TECHXANS CIO SPEAKERS FORUM ::
PAST SPEAKERS & MODERATORS
 Paul Yust
Vice President &
Chief Information Officer
BJ Services (www.bjservices.com)
Mr. Yust
joined the Company in the newly created role of
Chief Information Officer in 2006, responsible
for directing information technology systems and
initiatives on a global scale. He has designed
and led information technology programs at large
multinational companies for more than 15 years.
Mr. Yust began his career with Exxon U.S.A.,
where he held positions in information
technology, engineering, planning and the
controller’s office. In 1990, he became Vice
President and Chief Information Officer for
Pioneer Companies, a start-up chemical
manufacturer. He joined Kraton Polymers in 2001
as Chief Information Officer, responsible for
building a data and server network across more
than 30 countries. Mr. Yust holds a bachelor’s
degree in electrical engineering and a master’s
degree in finance from Texas A&M University.
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 DAVID FINN,
CISA, CISM
Vice President & CIO Privacy/Information
Security Officer
Texas Children’s Hospital (http://www.texaschildrens.org)
David has been involved in the planning,
management and control of information technology
and business processes for more than 27 years.
Currently Mr. Finn is the Chief Information
Officer for the largest pediatric Integrated
Delivery System in the U.S. In addition to
responsibility for all traditional information
technology (hardware, software, networking,
telephony, application support and other
technical infrastructure) he is also responsible
for Biomedical Engineering and Television
Services including the Center for Telehealth.
Mr. Finn is focused on using technology as an
enabler of operating efficiency and deriving
business value through the optimization and
control of technology. David has been
leading top performance IT departments by
delivering best practices in IT Governance and
Control, Project Management Office, Systems
Selection & Implementation, Business and IT
Partnering, and IT Audit, Control and Security.
David has a Mater's degree from Angelo State
University.
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Craig Mullins
Corporate Technologist
Neon Enterprise Software (www.Neonesoft.com)
Craig S.
Mullins is the Corporate Technologist for
NEON Enterprise Software. As a data
management strategist. Craig has extensive
experience in the field of database
management and data architecture having
worked as an application developer, a DBA,
and an instructor with multiple database
management systems. Craig also has worked in
technology planning and operations with BMC
Software and PLATINUM technology, as well as
having been a research director for Gartner
Group. Additionally, Craig has worked
with DB2 since Version 1, is an IBM gold
consultant and has written two books: DB2
Developer’s Guide and Database
Administration: The Complete Guide to
Practices and Procedures. The
Impact of Regulatory Compliance on Data
Management: As governmental regulations
expand, organizations need to deploy better
controls to ensure quality data and properly
protected database systems. Sarbanes-Oxley,
HIPAA, BASEL II, and more make the news, but
what do they mean in terms of your data? And
what steps need to be taken to ensure
compliance? This presentation will
offer an overview of the regulations and
their impact on data management. Topics to
be discussed include: * Introduction to
Pertinent Regulations * Compliance Issues *
Long-term Data Retention * Database Auditing
* Encryption * Data Masking * Metadata
Management
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Douglas J.
Erwin
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
The Planet Internet Services, Inc. (www.ThePlanet.com)
Douglas J. Erwin joined The Planet in 2006
as chairman and CEO, where he oversees the
strategic vision and direction of the
country’s second-largest dedicated hosting
provider. Prior to joining The Planet, Erwin
orchestrated the startup and eventual sale
of blade technology pioneer, RLX
Technologies, Inc., to Hewlett-Packard.
Erwin co-founded and served for five years
as chairman and CEO of PentaSafe
Technologies, where he led the company’s
development from a start-up operation into a
recognized leader in integrated security
management solutions. He spearheaded
PentaSafe’s growth through its 2002
acquisition by NetIQ Corp. Erwin served as
executive vice president and chief operating
officer of BMC Software, Inc., the fifth
largest software developer in the United
States. During his tenure, BMC experienced
tremendous growth in revenues and
profitability, with its market
capitalization growing from $1.5 billion to
$9 billion. Erwin began his career in
sales, marketing and senior management with
IBM and Nortel. He holds a degree in
economics from Duke University.
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Janice
Anderson
CEO & Subject Matter Expert
Access Sciences (www.accesssciences.com)
Janice C. Anderson is CEO of Access Sciences
Corporation, a 23 year-old information
management professional services and
technology firm headquartered in Houston,
Texas. Janice attended the University of
Texas at Austin where she earned a
Bachelor's degree, and Florida State
University, where she earned a Master's
degree in library science. She worked in
numerous library and information management
settings prior to founding her company in
1985. Janice has spoken at numerous
professional meetings including ARMA
International and the Special Libraries
Association. She currently serves as board
president of Technology For All, a
non-profit organization delivering
technology to underserved communities.
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 Joe Yoklavich
Enterprise Content Management
IBM (www.IBM.com)
Joseph Yoklavich graduated from UCLA in 1981
with a DPMA certification in System
Management and Analysis. He has over 25
years of IT expertise in various industries
including Energy, Oil & Gas, Utilities, and
the Chemical/Refinery industry. Joseph has
been an Expert Witness in several lawsuits,
and has been an advisor to several law
firms. He has been an active member for many
years with local organizations such as AIIM,
ARMA, Techxans, Digital Energy, and Energy
Forum. In 2000, Joseph started working with
ECM companies and last year joined IBM as a
Enterprise Software Specialist. Joseph has
an extensive knowledge in E-Discovery best
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 FORUM
MODERATOR:
ERIC LAMBERT
Branch Manager
Robert Half Technology (www.rht.com)
Eric Lambert is branch manager of Robert
Half Technology, a leading specialized
staffing firm providing information
technology (IT) professionals on a project
and full-time basis. He joined the company
in May 2007, and oversees operations of the
Westchase branch. Lambert has an extensive
background in both IT and staffing,
including 13 years in the staffing industry.
