Supernova 2006 - Speakers

Speaker List

		Jeremy Allaire Brightcove Jeremy is founder and President of Brightcove. He started Brightcove with a vision of transforming television on the Internet. Prior to Brightcove, Jeremy worked as a technologist and entrepreneur-in-residence for the venture capital firm General Catalyst, where he worked on companies and investments in broadband media, mobile content, e-commerce software and digital identity. Before General Catalyst, Jeremy was CTO of Macromedia, where he helped define and launch the Macromedia MX platform. Jeremy joined Macromedia with its merger with Allaire Corporation, where Jeremy was a co-founder and CTO. Founded in 1995, Allaire Corporation was a pioneer in using the web as an application platform, and its industry leading and award winning products power millions of websites, online services and business applications on the Internet.
		Jeffrey Belk Qualcomm Jeffrey K. Belk has served as senior vice president of marketing for Qualcomm Incorporated since 2000. Belk joined Qualcomm in 1994 and worked in business development prior to leading Qualcomm Consumer Products' marketing team in 1995. He initiated Qualcomm's global branding and marketing campaigns as director and then vice president of marketing. In 1998, his role expanded to include responsibility for corporate marketing and communications as vice president of marketing. In 1999, Belk served as senior vice president and general manager of Qualcomm Eudora Products, Qualcomm's award winning e-mail product line. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Belk worked at Proxima Corporation where he held various management positions. Belk holds an MBA from the University of California, Irvine and a BA degree in economics from UCSD.
		Gary Benitt Goowy Gary Benitt is the COO for Goowy Media, Inc., responsible for the day to day operations within the company, with a focus on the business and technology aspects of the business. Prior to Goowy Media, Gary founded and held the positions of VP of Client Operations and Support and VP of Technology for eAssist. In these roles, Gary managed client implementations and development of eAssist's award winning contact center products, respectively. Gary was responsible for launching the first version of the product in an ASP environment in under four months and then releasing the productized software model. Prior to founding eAssist, Gary was the Director of Engineering for eShare Communications. Gary holds B.S. degrees in Finance and Information Systems from NYU's Stern School of Business.
		Leila Boujnane Idée Leila is co-founder and CEO of Idée Inc, the visual search and image monitoring firm. Idée's software uses advanced proprietary pattern recognition and computer vision algorithms to allow users to search very large image collections based on visual appearance. Leila has over a decade of executive leadership experience in the software industry. At Idée she is responsible for all aspects of the company's strategic direction and growth. Leila has been involved in visual search since Idée launched the first visual search application for the stock photography industry in 2001. She regularly speaks at industry conferences and is an active mentor for young women in technology.
		Kyle Brinkman MySpace Kyle Brinkman is a co-founder and VP of Product Development at MySpace. With over eighty million users worldwide, MySpace is the leading social networking, community, and lifestyle portal. Committed to the MySpace vision of a socially-generated web, Brinkman has focussed on such areas as blogs, events, calendering, and currently heads up the search, messaging, and voice initiatives. Prior to Myspace, Brinkman was a Product Manager at Intermix Media and developed guided selling systems at Dealtime (now Shopping.com) He is a graduate of Carleton College and holds a Masters in Economic History from UC Berkeley.
		Lise Buyer Class V Group Lise Buyer is the founding Principal of the Class V Group, an organization providing public market strategy guidance to public companies and those contemplating an initial public offering. She also serves as a strategic positioning Vice President for Tellme Networks. Previously, Ms Buyer was the Director of Business Optimization for Google Inc. where she was one of the chief architects of the company's innovative IPO. Lise has also had a long career in the investment industry as an institutional investor, sell side analyst and VC. She holds a BA from Wellesley College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University's Owen School, is a CFA, Director of Greenfield OnLine (NASDAQ: SRVY), Trustee of the Nichols School and a past Fellow of the Davos World Economic Forum.
		Lawrence Catchpole M1 Global Solutions Catchpole is responsible for setting strategic business direction and technology vision. Catchpole brings to M1 over thirty years of technology industry experience, including researching and deploying advanced technologies. He has held senior positions at WebTone Technologies, S1 Corporation, and Dun & Bradstreet Software (formerly MSA). As Founder, CTO and Chief Scientist with WebTone, Catchpole grew WebTone into a recognized leader in multi-channel financial services sales and service market. As an early employee with S1, he started the first services group and served as Vice President of Services. Catchpole was named a Software Fellow with Dun & Bradstreet. He graduated from Georgia Institute of technology with a B.S. in Applied Biology and a minor in electrical engineering.
