| Lane Cooper Contributing Editor CIO magazine, Computerworld, Network World Lane F. Cooper has 20 years of experience as a researcher, reporter and editor analyzing the business and technology industry. Lane has organized and moderated many live and online events and works with a variety of high-tech clients and CIO magazine to ensure that the information presented is interesting to an audience of sophisticated technology buyers and implementers. In addition to moderating, Lane has a message management and media coaching practice and has worked with organizations like BEA, Microsoft, Symantec, Trend Micro among others. Numerous news services and magazines that have carried his by-line include: TechWeb, Optimize, Information Week, Telephony, Tele.com, Communications Week, ComWeek International, Network World, Byte Magazine and Enterprise Systems Journal. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he is the Editorial Director of BizTechReports.Com, an independent reporting agency that analyzes user trends in business technology. |
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 | John Eckhouse Contributing Editor CIO magazine, Computerworld, Network World An award-winning journalist, John Eckhouse frequently serves as a moderator for CIO, Computerworld, CSO and Network World magazines on topics ranging from business intelligence to cloud computing to information security. His career as a technology and business journalist spans more than 25 years at publications including BusinessWeek, the San Francisco Examiner, the San Francisco Chronicle and HomePC. He is the former editorial director of events at The Industry Standard and managing editor of research and events at InformationWeek. He has programmed, hosted and moderated events ranging in scale from intimate focus groups to 2000-person executive-level conferences. Eckhouse has managed B2B and B2C phone, email and web research and event experience surveys with up to 20,000 respondents per survey. He also has produced conferences for clients as diverse as The Economist, RFID Journal, and The Wall Street Journal. |
 | Andrew Hunkins Principal Solution Architect CDW Andrew joined CDW in 2008 to support the joint initiative between Microsoft and Nortel: the Innovative Communications Alliance (ICA). Over the years, he continued to focus on Microsoft’s phone system technology (Office Communications Server, Lync, and now Skype for Business). Andrew has been involved in over 1,000 unified communications solutions for enterprise customers. Prior to joining CDW, Andrew founded Unimax Systems Corporation, a developer of telecommunications management software, where he served as Unimax’s CTO, later CEO, and is presently a member of Unimax’s board of directors. Andrew holds two patents relating to disparate-data synchronization. He was elected president of the Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum (ECTF), founded the VoIP Consortium, and is a recipient of the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 Award. He has been a featured speaker at global industry events including the Enterprise Connect conference. Andrew lives near Minneapolis with his wife and two children. He is about to publish his debut fiction novel, No Such Thing as Evil. Gummy Bears are his favorite candy, especially the clear ones. |
 | Don McIntosh Senior Manager for Human Resources Polycom Don McIntosh is a professional in Human Resources management and has operated as a Senior HR Business Partner in several high tech telecommunications, information technology, and engineering companies. Don specializes in consulting with business leaders and driving engagement and development of the company’s key assets, their employees. He has extensive experience in leadership coaching and building engagement models to maximize productivity and enjoys making an impact through HR solutions. Don prides himself in being an employee advocate while driving HR strategies for the business. He is currently Senior Manager for Human Resources at Polycom, supporting the Corporate Functions of Finance, IT, Workplace Solutions, Legal & Alliances, and Human Resources. Don holds a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts, with a minor in Psychology and a Senior Professional HR certification. |
| Jennifer Fannin Senior Director, HR for American Sales, Services and Marketing Polycom Jennifer Fannin is a Human Resources senior leader with approximately 20 years of experience in multiple functional areas of Human Resources. Jennifer has held leadership positions in several high tech telecommunications, information technology, and engineering companies. She has a solid record of accomplishments emphasizing a broad range of employee related matters to include OD, leadership development, restructuring, coaching and training, strategic planning, merger and acquisition, web based systems planning, policy and procedure creation, employee relations, EEO and affirmative action, and recruitment. She is currently Senior Director of Human Resources at Polycom, supporting clients in Sales, Marketing, and Services. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Global Professional HR certification. | |
| David McNamee Collaboration Technology Specialist Microsoft Corp. David works with large enterprises to drive productivity and collaboration within and between teams. An 18-year IT industry veteran, his career has included stints as a software developer, architect, and technology trainer. David is a regular presenter at regional and national conferences discussing Microsoft’s productivity and collaboration technology. | |
 | Mark King Cloud Solution Architect Microsoft Technology Center Mark King is a cloud solution architect at the Microsoft Technology Center located in Michigan. He has been with Microsoft for four years and in the industry for 15. Before coming to Microsoft, Mark was an OCS and Lync Server Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and a consultant for some of the largest companies globally deploying communications and cloud services. |
