutoring program (2006); Meeting the Challenge of Adolescent Literacy: Practical ideas for literacy leaders (with Judith Irvin, Julie Meltzer, Martha Jan Mickler, and Melvina Phillips, 2009); and Taking the Lead on Adolescent Literacy: Action steps for schoolwide success (with Judith Irvin, Julie Meltzer, and Martha Jan Mickler, 2010).

Balazs Dibuz, Director of Teaching and Learning, Ancona School
As a middle school language arts and social studies teacher (10 years), I utilized a broad range of technologies and applications for instruction, student work, and assessment. I have taken groups of students to present at NECC and have taught classes on 21st Century skills and tools. As a director of instructional technology, I developed technology benchmarks for an elementary school.

Michele Downey, Teacher, Piedmont City Schools
Assisted Piedmont City School System with the implementation of a one-to-one laptop initiative for grades 4-12 during the 2010-2011 school year. Incorporating 21st Century technology into every classroom curriculum K-12. Assisted in utilization of a learning management system for grades 4-12 and curriculum integration of a paperless classroom.

Merle Marsh, Director, Special Projects, Children's Software Press
Dr. Merle Marsh, an administrator at Worcester Preparatory School on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, began her writing about education and technology in the early 1980s with the series, "Comes the Dawn", first published by The Computing Teacher Journal and later reprinted in Principal magazine and in books Her Universal Truths about tech and schools were first published first in Ed Week. She's written several books for parents and has been quoted in publications such as Fortune Magazine, San Jose Mercury, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, etc. and in Microsoft news releases. She received national awards from Apple, the Computer Learning Foundation, and other organizations, and has spoken at conventions throughout the United States and at Kings College in Cambridge, England and in Singapore for the Singapore Teachers’ Union. For Microsoft and Apple, she’s did television satellite tours, radio interviews, media panel discussions, and videos. For Cisco, she created a middle school site called Packetville. She served on advisory councils for Scholastic, Apple, Apple User Groups, Social Education, Technology & Learning, etc. For the Children’s Software Press she writes content for CableVision’s Power to Learn site. With editor Diane Kendall, Dr. Marsh enjoys exploring possibilities for the use of tech in classrooms.

Caroline McGaha, English Teacher, Anderson County High School
I have been in education in some form or another for over 20 years. My work with students has ranged from elementary to high school. Because I am certified in several areas, I have been able to bring cross-curricular content into classrooms that was previously non-existent to students. I have also worked in jobs outside academia that has allowed me to provide advice and guidance to my students. I have also done free-lance editing which has kept my skills sharp.
I was born with Spina Bifida, and that has also helped me to encourage my students to press on even when things get hard. Each student has a special place and finding the right combination of teaching for him or her is extremely important. All my experiences both in the academic world and outside of it have helped me to reach my students.

Darla Moore, Educator/ Adjunct Instructor, West Liberty-Salem MS / Clark State CC
Darla began professionally with a degree in Psychology and worked as a social worker in rural Ohio. Later she ventured into the educational field as a substitute teacher. Within 10 years, she received her Masters, became National Board Certified, and is considered a Content Expert in the field of English Language Arts by the Ohio Department of Education. By day she is a 7th grade ELA teacher & College Adjunct teaching in the classroom and online. Besides teaching Darla is an active presenter in the field of Education. She was a two-time presenter for the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts(OCTELA)annual conference. Darla is also a participating member of TED(Technolgy,Entertainment and Design) and TEDx Columbus.

Laura Pilker, Technology Instructor and Facilitator, Trinity Lutheran School
Teaching technology is like second nature for me. Ever since I got my first Apple IIe, I’ve been programming and tinkering with computers. After completing my Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, I gained teaching experience in the Harford County Public School System, teaching first and second grade. I then moved on to train with a technology education company, and began teaching Computer Skills at Trinity Lutheran School in 2001. Since starting at Trinity, I have strived to continually improve the Technology Education program. In addition to writing my own fully integrated k-8 Computer Curriculum, I also helped train the staff in many new technologies as they were implemented in our school, such as SMARTboards, Tablet PC’s, and a 1-1 Student Laptop initiative. My students learn programming, global communication using Multi-User Environments, wikis, and Skype, video production, photography and image editing, internet safety, and have recently been dabbling in Augmented Reality. Two years ago, I became a STAR Discovery Educator, and have since served as the Chairperson for the Maryland Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council, and have presented workshops at statewide conferences.

