Chats with Kelly Gotlieb, "the" Internationally Renowned Pioneer in Computing - Kelly talks about his work with IFIP and CIPS
Kelly Gotlieb is currently Professor Emeritus in Computer Science and in the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto (UT). He is a computing pioneer, whose innovations and accomplishments helped lay the foundation of an entire worldwide industry, educational stream, and profession. His contributions are so profound and their impact so diverse and in so many areas that the lasting value cannot be comprehended. Have a look at this blog to find out more: http://blogs.technet.com/cdnitmanagers/archive/2006/09/29/459971.aspx

Global IPv6 Strategies from Business Analysis to Operational Planning - a chat with two of the International Experts/Authors: Patrick Grossetete, Fred Wettling, (Ciprian Popoviciu)
Patrick Grossetete, Ciprian Popoviciu, Fred Wettling are the authors behind the book, Global IPv6 Strategies from Business Analysis to Operational Planning.

Patrick Grossetete is the Technical Director at Arch Rock and past manager of product management at Cisco®. While at CISCO, Patrick was responsible for a suite of Cisco IOS® software technologies, including IPv6 and IP Mobility. He is a member of the IPv6 Forum Technical Directorate and in June 2003 he received the IPv6 Forum Internet Pioneer Award. He is a co-author of Deploying IPv6 Networks (Cisco Press, 2006).

Fred Wettling manages architecture and planning for Bechtel Corporation, a global leader in engineering, construction, and project management. He is active within and outside of Bechtel promoting standards-based technology interoperability that support global enterprise business needs. He is a member of the IEEE, North American IPv6 Task Force, and IPv6 Forum, and chaired the Network Applications Consortium for 5 years. He is a member of several industry Technical Advisory Boards and served on the president's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He has spoken at many conferences and is a co-author of the new book "Global IPv6 Strategies".

Ciprian (Chip) Popoviciu, PhD, CCIE, is a Technical Leader at Cisco Systems with over ten years of experience in data and voice over IP communications technologies. As part of Cisco's Network Solution Integration Test Engineering (NSITE) organization, he focuses on the architecture, design and validation of large IPv6 network deployments in direct collaboration with service providers and enterprises worldwide. Ciprian is a regular speaker or chair at conferences and industry events and contributes to various technology publications. He is an active contributor to the IETF standards and he is a Senior member of IEEE and member of several academic advisory boards. Ciprian is co-author of two books: "Deploying IPv6 Networks" and "Global IPv6 Strategies".

Barnaby Jeans, Leading International Technology Authority and Leader; Developer Audience Marketing Manager
Barnaby Jeans joined the Microsoft Canada team in November 2004. In his previous roles he has helped identify and grow the IT Manager audience as well as established the Tech Enthusiast activities within the Evangelism team. He is currently the Developer Audience Marketing Manager and is responsible for supporting the Canadian Developer Community through events, the MSDN Canada website, the community connection blogs, and the work of the entire community team. He was a key team member for the 2005 SQL/VS/BizTalk launch and the Vista and Office launch, and most recently led the Visual Studio 2008 launch across Canada. Barnaby is also a past member of the CIPS National Board representing the CIPS sections in Southwestern Ontario.

Ed Tittel, Best-Selling Author, World Authority in Technology and Certification
Ed Tittel is a well-known author, trainer, and speaker. He's been working in the computer industry since 1981, and has filled roles as a software developer, an IT manager, a trainer, a systems engineer, technical marketer, and even technical evangelist. He's contributed to over 140 computer books, and is perhaps best-known for creating the "Exam Cram" series of IT certification preparation titles in 1997. Ed has also written for numerous computer magazines and Web sites, and is a regular contributor to Tom's Hardware, TechTarget.com, and Digital Landing.

David Ticoll: Chair, Expert Panel, Information & Communications Technology Council and Senior Advisor, Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow's ICT Skills
David Ticoll is one of Canada's leading visionaries, speakers and advisers on competitiveness, globalization, technology and business innovation. He has authored several bestselling business books, including Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs, and The Naked Corporation: How the Age of Transparency will Revolutionize Business. David chairs the Expert Panel of the Information & Communications Technology Council (ICTC). David has authored many reports on the globalization of knowledge work and the rise of collaborative business networks, such as: Jobs 2.0: How Canada can win in the 21st century global marketplace for information & communications technologies and services, Outsourcing Comes of Age: the Rise of Collaborative Partnering, and Dances with Penguins: Harnessing Self-organization for Competitive Advantage. He is a senior advisor to the Canadian Coalition for Tomorow's ICT Skills, an alliance of companies, universities, and industry associations which is tackling the generational challenges of talent management and competitiveness in the global economy. David is a Director of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC), a position he has held for ten years. He is an advisor to the EMBA program at Athabasca University.

Michael Williams, World-Renowned Computing Pioneer, Past-President IEEE Computer Society, Professor Emeritus University of Calgary
Michael Williams joined the University of Calgary, first in the Department of Mathematics then as a Professor of Computer Science. It was while working at Glasgow that he acquired an interest in the history of computing, something which has developed over the years into his main research and teaching interest. During his career he has had the opportunity to work for extended periods at several different universities, and at the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution), and as Head Curator at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View California. Besides his work as Editor-in-Chief for the journal The Annals of the History of Computing, he has worked closely with the IEEE History Committee, the IEEE History Center, is past President of the IEEE Computer Society, serves as a member of many different committees of the IEEE and is a member of editorial boards concerned with publishing material in the area of the history of computing.

Lance Secretan, World Renowned Multi-Award-Winning Executive, Strategist, Best-selling Author/Writer, Keynote Speaker, Coach, Thought-Leader, Professor
Dr. Lance Secretan is one of the world's foremost thinkers about leadership and a renowned pioneer in innovative methods of inspiring people and organizations. The former CEO of a Fortune 100 company and an acclaimed business school professor, Lance Secretan works with a gifted worldwide faculty changing the lives of people and transforming companies and revolutionizing the way they think about leadership. Thirty of Fortune's Most Admired Companies, and 11 of Fortune's Best Companies to Work For in America are his clients. He is the international best-selling author of fourteen books on leadership, an award-winning columnist, teacher, philosopher, corporate coach and mentor, and one of North America's most sought-after keynote speakers, retreat leaders, and business advisors.

Vaclav Vincalek, IT Authority, founder and president of Pacific Coast Information Systems (PCIS) Ltd.
Vaclav Vincalek is the founder and president of Pacific Coast Information Systems (PCIS) Ltd., a Vancouver-based company that provides strategic consulting, application development, technology solutions and managed services to companies and government organizations throughout North America. Mr. Vincalek launched Boonbox in 2007 as a division of PCIS, currently offering unique web security, password management and secure data backup solutions. He speaks at seminars about web security and integrating technology solutions to improve business productivity. He produces the Pacific Coast Informer, authors a blog about technology trends and is frequently interviewed and quoted by media in programs and articles dealing with the technology industry.

Chats with Kelly Gotlieb, "the" Internationally Renowned Pioneer in Computing -- Kelly talks about his work with the ACM
Computing pioneer, Calvin C. (Kelly) Gotlieb, C.M., M.A., PhD. (University of Toronto), D. Math. (Hon., University of Waterloo), D. Eng. (Hon., Technical University of Nova Scotia), Fellow CIPS (FCIPS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the British Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery.
Kelly Gotlieb is currently Professor Emeritus in Computer Science and in the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto (UT). He is a computing pioneer, whose innovations and accomplishments helped lay the foundation of an entire worldwide industry, educational stream, and profession. His contributions are so profound and their impact so diverse and in so many areas that the lasting value cannot be comprehended. Have a look at this blog to find out more: http://blogs.technet.com/cdnitmanagers/archive/2006/09/29/459971.aspx

Dave Remmer, Architect Advisor Developer/Platform Group Microsoft, Top Architecture Authority
An industry veteran, Dave Remmer has architected solutions in the financial, multi-media, security, manufacturing, services and health care industries. He specializes in leveraging SOA, security, and standards development to realize ongoing business value within organizations. Dave focuses on current issues in architecting enterprise solutions and how to leverage the Microsoft platform to support project's architectural success. Dave is an Architect Advisor with the Developer and Platform Group in Microsoft Canada and works with some of the largest organizations in Canada.

Markus Jakobsson, Top International Security Authority, Principal Scientist at PARC and founder of RavenWhite, Past Principal Research Scientist at RSA Security
Dr. Markus Jakobsson is a Principal Scientist at Palo Alto Research Center. He is a founder of the security startup RavenWhite, which addresses security problems associated with authentication, malware and click-fraud. He is also one of the founders of SecurityCartoon, an educational approach targeting typical Internet users. He is a visiting research fellow of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), serves on the technical advisory board of Cellfony, and is a consultant to the financial sector. Dr. Jakobsson teaches on phishing and counter-measures, click-fraud, the human factor in security, cryptography, network security and protocol design. He is an editor of "Phishing and Countermeasures" (Wiley, 2006) and co-author of "Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses" (Symantec Press, 2008).

