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Participant BiographiesMarc BaleviMarc Balevi is Executive Vice-President and Managing Partner of TechnoCap. Marc is a director of webPLAN Inc., netPCS Networks Inc., and FreeBalance Inc. and is an observer at the board meetings of other TechnoAffiliates. Prior to joining TechnoCap, Marc was a senior tax partner with the accounting firm of KPMG, one of the largest accounting and auditing firms in the world. Robert J. BergerRobert is a consultant/advisor to VCs, established and start-upmanufacturers, carriers, ISPs, ASPs and e-commerce enterprises. His focus is on the intersection of technology, markets, society and the individual with Open Standards, Open Source Software, multimedia and Internet infrastructure. Utilizers of Robert's vision include Mohr Davidow Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Athena Tech Ventures, Visa, Intel, Ascend, Alteon, Halcyon, Covad, AboveNet, Sandpiper Networks (Digital Island), IDG, LinuxWorld, CTO Forum, NY Times and Dow Jones. Robert founded the high bandwidth ISP, InterNex, pioneering ISDN, QoS based pricing and internationally dispersed ServerFarms. Most recently he is the founder and Chairman and CTO of UltraDevices, Inc. a startup focused on next generation Broadband Wireless technology using unlicensed spectrum. Eric BestEric Best is a managing director in Firm Management responsible for strategy. He specializes in workshop facilitation, and training. For seven years before joining Morgan Stanley in September 1996, Eric was a principal of Global Business Network of California. A journalist for 20 years, Eric was an award-winning projects editor for The San Francisco Examiner. Victor BlakeMr. Blake received his B.S. in Computer Engineering Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology and M.S. from Syracuse University. In his role as the founder and president of WaveShare Communicaitons, Inc. Mr. Blake leads a team providing Internet product and service engineering. Mr. Blake is also an advisor and consultant for vendors and service providers. As the former Manager of Network Architect for America Online, he oversaw the design, development, and implementation of all data networks and telecommunications facilities for dial, Internet, and data center networks. This included the deployment of the first regional pure all optical networks by an ISP in the United States. Prior to AOL, Mr. Blake was with EDS Corporation and later Interim Technology as a Communications Engineer and later a Network Architect. He has published articles and papers, under his former name as Victor R. Parente, in Data Communications, LAN Times, Business Communications Review, and Network VAR. He has also taught undergraduate and graduate courses at both RIT and Syracuse University. Scott Bradnerhttp://www.sobco.com/sob/sob.html Peter CochraneDsc, OBE, ConceptLabs CA Founder, The future of the planet Peter founded a new style laboratory in Silicon Valley with a group from the Apple Advanced Technology Group in 1998 as part of his personal program of diversification into new technology and business, which started in 1996. He is currently involved as a new business mentor, advisor, consultant and business angel with a wide range of companies across the planet. From 1998 to 2000 Peter was Chief Technologist for British Telecom, and prior to this he was Head of Research with 1000 people dedicated to charting the future of technology and society. Peter¹s career with BT spanned 38 years from lineman to researcher and finally as a primary agent of change. He has also been a consultant to numerous international companies and organizations with his personal contributions spanning circuit, system and network design; software production, machine programming, switching and transmission; human interfaces; working environments; telemedicine, bit warfare, artificial intelligence; adaptive systems and control; management system design; and work methods. He has held numerous academic posts including the Collier Chair for the Public Understanding of Science & Technology from 1998 2000, visiting professor at University College London and Essex and Kent Universities, he is also an international writer and broadcaster. Napier CollynsCo-founded Global Business Network (GBN) in 1987 after thirty years in the international oil business mostly with Royal Dutch/Shell. He was a senior member of the original scenario team in Shell under the leadership of Pierre Wack. He has been an active on-line networker for over fifteen years. Anders ComstedtAnders Comstedt, CEO of AB Stokab, a dark fibre provider in the greater area of Stockholm, Sweden. Further, as chairman of the board Nic-Se AB which is responsible for domain names in the .se domain, he is involved in the Swedish Internet development. He is also an advisor to the City in telecom issues, in particular related to deregulation and business development. Prior to that he has had several executive positions in the telecoms industry, this includes both Telia, and the Ericsson group, where he worked with networks and fibre optics. He has also been an advisor in business development. He is 50 years old and has an MSEE from Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden. David Curryhttp://www.worldwidepackets.com/company/management_team.jsp#dcurry President and COO - World Wide Packets David Curry is a highly regarded telecommunications industry executive and successful entrepreneur. He is widely respected throughout the telecom industry and