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Julie Boyd, secondary science teacher, Athens Academy
Over 20 years of experience educating gifted students in Chemistry and Physics.
Coordinator of 10th Grade Interim Week Program: Emotional and Relational Wellness.
Adviser to group of young women exploring gender specific issues.
Event planner for Jr/Sr Prom, homecoming activities, Talent Show.
Coordinator of upper school Service Day 2005.
Adviser for robotics team

Ross Feitlinger, Mr., Bement School
I have been teaching in many different capacities for the last 7 years. I have taught both in the private and public sectors of education. I started my education career in a nonprofit environmental education center using the outside world to teach science to students of many ages. Eventually, I moved back to Arizona where I got my teaching certificate to teach middle school science and social studies. I taught in the Scottsdale Unified School District for four years, three and a half years spent at Copper Ridge School in Northern Scottsdale. Two years ago I moved to Western Massachusetts to teach science to 6-9th graders. This is currently my second year at the Bement School in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Bement is a k-9 independent school that is a day and boarding school. Besides teaching science I also teach a digital art class, coach several sports, and an 8th grade adviser. Finally, I am very familiar with the CODiE awards as I am teaching this year with the JASON program which has been the recipient of the CODiE award on many different occasions. One of the reasons I chose to bring the Jason curriculum to Bement school was its numerous CODiE awards.

Holly Hasselbach, science department chair, Blake High School/Hillsborough County School
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Julia Slucas, Science Teacher, Salome High School
I have been working in education for ten years with a Master's degree in curriculum and technology. I assist our school as a county-sponsored tech. mentor in integrating technology in the classroom. I have also worked on our school's technology committee, helping make technology decisions for the district. In addition, I provide professional development services to other districts as well as my own, in integrating technology in the classroom such as internet resources and interactive white-board technology.

Cynthia Varamo, Teacher, St. Mary's School
Currently I am teaching MIddle School Science in a Private school. Teaching is my first love, but it is my 2nd career. I teach general science, biology and physical science and utilize technology in every lesson. I want my students to love learning and become independent thinkers. Previously I was an Accounting Manager for an insusrance company; where I managed accounts receivable, payable, and fixed assets. I also was responsible for the procedures in our field offices. I am involved with technology and always look for ways to bring it into the classroom.

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Diane Kendall, Editor, Children's Software Press
Diane Kendall is a former middle school and high school teacher, textbook editor, and Teachers College, Columbia University instructor who became fascinated with the home-school technology connection when her oldest child entered school. She is the author of numerous articles and books on technology and kids including Computers and School Age Kids (Ceridian, 2001), Computers and Young Children (Ceridian, 2000), and Kids, Computers and Homework (Random House , 1996). She works as the editor of her own small publishing firm, Children's Software Press which publishes booklets for teachers, students and parents and has traveled all over the world speaking on technology. Diane has been a columnist on the Power to Learn site since 1997.

Mary T McCullagh, Department Leader, Christopher Columbus High School
I am a US Government and European History teacher who is also a SMART Exemplary Educator. I utilize educational technology every class day, and I seek professional opportunities that will enhance skills and content delivery.

BEST STUDENT ASSESSMENT SOLUTION

Martyn Clark, Dr, Center for Applied Second Language Studies
Martyn Clark holds a Ph.D. in second language acquisition with a specialization in language assessment from the University of Hawaii. He has taught English as a foreign/second language extensively in Japan and Hawaii. He joined CASLS in 2006 and led the development of the Computerized Assessment of Proficiency (CAP) framework for online foreign language proficiency testing. Martyn has taught a variety of teacher development classes and introductory testing classes, both face-to-face and online. He has conducted workshops and presented at language testing conferences in the US, China, Japan, and Thailand. He is co-editor, along with Thom Hudson, of a book of case studies in placement testing for less commonly taught language programs. In the past, he served as a reviewer for Applied Linguistics and Language Testing.