Keith Lau, Top International Development Authority and Entrepreneur, Founder Parametric Ventures Inc.
A Microsoft veteran of over 10 years, Keith Lau spent most of his career based at the Redmond Corporate headquarters, where he had taken up senior roles in Development and Program Management. Focused primarily on communications, content delivery and scalable, high-availability servers, he had played leadership and management roles in marquis Microsoft products such as Microsoft Exchange Server, and invented several patented technologies for the company. With a penchant for creative and start-up efforts, Mr. Lau became part of a 3-person incubation team tasked to help Microsoft start a new R&D center for the Windows Server Division in Shanghai, China. In late 2006, Mr. Lau relocated back to North America and founded Parametric Ventures, Inc. to pursue creative entrepreneurship. He developed tippingmonkey.com out of his passion for options trading and the idea that collective intelligence can improve a group's overall probability of success.

Jeff Kempiners, Top-ranking IT and Business Strategist and Leading Executive, Chief Technology Officer, Avanade Canada Inc.
Mr. Jeff Kempiners, as Chief Technology Officer, leads the strategic direction and growth of Avanade Canada. Avanade has more than 7,200 professionals in 22 countries, including more than 230 in its Canadian business, which has offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Montreal. Recently, the company grew its business by 25%. A seasoned leader, Mr. Kempiners has more than 12 years of experience in IT management and consulting. Prior to joining Avanade, Mr. Kempiners was employed with Accenture in a variety of roles, including System Analyst, Project Manager, and Engagement Manager for large customer accounts in all industries.

Rick Green, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, CHC Helicopter Corporation--Leading International IT Authority and Senior Executive
Rick Green is currently the Vice-President and Chief Information Officer of CHC Helicopter Corporation. Mr. Green has been employed by the Corporation for past 22 years. He began as the Chief Accountant with a predecessor company, Sealand Helicopters Limited, and moved through increasingly responsible positions within the Corporation. In 1988, he was named the Assistant Corporate Controller. In 1993, he moved into an Internal Audit function until 1995 when he was appointed as Vice-President, Finance in the International division. He remained in this position until 2000 when he was appointed as Vice-President, Planning and Control. In May 2003, he assumed the role of Vice-President, Global Systems and Solutions. In May 2006, he was appointed as Vice-President and Chief Information Officer. In 2007, Rick received the "Top CIO: 2007" Award from Canadian Business Magazine.

Sean O'Driscoll - Top International Authority on Social Media, Founder/Chief Evangelist, CGT Consulting
Sean O'Driscoll is the founder and chief evangelist for CGT Consulting where he focuses on education/immersion workshops on social media / communities / advocacy programs. Sean also provides extensive strategy development sessions focused on working with clients turning his workshops into business strategy for organizations with roadmaps, metrics, and action plans. Prior to founding CGT Consulting, Sean was the Global Manager for CSS and the MVP Award Program at Microsoft Corporation. As the Global Director, Sean was responsible for the worldwide team that identified, awarded, and engaged 4000 MVPs spanning 90+ Microsoft technologies and in more than 90 countries.

Kevin Brown - CIPS Fellow, Vice-President of Information Technology for ENMAX Corporation and Past Chair of the CIO Council for the Conference Board of Canada
Mr. Brown is responsible for all information technology policy, planning, provisioning and reporting, as well as maximizing the corporation's return on information technology assets. In addition, he is a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Brown has over 30 years of experience in the information systems industry including previous positions with the EPCOR Utilities, ATCO, and the Royal Bank of Canada. Mr. Brown has been active in the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) since 1984 and has served as president of both the local and national organizations. He is the past Chair of the Conference Board of Canada Council of CIOs. He remains active in Alberta promoting the information and communications technology sector as a strategic contributor to the economic future of Alberta.

Joël Quimper, Architect Advisor MDSN, Top Architecture Authority
Joël Quimper is an Architect Advisor for Eastern Canada, working mainly with architects in large accounts, helping them to leverage the richness of the Microsoft Platform in order to allow them and their business to realize their full potential. Joël has extensive experience into designing service oriented solutions and using web services. He is passionate about interoperability and how with .Net you can leverage the existing enterprise investments.

Jean-Luc David, Developer Advisor MDSN, Top International Developer Authority
Jean-Luc David is a Developer Advisor for Microsoft Canada. He has written five technical books for Wiley Publishing, including Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System and Professional Team Foundation Server. In his current role, he spends much of his time with development communities, companies and schools, connecting them to the resources they need to learn new skills and improve their careers. Prior to joining Microsoft, Jean-Luc ran a successful development and consulting firm specializing in areas such as Web Development and providing early guidance on Team System.

Internationally Renowned Leader and Executive: Stéphane Boisvert, President - Bell Canada Enterprise Group
Stéphane Boisvert belongs to the new generation of managers who enjoy challenging the status quo. A dynamic leader with a strategic change management approach, he is driven by a desire to resolve complex business issues and a focus on continually improving customer service. Acknowledged for his disciplined approach, excellent overall technological knowledge and ability to rally team members around a shared goal, Mr. Boisvert is a manager who promotes a participatory leadership culture while paying particular attention to training future leaders.

Internationally Renowned Entrepreneur, and Executive: Merrill Brown, Founder & Principal, MMB Media LLC
Merrill Brown is the founder and principal of MMB Media LLC, which provides clients with management and strategy consulting, corporate, editorial and program development, business analysis and marketing services. Since the founding of MMB Media, clients have ranged from companies in the news, information and wireless businesses to a large foundation. Brown serves as Chairman of the Board of NowPublic.com, the leading citizen journalism company in the world. Brown is also a partner in Propeller LLC, a New York consultancy.

World-Renowned Researcher and Educational Leader: Dr. Yan Xu
Dr. Yan Xu joined Microsoft Research in March 2006. Her research has been focused on exploring technologies and pedagogical strategies that facilitate and enhance interdisciplinary computational education and computational thinking. She is responsible for the Computational Education for Scientists program, which enables collaborations with academia for infusing computational thinking into science education to create tomorrow's scientists. Yan is also responsible for applying Microsoft Phoenix technology to computer science education as part of the Phoenix Academic Program.

Sean W. Smith and John Marchesini, World Renowned International Authorities/Authors in Security
Professor Sean Smith has been working in information security - attacks and defenses, for industry and government - since before there was a Web. As a post-doc and staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory, he performed security reviews, designs, analyses, and briefings for a wide variety of public-sector clients; at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, he designed the security architecture for (and helped code and test) the IBM 4758 secure coprocessor, and then led the formal modeling and verification work that earned it the world's first FIPS 140-1 Level 4 security validation. His current work, as PI of the Dartmouth PKI/Trust Lab, investigates how to build trustworthy systems in the real world.

Dr. John Marchesini developed security software for BindView, before he headed to Dartmouth to pursue a Ph.D. There, he worked under Professor Sean Smith in the PKI/Trust lab designing, building, and breaking systems. In 2005 he returned to BindView, this time working in BindView's RAZOR security research group. He conducted numerous application penetration tests and worked closely with architects and developers to design and build secure systems. In 2006, BindView was acquired by Symantec and he became a member of Symantec's Product Security Group, where his role remained largely unchanged. John recently left Symantec and is now the Principal Security Architect at EminentWare LLC.

Internationally-Renowned Speaker, Corporate/Executive Coach, Best-selling Author: Cathy Shaughnessy, Partner ShaughnessyHowell Inc.
Cathy Shaughnessy is a partner in ShaughnessyHowell Inc., an award winning learning organization. She has been inspiring people to be the best that they can be at work for over two decades. With irrepressible wit and hard earned know-how Cathy encourages her audiences to stretch their thinking, challenge their assumptions and perform better on the job. She is an unprecedented winner of Three Canadian Society for Training and Development Awards and author of "Cultivating Initiative in Your Staff". She is a member of Canadian Association of Professional Speakers, International Coach Federation, National Speakers Association.

Ken Lamoureux, Executive Director, Strategic Services & Innovation ICT Services Manitoba
Ken Lamoureux is a leading Information Systems & Technology executive with a professional background spanning several years in the public, private and charitable sectors, executive level experience in technology management, strategic planning, operations, project management and business systems development. His progressive senior management experiences include: Vice-President and Chief Information Officer with the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation, a $1.4 B venture where he led the award-winning planning, development, implementation, and strategic management of Information Systems & Technology. Ken also innovated with Great-West Life Assurance as an analyst, project manager, and manager responsible for business systems training/standards, Information Centre, Architecture & Planning and new technology based initiatives.

World-Renowned Business and Technology Thought Leader and Educator: F. Warren McFarlan, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School
Professor McFarlan has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at the Harvard Business School since the first course on the subject was offered in 1962. He has been a long-time teacher in the Advanced Management Program: International Senior Managers Program, Delivering Information Services Program, and several of the Social Sector programs. He teaches currently in the First Year Financial Reporting and Control course as well as in several short Executive Education programs. He is co-chair of the Senior Executives Program for China.

Top-ranking Executive and Thought Leader: John Clarkson, Deputy Minister of the Department of Science, Technology, Energy and Mines in the Province of Manitoba
John is the Deputy Minister of the Department of Science, Technology, Energy and Mines in the Province of Manitoba. He has over 15 years of senior executive experience in the public and health care sectors. He leads the governments initiatives related to energy, mineral resources, petroleum, climate change, innovation, research, science and technology related business development, community connectivity, service transformation and information technology. Under his leadership, the government has been recognized as a leader in climate change initiatives, became one of the fastest growing biotechnology regions in the country, released an aggressive strategy that links together environmentally sustainable practices with economic growth, adopted an aggressive innovation framework, and is transforming the way government operates through the use of technology.