acknowledged as a visionary and expert in Operations Support Systems (OSS). Curry is a cofounder of Architel Systems, the first telecom OSS product and services provider in Canada. Architel was sold to Nortel Networks in July 2000 in a deal valued at approximately $400 million. While at Architel, Curry was instrumental in the formation of a partnering relationship between Architel and Itron, a Spokane, Washington-based developer of handheld computing devices. For three years, he served in a sales consulting role at Itron, managing the telecom division's growth from a start-up to $20 million in annual sales. In 1991, he returned full time to Architel and under his leadership the company grew rapidly, reaching IPO in 1996 (Toronto Stock Exchange: ASY). In 1998, after successfully acquiring Accugraph Corporation, Architel was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange (NASDAQ: ASYC), until its acquisition by Nortel Networks. Prior to Architel, Curry held a wide range of senior management positions at Bell Canada, and at the Washington, D.C. startup, Telic Corporation. Curry holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. In 1996, Curry was selected Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year for his leadership at Architel. Timothy DentonI am a lawyer by training and a political philosopher by inclination. I like to think about the political and economic effects of network architectures. I have done telecom law and policy in Ottawa and more recently have been working for Tucows on domain name issues. I read a lot of science and technology books, hate the effects of monopolies, secular or religious, and go hiking in the Gatineau hills near Ottawa when I am not working. I have three kids, two of whom are in university. I enjoy my life. Peter EkelundExecutive Director, Board member – Novestra - since 1999. Peter Ekelund was project manager for the development and launch of Absolut Vodka in the United States from 1977 - 1982. He then served as Managing Director for a start-up company within the Tetra Pak group between 1983 and 1988. From 1989 Mr. Ekelund served as Managing Director for Filmnet Benelux before becoming Group Director for strategy and business development in Filmnet's parent company, Nethold BV (which changed its name in 1997 to Canal Plus). Mr. Ekelund has also held the position as Chairman of the Board for Framfab and is one of the founders of B2 Bredband AB. Tim FlynnChairman Emeritus LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (NASD:LNET) Mr. Flynn founded the Company in 1980. Under his direction, LodgeNet has grown to become the second largest provider of interactive entertainment and information services to the lodging industry, serving more than 4,900 hotel properties in all 50 states, Canada and select international markets. Mr. Flynn was responsible for leading the company into the arena of advanced interactivity and digital interactive information services, such as on-demand movies, video games Internet and multimedia services. Prior to founding LodgeNet, Mr. Flynn was involved in the lodging and retail industries. In 1998, Mr. Flynn received a Congressional appointment to the National Skill Standards Board where he serves as Chair of the Clearinghouse Committee among his other board duties. Mr. Flynn studied business administration and finance at the University of Montana, and is affiliated with the American Hotel and Motel Association and the National Cable Television Association. Thomas A. FreeburgTom is currently Director of Motorola's Broadband Wireless Technology Center. Most of his 36-year career at Motorola has been focused on wireless data in one form or another. He has over 45 patents that span many of the basics for cellular-like data transmission (Ardis and CDPD), techniques for achieving RF data transmission rates at 15+Mbps, a new technique for achieving reliable radio coverage at microwave frequencies, and a way to take advantage of directional antennas in portable equipment. Most recently he has championed development of technologies and global standards aimed at wireless ATM communications and development of wireless technologies for Internet access. Tom is a Corporate Vice President and Director, a Dan Noble Fellow and recipient of the Master Innovators award. Roxane I. GooginRoxane operates a private consultancy for portfolio managers covering high technology investment strategy. Because her clients manage billions of dollars, her interest is in keeping them ahead of large, structural, changes in technology and the economy. Her conerns of last year remain in place, namely how will all of this cheap bandwidth be funded. A new concern is how the hundreds of billions of dollars in legacy telecom debt will get paid back, in the face of falling bandwidth prices resulting from a new paradigm. No wonder equipment sales are down. We are really stuck in the mud here, beyond the "post PC era", but not ready for the "collaborative supply chain" Net-based application era. How do we cross that chasm? What has to happen? Continuing issues impacting the linkage between technology adoption and value creation include: What is the long-term economic model for an industry with an infinitely expanable basic unit of production at low marginal costs on top of a high initial cost of entry? How do we make infrastructure investments (including cable, wireless and optical) really pay off? (They sure did not last year). What will those investments "look" like (for instance, how long will SONET last versus