Speakers

Wayne Ariola, Vice President, Corporate Development - Parasoft

Wayne Ariola runs corporate development and product management at Parasoft Corporation. He has 15 years strategic consulting experience in the high-tech and software development industries. Prior to Parasoft he was senior director of business development for Fasturn and a principal consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was recognized as leader in the strategic change practice. He has a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an MBA from Indiana University.

Allen Brown, CEO and President - The Open Group

Allen Brown is president and CEO of The Open Group. Allen has been with the company since 1993, when he joined the then X/Open Company Limited with the dual responsibility of CFO and vice president of business development, where he played a significant role in the development of the certification of conformance to the Single UNIX Specification and the licensing of the Unix trademark. In 1994 he assumed the role of COO and was actively involved in the merger of X/Open Company Limited with the Open Software Foundation. After the merger, as part of the integration activities, he was appointed senior vice president, was later named acting president and CEO, and then eventually was confirmed in his current position. Prior to joining The Open Group, Allen managed a consulting firm in London, which he founded in 1987. He enjoyed a mix of financial management and general management assignments, which included advising venture capitalists on investment decisions and consulting on IT systems design and implementation. In 1984 he co-founded Cambridge Venture Management Ltd., based in Cambridge, England, a consulting firm specializing in the provision of experienced management to small and developing companies on a part-time basis. From 1972 to 1984 Allen worked in various financial and management accounting positions for Unilever plc and Unilever Computer Services Ltd. He holds an MBA from London Business School.

J. Kevin Brown , Director of Information Systems, Daisy Brand, LP.

With over 16 years experience Kevin Brown serves as part of the executive management team for Daisy Brand. Daisy Brand is a leading domestic sour cream and cottage cheese manufacturer headquartered in Dallas, TX. Mr. Brown joined Daisy Brand in 2001 and has responsibility for the direction and development of the company's information systems strategy and operation. Prior to joining Daisy Brand, Mr. Brown served as the Vice President and Director of Information Systems for StaffMark, Inc. in Fayetteville Arkansas. Mr. Brown has also held the positions of Principle Architect with Sybase Professional Services and Systems Engineer with EDS. Mr. Brown is a graduate of Baylor University.

Toufic Boubez, CTO - Layer 7 Technologies

Toufic Boubez is CTO and a cofounder of Layer 7 Technologies and is a well-respected and renowned Web services visionary. He was the chief Web services architect for IBM's Software Group and drove their early XML and Web services strategies. He worked as IBM's technical representative to the UDDI Web services consortium and participated on several standards bodies including the UN/CEFACT/OASIS ebXML initiative. During that time, Toufic coauthored the original UDDI API specification. Toufic also managed some of IBM Global Services' largest e-business engagements. He is a sought-after presenter and has chaired many XML and Web services conferences. In 2002, InfoWorld named Toufic to its "Ones to Watch" list. An author of many publications, including the top-selling Building Web Services with Java: Making Sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI. Toufic holds a Master of Electrical Engineering degree from McGill University and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Rutgers University.

D.L. Byron, Principal - Textura Design Inc.

Byron is the principal of Textura Design Inc. He first stole Zeldman's code in 1997, then lived through dotcoms, dotcom crashes, Clip-n-Seal, and is now evangelizing standards-based design, writing a book about blogging (for New Riders), and speaking at conferences. With more than 11 years of experience, Byron is an expert blogger, Web designer, and developer, as well as an entrepreneur and an inventor. He also consults with clients, co-founded the Blog Business Summit, and publishes a network of successful blogs, including one of the first business blogs.

Bill Cason, Chief Technology Officer - Troux Technologies

Bill Cason is CTO at Troux Technologies. Bill has more than 25 years of experience in the computer industry with broad operational experience including product development, business development, marketing, and professional services. Previously, he was vice president of engineering at Tonic Software, and he was one of the cofounders of InStreamTV and served as the COO of the company. Bill was formerly senior vice president of technology for Deja.com, and prior to that he held a number of executive positions with PSW Technologies where he was a senior member of the executive team that led the company to a successful IPO in 1997. Prior to that, Bill was a member of the executive team at Soft Switch, a leading enterprise software company that was acquired by Lotus Development Corporation. Bill began his career at Texas Instruments and was employed by the IBM Corporation as a senior engineer. Bill received a BSEE with honors from the University of Texas and holds ten U.S. patents.

