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Lara August

Creative Director, Robot Creative
Lara is the Founder and Creative Director of Robot Creative. She has over 10 years of experience working with small- and medium-sized businesses on their marketing and creative. A specific area of focus during her career has been helping technology companies create memorable identities, untangle their messaging and effectively market their services.
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Dustin Beck

UC-Voice Solutions Manager, INX

Scott Bellware

Senior Software Designer, Dovetail Software
Scott Bellware has received the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award for C# in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
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Bradford A. Bleier

Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation – Cyber Division
National Security Cyber Unit
SSA Bradford A. Bleier is an FBI Cyber Division Program Manager responsible for National Security related network intrusion investigations across the country.
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George Conklin

Senior Vice President for Information Management, CHRISTUS Health
George S. Conklin is Senior Vice President for Information Management at CHRISTUS Health, the nation’s fourth largest Catholic healthcare delivery system.
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Michael Coon

CTO, MC2 Universal
Co-Founded MC2Universal in 1989. Returned to graduate school shortly thereafter and completed a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, followed by post-doctoral work at NASA Ames Research Center.
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Brian DiPaolo

Practice Manager - Assessment & Compliance, Accudata Systems Inc.
Brian DiPaolo is a Practice Manager for Accudata Systems, Inc. focused on assessment and compliance consulting services.
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John Dickson

Principal, Denim Group, Ltd.
John Dickson is a principal at Denim Group, Ltd. and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) whose technical background includes hands-on experience with intrusion detection systems...
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Edward Dyll

IT Architect, IBM
Edward Dyll is an IT Architect within IBM's General Business Emerging and Competitive Market’s organization. In this role he has supported emerging technologies such as wireless, Linux and custom engineering services with Green Data Centers being his current responsibility.
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Riad Edelbi

Senior Lead Consultant, Catapult Systems
Riad Edelbi, a Senior Lead Consultant with Catapult Systems, delivers more than a decade of IT experience, developing and implementing technical strategies that meet both IT requirements and business objectives.
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Joe Flesch

Productivity Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Joe Flesch is a Business Productivity Specialist at Microsoft Corporation. In his eight years at Microsoft, Joe has worked in the areas of application platform solution development, Security, core-infrastructure development, e-business solutions, and now business productivity.
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Giovanni Gallucci

Partner, Dexterity Media
Giovanni Gallucci provides strategy for new developments in social media and technology and functions as top level contact to assist clients, staff, and partners...
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Shannon Gillenwater

Vice President of Technology, Computer Solutions
Shannon Gillenwater, Vice President of Technology, has been with Computer Solutions since 2002. Before joining Computer Solutions, he was at CyrusOne in Houston as the company’s chief technology architect, developing implementations for mission-critical applications for clients.
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William Hurley

Chief Architect of Open Source Strategy, BMC Software, Inc.
William Hurley is the Chief Architect of Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc. Also known as "whurley", he is responsible for creating...
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Christopher Justice

Chief Executive Officer, Sparksight, Inc.
Chris has over 17 years of progressive experience in technology management and is an outspoken proponent of the open source culture for building more competitive and successful businesses. Chris is currently Chief Executive Officer of Sparksight, an interactive marketing and event management agency based in Austin, Texas.
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Matt Langley

BURA Manager, EMC

Bill Leake

President & CEO, Apogee Search
A startup expert, McKinsey & Company alum and Dell computer veteran, Bill has deep expertise in using direct marketing to drive sales and leads, at both the senior executive and the tactical level.
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Amit Likhyani

Account Executive, Guidelight Business Solutions
Mr. Likhyani has 15 years of experience across a range of disciplines including sales, system engineering, system architecture and training.
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Tom Llewellyn

Chief Information Officer – Executive Vice President, Broadway National Bank
Tom Llewellyn currently serves as chief information officer, executive vice president for Broadway Bank in San Antonio, Texas. In this role, he is responsible for the statewide operational efficiencies of the Information Technology Department, including Information Systems (IS), and communications.
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Jeff Maynard

CEO, Biometric Signature ID
Mr. Maynard is the CEO of Biometric Signature ID and owner of patent pending biometric signature authentication inventions.
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Dean McCall

