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Doug Bryan is a former lecturer in computer science at Stanford University and has done applied software R&D at Lockheed, Stanford University, Accenture and SPSS. At Accenture, Bryan specialized in emerging technologies and did work in online retailing, knowledge management and text mining. Most recently he developed market offerings for SPSS� new text mining product line. He has published 3 textbooks and numerous papers. You can contact him at DLBryan@acm.org.

Micah Dubinko, CDIA, is the chief XML architect for Cardiff Software and represents the company as an editor with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Based in San Diego, Calif., Cardiff Software is a leading global provider of business process-automation solutions. More information is available at www.cardiff.com.

Scott C. Nevins, CEO, president and director of Protegrity, Inc., is a recognized business leader with an impressive track record spanning over two decades. Nevins has successfully built four emerging technology and service companies. His forte is early-stage pre-IPO software, wireless and service companies.

Guy Haddleton, entrepreneur, visionary and founder of Adaytum, is a dynamic leader with extensive international experience in business planning, sales and marketing. Haddleton authored the original Adaytum product, MBA Business Plan, and is widely regarded as an expert in planning, budgeting and forecasting.

With more than 38 years of experience in managing both business and IT environments, Steven Arbogast specializes in defining, mapping, integrating and changing corporate processes. A veteran of enterprise architecture design and maintenance, he understands both the technical and organizational components necessary for effective business change management. An internationally published author and presenter, Arbogast spent his first 31 years with IBM. In 1999, Arbogast formed Advanced Enterprise Services (www.advent-services.com), a professional services business focused on overall business change management. In 2001, he also assumed the role of president for enterprise software vendor QualiWare, Inc., a subsidiary of Denmark-based QualiWare APS, where he worked through 2005. Arbogast still provides management services to Qualiware (www.qualiware.com), while also providing professional services to a variety of businesses.

Marianne Arents-Gregory is the retail practice director for ThinkFast Consulting and has more than eight years of experience in the retail industry including operations, marketing, advertising, reverse logistics and strategic planning. Most recently, Arents- Gregory has conducted extensive BI strategy and tool assessments, recommending and advising on the implementation of solutions for some of the nation's top retail and wholesale organizations. Arents- Gregory can be reached at mgregory@thinkfast.com.

Mark Gschwind is a business intelligence consultant based in Northern California. He has over 15 years of experience architecting BI solutions that use multiple technologies (Data Warehousing, OLAP, Dashboards, Reporting Systems and Enterprise Data Management) that work together in well-governed systems. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), is certified in Oracle Essbase and is a Melissa Data MVP. He can be reached at mark@gschwindconsulting.com.

Paul Clip is a managing security architect at @stake, the world's leading independent digital security consulting firm. Clip has more than 10 years of IT and security experience and is a technical lead for @stake's Application Security Center of Excellence. He can be reached at pclip@atstake.com.

Rich Fomin is a senior product manager in BMC Software's Enterprise Storage Group where he is accountable for managing product requirements for BMC Software's distributed Storage Management Product Suite. Prior to joining BMC Software, Fomin spent most of his career in various infrastructure management roles, both on the mainframe and distributed platforms.

Bill Tolson is vice president at Archive360. Prior to this role he was a senior storage solutions marketing manager for StorageTek. Prior to joining StorageTek, Tolson held a number of key positions within the storage industry including Iomega Corp. and Hewlett-Packard. He has over 20 years of experience in the storage industry.