Top-ranking Business and Technology Leader: Bernard Courtois President & CEO Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)
As the president and CEO of ITAC, the Information Technology Association of Canada, Bernard Courtois is an outspoken advocate for the deployment of information and communications technology tools to improve business productivity and to achieve our societal and public policy goals. He is a lawyer with over 30 years experience in the telecommunications sector. Mr. Courtois is also a dedicated and energetic builder of business communities. He has served on the ITAC Board of Directors since 1999. He has also served on the executive of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; was president of the International Institute of Communications; and is director and treasurer of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation.

Paul Kent: Top-ranking Business and Industry Leader; CIPS Fellow
With 30 years of experience in the Information Technology and Communications industries, Paul Kent's most recent position as Senior Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer involved full profit/loss accountability for the performance of xwave, an Information Technology services company, while also leading the Enterprise Sales and Marketing functions for xwave's parent company, Bell Aliant. Previously he held a number of positions with Fujitsu including national leadership of their Strategic Consulting Practice as well as Managing Director for Fujitsu Consulting's interests in Atlantic Canada and New England.

Stacey Cerniuk, founder, President and CEO of Annex Consulting Group Inc, Top-Ranking Executive and IT/Business Leader
Stacey Cerniuk is the founder, President and CEO of Annex Consulting Group Inc., a project-based IT services company specializing in applications development, project management, network infrastructure and management consulting. Annex is recognized nationally on the PROFIT 100 list of fastest growing companies in Canada, Branham300 list of largest IT companies in Canada, and CDN Top 100 IT solution providers in Canada. Stacey is also a partner in The Annex Learning Centre, the only education company in British Columbia that specializes only in project management training. Stacey has 20 years of IT industry experience as a practicing project manager, business analyst, management consultant and entrepreneur.

Mike Daconta, World Authority on Data Management; Noted Author; Top-Ranking Thought Leader; Federal Computer Week's Top "Fed 100"
Mr. Daconta is the Chief of Enterprise Data Management for Oberon Associates, Inc. and currently leading several data management projects for customers including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Mr. Daconta is a well-known author, lecturer and columnist having authored or co-authored 11 technical books, numerous magazine articles and online columns. Mr. Daconta recently was awarded patent #7299408 by the USPTO for his electronic validator he invented for Fannie Mae. His most recent book is entitled, "Information As Product: How to deliver the right information to the right person at the right time" His other books cover the Semantic Web, XML, XUL, Java, C++ and C.

Sean O'Driscoll - General Manager for Community Support Services (CSS) and MVP Worldwide, Microsoft Corporation
Sean O'Driscoll is the Global Manager for CSS and the MVP Award Program at Microsoft Corporation. The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award recognizes exceptional technical community leaders who foster the free and objective exchange of knowledge by actively sharing their real world expertise with users and Microsoft. The MVP award is the way that Microsoft formally honors the accomplishments of these individuals for their contributions to community. As the Global Director, Sean is responsible for the worldwide team that identifies, awards, and engages over 3500 MVPs spanning over 90 Microsoft technologies and in over 90 countries.

Trekker Armstrong, Top Management and Technology Authority; Director, Architecture & Planning - Information Systems, TransCanada
Trekker Armstrong currently manages Architecture & Planning and is accountable for a top-down business-strategy-driven process that coordinates the development of enterprise architectures to bridge the gap between forward-looking business vision/strategy and the portfolio of I.T. investments TransCanada will make to support that strategy. Mr. Armstrong is an active participant in internal and external IT forums for the development and promotion of quality standards and practices, research, certification and professional development. He is the past Calgary Section President for the Canadian Information Processing Society and currently serves on National Board as a board director.

Nick Corcodilos: Top Management Authority, Author, Writer, Speaker, and Headhunter
Nick Corcodilos is the host of Ask The Headhunter and author of Ask The Headhunter: Reinventing The Interview to Win The Job, the #1-selling interview guide on Amazon for 26 consecutive months. Nick's weekly e-mail newsletter, published since 2002, is relied on by managers, human resources professionals, and successful job hunters around the world. Nick Corcodilos is president of North Bridge Group, Inc. and has been retained by companies including AT&T, Merrill Lynch, Becton Dickinson, and Procter & Gamble to teach managers to recruit and hire more effectively, and to help groom employees for promotions and career transition. Companies using his book as a hiring tool include Disney, Marriott, Microsoft, Merrill Lynch and the U.S. Government.

Diane Teare, Top International Authority/Author in Networking, Training, and E-Learning
Diane Teare is a professional in the networking, training, and e-learning fields. She has more than 20 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting network hardware and software, and has also been involved in teaching, course design, and project management. She has extensive knowledge of network design and routing technologies and is an instructor with one of the largest authorized Cisco Learning Partners. She edited the Cisco Press titles Authorized Self-Study Guide Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN), first and second editions, and Designing Cisco Networks. She also coauthored Campus Network Design Fundamentals, the three editions of Authorized Self-Study Guide Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI), and Building Scalable Cisco Networks. Diane's latest book is the above-mentioned second edition of Authorized Self-Study Guide Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN), published in October 2007.

Jeff Kempiners: Chief Technology Officer, Avanade Canada Inc.
As Chief Technology Officer, Jeff Kempiners leads the strategic direction and growth of Avanade Canada solutions. Avanade is the premier global technology integrator for Microsoft solutions in the enterprise. Avanade has more than 7,200 professionals in 22 countries, including more than 230 in its Canadian business, which has offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Montreal.

Michael Furdyk, Co-founder TakingITGlobal.org, Leading Serial Entrepreneur, and Innovator
Michael Furdyk is the Co-founder and Director of Technology for TakingITGlobal.org, a global online community for young people, engaging hundreds of thousands of youth in over 200 countries and territories. Along with managing the technology team at TakingITGlobal, Michael is involved with the TIGed education program, and has spoken to over 50,000 educators about the importance of engaging students and integrating technology and global perspectives into the classroom. In the past, he has turned his interest in technology into a series of successful online companies, co-founding MyDesktop.com (later sold to Internet.com) and BuyBuddy.com (which raised $4.5-million of venture capital). Over the last few years, Michael has consulted for many Fortune 500 companies, including a 6-month engagement developing youth strategy with Microsoft in Seattle, Washington.

James Canton, Ph.D., Internationally Renowned Global Futurist, Social Scientist; Top-ranking Keynote Speaker/Author; Visionary Thought Leader, Premier World Authority on Business Strategy and Innovation; CEO/Chairman Institute for Global Futures
Dr. James Canton is a renowned global futurist, social scientist, keynote presenter, author, and visionary business advisor. For over 30 years he has been insightfully predicting the key trends that have shaped our world. He is the author of The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 10 and 20 Years, Dutton 2006 and Technofutures: How Leading-Edge Innovations Will Transform Business in the 21st Century, Next Millennium Press 2004. Dr. Canton is CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, a think tank he founded in 1990. He advises the Global Fortune 1000 on trends in innovation, financial services, health care, life sciences, energy, security, workforce, climate change and globalization. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Research in Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management and serves on Motorola's Visionary Advisory Board. He has advised three White House Administrations, the National Science Foundation and MIT's Media Lab, Europe.

Martin Slofstra: Long time powerhouse Editorial Director and Writer
In his regular chat sessions, Martin Slofstra talks about his upcoming seven-part series on CBC. Martin Slofstra has over 20 years experience covering the IT industry in Canada. He served as Communications Editor and Editor of Computing Canada. He helped launched and became editor of InfoSystems Executive (now called EDGE), Canada's first technology magazine for business executives. Martin has served as editorial director of the IT Business Group at Transcontinental Media, Canada's largest publisher of information technology-related newspapers and magazines.

An interview with Dr. William F. Miller, a World Premier Authority and Visionary on Business Strategy, Innovation, Technology, and International Thought Leadership
Dr. William F. Miller has spent about half of his professional life in business and about half in academia. Dr. Miller helped to form the Computer Science Department at Stanford University and to direct the Computation Group at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and later he championed the establishment of the Office of Technology Licensing which has become the model for such activities at other universities here and abroad. In 1978 he negotiated and brought to Stanford the first scholars from the Peoples Republic of China. In 1979 he was named the Herbert Hoover Professor of Public and Private Management.

As President and CEO of SRI International Miller opened SRI to the Pacific Region, he established the spin-out and commercialization program at SRI and established the David Sarnoff Research Center (now the Sarnoff Corporation) as a for-profit subsidiary of SRI. In 1990 Dr. Miller retired from SRI International and returned to Stanford half time where he taught technology related courses, carried out research on the IT industry and on the characteristics of entrepreneurial regions. He also spent about half of his time working with start-ups and non-profits in Silicon Valley. He helped organize Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network and served on the board of directors for three years. He co-founded and served as Vice Chairman of SmartValley, Inc. Additionally he aided the formation of CommerceNet and served on the board of directors. Dr. Miller was a founding director and served as Vice Chairman of the Center for Excellence in Non-profits. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Sentius Corp. He is Chairman Emeritus of Borland Software Corp. He is a Founder and Chairman of Nanostellar, Inc., a new start-up in nanomaterials.

Dr. Miller co-directs an international research project called the Stanford Project on Regions on Innovation and Entrepreneurship and he co-directs an Executive Education program on Strategic Uses of Information Technology. Additionally, Dr. Miller worked with foreign countries helping them establish their technology policies and practices, notably Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and Korea.

