Microsoft Global High Tech Summit 2009

Brett Bonthron - Partner, TCG Advisors
Brett Bonthron is a partner at TCG Advisors. His career has included roles at Microsoft, CSC Index, Diamond Technology Partners, and Accenture. Brett is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco. Previously, Brett was VP of Business Development and COO at several start-ups.

Brett advises leading tech and tech-enabled companies on their strategic growth initiatives, sales and marketing structures, and IT best practices. He specializes in helping companies transform product-centric sales approaches to customer focused solution-sales models.

Brett holds a Masters of Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a BS in Electrical Engineering and the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Rick Clancy - Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, Sony Electronics
Rick Clancy is senior vice president of corporate communications at Sony Electronics. Clancy joined Sony in 1990 as a director of corporate communications, moving on to become a vice president in 1991. He assumed the senior vice president position in 1997. As the executive champion of Sony Electronics’ expanding social media activities, Clancy and his team launched the company’s first corporate blog in July 2007, which he hosts at www.sony.com/electronicsblog. In addition, he recently drove the development and release of Sony's first interactive social networking community with the blog as its cornerstone, which also links to other Sony micro-sites or neighborhoods, houses photos, offers videos, and will offer consumer polls and profiles.

Rob Howard - CEO and Founder, Telligent Systems
An expert in planning and growing web communities, Mr. Howard is a pioneer in developing enterprise-ready social computing solutions. Mr. Howard is determined to help organizations of any size apply the value of social computing to their business. Prior to founding Telligent, Rob contributed to the development and adoption of Microsoft's Web platform technologies where he helped build and grow the popular www.asp.net community. Mr. Howard has authored several books on the topic of software development and speaks around the globe at conferences on the topics of social computing and general software development.

Bob Pearson - VP of Communities & Conversations, Dell
Bob Pearson serves as vice president of communities and conversations for Dell where he is responsible for digital media activities.

Before joining Dell, Mr. Pearson worked for Novartis Pharmaceuticals as Head of Global Corporate Communications and Global Pharma Communications. Prior to Novartis, he was President of The Americas for GCI, Vice President of Global Public Affairs & Media Relations at Rhone-Poulenc Rorer (now Sanofi Aventis) and worked at CIBA-Geigy in both communications and field sales. He has more than 20 years experience in executive corporate communications and public relations.

Mr. Pearson graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a degree in communications and completed his MBA at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Robert Rueckert - Director, Intel Capital
Rob Rueckert is a Director at Intel Capital focusing on investments in enterprise software and internet. Prior to Intel Capital, Rob spent 10 years in the software industry, 5 as an engineer/CTO with several start-up companies and an additional 5 years as a consultant with Arthur Andersen. Some of Rob's investments include Datallegro (acquired by Microsoft), Telligent, Iovation and Jajah, among others. Rob has a BS in Information Systems from Brigham Young University and a MBA from the University of Chicago.

Ed Sachs - President of Pioneer Mobile Electronics
Edward Sachs, president of the mobile business group at Pioneer Electronics Inc., directs the division's sales, marketing and product planning initiatives, and as well is responsible for the financial well being of the mobile electronics business for Pioneer in the U.S. while working closely with corporate headquarters in Tokyo.

In 1990, Sachs was promoted to vice president of sales for the mobile division and in 1995 to senior vice president. His responsibilities expanded in 1997 when Pioneer named Sachs senior vice president of sales for both the mobile and home divisions. Based on the company's performance under his direction, he was promoted to executive vice president in 2000 before becoming the mobile business group president in 2003.

Herman Sperling - VP Global Web Strategy & Development, Harman International Industries
Herman Sperling is the Vice President of Global Web Strategy and Development Marketing for Harman International Industries. Mr. Sperling has over 35 years experience in consumer electronics including: strategic planning research, product development, training, merchandising, retail sales, national sales and international marketing. He formerly held positions as National Sales Manager and Marketing Manager at BOSE Corporation, and consulted to Pioneer Electronics on the introduction of Laser Disc. As a National Merit Scholar, Sperling pursued undergraduate studies at Tufts University in Electrical Engineering, and Psychology and Sociology at Emerson College (BA). He pursued his Masters in Guidance and Counseling (Med) at Tufts University.

Tom Fletcher - Vice President, Global Service – Consumer Digital, Flextronics
Tom Fletcher serves as vice president of Global Service in the Consumer Digital segment of Flextronics where he is responsible for the development and execution of product distribution and repair service solutions.

Before Flextronics, Mr. Fletcher was responsible for customer deployment and delivery at Ariba Inc. Prior to Ariba, he was General Manager of Moller International, directing both R&D and Engineering. Before Ariba, he was vice president of engineering for BPM Technologies in Greenville, SC.

Mr. Fletcher graduated from the University of California at Davis with degrees in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering. He also received his MS in Aero/Astronautics from Stanford University.

