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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.
 John Dix,
editor-in-chief, Network World
Dix oversees day-to-day operations and shapes the strategic direction of the leading newsweekly. In 1986, Dix helped launch Network World, which was a spin off from ComputerWorld, where he served as Senior Editor of Communications. Dix is a leading authority on new trends and technologies, the Internet, Web business, Telecommunications, wide-area networking (WAN) and local area networking (LAN).
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.
 John Burke,
Sr. Vice President and Founding Partner, Nemertes Research
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 them. Prior to joining Nemertes, he held positions as a network/systems architect, systems/database administrator, network specialist, programmer and report writer. Throughout his career as an IT practitioner, John's IT management experience includes directing staffs ranging in size from 3 to over 30 in desktop support, voice and data networking, administrative applications support, and central systems management.
 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.
USER CASE STUDIES
 Jim Maas,
Network Monitoring Engineer, Fresenius Medical Care
Jim Maas is Network Monitoring Engineer at Fresenius Medical Care, provider of products and services for individuals with chronic kidney failure based in Lexington, MA. Maas is in charge of the company’s monitoring efforts to help Fresenius get a better understanding of the network. For the last four years, Maas has also been director of the New England Chapter of the HP OpenView Forum International.
 Michael Passe,
Storage Architect, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/CareGroup
Michael Passe has more than thirteen years of industry experience supporting distributed computing and storage infrastructure. As Storage Architect for CareGroup/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, he leads efforts to create, plan and manage the ever growing storage footprint of BIDMC. Major projects include the design and replacement of the existing SAN architecture with Director Class Cisco MDS gear, implementation of multi-tiered storage architecture built on EMC hardware and the design and maintenance of a NetBackup infrastructure. Michael also engages in long term capacity planning for the storage needs of the organization, focusing on issues of storage migration for technology refreshment. Prior to joining CareGroup, Michael was a Network Specialist at Boston University, and a Network Architect at Xerotex in Newark, New Jersey. Michael has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a specialization in Computer Engineering. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer for Windows NT 4.0
 S. Bradley Noblet,
Cheif Operating Officer, Harvard University's Faculty
of Arts and Sciences
Brad Noblet, a veteran computer industry executive, is Harvard University’s Chief Operating Officer for FAS IT where he is responsible for delivering an IT environment that serves over 30,000 constituents. Brad’s deep experience in executive management, product development/research and operations management make him uniquely qualified to advance Harvard’s IT infrastructure and services.
A 1982 graduate of Indiana University at Bloomington in Computer Science, Brad was that school's Manager of Data Communications, with responsibility for the institution's statewide data network. He then left for private industry, working in product development and management for a number of hardware manufacturers including Codex Corp., Ungermann-Bass, Tandem Computers and the Wellfleet Communications division of Bay Networks.
At Ungermann-Bass, Brad served as Director of Engineering then General Manager of several business units. He is credited with the creation and development of Ungermann Bass’ flagship product, Access/One, the world's first smart hub. He joined the Wellfleet Division of Bay Networks in 1995 as General Manager of that business unit delivering over $600 million in annual revenue. He is credited with creating forty new products during his tenure at Wellfleet that resulted in growing its revenue by $200M in less than two years.
Since leaving Bay Networks in 1998, Brad was involved in a number of start-up ventures focused on the converged voice, data and wireless sectors. In 2001, he joined Dartmouth College as its Director of Technical Services, then becoming its CIO. At Dartmouth, Brad was responsible for creating the College’s and the industry’s first enterprise class converged (voice, video and data) network in addition to advancing and managing its central IT operations.
He is regularly quoted in industry journals and the national press, being touted as an expert in networking and provides consultation for several Fortune 500 companies and Higher Education institutions.
 John D. Halamka, MD, MS
Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Health System
Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean for Educational Technology at Harvard Medical School, Chairman of the New England Health Electronic Data Interchange Network (NEHEN), CEO of MA-Share, Chair of the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), Chief Information Officer of the Harvard Clinical Research Institute and a practicing Emergency Physician.
As Chief Information Officer at CareGroup, he is responsible for all clinical, financial, administrative and academic information technology serving 3000 doctors, 12000 employees and one million patients. As Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean for Educational Technology at Harvard Medical School, he oversees all educational, research and administrative computing for 18000 faculty and 3000 students. As Chairman of NEHEN he oversees the administrative data exchange in Massachusetts. As CEO of MA-Share he oversees the clinical data exchange efforts in Massachusetts. As Chair of HITSP he coordinates the process of electronic standards harmonization among all the stakeholders nationwide.
 Mr. Francis Lorion
Visiting Nurse Association of Boston
Mr. Francis Lorion has been active in the information technology and healthcare industry for over 35 years. Since 1997 he has been Chief Information Officer at the Visiting Nurse Association of Boston (the oldest and one of the largest VNA’s in the country). Previously, Mr. Lorion was Director of Strategy & Planning for the Fallon Healthcare System in Worcester, Massachusetts. In this role he was instrumental in developing the information technology strategies for the Worcester Medical Center. Before joining Fallon, Mr. Lorion held various positions over a 27-year career with IBM, where he specialized in the healthcare industry. He has a Masters degree in Computer Science. He is a Member of HIMSS and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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