Don Tapscott, the World's Foremost Authority on Business Strategy; Chief Executive of International Think Tank, New Paradigm; Best Selling Author; Top-Ranking Speaker and Thought Leader
Don Tapscott, one of the world's leading authorities on business strategy, is Chief Executive of international think tank New Paradigm. Founded in 1993, New Paradigm produces groundbreaking research focused on the role of technology in productivity and business design, effectiveness and competitiveness. Tapscott is the author of 11 widely read books about information technology in business and society, including "Paradigm Shift", "Growing Up Digital", and "The Naked Corporation". His new book (January 2007), co-authored with Anthony Williams, is "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything". Don Tapscott is one of the world's most sought-after speakers, keynoting over 1000 conferences, executive planning sessions and other gatherings since New Paradigm was founded.

Anne Miller: Top-ranked Education Thought Leader; Education Marketing Manager Cisco Systems
As education marketing manager, Anne Miller is responsible for all educational programs at Cisco Systems Canada Co. and for the Networking Academy program in Canada. With her extensive knowledge of nationally-focused education programs, Anne Miller contributes to Cisco's highly successful performance strategy. Under her direction, Cisco Canada launched the Networking Academy program in June 1998. The Cisco Networking Academy program is in its' 10th year.

David Donnelly: Award Winning Senior Technology Leader; Director of the Applications Development Services Department, UNIS LUMIN Inc.
As Director of Applications Development Services, David Donnelly founded the department with teams of developers responsible for both consultative practices and commercial software manufacturing lines of business. Notable accomplishments include the development of a web-based electronic medical record and injury surveillance system for a major national sports league; a fraud management system for a significant Canadian financial institution; a CRM/ERP system for internal use and commercial sale; and development of a five-year strategic plan and implementation roadmap for the Archives of Ontario. UNIS LUMIN is a business solutions provider with a focus on unified communications, intelligent business applications, storage, security, and managed services. Holding both a Microsoft Gold certification and a Cisco Gold certification, the company offers a broad range of high technology oriented business solutions to assist their customers in achieving their business goals. The company also manufactures two commercial software products marketed world wide.

Leonard Brody - Co-Founder NowPublic.com, International Top-Ranking Thought Leader/Speaker, Business Visionary, Best-selling Author
Leonard Brody is a highly respected entrepreneur, venture capitalist and best-selling author. He has helped in raising millions of dollars for startup companies, been through one of the largest internet IPOs in history and has been involved in the building, financing and/or sale of five companies to date. Currently, Leonard is Co-CEO and a Director of NowPublic which is one of the pioneers in citizen journalism and quickly becoming one of the largest news agencies in the world. Leonard is an advisor to the Canadian Ministry of International Trade and a Director of Canada's largest technology association, CATA. A highly sought-after public speaker, Leonard has lectured at universities and conferences throughout the world. He is co-author of the best selling books, Innovation Nation: Canadian Leadership from Jurassic Park to Java and Everything I Needed to Know About Business...I Learned from a Canadian.

Pravir Vohra: Group CTO, ICICI Bank; International Senior Technology Visionary, Executive and Innovator
Mr. Pravir Vohra is the Group CTO at ICICI Bank. In this role, he is responsible for the IT strategy & innovation, enterprise architecture, process automation and leveraging technology synergies across ICICI Bank and its group companies. With a stint spanning three decades in the industry, Mr. Vohra has immense experience and knowledge in IT architecture, domain expertise in financial products, process re-engineering, IT operations and strategy.

Hari Panday: President and CEO, ICICI Bank Canada, International Executive, Business and Technology Thought Leader
Mr. Panday is the President & CEO for the ICICI Bank Canada, a Schedule II chartered bank, the Canadian subsidiary of ICICI Bank Limited, India. His career spans over 26 years including forming a greenfield Schedule II chartered bank in Canada, corporate and commercial banking, international trade, real estate finance, debt restructuring, credit and computer audit functions. Prior to that, he was involved with an international accounting firm.

Paul Bassett, I.S.P. (ret.): Leading Software Engineer and Computer Science Authority
Paul Bassett has over 35 years of academic and industrial software engineering experience. He taught computer science at York University for seven years, co-founded Sigmatics Computer Corporation and Netron Inc. (two on-going software engineering companies), and for over twenty years he helped governments and businesses to improve their software development tools and techniques. He is currently a senior consultant with the Cutter Consortium. Paul received the Information Technology Innovation Award from the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) for his invention of frame technology. He later co-chaired their Certification Council, was a member of their Accreditation Council, and now helps to accredit honours programs in computer science and software engineering, as well as chairing the CIPS Committee on Software Engineering Issues.

Dr. Fiorenza Albert-Howard: Noted Computing and Engineering Pioneer, Groundbreaking Author, International Executive, Business and Technology Thought Leader
Dr. Albert-Howard has contributed both nationally and internationally to the computing and engineering fields. Fiorenza is the recipient of numerous accolades and awards including three from the IEEE and a fourth for her writing. She has authored several groundbreaking books in computing including best-sellers plus publication of articles in technical journals. Just a small sampling of Dr. Albert-Howard's significant societal roles include senior leadership, board, and committee positions within: CIPS (Industry Canada chartered, Canada's Association of IT Professionals), the IEEE (Engineering Society, Engineering Management Society, Computer Society, Communication Society), SWE (Society of Women Engineers), CFUW (Canadian Federation of University Women), NSERC (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), APEG BC (Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC), ITC (International Training in Communications), .....

Paul Crookall: Award-winning, Internationally Recognized, Leading Government/Executive Thought Leader; Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Government Executive Magazine (CGE)
Dr. Crookall is a seasoned professional with a wide range of skills and accomplishments over a sustained career of considerable success and accomplishment. Specializing in excellence in the public service, leadership, and the criminal justice system, Paul draws on his experience to make significant and substantive contributions both nationally and internationally. His work is widely known and acknowledged for its innovation, integrity, and customer focus. More about Paul's extensive international reputation as a leading senior executive and award-winning professional, educator, editor, author, writer, researcher, and consultant, can be found at: http://www.innovation.cc/salon/2001/01-18-crookall-bio.htm

Allen Atwell, Top International IT Expert and Authority, Leading Senior Executive; Chief Technology Officer MessageLabs
As Chief Technology Officer, Allen drives all global research and development to further evolve MessageLabs product vision and long-term technology strategy worldwide. Prior to joining MessageLabs, Allen served as Senior Vice President EMEA Telecom Consulting for Oracle where he successfully built a comprehensive regional team of telecom architects and consultants in three delivery centers across EMEA. Prior to Oracle, Allen was CTO of Trader.com and has held key positions at S.W.I.F.T. as Head of Technology Strategy and Telecommunications and with AT&T's Bell Labs as EMEA Director of Research and Development architecting international ISP's. Allen also spent ten years at Digital Equipment as worldwide Telecom Software Engineering Manager. He started his career as a distributed software engineer/analyst at Dallas-based Texas Instruments.

Charles Hughes: President 2005-2006, British Computer Society; Chair, IFIP Task Force for the International Professional Practice Program; Founder, eManagement Limited
Charles founded eManagement Ltd in 1999 providing strategic and project services to government and the IT industry. His 38 year career in IT, following a mathematics degree at the University of Manchester, began with ICL where he held various director level appointments. As Project Director at the DTI in the 1990's he developed and launched the Information Society Initiative. Charles is Immediate Past President (2005-2006) of the British Computer Society (BCS). He joined the Society in 1974 and became a Fellow in 1990. Following a period as Vice President he was elected Deputy President in 2004. He chaired the team which developed the Professionalism in IT programme, which he champions and sponsors, and he has been deeply involved with the Society's governance and membership developments.

Barb Bowman - Internationally Acknowledged Home Networking and Device Authority; Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) - Windows Networking and Windows XP Media Center
Barb Bowman was one of the first people to become an expert in wireless technologies. Her job with a national cable company allows her to stay on top of the latest technologies in the broadband industry. She provides insight into connected home technologies, devices and products on blogs, in articles published on the Microsoft Corp. Web site and in Microsoft® chat rooms. In addition to having participated in beta testing Windows Vista™, Bowman presents webcasts on the Windows Vista hardware ecosystem on the Windows Vista community site, as a companion piece building on a Windows Vista Community Column.

Martin Slofstra: Business and Media Leader; Writer; Editorial Director
In his regular chat sessions, Martin Slofstra shares his thoughts on online communities and the new media. Martin Slofstra has over 20 years experience covering the IT industry in Canada. He served as Communications Editor and Editor of Computing Canada. He helped launched and became editor of InfoSystems Executive (now called EDGE), Canada's first technology magazine for business executives. Martin has served as editorial director of the IT Business Group at Transcontinental Media, Canada's largest publisher of information technology-related newspapers and magazines.

Trevor Eddolls - Internationally Recognized Technology Thought Leader, Author, Editor, Consultant; CEO iTech-Ed Ltd; Editor Xephon's Update Publications
Trevor Eddolls is CEO of iTech-Ed Ltd, a UK-based company he founded at the start of 2004. Trevor has written nine mainframe and communications-based articles for NASPA's (http://www.naspa.com) Technical Support journal and has been responsible for the Glossary section of The Arcati Mainframe Yearbook (http://www.arcati.com/newyearbook07) for the past three years. He has also published three books on mainframe computing. Trevor is responsible for the creation and editing each month of Xephon's (http://www.xephonusa.com) Update publications. There are also monthly Update publications for WebSphere and AIX. Trevor has a regular weekly blog, which can be found at www.mainframeweekly.com and also at http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/hardware/xephon.

