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Alex Hsu
Senior Executive Director, Information Technology Services at UCLA, External Affairs, Finance & Information Management

Alex L. Hsu is Senior Executive Director of Information Technology Services at UCLA External Affairs which is the advancement, communications, government relationship, endowment and alumni relationship division of UCLA. Hsu assumed the current role in 2008, having previously served as Executive Vice President/Chief Technology Officer for Countrywide Bank from 2001 to 2008. Hsu’s prior experience includes executive IT management positions at Countrywide Home Loans, Bank of New York and Bank of America. Hsu holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Master in Business Administration and Master in Project Management. Hsu is currently a PhD candidate.

Andrew Kreig
Washington commentator, non-profit executive, attorney and radio host

Business executive and attorney Andrew Kreig returns to his roots in investigative reporting as a Senior Fellow at the Brandeis University Schuster Institute following a dozen years leading the Wireless Communications Association International in Washington, DC as its president and CEO. An author and journalist active in civic affairs, he will report on the U.S. Department of Justice and other vital institutions of government oversight. Also, he is an affiliated Research Fellow with the Information Economy Project at George Mason University's School of Law, managing director of Eagle View Capital Strategies and a radio show host. Also, he holds volunteer posts as ICT sector advisor with the International Katrina Project and as co-chair of the Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition. Specialties include strategic direction and market awareness for early-stage organizations and concepts.

Chris Vein
CIO at City and County of San Francisco

Skilled generalist recognized for leading high-profile public and private sector organizations to new levels of service delivery. Specialties include delivering strong and effective leadership often in chaotic environments through strategic change management using skills in corporate governance, strategic and business planning, operations, and finance and administration. Chris provides leadership for all information technology and telecommunications technology and related services for the City and County of San Francisco with a $6.2 billion budget, supporting 50+ departments, 28,000+ employees. Concurrently service as Executive Director of the Department of Technology with a $95 million budget and 280+ employees.

Cliff Dodd
CIO at WageWorks

Information Technology & Services executive with 20 plus years of progressive experience developing and deploying business strategies, operating practices and technology platforms that change the fundamental way a business thinks, acts and conducts business. Cliff Dodd is frequently a sought after CEO/Board advisor and corporate executive in leading strategic business reviews, identifying underlying issues and creating technology enabled solutions that move a business forward. Having served as CIO for numerous Fortune 500 companies spanning the financial services, telecommunications and healthcare industries, Cliff Dodd has been highly effective at driving change in large, complex enterprises delivering effective solutions and increased business value resulting in enhanced operations and bottom-line results. Specialties include IT Governance & Change Management, IT/Organization Strategy, Complex Project Management, Process Reengineering, Delivering Results, IT Outsourcing, Business Intelligence Implementation, Flexible/Creative Staffing Alternatives.

David L Bradford
Director of Interpersonal Dynamics for High-Performance Executives and Leadership at Stanford University

Dr. Bradford's interests are in the areas of leadership, interpersonal influence, and executive teams. In all of these, he has focused on the question, "What does it take to achieve high performance?" The results have suggested that, especially in knowledge-based organizations, excellence is most likely when leaders build strong teams where the members' role is significantly expanded so that they share responsibility for the management of the unit (including making the core decisions jointly and holding each other accountable for performance). His recent work on influence has led to exploring the conditions for a "feedback rich organization" where team members, through a structured process, give each other face-to-face feedback to improve individual and team performance.

Dean Lane
Partner at Office of the CIO

Dean Lane, has almost 30 years of hands on experience in the IT industry, having been a CIO at four different companies: Allied-Signal, Morton-Thiokol, Plantronics, and Masters Institute of Technology. Additionally, he held the positions of Senior IT Director at Symantec, and Corporate Director of Materials at Allied-Signal. Dean has also been a consultant for Ernst & Young, AT&T and the Gartner Group. His experience is global, and he is considered an expert on outsourcing and offshoring. Dean has been certified in the (CGEIT) Corporate Governance of Enterprise IT by ISACA.

F. Joseph Miller
Sr. Director, Information Technology XOMA

A visionary leader and change agent Joe started his career as a scientist at Syntex (Roche) and was an early proponent and leader in the emerging laboratory automation and laboratory information management field. Successful implementation of these systems within Syntex launched his Information Technology leadership career which spans 25 years including CIO / Top IT leadership roles at Enseco – Corning , Synergen, Cygnus Therapeutics, Protein Design Labs, Xilinx and XOMA. In addition to his posts in IT he served as founding VP and head of the U.S. Division of LabSys, Ltd (Lab Automation & LIMS software vendor), Principal Consultant with Systems Consulting Consortium and as a independent Leadership Coach. Joe’s current focus is leading IT at XOMA, a biopharmaceutical company and proven leader in the discovery, development and manufacture of therapeutic antibodies headquartered in Berkeley. He and his wife Barb have three children (two out of college one in) and reside in San Ramon.

