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Track
1 - Managing Business in the B2B Evolution B2B Foundation and Future (Tuesday, April 3, 2001 10:15-11:30am)
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Marty Gruhn is Vice President and Service Director for Summit Strategies. She has an extensive background in developing high-technology business, marketing and distribution strategies. With more than 25 years of industry experience, Marty is highly respected for her thorough understanding of Internet trends, and the way the Internet links to company business models. Her focus on the disruptive technologies and discontinuous changes of the computing industry lead to perceptive analyses that help corporate leaders strategically position themselves in the shifting competitive landscape. | |
James Piraino is President and CEO at BuildPoint | |
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Track 1 - Managing Business in the B2B Evolution B2B Strategies for Success (Tuesday, April 3, 2001 1:15-2:30pm)
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Mary Schoonmaker is VP, Marketing & Business Development at RosettaNet | |
Scott Andrews is CEO and Co-Founder at Sciquest.com | |
Shane Tulloch is General Manager at FreeMarkets, Inc. | |
Jim Shanks is CIO/E-Commerce at CDW Computer Centers, Inc. | |
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1 - Managing Business in the B2B Evolution | |
Peter Ostrow is President and CEO of Testmart, a San Bruno based business-to-business e-commerce company specializing in the development of on-line commerce and community for technical equipment marketplaces. Prior to his current position, Mr. Ostrow was a senior executive at Narrowline, a San Francisco based Internet advertising transaction and research company. From 1988 to 1997, Mr. Ostrow held various positions at The New York Times. Mr. Ostrow holds an MBA from New York University and a BA in Chinese Language from Washington University in St. Louis. | |
Ani Patwardhan, is Director of Business Development at Question.com | |
Parag Patel is VP of International Marketing at Bowstreet | |
Pat O'Haren is Director of Product Marketing, E-Commerce Application Components Division at BEA Systems | |
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Managing
Marketing, Public Relations and Your Brand in the B2B Space | |
Aaron Heinrich is VP at Niehaus Ryan Wong | |
Gretchen Sorensen is VP, Corporate Affairs at Onvia.com | |
Frank Florence is VP & GM B2B Business Unit at Interwoven | |
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Business Webs Catch
Fire with the Use of Plug-and-Play | |
Jack Serfass, who co-founded Bowstreet in 1998, is responsible for the company's long-term strategic direction, including exploring new markets, applications and business models for the company's products. Previously, he was chairman, CEO and president of Preferred Systems, Inc. (PSI). Serfass founded PSI when he was 27 to develop leading-edge networking software for Windows NT and Novell NetWare. Serfass is a frequent public speaker on Web services and high-tech startups and has presented to audiences such as Agenda, ETRE, Seybold, Harvard, Yale, Businessweek's eBiz Live, and IDC's Internet Executive Forum. | |
David Wroe is SVP-Information Technology at CNA Financials | |
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Managing Content
in the B2B Space | |
Chris Beall is Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer at Requisite Technology | |
Santanu Paul is CTO at Viveca | |
Bob Hammond is SVP, Advanced Technology Group at Mirror Image Internet | |
Dan Bender is Director of Business Consulting at Zefer | |
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Playing in the Global
B2B Market | |
David Hochhauser is VP Marketing at Computer Associates | |
Ajay Ramachandran is VP of Market Development at Electron Economy | |
Todd Parsons is Division Manager, Online Business Services at Silicon Valley Bank | |
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Dealing with Logistics
and Fulfillment in the B2B Space | |
Jean Kovacs is President and CEO at Comergent Technologies | |
Matt Armanino is VP, Business Development at WhereNet | |
Peter Harrison is Senior Director, Adoption Consulting GetThere, a Sabre company | |
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Track
2 - Managing Business in the B2C Evolution | |
Mr. Love Goel is a high profile chief executive officer with a stellar track record of leading change and rapid sustainable growth at leading Fortune 500 and emerging companies in the retail, financial services, software and internet sectors. For the past year, he has served as the CEO of Personify, a leading eCRM software company, where he built a world-class management team, attracted new strategic investors and partners, launched innovative products, and created a sustainable business model while growing revenues by more than 500%. Prior to joining Personify, he was COO of Federated Department Stores/Fingerhut's eBusiness where he helped build one of the largest and fastest growing e-commerce networks. Earlier in his career, he was with Deloitte Consulting where he led strategic initiatives at clients like Prudential, Sears, Supervalu, Cargill, and Carlson. In addition, he held marketing and technology leadership roles at Apple Computer and MCI Systemhouse. | |