Teresa Hennig: Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) - Microsoft Office Access; Noted International Programming Authority
Teresa Hennig, MVP, is business consultant and Access developer. She is also president of both the Pacific Northwest Access Developer Group and the Seattle Access Group, and is host for INETA’s monthly webcasts. She was the lead author of "Access 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference," which is due to be released in May, 2007. She was also the coordinating lead author for Access 2003 VBA Programmer’s reference. In recognition of her expertise and dedication to the Access community, Teresa was awarded Microsoft Access MVP.

Dr. Maria Klawe: Distinguished, Celebrated, World-Renowned Computer Scientist, President of HMC--past Dean of Engineering/Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University; former Dean of Science at UBC in Canada
Maria Klawe is currently the president of Harvey Mudd College (HMC). Prior to joining HMC, she served as dean of engineering and professor of computer science at Princeton University. Maria has made significant research contributions in several areas of mathematics and computer science including functional analysis, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, human-computer interaction, gender issues in information technology, and interactive-multimedia for mathematics education. Her current research focuses on the development and use of multi-modal applications to assist people with aphasia and other cognitive impairments.

Martin Slofstra: Writer and Thought Leader
This month, Martin Slofstra shares his thoughts on corporate/social responsibility. Martin Slofstra has over 20 years experience covering the IT industry in Canada, graduating with an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario in London in 1982, and starting with Northern Telecom as a corporate writer in that same year. He joined Computing Canada as staff writer in 1985. He's also served as Communications Editor and Editor of that magazine. In 1997, he helped launched and became editor of InfoSystems Executive (now called EDGE), Canada's first technology magazine for business executives. Martin has served as editorial director of the IT Business Group at Transcontinental Media, Canada's largest publisher of information technology-related newspapers and magazines.

Adam Chee - Microsoft Certified Professional Hall of Fame Inductee; Noted International Healthcare Informatics Authority
Adam Chee is a recognized subject matter expert on the area of Health Informatics, Adam has presented at several international conferences and was invited as a Theme Sub Chair (Telemedicine and Healthcare) for the 15th International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology (ICMMB) organized by the National Technological University of Singapore (NTU). He also holds the honour of being the first inductee of the Microsoft Certified Professional Hall of Fame International. Adam contributes to both the IT and Health Informatics industry by authoring commentaries and technical articles for various international web portals and publication as well as giving talks at professional societies and tertiary institutions.

Network Neutrality and related issues: Chats with Kelly Gotlieb, "the" Internationally Renowned Pioneer in Computing
This week, Stephen Ibaraki has the fourth of his exclusive interviews with computing pioneer, Calvin C. (Kelly) Gotlieb, C.M., M.A., PhD.D. (University of Toronto), about Network Neutrality and related issues.

Nuo Yan - Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) - Windows Shell/User, 2003 to 2007
Nuo Yan became an MVP, the youngest in China, in April 2003 when he was only 16. Yan specializes in Microsoft® Windows Client, Windows Server®, Microsoft .NET and Windows Vista™ and is active in online and local offline technical events. He was awarded the Microsoft China Community Star for helping to develop and customize solutions for its partners in China. He started the nonprofit technical community Diyinside Community and volunteers in several capacities, including supporting university technical events, developing software workshops and writing technical books. His first book, "Windows XP Beginner Guide and FAQs," was published in China in June 2004. Nuo Yan is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington in Seattle, and proposes to major in applied computational mathematical sciences.

Jon Bartol: Chief Information Officer, General Motors of Canada; Top-Ranking Business Technology Leader and Authority
Jon Bartol Chief Information Officer of General Motors of Canada shares his insights on opportunities, challenges, risks and strategies for business and IT. He serves as a member of the GM of Canada Strategy Board. He holds a variety of Teaming for Excellence awards, and Quality Recognition Awards.

Martin Slofstra, Editorial Director, IT Business group: CIOs and their perspectives
This month, Martin Slofstra shares his thoughts on CIOs and their perspectives on such things as IT and Business Alignment. Martin Slofstra is editorial director of the IT Business Group at Transcontinental Media, Canada's largest publisher of information technology-related newspapers and magazines. Martin has 20 years experience covering the IT industry in Canada.

Dr. Danny Sands: Director of Medical Informatics, Cisco Systems; Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School
Dr. Danny Sands is an internationally recognized lecturer, consultant, and thought leader in the area of clinical computing and patient and clinician empowerment through the use of computer technology. Prior to joining Cisco, he served as the Chief Medical Officer and VP for Clinical Strategies for Zix Corporation, where he provided clinical leadership that helped the company become a leader in e-prescribing. Prior to that, he was the Clinical Systems Integration Architect at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where he had worked since 1991. Danny is the recipient of numerous health IT awards, sits on the board of the American Medical Informatics Association, and has been elected to fellowship in both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Medical Informatics.

Celso Mello: Chief Information Officer, Chubb Security Systems
Celso Mello heads up a team of approximately 20 professionals and his responsibilities include all aspects of IT, ranging from infrastructure to applications to security, and span from budget to strategy to compliance. His achievements throughout his professional career include data centre consolidations, network upgrades, security enhancements, large application implementations. In particular, over the past 18 months, Mr. Mello's team has successfully implemented a MPLS network, a VoIP-enabled national phone system, a 1000-user Active Directory rollout, and upgraded a business critical application system, running on a 24x7 high-availability environment.

Arthur Entlich: Internationally Regarded Microsoft MVP in Printing and Imaging; Noted Professional Artist, Photographer and Lecturer
Arthur Entlich is a professional artist, photographer and lecturer, who provides creative graphic artists and others with information on how to bridge and integrate traditional art forms with high tech methodologies to allow them to broaden their creative techniques and output. His commentaries can be found in various internet printing and graphic hardware groups. He has been awarded as a Microsoft MVP in Printing and Imaging for the last four years.

The Changing Role of the CIO: Martin Slofstra, Editorial Director, IT Business group
Martin Slofstra shares his insights about the "Changing Role of the CIO". Martin Slofstra is editorial director of the IT Business Group at Transcontinental Media, Canada's largest publisher of information technology-related newspapers and magazines. Titles include Computing Canada, Computer Dealer News, Communications and Networking, Direction Informatique, EDGE magazine, Technology in Government, and ITBusiness.ca, a daily news web site. Martin brings a unique perspective on the industry and those transitioning to leadership roles in business.

Neal Allen, International Top-Ranking Network Service/Troubleshooting Authority; Level 3 Escalation Engineer, Fluke Networks
Neal Allen has been with Fluke since 1989, and has been in the Fluke Networks networking products group since 1992 when it formed. Special focus has been placed on technical marketing, product development, beta testing, and special projects. In 2002 the Technical Assistance Center was restructured, and in the capacity of a level 3 escalation engineer, Neal has dealt with many of the issues surrounding analysis of the higher OSI layers while still maintaining awareness of the lower layers and how they affect monitoring and troubleshooting. Special projects include assisting/managing troubleshooting at all US Interop trade shows since 1993, assisting with troubleshooting at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, assisting with network service restoration at the Pentagon following the 9/11 attack, and assisting with troubleshooting efforts onboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis while underway.

Martin Slofstra: Editorial Director - IT Business group
Martin Slofstra is editorial director of the IT Business Group at Transcontinental Media, Canada's largest publisher of information technology-related newspapers and magazines. Titles include Computing Canada, Computer Dealer News, Communications and Networking, Direction Informatique, EDGE magazine, Technology in Government, and ITBusiness.ca, a daily news web site. Martin has 20 years experience covering the IT industry in Canada.

Noted Business and Technology Leader, Bernard Courtois
President and CEO of ITAC, the Information Technology Association of Canada, Bernard Courtois is an outspoken advocate for the deployment of information and communications technology tools to improve business productivity and to achieve our societal and public policy goals. He is a lawyer with over 30 years experience in the telecommunications sector. He served in a variety of executive roles with Bell Canada. Prior to joining Bell Canada, Mr. Courtois practiced law in Montreal and Ottawa serving a wide range of clients in telecommunications and other regulated industries. He was an active participant in the many regulatory, public policy and judicial proceedings which have shaped Canada's competitive communications marketplace.

Stu Mackay, Dean, Yukon College, a leader in innovative educational programs and advanced delivery
Stu Mackay is the Dean of Professional Studies at Yukon College and is responsible for the Departments of Business and Administration, Health and Human Services, and Trades and Technology. He joined Yukon College in 1992 after working throughout the eastern and western arctic as a Community Economic Planner, Community Adult Educator and Regional Education Co-ordinator. Stu also worked as a teacher for four years in northern Nigeria and was a military pilot for 12 years.

Dr. Karl Moore, Internationally Leading Business and Management Authority, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Dr. Moore joined McGill's Faculty of Management in 2000, where he teaches graduate courses in globalization and high tech marketing. He has taught extensively in executive education and MBA programs in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa with leading universities. His publications include over seventy articles, books and papers on a variety of topics. His research has been published in a number of leading journals. He and co-author historian David Lewis have published articles in Business History and the Management International Review on international business in the ancient world. Their award-winning book, Birth of the Multinational: 2000 years of Ancient Business History, came out in 1999. Their latest book, Foundations of Corporate Empire, was published in Winter 2001 by the Financial Times/Prentice Hall. He has been a consultant to leading global firms. The Globe and Mail recently identified Dr. Moore as one of the top 10 Canadian academics in the media.