Lambert brings a wealth of experience to
executives, professionals, business owners
and other clients requesting IT staffing
assistance. He has earned a reputation for
providing skilled guidance to candidates, as
well as strategic solutions to clients.
Lambert is involved in several professional
organizations, including the Houston chapter
of the Association of IT Professionals
(AITP), HDI and the University of Nebraska
Alumni Association. He received a Bachelor
of Science degree in business administration
from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
With more than 100 locations in North
America and Europe, Robert Half Technology
is a leading provider of technology
professionals for initiatives ranging from
web development and multiplatform systems
integration to network engineering and
technical support. Robert Half Technology is
a division of Robert Half International, and
offers online job search services at
www.rht.com.
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 Robert
Myles
CISO
Texas Health Resources
(www.texashealth.org)
In the relatively new world of IT security,
Robert Myles is a veteran, with over two
decades of experience and two current
industry certifications and numerous
affiliations. He began his career as a
health services technician with the US Coast
Guard, where he first saw technology’s
potential to enable clinicians to focus on
patient care rather than the “business” of
healthcare. The computerized pharmacy
inventory management solution he developed
saved his department many thousands of
dollars of time and materials. While
in the Coast Guard, Mr. Myles also gained
significant security and law enforcement
experience, including a Federal Secret-level
security clearance while managing the
classified material program for his Coast
Guard units. Upon leaving the Coast Guard he
continued to build on his mix of healthcare,
computing and security experience in
positions of increasing responsibility and
scope with employment at Southwest
Washington Medical Center, Oregon Health and
Science University, Parkland Health and
Hospital System and Fisher Investments. He
came to Texas Health Resources in 2007 as
Director, Information Security/Systems
Information Security Officer. Mr.
Myles has a Business Management and
Communications Degree from Concordia
University.
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 Drew Mansell,
PMP
Director, Information Technology
Overhead Door Corporation (www.overheaddoor.com)
Drew Mansell is a twenty-six year veteran in the
information technology field designing,
implementing and maintaining software
applications throughout his IT career. Drew has
managed many IT projects and in 2004 earned his
PMP certification from PMI. For sixteen years
Drew maintained a software consulting company
with engagements from managing IT operations to
delivering business software solutions. Before
joining Overhead Door Corporation, he consulted
with Overhead Door Corporation for four years
during that time introduced and expanded the
application team to solve business problems
using web deployed business solutions. In 2002
joined the ODC team as the Strategic Application
Manager, a year later Drew was promoted to the
Director of IT as part of the executive team he
is responsible for the Company's information
technology activities.
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 KC Condit
CISO/Governance Officer
Rent A
Center
(www.RentACenter.com)
KC Condit has spent the last 21 years of his
professional life in a wide variety of
assignments dealing with regulatory
compliance and security. As the Financial
Aid Administrator and Dean of Students for a
Dallas-based culinary, KC played a critical
role in gaining and maintaining Federal
funding for his school, as well as securing
its accreditation at the national level.
Since 1997, KC had devoted his time to
helping Rent-A-Center, Inc. become the
leader in the U.S. rent-to-own market. KC
now serves as Director of Information
Security for Rent-A-Center in its Plano,
Texas headquarters. His current duties
include regulatory compliance, data
security, litigation support, forensic
investigations, enterprise architecture, and
field support. In 2007, KC was named as one
of Computerworld magazine’s “Premier 100”
I.T. Leaders.
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 Marc
Othersen
Senior Analyst
Forrester Research (www.Forrester.com)
Marc serves Security & Risk professionals. He is
a leading expert in how companies structure and
integrate information security, compliance, and
risk management programs into normal business
and IT operations. His research focuses on
the strategies for the selection, integration,
and management of IT controls to support
information security, compliance, and risk
management activities. In the past, he has
written about sustainable IT compliance,
qualitative and quantitative
approaches to IT risk management, and effective
information security governance. Marc has
extensive experience with delivering practical
solutions for complex information security, IT
risk, and IT compliance issues. While employed
by professional consulting firms such as
Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and Pricewaterhouse
Coopers, Marc has designed frameworks for the
integration of information security and IT
compliance, identified regulatory sources and
normalized IT control requirements, reengineered
and automated information security, compliance,
and risk processes, and established program
metrics for measuring the effectiveness and
efficiency of IT control execution. Marc also
held the role of CSO and has experience with
designing and managing the
day-to-day operations of an IT information
security program. Marc graduated from
Texas A&M University with a B.S. in computer
science.
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 Lance
Masten
Compliance Specialist
Quest Software (www.quest.com)
Lance Masten
has been with Aelita/Quest for 4 years. He
originally worked as a Pre-Sales Engineer
presenting to enterprise companies about company
software and how it could help them in their
day-to-day IT processes. Lance’s current role
as Compliance Specialist allows him to present
at Quest sponsored seminars, Microsoft User
Conferences and high-level customer visits
discussing how Quest provides solutions to
companies with compliance concerns.
Lance Masten has planned and deployed audit,
security and compliance solutions at more than a
dozen organizations with operations worldwide.
Most notably, he spent a year on-site with one
of the world’s largest insurance companies,
deploying Quest InTrust across 25,000 servers in
an environment supporting 90,000 users. He is
the author of a recent technical brief on
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and “Eliminating the
Threat Within”, and was accepted to present at
the Marcus Evans seminar, “Sustaining
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Best Practices and
Lessons Learned.” Lance applies his technical
and industry knowledge to guiding the product
direction of Quest’s solutions for audit and
regulatory compliance in the heterogeneous
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 Nick
Ignatiev
Systems Engineer
Alert Logic (www.alertlogic.com)
Nick Ignatiev is a fourteen year veteran in the
information technology field designing,
implementing and maintaining corporate IT
networks. As a systems engineer for Alert Logic,
Nick is instrumental in tailoring security
solutions to meet the needs of the customer.
Using a Software-as-a-Service platform, Nick is
able to work with customers to meet their needs
for intrusion detection and log management.