Glenn Noga
Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Polycom, Inc.

Glenn Noga is CIO of Polycom, Inc. responsible for overseeing all aspects of the global organization’s IT infrastructure and IT management processes, including creating and managing a converged, global IP network for high-quality voice, video and data communications. Prior to joining Polycom, Glenn served in CIO/CTO capacities for leading companies including Handspring, Miadora.com, and Robert Half International. He also spent 16 years with Andersen Consulting, rising to Partner within the global consulting organization. While at Andersen, Glenn worked with a range of global companies in a variety of industries, including computer software, transportation, and manufacturing. In 2008 Polycom received CIO Magazine’s CIO 100 Award, InfoWorld’s InfoWorld 100 award in the Technology Category, and became an InformationWeek 500 Honoree for the transformation of the company's global IP network into a "best-in-class" converged infrastructure for collaborative communications that includes voice, video and data traffic. Polycom was named to the InformationWeek Top 250 Innovators list for a second consecutive year in 2009 for its next-gen Web project, which involved retooling the company’s online presence including a number of intranet and extranet sites. Glenn has a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

Dr. Javier Torner
Chief Information Security Officer at California State University

Dr. Javier Torner is the Information Security Officer at California State University San Bernardino where coordinates and oversees the implementation of information security initiatives and measures for the campus telecommunications network and computer systems. Dr. Torner is the Activities Director for a US Department of Education Cooperative Title V Grant Improving Access to Information Systems at Hispanic Serving Institutions which addresses information security issues at the participating institutions. Dr. Torner is a Professor of Physics with a specialty in high energy and computational physics.

Joe Gottlieb
Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Technology Alliances at McAfee, Inc.

Joe is Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Technology Alliances at McAfee, responsible for developing and implementing corporate strategy throughout the company, and creating the Security Innovation Alliance, McAfee's technology partnering program. Prior to McAfee, he served as Director of Strategy and Business Development at Nokia Enterprise Solutions for the Security & Mobile Connectivity Business Unit. Previously, Joe was with META Group as EVP of Marketing, Sales and Online Services and before that as VP and Service Director of the Open Computing and Server Strategies service where he led a team of analysts providing market research and consulting services. He began his career as a network consultant for Ernst & Young, and holds a BSEE in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.

Laura Yecies
CEO at SugarSync/Vice President of Marketing & GM, Consumer Check Point Software

Laura Yecies Chief Executive Officer Laura is a consumer software and Internet services industry veteran with two decades of experience leading top consumer brands such as ZoneAlarm, Yahoo and Netscape. Yecies was General Manager of the ZoneAlarm consumer and small business division at Check Point Software, responsible for all facets of business development, marketing, sales, and product when she first was a speaker at Technosium. She led key initiatives to drive ZoneAlarm’s technology vision and significantly increase revenue & brand awareness. Previously, at Yahoo, Yecies served as General Manager of the Yahoo Mail division. Earlier, Yecies was Vice President of the Netscape browser division at AOL. Prior to Netscape, she was charged with developing & leading the market entry strategy for Informix Software Corp. in Latin America. Yecies received her M.B.A. from Harvard.

Lorraine M. Frost
Associate Vice President, Information Resources and Technology at California State University

Lorraine has over 8 years of Information Technology experience. She completed her PMP certification on May 18, 2009. The Associate Vice President's office oversees the divisional budget, is fully engaged in the Accessible Technology Initiative, assists in the sponsorship of the SecureIT conference, manages disaster recovery and business continuity planning for the division, and responds to the plethora of requests for technology surveys.

Norbert Kubilus CCP MBCS
Managing Director at Kubilus Ferri Group

Award-winning senior technology and operations executive with expertise in managing organizations in transition and through turnaround situations. Norbert's management and consulting experience ranges from start-up to Global 1000 companies, as well as with non-profits and government agencies. With excellent business process and strategy development skills, he is effective at building culturally diverse, team-centered operating units. His approach to operations is customer-centric, and he has the ability to initiate and leverage profitable alliances with vendors, suppliers and other business partners to drive value. Norbert also enjoys an international reputation as an expert in implementing state-of-the-art technology to achieve competitive advantage.