Daniel D. Todd is Chief Technologist of Public Services for Keynote Systems. In this role, he provides analysis and commentary around Keynote's Internet Performance Mesurements. He also acts as one of Keynote's Primary spokepeople. Prior to joining Keynote Todd was the Chief E-Commerce and Security Analyst at USWeb/CKS where he provided thought leadership and market intelligence to USWeb/CKS's 500 field consultants. | |
Edward Cooper is Interim CEO & President at Equilibrium. | |
Alex Zelikovsky is VP, Chief Logistics Officer at Reflect.com | |
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2 - Managing Business in the B2C Evolution | |
Robert LoCascio is the guiding force behind LivePerson‚s goal of humanizing the online customer experience. His history boasts numerous successful business ventures, building his knowledge in interactive media and customer service. He was the founder and CEO of IKON, which developed college campus kiosks that integrated interactive video features with advertising and commerce. | |
Punita Pandey is CEO and Founder of netCustomer. She brings extensive experience in software development, management consulting, and Internet startups. Punita has developed electronic Customer Relationship Management (eCRM) strategies and implemented leading-edge call centers for major corporations in the United States. Prior to founding netCustomer, Punita worked at Healtheon, Deloitte Consulting, Tandem Computers, and McDonnell Douglas. She has also served as adjunct faculty at California State University, Monterey Bay. | |
Nikhil Behl is director of sales and merchandising at hpshopping.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company and HP's award-winning direct-to-consumer electronic commerce store. Behl joined hpshopping.com in 1998 as director of business development and the computing category. Currently Behl is responsible for all aspects of sales and merchandising including revenue and profit goals, product mix, positioning, pricing, promotions/ incentives, and life-cycle management. | |
Tom Rearick is VP of Product Strategy at eGain | |
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Track 2 - Managing Business in the B2C
Evolution | |
Robert Cross is President of Venture Capital Online. Prior to joining vcapital.com last year, Bob was president and CEO of Nanophase Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: NANX), a new-to-market advanced materials company. For the 20 years prior, he was primarily chief executive or interim management of developmental information-technology companies, including Control Video Corporation (predecessor to America Online), and Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS). | |
David Holtzman is CEO at Opion | |
Rob Gemmell co-founder of Addwater, Inc. in 1998, Rob serves as Principal and Creative Director for this rapidly growing strategy and design agency, specializing in branding retailers in both the on- and offline worlds. Previously Creative Director and Partner at CKS Partners, Rob spent the 1980s at Apple Computer, where he helped develop its distinctive look for products, packaging, and marketing communications. | |
Lisa Strand is Senior Analyst at Netratings.com. | |
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Track
2 - Managing Business in the B2C Evolution | |
Jim Menge is VP, Global Technology Support at Sabre | |
David Reiner is VP of Product Strategy and Development at NetGenesis Corp | |
Louis Briones is VP Corporate Marketing at Personify | |
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2 - Managing Business in the B2C Evolution | |
Alan Amling is Director of E-Commerce at UPS | |
Marc Randolph is Executive Producer, Director and Co-founder at Netflix.com | |
Ken Campbell is President and CEO of Centegy. Mr. Campbell was a co-founder and EVP of USWeb. Mr. Campbell has over 25 years of experience in technology, marketing, sales, and operations. He was employee #11 at Businessland where he headed up store expansions into 48 cities. Mr. Campbell co-founded US Telecenters (now ViewTech); served as COO of Copymat Corporation; and was the General Manager if North America for Inmac Corporation, a global direct marketer of computer products. Mr. Campbell is currently serving on the Board of Directors for R. H. Donnelley Corporation. | |
Nat Natraj is CEO at eFORCE, Inc. | |
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2 - Managing Business in the B2C Evolution | |
Dan Kennedy is Founder and Chairman at Vcommerce Corporation | |
Martin McClanan is CEO at RedEnvelope | |
Greg Martin is VP, Marketing at InfoNow Corporation | |
