Technology experts, IT executives & leading analysts
Webinars featured on Technology-Webinars.com are produced by ITO America in collaboration with organizations and individuals at the forefront of IT, including executive thought leaders and top solution providers, as well as established independent researchers and analysts.
Below are just a few recent contributors to ITO america webcast productions.
 Senior Analyst, Burton Group |
Anne Thomas Manes Emphases: XML, java, SOA, application servers, application security, web services Anne Thomas Manes is the Vice President and research director for Burton Group Application Platform Strategies. She covers service-oriented architecture (SOA), web services, XML, governance, Java, application servers, superplatforms, and application security. Prior to joining Burton Group, Anne was former chief technology officer at Systinet, a SOA governance vendor (now part of HP) and director of market innovation in Sun Microsystems’s software group. With 28 years of experience, Anne was named one of the 50 most powerful people in networking 2002 by Network World and among the “Power 100 IT Leaders,” by Enterprise Systems Journal. Anne has authored “Web Services: A Manager’s Guide,” published by Addison-Wesley, 2003 and participated in Web services standards development efforts at W3C, OASIS, WS-I, and JCP. back to top |
 Head of Global Professional Services, Axios Systems |
Barclay Rae Barclay Rae, Head of Global Professional Services for Axios Systems, has over 25 years experience of IT Service Management projects and operations. Barclay has 'hands on' experience of over 300 ITSM and ITIL Projects, plus wide experience of the ITSM industry, and is a regular speaker and contributor to industry events, publications and thought leadership in general. His previous roles have included:
Barclay's current role with Axios is a global brief, managing a team of over 50 'red badge' consultants and trainers. This covers strategy and development for consulting services, including the introduction of generic ITSM and business-based consultancy offerings in support of Axios's position as a total ITSM solutions provider. |
 SVP at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch |
Bill Conroy As the Global Enterprise Architecture Executive for Bank of America Corporation, Bill Conroy holds worldwide responsibility for the Enterprise Architecture program driving the company's infrastructure, solutions, and business process architecture. As the leader of the Enterprise Architecture Council he develops technology standards and reference architectures. He also supports enterprise level business initiative planning. Bill holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mechanics, Dynamics & Statics form the US Air Force Academy, a Master of Science in International Affairs from Troy State University and a Doctorate in Philosophy in Information Systems from Nova SouthEastern University. back to top |
 Senior Analyst, ESG |
Brian Babineau Based in Palo Alto, CA, Brian serves as a senior analyst covering storage and information management solutions. In addition, his research activities continue to focus on regulatory compliance, corporate governance, as well as electronic discovery and how these impact IT processes and architectures. With an accounting background, Brian also supports ESG's financial services offerings to vendors and investors. Brian joined the Enterprise Strategy Group in the fall of 2002 to support ESG's Research and Institutional Investor practices. During his time at ESG, Brian has presented ESG research findings at several industry events including Storage Networking World, FOSE (Government IT Event), NAB (Media and Entertainment and RIMS (Risk Management). Before joining ESG, Brian spent three years at EMC Corporation where he held a variety of positions. Most notably, Brian worked on several software pricing and sales operations initiatives. Brian received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Marketing from Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts back to top |
 VP and Service Director, Burton Group |
Chris Haddad Emphases: XML, J2EE, SOA, web services, open source, data integration, metadata management, REST back to top |
 Senior Analyst, Burton Group |
Chris Wolf Emphases: server virtualization, data center consolidation, data classification, disaster recovery, business continuity, storage virtualization back to top |
 VP & Research Director, Forrester |
Connie Moore Research Coverage: Business Process Management, Business Process Optimization, Collaboration Strategy, Enterprise Collaboration, Enterprise Content Management,IT Management, IT Organization, Information & Knowledge Management, Organizational Design & Change Management, Packaged Applications Research Focus: Connie is a vice president and research director, responsible for Forrester's information management team which provides advice and research to information and knowledge managers focused on business intelligence, data warehousing, data quality, business process management, enterprise content management, collaboration, Web 2.0, and information access and learning. Connie's recent research efforts have focused on dynamic business applications which support design for people, build for change, and the intersection of Information Workplace, Web 2.0, and the changing workforce. Previous Work Experience: Connie came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group