Dennis Callahan
CIO, The Guardian Life Insurance Company
Dennis Callahan joined The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America in 2000, reporting to the CEO. His responsibilities encompass Information Technology, E-Business, Facilities, Corporate Security and Business Process Outsourcing.. His staff numbers over 400 people, with IT and Facilities Budgets of more than $150 million and $35 million, respectively. Mr. Callahan was recognized by Computerworld as one of the "Premier 100" IT executives in all industries for 2003. Over a career spanning thirty years, he was CIO of AIG, SVP of Asset Services Group at Fidelity, CIO of Wellington Management Company. Mr. Callahan started his career his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co., he was VP, Global Operations and Technology, managing a global staff in transaction/trade processing and global clearance. Mr. Callahan completed undergraduate studies at MIT and New York University in mathematics. As a graduate candidate at NYU, he converted his job in the Information Financial Services division of Standard & Poor's into a full-time career.

David Carpini
VP, Symphony Services
David brings more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry, the last seven of which he spent helping companies leverage global delivery capabilities and offshore best practices. Before joining Symphony Services, David was Vice President of Sales for Covansys, a global consulting and technology services company, where he managed the Commercial Business Development and Sales team for Covansys' East Region. He joined Covansys from ITWorx, Egypt's largest software development company. As Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing, David was hired by the CEO to establish the company's North American office. He has also held sales, marketing and engineering roles at Scient and French Fragrances International, and he spent 17 years with IBM Corporation. David holds a B.S. degree in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science from Fairfield University.

Frank Casale
CEO, The Outsourcing Institute
Frank J. Casale, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, is the architect of The Outsourcing Institute network of resources and programs that help buyers, sellers and marketplace observers access current information, share their experience, and conduct business. A keen, visionary leader with more than 15 years of outsourcing expertise, Mr. Casale continuously monitors industry and business trends to better identify new products and services that can assist senior managers make more informed outsourcing decisions. He is the Publisher and Executive Editor of The Outsourcing Institute’s Outsourcing Essentials magazine. Mr. Casale is noted for designing innovative tools such as The Outsourcing Index, the premier state-of the-industry report on US outsourcing, and reliably anticipating market developments, such as the emerging role of the Chief Resource Officer (CRO). He is a member of Carnegie Mellon University Consortium for eSCM certification. Regularly featured on CNN and CNBC, Mr. Casale is a leading commentator on outsourcing issues by major business and news organizations including The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and FORTUNE magazine.A graduate of CW Post, Long Island University, Mr. Casale holds a B.S. degree in Business Marketing, and is an active member of many business organizations including World Entrepreneur Organization (WEO).

Ravi Chander
VP, Global head, Satyam Quality Consulting
Ravi Chander is the Global head of Satyam's Quality Consulting Practice which provides solutions for Software Process Improvement, IT Service Management and Outsourcing Process Management. Ravi plays an instrumental role providing thought leadership, formulating consulting methodologies, and managing client relationships. Ravi has extensive international experience in consulting in the areas of Organizational Visioning, Business Process Redesign, Business Process Outsourcing, Business Performance Management and Human Resources Management. Ravi and his team partnered with the Carnegie Mellon University in developing the eSourcing Capability Model, the now defacto model for Sourcing.

Abraham Elias
CTO, Circle L Roofing
As CIO of Florida's Largest Residential Tile Roof Installer, Abraham Elias, relies solely on open source software and the SaaS delivery model to maintain their competitive advantage in today's volatile roofing market. Prior to joining Circle L Roofing, Abraham ran a boutique consulting firm building tailored applications for IBM, Royal Caribbean International, Visa, and Bayview Financial. Partnering with BH Capital Partners, a formidable presence in the South Florida condominium conversion market, Abraham continues to utilize open source software to manage one of Fortune's Top 100 Privately Owned Companies.

Alan Guibord
Chairman, The Advisory Council
Mr. Guibord has over 25 years of experience leading IT organizations as CIO with both Fortune 100 companies and small-to-midsize businesses. He was most recently CEO of Computerworld, and has served as VP and CIO of Fort James Corp., VP Information Technology at RR Donnelley & Sons, CIO of PictureTel, and VP MIS and Administrative Services at Timeplex.

Robert Jurkowski
CEO, Intacct
Robert Jurkowski joins Intacct as chief executive officer with more than 20 years of experience in global operations, sales and business strategy from leading software and business solution providers. Mr. Jurkowski most recently served as chief operating officer at Apriso, where he increased year-over-year revenue by 20 percent and doubled software sales. Prior, Mr. Jurkowski was COO of Silicon Energy, where he helped transform the company into a horizontal leader in enterprise energy management solutions for Global 2000 and large utilities. As vice president of worldwide field operations at RightWorks, he grew sales from zero to $100 million in two years. Mr. Jurkowski has also held executive roles at Aurum Software, a division of the Baan Company; Dun & Bradstreet Software; Oracle Corp; Automatic Data Processing; and Caterpillar. Mr. Jurkowski holds a bachelor of arts degree in economics from the University of Chicago.