Rake Narang
Editor-in-Chief at Network Products Guide

As industry's leading technology research and advisory publication, Network Products Guide plays a vital role in keeping decision makers and end-users informed of the choices they can make in all areas of information technology. You will discover a wealth of information and tools in this guide including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com

Rob Chaplinsky Bridgescale Partners
Managing Director and Co-founder at Bridgescale Partners

Rob Chaplinsky is the Managing Director and co-founder of Bridgescale Partners and brings more than 12 years of investing experience and more than 15 years of marketing experience to technology companies. Prior to forming Bridgescale, Rob was as a general partner at early stage venture capital firm, Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV). At MDV, Rob was the lead investor and board member in launching companies such as Accelerant Networks (acquired by Synopsys), Brion Technologies (acquired by ASML), Cooligy (acquired by Emerson Electric), Pivotal Technologies (acquired by Broadcom), Pixim Technologies and Quake Technologies (acquired by AMCC). Before joining MDV, Rob was technology research analyst at Hambrecht & Quist. In that capacity, Rob led investment research on some of the industry's most dynamic public and private semiconductor companies in the United States and Asia. During that time, Rob also made personal investments in successful private companies including FormFactor (NASDAQ: FORM), Galileo (sold to Marvell), Netboost (sold to Intel) and Quantum Effect Design (sold to PMC Sierra). At Bridgescale, Rob is the lead investment representative in Bluecat Networks, Cortina Systems, IMVU, Incentium, Proofpoint and Open-Silicon. Rob earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Robert D. Rodriguez
Chairman and Founder Security Innovation Network (SINET)

Robert D. Rodriguez is the Chairman and Founder of the Security Innovation Network (SINET) www.security-innovation.org whose focus is on the advancement of IT security innovation into the industry and government markets. Previous to this he spent over twenty-two years as a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service. During this tenure he held a number of leadership roles within Executive Protection, Protective Intelligence and Criminal Investigations. He served as a supervisor on the Presidential Protective Detail, Counter Assault Team, Protective Intelligence and Criminal Investigation operations. His executive protection experience spanned 11 years at the White House serving Presidents Ronald W. Reagan, George H. Bush, William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, Vice President Dan Quayle and numerous Heads of State.

For the last two and a half years of his career Mr. Rodriguez managed Secret Service operations for the Northern District of California and spearheaded the development of the Secret Service’s first public-private partnership cyber initiative in the Bay Area. He was at the forefront of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) effort to establish partnerships with key government; public, private and international stakeholders relative to the IT security of their critical infrastructures. In 2003 Mr. Rodriguez chaired a DHS and Secret Service sponsored National IT security symposium at Stanford University and he continues to influence executives of Fortune 500 companies to engage in public-private partnerships. Since 2005 he has been coordinating the public private partnership outreach for the DHS SRI International Cyber Security R & D Center. As an advisor to these programs Mr. Rodriguez brings together representatives from disparate groups (academia, science, private industry, investment banking, government, system integrators, intelligence communities, entrepreneurs, policy makers, innovators, DoD, law enforcement and venture capital) to collaborate on IT security challenges and needs. He was the catalyst behind private industries input towards the design of a Computer Security academic module/curriculum for Stanford University and assisted in the coordination of a National Science Foundation supported academic internship program with industry partners. Mr. Rodriguez is the Chairman of fourth annual IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum (ITSEF IV) held every year at Stanford University. A critical focus is "bridging gaps" between innovative early stage and emerging IT security solution providers from across the nation and the system integration, industry and Federal Government markets. In addition, ITSEF V will take place in Washington DC in October 2010. The primary focus of ITSEF V will be to match the Federal Government’s most critical needs and requirements with the "best of class" cyber security solutions. Representatives from the System Integration, Academic, Science, Federal Government, Private Industry, DoD, Venture Capital and Investment Banking communities will be in attendance.

Sam Bhaumik
Senior Managing Director, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGC)

Samir Bhaumik joined Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGC) in November 2004 as a Managing Director and was promoted to Senior Managing Director in September 2006. He served as Vice President - Western Region of the New York Stock Exchange from March 2003 to October 2004. Prior to working for the New York Stock Exchange, Sam was Senior Vice President of Comerica Bank, previously Imperial Bank, from April 1993 to February 2003. Sam received a B.A. from San Jose State University and an M.B.A from Santa Clara University. He serves on the advisory boards of Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business, Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley and the American Electronics Association-Bay Area council.

Sana Madan
Managing Editor at Consumer Guide and Info Security Products Guide

Info Security Products Guide sponsors leading conferences and expos worldwide and plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including tomorrow's technology today, best deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent security decisions. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security. To learn more, visit www.infosecurityproductsguide.com and stay secured.

Scott Draughon
Chief Executive Counsel

Richard Scott Draughon is one of Florida's foremost authorities on information technology law and policy. Scott is the President, founder and Chief Executive Counsel for Draughon Professional Association, one of the larger technology law firms in the state of Florida. He is also the founder and author of MyTechnologyLawyer.com, an online interactive resource for managing the legal affairs of the technology enterprise.