MPLS/WDWM/GbEthernet, will metro nets be owned by enterprises or service providers?). As the network gets stupid, do we still pay for "service" or just buy all-you-can eat IRUs? How will technical decisions, such as how optical switching gets effected, effect those decisions? If no viable economic model exists for "next generation" service providers, will we just slowly bleed capital from the system until the incumbents bury their competition, and go on with business as usual? Has deregulation failed? Until we answer those questions, we will remain stuck with severe semicondutor overcapacity, frozen capital markets, and limited productivity gains. What breaks this logjam? Is it on the network end with better access technology in the metro and better QoS in the backbone, or is in the enterprise end with workable collaborative solutions? Or both? How do we monitor progress on these fronts? With no visible economic model for this new paradigm, the capital markets are no longer functioning to support innovation. Do we need (gasp) government intervention? Charles W. K. GrittonI am the CTO for the NTG divisou group of Tellabs and Director of Planning for the NCT division. I focus primarily on the services aspect of the telecommunications business. My prior work history includes a stint at Bell Labs, now Lucent and Coherent Communications (merged with Tellabs 3 years ago). Some significant past projects include the Salix 7700 switching system, AT&T's TrueVoice(tm), the beginnings of Lucent's PacketStar Voice Gateway, CallPort(tm)- a conference system that was used in the space shuttle (among other places), and several new voice processing systems and custom DSPs that support them. Estelle HavvaEstelle Havva is Vice-President, TechnoWallSt of TechnoCap and assists TechnoCap's investee companies - the TechnoAffiliates, with co-investors and WallSt analysts. Estelle also acts as observer to the board meetings of webPLAN Inc., FreeBalance Inc. and other TechnoAffiliates. Estelle's experience includes 10 years in financial analysis and 10 years in technology, marketing, sales and business management with global corporations such as Bell Canada, ALCAN, Monenco AGRA, Air Products and Domtar. Estelle has a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and an MBA from McGill University, is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and is fluently bilingual in English and French. Dewayne L. HendricksDewayne Hendricks is CEO, of Dandin Group, Inc., a Fremont, California based company which does research and product development in the area of broadband wired and wireless data devices and services. He is also a member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Technological Advisory Council (TAC). Prior to that he was General Manager, Wireless Business Unit, for Com21, Inc. Before Com21, he was Co-Principal Investigator on the National Science Foundation Wireless Field Tests for Education project. He was formerly the CEO and co-founder of Tetherless Access Ltd., which was one of the first companies to develop and deploy Part 15 unlicensed wireless metropolitan area data networks which used the TCP/IP protocols. He has participated in the installation of these networks in other parts of the world such as Kenya, Tonga, Mexico, Canada and Mongolia. He has been involved with radio since his teens when he received his amateur radio operator's license. He holds official positions for several non-profit national amateur radio organizations and is a director of the Wireless Communications Alliance, an industry group which represents manufacturers in the unlicensed radio industry. Back in 1986 he ported the popular KA9Q Internet Protcol package to the Macintosh, which allows the Macintosh to be used in packet radio networks. Today, thousands of amateur radio operators worldwide use NET/Mac to participate in the global packet radio Internet which has been developed and deployed by the amateur radio service. More information on Dewayne is available at http://www.dandin.com/ and you can email him at dewayne@dandin.com. David HofstatterDavid Hofstatter is Founder and President of CallWave, Inc. After many years driving the innovation process (or lack thereof) within the traditional value chain of telecom carriers and their vendors, in 1998, Mr. Hofstatter stepped outside of the old telecom world, and defined a truely customer-centered approach to telecommunications services at CallWave. He is responsible for the experience of over 7 million on-line and 25 million offline users of CallWave's services, which provide internet-enhanced call delivery of calls which have been missed because a CallWave subscriber is on-line and their line is busy, or because they are away from the phone. Prior to founding CallWave, Mr. Hofstatter was responsible for strategy and advanced product development at Digital Sound Corporation where he pioneered the technology behind web-based unified messaging in 1995 and made early discoveries of the significant market adoption barriers for complex "unified" services. Prior to Digital Sound, Mr. Hofstatter began his career in 1983 with his current business partner Bob Dolan, at Mr. Dolan's first startup, ComDesign, Inc, a manufacturer of packet-based switching equipment. Mr. Hofstatter has a degree in Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Timothy K. HoranTim is a Managing Director heading CIBC's global communication services equity research team. He joined CIBC World Markets over three years ago, and has been a communications services