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Matthew Lawrence is Senior Director of Global IT Business Applications at Wind River Systems in Alameda, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation. Wind River is the global leader in device software optimization (DSO) or embedded systems. We enable companies to develop, run, and manage device software better, faster, at lower cost, and more reliably. Wind River technology is currently deployed in more than 500 million devices worldwide by industry leaders like Apple, Hewlett-Packard, BMW, Boeing, Nokia, Motorola, NASA, and Mitsubishi. Mr. Lawrence has worldwide responsibility for all business systems at Wind River. He has over 25 years of experience in strategic planning and enabling high value business solutions. Prior to Wind River, Mr. Lawrence held positions at EMC/Documentum, Kaiser Permanente, Transamerica and Hughes Aircraft. Mr. Lawrence holds a bachelors degree in Economics from California State University, Northridge.

Denise Draper leads the Enterprise Data Integration and Management (EDIM) development team at Microsoft. Specifically, her team is focused on technology for data management, including engines that do it (ETL), services that are required (Data Quality) and tools that help enterprises organize and understand it (Master Data Services, Metadata). Previously Ms. Draper managed the core XML team at Microsoft within the Visual Studio Platform. In addition to Microsoft, she has also served as Director of Engineering at Actuate and CTO at Nimble Technology. Ms. Draper received her B.S. in Computer Science from Caltech and her Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Washington.

Charles Hunsinger joined Musician’s Friend in 2009 with over 20 years experience in large-scale systems consulting and corporate IT leadership. In his role as Executive Vice President of Information Technology, he is leading the company’s deployment of next generation platforms for e-commerce, community, content, product management and other key applications, as well as driving the evolution of the company’s IT organization and infrastructure. Previously, he served as the Chief Information Officer of Corporate Express US, a part of the global Corporate Express office products enterprise. While at Corporate Express, he held key roles in creating and implementing the suite of transactional and business intelligence systems to support U.S. office products revenue growth from $1 billion to $3.5 billion and web commerce growth from $0 to $2.5 billion, as well as driving numerous improvements in IT service delivery. Prior to his position with Corporate Express, he was a consulting manager with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), helping large retail, wholesale and government clients achieve their objectives through significant technology and process re-engineering efforts. Hunsinger is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a degree in electrical engineering.

Stuart Schiffman is vice president of Corporate Performance Management at HighPoint Solutions. He is a nationally recognized subject matter expert in BI, data warehousing, data/system integration and master data management. He has wide-ranging industry experience including pharmaceuticals, healthcare, financial services, consumer products, information technology, manufacturing and retail. A talented speaker, he has most recently given presentations at the following events: Cognos Forum Life Sciences Roundtable, Data Management Association (DAMA), Oracle Developers Tool Users Group, and QlikView Users Group Meeting. Stuart can be contacted at Stuart.Schiffman@highpoint-solutions.com.

Stephen Zisk works for Pegasystems, Inc. He has worked in knowledge management, electronic publishing and process management for over 25 years. He can be contacted by email at stephen.zisk@pega.com

Andrew Sheahen is a principal consultant in PA Consulting Group’s IT Consulting practice specializing in operational analysis and process design, program management and change management. He has developed and applied operational efficiency methodologies using eTOM and has managed the development of Web-services-based geographic information systems, knowledge management systems, and business intelligence systems.