Prior to joining Alert Logic, he was the
director of Information Technology for the
Houston Texans where he was responsible for all
network and telecommunications infrastructure
and all game-day technology. |
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FORUM MODERATOR:
CRAIG DENTON
Branch Manager
Robert Half Technology (www.rht.com)
Craig Denton is the branch manager of Robert
Half Technology, a leading specialized
staffing firm providing information
technology (IT) professionals on a project
and full-time basis. In this role, he
oversees the Dallas Galleria branch.
Denton has an extensive background in IT
with more than 13 years of experience. He
began his staffing career with Robert Half
Technology in January 2008. He has earned a
reputation for providing skilled guidance to
candidates, as well as strategic solutions
to clients. Prior to his current role, he
worked in security software and held
management positions at a major wireless
telecommunications corporation. Denton
earned a bachelor's degree in business
administration with a focus on marketing and
computer & information science from Stephen
F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches,
Texas. With more than 100 locations in
North America, Europe and Asia, Robert Half
Technology is a leading provider of IT
professionals on a project and full-time
basis, for initiatives ranging from web
development and multiplatform systems
integration to network security and
technical support. For more information
about Robert Half Technology or to learn
about online job search opportunities,
please visit
www.rht.com.
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 Russ Finney
Vice President of Information Systems
Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc. (www.tel.com)
Russ Finney has spent fourteen years as the
Vice President & CIO of the US operations of
Tokyo Electron, one of the world's largest
semiconductor production equipment
manufacturers. Russ currently serves on the high
tech advisory board of the Austin Chamber of
Commerce's AusTech Alliance. He has also served
on the board of the Austin Technology Council.
In the past, he served on the National Board of
Directors of AITP, and he has been president of
both the Houston and Austin AITP Chapters. In
2006, he was named "Austin IT Executive of the
Year" by his peers at the annual central Texas
Innotech technology conference. Before Tokyo
Electron, Russ was an IT Consultant with Ernst &
Young. Russ is often quoted in
publications such as Computerworld and CIO
Magazine. He is also a frequent industry
speaker all over the world and he often gives
guest lectures in a university setting. Many of
Tokyo Electron's projects have been noted in
industry white papers, and one e-commerce
project was the basis of a Harvard Business
School case study. Russ is a graduate of
Oklahoma State University. As a leading global supplier of
semiconductor production equipment, Tokyo
Electron Limited (TEL) engages in development,
manufacturing, and sales in a wide range of
product fields. The company also leverages
specialized technologies developed for the
semiconductor production equipment market to
engage in the area of flat panel display (FPD)
production equipment. All of TEL's semiconductor
and FPD production equipment product lines
maintain high market shares in their respective
global segments. TEL provides outstanding
products and services to customers through a
global network of approximately 90 locations in
12 countries in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
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 Robert M.
Jackson
VP & CIO
EZCORP (www.EZCorp.com)
Mr. Jackson joined EZCORP as Vice President
& Chief Information Officer in May 2004. He was
Chief Information Officer at DuPont Photomasks,
Inc. from 1997 to 2004 and served as Controller
from 1995 to 1996. Prior to 1995, Mr. Jackson
held senior financial leadership positions in
the U.S. and South America at E. I. DuPont de
Nemours.
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 Gary
Gumbert
CIO
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
As Chief Information Officer (CIO for the Texas
Health and Human Services Commission, Gary
Gumbert is leading the consolidation of
information technology services for the state’s
five health and human services agencies. This
effort involves transforming 12 separate
information technology divisions into a
coordinated management model serving five new
agencies with 46,000 employees in more than
1,200 locations. This new, consolidated system
provides the technology backbone needed to
deliver services to more than 4 million Texans
each month. As the leader of the Health and
Human Services Commission Enterprise Information
Technology Division, Mr. Gumbert is responsible
for setting enterprise information technology
strategy and standards, as well as supporting
enterprise applications and infrastructure. His
focus is on the delivery of cost-effective,
customer-focused IT solutions. Before
working for the State of Texas, Mr. Gumbert
spent time directing and managing complex
information systems in both the public and
private sector. Mr. Gumbert is a graduate of the
United States Air Force Academy and earned his
Master of Science degree from the University of
Southern California. After graduating from the
Academy, he served as a fighter pilot in the
United States Air Force for 20 years.
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 Gary Buonacorsi
CIO
Attorney General of Texas
Gary has worked in both the private and
public sectors of the ever-growing and
challenging field of information technology. He
is currently the CIO for the Texas Office of the
Attorney General. His responsibilities include
agency-wide strategic and tactical planning,
development of all technology systems, and
oversees all aspects of IT operations. Most
recently, Gary worked at the Department of
Information Technology where he served as the
Chief Technical Officer for the State of Nevada.
Prior to that post, he was the CIO for Nevada’s
Division of Welfare. His private sector
experience includes IT management positions at
Merck-Medco pharmaceuticals and Taylor
Corporation. He holds a Bachelors degree in
Management Information Systems and a Masters
degree in Business Administration. Among a long
list of accomplishments, he deployed a
state-wide enterprise single sign on and
identity management solution, orchestrated a
fiscal turnaround for one of the largest
Information Technology departments in the State
of Nevada, and successfully instituted numerous
process improvement initiatives to increase
customer satisfaction.
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Eric Tompkins
Global Security Practice
CIBER, Inc, (www.ciber.com)
Eric Tompkins is a Principal Consultant with
the Global Security Practice of CIBER, Inc.,
and leads CIBER’s Business Continuity
services. Eric has over 22 years of
experience as a leader of business
continuity and security programs, projects,
departments, and teams; and as a manager of
strategic consulting engagements supporting
CxO-level clients. He has applied his
outstanding breadth of experience in
enterprise security policy, process, and
procedure development, business continuity,
and disaster recovery to develop diverse
operational risk management programs for
federal, state, and local governments,
banking and finance, pharmaceutical,
broadcasting, health care,
telecommunications, software production, and
education clients. Eric is a certified
Project Management Professional (PMP),
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM),
and Certified Information Systems Security
Professional (CISSP). He holds an
engineering degree from the University of
Michigan (Ann Arbor) and retired from the US
Air Force in 1995. He is married, has two
grown children, and resides in Richmond,
Virginia.
