Lou Bertin
Contributing Editor
Computerworld magazine
For more than 25 years, Lou Bertin has been part of the technology community as both a journalist and corporate advisor. He is owner and founder of Bertin & Co. Inc., where he provides event moderation, web casting and pod casting services regularly for CIO magazine, and clients that include such companies as Microsoft, IBM, Intel, CA, Novell, SAP, Accenture, Symantec and many others. He is also a frequent speaker at company-sponsored private events and at industry gatherings. Through Bertin & Co., Mr. Bertin also provides writing services, performs market analyses and has conducted media-training sessions for industry executives. Earlier, Mr. Bertin spent three years as managing editor/industry at InformationWeek, where he was the publication's primary face-to-face liaison with its readers worldwide. Prior, Mr. Bertin was a senior vice president at Fleishman-Hillard in Washington, D.C., where he led government relations and industry relations efforts on behalf of a variety of technology companies and consortia. At the start of his career, he spent 10 years at CMP Media where he served in a number of editorial positions, most notably as a founding editor at Computer Reseller News.
Irwin Lazar
Vice President and Service Director
Nemertes Research
John Mancini
President & CEO
AIIM
John Mancini is an author, speaker and respected leader of the AIIM global community of information professionals. He is a catalyst in social, mobile, cloud and big data technology adoption and an advocate for the new generation of experts who are driving the future of information management. John offers his expertise on the transformational challenges and opportunities facing information professionals and attracts over 100,000 visitors annually to his blog Digital Landfill.
Chris Manouse
Senior Director
Box US Federal Government
Chris has over 23 years of experience developing, marketing, and managing information systems and consulting service programs. The Primary focus of this experience has been in the federal government and healthcare markets. He has successfully grown and established business units in both Government and Managed Care service areas. Since 1998 the focus of this experience has been dedicated to business development and program management. Chris led the development of the Metastorm Federal Business from its inception to the largest deployed Federal BPM market share and is now leading the development of BOX's emerging Federal business.
Matt O'Cull
Director of Enterprise Applications and Data Management
The David J. Joseph Company
Mr. Matt O'Cull is the Director of Enterprise Applications and Data Management for The David J. Joseph Company. Matt joined DJJ in 2000, serving as a Database Administrator in the Information Technology Department. In 2010, Matt was promoted to Director, I.T. Corporate Applications and in 2012 moved into his current role. Matt holds both his Bachelor's degree and MBA from the University of Cincinnati. Prior to joining The Joseph Company, he was an Information Engineer/Database Administrator for Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Vice President and Service Director
Nemertes Research
Irwin Lazar is the Vice President and Service Director at Nemertes Research, where he manages overall research operations, develops and manages research projects, develops cost models, conducts strategic seminars, and advises clients. Irwin is responsible for benchmarking the adoption and use of emerging technologies in the enterprise in areas including VOIP, unified communications, video conferencing, social computing, collaboration, and advanced network services.
John Mancini
President & CEO
AIIM
John Mancini is an author, speaker and respected leader of the AIIM global community of information professionals. He is a catalyst in social, mobile, cloud and big data technology adoption and an advocate for the new generation of experts who are driving the future of information management. John offers his expertise on the transformational challenges and opportunities facing information professionals and attracts over 100,000 visitors annually to his blog Digital Landfill.
Chris Manouse
Senior Director
Box US Federal Government
Chris has over 23 years of experience developing, marketing, and managing information systems and consulting service programs. The Primary focus of this experience has been in the federal government and healthcare markets. He has successfully grown and established business units in both Government and Managed Care service areas. Since 1998 the focus of this experience has been dedicated to business development and program management. Chris led the development of the Metastorm Federal Business from its inception to the largest deployed Federal BPM market share and is now leading the development of BOX's emerging Federal business.
