Speaker List

As Vice President and General Manager in Cisco’s Small Business Business Unit (SBBU), David Tucker is responsible for addressing the “Connect” elements of Cisco’s small business strategy, which aims to maximize profitable growth in the small business switching, routing, storage and WLAN markets. Tucker’s organization is responsible for delivering a global product portfolio and unique go-to-market strategy that meets the networking needs of the small business customer. As part of this effort, Tucker will manage the innovation and expansion of product solutions, which includes the integration of small business best practices and products with Cisco’s existing products.

In his most recent role, Tucker served as Vice President of the Connected Office Business Organization (COBO) for Linksys. There, he led the teams to develop and market voice and data products targeting the small business marketplace. Previous to COBO, Tucker led product management, marketing and market development efforts for Cisco, spending much of his time focusing on delivering IP Telephony solutions to the worldwide enterprise customer.

Tucker joined Cisco in 1998 as part of the Selsius Systems acquisition. As Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, he helped to pioneer the consolidation of voice and data networks.

Prior to Selsius, Tucker served in a variety of leadership roles at different technology companies where he was responsible for notable innovations like the creation of the voice and video PBX platform.

Tucker holds masters of bachelor administration and a bachelors of business administration degrees in Marketing from Texas A&M; University.

Tom Shafron serves as the chief technology officer of Clear2there. In this capacity, he is responsible for the company’s strategic direction for innovation and technology, as well as product development and management. Tom is the creator, and continues to lead the enhancement of the Clear2there’s Viewbiquity platform, which forms the operational foundation for the company’s highly successful smart-premise solution offering. Before joining Clear2there, Tom was a founder of USAG, a video security and surveillance provider located in the Florida. As a result of his stewardship, USAG evolved into a multi-million dollar provider of advanced video technology solutions for enterprise customers around the world. Before working with USAG, he and his brother David founded Log-Me-On.com, a toolbar overlay service that they subsequently sold to Yahoo!. While with Yahoo!, Tom started and led the Yahoo! Toolbar development group, growing it to 40 million active connected users. The Yahoo! Toolbar grew to drive traffic representing more than $100 million in annual revenue.

Joey runs Exhilent Mobile from Austin, Texas. Exhilents clients include Bosch, ESPN, Samsung and the Cleveland Clinic. Over the past 20 years, Joey has worked for startups in Austin, Dallas, Boston, San Antonio and New York City delivering app solutions. Raised in the culture of El Paso, Joey believes that HTML5 is the bridge that will unify development on all of our screens from watch to mobile to television.

Robert B. (Rob) Carter is executive vice president of FedEx Information Services and chief information officer of FedEx Corporation. He is a member of the five-person Executive Committee, which plans and executes the corporation’s strategic business activities. Carter is responsible for setting technology direction, as well as the corporation’s key applications and technology infrastructure. FedEx applications, advanced networks and data centers provide around-the-clock and around-the-globe support for the product offerings of FedEx.

Carter joined FedEx in 1993 and has over 30 years of systems development and implementation experience.

Carter was born in Taiwan. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer and information science from the University of Florida and his master’s degree from the University of South Florida.

Recently named as part of Fortune Magazine’s Executive Dream Team, Carter is also ranked 18th on Fast Company Magazine’s 100 Most Creative People in Business 2010 list. He received Information Weeks Chief of the Year Award in 2000, 2001 and 2005 and is a seven-time recipient of CIO Magazine’s 100 Award.

Carter is a member of the Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) and First Horizon Corporation (NYSE: FHN) Boards of Directors, and the University of Florida Foundation Board of Trustees.

Jesse is a Sr. Software Engineer at frog in Austin, focusing on rich internet applications, the mobile web, and HTML5. His first book, HTML5 Hacks: An exploration into the most exciting technologies for the modern web, is in pre sales through OReilly Media. He previously held Sr. Software and Technical Management positions at USAA, where he was responsible for providing technical leadership in the planning, designing, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of USAAs industry leading iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and mobile web applications for USAAs 8 million members worldwide. Prior to that, Jesse was a JavaScript Lead for numerous enterprise rich internet application projects that included investor dashboards and enterprise portals, and has done web work for Disney, The Kentucky Derby, Jackson Browne, CSNY, and actress Angie Ruiz.