		Lili Cheng Microsoft Lili Cheng is Director, Windows User Experience and Research at Microsoft. Previously, she served as Group Manager of the Social Computing Group in Microsoft Research, which she joined in 1995. She played a major role in the development of the Virtual Worlds Platform, lead the design and development of HutchWorld a shared space for cancer patients and their support network and she was a key member of the team that created Microsoft V-Chat. Before coming to Microsoft, she worked at Apple Computer in the Human Interface research group on a series of projects that integrated digital video technologies. Prior to Apple, Lili was at NYU where she designed the user interface for YORB, a program broadcast tri-weekly on Manhattan cable. Lili is also a registered architect and has worked for the architecture firm Skidmore Owings and Merrill designing urban, public spaces in both Tokyo and Los Angeles. She continues to participate in this field by guest lecturing at the Harvard Design School and working on projects with the MIT Architecture School.
		Michael Copps FCC Michael Copps was recently nominated for a second term as a member of the Federal Communications Commission. Previously, Mr. Copps served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development at the U.S. Department of Commerce. In that role, he worked to improve market access and market share for nearly every sector of American industry, including information technologies and telecommunications. Mr. Copps has also held roles as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Basic Industries, as a staff member for Senator Fritz Hollings, as Director of Government Affairs for a large company, and as Senior VP for Legislative Affairs at a national trade association. Mr. Copps, received a B.A. from Wofford College and earned a Ph.D. in U.S. history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
		Pierre de Vries USC Annenberg Center Pierre de Vries is a Senior Fellow at the Annenberg Center for Communication at USC. After receiving a PhD in theoretical physics from Oxford University, he worked for a London-based venture capital firm. He then talked his way into art school, and after three years studying sculpture was hired by Microsoft to build prototypes of strategic products. His work there included managing user experience design for mobile devices; starting and managing technology incubations, including a community-based wireless mesh network; supervising the start-up of a European advanced development lab; and directing cross-company telecommunications policy. He left Microsoft in June 2005 and is now an independent researcher.
		Doug Failor Joint Futures Lab Doug Failor works for the Joint Futures Lab (JFL) of the US Joint Forces Command, where he explores the technology in commercial entertainment software for potential use by the US military. JFL has the mission of seeking out and experimenting with new technologies that could help transform the US military's training, organizational, and operational activities.
		Usama Fayyad Yahoo! Dr. Usama Fayyad is Yahoo!'s chief data officer and senior vice president of Research & Strategic Data Solutions. Fayyad is responsible for Yahoo!'s overall data strategy, architecting Yahoo!'s data policies and systems, prioritizing data investments, and managing the Company's data analytics and data processing infrastructure. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Fayyad co-founded and led the DMX Group. He also co-founded and served as CEO of digiMine Inc. Fayyad's professional experience also includes leadership roles at Microsoft and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fayyad earned his Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and also holds BSE's in both electrical and computer engineering; MSE in computer science and engineering; and M.Sc. in mathematics.
		John Garstka Office of Force Transformation Mr. Garstka is the Assistant Director, Concepts and Operations, Office of Force Transformation (OFT) and a recognized thought leader in the area of Network Centric Warfare (NCW). In his current capacity he leads OFT initiatives in the areas of NCW Implementation and Education for Transformation. Prior to joining the OFT, he was the CTO in the Joint Staff. Mr. Garstka has also held positions with Cambridge Research Associates and in the United States Air Force. Mr. Garstka has also authored or co-authored multiple publications and reports. Mr. Garstka is a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, where he earned a BS in Mathematics. He also holds a MS in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University, where he studied as a Hertz Fellow.
