Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Ronald W. Hovsepian |
President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Maarten Koster |
President & General Manager, Novell Asia Pacific |
| Tim Wolfe |
President & General Manager, Novell Americas |
| Volker Smid |
President & General Manager, Europe, Middle East, & Africa |
| Dana C. Russell |
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
| Jeffrey Jaffe |
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer |
| John Dragoon |
Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President |
| Jose Almandoz |
Vice President & Chief Information Officer |
| Tom Francese |
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
| Alan J. Friedman |
Senior Vice President, People |
| Colleen O'Keefe |
Senior Vice President, Services |
| Gary Schuster |
Senior Vice President, Communications |
| Ralph Linsalata |
Senior Vice President, Corp Planning & Development |
| Stewart Nelson |
Senior Vice President, Product |
| Bill Smith |
Vice President, Finance |
| Mark Hardardt |
Vice President, Sales, Worldwide |
| Ryan Richards |
Vice President, Interim General Counsel and Secretary |
| Shane Wall |
Vice President, Sales, Marketing |
| Susan Heystee |
Vice President & General Manager, Global Strategic Alliances |
| James Ebzery |
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Identity and Security Management |
| Joe Wagner |
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Systems and Resource Management |
| Kent Erickson |
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Workgroup Solutions |
| Roger Levy |
Senior Vice President & General Manager Open Platform Solutions |
| Angela Steen |
Director of International Trade Services |
| Ashish Larivee |
Director, Product Marketing, Nsure |
| Charlie Ungashick |
Director, Product Mgmnt |
| David Lenz |
Director, Sales, Marketing |
| Greg Mancusi-Ungaro |
Director, Marketing |
| Jorge Chacon |
Director, Marketing |
| Rick Becker |
Director, Marketing |
| Shawn Dickerson |
Manager, Program Marketing, eDirectory |
| Ted Haeger |
Director, Marketing |
| Buck Gashler |
Manager, Product |
| Deven MacDonald |
Manager, Product, Nsure |
| Doug Anderson |
Manager, Product, Accounting Management |
| Erik Dasque |
Manager, Product, Mono |
| Howard Tayler |
Manager, Product, GroupWise |
| Hugo Parra |
Product Manager |
| Jason Werner |
Product Manager, Marketing |
| Jason Williams |
Manager, Product, Nterprise Liinux Services |
| Jeff Allen |
Manager, Marketing |
| Jim Abbott |
Manager, Product, Web Technologies |
| Jon Myers |
Manager, Marketing |
| Ken Bantoft |
Manager, Product, Openswan |
| Kevin Crouch |
Manager, Marketing |
| Lynn Wallace |
Export Manager |
| Mark Keating |
Manager, Marketing, Enterprise Solutions Research |
| Peter Helfenstein |
Country Manager |
| Richard Jones |
Manager, Product, Storage Services |
| Rick Cox |
Manager, Product, ZENworks |
| Rick Fowler |
Manager, Product, NetWare |
| Scott A Jones |
Manager, Product, BorderManager |
| Trent Badger |
Manager, Product, iFolder |
| Troy Wilde |
Manager, Product, Small Business Suite |
| Alain Cadorette |
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| Andrei Tikhonov |
Developer |
| Andy Ames |
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| Brad Nicholes |
Software Engineer |
| Bruce James |
Corporate Presenter |
| Caitlin Jans |
Senior Operating Platforms Correspondent |
| Chet Steele |
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| Chris Taylor |
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| Clea Herrmann |
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| Clint McVey |
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| Darius Wong |
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| Douglas G Quinton |
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| Erin Quill |
Senior Resource Management Correspondent |
| Frederic Thomas |
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| Geoffrey Langdon |
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| Hubert Canuet |
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| Ian Cullimore |
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| J. Jeffrey Hanson |
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| Jeffrey Joyce |
Network Engineer |
| Jennifer J. Johnson |
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| Jim Fehlig |
Software Engineer |
| John Calcote |
Senior Software Engineer |
| Joseph A. Staples |
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| Karen Carbonnet |
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| Klaus Kampf |
Architect |
| Kyla Sasser-Cottle |
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| Laura P. Wright |
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| Lee Howarth |
Special Reporter for Security & Identity Management |
| Lyndon Hicks |
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| Mark Sulzen |
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| Michael Trubatch |
Strategist |
| Peter Kuo |
Volunteer |
| Phil Martens |
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| Ralph Mason |
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| Richard Noyes |
Client Advisor |
| Robert K Jones |
International Instructor |
| Robert Stevens |
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| Robert Wipfel |
Architect |
| Shaun Sturby |
Trainer |
| Tamra Savage |
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| Ted Hulick |
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| Thomas Fraser |
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| Tim Summers |
Network Administrator |
| Vladimir Stroleny |
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| Zane Patalive |
Network Engineer |
Board of Directors
"Director since 2006
Mr. Hovsepian, 48, serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Novell, Inc. Mr. Hovsepian joined Novell in June 2003 as President of North America, and has most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Mr. Hovsepian held management and executive positions at IBM Corporation over a 17 year period, including worldwide general manager of IBM's distribution industries, managing global hardware and software development, sales, marketing and services. Mr. Hovsepian also served as a managing director of Internet Capital Group, a venture capital firm. Mr. Hovsepian is non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ann Taylor Corporation."
"Maarten Koster is President, General Manager of Novell Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Novell, he spent nine years at IBM, most recently serving as director, Tivoli Asia-Pacific for IBM Software, helping IBM significantly expand the presence of its management solutions in key Asia countries. He also headed up IBM's small and medium-sized business sales, was the point person for the integration of Rational Software into IBM in Asia, and served as IBM's channel leader for Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining IBM, Koster managed business development for Wang Australia, and directed sales and marketing for BHL Systems. Earlier in his career, Koster focused on technology and services for the legal sector, holding management positions in Mahlab Group, co-founding Anstat Systems LTD, and serving as a consultant for Computer Power Group. Prior to moving to Australia in 1982, Koster worked at Kluwer Group, the Netherland's largest legal publishing house. He began his career at the University of Groningen as a lecturer in Economic Law.
Koster has a law degree from the University of Groningen and a marketing degree from Monash University in Australia."
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
President & General Manager, Novell Asia Pacific |
Current |
| University of Groningen |
Lecturer In Economic Law. |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| University of Groningen |
Law Degree |
Former |
"Tim Wolfe serves as President and General Manager of Novell Americas. He is responsible for Novell business operations across the United States, Canada and Latin America.
Mr. Wolfe joined Novell in October 2003 as Southeast Area VP/GM, and has most recently served as East Area VP/GM. Prior to joining Novell, Mr. Wolfe served as executive VP for Covansys, a consulting company that specializes in public sector solutions and offshore application development and maintenance. In that role he was responsible for strategy, sales, delivery and leadership of a 1000-person team.
Prior to joining Covansys, Mr. Wolfe worked for IBM for 20 years in a variety of roles. His last roles at IBM were worldwide VP/GM of Distribution Industry, worldwide VP of ERP/SCM Solutions Unit, Executive Assistant to the Senior VP of Sales and Distribution, Wal-Mart Client Director and VP of Point of Sale Brand for North America.