analyst for seven years. Tim researches a broad range of communications companies with a focus on data communications and horizontally focused carriers, he also follows several of the wireline carriers. He was chosen as a Wall Street Journal All Star Analyst in 2000 and 2001. Prior to joining the company, Tim was Senior Equity Analyst at ROBERTSON STEPHENS where he oversaw the telecommunications wireline services team. Before joining ROBERTSON STEPHENS in 1997, Tim was a research analyst in the Telecommunications Services Group at Smith Barney, a group that was ranked number two among wireline services teams in the 1997 Greenwich Associates Institutional Survey, and a perennial winner of the Institutional Investor analyst survey. Prior to becoming an equity analyst, Tim worked as a civil engineer on various projects in New York. Tim received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University in 1986 and an MBA degree in Finance, with Beta Gamma Sigma Honors, from Columbia Business School in 1994. His list of coverage includes BellSouth, SBC Communications, Verizon, Alaska Communications, Alltel, CenturyTel, AT&T, Qwest, Sprint, WorldCom, Level 3, Williams, Asia Global Crossing, Akamai, InterNap, ITXC and GRIC. David S. Isenberghttp://www.isen.com/Bio-Res/LongBio.html Peter KaminskiI work on collaborative information and communication systems, and have been an Internet services pioneer as a founder of Yipes, NanoSpace, NETCOM Online, and PDIAL. I am a software designer by training and have deep professional experience in information and communication technologies, user interfaces, interactive systems and digital graphics. W. Stephen KammanSteve Kamman is a Director in CIBC's Telecom Equity Research group. Before joining CIBC, Steve was in Corporate Development at MCI Telecommunications Corp. where he worked on acquisitions and new ventures in addition to general business and technology strategy. Steve also managed wireless business strategy, lobbying, and spectrum auctions at Avantel, an MCI Joint Venture in Mexico. Prior to MCI, Steve worked in Andersen Consulting's strategy consulting arm in the New York and Melbourne, Australia offices. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA Cum Laude in both Economics and History from Yale University. Pat Kennedy Founder and president of OSIsoft of San Leandro, CA. OSIsoft is the premire data collection system for industrial facilities including power stations, transmission facilities, and telecom facilities as well as heavy industry such as refining, paper mills and chemical plants. OSIsoft was started in 1980 and has grown to $63MM revenues (12/31/2000) and nearly 200 employees with operations in Europe, Canada, New Zealand/Australia, Mexico and Signapore. Malcom LawsGroup Publishing Director Advanstar Communications Malcolm Laws has been in technology media since 1985. He started as a reporter on Europe’s first networking magazine and since then has worked for several major media companies as a journalist, editor and publisher of leading communications industry magazines and websites, including CommunicationsWeek International and Total Telecom, which he founded in 1997 at Emap. He later led two internet startup ventures, one for planning and organising meetings and the other for broadband network designers. In May 2001 he became responsible for the telecoms community at US-based Advanstar, which has some 250,000 readers and exhibition visitors from the communications services industry. His group produces 12 magazines and 5 websites in Brazil, U.S, Europe and Asia. Lawrence LessigI am a law professor interested in the architecture of the net, and the values that architecture embeds. I have written a book which is a first cut at that question -- Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace -- and I am presently working on a second. Adina LevinProduct Strategist, Vignette Corporation Adina Levin defines new product directions for Vignette, the leading supplier of e-business applications. Before joining Vignette as Product Strategist, Adina served for a decade as an industry analyst and consultant, identifying trends and advising executives in emerging high-tech markets. Adina was a principal at Fastwater, a start-up e-commerce consulting firm, and before that an analyst at CAP Ventures, a consulting firm specializing in publishing and document technologies. Robert W. LuckyCorporate Vice President, Applied Research, Telcordia formerly with Bell Labs. Monique MaddyMonique started and ran Adesemi Communications International, which provided telephone service for low teledensity African countries, most notably Tanzania, based on prepaid voice mail and pager service. Monique is now seeking investors to back her next great idea. Andrew MaffeiAndrew Maffei is a communications specialist who has worked at Woods Hole for the past sixteen years, helping innovative oceanographers and engineers to use networks of all sorts to do their research. His most recent work, NEPTUNE, is a collaborative project aimed at installing a multi-Gigabit Ethernet backbone around a tectonic plate, in 2500 meters of water off the west coast of the US and Canada. This is being done to enable the long-term (30 year), multi-disciplinary study of a single chunck of ocean. Carolee MaranoOn board with isen.com since March 2000, I'm Conference Coordinator for BigHook2001 and co-creator of isen.com's BigHook websites. I'm also Program Director for The Center for Women and Families, where I am webmaster, newsletter