		Dan Gillmor Center for Citizen Media Dan Gillmor is founder and director of the Center for Citizen Media, a project to enhance and expand grassroots media and its reach. The center is an affiliate of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University Law School and the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Gillmor is author of "We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People" (O'Reilly Media, 2004). Gillmor also has held positions at the San Jose Mercury News, the Detroit Free Press, the Kansas City Times, has blogged for SiliconValley.com, and has co-founded the website Bayospere. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Vermont and a journalism fellow at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
		Seth Goldstein Root Markets Seth Goldstein is founder and CEO of Root Markets. In 2002, he founded Majestic Research, the leading data-driven, independent research firm on Wall Street. In 1995, he founded SiteSpecific, one of the first Internet advertising agencies. Prior to Majestic, Goldstein was the first Entrepreneur in Residence at Flatiron Partners/JP Morgan Partners, a New York based technology venture capital firm. Since 1999, he has been a director and member of the Audit Committee for Valassis (VCI), a marketing services firm ranked by Fortune magazine as one of the best companies to work for in America. Goldstein is an investor and advisor to early-stage companies (including del.icio.us) and recently completed a blog series on Media Futures (http://majestic.typepad.com) which will be released as a book in 2006.
		Mary Hodder Dabble Mary Hodder is CEO of Dabble, a recently launched video remix community. Mary Hodder is an information architect and interaction designer specializing in social media sites. She works with companies in open source, photo sharing and "live web" search, was at Technorati, and recently completed a survey of the current state of research and development in academia in the area of New Media for the American Press Institute. She is a blogger at Napsterization (napsterization.org/stories/) and an original author at bIPlog (the first UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism blog, on the topic of intellectual property, security and privacy). She completed her Masters at the School of Information Management and Systems at UC Berkeley in May, 2004. She continues to research system design with values.
		Bradley Horowitz Yahoo! Bradley Horowitz, vice president of Yahoo!'s product strategy group, leads Yahoo!'s efforts in building innovative products and technologies across the company. Horowitz is driving innovation and leveraging Yahoo!'s platform to deliver compelling Yahoo! products and services to its users. In addition, he is responsible for the company's initiative to open up its platform which includes overseeing the Yahoo! Developer Network (Y!DN). Previously, he managed a portfolio of popular products for Yahoo!. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Horowitz founded and then served as both the CTO and the VP of engineering for the Virage division of Autonomy. Horowitz was a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab. Horowitz holds an MS in Media Science from MIT and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.
		Dan Hunter The Wharton School Dan Hunter (BS LLB (Hons) LLM PhD) is the Robert F. Irwin IV Term Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches electronic commerce law and cyberlaw. He studies issues dealing with the intersection of computers and law, including work on the regulation of the Internet, the use of artificial intelligence in law, and high technology aspects of intellectual property. He is a founder of Terra Nova, the preeminent collaborative blog for the serious study of virtual worlds.
		Vernon Irvin VeriSign Vernon Irvin is executive vice president and general manager of VeriSign Communications Services (VCS) where he has transformed the communications practice into the industry leader in Intelligent Communications, Commerce, and Content services. Before VeriSign, Vernon was executive vice president at American Management Systems (AMS), a business and IT consulting firm. He has also held executive positions at BT Ignite, e.spire Communications, Ameritech, and MCI. Mr. Irvin serves on the Board of Directors of CTIA and USTelecom. He is the International Chair of USC's Center for Telecom Management Board and a board member of the William and Mary School of Business and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley. Vernon received his B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.
		Rajesh Jain Netcore Rajesh launched IndiaWorld in 1995 whereupon it grew to be one of the largest collections of India-centric websites, comprising of Samachar, Khel, Khoj and Bawarchi. Rajesh's current focus is on thin clients and mobiles as "teleputers", service-based computing, multimedia/broadband/wireless world, two-way web, with emerging markets like India as first markets. He is Managing Director of Netcore Solutions Pvt Ltd, a software company based in Mumbai, India. Rajesh has co-founded Novatium, Seraja and Rajshri Media. Rajesh writes a daily weblog at http://www.emergic.org and is an investor and on the Board of Midas and n-Logue. Rajesh completed his B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
		Lyn Jeffery Institute for the Future Lyn is a cultural anthropologist who has spent the last 20 years living and working between California and mainland China. At the Institute for the Future (IFTF), Lyn leads forecasting research on the future of the Chinese Internet, Chinese families and changing daily life, global work practices, work places, and new entertainment media. She is also the co-editor of China Urban: Ethnographies of Contemporary Culture, as well as author of articles on post-socialist entrepreneurialism and Chinese network marketing. Lyn is fluent in Mandarin. She blogs at http://www.virtual-china.org
		Amy Jo Kim Shufflebrain Amy is an internationally-known designer of social games and online communities. Her clients include AOL, BBC, Digital Chocolate, Disney, Electronic Arts, eBay, Limelife, MTV, Square/Enix and Yahoo! She's the author of Community Building on the Web, a design handbook for networked communities that's available in 7 languages and has become required reading in game design studios and universities around the globe. AJ holds a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Washington, and a BS in Experimental Psych from UCSD. She teaches Game Design at USC, and lives in Half Moon Bay with her husband and son.