Bryan Cole, Load Testing Subject Matter Expert - Compuware

Bryan Cole is a load testing subject matter expert with Compuware Corporation. Bryan has a degree in computer science from the University of Waterloo.

 

Steve Davis, Chief Architect and Vice President, IT - Walt Disney Studios

Steven P. Davis is chief architect and vice president of IT for the Walt Disney Studios and currently serves as chairperson of Disney’s Enterprise Architecture Board. Steve also serves on The Walt Disney Company IT Leadership Board and Security Governance bodies. He is a highly regarded systems architect and technology strategist with more than 25 years of experience in both commercial software and in-house application development.

John deVadoss, Director of Architecture Strategy - Microsoft

John deVadoss is Director of Architecture Strategy at Microsoft. He has 15 years of experience in the software industry; he has been at Microsoft for 8 years, all of it in the enterprise space – as a consultant, as a program manager in the distributed applications platform division, as an architect working with some of Microsoft’s key partners, and most recently leading solutions architecture evangelism. Prior to Microsoft he spent many years as a technology consultant in the financial services industry in Silicon Valley. His areas of interest are broadly in distributed application architectures, data and metadata management, and currently on edge architectures (both services and access), but most of all in creating business value from technology investments.

Jim Farley, Technical Specialist in Quality Technologies - Compuware

James Farley is a technical specialist in quality technologies for Compuware Corporation. James has a B.S. in physics and an M.S. in computer science.

 

John Goodson, Vice President of Product Operations - DataDirect Technologies

John Goodson is vice president of product operations at DataDirect Technologies. John leads the product strategy, direction, development, and marketing efforts for DataDirect products. For over ten years, John has worked closely with Sun and Microsoft on the development and evolution of database connectivity standards including J2EE, JDBC, .NET, ODBC, and ADO. His active memberships in various standards committees, including the JDBC Expert Group, have helped his team develop the most technically advanced data connectivity technologies. John is a frequent speaker at major industry events and has been published in a variety of trade journals and publications. John holds a B.S. degree in computer science from Virginia Tech.

Chris Haddad, Director of Architecture Services - Burton Group

Chris Haddad is director of architecture services with Burton Group‘s consulting group. He advises Global 2000 enterprise organizations and technology infrastructure vendors on adoption strategies, architecture, product selection, governance, and organizational alignment. Prior to joining Burton Group, Haddad was CTO for Cobia Communications, a consulting firm providing SOA, integration, architecture, and application development services.

Peter Herzum, President - Herzum Software

Peter Herzum is president of Herzum Software. Peter is a recognized IT industry expert, who is always at the forefront of pragmatic approaches to software and IT. He pioneered object-oriented approaches in the large in the 1980s; component-based approaches and agility in the large in the 1990s; SOA and enterprise architectures since 1999; and IT strategy and business alignment since 2000. Peter is helping companies around the world succeed with IT by defining IT strategies, launching and improving enterprise architecture efforts, establishing agile software factories, and resolving complex development and integration problems with a constant look at the business drivers. Peter is the main creator of COSM Project, the agile approach to large-scale development and integration, and of COSM Enterprise, the third-generation IT approach. He is the author of many ground-breaking publications, including the best-selling book Business Component Factory, which has been translated in several languages and adopted by many architectural curriculums around the world. Peter is a frequent keynote speaker at senior management events and technology conferences worldwide.