Mr. Wolfe is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program/International Senior Management Program and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Missouri.
"
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
President & General Manager, Novell Americas |
Current |
| International Business Machines Corporation |
Vice President & General Manager, Distribution Industry |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
President & General Manager, Europe, Middle East, & Africa |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
General Manager, Central Europe |
Former |
"Dana serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Novell. He has been the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller since August 2003. He has also been responsible for Tax and Treasury from September of 2005. Prior to becoming the Corporate Controller and Treasurer, Dana held a variety of financial positions within Novell, including Operational Vice President of Finance, Sales and Marketing Controller, Product Development Controller and Business Unit Controller.
Dana has been responsible for Revenue Recognition, SEC Reporting, Consolidations, Compliance, Transactional Accounting, Management Reporting, Tax and Treasury. Prior to joining Novell in 1994, Dana held financial positions at WordPerfect, Iomega and Price Waterhouse. Dana is a CPA licensed in the State of Utah and received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Accounting from Weber State University.
"
Dr. Jeffrey Jaffe serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Novell. He is responsible for Novell's technology direction, as well as leading Novell's product business units. Dr. Jaffe serves as a member of Novell's Worldwide Management Committee.
After receiving a Ph.D. in computer science from MIT in 1979, Dr. Jaffe joined IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center. During his tenure at IBM, he held a wide variety of technical and management positions, including vice president, Systems and Software Research, corporate vice president of technology, and general manager of IBM's SecureWay business unit, where he was responsible for IBM's security, directory, and networking software business.
Dr. Jaffe most recently served as president of Bell Labs Research and Advanced Technologies, where he established new facilities in Ireland and India, and served as chairman of the board of the New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium. Dr. Jaffe was also appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve on the Advisory Committee for the Presidential Commission for Critical Infrastructure Protection. He has also chaired the Chief Technology Officer group of the Computer Systems Policy Project, and has served on the National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. He is a fellow of ACM and the IEEE.
Dr. Jaffe holds a BS in Mathematics and an MS in Electrical Engineering in addition to his Doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
"John Dragoon serves as Novell's senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Mr. Dragoon brings over 24 years of high technology operations experience to his role, and is responsible for all aspects of Novell's marketing strategy and activities worldwide, including corporate marketing, field marketing, partner and channel marketing, product and solution marketing, sale enablement and marketing operations functions.
Prior to joining Novell, Dragoon was the senior vice president of marketing and product management at Art Technology Group where he was responsible for all aspects of ATG's product plans and strategy, product marketing, and corporate marketing. Before ATG, Dragoon spent more than 16 years at IBM, where he held a number of marketing and sales positions, including director of marketing, IBM Supply Chain Management Solutions. After IBM, Dragoon served as vice president, operations, Internet Capital Group, where he was on the board of nine partner companies providing guidance on strategy, marketing, business development, financing, and product development.
Dragoon holds an MBA from Cornell University and a bachelor of science in computer science and economics from Union College.
"
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Art Technology Group, Inc. |
senior vice president of marketing and product management |
Former |
| Internet Capital Group, Inc. |
vice president, operations |
Former |
| International Business Machines Corporation |
director of marketing |
Former |
| Cornell University |
MBA |
Former |
| Union College |
bachelor of science in computer science and economics |
Former |
José Almandoz serves at Novell's Vice President and Chief Information Officer, overseeing Novell's information systems and technology infrastructure. With over 17 years of experience in the software and consulting industry, Almandoz brings real world experience that will assure Novell's in house technology is delivering the highest levels of customer, partner and employee satisfaction and results.
Almandoz joined Novell in 2001 through the acquisition of Cambridge Technology Partners as Vice President of Operations for Latin America. In 2004, José was promoted to President of Latin America and in 2005 to Executive Operations Assistant to the President and COO of Novell, Inc. In June 2006, he served as Chief of Staff to the CEO and assumed his current role in July 2007. José is also a member of Novell's Executive Leadership Team. Prior to joining Novell, José ran his own consulting company from 1992 through 1996 and served as a consultant with Accenture between 1989 and 1992.
José received a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Universidad Simón Bolívar and also studied for a Master's in Management Engineering at Universidad Metropolitana, both in Caracas, Venezuela.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Vice President & Chief Information Officer |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Member |
Former |
| University of Denver |
MBA |
Former |
| University of St. Thomas |
Bachelor of Arts Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, People |
Current |
| Arthur D. Little, Inc. |
Senior Vice President,Human Resources |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Degree In Business Administration |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Member |
Former |
"Colleen O'Keefe serves as Novell's Senior Vice President, Services, TeleWeb and Operations, overseeing Novell's global technical support group (which provides on-site and remote support services as well as outsourced IT management services), technical training and consulting services to customers. With over 29 years in operations and services positions in the telecommunication and technology sector, O'Keefe brings deep expertise that will help ensure Novell customers receive world-class services to optimize the value of their Novell investments.
Prior to joining Novell, O'Keefe served as Vice President and General Manager, Payment Solutions Division at NCR Corporation, following her distinguished service as vice president of Global Managed Services for NCR's Worldwide Customer Services division, where she was responsible for the development, marketing and sale of NCR's portfolio of IT service capabilities. Prior to NCR, she served as senior vice president, Customer Services, at Global Crossing, and senior vice president, Telecom Operations, at e.Spire Communications. Earlier in her career, she served as Local Operations Vice President at AT&T, and spent 18 years at Southern New England Telecommunications in a variety of business and management roles.
O'Keefe has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Hartford, and a Bachelor's degree in economics from the College of the Holy Cross. She is also a graduate of the Stanford University executive education program. "
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Services |
Current |
| Global Crossing Ltd. |
Senior Vice President, Customer Services |
Former |
| NCR Corporation |
Vice President |
Former |
| NCR Corporation |
General Manager, Payment Solutions Division |
Former |
| Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation |
Management Roles. |
Former |
| University of Hartford |
MBA |
Former |
| College of the Holy Cross |
Bachelor's Degree In Economics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Communications |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Corp Planning & Development |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Product |
Current |
"Bill Smith serves as the Vice President of Finance for Novell. In this position he has responsibility for the worldwide finance function in sales, marketing, professional services and product development in addition to corporate financial planning & analysis.
Prior to this position, Bill was the Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. In this position, he managed significant elements of Novell's acquisitions, venture capital investments and licensing transactions and was also responsible for all aspects of the company's investor relations program.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Smith served as Vice President, Investment Banking at Cowen & Co., a leading technology investment bank. Prior to that, over his career he has a held a variety of positions in investment banking at The Bridgeford Group, Morgan Stanley & Co. and Merrill Lynch & Co.
Mr. Smith holds a BA in History from Dartmouth College and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
"
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Vice President, Finance |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Vice President, Sales, Worldwide |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Vice President, Interim General Counsel and Secretary |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Vice President, Sales, Marketing |
Current |
"Susan Heystee serves as Vice President, General Manager, Global Strategic Alliances. She is responsible for driving Novell’s strategic objectives to establish major partnership ecosystems on which to build Novell’s market relevance and growth businesses. This encompasses strategic global partnerships with leading companies such as; Accenture, Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, SAP as well as Intel and AMD. Ms. Heystee is a member of Novell’s Worldwide Executive Leadership.