		Saul Klein Skype Saul is the VP, Marketing of Skype and a Founding Partner of The Accelerator Group (TAG). Skype, with over 54 million members worldwide, is the world's leading Internet communications company, offering free calls to anyone with an Internet connection. Established in 2000 by Saul and his previous colleagues, TAG provides strategic consulting services, operational expertise, and access to capital for various businesses. Recent investments include, Pleasurecards, Spotrunner, Paperdoll Heaven and Mind Candy. Prior to Skype, he was Co-Founder & CEO of Video Island, Europe's #1 online DVD rental services. Saul has also held senior positions at Microsoft, Firefly Network, and Ogilvy & Mather. He serves on the board of directors of bridges.org and writes a regular column on New Media for The Guardian.
		Jim Lanzone Ask.com As CEO of Ask.com, Jim Lanzone is responsible for overseeing world-wide business operations. Ask.com is one of the world's leading search engines, with more than 20 million users per month, offering unique tools and technologies that make search better. Previous to his role as CEO, Lanzone served as senior vice president and general manager of Ask.com US and as vice president of product management. Lanzone also co-founded eTour, an early provider of information retrieval and cost-per-lead services on the Web. eTour, launched in 1997, became a top 50 website and the Web's #1 ranked site in user frequency in 1998 and 1999 (Media Metrix). Additionally, eTour was rated "A+" by Entertainment Weekly. Lanzone received his BA from U.C.L.A. and JD/MBA from Emory University.
		J.D. Lasica Ourmedia J.D. Lasica is co-founder and president of Ourmedia, a free nonprofit global repository, learning center and community space for grassroots video and audio. His book "Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation" explores the personal media revolution. J.D. blogs about citizens' media and digital rights at Newmediamusings.com, Darknet.com and RealPeopleNetwork.com. CNET recently named him one of the top 100 bloggers in the world. In a previous life, J.D. was an editor at the Sacramento Bee and in senior management at several startups.
		Robert Levitan Pando Robert Levitan is currently CEO of Pando Networks, a NYC-based company developing media distribution software. Pando allows consumers to bypass email attachment limits to send any size file to anyone. Prior to founding Pando Networks, Levitan co-founded iVillage, the community Web site for women recently acquired by NBC/Universal, and Flooz.com, an online gift currency and corporate rewards company. Levitan has served as a strategic advisor for many companies including for Oddpost and AOL. In addition, he has helped Pearson LLC launch a television series in China and AT&T Wireless set up its Internet operating division. Advertising Age named Levitan a "Digital Media Master." Levitan serves on the Board of Directors of Mobius Management Systems and the Executive Council of New York.
		Selina Lo Ruckus Wireless Lo is the President and CEO of Ruckus Wireless. With over 20 years of experience in the networking and communications industries, Ms. Lo is known for her ability to create new markets, innovate new technology and capitalize on emerging trends. As a former vice president within Nortel Networks' Content Business Unit and Data Network Business Unit, Ms. Lo is most recognized creating and developing the market for content-based switching. She was also cofounder of Centillion, where the first token ring switching system was developed. Ms. Lo has held other management positions at Alteon, Bay Networks, Network Equipment Technologies, and Hewlett Packard. She holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
		Kevin Lynch Adobe As senior VP and chief software architect, Kevin Lynch leads Adobe's Platform Business Unit, which is focused on advancing the company's software platform for the creation and delivery of engaging applications and content to any desktop or device. Lynch is responsible for many of Adobe's products, alignment of Adobe's servers and tools with the company's technology platform, and oversees Adobe's developer relations program. Previously, Lynch was chief software architect and president of product development for Macromedia. Prior to that, he was at General Magic and the University of Illinois. In 2003, he was named one of CRN's "Top 25 Innovators," and honored as one of the "First Annual Web Innovators" by CNET in 1998. Lynch studied interactive computer graphics at the University of Illinois.