Professor Hideyuki Nakashima, President Future University - Hakodate, Internationally Renowned Computer Scientist, Visionary, and Inspirational Leader
Professor Hideyuki Nakashima, PhD, is president of Future University - Hakodate (FUN), a position he has held since 2004. Prior to this, he was the director of Cyber Assist Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). His research field includes Multiagent systems, Artificial Intelligence, (in particular, knowledge representation and reasoning, and cognitive science). He is currently interested in a new methodology for complex information processing as well as societal application of information processing technologies.

Dr. William Gray: International Expert in the Field of Mentoring
Dr. Bill Gray, MEd, PhD, first began developing mentoring programs at University of British Columbia where he taught for 15 years. He left academia in 1986 to establish The Mentoring Institute and to devote himself full-time to developing mentoring programs [along with his wife and business partner, Marilynne Miles Gray]. He has trained over 20,000 mentors and proteges to work together, using Gray's Mentor-Protege Relationship Model™ and materials they especially developed, such as the Mentoring Compatibility Indicator™, Mentoring Style Indicator™, Mentor Expertise Inventory™ and Protege Needs Inventory™. Over 150 organizations have asked him to help them custom develop different kinds of mentoring programs for a wide variety of proteges and purposes; these organizations include medium to large companies, government agencies, colleges and universities, and school systems. In 2000, they changed their company name to Corporate Mentoring Solutions Inc. with a focus on providing a multi-functional, web-based Mentoring Management System® called Colaboro®.

David Sanders: CEO, MVP: Internationally Respected Leader, Pioneer, Founding Visionary and President and CEO of Culminis - Bringing IT Together
A lot has happened in the past year for Dave Sanders, MVP and Culminis President and CEO. He was chosen by Microsoft for his fourth MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) award earlier this year. Culminis went over one million members this year making them one of the largest and fastest growing organizations in the world. His own user group has continued to grow and flourish with the average number of attendees at monthly meetings exceeding 400 and overall membership at 6000+. Never satisfied with the status quo, Dave is pushing for even greater things for both his user group and for Culminis. They are working on a lot of exciting projects and initiatives which they hope will bring a great deal of value to the community in the next year.

Dr. A. Joseph Turner, Internationally Regarded Computer Science Authority and Educator; Professor Emeritus, Clemson
Dr. Joe Turner received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Maryland. He joined Clemson University in 1975 as Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, and he retired as Professor of Computer Science in 2000. He served as Head of the Department of Computer Science from 1978 to 1992 and as Professor of Information Systems from 2001 to 2003. From 2003 to 2004, he served as Dean of the College of Information Systems at Zayed University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His current activities include serving as a member of the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET, a representative to IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) and IFIP Technical Committee 3 (Education), a member of the IFIP Council, and a member of the editorial board for three journals.

Skills Shortage and Blogs: Chat with Kelly Gotlieb Computing Pioneer, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto
Kelly Gotlieb, C.M., M.A., PhD. (University of Toronto), D. Math. (Hon., University of Waterloo), D. Eng. (Hon., Technical University of Nova Scotia), Fellow CIPS (FCIPS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the British Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery, shares his views about the Skills Shortage, and Blogs.

Evolution of Computers: Chat with Kelly Gotlieb Computing Pioneer, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto
Kelly Gotlieb talks about the evolution of the field of computing. Kelly is currently Professor Emeritus in Computer Science and in the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto (UT). He is a computing pioneer, whose innovations and accomplishments helped lay the foundation of an entire worldwide industry, educational stream, and profession. His contributions are so profound and their impact so diverse and in so many areas that the lasting value cannot be comprehended. Have a look at this blog to find out more:
http://blogs.technet.com/cdnitmanagers/archive/2006/09/29/459971.aspx

Privacy: Chat with Kelly Gotlieb Computing Pioneer, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto
Kelly Gotlieb shares his insights and views on privacy issues. Calvin C. (Kelly) Gotlieb is currently Professor Emeritus in Computer Science and in the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto (UT). He is a computing pioneer, whose innovations and accomplishments helped lay the foundation of an entire worldwide industry, educational stream, and profession. His contributions are so profound and their impact so diverse and in so many areas that the lasting value can not be comprehended.Professor Gotlieb's list of "firsts" fills volumes and they are so extensive that we can only discuss a few of them here. Now in his 6th decade of thought leadership, Kelly continues to inspire, teach, and be a catalyst for innovation.

Roger Hart, Leading International IT Authority, Associate Partner with Deloitte, Board Director of Professionalism, CIPS National Executive
Roger Hart I.S.P., P.Eng. is the Director of Professionalism for the CIPS National Executive and Pacific Regional Director on the CIPS National Board. He directs the professional portfolio for CIPS and represents the pacific region on the CIPS National Board. Roger is also an Associate Partner with Deloitte. He was an early adopter of the Internet and one of the first people in North America to predict its immense business potential. He was instrumental in bringing the Freenet/ Community Networking movement into Canada and was a founding Director of Telecommunities Canada. His many accomplishments have led him to be included in Canada's Who's Who.

Paul Thiel: Noted Expert in Research and Development for the Information and Communication Technology Sector
Paul Thiel has over thirty years of Middle and Senior Management experience within Research and Development for the Information and Communication Technology sector in British Columbia. He has been an integral part of Applied Research and development activities in BC, plus Pacific Northwest, both as an employee of companies including British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), PMC-Sierra Inc., MPR Teltech Ltd and as an independent consultant. Many of the projects Paul has been responsible for included technology transfers, performing due diligence on technology, production interface, sourcing project funding, marketing studies and sales. He is a founding member of the Canadian Microelectronics Consortium and has served on many boards and advisory committees throughout his career.

Sean O'Driscoll: Senior Director for CSS Community and MVP Worldwide, Microsoft Corporation
Sean O’Driscoll is the Global Senior Director for the MVP Award Program at Microsoft Corporation. The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award recognizes exceptional technical community leaders who foster the free and objective exchange of knowledge by actively sharing their real world expertise with users and Microsoft. The MVP award is the way that Microsoft formally honors the accomplishments of these individuals for their contributions to community. As the Global Director, Sean is responsible for the worldwide team that identifies, awards, and engages over 3500 MVPs spanning over 90 Microsoft technologies and in over 90 countries.

Gordon Ross: Internet Filtering Pioneer, Biometrics / Security / Telecommunications / Ethics / Privacy Expert, Founder of Net Nanny; President of Virtual Perceptions Systems Inc.
Gordon Ross’s career spans 30 years as an award-winning Internet filtering pioneer; Biometric technology, Computer security, and Telecommunications engineer; and as an internationally sought-after speaker. Mr. Ross is an expert on issues concerning the Internet, privacy, security, telecommunications and child safety. In 1994, Mr. Ross created, developed and designed the first filtering software for the Internet and led the development of Internet and Biometric security products. He established a solid market and brand leadership, beginning with the industry's first filtering product in January 1995 - Net Nanny.

Dr. Gary Birch: Executive Director of Neil Squire Society
Gary Birch was appointed Director of Research and Development at the Neil Squire Society in 1988 and then in 1994 was appointed Executive Director. He is responsible for the on-going operations at the Neil Squire Society including the supervision of a Research and Development team; the preparation and supervision of contract proposals and budgets for government sponsored service delivery projects; and the overall future direction and development of the Neil Squire Society.

Rick Maule: CE0, President and Chairman of the Board, NetEffect
Rick Maule is an experienced and proven leader as evidenced by the successful transition by NetEffect from InfiniBand to iWARP Ethernet technology. With more than 25 years experience in major corporations, start-ups and turnarounds in the computer and communications industry, Rick has served in various roles including general management, marketing and engineering.

Richard Giles: Noted Expert and Pioneer in Blogging, Podcasting, and New Media (Web 2.0)
Richard has been in the technology industry for more than 15 years. He started his career in the early nineties with the largest cell phone provider in the UK. After working for Sun Microsystems for almost 10 years, Richard set up his own consultancy, Clique Communications, to focus on authoring, consulting, and entrepreneurship. Richard now specializes in online social software, like Flickr, weblogging, and podcasting. He consults with many organizations, explaining the ramifications of technology on society and business.

Michael Vax: Industry Leading Vice President of Product Development at Blackboard (formerly WebCT)
Michael has spent more than 20 years in software development. During his career he has worked as a developer, an architect, a development manager, a director of development, a VP of Development, and a CTO. He is currently the Vice President of Product Development at Balckboard (formerly WebCT) (www.blackboard.com) - the world's leading providers of e-learning systems that are used by thousands of colleges and universities in more than 70 countries worldwide. Michael is a member of Agile Alliance (www.agilealliance.com) software development in Vancouver. He is interested in career development and mentoring; he often speaks to computer science students about career development in the high tech industry. Michael founded and operates a web site www.CareerShare.com.

Mervyn Adrian: Senior Vice-President, Forrester Research
During 2004 and 2005, Merv was responsible for overseeing and facilitating collaboration of all Forrester research efforts within the Application Development and Infrastructure, Computing Systems, Enterprise Applications, Information Delivery, IT Management & Services, and Telecom & Networks research teams. His role now focuses on developing Research offerings to address the go-to-market challenges of high-tech vendors. He maintains high-level relationships with numerous user and vendor clients including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft. Merv's former areas of coverage as an analyst include data management, application architecture, IT industry trends, and vendor strategies.