Sanjay Jalona - Vice President and US Head of Manufacturing Industry, Infosys
Sanjay Jalona is a Vice President in the Manufacturing Practice of Infosys, a NASDAQ-100 company. He is responsible for revenue growth, profitability and customer satisfaction from high-tech, industrial, automotive, aerospace & defense, and resources clients. He advises senior executives from several Global 2000 companies, and participates in the steering committees of key clients. Mr. Jalona has been part of the Infosys leadership team since 2000 and is a member of the Management Council. He also serves on the Industry Advisory Board for the Tauber Institute of Global Operations at the University of Michigan.

Bill Killingsworth - Executive Director - MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation
Dr. Bill Killingsworth is Executive Director of the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He conducts research and consulting in supply chain design and optimization, enterprise software, product lifecycle management, and lean enterprise. Additionally, Dr. Killingsworth has conducted extensive research on supply chain issues for high tech Government agencies such as the Army Aviation and Missile Command, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and the Missile Defense Agency.

Dr. Killingsworth attended MIT for graduate school where he received his Ph.D. and S.M. degrees in a joint program of the School of Engineering and the Sloan School of Management. Dr. Killingsworth received the B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University.

Owen Roberts - GM of America’s Operations, Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft Corp
Owen joined Microsoft ten years ago to head up the Supply Chain for Full Packaged Product in the European Operations Centre in Dublin. In 1998 his role was expanded to include Customer Service. Owen then moved back to London as Head of Operations, Home and Entertainment Division, to launch Xbox across Europe. In 2005 Owen relocated became the head of a new group, WW Retail Go to Market Team. In 2006 Owen was asked to take on a new role as GM of America's Operations for the Entertainment & Devices Division. Owen joined Microsoft from the IBM PC Consumer Division where he was head of Retail Operations for EMEA responsible for sales across the territory.

Gregg Hansen, - VP Sales & Marketing IT, AMD

Ron Partridge - Group VP, Global Sales & Marketing, Panduit Corp
Ron Partridge is the Group VP, Global Sales & Marketing for Panduit Corp. Ron has a degree in Plastics Engineering and an MBA in Finance. Ron has been with Panduit for 17 years and is one of the original members of the Network Systems Division. Ron was a Division Product Manager, where his team introduced well over 6,000 new products over 7 years. In addition, Ron was International Market Manager and VP of International for 5 years where he drove the globalization of Panduit's business. Ron has been in his current position for well over 5 years and is responsible for Panduit's Global Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Business Development, and all International Business Units globally.

Nina Palludan - Vice President and Chief Information Officer, InFocus
Nina did her undergraduate work in Business Management and also graduated cum-laude in Software Development. Her business experience spans manufacturing, sales & distribution, freight, logistics, and hospitality. She was an early adopter of mobile sales force automation and heterogeneous system integration when implementing handheld computers 20 years ago. Nina has focused on custom software development, high volume OLTP redundant systems, application and system integration including a number of corporate mergers, business intelligence solutions, and enterprise architecture. She has also worked extensively with packaged software including call center, planning, and ERP. Nina enjoys many outdoor sports and activities but spends most of her spare time with her husband and 4 children.

Henri Richard - SVP and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Freescale Semiconductor
Henri Richard is senior vice president, chief sales and marketing officer for Freescale Semiconductor.

Prior to joining Freescale, Henri was executive vice president and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at AMD. Henri joined AMD in 2002 as group vice president of worldwide sales. Previously, Henri was executive vice president of worldwide field operations at WebGain, Inc., a privately held provider of Java software for Fortune 500 companies. Prior to that, he was president of the Computer Products Group at Bell Microproducts and vice president, worldwide sales and support for IBM's Technology Group.

Henri holds a bachelor's degree in science and technology from Ecole Nationale de Radiotechnique et Electronique Appliquee in France.

Carol Wilson - VP and Global Head of High Tech Industry Segment, TATA Consultancy Services
Carol Wilson is Vice President and Global ISU Head for the High Tech Industry Segment within Tata Consultancy Services. In this role, Carol is responsible for the customer relationship, delivery and growth initiatives tailored to one of TCS’ fastest growing industry segments.

Previously, Carol served as global CIO for SAP. While driving global IT for SAP, she was responsible for the implementation, support and operations of applications, platforms and business process services.

Carol has held Global CIO, Consultancy and IT leadership positions with SGS Group, Accenture, Motorola and Texas Instruments and has 30 years of high tech industry experience.

Val Bercovici - Office of the CTO, NetApp
Val Bercovici is a member of the office of the CTO and is responsible for the competitiveness of NetApp's evolving technical strategy. Working with customers, analysts, and alliance partners, Bercovici helps define NetApp's vision for the storage and data management markets.

Bercovici joined NetApp in 1998 and he pioneered the role of NearStore/compliance/ILM evangelist and led NetApp's Competitive Advantage team.

