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Kapil Bakshi is the chief solutions architect for Cisco Federal�s Data Center Practice. Bakshi is responsible for leading and driving data center and cloud computing strategy and initiatives in Cisco Federal. Bakshi has extensive experience in strategizing architecting, managing, and delivering data center solutions to U.S. federal government agencies and enterprise customers. During his career, he has held several architectural, consulting, and managerial positions within the industry. Prior to Cisco, Bakshi worked for Sun Microsystems, where he spent a decade working with U.S. federal government system integrators in consulting and product development roles. Bakshi is a native of Washington D.C., and hold both a BS in electrical engineering and a BS in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park, as well as an MS in computer engineering from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Matthew France is chief financial officer at GCE, a leading cloud-based financial accounting services provider.

Ryan Sobel is director, secure mobile solutions at Iron Bow Technologies.

Bruce Kratz is the vice president of R&D at Sparta Systems, a provider of Enterprise Quality Management Systems to customers seeking to deliver products safely and efficiently. He has a successful track record of leading enterprise software teams and has close to 25 years of product development experience. Prior to Sparta Systems, Kratz held director level positions at IBM, HP and other smaller start-ups.�

Elliott Cordo is a data warehouse and information management expert with a passion for helping companies transform their data into powerful information, so they can better manage their financial and operational performance. He has more than a decade of experience in implementing data solutions with hands-on experience in every component of the data warehouse software development lifecycle. This experience, combined with business acumen is proven to be a winning combination for our clients. Cordo�s role within Caserta Concepts is to oversee large-scale major technology projects, including those involving business intelligence, data analytics, big data and data warehousing. He may be reached at elliott@casertaconcetps.com.

Sridhar Jagannathan, Ph.D., is chief innovation officer for Persistent Systems Inc.

Jonas Olsson is the CEO and founder of Graz, a data warehouse software company. You can contact the author at jonas.olsson@graz.se.�

Kshira Saagar, a manager with Mu Sigma, provides data analytics expertise to Fortune 500 clients within the �technology, pharmaceutical and retail industries.

Susan Majcher is a senior data governance analyst & and solution deliver manager at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) where she is responsible for various aspects of the data governance program including leading data quality strategy initiatives.

Jill Dych� is Vice President of Best Practices at SAS. She has counseled executive teams and boards of directors on the strategic im�portance of their information investments.Jill is a featured speaker at industry conferences, university programs, and vendor events. She judges several best practices awards, is on the faculty of The Data Ware�housing Institute, and is an active blogger. Jill was the co-founder of Baseline Consulting, a management consulting firm that was acquired by SAS in 2011.Her first book, e-Data has been published in eight languages, and she is the author of The CRM Handbook, a best-seller. Her work has been featured in major publications such as Computerworld, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek.com, and Forbes.com. Her last book, Customer Data Integration: Reaching a Single Version of the Truth, was the first book on the topic of Master Data Management. Her forthcoming book, The New IT, will be published by McGraw-Hill later this year.