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Nick Spennato
Applications Manager
Oracle Corporation (www.Oracle.com)
Nick Spennato has over 20 years of experience
selling enterprise business solutions to help
solve business problems. He has been with Oracle
Corporation for 8 years selling ERP business
systems to small-to-medium businesses in south
central Texas. Prior to that he spent
about 15 years selling control systems and
advanced control solutions to the process
manufacturing industries at both Pavilion
Technologies and Emerson Process Automation in
Austin. Mr. Spennato holds a Masters
degree in Chemical Engineering from Bucknell
University.
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 Nathan O.
Langston
National Director, Administration
Boy Scouts of America
Nate has over 25 years in the information
technology field. He joined Boy Scouts of
America in 2000 as Director of the Information
Systems Division. He has been serving as
National Director of the Administration Group
since April 2006. Nate’s career in
Scouting began over 15 years ago as a volunteer
Webelos leader. Nate has also served as
Scoutmaster and committee chairman and has been
on three Philmont treks as an adult advisor.
Before joining the National Council, Nate’s
career experience included 16 years with Conoco
Oil in Oklahoma and Texas, and overseas in Dubai
and Norway. He also worked as a senior project
director for Oracle leading teams in major
systems implementation for the State of
Oklahoma, the New Orleans School Board, and the
State of Michigan. Nate received his Bachelor’s
degree in mathematics from Oklahoma Christian
University and his Masters in computer science
from Oklahoma State University. Nate and
his wife, Jamie, have four children; two
sons—both Eagle Scouts—and two Venturing
daughters. Nate enjoys running, scuba diving,
and playing golf.
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 Brad Harslem
Chief Information Officer
Former CIO of Coach America
Brad has been the
CIO for three DFW based companies: Coach
America, Concentra and Greyhound Lines. He most
recently held the CIO position at
Coach America which is a leading provider of
ground transportation services. Coach was a
private equity startup company when Brad joined
in 2003 and grew to $400 million in revenue
before it was sold last year. Brad had the
unique opportunity to create an entire IT
infrastructure from data center to network to
application portfolio all of which had to be
highly scalable to support the acquisition
driven growth model. He spent the first 17
years of his career at American Airlines in
Marketing and in the Sabre division where he was
VP of Operations and Applications Development.
Brad holds a BS from Cornell’s Engineering
College and an MBA from New York University’s
Stern Business School. He
was the Keynote
Speaker at the 1996 Information Week 500
Conference and
served on the
Information
Week Magazine, Editorial Advisory Board from
1996-1998.
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 George
Hendrix
CTO
Cordinant Technologies
George has over twenty-five (25)
years of technical and management experience in
information security architecture and
technology. He got his start in the United
States Air Force where he was a member of the
Defense Communications Agency and after ten (10)
years of service, was a member of the of the US
Department of Energy’s project to develop and
deploy a multi-million dollar, inter-laboratory,
secure digital communications network at Sandia
National Laboratories. George left the lab to
join AscomTimeplex, the inventor of the T-1
Switch, where he served for ten (10) years as
Technical Consultant and Director
Multi-national Programs. Since moving to
Dallas in 1993, George has focused on
information security applications having held
positions at Signio (now Verisign Payment
Systems), ServGate Technologies, and prior to
joining Cordinant, was Managing Director North
America at De La Rue Cash Systems. Over the past
several years, George has also been providing
consulting work to our state’s schools through
Education & Business Associates. EBA is
assisting our schools to go paperless by
developing processes and procedures to deploy
technology that will lower operating cost for
the District, protect information in accordance
with HIPAA and FERPA, while at the same time
make it available electronically through a
secure portal.
George lives in Dallas and shares his personal
time with Nancy. They are active supporters of
the Arts, enjoy traveling and are active members
of several professional organizations.
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 Jeff
Maynard
CEO & CIO
Biometric Signature ID (www.biosig-id.com)
Mr. Maynard is the CEO of Biometric Signature ID
and owner of patent pending biometric signature
authentication inventions. He has been a
visionary in taking robust biometric technology
and designing practical applications that work
to prevent identity theft and misrepresentation
Online. Mr. Maynard has been a serial
entrepreneur and corporate executive with
expertise in developing successful products and
teams in early stage and publicly traded
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Jay Reed, Chief Information Officer
Trammell Crow Residential
Jay Reed is currently Chief Information
Officer for Trammell Crow Residential focused on
delivering a Business Technology strategy that
ensures the company sustains the growth it has
experienced the past 5 years in the multi-family
real estate market. Jay has more than 22 years
of Information Technology experience working
with high growth companies in both the Real
Estate and Hospitality Industries introducing a
number of industry technology firsts while
building infrastructures to support the growth.
As the Vice President (VP) of Information
Technology (IT) for Taco Bueno Restaurants, Jay
led the replacement of the company’s legacy
point-of-sale and back office solutions with a
best-of-breed centralized and integrated .NET
solution enabling Taco Bueno to introduce remote
order taking through a central call center,
contactless credit cards, graphical kitchen
capabilities, and other opportunities to improve
speed of service and/or order accuracy. Prior to
Taco Bueno, Jay worked as VP of IT for Wyndham
International where he built a 2,500 square foot
300 server collocated facility to support
numerous centralized solutions for Wyndham’s
various brands including Property Management,
Reservations, SAP Enterprise Resource Planning,
Guest Recognition (loyalty program), Call
Accounting, and more. Prior to Wyndham, Jay
built the Trammell Crow Company infrastructure
that supported the company’s expansion from an
entrepreneurial real estate developer to a
services business in the late 80’s and the 90’s.