Douglas Levin
President/CEO Black Duck Software
Douglas Levin, President and CEO of Black Duck Software, served as the CEO of MessageMachines (acquired by NMS Communications in 2002) and X-Collaboration Software Corporation (acquired by Progress Software in 2000) prior to Black Duck’s founding. From 1995 to 1999, he worked as an interim executive or consultant to CMGI Direct, IBM/Lotus Development Corporation, Oracle Software Corporation, Solbright Software, Mosaic Telecommunications, Bright Tiger Technologies, Best!Software and several other software companies. From 1987 to 1995, Doug held various senior management positions with Microsoft Corporation including heading up worldwide licensing for corporate purchases of non-OEM Microsoft software products. Doug is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a certificate in international economics from the College d'Europe in Bruges, Belgium.

Laurie McCabe
VP, SMB Insights, AMI-Partners
Laurie McCabe is Vice President for SMB Insights and Business Solutions at Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc. Before joining AMI-Partners, Ms. McCabe served as Vice President at Summit Strategies, Inc., managing the firm's Software-as-Services and Small and Midsize Business Solutions practice areas. Prior to Summit Strategies, Ms. McCabe spent nine years at Digital Equipment in different product marketing and market research positions. Ms. McCabe is frequently quoted in leading business and trade publications and has been a featured speaker at many industry and vendor events. Laurie holds a bachelor's degree in communications and psychology from the University of Delaware, and has completed numerous graduate level courses in business administration.

Jason Perlow
Architect, Unisys, Contributing Editor, Linux Magazine
Jason Perlow, a native New Yorker and Open Source technology evangelist, Jason Perlow is a Senior Contributing Editor and Desktop Columnist for Linux Magazine. As an enterprise client-server systems specialist working as an independent IT consultant in the financial, manufacturing and technology industries for nearly fifteen years, Jason recently joined UNISYS's Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services organization as Lead Technical Architect for their Open Source Solutions Practice. Jason is also founder of eGullet.org, the popular food and wine web portal, which is built entirely on Linux and Open Source software. He lives in Northern New Jersey.

Keith McGarr
Global CTO, Reed Elsevier
Keith A. McGarr joined Reed Elsevier in July of 2000 as the Global Chief Technology Officer. He is responsible for all information technology activities of Reed Elsevier. He leads global product development with a focus on transitioning traditional print products to online by providing value added content and services. He is a member of the Reed Elsevier Ventures investment board and served on the board of directors of iPhrase from 2001 through 2003. Mr. McGarr was previously with FedEx and served in a number of roles in the Information Technology Division for 17 years. He led the development of the global Internet infrastructure and the on-line access of over 1.4 million FedEx customers. McGarr received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Memphis. He also holds a M.S. in Information Systems and Telecommunications, and a M.B.A. from Christian Brothers University.

Peter Nag
VP, Lehman Brothers
Peter has over 15 years management and technology experience, developing strategy and technology solutions in the high-tech and financial services sectors. Peter is currently a senior member of the team that is responsible for defining and implementing the offshore outsourcing strategy for Lehman Brothers.Peter holds graduate degrees in Management and Engineering from Wharton/University of Pennsylvania and Rensselaer, Troy New York.

Lisa Rose
SVP and CIO, Danvers Bank Magazine
Lisa Rose is currently Senior Vice President and CIO for Danvers bank. She is responsible for operations, technical services, electronic banking, project management, and Partnership Processing Corporation (servicing subsidiary of Danvers bank). To this position she brings 19 years of financial service experience in a variety of roles and 10 years of project management experience. Lisa holds a BSBA from California State University and an MBA from FW Olin School of Management at Babson College focusing on finance and operations management. She serves on the Babson alumni advisory board for the Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork Program and teaches part-time for North Shore Community College.

Edward Rosenblatt
Vice President, Information Systems ABC Television Network

Luke Schneider
Senior Vice President, Operations, VerticalNet
Luke Schneider joined Verticalnet in July 2004 as part of the merger with B2eMarkets. Mr. Schneider serves as the head of operations, responsible for product development, on-demand services, training and customer support. Mr. Schneider came to B2eMarkets from Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM), where he worked with software and service clients to develop next-generation supply management solutions. Before joining PRTM, he spent six years with Ford Motor Company. Mr. Schneider earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas and an MBA with specialization in Operations and Strategy from Carnegie Mellon University.

Martin Schneider
The 451 Group
Martin covers the CRM marketplace for The 451 Group, specializing in areas such as sales force automation, customer service and support software, and marketing automation. His coverage area also includes the enterprise resource planning, supply chain management and workforce management industries, as well as optimization technology and partner relationship management. In addition, Martin often contributes to 451 GARS reports, which investigate user experiences and vendor strategies associated with grid computing. Martin has a degree in English and American Literature, as well as an MA in English Literature from Rutgers University.