John Gallant
Executive Vice President/General Manager
Network World
He sets the strategy for one of the world’s fastest-growing media companies. He guides the content and business development for No. 1 newsweekly of network professionals. John Gallant: Named by Technology Marketing as one of the most influential people in computer journalism. Cited as "most visionary" by Press Access. Executive producer for several of IT’s most-acclaimed conferences. And highly sought after for on-air expertise by CNN, CNBC, NPR and Bloomberg. John is the driving force behind Network World’s IT Roadmap 2008.
Andreas Antonopoulos
Senior Vice President & Founding Partner
Nemertes Research
A leading expert in new processes, complex systems, emerging technologies, and winning strategies. Andreas is a highly-valued consultant to the Fortune 100.
John Burke
Principal Research Analyst
Nemertes Research
John Burke is a Principal Research Analyst with Nemertes Research, where he focuses on software-oriented architectures and management. As an analyst, John draws on his experiences as a practitioner and director of IT to better understand the needs of IT executives and the challenges facing vendors trying to sell to them.
Marie Hattar
Vice President Network Systems & Security Solutions
Cisco Systems
Marie Hattar brings more than 18 years of industry experience to her role as Vice President of Network Systems and Security Solutions at Cisco. Currently, Hattar is responsible for setting and developing a strategic vision that integrates key places in the network: branch, wide area network, campus and security. Under her guidance... more
Johna Till Johnson
President & Senior Founding Partner
Nemertes Research
Visionary researcher, influential consultant, widely-published analyst: Johna is a member of the IEEE, ACM, and Internet Engineering Task Force.
Jeff Kaplan
Founder and Managing Director of THINKstrategies, and founder of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Showplace® and Managed Service Showplace
Frequent speaker at industry conferences, a contributing columnist for major publications. Member of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, and the Advisory Board of SaaScon, an IDG World Expo Conference.
Irwin Lazar
Principal Analyst & Program Director, Collaboration & Convergence
Nemertes Research
IT’s convergence & collaboration specialist, Irwin develops and manages research projects, conducts strategic workshops and advises a who’s-who list of global clients.
Jim Metzler
President
Ashton Metzler & Associates
Highly-respected authority on network technology and its business applications, Jim is an industry-leading strategic advisor.
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