Jay graduated from the University of Texas at
Austin with a Bachelor of Business
Administration in both Finance, and Data
Processing and Analysis, and a Master of
Business Administration from Southern Methodist
University. He is currently Co-Membership
Chairman in the Society for Information
Management, and is on the Associate Board of the
Cox School of Business at SMU.
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 Colby Springer, Former CIO
ClubCorp
Mr.
Springer has been a member of the technology
industry for 30+ years. He has been a senior
technology leader at such companies as Pearle
Vision, Blockbuster Entertainment, Michael
Stores and ClubCorp. In this time Mr. Springer
has been a participant and leader in these
company’s growth and the strategic use of
technology to further their goals. His
focus is on leading a business
through transformation and growth while
translating business strategy into an IT
strategy and then executing and measuring
progress in delivering that strategy. He has
built high performance IT teams that are
recognized for delivering uncompromised
operations focusing on the basic principles of
customer driven service, seamless and consistent
delivery of services, and increased efficiency
and effectiveness. Colby obtained a Bachelor of
Science in Engineering and Computer Science from
UCLA and a Master of Science in Business
Administration and Quantitative Methods from
California State University, Northridge. He is a
member of the Dallas chapters of the Society for
Information Management (SIM), the Technology
Executive Networking Group (TENG) and CEO
Netweavers.
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 David Yavorsky, Chairman of TENG
Technical Executives Network for CIOs
Former CIO of First American Mortgage
Information Services
A
former CIO of First American Mortgage
Information Services, David is a senior level
executive with extensive experience spearheading
the alignment of technical resources with
strategic business initiatives. Mr. Yavorsky
gained his expertise in technology architecture
and integration, relationship and staff
management, budget development, vendor/contract
negotiations and formulating financial/strategic
plans during his successful career in several
leadership roles. Specifically, Mr. Yavorsky
directed and managed the Information Technology
group for First American Mortgage Information
Group as Chief Information Officer. Mr.
Yavorsky consolidated data center operations to
reduce operating costs and improve
accountability in addition, he outsourced
software development for specific, strategic
systems to improve speed to market and reduce
costs. Prior to being CIO, he was
President and Chief Executive Officer of
First American Real Estate Tax Services after
his role of Executive Vice President of
Operations. As an entrepreneurial and visionary
leader he accomplished strategic planning,
process improvement, and reengineering of key
business processes. He is a skilled
communicator, team builder and negotiator who
maximizes efficiencies and productivity through
boosting employee morale and performance. His
assertive, bottom line approach consistently
produced quick yet long term, favorable results
in each of the positions he has held. He is a
decisive but flexible professional who leads by
example, has excellent communication skills, and
is a poised, results-oriented individual capable
of making significant and continuing
contributions.
In addition to his many business
accomplishments, Mr. Yavorsky holds a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Public Administration from The
Pennsylvania State University.
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Andrew Jackson, President
BravoTech (www.BravoTech.com)
Andrew Jackson has spent the last 26 years building and maintaining technical
staffs. In 1996, he co-founded Bravo
Technical Resources, Inc. (BravoTECH) an
information technology professional services
firm. Over the past ten years BravoTECH has
experienced award winning growth with
BravoTECH employees performing IT
assignments in 36 states in 2007. Andrew
received a BSBA in 1980 from Illinois State
University.
Andrew has been chairman of the Dallas and
Forth Worth chapters of the Texas
Association of Business, Chairman of the
board of the National Kidney Foundation of
North Texas and Chairman of the Dallas
Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society. He also serves on the Associate
Board of the Cox School of Business at SMU
and has been a member of the Dallas Society
for Information Management (SIM) chapter
since 2002 while serving as co-chair of
their 2006 National Conference, SIMposium
and on the National SIM Board in 2007 and
2008.
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 Pam Terry
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Technology Executives Network (Techxans &
TechExecs)
pam@techxans.org
866.761.7770 ext. 2
Pam Terry has considerable experience
in the technology industry beginning her foray into
technology in 1994. She has a proven track record
in sales and marketing in data, voice, collocation,
IT consulting, application development, ecommerce,
and technology training. She was most recently an
Account Executive with Time Warner Telecom, a Major
Accounts Consultant in the Business Division of Time
Warner Cable and VP of Marketing for ERGOS
Technology. During her tenure in the industry, Pam
had the pleasure of co-founding Techxans with Tony
and even created the “Techxans” name. Prior to
Pam’s technology industry experience, Pam was
Executive Director of the Galleria Chamber of
Commerce and previously provided marketing
consulting in the accounting firm industry.
Throughout her career, Pam has been involved in
community and trade organizations, having obtained
Accreditation in Public Relations from the Public
Relations Society of America, and serving on the
boards of several charitable and membership groups
such as the American Organ Transplant Association
and the Association of IT Professionals. Pam is
currently serving as Regional Director of Powerful
Women International, a women’s empowerment
membership group. Pam brings a wealth of knowledge
and expertise in association management and
technology to her role as Executive Director of
Techxans and Tech Execs. Originally from
Brownsville, Texas, Pam has been in Houston since
1971.
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 Tim
McHugh
Oracle, Oil & Gas Business Unit
Oracle (www.Oracle.com)
Tim McHugh is has 15
years of Energy Industry experience in
enterprise business applications, software
technology, consulting, and outsourcing
services. A successful track record in all
aspects of the selling and delivery of
professional services, and outsourcing,
including strategic planning, business
development, account management, partner
management and vertical marketing. Tim
currently is the Regional Manager for
Oracle’s Oil and Gas business unit. Prior
to Oracle, Tim was a Sr. Manager with
Deloitte Consulting’s Enterprise
Applications practice where he focused on
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Adrian Estala, PMP
Senior Manager
KPMG (www.KPMG.com)
Adrian Estala is a Senior Manager at KPMG
with over ten years of experience in the IT
Project Management, IT Security and IT Audit
fields including more than eight years of
experience specifically related to
supporting KPMG clients. His client service
spans across the utilities, retail,
healthcare, and oil & gas industries. He is
a certified project manager. Prior to
joining KPMG, Mr. Estala was a Project
Manager supporting the design and
implementation of large-scale voice and
secure data networks with Nortel Networks.