		Om Malik Business 2.0 Om recently left Business 2.0, where he was a senior writer covering broadband and telecom, to focus full-time on his popular blog, GigaOm, and related projects. His first book, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 billion telecom heist, was released on May 15, 2003. He has also written for Red Herring and Forbes.com, and his writings have appeared in newspapers and magazines such as The Wall Street Journal, Business 2.0, Brandweek, and Crains, New York Business.
		John McCrea Plaxo John McCrea, vice president of marketing for Plaxo, has had a significant impact on the evolution of the web as a new medium and a platform for communication. While at SGI, he struck the very first website sponsorship deal, and coined the term "Powered by..." as the de facto standard for such promotions. He was the driving force behind SGI's WebFORCE, the first turnkey web server, in 1995. Prior to Plaxo, John held the position of senior vice president of marketing at Radiance Technologies, developer of a breakthrough "digital FedEx" software solution. Before Radiance, John co-founded Affinia, a pioneer in contextual web advertising, which developed a predecessor to Google's AdSense.John earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University and an S.B. Humanities from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
		Charles Moore Reuters Charles is Head of Innovation at Reuters focused on facilitating step out new business opportunities for Reuters financial and media customers. Charles looks at the longer term impact of emerging trends in parallel markets and applies those learning to identify new products, services and business models for the Reuters group. Ideas are translated into early stage businesses through a corporate venture program, with a strong emphasis on customer centered design. Charles previously led marketing and strategy functions for e-commerce and new business initiatives at Barclays Bank and Lloyds of London. Based in New York, but originally from London, he is a qualified marketer with an MBA from University of Surrey.
		Craig Newmark CraigsList Craig is a customer service rep and founder of Craigslist. In 1995, he started Craigslist, which serves as a non-commercial community service with classifieds and discussion forums. Craigslist focuses on helping people with basic needs, starting with housing and jobs, with a pervasive culture of trust. He has approximately thirty years of experience as a software engineer (including 17 years at IBM), and is also involved with a number of community efforts, particularly involving mideast peace and new forms of media. Craig has been featured in the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Business Week, Time Magazine, and Esquire Magazine. (Photo: Gene X. Hwang)
		Tom Ngo NextPage With a 17-year track record, Tom brings innovation and technical excellence to NextPage products. Tom is responsible for directing and promoting the company's technological vision and product development. Prior to joining NextPage, he served as the Vice President of Technology for netLens. Tom was named as UTC CTO of the Year in 2005 and was named as a 2006 and 2005 vSpring Capital Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs. Tom has also held a senior management position at Interval Research Corporation-the R&D organization funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Tom holds a Ph.D. in Computational Biophysics from Harvard University and a bachelor's degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University.
		Sean Park Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Sean Park is Managing Director of Digital Markets at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW). He is responsible for electronic/web-based trading, execution and analytical services across DrKW's capital markets and investment banking products. Digital Markets combines front office, support and IT specialists in one unit, as well as DrKW's Prime Brokerage Products platform, which is responsible for providing execution, collateralised financing and custodial and clearing services for both on-exchange and OTC traded assets. He is also a member of the Capital Markets Management Committee. Previously, Sean was Head of Credit Flow Products, and before DrKW in 2000, Sean was the Head of European Bond Syndicate at BNP Paribas. He has a B.S. in Materials Science from Rice University and is originally from Calgary, Alberta.
		Wayne Paugh US Department of Commerce In May 2006, Wayne Paugh was appointed Senior Advisor to the U.S. Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He is a top advisor on intellectual property matters involving both domestic and international counterfeiting and piracy. Previously, Mr. Paugh was Senior Legislative Counsel at Venable LLP, Chief of Staff and Attorney-Advisor to Congressman James Rogan, Counsel for the Intellectual Property Owners Association, and Counsel to Congressman Dana Rohrabacher. While working on Capitol Hill, he helped draft the pivotal American Inventors Protection Act. Mr. Paugh earned his JD from the George Mason University School of Law, an M.S. from the University of Miami, Florida, and a dual B.S./B.A from the University of South Florida.
