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 Pete Foley
(PortAuthority Technologies)
As President and CEO of PortAuthority Technologies, Pete Foley is a
seasoned leader with a deep knowledge of the enterprise and security
software industries. Mr. Foley is the Chairman of the Board at InfoBlox
and recently served as an executive-in-residence at Sequoia Capital. He
previously served as chief executive officer of InfoBlox, a successful
security start-up backed by Sequoia Capital and Lehman Brothers. He has
more than 15 years of technology management and entrepreneurial
experience, including founding three companies: Sysix Technologies, a
Chicago-based systems integrator; NetRegulus, a software company for
regulatory data management; and Faber Consulting, a business
intelligence consulting firm.
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Chris
Delgado
Chris Delgado joined Optimus Consulting as Vice President and leads the
Application Integration and Middleware practice. Prior to joining
Optimus, Chris was co-founder and President of jSymmetric, Inc., a
middleware consulting and Solution Development services firm. Chris has
worked extensively in the areas of application integration, relational
databases, web services, and portal frameworks. Chris is a member of the
Java Community Process and regularly contributes to technical journals.
He has also published on the topic of information integration systems.
Chris holds a Bachelors degree from Loyola University, New Orleans.
Understanding the Value of Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA)
Thursday, March 16th
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David Hoff
Mr. Hoff has been in the technology industry for 10 years. After
receiving a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of
Technology, David began his career as a Network Administrator and then
quickly became president of a technology consulting company. After
making the move to consulting, David has been responsible for various
systems implementations and application development projects, with
specific expertise in Domino and WebSphere. As Managing Consultant and
Ebusiness Services Manager at Optimus, David works closely with clients
and the consulting staff to oversee the development and execution of the
company’s professional services, which have included several wireless
pocket PC implementations. David is currently working on his M.B.A. in
Technology Management from the University of Phoenix.
Mobility Solutions
Thursday, April 20th
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Scott Hall
Scott Hall has extensive, “in the trenches” experience in business
continuity and disaster recovery planning. As past president of the
Southeast Business Recovery Exchange (SEBRE); past vice president of the
Alabama Association of Business Continuity Planners; and member of the
Southeast Continuity Planners Association (SCPA) and Disaster Recovery
Institute International (DRII), Mr. Hall has done everything from managing
disaster recovery project initiatives and performing risk assessments to
developing and implementing business continuity plans. Mr. Hall is a
frequent featured speaker at disaster recovery conferences where he outlines
how to successfully recover from actual disasters. He has a BBA, Business
Management from Mississippi State University, and an MBA, Operations
Management from William Carey College in Hattiesburg, MS.
Aligning Disaster Recovery Strategies with Business Needs
Thursday, May 18th
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Michael
Malkovich
Michael Malkovich is a Channel Sales Engineer with VMware Corp. Michael
is responsible for the technical business development of the Partners
throughout the Southeast US, as well as speaking at many industry events and
trade shows.
Previous to VMware, Michael spent 4 years with VERITAS/Symantec working in
the Enterprise Channel Group. In this role, Michael worked with many channel
partners, as well as customers, to help develop business continuance
practices, as well as the design of many high availability and disaster
recovery environments.
Server
Consolidation and Containment with Virtual Infrastructure
Thursday, June 15th
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Keith
Baskin
Keith Baskin works as the storage practice lead for Optimus Solutions.
He has served in the data storage industry since 1994 in sales,
technical and consultative roles. He has experience recommending and
architecting data protection and management solutions around hardware,
software, virtualization, compliance, disaster recovery and archive.
Implementing Information Lifecycle Management
Thursday, July 20th
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Dave
McGinnis (ISS)
As Director of Managed Security Services Architecture for Internet
Security Systems, Inc. (ISS), one of the most widely recognized and valued
information security brands in the world, Dave McGinnis is currently
responsible for the service architecture and global partner enablement
aspects of ISS’ Managed Security Services business. Prior to joining
Internet Security Systems, McGinnis held the position of Engineering Manager
for Netrex Secure Solutions and led a development team for Unisys
Corporation in Lansing, Michigan. McGinnis holds a Bachelors Degree in
Computer Science from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan
and various industry certifications.
Next
Generation of MSS - Virtual Security Operation
Thursday, August 17th
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Dore
Rosenblum (NeoScale)
Dore holds responsibility for the development and implementation of
NeoScale's global marketing strategy. He brings over 19 years of
marketing and corporate development experience, with extensive expertise in
the information security sector. Dore joined NeoScale from F5
Networks where he led product marketing and played an integral role in
growing the company into one of the leaders of the SSL VPN security
appliance market.
Integrating Storage Security into your Business Strategy
Thursday, September 21st
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Jason Young
(Blue Lane Technologies)
Jason Young is responsible for product marketing at Blue Lane
Technologies, provider of the industry’s first inline patch proxy for
enterprise servers that fixes application-specific vulnerabilities at the
root cause. Jason has nearly ten years of product marketing and product
management experience in the areas of enterprise software and network
security, including roles at Keynote Systems, Microsoft, nCircle Network
Security and SeeBeyond (acquired by Sun Microsystems). Jason earned a BS
from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of
Notre Dame.
Virtualization
Thursday, October 19th
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Doug Sekus
(Optimus Solutions)
Doug Sekus has over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology
industry. In his current role as Director of Solutions Group, Mr. Sekus is
responsible for Sales, Professional Services and Operations for the Solution
practices at Optimus Solutions. In this capacity, Mr. Sekus continues
Optimus Solutions’ mission of bringing expertise, experience and excellence
to all customers served by Optimus Solutions.
Prior to joining Optimus Solutions, Mr. Sekus was the CEO and a principal of
3X Corporation Atlanta, an IBM Premier Business partner providing a wide
range of IT services to customers in the Southeast. Mr. Sekus merged 3X
Corporation Atlanta with Optimus Solutions in March of 2004. Prior to
launching 3X Corporation Atlanta, Mr. Sekus ran the Professional Services
arm of 3X Corporation in Columbus, Ohio, a 300 person IBM Premier Business
partner firm serving Columbus, Cincinnati, and Cleveland, OH.
IBM
Workplace Services Express
Thursday,
November 16th
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