Ms. Heystee also served as President of Novell Americas where she was responsible for the Novell's business as well as transformational initiatives to orient Novell's business for growth. Joining Novell in March, 2004, Ms Heystee served as vice president and area general manager for the Midwest Area, Novell Americas, being responsible for Novell’s business in the largest area within the Americas.
Prior to joining Novell, Ms. Heystee was vice president global channels at SSA Global, where she was responsible for leading the global channels business, driving the software license and maintenance revenue growth. Ms. Heystee also served as executive vice president worldwide sales & delivery at Baan, being responsible for leading the worldwide sales and services business.
Ms. Heystee graduated with honors from the University of Waterloo, earning a degree in mathematics with business administration.
"
"Jim Ebzery is responsible for leading product development, marketing and strategy for the Identity and Security Management business unit, one of the key growth areas at Novell.
Mr. Ebzery is an experienced technology executive with an extensive track record of delivering results and operational improvements. He is a proven team leader, successfully leading change in a variety of challenging environments and industries, from startups to global technology leaders.
Most recently, he was President of the Viisage Division at L-1 Identity Solutions, a leading provider of advanced technology identity solutions. He served as senior vice president of sales and marketing at Viisage Technology, and his past experience also includes 17 years at IBM, where he held a variety of sales and executive positions. Mr. Ebzery earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College in Computer Science.
"
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Identity and Security Management |
Current |
| L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Internet Capital Group, Inc. |
Vice President of Operations |
Former |
| L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. |
Vice President, Customer Solutions |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Management Developers Conference |
General Manager of the Systems and Resource Management |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Systems and Resource Management |
Current |
| Manhattan Associates, Inc. |
Vice President of Transportation Solutions |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Vice President of Global Field Operations |
Former |
| Boston University |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
B.S. In Chemical Engineering |
Former |
Kent Erickson serves as the Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Workgroup Solutions business unit at Novell. He is responsible for the development of all products that make up Novell's collaboration solutions, including Novell Open Enterprise Server, Novell GroupWise and Novell Teaming + Conferencing. Mr. Erickson joined Novell in 1991, has served in a number of key engineering and business unit leadership roles, and is a member of the Novell Worldwide Management Committee.
His past accomplishments at Novell include responsibility for two major NetWare releases and development of the New Product Initiatives group, which captured technical leadership for Internet-scale caching and security technologies. Previous to his role as general manager, he led the development of Novell's acclaimed Identity and Security Management products.
Mr. Erickson earned his degree in Economics from Brigham Young University with an emphasis in management.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Workgroup Solutions |
Current |
| Workgroup Solutions |
Vice President |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Vice President, Workgroup Solutions and Identity & Security Management Solutions Business Unit |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Member |
Former |
"Roger Levy serves as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Development at Novell. He is responsible for cross-business unit strategy and offerings for the data center, end-user computing and identity and security management markets. Before Mr. Levy began his current position, he served as the General Manager of the SUSE Linux Enterprise business unit at Novell. Mr. Levy is also a member of the Novell Worldwide Management Committee.
Mr. Levy has over 25 years of experience in telecommunications, mobility and networking. He has worked extensively with companies such as AT&T and Lucent Technologies, Inc. in the the development and delivery of technology solutions for large enterprises. At Lucent, he held the position of Vice President, Product Realization, and was responsible for product delivery for four internal startups. These startups spanned the routing, mobile applications, enterprise security and service provider network security markets. In addition, Mr. Levy held the position of Vice President, Software Technology Center, where he led Lucent's open source initiative, driving the establishment of an open source policy, the creation of processes to leverage open source, and the definition of open source acceptance tests. His other assignments included Vice President of Global System for Mobile Product Realization, where he led a 1,500 person team across seven countries.
Mr. Levy holds a Bachelor or Science in physics from Lafayette college and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. He has also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
"
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Vice President & General Manager Open Platform Solutions |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Lafayette College |
B.S In Physics |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Member |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Director of International Trade Services |
Current |
| Wit-NC |
Director, International Trade Services, Novell, Inc. |
Current |
| Wit-NC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Director, Product Marketing, Nsure |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Director, Product Marketing, Nsure |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Director, Sales, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Director, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Director, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Program Marketing, eDirectory |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Program Marketing, eDirectory |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Director, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, Nsure |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, Accounting Management |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, Mono |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, GroupWise |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Product Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Product Manager, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, Nterprise Liinux Services |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, Web Technologies |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, Openswan |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Marketing |
Current |
Lynn Wallace is Novell's Export Manager and responsible for the export licensing and classification of Novell's products. Prior to Novell, Lynn worked in Tandem's legal department and later served as Trade Manager for the Tandem division of Compaq Computer Corporation. Lynn's trade career has focused on encryption technology. Prior to her career in trade, Lynn was a legal assistant/paralegal. Lynn is a member of the Alliance for Network Security and has represented Compaq and Novell at AeA. Lynn was a charter member of the volunteer board at Tandem and has served as President and Secretary on a child development board, as Secretary of the Santa Clara Historical Society, and as a member at large on the Hakone Gardens board. Lynn served WIT-NC as Assistant Treasurer in 2004 and Treasurer in 2005.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Export Manager |
Current |
| Wit-NC |
Novell's Export Manager |
Current |
| Wit-NC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Compaq Computer Corporation |
Trade Manager |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Member |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Marketing, Enterprise Solutions Research |
Current |
Array
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Collanos Software AG |
CEO |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Country Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, Storage Services |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, ZENworks |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, NetWare |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County |
Technology Director |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, BorderManager |
Current |
| Digital Research Incorporated |
|
Former |
| Datatrain |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, iFolder |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Manager, Product, Small Business Suite |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Tsanet, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Kaspersky Lab, Inc. |
Vice President, Software Engineering |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Developer |
Current |
| Kaspersky Lab, Inc. |
Technical Director |
Former |
Andy joined Western Digitech in December of 1997 as an applications consultant with a focus on Novell technologies. He supports dozens of NetWare networks in Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. Andy has a reputation for technical excellence and customer service. In addition to his work with Novell technologies Andy also maintains Western Digitech's web servers and DNS servers.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Western Digitech, Inc. |
Manager, Network Systems |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
Brad Nicholes has been a software engineer at Novell for 10 years and one of the authors of the OMC-CLP implementation of the SM-CLP specification. He is also a member of the Apache Software Foundation and has been a committer on the HTTPD and APR projects since 2000 primarily working in the areas of authentication and authorization. Brad attended school at the University of Utah and Brigham Young University and holds a degree in Computer Science.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Software Engineer |
Current |
| Management Developers Conference |
|
Current |
| Apache Software Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Apache Software Foundation |
Member |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Tnt Global, LLC. |
Course Instructor |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Corporate Presenter |
Current |
| Iotech International LLC |
|
Current |
Originating from Australia, Caitlin Jans is a Novell support engineer with a distinctively Aussie flare. She has helped Novell customers around the world with NetWare and Linux solutions for over 7 years. Besides spending the majority of her time reading coredumps from ailing servers, Caitlin is also a member of the security alerts team, documenting and publishing fixes for security-related issues. Caitlin unlaxes and rewinds in a variety of outdoor activities, but respectfully requests that no one ask about a trip to the emergency room that may or may not have resulted from competing in the Utah Corporate Games for the Novell mountain biking team.”