writer/editor, grantwriter, publicist, programs coordinator and fundraising assistant. I own and operate The Write Stuff professional writing and promotional services. Prior to the synchronized births of The Write Stuff and my daughter in 1993, I was an Assistant Vice President at The Israel Discount Bank of New York. There I assisted with the implementation of electronic funds transfer systems. I hold a BA from Hunter College of the City University of New York, summa cum laude, in English, with minors in Communications and Education, and have undertaken graduate studies at the New York University School of Business. My passion is writing; I enjoy contributing to local newspapers and e-publications on issues of human and social nature. Favorite quotes: "There are no problems, only solutions" - John Lennon; "God respects me when I'm working, but He loves me when I sing" - Unknown. Steve MattioliPresident, CEO of YottaYotta, The Yottabyte NetStorage Company: Prior to co-founding YottaYotta, Steve served as President of Seek [Storage] Systems. Previously, he was Senior VP Marketing and Sales for Applied Voice Technology. Earlier, he held senior management positions with TriData Networking and NCR Data Communications. Steve earned a B.S. and an M.E.C. from Arizona State University. About YottaYotta: YottaYotta, the Yottabyte NetStorage™ Company, has developed NetStorage™ technology that utilizes distributed supercomputing and clustering to bring true scalability of performance and redundancy to storage, even when distributed across geographies. The name YottaYotta comes from the term yottabyte, which is one trillion terabytes of data. YottaYotta’s initial markets include the Wide Area Networks (WAN) of network service providers, the Portal Area Networks (PAN) of internet content providers, the Metro Area Networks (MAN), the Storage Area Networks (SAN) of Fortune 1000 businesses, and the Broadcast Area Networks (BAN) of cable and satellite online television providers. Incorporated in January of 2000, the privately held company has offices in Kirkland, WA, Edmonton, AB and Boulder, CO. Jerry MichalskiMy activities: Help tech companies design where they're going; Speak, consult, write, invest; Publish my Brain online; Write some more. History: 1992-1998, managing editor, Release 1.0; 1997-1992, research director, New Science Associates. Wharton MBA, UCI MA in Economics. Grew up in South America. Gardner MillerAirplane House Manager and Historian, dabbler in many things. Gardner's biography is most enjoyable as told by him personally in the manner of colorful stories intermingled with lively discussion at our abundant, conversation-rich BigHook meals. Ask him about the time he and a fellow diver barely survived the near death-jaw clutches of a hungry shark . . . Davis NadigPortfolio Manager with MetaMarkets.com, an online mutual fund company focused on New Economy investing. Richard NormanRichard Norman is co-founder, President and Chief Technology Officer of Hyperchip, Inc. Leading Hyperchip from its roots in chip architecture to extreme performance network systems manufacturer, he is committed to bringing end-to-end gigabit connectivity to network users everywhere. Richard has devoted nearly ten years of patent work on semiconductor innovations, massively parallel semiconductors and extreme performance computing — all towards building the world’s first router scalable to petabit levels. Currently, he has five patents issued and 38 others in progress. Before founding Hyperchip, Richard co-founded Profitable Entertainment Products, where he was President and Director of Theoretical Research, specifically responsible for prototype and product development. Prior to this, he was Senior Programmer at Vermont Creative Software, Inc. Underlying these professional achievements is 35 years of programming experience, including eight years at IBM as Systems Programmer, where he received the IBM Technology Division’s highest award for innovation. To complement his software expertise, he also has over ten years of hardware system design experience, including the design of massively parallel systems, fault–tolerant architectures and integrated systems. Richard is an experienced presenter who has given lectures and seminars on subject ranging from project management to petaflops computing and has recently given presentations at the Canadian IT Financing Forum (where he received the 1999 Investor’s Choice Award), Telecom Investor Forum, Venture Market East, and Network Outlook. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in physics from Clarkson University in NY. Charles OchsCharles Ochs -- Audio Engineer 1) My uncle owned a "Radio" business in the 1930s. When I was a young boy, he would often bring me old radios, which I proceeded to destroy. By the time I reached age 14 or so, I could often repair them. I also started playing the guitar at this time. These two areas of endeavor set the stage for the rest of my life. 2) Graduated from Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg Maine, with honors in 1963. 3) US Navy 1964 to 1968. Interior communications Electrician 3rd class. First hands on experience with recording and sound distribution equipment. Spent 31/2 years on an LST (large, slow, target) attached to NATO. 4) Worked in the domestic audio industry during its sunset in 1970 - H.H.Scott Inc. Maynard, MA. Learned how to repair solid - state audio components. 5) Worked for large repair shop during early 1970s, repairing all manner of vacuum tube and solid state stuff, including sound reinforcement gear and guitar amplifiers. 