CONFERENCE & EXPO

MEET YOUR NETWORK WORLD HOSTS:

John Gallant, President and Editorial Director, Network World
Gallant is president and editorial director of Network World Inc., and sets the strategy for the newsweekly, which serves over 170,000 readers in corporate network IT. Gallant also guides the content and business development for Network World online (www.networkworld.com), as well as Network World's seminars and events programs. Gallant is highly visible in the marketplace and frequently speaks at industry conferences. He has been named by Technology Marketing magazine as one of the most influential people in computer journalism, and was cited as one of the "most visionary editors-in-chief" by Press Access. Gallant is executive producer for VORTEX, an invitation-only executive conference for the enterprise IT industry, and was cited as Best Conference Host by Conferenza for his Vortex work. Gallant's 20 years of expertise in covering the technology industry has been tapped by top-tier television media outlets, including CNN, CNNfn, CNBC, NPR and Bloomberg. He often hosts roundtable discussions on technology and other topics for a wide variety of organizations, including leading vendors, IT buyers and industry associations. Gallant also serves on the executive committee of the Boston College Technology Council.

Beth Schultz, Editor, Network World Signature Series
Her decisions identify IT's all-stars, best products, and power players. Her insights ignite buzz, create trends, and make markets. And now Beth Schultz, the editor behind Network World's influential Signature Series, is coming to IT Roadmap: Chicago to moderate the day’s agenda-setting End User Roundtable with Network World's Enterprise All-Stars. Beth and her team will take you beyond what’s new and what’s next to focus on what really works and why in the enterprise. An invigorating, problem-solving way to start your day: Discovering how to orchestrate IT’s best practices to achieve top performance among IT’s most important technologies.

MEET YOUR IT ROADMAP ANALYSTS:

Andreas Antonopoulos, SVP & Founding Partner, Nemertes Research
Andreas M. Antonopoulos (CISSP, MSc CS) is a Sr. Vice President & Founding Partner with Nemertes Research. He develops and manages research projects, conducts strategic seminars and advises key clients. For 14 years, Mr. Antonopoulos has advised many businesses on how to harness new processes to leverage rapid developments in telecommunications. He is a noted expert in computer security and has led large teams on multi-million-dollar projects for Fortune 100 companies, designing large and complex secure networks.

Before joining Nemertes, Mr. Antonopoulos was the Security Practice Director at ThruPoint Inc, where was responsible for a global team of security consultants who deliver solutions to multinational clients.

Johna Till Johnson, President & Sr. Founding Partner, Nemertes Research
Nemertes Research founder and president Johna Till Johnson has spent nearly 20 years working closely with IT professionals. She sets the strategic research direction for Nemertes and designs and develops reports. Her background includes expertise in business, engineering, research, consulting, and particle physics. She is a member of the IEEE and the ACM, and has participated in the Internet Engineering Task Force. She is widely published and sought after as a speaker and conference chair.

Craig Mathias, Principal, The Farpoint Group
Craig J. Mathias is a Principal with Farpoint Group, an advisory firm specializing in wireless networking and mobile computing. Founded in 1991, Farpoint Group works with technology developers, manufacturers, carriers and operators, end users, and the financial community. Craig is an internationally-known industry and technology analyst, and serves on the Advisory Boards of eight industry conferences. He is the author of numerous articles on mobile and wireless topics, and a columnist for Electronic Engineering Times, mobilityloop.com, wireless.itworld.com, and searchCIO.com.

Jim Metzler, President, Ashton Metzler & Associates
Dr. Jim Metzler is widely recognized as an authority on both network technology and its business applications. Over the course of his 28 years in IT, Jim has assisted vendors refine their product and service strategies, and helped enterprises evolve their network infrastructure.

Jim has worked in many positions in the IT industry. This includes serving as a compiler writer for a branch of the US intelligence community; creating software tools to design customer networks for a major IXC; serving as an Engineering Manager for high speed data services for a major Telco; managing networks at two Fortune 500 companies; directing and performing market research at a major industry analyst firm; and running a consulting organization.