in 2003. She has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry and has been an analyst for 17 years. Most of her research focuses on business process management, enterprise content management, and more recently, the Information Workplace. Prior to joining Giga, Connie managed BIS Strategic Decisions' European IT Consulting Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom. Before then, Connie was vice president of product marketing at TDC (now part of BancTec), a manufacturer of high-end document capture systems. She was also a manager with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), specializing in document management, document imaging, and end user computing. Earlier, Connie was with Wang Laboratories, where she managed Wang's technical support resources for the US Department of Defense and intelligence agencies. She began her career in IT and management at Mathematica Policy Research. Recently, Connie co-championed Forrester's 2007 Technology Leadership Forum with the theme of "Design for People, Build for Change" and will co-champion the Forrester's 2008 Technology Leadership Forum, themed as "Embrace Technology Chaos. Deliver Business Results." Connie is a widely sought speaker. She has spoken at many industry events, chaired 10 business process and workflow conferences in Europe and the United States, and co-chaired Giga's "Leveraging Knowledge" conference. Connie also served as a director of AIIM International, the premier association for the content management industry. Education: Connie attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a B.A. in political science and history from East Carolina University and an M.B.A. in information systems from George Washington University. back to top |
 High Performance Computing Solution Specialist, Microsoft |
David Dorfman David Dorfman is Microsoft's High Performance Computing Solution Specialist for Financial Services applications.He is responsible for supporting Microsoft's Customers, Partners, and Sales Force in the delivery and implementation of HPC solutions that incorporate Microsoft technologies. David's information technology career spans more than 25 years.During the last 8 years, David has been focused on the use of HPC in Financial Services. His last major project was the design of a large scale shared computing facility available to all users via the public Internet. During this project he became familiar with many of the most difficult challenges that HPC users face. These challenges include rapid provisioning of multiple OS images, secure access to a public facility, large scale data movement, and the protection of Intellectual property embodied within HPC applications and data sets. Prior to joining Microsoft, David worked for a major systems provider as Solution Architect, Market Lead for Financial Services, and as a development engineer. back to top |
 Research Director, Business Intelligence Research, Aberdeen Group |
David Hatch Area of Focus back to top |
 Director, Global Business Analytcs, Product Marketing, SAS |
Gaurav Verma Gaurav Verma drives SAS' global business analytics product marketing strategy and positioning. Verma's key areas of focus are persona-based marketing, awareness and messaging for SAS' business analytics and information management solutions. He also serves as a spokesperson to press and analyst communities. Verma, who has more than 10 years of experience in marketing, came to SAS from Cognos, where he served as the Financial Services Industry Marketing Director. Verma has also served as Director of Corporate Marketing for Information Builders and as Principal Analyst and Program Manager for Doculabs. back to top |
 Practice Leader, Software, Ovum |
Ian Charlesworth Ian is the practice leader for the software team at Ovum, where he also leads research on integration. Respected as a thought leader on business intelligence and integration technologies, Ian is one of the most widely quoted analysts in the industry. Prior to joining Ovum Ian worked at the Butler Group for six years, where he covered business intelligence and integration, serving a client base that included SME organizations, multinationals and government/public sector bodies. Ian's role consisted of both research and consulting engagements, including working with venture capitalists to do SWOT analyses on target clients, as well as working with European systems integrators offering strategic advice on investment in new markets. Ian holds an MSc in Management Science and Operational Research (Warwick Business School) and a BSc in Applied Physics (Warwick University). back to top |
 VP Research, Gartner |
Janelle Hill Ms. Hill has more than 20 years of IT experience and is an industry expert on software infrastructure. She has held both technical and management roles in software architecture, database development, IT operations, and product marketing and sales. Prior to rejoining Gartner in 2005 with the acquisition of META Group, Ms. Hill was a lead middleware analyst for META Group. She also participated in the integration of META Group with Gartner. Previously Ms. Hill held positions at Vitria, Gartner, MCI, IBM, Select Magazines and Standard Motor Products. back to top |
 VP Business Architecture, Wells Fargo |