Jan Linden, Ph.D., Vice President EngineeringJan has been conducting research and development in speech processing and communications for the last 15 years. Prior to joining Global IP Solutions he was with the University of California, Santa Barbara and SignalCom, Inc. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and has filed several patents.

Alexander Heid is a security researcher, board member of HackMiami, and co-chair of South Florida OWASP. Heid has worked within the defense and financial industries providing information security consultation services.

Mr. Foote is the Chief Technology Officer for Hitachi Communication Technologies America.He is currently responsible for strategic product planning, technology strategy, and technicalmarketing of fiber access, optical transport/switching, home networking, and cellular (RF,WiMAX, LTE) systems. He has been instrumental in establishing Hitachi’s network systemsbusiness with major North American service providers like AT&T;, Global Crossing, Sprint, TimeWarner, and T-Mobile. Mr. Foote has been a member, contributor, and committee chairman inleading standards organizations such as ANSI T1, ATIS, ATM/MPLS Forum, IEEE 802, IETF,OIF, and SCTE. He is an invited speaker and paper author to various industry conferences andsymposiums. Before joining Hitachi, he served as a decorated communications engineeringofficer in the U.S. Air Force responsible for network design and implementation of varioussecure telecom and packet data networks including ARPAnet/MILnet.Mr. Foote received a B.S.E.E. from Georgia Tech in 1980 and a Master’s degree inManagement from Webster University/Air Force Institute of Technology in 1982.

Mark Gorenberg is a Managing Director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Mark joined co-founders Ann Winblad and John Hummer as Hummer Winblad Venture Partners began investing our first fund in 1990. Prior to Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Mark was at Sun Microsystems where he managed emerging new media areas and was a member of the original SparcStation team. Over the last 20 years Mark has served as a board member for numerous successful Hummer Winblad start-ups, including Omniture (IPO and acquired by Adobe), AdForce (IPO and acquired by CMGI), NetDynamics (acquired by Sun Microsystems) and Scopus Technologies (IPO and acquired by Siebel) and Crowdfactory (acquired by Marketo). Currently, he serves as a Director of 6connect, Aria Systems, Cenzic, Domo, ontheFRONTIER, Signal Demand, OptiMine, and InsideSales. In 2011, Mark was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a 21-person advisory group of the nation’s leading scientists and engineers (www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast). Mark is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation, a member of the Steering Committee of Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT, the Leadership Board of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, the Technology Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the Board of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment. In 2012, Mark also became a Director of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Mark received a B.S.E.E. from MIT, an M.S.E.E. from the University of Minnesota, and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University.

Nader Nejat is the CEO & Founder of Omega Mobile, an interactive mobile experience studio. He leads the design and development of strategically integrated mobile experiences; directs product creation, innovation, and ideation; and helps companies maximize mobile opportunities. Omega Mobiles initiatives consist of mobile apps, mobile sites, landing pages, and rich media mobile ads. Additionally, Omega Mobile provides innovative solutions for mobile user interfaces, experience design, prototype design, and mobile systems. Naders passion for driving rich experiences influences the solutions he creates for mobile and other devices – from phones and consumer electronics to toys and in-car entertainment systems.

Nader first delved into interactive rich media experiences when CD-Roms were the de-facto rich experience. He started developing web experiences in 1994 and creating mobile experiences in 1999. His work in the fields of entertainment, advertising, technology, publishing, and marketing includes mobile projects for Adobe, AT&T;, Fox, Nokia, Qualcomm, and Sony. As a renowned pioneer, lecturer, teacher and all-around mobile multimedia expert, he considers communicating through design and technology more than just his job. Naders life experiences – including degrees in psychology, communications and computer graphics – have influenced the pursuit of his passion for creating interactive media through Omega Mobile. Omega Mobiles current areas of focus include deep mobile branding, QR retail & brand strategies, mobile advertising, and integrated mobile marketing experiences.

Andy has over 15 years of consulting, product management, general management and sales experience in the software industry. He has a proven track record of delivering value to his customers and partners. He has a customer-first philosophy and uses his role as an advocate and key stakeholder to drive success. His unique background in both account management as well as product strategy enables him to collaboratively work with large and small customers to create a mobile strategy roadmap that maximizes ROI. He has over 12 years experience in the broadband/telco world with the last 4 years focused on building, marketing, selling and delivering mobile software globally for wireless operators.Prior to joining Phunware, Andy served as Sr. Director of Mobile Products at Alcatel-Lucent (Motive Product Division)where he built the global mobile product portfolio from the ground up and secured key customer wins in Asia, Australia, Western Europe and North America. Before that, Andy was Director of North American Consulting Services for Motive, Inc. delivering successes at customers such as ATT, TELUS, Sprint, Alltel, Hughes and Bell Canada. Andy is a proud graduate of the University of Notre Dame where he received a B.B.A. in Finance.