Diana Leddy, Teacher, Newton School
An award winning educator and busy consultant, Diana Leddy has spent over 25 years focused on the creation and assessment of methodologies and materials to improve writing in elementary schools. The results of her efforts are impressive: Schools she's taught in and consulted for see an immediate rise in test scores and a long term increase in student proficiency. The Painted Essay(TM), one of Ms. Leddy's many teaching tools, is used by hundreds of teachers around the globe.

One of Ms. Leddy's prime innovations is the creation of the 3 grade "cluster" system for rural elementary schools. The success of the Newton School (recognized several times as a VT Business Roundtable top performing school) has generated interest in the model throughout New England. Her work with major assessment companies has helped her formulate curricula that work in today's challenging rural teaching environments.

Diana was recognized for her efforts in 2009 with her selection as Vermont State Teacher of the Year. Her book, Writing for Understanding, was published in 2008, and her most recent journal article appeared in Social Studies and the Young Learner. She is currently serving on the VT state committee to implement the upcoming national Common Core standards for elementary schools.

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Jill Abbott, Associate Executive Director/COO, Schools Interoperability Framework Association (SIFA)
Jill Abbott is the SIF Association's Associate Executive Director/COO. Her primary role includes developing the vision and expanding the current specification to support and enable the teaching and learning process, formulating policy development needs, empowering eLearning through open standards development and fostering strategic partnerships that advocate interoperability to support learning. Jill's experience includes classroom teaching, curriculum and professional development, assessment and evaluation, standards based education, virtual education, change management and eLearning strategic visioning and development in the vendor and state policy space. She has served as an Education Liaison for two state agencies, Chief Learning Officer, Curriculum Supervisor and created one of the first Virtual Middle Schools and statewide online professional development programs in the nation. Jill is well known to state and federal associations and government agencies involved in effectively utilizing technology to impact the teaching and learning process. She has provided policy direction and input for educational technology, professional development, technology planning, emerging technologies, data analysis, digital content, and infrastructure tools nationally. She has presented numerous times on convergence, educational technology, systemic eLearning development, technology integration, curriculum mapping, assessment, interoperability and standards based education.

Maxine Fisher, Contributing Faculty Member, Walden University
My background includes twenty-two years of diverse teaching assignments K-6, eleven years as a school district and building administrator, and twenty years as adjunct professor.I am currently teaching at the College of Staten Island in the Educational Leadership program. I am also teaching Media of Instruction, piloting a hybrid class where more than half of the sessions are held online using Elluminate.

I am also an online facilitator at Walden University. I am a faculty member in the Masters in Adolescent Literacy and Technology program, and also mentor doctoral students.

I am most passionate about teaching educators how to embed technology to create memorable learning experiences. My current challenge is learning how to navigate the Second Life virtual world, in hopes of showing my graduate students how to use this environment to engage their students as active participants in their learning.

Thomas Loughran, Professional Specialist, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame
As I2U2 Education Program Leader in the Physics Department at the University of Notre Dame, Thomas Loughran brings a philosopher’s perspective to the transformational cultural interface between STEM research and K-12 education. As a founding member (since 1999) of the Notre Dame QuarkNet Center, Loughran has participated in research in particle physics, nanotechnology and astronomy, learning from nationally-recognized practitioners (QuarkNet, ASU Modeling, NOAO’s TLRBSE, NASA’s Spitzer Teacher Program, the Supercomputing Education Program series, the Google Certified Teacher community) the merits and best practices of transforming K-12 education through the creation of teacher and student research communities. In 2005 he founded the Saint Joseph’s High School Research Community, and in 2006 spearheaded a successful proposal to the National Science Foundation to create the Notre Dame extended Research Community (NDeRC), for which he serves as managing co-PI. Loughran is Board Vice President for BOSCO, Inc., a US-based NGO which launched BOSCO-Uganda, an onine community in rural Northern Uganda, winner of the 2010 Breaking Borders Award in the Technology Category from Google and Global Voices. Recipient of the B.S. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame (1980, 1986), Loughran taught Engineering Ethics at the University of Portland (1987-1994).