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Operating Platforms Correspondent |
Current |
Educated and experienced with various kinds of medical software, Chet takes daily calls on the problems, configuration and maintenance of the network, software and hardware of our 3 hospitals and associated Heath care facilities. As Our Data Base administrator Chet also backs up and administers the data of all our 3 hospitals. He is experienced with Microsoft 95/98/NT/2000, Novell NetWare, Linux, and AS/400 based networks. Chet holds an associate degree in Network Administration from Stevens Henager College and is a Microsoft Certified Professional in the Windows NT operating system, Windows NT server operating system, and Windows Enterprise based networking.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Rural Health Management Corporation |
Network Administrator |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
Don?t let the snug white shorts and the McEnroe headband fool you; this former tennis player was one of those tough athletes. While working as an instructor for Hall of Fame tennis coach Dick Gould, he logged many grueling hours on the hard court and was such a prominent teacher that he?s no longer doing it. Aside from his near Hall of Fame coaching career, Chris is a seasoned marketing professional with over 26 years of experience. He has held executive-level marketing positions and has led business-to-business and consumer marketing efforts for companies including Ashton-Tate, Borland, Novell, and iUniverse. As part of the original group of USWeb/CKS, he served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and was responsible for all global marketing initiatives. Chris helped the company grow from $0 to over $1 billion in revenues in four years and become the world's largest Internet consulting firm. From there, Chris co-founded Tager Group, a marketing agency, and led numerous consumer and sports engagements. These included clients such as the University of California, Berkeley football program, San Jose State University?s football program, The Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee, and more. Chris has also served on the Board of Directors of the American Marketing Association, one of the largest professional marketing associations with 38,000 members worldwide, all of whom are impressed with Chris? tennis exploits when he shares his five Dick Gould stories over and over and over. . Chris holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from San Jose State University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NBX Corporation |
Executive Vice President, Marketing |
Current |
| Santa Cruz Christian Ministries, Inc |
Founder |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Ashton-Tate |
|
Current |
| iUniverse, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Santa Cruz Christian Ministries, Inc |
Chairman |
Current |
| Tager Group, Inc. |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| San Jose State University |
Bachelor of Business Administration |
Former |
After three years at Firefly London, Clea returned to her German roots and moved to Munich to head up our German team when the Firefly Munich office opened. No stranger to the country, though, Clea attended university in Frankfurt. Clea has twelve years experience in public relations and strong enterprise experience, having worked on a range of corporate and business-to-business accounts. Since joining Firefly in 1998 her client experience has included Compaq's Enterprise Business Group, Red Hat and Novell. Prior to Firefly, Clea worked at Biss Lancaster PR where her clients included a division of British Steel, Telenor and Nortel.
Mr. McVey brings 21 years of industry experience with demonstrated expertise in management, software and Data Management. Prior to Avamar, Mr. McVey served as the GM/VP of the Data Management Group at VERITAS where he led VERITAS' largest business unit, including the Backup Exec and NetBackup product lines. Prior to VERITAS, McVey was the Senior Director of Engineering at Seagate Software for the Backup Exec product line. During Clint's tenure at Seagate Software, Backup Exec became the industry's leading backup and recovery application with more than 40% market share in the Windows SMB server market. Clint also has significant Data Management and Networking experience from his tenures at Computer Associates, Cheyenne Software and Novell.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Cheyenne Software |
|
Current |
| Seagate Software |
Senior Director of Engineering |
Former |
| Netegrity, Inc. |
|
Former |
Mr. Darius Wong has over 15 years of experience in the Information Technology, Networking and Security industries. He has held consulting, international marketing, sales and management positions with Novell, Stonesoft, and a number of security consulting companies. In addition, as the General Manager for Stonesoft HK/China, Mr. Wong established the channel, sales, and marketing operations of Stonesoft both in Hong Kong and China. Mr. Wong holds a Bachelor's Degree in information technology and various networking and professional security certificates.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Resilience Corporation |
General Manager, North Asia Pacific |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Planet Software, Inc. |
V.P. of Planet Software and Lead Engineer for Planet Manager |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Planet Software, Inc. |
Secretary |
Current |
| Planet Software, Inc. |
Senior Architect |
Former |
Erin Quill has spent half of his two-decade career in high tech working for Novell in various roles. Always keenly interested in technology, Erin spends a lot of time tweaking or hacking various gadgets in order to put them to practical use. He also snowboards and skateboards whenever he can.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Resource Management Correspondent |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Instranet, Inc. |
Vice President of Research & Development |
Current |
| Powersoft, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Exam-Vault |
Vice President of It, Data Systems & Security Manager |
Current |
| Coactiv, LLC |
Vice President of It, Data Systems & Security Manager |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Audio Engineering Society Ltd |
Fellow |
Former |
| Philip's &Co |
|
Former |
| Ansi, Inc |
Chairman |
Former |
| University of Florida |
|
Former |
| Audio Engineering Society Ltd |
Fellow |
Former |
Hubert Canuet leads Thales consumer and professional operations. She brings to Magellan nearly 20 years of experience leading a broad range of marketing programs for both consumer and business-to-business high tech companies, including Infoseek/Go Network, Novell, and Freshwater Software. Most recently, Carbonnet served as vice president of marketing for iGeneration, an Internet education, certification and staffing company, setting marketing strategy for the company and spearheading company name, identity and business model shifts. Her career is marked by the rare ability to manage strategic brand issues while executing ROI-driven campaigns directed at specific target audiences.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Freshwater Software |
Vice President of Marketing |
Current |
| Thales Navigation, Inc |
General Manager and Vice President, Oem Business Unit |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Informal Software, Inc. |
President, CEO and Founder |
Current |
| Tagstream, Inc |
Cto, Co-Founder |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| University of Birmingham |
Fellow |
Former |
| Fujitsu Limited |
|
Former |
Jeff has 20 years of experience in system development and architecture including object-oriented modeling, database design and storage architecture. He is the Chief Architect for eReinsure and has worked extensively with other J2EE application platforms including the design and implementation of multi-tiered MVC, SOA, and component frameworks and platforms for Weblogic, JBoss, and WebSphere application servers using JSP, JavaBeans, Servlets, HTML, WML, JavaScript and JNI. Previous senior architectural roles include working with Financial Fusion, Coresoft, Novell Inc. and WordPerfect Corporation. Jeff has published various technical papers and reference books including Pro JMX: Java Management Extensions; Web Services Business Strategies and Architectures; and, .NET and J2EE Web Services: A Comparison. Jeff graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Computer Science.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Ereinsure, Inc. |
Chief Architect |
Current |
| Wordperfect |
|
Current |
| Financial Fusion |
|
Current |
| Coresoft, LLC |
|
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| University of Utah |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gestation, Inc |
Vice President & Cto |
Current |
| Travel Sciences |
Vice President & Cto |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Network Engineer |
Current |
| Connecticut Telephone, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Computerland Corp |
Vice President of Operations |
Former |
| Dataflex |
Vice President of Operations |
Former |
| Yale University |
Instructor |
Former |
