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David Powell is a principal at Groom Law Group. Powell’s expertise covers tax and ERISA issues relating to all types of employee pension and welfare benefit plans.

Client Engagement Manager Annette Thomson coordinates HRIS/benefits administration technology and outsourcing implementations, maintenance and renewals for new and existing Corporate Synergies clients. Her expertise includes client relationship management, benefits management, process improvement, online benefits administration, policy interpretation and trend analysis.

Loreen Gilbert is the founder and president of WealthWise Financial Services

The CEO and founder of Evident, David Thomas is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and industry expert. Having held key leadership roles at market-pioneers Motorola, AirDefense, VeriSign, and SecureIT, he has a history of introducing innovative technologies and getting them to market. Recruited at a young age by the Department of Defense, David has been at the forefront of cybersecurity. David sees cybersecurity as the key ingredient to enable reliable, fast interconnectivity between people.

Nate Fleming works as an analyst at Forrester Research on the CIO team, covering software and services that enable the product development organization. He writes research for business-minded CIOs, CTOs, VPs of product development, and VPs of engineering who are seeking software and services support in an era of democratized product development that requires modern product development methodologies, cross-functional collaboration, as well as data-driven processes and product design. Nate has done extensive research, inquiry, and advisory covering the dynamics of the product lifecycle management (PLM) software market and the software product development services market, rounding out a coverage area that seeks to enable stakeholders bringing both physical and digital products to market.

Nate’s recent research at Forrester focuses on the democratization of the PLM software space, including a TechRadar™ that covers the range of technology functionalities that comprise the PLM software suite today and over the next five years. His software product development services coverage includes a Forrester Wave™ evaluation that outlines how services partners are helping customers implement customer-facing digital platforms that put software at the center of their brand. These two spaces coalesce in Nate’s research on the convergence of physical and digital product development and what that means for organizations looking to create or integrate with internet-of-things (IoT)-enabled products.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to becoming an analyst, Nate was a researcher and senior research associate on the application development and delivery (AD&D) and CIO teams.

Education

Nate holds a B.A. in history from Ithaca College.

Helen Calvin is chief revenue officer at Jellyvision, maker of ALEX, an interactive communication software used by more than 8 million employees to make better decisions about their health care benefit options, 401(k) allocations and financial wellness.

Mordechai Guri is chief science officer at Morphisec, an IT security software firm.

Carole is a technology, information security and privacy writer and commentator. She founded U.K. firm Tick Tock Social in 2011 to provide IT communications expertise and services to organizations around the world.

Carole is also co-host of the popular Smashing Security podcast, discussing the latest cybersecurity SNAFUs. Available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify...if you like it, please review it!

Find her on Twitter @caroletheriault

Patrick Begos is a partner at Robinson+Cole. He is a member of the firm's Business Litigation Group and its Health and Benefits Litigation Group.

Tom MacDonald is financial and business services practice head for Global Growth Markets.