Jeff Dols Jeff Dols, VP of Business Architecture/BPM for the Wealth Management Group (WMG) at Wells Fargo Jeff Dols has been in a leadership role in multiple business process improvement efforts over the past 20 years, and currently serves as VP of Business Architecture/BPM for the Wealth Management Group (WMG) at Wells Fargo. He has established a Business Architecture program and BPM Center of Excellence in WMG, and is responsible for leading a matrixed team of business architects - embedded within the WMG business lines - to model and communicate business strategies, capabilities and business processes. He also serves as the business architect for the WMG technology group, and is focused on IT process improvement efforts based on ITIL. Jeff has previously served as an Enterprise Architect at Wells Fargo, again focusing on business architecture. He is currently active in enterprise forums to establish and standardize business architecture and BPM methodologies and tools within the organization. In addition to speaking at internal architect training program sessions, Jeff has also been invited to present on WMG's unique approach to business architecture at The Open Group Enterprise Architecture Practitioner's conference and the BPM Institute's BrainStorm conference. Jeff has a BA in Economics and is nearing completion on a Masters in Servant-Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI. |
 VP Marketing & CMO, Good Technology |
John Herrema Mr. Herrema joined Visto as VP Business Development in June 2003 as a result of the Visto - ViAir merger. John co-founded ViAir in February 2000 where he also served as ViAir's VP Business Development. Prior to co-founding ViAir, Herrema was Business Development Manager in Microsoft's Wireless Sales and Strategy Group where he drove new business development with mobile network operators, such as Nextel Communications and Sprint PCS. Prior to that, Herrema was a Senior Product Manager for Sprint PCS where he was responsible for the development and launch of the first Sprint PCS Wireless Web offerings, including the formation of partnerships with Yahoo! and Openwave Systems. back to top |
 Principal Analyst, ESG |
Jon Oltsik Jon Oltsik is a principal analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group as well as the founder of its Information Security and Networking services. Oltsik is widely recognized as an expert in security management and technology as well as identity and access management. Most recently, Oltsik has focused on Information Technology and Cybersecurity in the U.S. Federal Government. Oltsik has been in the technology industry for well over 20 years. Prior to joining ESG, Oltsik was the founder and principal of Hype-Free Consulting. Mr. Oltsik has also held senior positions at GiantLoop Network, Forrester Research, and EMC Corporation, and Epoch Systems. Mr. Oltsik has an MBA and a BA degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst back to top |
 Director of Product Marketing, Data Security Group, RSA |
Katie Curtin-Mestre Katie Curtin-Mestre is the Director of Product Marketing for the Data Security Group at RSA, The Security Division of EMC. In this role, Ms. Curtin-Mestre is responsible for market strategy development; go-to-market planning and execution; and business analytics for the Data Security Group. Ms. Curtin-Mestre is a 10-year veteran of the high-technology industry. Before starting her role at RSA, she held a variety of product marketing and product management roles at EMC in the storage resource management, storage virtualization, replication, and storage hardware market segments. Most recently, she ran Product Marketing for the CLARiiON midrange storage product line. Ms. Curtin-Mestre holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Georgetown University and a MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. back to top |
 VP, Product Marketing and Management, Metastorm |
Kevin Haugh Kevin Haugh is Vice President of Product Marketing and Management for Metastorm. Kevin is responsible for the product strategy, product management and product marketing functions within Metastorm. He has more than 18 years of consulting, product development and marketing experience in the enterprise level software arena. back to top |
 Director of Strategy and Solutions, Insurance Industry, IBM |
Mark McLaughlin Mark McLaughlin is IBM's Director of Strategy and Solutions, Insurance Industry, responsible for bringing together IBM's diverse capabilities to provide focused insurance solutions and thought leadership. Mark has presented IBM's point of view on insurance trends and issues to many of the world's top insurers and is a frequent conference presenter. He leads IBM's solution definition for the insurance industry, choreographing IBM products and services to solve emerging industry business problems. Mark also directs IBM analysis of insurance technology directions, both to inform our clients as they consider ways to build innovation and competitive advantage, and to inform IBM's investments in the insurance market. Mark previously was Solutions Manager for IBM Insurance Front Office integrated solutions. Before joining IBM, Mark led a CRM-focused consultancy for Naviant (now part of Equifax) and completed many successful engagements as a manager in Accenture's Financial Services/Insurance market unit. Mark has led implementation of commercial claims systems, PMO organizations, data warehouses, and underwriting expert systems for multiple top 10 US P&C insurers. back to top |
 Senior Research Analyst, Technology, Aberdeen Group |