Jennifer J. Johnson, APR, is founder of Johnson & Company, The Virtual Agency(TM), a full-service public relations and marketing communications firm specializing in growing high-technology companies. As one of America's first "virtual" agencies, Johnson & Company has garnered nationwide attention for pioneering a 21st-century work model, where "open collar workers" telecommute from home offices and enjoy flexible schedules, increased personal time and the control of their personal and professional lives. Not long after its formation, Johnson & Company caught the attention of the U.S. Department of Labor, who conducted multiple interviews with the agency on its style of working "anytime, anyplace, any way, at any pace." Johnson & Company was recently featured in Inc. Technology, Entrepreneur Magazine, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and on the History Channel in an "Office Wonders" documentary. Founded in 1997, Johnson & Company billed $1 million in its first 18 months. With 15 years experience from companies such as Novell, Inc., Dahlin Smith White Advertising, and Penna Powers Cutting & Haynes Advertising, Jennifer is considered a leader in the field of public relations. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Brigham Young University. Johnson is an active member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and currently serves on the PRSA Universal Accreditation Board. She is a frequent speaker on the subject of alternative work arrangements. Johnson lives in Salt Lake City, UT with her two children, Jamison and Truman.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Johnson Company, Ltd. |
Founder of Johnson & Company |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Agency.com |
|
Former |
| San Francisco Chronicle |
|
Former |
| Data Analysis, Inc. |
|
Former |
| The New York Times Company |
|
Former |
Jim Fehlig is a Software Engineer for Novell, Inc. where he is co-maintainer of the Xen-CIM open source project. He graduated from the University of California at Irvine with Summa Cum Laude honors. Prior to joining Novell Jim worked for defense contractor Interstate Electronics in Anaheim, CA on high-precision GPS technology for test, training, and ordnance systems. Jim also served six years in the U.S. Navy.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Management Developers Conference |
Software Engineer for Novell, Inc. |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Software Engineer |
Current |
| Interstate Electronics Incorporated |
|
Former |
| University of California, Irvine |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Senior Software Engineer |
Current |
| Management Developers Conference |
Senior Software Engineer and Architect at Novell |
Current |
JOSEPH A. STAPLES serves as senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Interactive Intelligence. He oversees the global marketing efforts of the company's award winning contact center and IP communication product lines. Mr. Staples brings 25+ years of experience in technology and marketing to Interactive Intelligence, including specific assignments in the areas of computer telephony, unified messaging, mobile wireless, computer networking, and computer-based education.
Prior to joining Interactive Intelligence, Mr. Staples was the principal of FirstLight Marketing, a successful marketing services company. For the six prior years, he was executive vice president of corporate marketing at Captaris, Inc., a provider of business communication solutions. Previously, Mr. Staples was the vice president of marketing for Callware Technologies, Inc., a provider of unified messaging software. Prior to his employment at CallWare, Mr. Staples spent five years with networking leader Novell Inc., in several management positions. While at Novell he is credited with playing a central role in developing the early stages of the computer telephony industry, including the launch and evangelism of TSAPI, a broadly adopted CTI development platform. Mr. Staples earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Phoenix with an emphasis in marketing.
Mr. Staples is an accomplished presenter and has had a number of articles published in trade magazines on various communication subjects. He was named Novell employee of the year in 1990, was named a Star of the Industry by Computer Telephony Magazine in 1993, and was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by Customer Interaction Solutions Magazine in 2006.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Interactive Intelligence, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Captaris, Inc. |
Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing |
Former |
| Captaris, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Corp Marketing & Org Development |
Former |
| Callware Technologies, Inc. |
Vice President of Marketing |
Former |
| University of Phoenix |
Bachelor of Science Degree |
Former |
Karen Carbonnet is responsible for Magellan's worldwide corporate communications strategy, strengthening corporate and product brands and driving complementary communications across both consumer and professional operations. She brings to Magellan nearly 20 years of experience leading a broad range of marketing programs for both consumer and business-to-business high tech companies, including Infoseek/Go Network, Novell, and Freshwater Software. Most recently, Carbonnet served as vice president of marketing for iGeneration, an Internet education, certification and staffing company, setting marketing strategy for the company and spearheading company name, identity and business model shifts. Her career is marked by the rare ability to manage strategic brand issues while executing ROI-driven campaigns directed at specific target audiences. Carbonnet earned her B.S. in organizational behavior from the University of San Francisco.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Freshwater Software |
Vice President of Marketing |
Current |
| Magellan GPS |
Vice President of Worldwide Corporate Communications |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| University of San Francisco |
B.S. In Organizational Behavior |
Former |
Klaus Kampf is an Architect for Systems Management at Novell, Inc. His focus is on exploring and integrating technologies and standards for systems management into the SUSE Linux family of products offered by Novell. He graduated from the Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule(RWTH) in Aachen, Germany, with a MS in computer science. Before joining Novell he was responsible for the development of the YaST systems management tool at SUSE Linux GmbH. Klaus has 20+ years of experience in software development and contributed to open source project like the GNU tools and the GNU compiler collection.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Architect |
Current |
| Management Developers Conference |
Architect for Systems Management at Novell, Inc |
Current |
Kyla has 11 years of senior operation experience and has worked with several Fortune 500 firms including WordPerfect, Novell, and the Government. Kyla holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with an emphasis in Organizational Behavior.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Secure Resolutions, Inc. |
O, Senior Vice President, Director |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Wordperfect |
|
Current |
Laura has been helping corporate clients reach their audiences for two decades, garnering more than 30 national, regional and statewide awards in the process. Her clients have included Fortune 500 companies in a variety of industries, including the science and technology, healthcare, finance, legal, industrial and retail sectors. Laura's extensive work in biotechnology led her to become the lead writer of the 2002 Council on Science and Biotechnology Development report to Texas Governor Rick Perry, as well as the Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute's 21st Century Life Science Roadmap. Her technology experience is reflected in marketing, public affairs and public relations materials for dozens of leading-edge companies including 3M, Novell, EDS and Tivoli. As principal for Public Strategies, Inc. from 1994 until 2000, Laura was responsible for public advocacy campaigns for Southwestern Bell's five-state region as well as Pacific Bell. She also was responsible for advocacy and mobilization campaigns for electric industry deregulation, home equity reform and a variety of consumer protection, healthcare and education issues. Her work was remarkably successful and provided the foundation for legislation such as the Texas Telecommunications Act of 1995 and passage of Texas home equity reform.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Blabbermouth Pr |
Vice President |
Current |
| Laura P. Wright |
|
Current |
| Austin Robot Technology, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| 3M Company |
|
Current |
"Perhaps more 'infamous' than famous, Lee Howarth has spent over eighteen years working in high tech, nine of which have been at Novell. Lee initially joined Novell Consulting in 1997. Lee's consulting experience, specifically understanding customer requirements to design ideal solutions, lead him to a role in product management for Novell's Access Management product line in 2001. In addition to his work on Novell Open Audio, Lee is available for parties and other personal appearances."