Aaron Montana has been a Web Developer at St.Edward’s for 6 years and is the Principal Engineer at Quesolabs Inc. He has a deep understanding of backend and frontend development, but also has a passion for Usability. Aaron is a Drupal nut and a lover of all things Javascript, you can even find him lurking around the Dart Google groupe. When not immersed in code Aaron can be found in the kitchen playing sous chef to his wife or knapping with his dogs

Anatoli Levine is Sr. Director of Product Management – Americas at RADVISION, responsible for management of Technology Business Unit (TBU) product portfolio in the US as well as setting strategy and defining new directions for TBU products in Americas region. Prior to that, Anatoli lead technical team providing engineering services and support for RADVISION Technology products.Since 2006, Anatoli is a President of International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (IMTC) – an organization facilitating interoperable implementations of multimedia communication technologies based on open standards.Anatoli is frequent speaker at various IP communication industry events and conferences, covering subjects of Video communications, standards and interoperability. He also contributes to the RADVISION and IMTC blogs.

Chris Hummel joined Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEN) in April 2010 and currently serves as the President of North America and the global Chief Marketing Officer. He reports directly to Hamid Akhavan, the CEO of SEN.

In his North America role, he is responsible for sales, service and delivery to our extensive customer base in the North American region. He also leads SEN’s global accounts effort across all regions of the globe and drives the successful partnerships of our global alliances and global indirect divisions. As CMO, he oversees all global marketing activities across the company and supports the development of corporate and go-to-market strategies.

Hummel is a recognized thought leader and has extensive experience in global enterprise sales and marketing, having lived and worked in a range of countries, including the US, Germany, Eastern Europe and Asia. Before joining Siemens Enterprise Communications, he served as Executive Vice President of Global Field Marketing for SAP AG, where he managed an organization of more than 600 people that annually generated more than 7 billion US-Dollars in qualified opportunities. Prior to SAP, Hummel spent 13 years at Oracle Corporation in a number of senior sales, services and marketing roles.

Hummel holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Tufts University and a Master’s degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, MA. He also studied at Durham University (UK) and the London Business School.

Raymond (Ray) Dolan is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sonus Networks. Previously, Ray served as Chief Executive Officer of QUALCOMM/Flarion Technologies, a developer of mobile broadband communications technologies, as well as Senior Vice President of QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM). Prior to its acquisition by QUALCOMM in 2006, Ray served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Flarion. From 1996 to 2000, he was Chief Operating Officer of NextWave Telecom. Prior to that, he spent eight years at BellAtlantic/NYNEX Mobile, serving in numerous roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Executive Vice President of Marketing. Ray began his career in the telecommunications industry at PacTel Cellular as a Manager of Network Operations. He served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, where he spent more than seven years as a tactical jet pilot. Ray graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and also holds an M.B.A. from the Columbia University School of Business. Ray currently serves on the Board of Directors of American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) and NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD).

Chris Martinez is a Web Developer at St. Edwards University with 14 years experience in web development and 6 years experience in higher education. Experience in a variety of languages and platforms, including ASP.NET, Cold Fusion, and PHP. Current interests include HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, mobile development, and video applications. Work includes adjunct instructing in Computer Mediated and Media Communication. Currently serve as the Co-Manager for the Austin Flash Platform Adobe User Group.

Chris Ancell is chief executive officer for XO. In this role, he has responsibility for the companys operations, strategy and transformation into a nationwide provider of advanced IP communications, intelligent networking and cloud computing services with a superior customer experience for business, large enterprise and wholesale customers.

Ancell joins XO Communications after a career encompassing nearly 30 years of operational and sales leadership in the communications and technology services industries. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of sales and sales engineering for CoreSite Realty Corporation. Prior to CoreSite, Ancell spent 12 years in a variety of leadership roles at both CenturyLink and Qwest, including president of CenturyLinks business markets organization and executive vice president of Qwests business markets organization.

Ancell has also held management positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers and with Oracles Telecommunications Consulting Practice. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Denver.