Guy Hoffman, President and CEO - Metallect

Guy Hoffman is president and CEO of Metallect. Guy is an emerging market strategist with cross-industry CEO and venture capital experience, he is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the company, and he provides the leadership to achieve performance excellence. Prior to joining Metallect, Guy served as a venture partner for TL Ventures, a leading venture capital firm with $1.4 billion under management. At TL Ventures, Guy sourced and managed investments in information technology and communications and served as a board member of several software companies including b-there.com (acquired by StarCite), DigitalWork, Factory Logic, and Participate Systems (acquired by OutStart). He also assumed interim CEO positions in multiple portfolio companies. Previously, Guy held CEO positions at Deja News, Inc. (acquired by Google), and iSong.com (acquired by Hal Leonard Corporation), as well as senior management positions at OpenConnect Systems and Eicon Technology Corporation. Guy holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Randolph Kahle, Senior Architect, 1060 Research, Ltd.

Randolph Kahle is a senior architect at 1060 Research Ltd. Randolph is a highly experienced software industry executive with years of experience at both Hewlett Packard and Microsoft Corporation. As a senior manager with Microsoft he was instrumental in the launch of Visual Basic, SQLServer, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft's developer-focused programs such as the Microsoft Developer Network. Randolph holds a BA in math science and electrical engineering from Rice University and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.

David Linthicum, CEO - Linthicum Group LLC

David Linthicum is CEO of Linthicum Group LLC and is known internationally as an application integration and service-oriented architecture (SOA) expert. In his career Dave has formed many of the ideas behind modern distributed computing including EAI (enterprise application integration), B2B application integration, and SOA—approaches and technologies in wide use today. Linthicum Group is a consulting organization dedicated to excellence in SOA product development, SOA implementation, and corporate SOA strategy. Dave was formally the CEO of BRIDGEWERX and is also the former CTO of Mercator Software. He has held key technology management roles with a number of organizations including CTO of SAGA Software, Mobil Oil, EDS, AT&T, and Ernst and Young. In addition Dave was an associate professor of computer science for eight years, and he continues to lecture at major technical colleges and universities. Dave keynotes at many leading technology conferences on application integration, SOA, and enterprise architecture. In addition, Dave has authored over 800 articles for major computing publications and has monthly columns in several popular industry magazines. David has also authored or coauthored ten books including David Linthicum's Guide to Client/Server and Intranet Development, Enterprise Application Integration, Next Generation Application Integration, which was just released.

Paul Lipton, Senior Architect - Wily Technology Division/BSO, CA Inc.

Paul Lipton is senior architect, specializing in SOA and Web services in the Wily Technology Division of CA. He has served in CA’s office of the CTO as a technology strategist and has been an architect and developer of enterprise systems for over 20 years. Paul has also participated in many standards organizations such as OASIS and W3C, is a founding member of the CA Council for Technical Excellence, a Microsoft MVP, and a Sun Java Champion. Paul is a highly sought-after author and speaker, and he has shared his knowledge with appreciative audiences around the world covering such topics as enterprise architecture, SOA, Web services, management/security, governance, Java, .NET, EAI, and utility computing.

Frank Martinez, Executive Vice President, Product Strategy - SOA Software

Frank Martinez is executive vice president, product strategy at SOA Software. Previously, Frank was the founder, chairman, and CTO of Blue Titan Software. Frank has played various operating roles as a senior executive of three start-up ventures and was instrumental in building INTERSHOP Communications—from an early-stage start-up into a multibillion dollar-valued public company—in less than three years. As an economist by education and technology entrepreneur by avocation, he founded TREIN Technologies, which was subsequently acquired by INTERSHOP Communications in the fall of 1997. At INTERSHOP Frank was responsible for industry solutions, product management, strategy, and corporate development. He was named one of InfoWorld Magazine's 2004 InfoWorld Innovators, and past winners include Java creator, James Gosling; World Wide Web inventor, Tim Berners-Lee; the XML working group; and the iSCSI working group. Frank was recognized for his unique vision and work at Blue Titan where he led the design and development of service-oriented infrastructure software to change IT from a cost center to a center of business responsiveness. Frank was also one of CRN's “first-ever top 25 Innovators,” a list that includes XML and Web Services guru, Adam Bosworth of BEA Systems (now vice president of engineering and platform architecture at Google); Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google cofounders; Jeff Hawkins, Handsrping cofounder and chairman; Bert Keely, Microsoft Tablet PC architect; and Avadis Tevanian, Apple Computer CTO.