Nestor J. Portillo: Regional Manager, Americas Region MVP Worldwide, Microsoft Corporation
Nestor Portillo is the Americas Regional Manager of the CSS Communities and MVP Program at Microsoft Corporation. The CSS Communities and MVP Program is primarily responsible for the relationship management of key community influencers in Canada, US and Latin America awarded Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) by Microsoft.

Derick Wong: Noted Security Authority and Senior Security Product Manager, Microsoft Canada
As senior security product manager with Microsoft Canada, Derick Wong is responsible for developing strategic marketing initiatives for security products that are part of the Windows Server System. A crucial part of his role is to educate customers and partners on industry trends and issues, and key security product developments at Microsoft. Derick has worked for over eleven years in the Canadian IT security sector. He brings extensive knowledge of enterprise security solutions and best-practice security consulting services to his current position. Look for Derick’s presentation on “The Top Ten IT Security Threats and How to Avoid Them” at the INFORMATICS 2006 Conference held in Victoria May 28th to 30th.

Paul Bassett, I.S.P. (ret.): Leading Software Engineer and Computer Science Authority
Paul has over 35 years of academic and industrial software engineering experience. He taught computer science at York University for seven years, co-founded Sigmatics Computer Corporation and Netron Inc. (two on-going software engineering companies), and for over twenty years he helped governments and businesses to improve their software development tools and techniques. He is currently a senior consultant with the Cutter Consortium http://www.cutter.com/index.shtml. Paul received the Information Technology Innovation Award from the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) for his invention of frame technology. He later co-chaired their Certification Council, was a member of their Accreditation Council, and now helps to accredit honours programs in computer science and software engineering, as well as chairing the CIPS Committee on Software Engineering Issues.

S. "Soma" Somasegar - Corporate Vice President, Developer Division, Microsoft
"Soma" Somasegar is corporate vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft Corporation. The Developer Division is primarily responsible for all the developer-related languages, tools and platforms within Microsoft, including Visual Studio, Web Platform and Tools, .NET Framework, Common Language Runtime (CLR) and other .NET Developer Platform technologies. In addition, he oversees the India Development Center (IDC) in Hyderabad, India. Somasegar frequently shares his thoughts with the developer community via a blog on http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar.

Dr. Norm Archer: Professor Emeritus in the Management Science and Information Systems Area of the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Dr. Norm Archer is Professor Emeritus in the Management Science and Information Systems Area of the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada. He is also Special Advisor to the McMaster eBusiness Research Centre (MeRC), which he founded in 1999 as its first director. From December 2000 to his retirement in July 2002 as a Full Professor, he held the Wayne C. Fox Chair in Business Innovation. He is currently involved in a variety of activities in research, consulting, teaching, and supervising graduate student research on eBusiness topics. He plays a key role as the coordinator of eCommerce research in the Ontario Research Network for Electronic Commerce (ORNEC) where MeRC is an important member. He has been responsible for organizing an annual symposium on supply chain management, jointly sponsored by MeRC, ORNEC, and the Purchasing Management Association of Canada.

Guy Kawasaki: Chairman and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures
Guy Kawasaki, Chairman and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, a seed-stage and early-stage venture capital fund. Garage looks to invest in special entrepreneurs who have big ideas and who need seed capital to turn their ideas into action. They see the world for what it could be. Formerly Guy Kawasaki provided advice in a Q&A format for Forbes.com however in 2006, Guy’s focus has been his immensely popular blog: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/. Guy is the author of eight books including The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way.

Guy Kawasaki: Chairman and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures
Guy Kawasaki, Chairman and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, a seed-stage and early-stage venture capital fund. Interview also includes China-based questions.

Patricia MacInnis: Editor Computing Canada
Computing Canada (CC) is the oldest, largest and most influential bi-weekly news publication whose broad audience of 42,000 includes a large segment of the IT managers and decisions-makers in medium to large enterprises in corporate Canada. Established in 1975, it is Canada's longest-standing business technology publication and is considered the best source of news and analysis on technology issues that matter to Canadian businesses. Computing Canada has the largest editorial team of any Canadian publication in its category, reporting and investigating on news, topics and concerns that affect the management of information systems departments in business, government and educational organizations.

Ben Grebinski: Superintendent of School Operations, Administrative Services and Technology, Regina Catholic Schools
Ben Grebinski was the recipient of the 2005 Computing Canada IT Leadership: IT Executive of the Year Award. He is currently a superintendent for Regina Catholic Schools in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. His educational career spans twenty-nine years and includes experience as a high school teacher, assistant principal, principal, athletic coach, and systems trainer. He has worked as a lecturer in the College of Education and Graduate Studies Program at the University of Regina. He currently serves on several provincial educational review committees and is a member of the University of Regina Senate. Throughout his career, Ben has focused on school improvement, with the conviction that every child can learn. The work of Dr. Larry Lezotte of Effective Schools, Inc. has deeply influenced Ben's approach to school reform. Ben has used the tenets of Effective Schools as well as other school improvement models, including Professional Learning Communities at Work (PLC).  He developed an improvement framework with accountability that paid off in dramatic improvement in student accomplishment.

Ross Mayfield: Serial Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Socialtext.com
Ross Mayfield is an entrepreneur and leader in Web 2.0, and founder and CEO of Socialtext.com. He has over 10 years of startup executive management experience and a focus on helping people and companies communicate effectively. Most recently, Mayfield served as VP of Marketing for a Fujitsu spinout developing enterprise software for the telecommunications industry, and as Interim VP of Marketing for an Immersive Group Simulation provider to military and homeland defense markets. Mayfield co-founded and served as President of RateXchange (AMEX:RTX), the leading B2B commodity exchange for telecom. RateXchange reached $1 billion market capitalization, raised over $45 million in equity and debt and generated a thousand-fold return on investment for initial shareholders. His management of marketing led to majority market share, perceived leadership in its market category and recognition by Forbes as "The Best of the Web."

Dennis McPeak: Technical Architect, RBC Financial Group
Dennis McPeak is a Project Manager and Technical Specialist with 20 years experience in Financial Information Systems application development and maintenance. Dennis is currently with the Finance Solutions team at the RBC Financial Group. In 2005, Dennis and his team were the recipients of the 2005 Computing Canada IT Leadership Awards: Project Team of the Year Award.

Trevor Eddolls: IT Analyst, Author, Editor, Trainer, Lecturer and Consultant
Trevor Eddolls is Founder and CEO of iTech-Ed Ltd. Trevor has written a number of books and large number of articles on what's happening in the computer industry. He has edited Xephon's technical Update journals for 20 years and authoring credits include: VM Performance Management; Introduction to VM; and ASO: Automated Systems Operations for MVS. He has written and produced user surveys such as MVS Automated Operations Software and The Help Desk in Practice. Moreover, he has chaired numerous seminars and lectured extensively in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. He had three articles published Technical Support Journal in 2005. To find current information about Trevor's activities go to http://www.itech-ed.com/.

Laura Chappell: Internationally Renowned Sr. Protocol/Security Analyst and Founder of the Protocol Analysis Institute LLC, and Co-founder of the Internet Safety for Kids Project
Laura Chappell is Founder and Senior Protocol/Security Analyst for the Protocol Analysis Institute, LLC (www.packet-level.com) and a widely regarded speaker and best-selling author of numerous industry titles on network communications and analysis. She is recipient of the NPA "2005 International Professional Excellence and Innovation Award - Independent Contractor".

Ilya Bukshteyn: Director of Communications, SQL Server, Microsoft Corp.
This podcast [audio] interview with Ilya Bukshteyn from Microsoft Corporation is a follow-up to a text-based interview. As the Director of Communications for SQL Server, Ilya Bukshteyn manages a team responsible for advertising, customer referencing, messaging, PR, and Web presence for the SQL Server products and technologies.

Roger Sessions: World's Foremost Expert in High-End Distributed Software Architectures
Roger Sessions: the world's foremost expert in high-end distributed software architectures and the originator of The Software Fortress Model (SFM) for Service-Oriented Architectures.

Joe Horvath: Founding Partner of the 2005 Impact Award Winner, iFusion Solutions Inc.
Joe Horvath is head of sales and business development at iFusion, a top 3 MS CRM provider in Canada. He has over 8 years of global experience in the CRM industry. Prior to iFusion, Joe spent over 4 years at Pivotal Corporation including 2 years in the Asia Pacific region. During his time in Pivotal's Sydney office, Joe helped the corporation successfully develop their Asia Pacific operations contributing to over 3 million in revenue. In Pivotal North America, he played a key role in the development and delivery of mid-enterprise industry specific applications for the Financial Services sector.

Mary Jean Kucerk, CAE: Executive Director, Canadian Information Processing Society
Mary Jean Kucerak is the Executive Director for the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS). She is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the CIPS National Office and management of the Association. She also co-chairs the Finance Committee, the Advocacy Committee, and the National Constitution Committee. She serves as the National Registrar for the certified professional Information Systems Professional designation (otherwise known as the "I.S.P."), and is the individual accountable for the association's privacy policies. She is also President of PDit Canada Inc., a subsidiary of CIPS that oversees the association's Professional Development offerings. The interview focus will be the INFORMATIC 2006 Conference.

Bruce Schneier: World's Foremost Security Technologist; Celebrated Recipient of the Secure Computing Lifetime Achievement Award; InfoWorld's CTO of the Year
Bruce Schneier, world's foremost security technologist, and Founder and Chief Technical Officer for Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. Due to his world-renowned expertise, Bruce has testified before the Homeland Security Subcommittee and has provided his elite services to groups as diverse as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Bruce is at the forefront of security technologies and processes, including inventing outsourced security monitoring and the Blowfish and Twofish encryption algorithms. Bruce's free monthly e-mail newsletter, Crypto-Gram is the most widely read security newsletter, with more than 120,000 readers.