After Nortel Networks, Adrian worked with
France Telecom in Brest, France, while
serving as the Project Manager for an IPv6
engineering research initiative at L’Ecole
Nationale Superior des Telecommunications de
Bretagne. Adrian holds an engineering
degree from Texas A&M University.
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Ralph S. Jezierski
Senior Manager
Worldwide Software Consulting
BMC Software, Inc. (www.BMC.com)
As Senior
Manager of Worldwide Software
Consulting, Ralph is charged with
providing the technical expertise as
trusted advisor to our customers and
enable them to understand the value of
Business Services Management (BSM).
Software Consulting provides a critical
function at BMC Software to understand
the needs of our customers, and to then
define and demonstrate our value-based
solution to address their challenges.
The intent of the BSM strategy is to
provide solutions that will enable
customers to link their IT resources
tightly to business objectives and
manage these resources based on business
priorities by providing a “whole view”
of their business and IT operations.
Ralph also led the Software Consulting
efforts at BMC. Previously, Ralph was
Manager of Business Applications in BMC
Software’s Information Technology
business unit where he led critical
corporate implementations around Sales
Force Automation and other key business
applications. Prior to BMC Software,
Ralph worked in the Information
Technology organizations for several
large organizations, in the Retail and
Oil & Gas industries. In addition to
his technology experience, Ralph
graduated from the University of Houston
with a BBA in Management Information
Systems. BMC Software is a
leading global provider of enterprise
management solutions that empower
companies to automate their IT and prove
its business value. Delivering Business
Service Management and Service
Automation, BMC solutions span
enterprise systems, applications,
databases and service management. For
the four fiscal quarters ended December
31, 2007, BMC revenue was approximately
$1.7 billion. For more information,
visit
www.bmc.com.
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 Steven Ramirez
Project Manager of IT Business Systems
EPCO, Inc. (www.Eprod.com)
Steven Ramirez serves as Project Manager
of IT Business Systems for EPCO, Inc. EPCO,
Inc. and its affiliates own significant
equity interests in five publicly traded
partnerships with a combined enterprise
value of approximately $48 billion. The
EPCO family of partnerships comprises
one of North America’s largest midstream
energy networks, providing a variety of
services to producers and consumers of
natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude
oil, refined products, liquefied
petroleum gases and petrochemicals. In
this role he manages IT projects related
to business application implementations,
cross-functional business interfaces and
IT/business process improvements.
Steven received a BBA in Finance from
the University of Houston and an MBA in
Management information Systems from the
University of St. Thomas. Steven is a
certified PMP and is active with
Houston’s local chapter of PMI.
Steven’s previous positions have
included Manager of Procurement, Assoc.
Director of Business Forms Management,
and Management Consultant all with
American General Companies. Steven
currently live in the Houston Heights
with his wife Virginia and daughters
Maggie and Hallie.
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 Bryan Burns
VP of Engineering & Chief Architect
XO Communications
(www.XO.com )
Mr. Burns has over 15 years
of frontline leadership experience in
operations, engineering, and finance in the
telecommunications industry. Mr. Burns has
worked for 5 years at Cellular One in the
wireless industry and for 11 years at XO
communications in the CLEC industry. Mr.
Burns holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics,
a Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering from Bucknell University.
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 Shawn
Shadfar
CEO & Chief Architect
omNovia
(
www.omNovia.com )
Shawn Shadfar is the founder and C.E.O of
omNovia Technologies Inc started in Houston, TX,
USA in early 2004 and specializing in web
conferencing and information security services.
Mr. Shadfar was a member of the engineering team
that invented the first Java-based smart card in
1997 and later co-founded the Information
Security group at Schlumberger. His group
provided a smart card based digital ID solution
to the U.S Department of Defense, the NASA,
Chevron, ExxonMobil and other Fortune 500 firms.
He has published many articles and has spoken at
numerous events in the Information Security
industry. Mr. Shadfar holds a Masters of Science
in Computer Science from Supelec – Paris as well
as a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
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 Todd
Coury
Network Manager
Andrews Kurth (
www.andrewskurth.com)
Todd is responsible for ISS and DR initiatives
in Andrews Kurth Law Firm.
Todd Coury has more
than 23 years of domestic and international
experience in the information technology,
engineering and construction fields, with nearly
eighteen years in management and supervisory
positions. He currently is network manager for
Andrews Kurth LLP, an international law firm of
more than 400 lawyers, where he manages the
national IT department with 11 direct-report
network engineers across the United States. Todd
is responsible for all aspects IT infrastructure
for the firm. Prior to joining Andrews Kurth,
Todd spent 10 years with Petrocon Engineering,
two of those overseas.
Andrews Kurth LLP is an international law firm
with over 400 attorneys, has built its
multidisciplinary practice on the belief that
“straight talk is good business.” Real answers,
clear vision and mutual respect permeate the
firm’s success stories with clients, colleagues,
communities and employees. With offices in
Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, Los
Angeles, New York, The Woodlands and Washington,
DC, Andrews Kurth represents an impressive list
of global clients spanning multiple industries
and areas of law.
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 Charles
L. McGuire "Lynn"
Chief Information Officer
Andrews Kurth (
www.andrewskurth.com)
Lynn is responsible for all aspects of
Information Technology for this international
law firm including Help Desk, PC Techs, Network
Services
and Infrastructure, Application Development,
PMO, and Training. While at Andrews Kurth, Lynn
has accomplished the following: Created complete
Disaster Recovery manual and procedures along
with redundancy for the firm to ensure continued
operations should a disaster impact our primary
data center on key systems. His efforts allowed
Andrews Kurth to lead the legal industry in both
staffing ratios and IT to gross revenue while
improving quality and delivery of IT services.