Co-Founder, IdeaGin
Mr. McCall is currently a partner and co-founder of IdeaGin which is working to develop a platform for website management that is simple yet contains the elements people are demanding for todays socially interactive websites. In addition, Dean is a partner at Enevation a commercial and home automation and controls company.
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Terry Murray

Technical Manager, Lumenate
Terry Murray has been active in the Information Technology industry for over 14 years and has focused on Enterprise Storage and Business Continuity Solutions during the past 7 years.
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C. Enrique Ortiz

CTO, eZee

Joel Patterson

Vice President of Information Systems Development, Computer Solutions
Joel Patterson, Vice President of Information Systems Development, returned to Texas and joined Computer Solutions in 2005 with an impressive list of credentials and broad-based experience in heavy programming and systems analysis in a Microsoft environment.
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Laura Patterson

President and Co-Founder, VisionEdge Marketing
Laura Patterson's career nearly spans 30 years of marketing and sales and she currently serves as the President of VisionEdge Marketing Inc, www.visionedgemarketing.com.
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Rob Peglar

Vice-President Technology, XioTech Corporation
A 30-year industry veteran and published author, he has global responsibility for the shaping
of strategic vision, emerging technologies, defining future offering portfolios including business and technology requirements, product planning and industry/customer liaison.
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Jeff Randall

Unified Communications Consultant, Texas Operation, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Jeff Randall joined Cisco in 2004 as an Advanced Technology Channel Manager for the Texas Commercial Operation specializing in Unified Communications. He has over 10 years experience working in the Networking and Telecommunications Industry and has worked for leading manufactures and Fortune 500 companies, Cisco, Avaya, and 3Com.
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Jeffrey Reich, CISSP, CHS-III, CTM

Chief Security Officer, Rackspace
Jeff Reich has developed a history of entering situations where little to no security infrastructure exists, or an existing system needs updating. He is a Security Executive with extensive experience in building and leading high performance security teams.
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Frank Ray Robles

CEO, Neopolitan Networks
Widely known for defining the Metropolitan Gigabit Ethernet networking market, Frank R. Robles has contributed to the success of many Silicon Valley companies.
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David Smith

Vice President, Technology Futures, Inc.
A noted strategist, futurist, and technologist with over 30 years of experience, Mr. Smith offers expertise in technology transfer, strategic and technology planning, communications...
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Jason "Jay" Smith

Owner/President, Torchlight Technologies
Owner of Torchlight Technologies, an IT consulting firm based in San Antonio, Texas dedicated to bringing open source solutions to small and medium sized businesses. A young entrepreneur dedicated to making open source usable.
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Ian Strain-Seymour

Director of Search Marketing Services, Apogee Search, LLC
As an online analytics, ecommerce, and information architecture expert, Ian Strain-Seymour specializes in optimizing the online experience for customers in order to help web site owners achieve success.
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Michael Taylor

Founder and CEO, Merge
Founder and CEO of Merge. For 17 years Michael Taylor helped some of the world's top companies realize significant breakthroughs using the power of marketing and fresh thinking. He created the Re:NewIT practice to help IT leaders and organizations move their image from cost center to innovator.
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Oren Teich

Director Virtualization and Management, Sun Microsystems
Oren Teich is Director of Marketing for xVM at Sun Microsystems. He is responsible for the marketing and product definition of Sun's management and virtualization strategies.
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Kami Watson Huyse, APR

principal, My PR Pro
Kami Watson Huyse, APR, principal of My PR Pro, is a sought-after speaker and writes an award-winning blog, Communication Overtones, on the topic of public relations and social media strategy.
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Alan Weinkrantz

President, Alan Weinkrantz And Company
Alan Weinkrantz is President, Alan Weinkrantz And Company, a San Antonio-based strategic Public Relations firm serving clients in North America and Israel.
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Paul Wissing

Partner Technology Specialist, Core Infrastructure, Microsoft

David Young

Customer Insights Manager, Dell Global Online
David is a member of Dell's Customer Insights Center of Excellence team. He is responsible for driving leading edge technology and best practices adoption in the areas of web analytics, A/B testing, behavioral targeting and customer research.
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