		Gil Penchina Wikia Gil Penchina is currently CEO of Wikia, a community site built on open-source software that allows anyone to contribute to guides on diverse subjects. Wikia operates under the GFDL Free content license and is positioned to become the first sustainable business built around the vision of free content. Prior to Wikia, Mr. Penchina was an 8 year veteran of eBay where he led many international ventures in Europe and Asia, built partnerships with leading companies, and ran worldwide mergers and acquisitions. An active angel investor, he has investments or advisory roles with: Linkedin, Flock, Wink, Vamoose, Become, Feedster, Koders, Voicestar, Reify and Betzip. Gil holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business.
		Kim Polese SpikeSource Kim Polese was named CEO of SpikeSource in 2004. Kim co-founded Marimba in 1996, and as President and CEO she led the company through a successful public offering and to profitability, after which she served as Chairman until Marimba's acquisition by BMC Software. Before co-founding Marimba, Kim worked at Sun Microsystems and was the original product manager for Java, leading its launch in 1995. Kim earned a Bachelor's degree in Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley and studied Computer Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. Kim also serves on the executive council of TechNet and on the board of the Global Security Institute and the University of California President's Board on Science and Innovation. She is a Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Engineered Innovation.
		Philip Rosedale Linden Lab Philip Rosedale has an extensive background in the development and pioneering of streaming technology, having built his first computer in 4th grade, and started his first computer software company while still in high school. In 1995 he developed FreeVue, a low-bitrate video conferencing system for Internet-connected PC's, resulting in the acquisition of his company in early 1996 by RealNetworks. Rosedale previously served at RealNetworks as Vice President and CTO, where he was responsible for the development and launch of RealVideo, RealSystem 5.0, and RealSystem G2. In 1999 Rosedale, joined Accel Partners as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and began the basic research that would become the technology behind Linden Lab. Rosedale holds a BS degree in Physics from the University of California at San Diego.
		Linda Sanford IBM Linda Sanford is a Senior Vice President at IBM and leads the strategy for IBM's internal transformation to the industry's premier on demand business. Previously, Ms. Sanford was Senior Vice President of IBM's Storage Systems Group, head of IBM's Global Industries Group, and General Manager of IBM's S/390 Division. Ms. Sanford also serves on multiple company boards and has even co-authored a book. She has been named one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Business by Fortune Magazine, one of the Top Ten Innovators in the Technology Industry by Information Week Magazine, and one of the Ten Most Influential Women in Technology by Working Woman Magazine. A graduate of St. John's University, Ms. Sanford earned an M.S. in Operations Research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
		Jonathan Schwartz Sun Microsystems Jonathan Schwartz is currently president and CEO of Sun Microsystems. Prior, Schwartz was president and COO and managed all operational functions at Sun. An inveterate blogger, Schwartz has led Sun's drive toward transparency and openness in everything the organization stands for. A leader behind many of Sun's open source and standard setting initiatives, Jonathan has been an outspoken advocate for the network as a utility with more than just value for the computing industry - but as a tool for economic, social and political progress. Schwartz has also held other influential positions since he joined Sun in 1996, after Sun's acquisition of Lighthouse Design, where he was CEO and co-founder. Schwartz received degrees in economics and mathematics from Wesleyan University.
		Tina Sharkey AOL For over twenty years, Tina has been a pioneer in the evolution of new media - from the introduction of HDTV in 1986, to coining the phrase "Social Media" in 1995, to the forefront of Web 2.0 today. Currently, Tina is Senior Vice President at AOL LLC where she oversees the Instant Messaging and Social Media groups. In 2004, Tina and her partners at Time, Inc. received the Timer Warner Chairman's Award for Collaboration. Earlier in her career, Tina was co-founder of iVillage, Group President of Sesame Workshop's, and Vice President at Q2. Tina also helped launch popular brands while at Frankfurt Balkind, where she managed corporate brand strategies for Time Warner, QVC and Sony. Tina holds multiple fellow and board positions for various organizations.