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Special Reporter for Security & Identity Management |
Current |
Prior to co-founding Featherstone Consulting Group, Mr. Hicks was employed by Techlaw Automation Partners, a national legal consulting and integration company for nine years. Mr. Hicks was extensively involved in design and implementation of medium to large local and wide area networks. During that period Lyndon installed, or assisted with installations of, Windows and Dos based networks for law firms sized from 10 to 1000 workstations. As a senior technical consultant Lyndon was often the person who would be contacted to resolve complex technical network problems. Lyndon is a Novell CNE and a Novell Groupware CNE, he has been trained in many application systems, including iManage (CME) and PcDocs Open. Lyndon is responsible for System Design and Applications Support at Featherstone. He has over 13 years of extensive experience in mixed environment networks consisting of Netware, Banyan and Windows NT. Lyndon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Computer Electronics.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Featherstone Consulting Group |
V.P. Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| Featherstone Consulting Group |
Co-Founder |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Techlaw Automation Partners |
|
Former |
Mark Sulzen joined SmartDraw.com in June 2000 and serves as chief information officer. Sulzen is responsible for all information technology infrastructure at SmartDraw.com and has designed several of the key systems that have contributed to the company's success. He has over 14 years of management and technical experience and an extensive history of architecting technology solutions to drive key business metrics. Prior to SmartDraw.com, Sulzen has held positions as chief technology officer, IT director, technical marketing manager, and web development manager while working for several technology companies including Novell, ITI International, and as a consultant. Sulzen holds a bachelor's of science degree in business information systems from the University of Phoenix. He also serves as the president of the San Diego Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP).
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| The Association of Information Technology Professionals |
President |
Former |
| Iti International Inc |
Consultant |
Former |
| University of Phoenix |
Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Synomos |
Executive Vice President, Sales and Customer Solutions |
Current |
| Venafi Inc |
Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
Current |
| Oatsystems, Inc. |
Vice President of Sales |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Strategist |
Current |
| Idmlogic Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Business Layers |
Executive Vice President of Sales |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Vice President of Sales Development and Strategy |
Former |
| Pace University |
Bachelor's Degree In Computer Science |
Former |
| Pace University |
Degree In Computer Science and Mathematics |
Former |
When not working on books and articles, Peter is a volunteer Novell Support Connection SysOp for the Novell Support Forums, assisting Novell in supporting many advanced subject areas, such as connectivity, network management, NetWare 4/5/6, NDS, and client software. Find out more about the Novell Support Forums from the February 1998 Novell AppNote.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Dreamlan |
President |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Volunteer |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Keytech Services, Inc. |
Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| KeyTech Limited |
|
Former |
| Bluffton College |
B.S. Degree In Chemistry |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Learnframe, Inc. |
President |
Current |
| SonicWALL, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Market Data, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Southeastern Louisiana University |
Bachelor of Science Degree In Mathematics |
Former |
Richard Noyes joined Cornerstone Technology Partners in 2002 to facilitate the sales process for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast markets. Mr. Noyes has an extensive background in business development for companies including Microstrategy as Director of Federal Services 1994-1997, Net.works "Virginia's Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies" as Director of Business Development 1997-1999 and as a Senior Client Advisor for Novell Inc, 1999-2002. Mr. Noyes international experience includes multi-million dollar software and consulting projects on the Pacific Rim ( Toshiba, Honda Pacific), England (RAF, Rolls Royce, Royal Forestry), Australia (2000 NOC Olympics) He holds a B.A. in political science from University of Pittsburgh and a M.A. in Business from the John Hopkins University School of Business.
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| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Summit Nettrekker |
Web Designer and Developer |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Health Centric Marketing |
President |
Current |
| Localplans LLC |
Managing Partner |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Crs Retail Systems, Inc. |
division president |
Former |
| SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc. |
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales |
Former |
| Writeexpress Corporation |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| Writeexpress Corporation |
El Doctor |
Former |
| Wordperfect |
|
Former |
| Northwestern University |
MBA In Marketing |
Former |
| Duke University |
MA |
Former |
| Colgate University |
BA |
Former |
| Brigham Young University |
B.S. in Computer Science |
Former |
| Brigham Young University |
Bachelor of Science degree |
Former |
" Robert Wipfel - Awarded 2002
Robert started his career at a parallel processing startup, and then at INMOS, worked on a distributed operating system for the Transputer. Next, Robert helped Unisys enter the commercial parallel processing market. He worked on single system image Unix and parallel database server technology. At Novell since 1998, Robert is architect for Novell's award winning Cluster Services, Business Continuance Clustering and iSCSI (target) products. He is currently working on Linux technologies for next generation data centers. Robert is co-author of Novell's Guide to Storage Area Networks and has presented the benefits of commodity server clustering and storage networking at various industry conferences. He has received Novell's Inventor Hall of Fame, President's and Engineering Employee of the Year awards. Robert earned a bachelor's degree (with honors) in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Kent at Canterbury, U.K, and won the G.E.C. Avionics second year student award. He holds patents on parallel processing (machine vision) and server clustering. "
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Architect |
Current |
| Management Developers Conference |
|
Current |
| Inmos Corp. |
|
Former |
| University of Kent |
Bachelor's Degree (With Honors) In Computer Systems Engineering |
Former |
Shaun Sturby has been an active member in the computer and electronics industry since the mid 1980s. His extensive knowledge and experience make him ideally suited for providing consulting, training, troubleshooting and technical support for high-end network monitoring and management solutions. In his capacity as Technical Services Manager at Optrics Engineering, Shaun oversees the daily resolution of network issues for organizations all over North America and the globe. A Microsoft Certified Trainer since the mid 1990s and Novell Certified network administrator, Shaun has acquired extensive hands-on experience in wireless and wired networking, LAN and WAN technologies, UNIX and Cisco Router Administration - often reaching back to when these technologies were in their infancy.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Optrics, Inc. |
Technical Services Manager |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Trainer |
Current |
| Optrics, Inc. |
Active Member |
Former |
Tamra Savage is a Senior Technical Audit & Security Services with Canaudit and is a valued member of the Canaudit Penetration Team. She specializes in external penetration techniques and is quite adept at penetrating networks from the Internet. She also is a modem specialist. With some aid of special software, she performs external modem hunts to identify and then classify modems, following with a risk assessment of each individual modem. Once a modem is identified and quantified, she uses the necessary specific skills and tools to gain access to the internal network. Tamra is also particularly adept at penetration testing Novell, Windows 2000 and NT servers, as well as cracking passwords and harvesting sensitive data files. Tamra is a co-instructor for the popular Canaudit five-day seminar, the Ultimate Network Penetration class. In this role she supports the primary instructor with the presentations and hacking tool demonstrations. In addition, she provides one-to-one coaching for the participants as they learn new skills and practice penetration techniques on our classroom servers. Tamra attended Brigham Young University prior to joining Canaudit.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Canaudit |
Technical Audit & Security Specialist |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
Ted Hulick is the Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of nVision Software Technologies. Mr. Hulick has been architecting and developing software for more than 22 years, specializing in network analysis, real-time monitoring solutions, and cross-platform operability for performance and security solutions. Ted co-founded nVision in 2001 after leaving Marimba where he served as chief architect responsible for Marimba's Web analysis and management product lines. Prior to Marimba, he worked as product author and chief architect at BMC Software developing the Patrol For Network Applications product and the Network Decoder portion of Patrol for Internet Services. Mr. Hulick was also responsible for helping shape BMC's strategy for products to address the Internet. Mr. Hulick is also the author of the Detective Series product line, a successful family of security products which are still heavily utilitized at many Fortune 500 companies today. Mr. Hulick has held senior level engineering positions at ITT Federal Systems, Bell Helicopter Textron, Excelan/Novell, and Demax/OpenVision Technologies. He initiated his engineering career by serving in the US Air Force at the USAF Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, CA. and is a 1984 graduate of Chapman University with BS/MS degrees in Computer Science/Information Systems with a Mathematics Minor.
