Track Chairs
- John Bartlett, Voice, Video and Data Application Performance, NetForecast, Inc.
- Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, BitCurrent
- Howard Goldstein, Founder, SAS Institute
- Barb Goldworm, President and Chief Analyst, Focus Consulting
- Eric Krapf, Program Co-Chair, VoiceCon; Editor, Exeter Group
- Craig Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group
- Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
- John Pironti, Chief Information Risk Strategist, Getronics
- Anne Skamarock, Research Director, Focus Consulting
- Joel Snyder, Senior Partner, Opus One
- Rick Sturm, President, Enterprise Management Associates, Inc.
- Doug Washburn, Analyst, Infrastructure and Operations, Forrester Research
- Steve Wylie, General Manager and Conference Director, TechWeb
Video Conferencing Track Chair
John Bartlett
Voice, Video and Data Application Performance
NetForecast, Inc.
John Bartlett is a leading authority on real-time traffic, application performance and Quality of Service (QoS) techniques. He specializes in helping enterprises manage voice, video and data application performance. John has engaged with over 50 enterprises and over 20 network vendors to analyze network performance problems, design network solutions, and support network deployments.
John has 30 years of experience in the semiconductor, computer and communications fields in marketing, sales, engineering, manufacturing and consulting roles. He has contributed to microprocessor, computer and network equipment design for over 40 products. He has been consulting since 1996.
Prior to working as a consultant, John was a founder and VP of Engineering and Manufacturing at Agile Networks, now part of Lucent Technologies. Under his leadership, the company designed and built a high performance Ethernet switch implementing VLANs, and one of the first commercial ATM switches. Both products were successfully introduced to the market and the firm became profitable before it was acquired. John also served on the IEEE 802.1 committee during this period, and contributed to the development of the IEEE 802.1P and IEEE 802.1Q standards (priority and VLANs.)
John is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering.
Enterprise Cloud Summit Host
Cloud Computing/SaaS Track Chair
Interop Unconference Organizer
Alistair Croll
Principal Analyst
BitCurrent
Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology.
Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall.
Storage Track Chair
Howard Goldstein
Founder
Howard Goldstein Associates, Inc.
Howard Goldstein has over 30 years' experience in storage, data and telecommunications networking. His background includes positions in technology, management and education with practical technical experience in architecture, design, planning, implementation and operations. His technical focus ranges across various storage network architectures and products including IP storage, iSCSI, SCSI, Serial Attached SCSI, Serial ATA, Fibre Channel, TCP/IP, Gigabit Ethernet, Infiniband, PCI, PCI-X, PCI Express and others.
Howard holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts and an M.S. in Telecommunications from Pace University. He is a frequent speaker at Interop and Storage Networking World. He founded Howard Goldstein Associates, Inc. (www.hgai.com) an Education & Technology Company offering instructor led training.
Howard is an active member of the Storage Networking Industry Association and serves on the SNIA Education Committee. He has helped develop the SNIA Certification Program as well as other SNIA Education initiatives. He has been active in the publications world as technical editor of Building Storage Networks and Resilient Storage Networks.
Virtualization/Virtualization Management Track Chair
Barb Goldworm
President and Chief Analyst
Focus Consulting
Barb Goldworm has spent 30 years in systems and storage in various senior management, marketing, sales, technical and industry analyst positions with IBM, StorageTek, Novell, Enterprise Management Associates and several successful startup ventures. A frequent speaker at industry events, she also created and chaired Interop’s Network Storage Track. More recently, she was one of the top 3 ranked analyst/ knowledge expert speakers at SNW and has been a regular expert speaker for TechTarget Webcasts and Ziff-Davis Summits and E-seminars. She also chaired the 2007 Server Blade Summit on Blades and Virtualization.
Barb has published extensively since the 1990s, writing regular columns for Network World and ComputerWorld, as well as numerous business and technical white papers and articles on systems, software, storage, storage networking and enterprise management. She currently writes a regular column for TechTarget SearchServerVirtualization. In 2007, she published a book entitled "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs" commissioned by Wiley, available on Amazon.com.
Barb brings a unique blend of marketing and technical depth, both strategic and tactical, with experience in product management, product marketing, sales, market research, software development, project management and education.
VOIP/Unified Communications Track Chair
Eric Krapf
Program Co-Chair, VoiceCon
Editor, Business Communications Review
Eric Krapf was named editor of Business Communications Review at the beginning of 2004, after serving as the magazine's managing editor since 1996. As editor, he is responsible for all magazine content and production, as well as content for BCR's electronic publishing endeavors. Before coming to BCR, he was managing editor and senior editor at America's Network magazine, covering the public telecommunications industry. Prior to working in high-tech journalism, he was a reporter and editor at newspapers in Connecticut and Texas.