		Eric Shepcaro AT&T As Senior Vice President of Business Development, Shepcaro is responsible for identifying and launching new lines of business for AT&T. Eric also currently serves as the chair for AT&T's Emerging Technology Forum. Previously, Shepcaro served as VP of Business Strategy and Development, and chief strategist. Eric joined AT&T in 2002 as VP/GM, and then in 2004 assumed the role of Transformation Officer. Prior to AT&T, Shepcaro held senior positions at Netelligence Technologies, Digital Island, and Sandpiper Networks. His background includes 17 years at Sprint, where he held a variety of positions in marketing, sales and operations. Shepcaro holds a bachelor's degree and an MBA and is active in numerous charitable endeavors. He is a frequent speaker at leading industry events and has published several papers.
		Dan Shine AMD Dan Shine is the program director for 50x15, AMD's initiative to enable 50% of the world's population with affordable Internet access and computing capability by the year 2015. Shine has global responsibility for evangelism, marketing, project management and communications of the 50x15 Program. Prior to this role, Shine was director of marketing for AMD's Personal Connectivity Solutions Group, responsible for marketing and communicating the group's embedded strategy. Before AMD, Shine held positions at HP, 3Com and Motorola. He has more than 15 years experience in Internet solutions and rich digital media, including senior roles in global development, marketing, alliances, strategy and evangelism. Shine holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
		Chris Shipley Guidewire Group Best known as the executive producer of the DEMO Conferences for IDG Executive Forums, Chris has helped technology companies bring over 1,000 new products to market since 1996. As a founding partner and Global Research Director of Guidewire Group, she analyzes emerging technology to identify market opportunities and accelerate products to market. Fortune Small Business Magazine placed Chris on its "Top 10 Minds in Small Business," and the San Jose Business Journal named her a "Woman of Distinction." Chris has covered personal technology since 1984 and has worked as a writer and editor for a variety of technology and consumer media. Chris holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Literature and Communication Arts and pursues knowledge and understanding relentlessly.
		David Sifry Technorati David Sifry is founder and CEO of Technorati. He is a serial entrepreneur with over 19 years of software development and industry experience. Before founding Technorati, Dave was cofounder and CTO of Sputnik, a Wi-Fi gateway company, and previously, he was cofounder of Linuxcare, where he served as CTO and VP of Engineering. Dave also served as a founding member of the board of Linux International and on the technical advisory board of the National Cybercrime Training Partnership for law enforcement. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University. Dave can often be found speaking on panels and giving lectures on a variety of technology issues, ranging from wireless spectrum policy and Wi-Fi, to Weblogs and Open Source software.
		Jonathan Taplin USC Annenberg School Jonathan Taplin's specializes in International Communication Management and digital media entertainment. Taplin began his career in 1969 with successful engagements with Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese. Taplin went on to produce television documentaries and 12 feature films, whereupon his films were nominated for Oscar and Golden Globe awards and chosen for The Cannes Film Festival. Taplin has also been investment advisor to Bass Brothers and VP of media M&As for Merrill. Taplin was a founder of Intertainer, the pioneer video-on-demand company, and has served as its Chairman and CEO since 1996. Mr. Taplin graduated from Princeton University. He is a member of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and sits on the advisory board of the Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland.
		Chris S. Thomas Intel Considered one of Intel's visionaries charting future directions for industry and computing, Chris drives key technology and business architecture initiatives and is currently involved in aligning the industry on Service Oriented Enterprise Solutions and driving the Mobilized Software Initiative. Previously he managed the Distributed Enterprise Architecture Lab where he drove early Web Services adoption through 3rd Generation Internet Business activities. He championed Industry Marketing as Intel launched it's Enterprise Server Group, and managed core technology teams designing Intel's LANDeskTM Management, NetSight(tm) protocol analyzer and FastPath(tm) TCP/IP products. Thomas was also founding chairman of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) advocating the Desktop management Interface (DMI) standard. Thomas received a BS in Computer Science and a BA in Spanish from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
		Kapenda Thomas Jookster Before founding Jookster Networks, Kapenda founded N3 Technologies to develop emerging technologies in the area of web collaboration and knowledge management. Prior to N3, Kapenda was responsible for Media Syndicator, the first product released from Loudeye Technologies, where he was Lead Software Architect. Previous to Loudeye, Kapenda worked with the Web Based Enterprise Management team at Microsoft, developing proprietary tools and applications for performance in Microsoft's COM+ Services. Kapenda holds a patent in the area of Digital Media Syndication and Distribution as well as several patents pending in the area of Search and Information Retrieval.
