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.

Paul Desmond
Events Editor
Network World

Paul Desmond has been involved in the trade press since 1988. He is currently president of PDEdit, an IT publishing and consulting firm he founded in 2002. He began his IT publishing career at the industry news weekly Network World, where during his 11 years he served as news editor and features editor. Under his leadership, Network World’s features department took home a number of editorial excellence awards, including a 1996 Neal Certificate of Merit Award from the Business Press Association and two 1998 awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors. He has also served as editor of Redmond magazine and was the founding editor-in-chief of Redmond Channel Partner magazine, which earned a Neal Award for Best Startup publication of 2005.

Andreas Antonopoulos
Senior Vice President & 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 & Senior 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 four industry conferences. He is the author of numerous articles on mobile and wireless topics, and a columnist for Computerworld.com, unstrung.com, and SearchMobileComputing.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.

Lisa Phifer
Vice President
Core Competence Inc.

Lisa Phifer is Vice President and co-owner of Core Competence, a consulting firm focused on business use of emerging network and security technologies. She has been involved in the design, implementation, and hands-on evaluation of internetworking, security, and management products for over 25 years. At Core Competence, Lisa provides requirements analysis, vulnerability assessment, and product evaluation services. She has advised companies large and small regarding use of network technologies and security best practices to manage risk and meet business needs. Lisa teaches and writes extensively about a wide range of technologies, from wireless/mobile security and intrusion prevention to virtual private networking and network access control. Her work appears regularly in industry publications, including Business Communications Review, Information Security, searchNetworking, and Wi-Fi Planet. Lisa's monthly columns are published by searchMobileComputing, where she serves as WLAN site advisor. She is also an editorial board member of the Wireless Vulnerabilities and Exploits project.