6) Opened own business in 1973. Began as audio repair facility, ended up also as retail dealership and music store. Sold out to partner in 1979 7) Moved to Woods Hole Ma. - 1980, and continued repairing, and recording. Became professional musician around this time. 8) Have remained mainly self employed to this date. Have written articles on vacuum tube audio for "Glass Audio" and "Performer's Audio" magazines. Operate concert sound and recording business. Repair music-related electronic gear, and restore antique radios. Buy & sell antique radios and vintage audio equipment. Repair / restore guitars, banjos and other stringed instruments. Install pickup and microphone systems in acoustic instruments. 9) Continue to play music. Specialize in pre-war acoustic blues styles. Play @ various clubs, coffeehouses, and music festivals in the Cape Cod & South Shore areas. Michael D. O'DellMike O'Dell currently serves as senior vice president, chief scientist for UUNET, a WorldCom company. Mr. O'Dell is responsible for overall network architecture and technical strategic direction for UUNET. Prior to joining UUNET, Mr. O'Dell was a senior technical staff member at Bellcore where he was chief engineer for the "RBOC of the Future" project. Before joining Bellcore, Mr. O'Dell was chief computer scientist and director of operating systems development for Prisma Computers, a gallium-arsenide SPARC-compatible supercomputer company. Previously, Mr. O'Dell was chief architect of several complex systems engineering projects for US government customers. Mr. O'Dell also served for four years on the Internet Engineering Steering Group as an area director for the IETF's operations and management area. He sits on the technical advisory board of a number of network technology companies and regularly speaks at various international conferences. He served eight years as founding editor-in-chief of Computing Systems, an international refereed scholarly journal devoted to the pragmatics of computer systems implementation experience. Mr. O'Dell received his bachelor's degree and master's degree in computer science from the University of Oklahoma. Matthew OristanoMatt Oristano has spent his career in building communications and technology systems for consumer use. Most recently, he sold his high speed wireless internet venture called SpeedChoice to Sprint Corporation. SpeedChoice was the first broadband fixed wireless operator to provide mass residential service. Prior to a decade's work developing the wireless technology that became SpeedChoice, Oristano built the first American owned cable TV system in Great Britain. In the early eighties, Oristano owned and operated cable systems in the United States, and tried to create a wide area broadband data communications system in 1984, before it was cool (or even economical). Creative interpretation by the competing telephone company of their own tariff stifled the economics, and Oristano was forced to wait for the Internet to create the economic infrastructure for such a network to be successful. Oristano has a degree in physics from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, and lives in Connecticut. Mark PetrovicDr. Mark S. Petrovic is Vice President of Research and Development at Earthlink, Inc. Before joining Earthlink, Mark served in Operations at Sprint Communications Corporation's consumer Internet group in Kansas City, MO. Prior to that he served as Visiting Scientist at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. He holds Bachelor and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in physics from Oklahoma State University. Richard PrytulaTechnoCap - massively scalable technologies for the Net. Hyperchip - petabit routing. VIPswitch - terabit optical MANs. YottaYotta - yottabyte netstorage. netPCS - eCommunications Network. David P. ReedDr. Reed is, by inclination, a designer of large-scale systems structures and concepts - algorithms, protocols, architectures, business models, and processes. His career includes 15 years as a student and professor of computer science and engineering at MIT, 10 years leading advanced commercial personal computer software innovation as v.p. R&D/chief scientist at Software Arts and Lotus Development Corp., 4 years as a senior scientist at Interval Research Corp., and 4 years as an independent technology strategy advisor and consultant to industry in areas related to computing and communications infrastructure and applications. He is known for key early contributions to the architecture of the Internet in the '70's. He has made major contributions to the design, implementation, and technology strategy of a variety of very successful commercial software and systems products. Frank RoblesFrank R. Robles – VP Corporate Development, Founder - Yipes, Inc. Proven entrepreneur and technical leader; founder of several Internet start-ups. CEO and vounder, NanoSpace -- forerunner to Yipes; Founding member of Netcom; Technical management/consulting for AlphaBlox, Apple, HP, Kana Communications, Seibel Systems; Director of YY Software, Agile Media, Ascencia; Senior Associate of Foresight Institute. John RoeseJohn Roese, Chief Technology Officer, Enterasys Networks. In his role as CTO, Roese is Enterasys Networks' chief technologist and technical visionary, responsible for the company's strategic technical direction. Roese oversees the development of the company's technology architectures, including comprehensive Quality of