		Mena Trott Six Apart Mena Trott is co-founder and president of Six Apart, the company behind The Movable Type publishing platform, TypePad weblogging service and, after an acquisition in January 2005, LiveJournal, an online community organized around personal journals. Named one of Fast Company's "Fast 50 for 2004" and PC Magazine's "People of the Year" for 2004, Mena has been involved in the weblogging space since she began publishing to her own weblog, dollarshort.org, in early 2001. She speaks regularly at industry conferences -- having appeared at Supernova, AdTech, DEMO 2004 and The Wall Street Journal's "D: All Things Digital." Mena can be found writing about weblogging and Six Apart at Mena's Corner.She lives in San Francisco with her husband and co-founder of Six Apart, Ben Trott.
		Juergen Urbanski Fon Juergen Urbanski is the General Manager of Fon in charge of the North American business. FON aims to provide free or highly affordable WiFi access to consumers worldwide. Juergen possesses more than 14 years of operating experience in technology, telecom, media and financial services across North America, Latin America and Europe. Before joining FON, Juergen was a Director of Marketing with Network Appliance. Prior to NetApp, he spent four years with McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office. He is fluent in 6 languages, holds a B.A.(Hons.) from the European School of Business (ESB) in Germany and an M.B.A.from The Wharton School. He also serves on the board of Creative Community Catalysts.
		Werner Vogels Amazon.com Dr. Werner Vogels is Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com where he is responsible for driving the company's technology vision, which is to continuously enhance the innovation on behalf of Amazon's customers at a global scale. Prior to joining Amazon, he worked as a research scientist at Cornell University where he was a principal investigator in several research projects that target the scalability and robustness of mission-critical enterprise computing systems. He has held positions of VP of Technology and CTO in companies that handled the transition of academic technology into industry. Vogels holds a Ph.D. from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and has authored close to 80 articles for journals and conferences, most of them on distributed systems technologies for enterprise computing.
		David Weinberger Journal of the Hyperlinked Organization David Weinberger, Ph.D. (http://www.evident.com) is co-author of the bestseller, The Cluetrain Manifesto and the author of Small Pieces Loosely Joined; he writes the well-known blog "JOHO." He is currently a Fellow at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society. His work has appeared in many influential media publications. He is a commentator on NPR and is a columnist for KMWorld and Il Sole 24 ore (the leading financial daily newspaper in Italy). He is on the advisory boards of many organizations including Technorati, ITConversations, SocialText, and the Christopher Reeve Foundation. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto. His book "Everything Is Miscellaneous" about the social effect of the new digital ways of organizing knowledge will be published by in 2007.
		Kevin Werbach Conference Organizer Kevin Werbach is a leading expert on the business, policy, and social implications of emerging Internet and communications technologies. He is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where his research focuses on the intersection of law, business, and technology. He is also the founder of the Supernova Group, a technology analysis and consulting firm. Werbach was formerly the editor of Release 1.0, a renowned monthly report published by Esther Dyson. He has served as Counsel for New Technology Policy at the Federal Communications Commission, where he helped develop the US Government's Internet and e-commerce policies.
		Michael Zyda USC GamePipe Laboratory Michael Zyda is Director of USC Viterbi School of Engineering's GamePipe Laboratory, a USC Professor of Engineering Practice, and a staff member of USC's Information Sciences Institute. From 2000 to 2004, he was the Founding Director of The MOVES Institute and a Computer Science Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School. Prior to the MOVES Institute, he was Director of the NPSNET Research Group. Professor Zyda's research interests include computer graphics, networked 3D virtual environments, agent-based simulation, modeling human and organizational behavior, interactive computer- generated story, modeling and simulation, and interactive games. He is a pioneer in the fields of computer graphics, networked virtual environments, modeling and simulation, and serious games. He currently holds a lifetime appointment as a National Associate of the National Academies.