Andrew Nash, CTO - Sonoa Systems

Andrew Nash is CTO of Sonoa Systems. Until recently he was CTO at Reactivity. Formerly, Andrew was the director of technologies at RSA Security in the office of the CTO where he led RSA's efforts within the Liberty Alliance on the Strong Authentication Expert Group to create a model for industry-wide, open, strong authentication systems. A known leader in PKI and Web services security markets, Andrew coauthored numerous Web services specifications including Web Services Security, WS-Trust, WS-Federation, WS-SecureConversation and WS-SecurityPolicy. Andrew is an author of an RSA Press book on public key infrastructure, and he was chairman of the PKI Forum Technical Working Group. Andrew graduated from the University of Adelaide, Australia and holds a post graduate degree in software engineering from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Archie Roboostoff, Director of Product Management - NetManage

Roboostoff is responsible for product development and strategy identifying real world customer pain points and repeatedly creating workable solutions for those complex problems. Today, NetManage provides the most comprehensive legacy and EIS integration solutions for some of the most respected names in the Fortune 500. NetManage's customers are spread across sectors such as telecommunications, health, technology, financial services, government, manufacturing, retail, and transportation.  

Neeraj Sangal, President - Lattix

Neeraj Sangal is president of Lattix, a company specializing in software architecture management solutions and services. Neeraj has analyzed the architecture of many large software systems, and he has pioneered the use of a dependency structure matrix (DSM) in software architecture. This new approach utilizes dependencies for the creation of highly scalable models that permit a precise specification and enforcement of the architecture and is the result of a joint effort with MIT that was first published in OOPSLA 2005. Prior to Lattix, Neeraj was president of Tendril Software, which led the way in model-driven development and synchronized UML models. Tendril was acquired by BEA/WebGain. Prior to Tendril, Neeraj managed a distributed development organization at HP.

Charles Stack, Vice President Engineering - BEA Systems

Charles Stack is vice president of engineering at BEA Systems. Charles has been managing software development for over 20 years, with more than a decade of experience managing the development of online systems. He was the founder and CEO of Flashline, which was acquired by BEA in 2006. Flashline’s flagship product is now marketed as BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Repository. Stack is recognized throughout the industry as a true visionary. He is credited with founding the first Internet retail store, Books.com, and is the inventor of two patented e-commerce applications. His awards include InfoWorld's "Top 10 Innovators in eBusiness," and the Small Business News "Visionary Award." He is a frequent speaker at conferences and trade shows, lecturing on SOA, governance, and enterprise architecture.

Madhav Vodnala, Senior Solutions Architect - Fiorano Software

Madhav Vodnala is a Senior Solutions Architect at Fiorano Software and a member of the company's Product Management Team. He has over 8 years of experience in designing, developing and deploying enterprise class solutions for a vast range of customers ranging from the Fortune 15 to small/medium companies, in vertical industries spanning Financial Services, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Government and Retail, among others.

Yan Zhao is director, enterprise and solutions architecture - CGI Federal.

Dr. Yan Zhao is director, enterprise and solutions architecture for CGI Federal. She has broad work experience across academia, corporate research, software industry, and consulting services; had 12 years architectural leadership experience in IT strategic planning, enterprise architecture, system architecture, software architecture, enterprise system modernization, and various technology solutions.  Prior to CGI, she worked for SAIC as a Chief Architect in Health Solutions Business Unit, for PwC as a Principal Consultant (Technical Program Director), for Aspect Communications as a corporate Principal Architect, for Informix as the architect for Web and eCommerce Division, and for IBM as an architect, project lead, computer scientist. She is a guest professor for Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, has 5 patents granted, 4 patents pending, and a number of invention disclosures and technical publications. She received a Ph.D in computer science and a master in mathematics from Arizona State University. She can be reached at: yan.zhao@cgifederal.com.