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Track
2 - Managing Business in the B2C Evolution | |
Josh Silverman is CEO at Evite.com | |
Leland Harden is Author at Net Results: Web Marketing that Works. | |
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2 - Managing Business in the B2C Evolution | |
Heidi Messer is President and co-founder of LinkShare. She is responsible for the day-to-day non-technology business operations of LinkShare. Prior to joining LinkShare, Ms. Messer was an associate at the law firm of Baker and Botts, L.L.P. Ms. Messer focused on the telecommunications, information and entertainment industries, representing clients such as Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) and Flextech plc in a variety of negotiations. An acknowledged authority on regulation and constitutional law in the information age, she has presented to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. | |
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Track
3 - Business Transformation | |
Michael Ker is President & CEO at webplan Corp. | |
Don DePalma is VP, Corporate Strategy at Idiom, Inc. | |
Sunil Grover is VP, B2B Marketplace at AsiaLinks | |
Ron LaValley is Director of Fulfillment at Flextronics | |
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Mitchell Levy, chair of the Comdex.biz, is a popular speaker, lecturing on ECM issues throughout the U.S. and around the world. He is the author of E-Volve-or-Die.com and the Founder and Program Coordinator of San Jose State University's E-Commerce Management Certificate Program, http://ecmtraining.com/sjsu, He is President of ECnow.com, an ECM consulting firm helping companies transition from the industrial-age to the Internet-age. Mitchell is executive producer of ECMgt.com, an on-line ECM e-zine. Mr. Levy lectures, writes about and is asked to judge the e-commerce efforts of companies on a global level and has been actively involved with numerous industry consortia. | |
Radha Basu - President & CEO, Support.com | |
Bill Glazier is VP Marketing at Logictier | |
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Track
3 - Business Transformation | |
Jim Nanton is CIO at Hanes Printables. | |
Monica Luechtefeld is SVP of E-Commerce at Office Depot. Ms. Luechtefeld is also President of the Open Buying on the Internet (OBI) Consortium, which is a non-profit organization, dedicated to developing open standards for business-to-business Internet Commerce. | |
Michael Drapkin is Principal at Drapkin Technology and lead author of "Three Clicks Away" | |
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3 - Business Transformation | |
Mitchell Levy, chair of the Comdex.biz, is a popular speaker, lecturing on ECM issues throughout the U.S. and around the world. He is the author of E-Volve-or-Die.com and the Founder and Program Coordinator of San Jose State University's E-Commerce Management Certificate Program, http://ecmtraining.com/sjsu, He is President of ECnow.com, an ECM consulting firm helping companies transition from the industrial-age to the Internet-age. Mitchell is executive producer of ECMgt.com, an on-line ECM e-zine. Mr. Levy lectures, writes about and is asked to judge the e-commerce efforts of companies on a global level and has been actively involved with numerous industry consortia. | |
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Track
3 - Business Transformation | |
Geoffrey Bock is Senior Consultant/Analyst at Patricia Seybold Group | |
Pete Karolczak is VP & CIO at Hewlett-Packard | |
Dave Westmoreland is VP & CIO at Arrow Electronics | |
Colin Evans is Director of eBusiness Strategy and Operations at Intel | |
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Track
3 - Business Transformation | |
David Appelbaum is GM, North America at Autonomy | |
Fredrik Torstensson is EVP, Business Development at Oz.com. | |
Michele Deziel is VP Marketing at iConverse | |
Chris Jarman is General Manager, M-Commerce at 724 Solutions | |
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3 - Business Transformation | |
Atul Vashistha is Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder and CEO of neoIT – the leading global provider of technology solutions for the procurement, management and delivery of IT services. Mr. Vashistha boasts over 12 years of general management, sales, marketing, business development and international business experience at fast growth enterprises such as Cardinal Health, Inc. and Rural/Metro. Prior to founding neoIT, Atul was Senior Vice President, International at Cardinal Health, Inc., a Fortune 100 company. | |
Niel Robertson is VP, Research at Exodus Communications | |
Ritu Raj, President and CEO, Avasta, Inc. | |
Dennis McGuire is CEO at Technology Partners International | |
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Track 3 - Business Transformation | |
Mark Grossman is Attorney at Law at Author, Becker and Poliakoff, P.A. | |
Leo Clarke is Principal at Techrisklaw |