Wireless and Mobility Track Chair
Craig Mathias
Principal
Farpoint Group
Craig J. Mathias is a Principal with Farpoint Group, a wireless and mobile advisory firm based in Ashland, MA. The company works with manufacturers, network operators, enterprises, and the financial community in technology assessment and analysis, strategy development, product specification and design, product marketing, program management, education and training, and the integration of emerging technologies into new and existing business operations, across a broad range of markets and applications. Craig is an internationally-recognized expert on wireless communications and mobile computing technologies, and has published numerous technical and overview articles on a variety of topics. He is a well-known industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and trade shows, and is currently a member of the Advisory Boards for the Interop (Las Vegas and New York), Mobile Business Expo (MBX), and WiMAX World conferences. He also serves as a semi-monthly columnist for SearchMobileComputing.com, ardent blogger for Unstrung.com, and weekly columnist for Computerworld.com. He holds an Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Brown University.
Networking/Application Delivery Track Chair
Jim Metzler
Vice President
Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
IT Security/Governance, Risk and Compliance Track Chair
John Pironti
Chief Information Risk Strategist
Getronics
John P. Pironti is the Chief Information Risk Strategist at Getronics. He has designed and implemented enterprise wide electronic business solutions, information security programs, and threat and vulnerability management solutions for key customers in a range of industries, including financial services, government, hospitality, aerospace and information technology. John has a number of industry certifications including Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Information Systems Security Architecture Professional and (ISSAP) and Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISSMP). He is also a published author and writer, and a frequent speaker on electronic business and security topics at domestic and international industry conferences.
Virtualization/Virtualization Management Track Chair
Anne Skamarock
Research Director
Focus Consulting
Anne Skamarock has over 25 years of technical, marketing, research, analysis and consulting experience, as an end-user/administrator, vendor and industry analyst. She has held various technical and marketing positions with SRI, International; Sun Microsystems; StorageTek; EMA; and several successful startups. For the past 10 years, she has focused on systems, storage, networked storage and storage management solutions, and on the intersection points between systems, software and storage. Anne’s expertise encompasses systems, storage and storage networking architectures; virtualization technologies; enterprise management software; data protection solutions; and tape and disk storage solutions. A frequent speaker at conferences, she chaired Interop's Network Storage Track for several years. She was a co-creator as well as Program Manager for the ROI Planning Lab at the 2007 Server Blade Summit on Blades and Virtualization, and also ran key tutorial sessions on blades and virtualization. In addition to a regular Network World column on storage, Anne also co-authored the book "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs" as well as "Storage Solutions: a Buyer's Guide." Anne is currently writing regular tips/articles for TechTarget SearchStorageChannel.
NAC Day Chair
Joel Snyder
Senior Partner
Opus One
Joel Snyder, a senior partner at Opus One, has more than 20 years experience in network security, design and implementation. He has been building VPNs since 1997 and has put together secure networks for dozens of companies around the globe. He is a frequent product tester for Network World magazine and has contributed to the architecture and implementation of many commercial security products.
IT Service Management Track Chair
Rick Sturm
President
Enterprise Management Associates, Inc.
Rick Sturm is the CEO of Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). He was co-chair of the IETF Applications MIB Working Group that developed the standards for managing application software with SNMP. He was co-founder of the OpenView Forum and served as its first President and as a member of the Board of Directors. Rick has authored over 100 articles about various aspects of enterprise management that have appeared in leading industry publications. He was the Technical Editor of The OpenView Advisor and has also co-authored four books, The Foundations of Application Management, Foundations of Service Level Management, SLM Solutions: A Buyer’s Guide and Working with Unicenter TNG.
Data Center/Green IT Track Chair
Doug Washburn
Analyst, Infrastructure and Operations
Forrester Research
Doug serves IT Infrastructure & Operations professionals, primarily focusing on green IT, green business, and IT leadership skills. His research helps IT executives successfully approach green IT, determine strategy, and then move from green IT awareness to action.
Previously at Forrester, Doug was the global council manager and senior advisor for the Forrester Leadership Boards IT Infrastructure & Operations Council, a best practice community for senior IT executives in $1 billion-plus organizations. In this role, Doug regularly advised clients on Green IT strategy and practices. Additionally, Doug was also an advisor on the Forrester Leadership Boards Enterprise Architecture Council.
Prior to Forrester, Doug was a VP of strategy and business development for Red Oxygen, a wireless communications startup, and living and working in Australia and France. In addition, Doug co-created CU Networks, a computer networking and servicing startup serving the students of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Doug holds a B.S. in finance from University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded the Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial
Excellence.
Enterprise 2.0 Track Chair
Steve Wylie
General Manager and Conference Director
TechWeb
Steve Wylie is the General Manager and Conference Director for the Enterprise 2.0 Conference and Mobile Business Expo, both of which are produced by TechWeb. Steve formerly co-chaired TechWeb's annual Interop conferences in Las Vegas and New York. Prior to running conferences, Steve managed TechWeb's renowned InteropNet, including a multi-vendor test lab geared to evaluate, improve and showcase early implementations of open-standard IT infrastructure technologies. Steve is based in San Francisco, California.
