Keynote Speaker: John Morgridge

John Morgridge, Chairman of the Board at Cisco Systems, joined Cisco in 1988 as President and CEO. During his tenure as CEO, Morgridge grew the company from $5 million in sales to over $1 billion, and from 34 employees to over 2,260 employees. In 1990, he took Cisco public and in 1995 was appointed Chairman.

In his role as Chairman, Morgridge dedicates his time to Cisco's education and government initiatives. He also teaches part-time at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and speaks regularly on entrepreneurialism and management strategies at corporations and universities around the world. In 1996, Stanford's Graduate School of Business honored him with the Arbuckle Award. Morgridge holds a BBA from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from Stanford University. He has received honorary degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Lesley College, Northern Illinois University, Richmond, The American International University in London, and Carleton University.

Morgridge serves as Director of numerous non-profit organizations, including the American Leadership Forum (ALF) for Silicon Valley, the Nature Conservancy (TNC), Business Executives for National Security (BENS), the Tech Advisory Board for Milwaukee Public Schools, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the Cisco Foundation and the Cisco Learning Institute. He is a board member of CARE and Interplast, and is also a member of the Stanford Business School Advisory Council.

Keynote Speaker: Richard T.C. LeFave

Dick LeFave is senior vice president and chief information officer for Nextel Communications in Reston, Virginia, where he is responsible for the strategic deployment of information technology (IT) resources throughout Nextel. His 25 years of experience includes over 10 years as CIO for The Boston Company, Thomas Cook Travel of American Express, and Southern New England Telephone. LeFave received his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Puget Sound in Seattle, Washington, and a Master of Science in Systems from the University of Southern California.

Joseph Korb

Joe Korb is CEO of EyeRover Media LLC a privately held company that specializes in software solutions for embedded systems. EyeRover provides various video monitoring and archival services through the MyEyeRover Portal and enterprise product line. Korb is also a former president and current Director of GoAmerica Inc [Nasdaq GOAM], a leading provider of wireless telecommunications services for people with hearing loss. Prior to co-founding GoAmerica in 1996, Korb was Vice President of Business Development and Product Management for Ram Mobile Data, which is now Cingular Wireless. Korb was also Vice President and Board Member of the Portable Computing & Communications Association (PCCA), an industry trade association."

Joe Kraus

Joe Kraus is a senior vice president and chief information officer for Intelsat Global Services Corporation. Formerly an inter-governmental organization, Intelsat privatized in 2001, undergoing a radical and rapid transformation into a successful company that provides network connectivity to businesses through a global network of not only satellites, but also fiber and teleports.

As head of its IT division, Kraus focuses on effectively implementing the technology associated with making a transformation of this magnitude, including expansion of the worldwide network, globalization of the workforce and delivery of new business intelligence capabilities. In August of this year, CIO Magazine recognized Intelsat in its CIO100 award program for flexibly delivering new business capabilities during a period of great change through its use of IT.

Kraus is a long time employee of Intelsat and has had a wide variety of experience in the fields of systems engineering, information technology, network engineering, and program management.

He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters of Science from the University of Southern California. He is a member of the Working Council of CIOs, the Society for Information Management, and Gartner EXP.

Cesar Larrea

Cesar Larrea is the district technology manager of the Microsoft Mid-Atlantic region. His organization is responsible for the strategy and execution of complex technology solutions for Microsoft's Enterprise customers. Since joining Microsoft in 1998 he has held roles as a technical architect and other pre-sales technical positions. Prior to joining Microsoft,  Larrea worked at Oracle Corporation in various capacities such as a DBA, consultant and systems engineer. Before that, he was a Unix database application developer at GE Information Services. Larrea has several years of experience in database, development, and applications architecture in general.

Walt Strack

Walt Strack has been the chief economist of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau since July 1996. He is responsible for analysis of economic policy issues related to the wireless telecommunications industry and the Commission's program of auctioning spectrum licenses.

Strack holds an M.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and a PhD in economics from the University of Virginia.

Rebecca R. Weber

Ms. Weber currently serves as CIO, Vice President Information Systems for Meridian Health, a position held since the formation of the three-hospital system located in Central New Jersey in January 1997 and has over 22 years of healthcare technology experience. Prior to the formation of Meridian Health System Weber was the CIO at Jersey Shore University Medical Center from 1993 to 1996, a financial and technology consultant to the healthcare industry, an account executive at Shared Medical Systems Corporation, and has held positions at New Jersey Blue Cross and Irvington General Hospital. She is a member of HIMSS, and is the past President of the Siemens Health Services National users group.

Carl Zetie

As a research analyst in the application development and infrastructure research group at Forrester Research, Inc, Carl Zetie is an expert in the use of mobile and wireless technologies in the enterprise. He has worked in the information technology industry since 1985 in the areas of real-time systems, process control, and all aspects of application development -- including CASE, 4GL, and 3GL tools -- in a variety of roles, including product development, training, pre-sales, and post-sales support.

Zetie's current areas of research include mobile application development technologies, architectures, and application development as well as mobile integration technologies. He also covers the broad impact of mobile IT on business. Zetie came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group by Forrester. Prior to joining Giga, Zitie managed the product management group responsible for Oracle development tools.

Before Oracle, Carl held various positions at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) and Intersolv, working with modeling and development tools, analysis and design methodologies, and tools integration. His earliest experience was in real-time and embedded systems. Zetie has a long-standing interest in usability and user interface design and has worked extensively in Europe, primarily in France and England. He currently works out of Northern Virginia. Zetie is the author of Practical User Interface Design, a handbook for good user interface design in MIS, published by McGraw-Hill.

Identifying business value remains the number one barrier to wider adoption of mobile technologies as many organizations continue to struggle to identify good candidate projects for mobile applications. This presentation will discuss how enterprises can exploit mobile IT in their own businesses, in particular the ability of mobile IT to trigger process changes that unlock major value. The presentation will cover:

• The current state of mobile IT adoption
• How mobile IT can change business processes to unlock value
• Identifying good candidates for the exploitation of mobile technologies
• Lessons learned and traps to avoid from companies that have gone before
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