Jodie Pozo-Olano, Head of Public Relations, Promethean
An experienced public relations expert, Pozo-Olano has worked with for-profit companies, nonprofits, advocacy organizations and policy-makers on education technology issues for the nearly 15 years. Over the course of her career, she helped launch the $2.25 billion E-rate program and supported the creation of national movements, including Project Tomorrow (formerly NetDay) which is dedicated to promoting effective use of technology in classrooms. She helped craft the nation's first National Education Technology Plan and has supported each consecutive update. During her career, she has worked extensively with Florida Virtual School to increase awareness and understanding of online learning.

Jane Radenhausen, Publishing Director, Peter Li Education Group
Jane Radenhausen is the Publishing Director for Peter Li Education Group's two category leading magazines reaching the Catholic education and parish marketplace and the Peter Li Telemarketing division. With full P&L responsibility for magazine and telemarketing revenue, Jane translates educational policies, issues and trends into action plans to assist companies in accessing the education market on multiple levels including telemarketing, web, print, and sponsorships. She holds a BS in Education, as well as an MBA.
Her experience includes marketing CNN Student News,
business development for Turner Learning, as well as hands on teaching experience.
Jane's creative touch combined with her "in the trenches" experience generate an energy that is the hallmark of her success as a marketing leader.

Hannah Toney, Ms, West Virginia Departmetn of Education: Kanawha County Schools
Hannah R. Toney is a doctoral student, college professor, and public school teacher who strives to meaningfully incorporate technology into all curriculum areas while developing student awareness of diversity and creative, innovative thinking. Toney firmly believes education is the key to societal stability and increased quality of life.

BEST WORKFORCE TRAINING SOLUTION

Lynn Boswell, VP of Technology, SchoolDude.com
As a vice president at SchoolDude, Lynn is responsible for managing, building, and supporting a dynamic team of project managers and developers who together create state of the art Internet-based software applications. She has an in-depth knowledge of project management, strategic planning, solution architecture, and product deployment and delivery methodologies. Lynn and her team embrace a company vision of building and delivering software solutions that are cost-wise, user friendly, and responsive to client needs while maintaining a 99%, or better, uptime reliability. The vision includes implementing cost and labor strategies that save money.

Thomas Pratt, President, CraneMorley Inc.
While serving as president of CraneMorley, Mr. Pratt has lead his team in the development of industry leading e-Learning and electronic performance solutions for global market leaders in the automotive and powersports industries. In addition to traditional e-Learning development, CM has also pioneered in the category of "know-how" on demand with its suite of best practices assessment and business performance improvement solutions. Prior to CraneMorley, Mr. Pratt developed a media production venture after servicing as Vice President of Program Services for a Fortune 50 entertainment company.

DIGITAL CONTENT CATEGORIES

BEST BUSINESS INFORMATION RESOURCE

Amy Affelt, Director of Database Research, Compass Lexecon
Amy Affelt is the Director of Database Research at Compass Lexecon, one of the world's most prominent economic consulting firms. She has over fifteen years of experience in analyzing complex research issues through the use of proprietary, fee-based databases for citation in litigation. She is a professionally published author and internationally recognized speaker on topics of interest to the information industry, such as adding value to information, evaluating information integrity and quality, and marketing of information services. She was profiled in OCLC's NextSpace magazine and was named a 2007 Thomson Scientific Infostar for her creativity, innovation, and ability to anticipate research needs and customize information to fit those needs. Amy graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a B. A. in history and she has a Masters degree in library science from Dominican University.