Prior to joining NetApp, Bercovici worked for Cognos and AT&T where he served both the private and public sectors in areas such as operating systems and enterprise resource planning applications development, business intelligence, UNIX database and data warehousing architecture, as well as Microsoft applications infrastructure.

Bercovici holds a bachelor of science degree in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa.

Ivo Bolsens - Chief Technology Officer, Xilinx
Ivo Bolsens is senior vice president and chief technology officer with responsibility for advanced technology development, Xilinx research laboratories and Xilinx university program.

Bolsens came to Xilinx in June 2001 from the Belgium-based research center IMEC, where he was vice president of information and communication systems. His research included the development of knowledge-based verification for VLSI circuits, design of digital signal processing applications, and wireless communication terminals. He also headed the research on design technology for high-level synthesis of DSP hardware, HW/SW co-design and system-on-chip design.

Bolsens holds a PhD in applied science and an MSEE from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.

Lee Garf - Vice President, Product Management, PTC
Lee Garf is vice president of product management at PTC, responsible for Windchill ProductPoint. Lee joined PTC in 2001 from Ariba, Inc., where he held positions in product management and business development. Prior to Ariba, Lee was a senior manager at management consulting firm PRTM where he led product development (PACE®) and supply chain (SCOR®) improvement projects with leading High-Tech and Electronics companies.

Lee graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and received a Masters in Business Administration from Northeastern University. He is certified CPIM by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).

Brian Mathews - Vice President, Autodesk Labs, Autodesk
As Vice President of Autodesk Labs, Brian Mathews heads the company’s community-based test bed for emerging design technologies. He has held positions including Sr. Software Architect for design collaboration solutions, Technical Evangelist for published design data, and Engineering Manager for the 2D and 3D graphics engines used in AutoCAD, 3D Studio MAX, and multiple CAD viewers. Previously Mathews was the Chief Architect at Buzzsaw.com, the largest online collaboration tool for the construction industry, and held technical positions at Sun Microsystems and Ithaca Software.

Brian holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and holds a variety of patents covering data compression, computer graphics, software as a service, and design collaboration.

Tom Maurer - Senior Director, High Tech & Electronics Industry Marketing, Siemens PLM Software
Tom Maurer is Senior Director for Siemens PLM Software’s High Tech and Electronics industry marketing organization. He is currently responsible for Global strategy and marketing activities for the High Tech and Electronics industry vertical.

Tom has over 30 years of experience in the High Tech and Electronics industry. Since joining SDRC in 1996, his responsibilities have included business development, project management, services management, global program management, product and industry marketing.

Prior to joining Siemens, Tom served as PDM program manager for Unisys Defense Electronics. His responsibilities included sales, business development and implementation management of commercial PDM solutions. While employed at Unisys, he was also responsible for managing CAD/CAM operations.

Omkaram (Om) Nalamasu - Deputy CTO and Vice President, Advanced Technologies, Applied Materials
Omkaram Nalamasu is the Deputy corporate CTO and Vice President of Advanced Technologies at Applied Materials. Prior to this, he was the Vice President of Research of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor of Chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Professor Nalamasu was also the founding director of $20 MM Center for Future Energy Systems, and he conceived and founded the Center for Computational Nanotechnology Innovations. Dr. Nalamasu was the CTO of the New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium, and prior to joining Rensselaer he held several key research and development leadership positions in AT&T Bell Laboratories, Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies, and Agere Systems in Murray Hill, N.J.

Dr. Nalamasu received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of British Columbia and has published over 180 papers and received over 15 patents.

Robert Shinno - Global Director, High Tech R&D, Enovia, Dassault Systemes
Robert Shinno is the Global Director for Hi-Tech R&D at Dassault Systemes – ENOVIA. He has an interest in all areas of PLM including a focus on Collaborative Mechatronics, Collaborative Enterprise Sourcing, Component Management strategies, Portfolio/Project Management and Systems Engineering. With a background as an end-user of PLM for many years, he has had the fortune of working across many design and operations roles which has helped him to understand their prospects’ and customers’ perspective when evaluating and implementing PLM systems.He has over 18 years of experience in multiple roles and disciplines in bringing Hi-Tech products to market. This has included previous positions with NCR, Alcoa Electronic Packaging, Medtronic and Qualcomm.

Michael J.T. Steep - Chief of Operations and Business Development, Innovation Team, Microsoft Corp
Michael Steep is Chief of Operations and Business Development for the Microsoft Innovation Team where he is responsible for business strategy, seed and prototype funding, business model development, and day-to-day operational execution.

Mr. Steep has held executive roles including Chief Operating Officer of a NASDAQ company acquired by Kodak, Corporate Vice President International for Lexmark, General Manager of Apple Computer's imaging system division, and Managing Director of Worldwide Channels for Xerox. He started his career with Hewlett Packard where he managed international business development for the company's minicomputer division.

He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School Multinational Program), and an MBA from the University of Virginia.