Matt O'Cull
Director of Enterprise Applications and Data Management
The David J. Joseph Company
Mr. Matt O'Cull is the Director of Enterprise Applications and Data Management for The David J. Joseph Company. Matt joined DJJ in 2000, serving as a Database Administrator in the Information Technology Department. In 2010, Matt was promoted to Director, I.T. Corporate Applications and in 2012 moved into his current role. Matt holds both his Bachelor's degree and MBA from the University of Cincinnati. Prior to joining The Joseph Company, he was an Information Engineer/Database Administrator for Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Charles Pelton
Contributing Editor
Computerworld
Joseph Portale
Chief Technologist, Mobility Solutions
Lockheed Martin
Joe Portale is currently the Chief Technologist, Mobility Solutions for Lockheed Martin and is the overall lead for the company’s Enterprise Mobility IRAD Campaign. In these capacities, Joe works closely with the Lockheed Martin Product Line and Campaign leadership, program managers, capture managers and technical staff to evaluate and deploy mobility technologies that help LM improve service delivery to our customers and win new business. An additional objective is to ensure Lockheed Martin is recognized as a thought leader by our customer community in the Enterprise mobility space. Joe has 30 years experience with IBM, Lockheed Martin, Booz, Allen and the NSA National Computer Security Center.
Shahid Shah
CEO
Netspective Communications
Shahid N. Shah is the CEO of Netspective Communications, a software consultancy whose actionable advice and disciplined approach delivers custom software for in-house, outsourced, or offshore solutions. For the past 15 years Shahid has held the positions of CTO, VP of Technology, Chief Software Architect, or Enterprise Architect at large enterprises. His technology expertise includes service-oriented and event-drive architectures, Java/JEE, .NET, and agile development and his healthcare focus starts with an emphasis on e-health, EMRs, data integration, and legacy modernization.
Grant Shirk is Group Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise at Box, focused on helping our customers use Box to construct truly collaborative organizations. Prior to Box, Grant worked at Microsoft and Tellme Networks, where he helped market leaders like Aon Hewitt, Fidelity Investments, and UPS design and deliver unique, effective experiences for their customers. Grant holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Stanford University.
Contributing Editor
Computerworld
Charles Pelton has run dozens of business and IT roundtables, moderated IT and other business-focused panels, and hosted executive conferences for CIO, Computerworld and other groups. A former editor-in-chief of events and research at InformationWeek magazine, Charles founded Modern Media Partners, a conferences production company that focused primarily on the content of live events. Charles has been an IT and business journalist for more than 20 years.
Joseph Portale
Chief Technologist, Mobility Solutions
Lockheed Martin
Joe Portale is currently the Chief Technologist, Mobility Solutions for Lockheed Martin and is the overall lead for the company’s Enterprise Mobility IRAD Campaign. In these capacities, Joe works closely with the Lockheed Martin Product Line and Campaign leadership, program managers, capture managers and technical staff to evaluate and deploy mobility technologies that help LM improve service delivery to our customers and win new business. An additional objective is to ensure Lockheed Martin is recognized as a thought leader by our customer community in the Enterprise mobility space. Joe has 30 years experience with IBM, Lockheed Martin, Booz, Allen and the NSA National Computer Security Center.
Shahid Shah
CEO
Netspective Communications
Shahid N. Shah is the CEO of Netspective Communications, a software consultancy whose actionable advice and disciplined approach delivers custom software for in-house, outsourced, or offshore solutions. For the past 15 years Shahid has held the positions of CTO, VP of Technology, Chief Software Architect, or Enterprise Architect at large enterprises. His technology expertise includes service-oriented and event-drive architectures, Java/JEE, .NET, and agile development and his healthcare focus starts with an emphasis on e-health, EMRs, data integration, and legacy modernization.
Grant Shirk
Group Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise
Box
Grant Shirk is Group Product Marketing Manager, Enterprise at Box, focused on helping our customers use Box to construct truly collaborative organizations. Prior to Box, Grant worked at Microsoft and Tellme Networks, where he helped market leaders like Aon Hewitt, Fidelity Investments, and UPS design and deliver unique, effective experiences for their customers. Grant holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Stanford University.