Peter Coffee, Head of Platform Research, salesforce.com inc.
Peter Coffee is Head of Platform Research at salesforce.com, where he works with enterprise and independent developers to build a global community of best practices and innovation opportunities on the company's Force.com Platform-as-a-Service. Formerly Technology Editor at eWEEK, he has twenty-seven years' experience as a developer, educator, author, and industry analyst covering emerging technologies, software development tools and practices, and IT policy and governance; he has appeared as a conference keynote speaker, workshop leader, moderator or panelist at events in India, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, Korea, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. He is the author of "How to Program Java" and "Peter Coffee Teaches PCs".

Nancy Davis Kho, Writer, Davis Kho Communications
With more than a decade of experience in the product management and business development side of online content, Nancy Davis Kho now writes about the rapidly changing environment of digital media and its implications for business for a number of publications. Along with features and a regular column at EContent Magazine, Nancy is the Vendor Liaison for VIP Magazine, a publication of the FreePint publishing family. She is also a frequent contributor to Information Today and KM World magazines.

Nancy also works with a select group of consulting clients on developing strategic marketing initiatives, and then produces the written collateral - leveraging print, online, and social media tools - to underpin those campaigns.

Nancy's work also appears regularly in the San Francisco Chronicle's Home and Garden section, on topics ranging from the art of craft to "green" stories on energy efficient lighting alternatives and furniture reuse. Her website is at www.daviskho.com.

Diane Pierson, Vice President, Marketing, Copyright Clearance Center
Award-winning senior product and marketing executive adept at bringing the right products to market to gain share and establish dominance in an international, Web 2.0 marketplace. A “do it all” executive with the ability to create and execute on marketing, sales and product management strategies designed to increase revenue, market presence and profitability. Specialized experience in market expansion, revitalization and new product development. Excel in high-pressure, fast-paced environments and used to working for and with the “C” level leader. Demonstrated ability to transform disparate, legacy product lines into new media offerings with a cohesive, successful market presence. Key strengths include:

 Product Strategy
 Marketing/Branding Strategy
 Global Market Expansion
 Strategic Alliances, Acquisitions & Licensing
 New Media/Web 2.0 Experience
 Restructuring /Revitalizing Product Suites
 Platform Skills
 Diverse Experience

Diane has a BA in English from Kalamazoo College and an MBA

Angus Robertson, Blog Editor/Consultant, Alacra Pulse/Research Recap
Angus Robertson is an independent adviser on content strategy and management issues, with three decades of business media experience in the real-time electronic publishing industry. He manages the Alacra Pulse Check and Research Recap blogs aimed at financial professionals. He has held a wide variety of positions ranging from award winning reporting and editing roles to executive management and leadership responsibilities involving all aspects of the business. Throughout his career he has embraced technological change and has introduced several innovations that have become standard industry practice.
In almost 20 years with Knight Ridder Inc, Angus led the transformation of a specialized agricultural newswire into a global financial news service used by most of the world’s top financial institutions. He was also closely involved in the sale and merging of Knight-Ridder’s financial information business into Bridge Information Systems, where he served as Executive Vice President for News and Media. At Bridge, he spearheaded Bridge’s efforts to apply its leading-edge technology to seamlessly integrate news content with related data, graphics and streaming video. He oversaw a news organization of more than 500 staff in 100 locations worldwide.

BEST CONTENT AGGREGATION SOLUTION

Sina Adibi, Practical CTO
Mr. Adibi brings more than 20+ years of technology experience to SIIA CODiE as a judge.

Mr. Adibi is presently Sr. Practice Manager for Practical CTO LLC an interim technology executive consulting firm specializing in technology product management services from ideation through to portfolio analysis/ rationalization, development, marketing, launch and post-release operation.

Most recently he was CTO and VP SW/ Product Development at PAREXEL (Perceptive Informatics) which provides innovative technology-based solutions designed to help bio/pharmaceutical companies accelerate clinical development. In addition to driving strategic direction for product planning and architecture, Mr. Adibi was responsible for all of Perceptive's software development to support and strengthen its eClinical offerings including clinical trial management software (IMPACT(TM) and INITIATOR(TM)), interactive voice response systems, and medical imaging.