Service, security, management and transport services. Additionally, Roese is responsible for Enterasys Networks' initiatives in the Internet2 /NGI effort and for coordinating Enterasys' substantial intellectual property portfolio. http://www.enterasys.com/corporate/bios/roese.html Rajpal SandhuRaj is an experienced venture capital investor, senior executive, entrepreneur and communications and software specialist. He has over 16 years of experience in the "life-cycle" of investing in, operating and advising technology companies. Prior to founding NewSpeed, a venture capital firm, he was Managing Director and Partner in the venture capital group of The Chatterjee Group, an investment manager for Soros Fund Management and George Soros. Previously, Raj was a Director and Partner at SG Cowen, a communications and technology investment bank. He was a product marketing manager, engineering manager and software developer at Metaphor Computer Systems (sold to IBM) and also worked briefly at Xerox Palo Alto. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from Yale University for a double-major in computer science and economics. Clay ShirkyPrior to starting his own consulting practice, Mr. Shirky was Partner for Technology and Product Strategy at The Accelerator Group, an investment firm, and Professor of New Media at Hunter College, where he taught in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. Mr Shirky was the CTO of Site Specific, an NYC-based web design firm, and following its acquisition by CKS, worked as a writer, programmer, and consultant with CKS Group, News Corp, Barnes and Noble, iVillage, Ziff-Davis, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Eisnor Interactive and others. Before there was a Web, he wrote and edited books for Ziff-Davis Press, authoring a book on e-mail and another on network culture, and editing the first book written on HTML. Before that he was a director and lighting designer of avant-garde theater in New York City, working with the Wooster Group and directing his own company, Hard Place theater, which produced and performed "non-fiction theater", pieces created in rehearsal from collages of found sources. Bill St. ArnaudBill St. Arnaud is Senior Director of Network Projects for CANARIE Inc., Canada's advanced Internet development organization and has led the development, coordination and implementation of the world's first national optical R&D Internet network - CA*net 3. Prior to his appointment at CANARIE, Mr. St. Arnaud was a consultant and chief engineer at Switzer Engineering where he developed and patented encryption devices for transmitting high quality video for TV broadcasts, Project Manager at Motorola where he was involved in the nationwide deployment of a Police wireless communications system, President and founder of TSA Proforma - software and LAN company that developed networked trading systems for brokers and traders which was sold to Eastern Datacomm and ABC Communications (Hong Kong) in 1988, consultant for a number of high tech start ups, and Project Director for Vision 2000. Mr. St. Arnaud is a member of the editorial board of Optical Networking Magazine, is a member of the STAR TAP advisory committee, a Glocom Fellow of the Center for Global Communications, Steering Committee for the SPIE Technical Group on Optical Networks and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Onet 1994-1996, and is Chair of the C3 Tech applications committee. He is a frequent guest speaker at conferences on the Internet and optical networking and a regular contributor to several networking magazines. Porter StansberryPorter is the founder of Porter Stanberry's Investment Advisory, a monthly newsletter dedicated to finding (and explaining) the best investments in the new economy. After writing several newsletters from 1996-1999, Porter gave up on standard investment strategies and recommended 31 stocks that went up -- on average -- 134% in just one year. That performance as a stock picker led to his own newsletter and then, in 2000, Porter founded Diligence, a unique small cap and venture capital research service for high net worth investors. Joe SterlingJoe Sterling, a principal of Sterling Insights, Inc., leads the Design Session engagements and Graphic Facilitation/Visual Synthesis projects for Sterling Insights. He has over 10 years experience facilitating groups to accelerate their progress toward individual and organizational goals. His work is a synthesis of tools emerging from systems theory, accelerated learning, continuous improvement, and collaborative strategic modeling practices. Joe serves clients both at client sites and from the Sterling Insights collaborative design facility in San Diego. Design Session clients include Toyota Motor Corp. (US and Japan), Peregrine Systems, Ernst & Young, Solar Turbines and others. In addition to group facilitation, Joe has a special ability to visually synthesize group dialogues, as they happen, into lively and evocative images that amplify participant engagement, understanding, and inquiry. This skill has been utilized by leaders of business and military organizations including Credit Suisse First Boston, Mainspring.com, Ernst & Young Center for Business Innovation, and members of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. For these clients graphic facilitation and visual synthesis clarified vision, strategies, helped build consensus, and enhanced group creativity. When graphic facilitation is used in concert with the collaborative planning tools (Sterling