Rebuilding the team for all departments while
consolidating six different and disparate
operating systems into one supportable
environment on Windows and Intel based
platforms. This involved migration of the firm’s
GroupWise system to MS Exchange and Active
Directory across all US offices. Managed the
conversion of the document management system
from SoftSolutions to iManage, developed change
control procedures for servers and applications
along with consistent user communications and
notices regarding IT activities, and implemented
a model office for staging development and moves
to the production environment. Created a Project
Management Office concept to promote project
consistency and reporting not only in IT but
across multiple departments within the firm.
Lynn successfully integrated IT departments and
multiple locations of a merger of equal firms to
a single entity while maintaining operational
integrity and continued delivery of legal
services to clients. Prior to working at Andrews
Kurth, Lynn worked in a variety of senior and
executive IT roles at EDS and Perot Systems.
PUBLICATIONS: Author, "Moving 100,000 E-Mails a
Day: Andrews Kurth mounts a strong defense to
help avoid e-mail outages" Law Firm Inc.
(November 2004).
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Jim Bailey
Chief Information Officer
Grant Prideco (www.grantprideco.com)
Jim is a
strategic and transformational CIO with
broad technical and business experience
working closely with senior management to
align IT strategies in support of business
objectives. Leveraging over 18 years
of manufacturing and energy industry
experience, Jim has a proven success record
of transforming IT organizations worldwide,
and improving operational excellence.
As Chief Information Officer of Grant
Prideco, Jim is responsible for transforming
IT into a global organization capable of
scaling with business growth, and providing
technology solutions to the business units
of Grant Prideco. Jim began his career
in 1989 with IBM as a Systems Engineer in
IBM’s Dallas Customer Center. In 1991
Jim joined Schlumberger and relocated to
Houston to take over responsibility for
Schlumberger’s North America Oilfield MIS
Operations group. From there, he moved
into roles of increasing responsibility at
Keystone International, Shell, and Team
Industrial Services before joining Grant
Prideco. In 1989 Jim earned a
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing at the
University of North Texas, and received his
MBA in International Business from
University of Houston in 2000. He is a
member of the CIO Leadership Network, and
Society of Information Managers.
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 Anthony
R.
Huang
Founder
TECHXANS.ORG
::
TECHNOLOGY
EXECUTIVES
NETWORK
(www.Techxans.org)
As a
well
known
industry
icon,
Anthony
Huang
has
been
a
successful
entrepreneur
with
a
solid
track
record
of
having
started
and
sold
four
profitable
business
ventures.
Along
with
two
other
individuals,
Pamela
Terry
and
Laura
Ramey,
Anthony
Huang
launched
the
Techxans
organization
back
in
2000.
Techxans.org
has
sustained
the
ups
and
downs
of
the
Information
Technology
industry
for
the
past
7
years
and
continues
to
strive
and
grow
in
size
and
capabilities.
In
2001,
Techxans
reached
national
and
international
attention
for
helping
to
launched
EnronX.org
which
was
the
largest
Ex-Enron
contact
site
and
was
mentioned
on
the
frontpage
of
The
Wall
Street
Journal
and
CIO
Magazine.
In
January
2007,
Techxans
formed
the
Techxans
Online
Ventures
providing
Internet
TV
broadcasting,
strategic
online
advisory,
and
regional
development
exclusively
for
Techxans
Corporate
Member
&
Sponsoring
companies.
Prior
to
Techxans,
Anthony
Huang
was
the
CEO
of
Rexton
InterActive
Consulting
that
led
the
market
in
providing
strategic
web
consulting
for
over
100
major
clients
across
23
different
industries.
Anthony
also
served
as
the
CIO
for
2
healthcare
ventures.
Anthony
began
his
career
with
Apple
Computers
and
Ernst
&
Young
and
was
a
recipient
of
the
Entrepreneur
of
the
Year
Award
in
1998
with
Greater
Houston
Partnership.
He
has
been
a
speaker
in
numerous
conferences
including
InformationWeek,
Gartner
Group
Midsize
Enterprise
Summit,
and
Red
Herring
Venture
Forums.
Anthony
graduated
from
the
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
with
a
BBA
in
Management
Information
Systems
and
lives
in
Sugar
Land
with
his
wife
and
two
kids.
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 Greg
McKown
Senior
Vice
President
and
Chief
Information
Officer
COMFORT
SYSTEMS
USA
(www.comfortsystemsusa.com)
Greg
McKown,
Vice
President
and
Chief
Information
Officer,
is
responsible
for
the
Company's
information
technology
activities.
Mr.
McKown's
experience
includes
3
years
as
CEO
of
Hostcentric,
a
managed
hosting
company,
and
13
years
as
the
Chief
Executive
at
Maxim
Computer
Systems,
a
local
and
wide
area
networking
provider
which
reached
the
Inc
500's
list
of
fastest
growing
private
companies
in
1997.
He
started
his
information
technology
career
at
Harris
Corporation
where
he
held
both
field
engineering
and
sales
positions.
Tom
Bishop
Chief
Technology
Officer
BMC
SOFTWARE
(www.BMC.com)
Tom
Bishop
is
the
Chief
Technology
Officer
of
BMC
Software,
Inc.
(NYSE:
BMC),
a
leading
provider
of
enterprise
management
solutions
that
empower
companies
to
manage
IT
from
a
business
perspective.
Mr.
Bishop
joined
BMC
in
2005
from
VIEO,
Inc.,
in
Austin,
Texas,
where
he
served
as
Chief
Technology
Officer
and
was
named
one
of
the
top
25
CTOs
by
InfoWorld
magazine
in
2004.
While
at
VIEO,
Bishop
pioneered
the
architecture
and
design
of
an
applications-focused,
quality
of
service-oriented
enterprise
systems
management
solution.