Previously, Mr. Adibi was with the Thomson Scientific & Healthcare Division of Thomson Reuters Publishing where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, leading an international software development team. In this role, he oversaw product management, software development, and software validation of the company’s entire suite of web based R&D solutions including, the Web of Knowledge and ResearchSoft family of Reference Management platforms.

He is particularly knowledgeable on the alignment of IT technology to serve business aims with emphasis on

David Davis, Competitive Intelligence Manager, Copyright Clearance Center
Dave Davis has more than twenty years of experience in content and intellectual property management. Dave joined Copyright Clearance Center after holding directorships at four libraries. As CCC, he initiated an early digital rights permissioning service, Electronic Course Content Service (ECCS). He is currently responsible for tracking, monitoring and evaluating trends in the management, protection and distribution of digital content, as well as running CCC's corporate library. He has published several articles on rights management, and delivered presentations to SLA, ALA, NFAIS, ASIDIC, and other library and information science organizations. Dave holds two Masters degrees, one of which is in library science.

Kathy Greenler Sexton, Vice President, Marketing, Zoom Information, Inc.
Kathy Greenler Sexton is vice president of marketing for Zoom Information, Inc., located at www.Zoominfo.com, the world's most comprehensive directory of business information on people and companies. She is responsible for leading the strategy, development and execution of market initiatives that directly impact Zoom Information's revenue, profit, market share and growth.

Kathy brings more than 20 years of content and online information experience to her role as vice president. After working in broadcast television and international marketing roles, she was a founding member, lead marketer and publisher for the web-based search engine pioneer AltaVista. She has also general-managed or marketed industry-leading online companies focused on news, small business information and general research including: Individual.com, Office.com and HighBeam Research. Most recently she worked to lead the transformation of BLR (Business & Legal Resources) from traditional publisher to online media company. She has a BA in communications from Boston College. Kathy is on the Board for the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Content Division.

Ned May, Director, Lead Analyst, Outsell, Inc.
In his capacity as Vice President & Lead Analyst, Ned May leads Outsell's analytic coverage and advisory services focused on the Search, Aggregation & Syndication market. His coverage centers on the myriad ways in which digital content is aggregated and consumed. He keeps a keen eye on web search engines and portals, licensed content aggregators, and subscription and syndication service providers, as well as the technology vendors serving these segments. Ned serves as an executive-level advisor and consultant to clients on issues impacting all facets of this market, including the money flows around online advertising, content syndication and copyright, and the delivery platform challenges across the tethered web and mobile devices such as smart phones and e-book readers.

Prior to joining Outsell, Ned worked for International Data Corp (IDC) as the program manager of the Worldwide IT Services subscription service.

Ned received his MBA from Babson College, graduating summa cum laude. He also studied management at IESE in Barcelona, Spain, and received a liberal arts degree in economics and government from Bowdoin College.

Charles Terry, Principal, CWT Group
Charlie has over 30 years experience in B2B software and online information services.

Charlie currently consults to CEOs of e-content companies, B2B web properties, aggregators and members of their ecosystems. Recenlty he has been engaged in the financial, research, news and health information sectors.

Assignments include strategic planning, go-to-market strategy and execution, product concept and design, establishing strategic alliances, due diligence as well as day-to-day operation assistance and interim CxO roles.

Charlie's hands-on experience includes sales, sales management, product marketing and general management, including 14 years with CompuServe and 9 years running a public company, COMTEX News Network and most recently as President of MarketResearch.com.

Terry’s specific expertise and focus is in revenue and channel development, strategic partnerships and in restructuring business models to scale both the top and bottom line.

Terry attributes his successes to his bias towards making the sales channels successful by focusing all elements of the company on the customers’ view and value received.

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Barry Graubart, Vice President, Product Strategy & Business Development, Alacra, Inc.
Barry Graubart has spent the past 20 years applying technology to content to develop high value business-to-business information products.
He currently serves as Vice President, Product Strategy and Business Development for Alacra. Before joining Alacra, Mr. Graubart served as EVP & Chief Marketing Officer for Leadership Directories, a leading provider of biographical and organizational data for the public and private sectors.