Insights Design Session and Strategic Modeling processes), and a collaborative design environment, months of productivity are achieved in a few days. Sterling Insights engages a national network of facilitators, OD consultants, artists and other knowledge workers to bring these benefits to a wide array of clients in the US and abroad. To create true organizational transformation, Sterling Insights organization development services may precede or follow Graphic Facilitation events or Design Sessions. Jonathan ThatcherPrincipal Engineer at World Wide Packets and head of the IEEE 10 Gigabit Ethernet Committee (802.3ae). Catharine TrebnickPrinciple, Technology Marketing Strategies Catharine Trebnick has more than 18 years of marketing and executive management experience in the Internet and communications industry. Prior to building a successful consulting practice, Ms. Trebnick served as Sr. Vice President of Products and Technology at ICG Communications. Ms. Trebnick planned the migration of ICG's legacy voice and data network to an IP based network launching new products such as DSL, VoDSL, IAS, and RAS. Ms. Trebnick spent 9 years in various executive marketing and general management roles at Lucent. As General Manager of the Soft switch Business Unit, Ms. Trebnick pioneered the development and introduction of the first "official" Softswitch to Wallstreet. This revolutionary technology now serves as the foundation for next-generation converged voice and data networks. Ms. Trebnick was a principal founder of the Softswitch Consortium that leads the development of standards open IP based networks. The consortium now has over 190 members. Ms. Trebnick serves NexTone's Advisory Board as well as consults for several venture firms and wall street investment banks. Ms. Trebnick received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago. She has published papers in the United States and Europe on emerging technologies and has been a keynote speaker at Supercom, VON, Network Interop, Women in Telecommunications and has received many awards for her achievements. Gigi WangMs. Gigi Wang is VP of Regional Marketing for QALA Pte Ltd, a start-up next-generation regional service provider in Asia. Prior to QALA, Ms. Wang was involved in launching, consulting, and advising to numerous start-ups in the Silicon Valley including SS8 Networks and CoolCall.com. As the founder of AsiaQuest, an international business development firm, Ms. Wang also provided strategic consulting and marketing services to a variety of clients including Alteon Websystems, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, and Betasphere. Ms. Wang spent several years at Ascend Communications where she did international service provider marketing and VOIP product marketing. Prior to joining Ascend, Ms. Wang was the Director of Business Development and Marketing for Pacific Internet, the second licensed Internet Service Provider in Singapore where she launched the business in September 1995 and grew the customer base to over 20,000 in six months. Ms. Wang was an Internet pioneer at InterNex Information Services, the first ISDN Internet Service Provider in the US (acquired by Concentric Networks) where she was the first Director of Business Development. Before InterNex, Ms. Wang worked at Pacific Bell in sales and marketing for the data communications group where her customers included PSINet, Netcom, and numerous other Internet start-ups. Currently, Ms. Wang is also the Program Chair for the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab, a high-tech entrepreneurial forum in the Silicon Valley. She has also served on the Board of Directors for APIA (Asia-Pacific Internet Association) and the Executive Committee for APRICOT (Asia-Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies) where she chaired the business track of the APRICOT 1999 conference. Ms. Wang holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. She also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Joe WeedIn keeping with the theme of this year's BigHook, “The Boundaries of the Network,” a leading member of America's cultural boundary, producer/musician Joe Weed, is coming to provide a musical backdrop to the caldron of ideas and interchange that boil and swirl around the Airplane House at BigHook. Weed's interpretations of the American musical continuum include original and traditional music-based recordings (see Highlandpublishing.com), soundtracks at The Lincoln Museum and the National Steinbeck Center, work for Disney and PBS broadcasts. His live performances infuse the American musical landscape with respect, wit, charm, and virtuosity. At BigHook, Weed will perform primarily on fiddle, accompanied by fellow Californians Steve Palazzo (acoustic guitar) and David Rengers (mandolin). Joe Weed created the “Telecommunication Breakdown” especially for the Big Hook conference. This breakdown is a medley of fiddle tunes penned in the 19th Century, but which are frighteningly relevant today: the Telephone Hornpipe, the Telegraph Hornpipe and the Temperance(!) Reel. Weed's latest release, “SWANEE, The Music of Stephen Foster,” received a top 4-star rating from the New York Post. The review concludes, “For those interested in American music, this is required listening.” The reviewer did not know that intrepid aviator David Isenberg flew Joe over Pittsburgh while he videotaped scenes of Stephen Foster's birthplace. David Weinbergerhttp://www.hyperorg.com/evident/bio.html Date page last modified: October 16, 2001 |