For
more
than
20
years,
he
has
served
in
senior
technology
and
strategy
roles
at
leading
organizations
including
UNIX
International,
Tandem
Computers
and
CompuCare
Management
Systems.
Bishop
was
an
early
employee
of
Tivoli
Systems
and
rose
quickly
through
the
organization,
serving
first
in
key
development
roles
before
being
named
Chief
Technology
Officer
and
General
Manager
for
IBM
Tivoli’s
Embedded
Solutions
business
unit.
A
well-known
technology
innovator,
Bishop
holds
nine
patents
in
fault
tolerant
computing
and
in
leading
the
development
of
industry
standards
such
as
the
Distributed
Management
Task
Force
(DMTF)
and
POSIX.
He
is a
member
of
the
Board
of
Directors
for
Symbiot,
an
Austin-based
software
startup,
and
Witness
Systems,
an
Atlanta-based
software
company.
Also,
he
serves
on
the
technical
advisory
board
for
AlterPoint,
based
in
Austin,
Texas,
and
Qlusters,
based
in
Palo
Alto,
Calif.
Bishop
received
Bachelor
of
Science
and
Master
of
Science
degrees,
both
in
Computer
Science,
from
Cornell
University
in
Ithaca,
N.Y.
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Kenneth
M.
Wright,
P.E.
President,
COO
and
Chief
Engineering
Officer
BROADPOINT
(www.broadpointinc.com)
Kenneth
M.
Wright
serves
as
president
and
chief
operating
officer
of
Broadpoint,
which
is
the
consolidation
of
PetroCom,
Sola
and
Coastel
Communications,
and
a
leader
in
providing
state-of-the-art
communications
to
remote
locations.
Prior
to
joining
Broadpoint,
he
served
as
president
and
chief
operating
officer
of
PetroCom,
a
telecommunications
leader
focused
on
providing
remote
communication
solutions
to
the
energy
industry
both
in
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
and
abroad.
Wright
has
extensive
experience
managing
FCC
regulatory
issues
and
is
well
versed
in
licensing
requirements
for
cellular,
satellite,
microwave
and
SMR
technologies.
Additionally,
he
has
broad
design
experience
including
AMPS
cellular,
GSM/GPRS/EDGE,
frame
relay,
ATM,
IP
TDM
and
VoIP
networks.
Wright
received
both
a
bachelor’s
degree
in
electrical
engineering
and
a
master’s
degree
in
business
administration
from
the
University
of
New
Orleans.
He
is a
registered
professional
engineer,
a
member
of
the
Louisiana
Technology
Council
and
a
board
member
of
the
University
of
New
Orleans
College
of
Engineering.
Steve
Bates
KPMG
formerly
with
RESOURCES
GLOBAL
PROFESSIONALS
Steve
Bates
has
spent
the
past
15
years
working
with
leading
companies
in
business
technology,
process
optimization
and
I.T.
services.
He
has
served
in
leadership
roles
with
IBM
Global
Services,
Schlumberger
and
Resources
Global
Professionals,
where
he
currently
leads
the
Houston
Information
Management
Practice.
A
seasoned
traveler,
published
author
and
speaker,
Steve
focuses
his
expertise
on
enabling
business
through
innovative
technology
solutions
and
believes,
"When
viewed
as
more
than
a
just
a
utility,
I.T.
can
be
truly
become
a
competitive
advantage."
Steve
is
alumni
of
the
University
of
Utah
and
currently
serves
on
the
Board
of
Directors
of
the
Houston
Chapter
of
ISACA.
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 Piero
DePaoli
Technical
Director
iPass
(www.iPass.com)
Piero
DePaoli
is
responsible
for
driving
technology,
business
and
strategies
associated
with
iPass’
products
and
services.
iPass
provides
enterprises
with
easy-to-use
connectivity
solutions
including
Wi-Fi,
Cellular
Data,
Hotel
Ethernet,
Mobile
Satellite,
ISDN
and
dial-up
for
their
mobile
workers,
home
offices,
and
branch
and
retail
locations,
complete
with
device
management,
security
validation,
and
unified
billing.
His
essential
functions
include
interactions
with
internal
marketing,
product
management
and
field
sales,
customers,
prospects,
analysts
and
press
to
help
develop
and
execute
upon
iPass’
vision
of
unifying
the
management
of
remote
and
mobile
connectivity
and
devices.
Piero
joined
iPass
is
February
of
2001
as
Senior
Product
Manager
overseeing
the
testing
and
development
of
the
iPassConnect
smart
client
for
the
Windows,
MAC,
and
Windows
Mobile
operating
systems.
In
this
role,
Piero
worked
to
guarantee
iPassConnect
would
interoperate
with
the
leading
VPNs,
personal
firewalls
and
anti-virus
systems,
and
ensured
integration
with
the
multiple
IP
connectivity
technologies
in
the
iPass
virtual
network
(Wi-Fi,
Ethernet,
3G,
dial-up,
ISDN,
PHS,
and
Home
Broadband).
Until
January
of
2007,
Piero
was
Director
of
Fixed
Broadband
Services,
responsible
for
integrating
GoRemote’s
Fixed
Broadband
Services
into
iPass
and
then
launching
them
to
internal
sales
teams,
channel
partners
and
to
the
market.
From
2003
through
2005,
Piero
was
Associate
Director
of
Product
Marketing,
responsible
for
launching
iPass
Device
Management
and
next-generation
iPassConnect
platforms.
Prior
to
iPass,
Piero
spent
five
years
at
CompuServe
Network
Services/UUNET
focused
on
remote
access
and
enterprise
VPNs.
There
his
responsibilities
included
managing
relationships
with
multiple
Fortune
500
companies
for
remote
access,
VPNs,
site-to-site
access,
Web
hosting
and
Internet
services.
As
global
design
engineer/marketing
manager,
he
was
responsible
for
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