Prior to joining Leadership Directories, he spent four years in various roles with ClearForest, an emerging leader in the text analytics market. At ClearForest, he helped open the publishing and federal intelligence markets.

Previously, he held general management, product development and marketing roles with B2B content businesses including divisions of Primedia, Nelson Information (now Thomson Financial), Kaplan/Washington Post and McClatchy Newspapers.

Mr. Graubart serves on the board of the Content division of the Software and Information Industry Association and chairs its Social Media Action Committee. He is also the author of the Content Matters blog.

He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany.

Elizabeth Johnson, Head of Product Strategy/Quant Analysis & Feeds, Thomson Reuters

Josh Lurie, Soundboard Review Services
Joshua has been a pioneer in the field of delivering information and data services to corporate America for over ten years. He founded and later sold eComp Data Services to Aon Consulting a $1 billion dollar global consulting firm. He created eComp, the first web-based executive compensation proxy database covering over 10,000 publicly traded companies which delivered CEO Compensation benchmark information directly to corporate desktops.

Most recently he was a founding partner of Soundboard Review Services a board advisory firm that analyzed corporate governance processes.

Joshua has held management positions in business development, sales and product development in a variety of information and technology companies where he established relationships with and serviced many Fortune 500 companies (i.e. Wal-mart, Merrill Lynch, Fidelity Investments, PepsiCo, Dupont, Honeywell, EMC, etc.)

He has authored several articles on executive compensation trends as well as the book The Executive Compensation Report: “A Comprehensive Industry Sector Analysis” published by Aspen Publishers from 2005-2007. Joshua has been quoted as an industry expert in The New York Times, New York Newsday, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and Canada’s The National Post.

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Sam Diaz, Senior Editor, ZDNet / CBS Interactive
Sam Diaz is a veteran tech journalist who has covered pretty much every facet of the industry - from financial performance of public companies to high profile product launches and trends in products and services. He has followed the rise and fall of startups in the industry and brings insight and first-hand knowledge of what made businesses and their products to either prosper or fail. He continues to be an early adopter of consumer technology and offers insightful reviews for readers, as well as friends and family, to consider. He is a native of Silicon Valley and continues to live in the region,. He is married and has two teenage children, both of whom keep him tuned in with the needs and demands of the always-hot youth market. He prefers Macs over PCs and bought an Droid Incredible after returning an iPhone.

Alex Feng, Director, Strategic Research, the dd+p group
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Chris Preimesberger, Senior Writer, eWEEK
Chris Preimesberger
Senior Writer
eWEEK

Chris Preimesberger is Senior Writer at eWEEK, covering a variety of IT sectors that include data center systems, storage, storage security, virtualization, green IT, and e-discovery. His blog, Storage Station, is considered a go-to information source. In previous IT journalism lives, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. His diverse resume also includes: sportswriter for the Los Angeles Daily News, television critic for the Palo Alto Times Tribune, and Sports Information Director for Stanford University. He has served as a correspondent for The Associated Press, covering Stanford basketball, since 1983. He and his wife, Rebecca, have four grown children and reside in Redwood City, Calif.

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Scott Abel, Content Management Strategist / Social Media Choreographer, The Content Wrangler, Inc.
Scott Abel is a content management strategist, structured XML content evangelist, and social media choreographer whose strengths lie in helping organizations improve the way they author, maintain, and deliver their information assets. Scott’s blog, The Content Wrangler (http://www.TheContentWrangler.com), is a popular online resource for content professionals with an interest in content management. Scott’s social networking site, The Content Wrangler Community (http://thecontentwrangler.ning.com), is a global network of content professionals that attracts thousands of members from around the world. A founding member of Content Management Professionals (http://www.cmpros.org), Scott previously served as Executive Director of the organization.