Most recently serving in a director-level business development role at Reed Business Information, Thomas Fraser joined Kaspersky Lab, Inc. with more than 20 years experience in enterprise-software sales and sales management. Fraser's resume includes management roles at Novell Inc. as Director of Business Development, Entegrity Solutions as Vice President of Sales, and Invention Machine Corporation as Vice President of Sales.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Kaspersky Lab, Inc. |
Vice President, Sales |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Entegrity Solutions Corporation |
|
Current |
| Invention Machine Corporation |
Vice President of Sales |
Former |
Tim Summers has worked as an employee and consultant in the Information Technology (I.T.) industry for more than 13 years. Throughout that time, Tim has developed solutions for the day-to-day challenges faced by end-users, systems technicians, programmers and network administrators. Because of his experience of owning and operating a successful and growing I.T. business, as well as a diverse technical and business knowledge, Tim has a unique perspective on technology and how best to utilize technology to stay competitive and profitable in today's business environment. This unique perspective plays a large part in DIVERSIFIED's commitment to customer service and continued success and growth over the past 5 years. In addition to running an I.T. business, Tim's background includes serving as a Network Administrator in a mixed Novell and Windows environment for two local area firms, developing custom database applications for area consultants, and working as a systems integration technician - performing both in-house and on-site repairs. Throughout every aspect of his business, Tim has stressed customer service, professionalism, and honesty - qualities which he believes are reflected by our growing list of long-term clients and successful projects.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Diversified Computer Solutions, Inc. |
President |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Network Administrator |
Current |
| Diversified Computer Solutions, Inc. |
Owner |
Former |
| IT LLC |
|
Former |
Vladimir Stroleny is the Technical Services Manager of P.C. Networks where he is in charge of technical integration and design, implementation, and technical quality control. Vladimir provides high-level technical support for complex integration services. He is also responsible for new product and technology deployment in network and communications related areas. Vladimir provides sales assistance in highly technical scenarios. Prior to founding P.C. Networks in 1983, Vladimir was a staff accountant at the University of Miami where he also attended Graduate School. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the University of Miami. Vladimir attended University of Maryland in Munich, West Germany where he obtained an Associate of Arts degree. Vladimir has extensive industry experience directly from major software manufacturers. He is a Novell NDS trained and certified technician, a certified technician with Compaq. He is a communications specialist holding various industry partner certifications. Vladimir also holds certifications by industry-leaders Optika and Filenet on installation and support of their respective Imaging, Document management, Computer report management and Workflow automation modules.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| PC Networks, Inc. |
Manager Technical Services |
Current |
| Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce |
Member |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
|
Current |
| University of Miami |
Staff Accountant |
Former |
| University of Miami |
Bachelor of Science Degree In Economics |
Former |
| University of Maryland |
Associate of Arts |
Former |
| Graduate School |
|
Former |
Zane joined the IMC in January 1993, after 7 years of being an Informational Technology LAN Administrator/Systems Analyst/Programmer in a heavy steel manufacturer. In industry, Zane learned the struggles of dealing with a large list of IT objectives while operating on a small budget.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Industrial Modernization Center |
Project Engineer, Information Technologies Group |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Network Engineer |
Current |
Rick Crandall was one of the four Founders of Arbor Partners. He contributes to the Firm his 40-year background in computer technology ranging from startups to Board governance of large public technology companies, as well as his expertise in private equity and venture capital investing. His long and varied career has created a wealth of experience and contacts that have contributed to successful strategies, execution and partnering by the Firm's portfolio companies. Mr. Crandall applies his time broadly throughout the technology industry and brings the benefits of this involvement to Arbor Partners, although only a portion of his time is spent directly with Arbor Partners' activity. He is a shareholder and Partner, but not a direct operator in the Fund. Mr. Crandall's continuing role in Arbor Venture Partners III is, as before, that of an advisor, a source of deal flow, a contributor to investment decisions, and a strategist as applied to individual portfolio company's directions, market positioning and exits. In 1966, Mr. Crandall founded Comshare, Inc., which grew to become a publicly held, $130 million international market leader in decision support applications and executive information systems software. The company originated as a pioneer of computer timesharing. During his 24-year tenure as Comshare's CEO, Mr. Crandall led the company through several highly publicized transitions in response to the rapid market changes characteristic of the computer industry. Comshare was one of the few early timesharing firms to make a complete and successful transition to software products, while remaining an independent company. In 1994, Mr. Crandall left his position at Comshare and formed the Enterprise Software Roundtable, consisting of the CEOs of the industry's top 40 software firms focusing on enterprise software (and generating more than $100 billion sales in 2003). He continues as Chairman of the Roundtable. During the period 1995 2003, Mr. Crandall helped create Giga Information Group one of the nation's premier information technology research and advisory firms, which serves Fortune 1000 clientele. He was Chairman of Giga from 2002-2003, when it was sold to Forrester Research. Mr. Crandall presently serves as the software and services advisor to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and assists its efforts in areas of legal reform and advocacy in Federal and State government actions that affect the technology industries in the U.S. Among his many other industry honors is the ICP Business Software Review listing as "One of the 5 Leading Pioneers of the Software Services Industry" in its commemorative issue celebrating the 25th anniversary of the software industry. Mr. Crandall also received the 1992 Outstanding Entrepreneur Award from The University of Michigan Business School and Harvard Business School Alumni groups and served on the National Advisory Board to The University of Michigan College of Engineering and Computer Science. Mr. Crandall is on the Boards of Directors of Diebold (DBD); Novell (NOVL), the Dreman/Claymore Dividend and Income Fund, and several private companies, including ChannelNet (multi-channel ecommerce software), ITRACS (network security software) and Illinois Energy Partners, as well as on the Executive Advisory Board to Beacon IT, Japan's largest enterprise software company. He also served as Chairman of ITAA, the association for the computer software and services industry and was on the Board for more than 20 years, chairing its strategic planning committee for 12 years. Mr. Crandall received a BS in electrical engineering, a BS in mathematics, and an MS in industrial engineering from The University of Michigan.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Arbor Partners, LLC |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Aspen Partners, Inc |
Managing Partner |
Current |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
Software and Services Industry Advisor |
Current |
| Fox Crossing - Aspen |
|
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Darrenweeks.Net |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Diebold Company of Canada Limited |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Diebold, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Stocksengine |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Libertythink |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Novell Suse Linux |
Director |
Current |
| Libertythink |
Committee Member |
Current |
| The Diebold Company of Canada Limited |
Committee Member |
Current |
| Dupage County Election Commision |
Committee Member |
Current |
| Darrenweeks.Net |
Committee Member |
Current |
| Comshare, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Comshare, Inc. |
Founder |
Former |
| Arbor Partners, LLC |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| Aspen Partners, Inc |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| Arbor Partners, LLC |
Founding Partner |
Former |
| Giga, Inc. |
Advisor |
Former |
| Arbor Partners, LLC |
shareholder |
Former |
| Darrenweeks.Net |
Managing Partner, Aspen Partners, Llc |
Former |
| Aspen Co |
Chairman |
Former |
| Giga Information Group |
Chairman |
Former |
| Comshare, Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Giga, Inc. |
Board Member |
Former |
| University of Michigan |
MS In Industrial Engineering |
Former |
| University of Michigan |
BS In Mathematics |
Former |
"Director since 2003
Mr. Aiello, age 66, is Managing Director of Albert Aiello & Associates, a strategic technology management consulting company he founded in February 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Aiello served as Global Chief Information Officer of Lend Lease Corporation, a financial and construction management company, from January 1998 to December 2002, and as a member of its board of directors from May 1998 to December 2002. Mr. Aiello was the Chief Information Officer for Fidelity Investments, a financial management company, from April 1990 to December 1997. Mr. Aiello was also Chairman of the Board of the Software Productivity Consortium from December 1999 to December 2000. Mr. Aiello has also served as a member of the board of directors of CoolSavings, Inc."