Michael Dortch Michael Dortch is a Senior Analyst at Aberdeen Group, focusing on enabling and emerging technologies and information management. Michael joined Aberdeen Group after nearly 10 years at Robert Frances Group (RFG) in various capacities, most recently as Director of IT Infrastructure Management Strategies and Executive Editor. back to top |
 Research Associate, Technology, Aberdeen Group |
Mike Lock Michael Lock focuses on the convergence of technology and information across numerous fields including Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), mobility, and storage. His research examines some of the many paradigm shifts occurring in the technology world today, such as the migration of laptop and computing functionality to the mobile device, as well as the architectural move toward event-driven applications and systems. back to top |
 Director, Global Wireless Practice, Strategy Analytics |
Philippe Winthrop Philippe Winthrop is a Director in the Global Wireless Practice at Strategy Analytics, with a focus on Enterprise Mobility, spanning all aspects of the enterprise mobility ecosystem, from mobile strategy adoption to mobile application integration, as well as managed services for mobility. Philippe has spent his entire career researching emerging technologies and their impact on the corporate value chain. He started his career at GeoPartners research, a boutique strategy consultancy, where he worked on projects including AT&T Wireless’ adoption and migration path to GSM from TDMA. After GeoPartners, Philippe joined IDC's European IT Services Research group where he spearheaded a wide variety of research and consulting projects for the Top 50 IT Service providers in Western Europe. After IDC, Philippe created Axle Ventures, a boutique business planning consultancy focused on SMEs. There, Philippe worked with a wide variety of organizations in eCommerce, Healthcare and IT to help them develop winning go to market strategies. Philippe most recently was the Research Director for Wireless and Mobility at Aberdeen Group, where he launched the Wireless and Mobility practice and conducted ground-breaking research to quantify the tangible value of key mobile and wireless technologies, including enterprise mobility strategy adoption, Fixed Mobile Convergence, enterprise WiFi adoption, application deployment on WLANs, and more. Philippe is a frequent speaker and presenter and currently sits on the advisory boards of Mobile Enterprise Magazine, Cemaphore Systems and Celio Corporation. In his spare time, he blogs on www.enterprisemobilitymatters.com, selected as one of Network World's Web sites IT pros should master in 2009. Philippe holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics with a concentration in Romance Languages from Boston College, as well as a Master of Arts degree from Brandeis University, incorporating studies at Universitie de Paris IX Dauphine. back to top |
 Research Director, EMA |
Scott Crawford Scott has more than 15 years of experience in information technologies and industry-wide insight on multiple fronts. An (ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security (CISSP), Security Architecture (ISSAP) and Security Management (ISSMP) Professional, Scott's expertise covers a diverse range of interests. He has pioneered implementation and research in multiple fields, from assistive technologies to sophisticated distributed-trust data security architectures to IT service management. Prior to joining EMA, Scott was the first Information Security Officer for the International Data Centre of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) at the UN's third headquarters in Vienna, Austria. As the CTBTO's senior IT security expert, Scott was responsible for guiding the development of information security strategy and implementation for an organization representing more than 150 nations. In addition to establishing the CTBTO's information risk and security policy foundations, Scott guided the deployment of security management systems and led the development of pioneering technology initiatives, including a worldwide data authentication regime centered on a public key infrastructure for which he was the principal designer and architect. Earlier information technology positions that Scott has held include systems management for a division of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, as well as for a division of Emerson. His work with entrepreneurial companies ranges from application development to investor relations. Scott is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and has authored numerous white papers and given well-attended presentations at major industry events including the RSA Conference, on topics ranging from security architecture, regulatory compliance and IT risk management, to analyses of the business impact of information technologies. Scott's graduate work in the UK was conducted under the advisement of a leading participant on the IETF X.500 standards body (directories/PKI). His graduate study beyond the master's degree includes telecommunications and network technology through the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Department, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Colorado; and Computer Information Systems at University College, University of Denver. B.A. Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado M.Sc., Information Systems Institute, University of Salford, UK back to top |