Scott writes regularly for trade and industry publications, blogs, and newsletters. He also runs several industry events, including the Web Content conference series (http://www.webcontentconferences.com) and Intelligent Content 2010. Scott is a judge for the Internet Advertising Awards, the Web Marketing Association Awards, and numerous technical communication and marketing contests.

Keep track of what Scott is doing and thinking via Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/scottabel) and where he's at via Brightkite (http://brightkite.com/people/scottabel/) and where he's heading via Tripit (http://www.tripit.com/people/thecontentwrangler).

Patricia Sabosik, President, Elm City Consulting
Patricia E. Sabosik is President of Elm City Consulting a firm specializing in product portfolio analysis, digital product strategy and business/web analytics, through the application of technology and information management, for B2B information companies.

Patricia has held senior management positions in market-leading information companies with a focus on building information platforms and delivering digital products.

Most recently, Patricia was Director, Product Strategy for Gartner where she launched two successful digital services—a collaboration suite and a social networking experts’ exchange for Gartner’s IT clients. Prior to Gartner, Patricia was Vice President and General Manager for Thomson Learning where she headed the Learning Labs, a new venture responsible for market assessment, applied research and strategic product development in online courseware focused on the post-secondary market. Prior to joining Thomson, Patricia held senior management positions in large media and publishing firms including Factiva, Reed Elsevier, where she launched ScienceDirect, and America Online where she led the “You’ve Got Pictures” joint project with Kodak. She holds an MBA in International Marketing from Seton Hall University, is a member of the Board of Directors for Earth-List.com, and is a patent holder in search and match protocols for Gartner Peer Connect.

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Peter Birkeland, RAIN Fund Program Manager, RAIN Source Capital
Peter has spent the past 6 years with RAIN Source Capital, a network of Angel funds. During this time, he has evaluated business for investment, recruited executive talent, and helped companies raise money from RAIN funds, plus other investors.

He has experience evaluating SaaS models, web services, content delivery, and advertising software companies. He has also worked to create processes to improve reporting of RAIN funds.

Peter's previous work experience includes technology transfer from universities, incubation, and public accounting.

Michelle Manafy, Editorial Director, Enterprise Group
Michelle Manafy currently serves as Editorial Director, Enterprise Group, for Information Today, Inc. In this role, Michelle serves as Editor-in-chief of EContent magazine, and the Intranets newsletter. She is also the programming chair of Information Today's Buying & Selling eContent Conference and the Enterprise Search Summits. Prior to joining EContent as Editor, she served as Associate Editor of EMedia magazine. Michelle has written on a variety of technology topics including digital publishing, content development and distribution, streaming media, and audio, video, and storage technologies. She was the editor of the book Cashing in With Content: How Innovative Marketers Use Digital Information to Turn Browsers into Buyers, by David Meerman Scott and co-edited and contributed to Digital Natives: Staying in Step With the Generation That's Transforming the Way Business Is Done (December, 2010, CyberAge Books). Michelle speaks at a variety of industry events and serves as a judge for various content and technology competitions. She has worked in book and magazine publishing for over 20 years in areas ranging from pop culture to academic nonfiction, and holds a B.A. in Journalism from San Francisco State University.

Teri Mendelsohn, President, Mendelsohn Consulting, Inc.
Teri Mendelsohn is a New York-based independent consultant specializing the development of online content products in the science, technology and medicine sector. Previously, she was at Ovid Technologies, Wolters Kluwer's biomedical database company, where she was Director of Clinical Markets and Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development. Before that, she was an Associate at Mitchell Madison Group, a global strategic consulting firm, and Assistant Acquisitions Editor at MIT Press, a leading academic press. She received her MBA from Columbia Business School and her Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Ann Michael, President & Principal Consultant, Delta Think, LLC
Focusing on the information industry, Ann Michael has worked with Wolters Kluwer, Nature Publishing Group, Sage Publications, Harcourt School Publishers, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the American Medical Association, Kaplan, and many other content creators to define and build the flexible product development environments they need to thrive in a changing world. She consults with, and leads, teams that develop products, services, and systems in publishing and information management. Ann is currently President & Principal Consultant at Delta Think, LLC.