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Approva Corporation |
|
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. |
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Nabisco Brands |
|
Former |
| The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
"In his role as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Mr. Greenfield is overseeing a number of initiatives designed to achieve greater operating efficiencies across the company and to solidify Avid’s position as a world leader in designing and developing innovative content creation, media production and broadcast solutions.
Mr. Greenfield is a proven senior executive with multidisciplinary experience in high technology. Prior to joining Avid in December 2007, Mr. Greenfield was CEO of GXS, Inc. from 2003 to 2007, a leading worldwide provider of business-to-business integration, synchronization and collaboration solutions. Since December 2003, he had also been an operating partner with Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused private equity firm.
Previously, Mr. Greenfield served as CEO of Peregrine Systems, Inc. where he managed the restructuring of that company’s business. He has also served as president and CEO of MERANT and CEO of INTERSOLV, which merged with Micro Focus to form MERANT. He has experience growing businesses both organically and through acquisition, managing development, marketing and operations, and serving diverse customers from small businesses to the Fortune 500.
Mr. Greenfield earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy, a Master of Science Administration degree from George Washington University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
"
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Avid Technology, Inc. |
President & Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Intellitactics, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Avid Technology, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| ADERANT |
Director |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Frontrange Solutions, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Mobius Management Systems, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Managed Objects Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Norwood School |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Hyperion Solutions Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Merant |
CEO |
Former |
| GXS |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Micro Focus |
CEO |
Former |
| Peregrine Systems, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Merant |
President |
Former |
| Peregrine Systems, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Micro Focus |
President |
Former |
| Francisco Partners |
President |
Former |
| Sage Software |
Vice President of Marketing |
Former |
| Vocus, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Peregrine Systems, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| The George Washington University |
Master |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
Master of Business Administration Degree |
Former |
| The George Washington University |
Bachelor of Science Degree |
Former |
| United States Naval Academy |
Bachelor of Science Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Vistacare Hospice Foundation |
Chief Marketing Officer |
Current |
| VistaCare, Inc. |
Chief Marketing Officer |
Current |
| On Deck Capital |
General Partner and Co-Founder of Rre Ventures |
Current |
| Rre Ventures LLC |
co-founder |
Current |
| Rre Ventures LLC |
General Partner |
Current |
| The Business Roundtable |
Co-Chairman |
Current |
| On Deck Capital |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Primerevenue, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Erevenue, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Business Council |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Enpirion, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Economic Club of New York |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| First Data Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Visiprise, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Coca-Cola Company |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Economic Club of New York |
Member |
Current |
| American Express Company |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company |
Chairman |
Former |
| Vivre, Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| The Coca-Cola Company |
Director |
Former |
| Harvard University |
Masters of Business Administration |
Former |
| Connecticut College |
Bachelor of Arts |
Former |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
B.S. |
Former |
| Antioch College |
double degree in Computer Science and Business Administration |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Rural Sourcing Inc |
Founder and President |
Current |
| Horizon Institute |
Founder |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Southern Capitol Ventures |
Advisory Board Member |
Current |
| Mattel, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| 4 Eyes Portal |
Founder and President |
Former |
| Cardinal Health, Inc. |
Chief information Officer |
Former |
| Cardinal Health, Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Associate Professor |
Former |
| Baxter International Inc. |
Executive Position |
Former |
| Honeywell International Inc. |
Executive Position |
Former |
| Technology Foundation |
|
Former |
| Honeywell Corporation |
|
Former |
| Certegy, Inc. |
Board Member |
Former |
| The University of North Carolina |
Associate Professor of Information Technology |
Former |
| Mattel, Inc. |
member |
Former |
"Director since 2007
Jones, 64, is chairman of the board for Lattice Semiconductor and an active board member for Genesys SA, Smarttrust AB, and Epocrates. He was chairman of the audit committee for mobile messaging leader Mobile 365, acquired by Sybase in 2006. Previously, Jones served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Gemplus International SA, a $1 billion revenue company which he assisted in taking public in December 2000. Prior to Gemplus, he was vice president and corporate controller at Intel Corp. Jones also served as chief financial officer at LSI Logic, and he began his career at IBM."
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Lattice Semiconductor Corporation |
CFO |
Current |
| Mobile 365, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Lattice Semiconductor Corporation |
Chair of Board |
Current |
| Novell Suse Linux |
Director |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Genesys Conferencing S.A. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Epocrates, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Openwave Systems Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| LSI Corporation |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Gemplus International S.A. |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Intel Corporation |
Vice President, Finance & Controller |
Former |
| LSI Corporation |
Singer Company |
Former |
| The Singer Company |
|
Former |
| Epocrates, Inc. |
Chairman, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation |
Former |
| Saint Louis University |
MBA |
Former |
| University of Illinois |
BA |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| University of Washington Business School |
Professor |
Current |
| Harvard University |
Professor |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Chairman, Fox Run Capital Associates, Irving, Texas
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Fox Run Capital |
Principal and Managing Director |
Current |
| Techrobond |
Executive Chairman and Director |
Current |
| RadioShack Corporation |
Presiding Director |
Current |
| Fox Run Capital |
Chairman |
Current |
| Platinum Research Organization, LLC |
Non-Executive Chairman |
Current |
| Kettering University |
Chairman |
Current |
| Greyhound Lines, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Novell Suse Linux |
Director |
Current |
| Waltham Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Massachusetts, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Presidents Council |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Alcon, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Highland Ophthalmology Associates, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Smart & Final, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Novell, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| RadioShack Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Presidents Council |
Member |
Current |
| Greyhound Lines, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Continental Airlines, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Continental Airlines, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Greyhound Lines, Inc. |
Interim President |
Former |
| Greyhound Lines, Inc. |
Cfo |
Former |
| Finance Company Limited |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| Financial Analysis |
Assistant Controller |
Former |
| Continental Airlines, Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| Novell, Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| Harvard University |
MBA |
Former |
| Kettering University |
Bachelor of Industrial Engineering |
Former |
| RadioShack Corporation |
member |
Former |
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