Rosaleen Citron: Eminent International Security Authority, Acclaimed Top-Ranking Entrepreneur and Executive, and CEO of WhiteHat Inc.
Rosaleen Citron is the Chief Executive Officer of WhiteHat Inc., an industry leading Information Technology Security Provider. Ms. Citron oversees the overall vision of the company within marketing, partnerships, alliance programs and supplier relationships. She is actively involved in the public media, and corporate awareness programs helping their partners and the public understand the need for security in today’s high-tech marketplace. As an active member of the Computer Security Institute (CSI), the Information System Security Association (ISSA), and the Women’s Executive Network, Ms. Citron is actively pursued for speaking engagements. As a result of Ms. Citron’s widely respected elite expertise in security and business, she keynotes at numerous conferences around the globe, including at the 2005 e-Financial WorldExpo, October 27-28 in Toronto.

Ilya Bukshteyn: Director of Communications, SQL Server, Microsoft Corp.
Ilya Bukshteyn: As the Director of Communications for SQL Server, Ilya Bukshteyn manages a team responsible for advertising, customer referencing, messaging, PR, and Web presence for the SQL Server products and technologies. Ilya has been with Microsoft since 1994, originally joining Microsoft Canada as a Senior Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services, and later moving to Microsoft’s corporate campus in Redmond as a Lead Program Manager within the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) group. In 2000, Ilya was a Group Program Manager with the .NET Developer Solutions Group at Microsoft Corp., managing a team responsible for delivering technical expertise and architectural guidance to Microsoft’s corporate customers. Ilya most recently worked as the Director of Product Management for Windows Server, focused on understanding the server infrastructure requirements of Microsoft’s IT customers.

Dr. Maria Klawe: Distinguished, Celebrated, World-Renowned Computer Scientist, past Dean of Science at the University of British Columbia and current Dean of Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University
Dr. Maria Klawe is currently Dean of Engineering and a professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. Maria has made significant research contributions in several areas of mathematics and computer science including functional analysis, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, interactive-multimedia for mathematics education and assistive technology. While at UBC she was the founder and director of the EGEMS project on the design and use of computer games in enhancing mathematics education for grades 4 to 9. More recently she helped found the Aphasia Project, a multidisciplinary project at UBC and Princeton, investigating how technology can be designed to support individuals with aphasia in their daily life.

Richard Giles: International Authority in Technology, the Internet, New Media, and Marketing
Richard is an internationally recognized expert in technology, gadgets, the internet, new media, and marketing with more than 15 years experience in the industry. Richard works for Sun Microsystems in Australia, helping corporations in their use of technology in business. He is the host of The Gadget Show, and author of several books including the Podcasting Pocket Guide from O'Reilly Media, Inc., as well as the upcoming Whole Internet Guide to Podcasts and Internet Audio, and How to Use Flickr: The Digital Photography Revolution.

Jeff Young: Top-tier Expert in Entertainment and New Media, Professor, Lawyer
Jeff Young...has been a lawyer for 17 years, beginning in corporate and real estate law, and leading to Intellectual Property, Entertainment and Media Law matters. Jeff is also a college professor of Entertainment and Media. He currently teaches Law and New Media, Film Law, and Music Industry Deal-making for the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and is the head of the Entertainment Business Management Program at the Vancouver Film School. In addition to his legal and teaching careers, Jeff is also a music producer and composer with credits on projects delivered to Warner, Universal, CBC, CTV, NBC, Global and the Knowledge Network. He was also credited on the production of the music and sound mixes for three major video games - Dark Angel, The Hulk and The Simpson's Hit and Run.

James Behrens: Renowned Entrepreneur, Visionary and CEO of Orb
James Behrens...CEO of Orb Networks, is a successful entrepreneur working on his sixth start-up company - three of which are now public companies and the other two were acquired by other technology companies.

Rick Bruner: Renowned International Expert in Internet Marketing Research, Celebrated Author/Editor/Journalist and Research Director, DoubleClick
Rick Bruner...is DoubleClick's Research Director and an internationally renowned expert in internet marketing research and is also a noted author.

Andrea Klein: Top-ranking International Expert in Financial Services and Vice-President, Financial Services, Oracle Corporation
Andrea Klein...is the vice president for financial services industry strategy and marketing for Oracle Corporation. Ms. Klein has extensive leadership and strategic experience in design, development and implementation of payments and intra-day liquidity management systems. She has successfully led a team in developing and delivering a global integrated payment solution, and in the design of an enterprise wide risk management system.

Michael Coady: World Renowned Security Expert and Vice President with Computer Associates Int. Security Practice
Michael Coady...is a Vice President with Computer Associates Int. Security Practice with 17 years of Privacy and Technology experience. During the past 12 years he has worked with two Big Five Firms and led Forensics and Security investigations both in the public and private sector. Michael has worked with Computer Task Forces around the world and has developed an enterprise security methodology to help mitigate risks to companies.

Rosaleen Citron: Eminent International Security Authority, Acclaimed Top-Ranking Entrepreneur and Executive, and CEO of WhiteHat Inc.
Rosaleen Citron...is the Chief Executive Officer of WhiteHat Inc., an industry leading Information Technology Security Provider. Ms. Citron oversees the overall vision of the company within marketing, partnerships, alliance programs and supplier relationships. She is actively involved in the public, media and corporate awareness programs helping their partners and the public to understand the need for security in today’s high-tech marketplace.

Richard MacKellar: Visionary, Entrepreneur, and Founder/CEO of Brightside Technologies
Richard MacKellar...is founder and CEO of Brightside Technologies. Brightside Technologies is commercializing research from the Structured Surface Physics Laboratory of the University of British Columbia. The company has been receiving wide recognition for its continuing renovation towards a final commercial high dynamic range display product, being introduced this year.

Roger Sessions: World-Renowned, World’s Foremost Expert in High-End Distributed Software Architectures
Roger Sessions... is the world's foremost expert in high-end distributed software architectures and the originator of The Software Fortress Model (SFM) for Service-Oriented Architectures.

Richard Moore: Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) program expert
Richard Moore...Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) program expert.

Randy Cassingham: Celebrated humorist, journalist, author, publisher; World-Renowned Internet and technology expert; Founder: ThisIsTrue.com, StellaAwards.com, HeroicStories.com, SpamPrimer.com;...
Randy Cassingham...is an author and publisher of the highly successful newsletter and websites, This is True (ThisIsTrue.com) and the True Stella Awards (StellaAwards.com). He is also the founder of HeroicStories (HeroicStories.com), and the Spam Primer (SpamPrimer.com).

Bob Kraus: Network Services PC Repair Specialist
Bob Kraus...after serving with distinction in the US Navy as an Electronics Technician, he taught in private post-secondary colleges where he designed curricula and ultimately managed PC Repair and Network Specialist programs in five campuses. His distinguished service and work history led him to the Washington Inventory Service (WIS) where he contributes as a Network Services/PC Repair Supervisor.

David Sanders, MVP: Founding Visionary and President of Culminis - Bringing IT Together
Dave Sanders...Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) recipient, founding visionary and president of Culminis, the world's largest IT Pro organization. Culminis brings together and unites into an alliance, IT Pros from user group organizations/societies/associations, corporations, and in academia.

Thomas Moore: Top-tier Developer, Consultant, Trainer, Author
Thomas Moore...(MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, MCSD, MCT, CTT+, Net+, CSE, Computer Programming Technician RPG, Data Processing Technician COBOL, Systems Analyst, Mainframe Chief Operator, Computer Science Coordinator, Tech Education/LAN Manager), has been in the computer industry for more than 25 years. Tom has a wide variety of expertise in all hardware environments and with most Microsoft Server products. He is currently a Developer/Technical Consultant for Diamond Municipal solutions in Paris, Ontario, Canada. He has many writing and editorial credits; his latest offering is: "MCAD/MCSE/MCDBA 70-229 Exam Cram 2: Designing & Implementing Databases with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition". This comprehensive reference guide also comes with the popular "Cram Sheet" tear card for your last minute cram sessions, and the accompanying CD includes a practise test engine powered by Measureup.

Dr. Marco Iansiti: Harvard Professor, Internationally Recognized, World-Renowned Technology and Operations Management Authority
Marco Iansiti...David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (HBS). Professor Iansiti is a faculty member in the Technology and Operations Managment Unit. He is a world-renowned expert and prolific author/researcher who defines with new prospective the critical elements and strategic and innovative approach that companies like IBM, Wal-Mart, Microsoft, eBay along with many others have adopted to outperform their competitors.

Laura Chappell: Internationally Renowned Sr. Protocol/Security Analyst and Founder of the Protocol Analysis Institute
Laura Chappell...is founder and Senior Protocol/Security Analyst for the Protocol Analysis Institute, LLC, (www.packet-level.com). She is a widely regarded speaker and best-selling author of numerous industry titles on network communications and analysis. Her top-ranking speaking engagements include Microsoft's Technet and TechEd Conferences, Novell's BrainShare Conferences, and the HP Enterprise Technical Symposium.  She is also Founder and Technical Advisor for podbooks.com, an Internet- based publishing company focused on packet-level communications and security. In 2005, Ms. Chappell released her Master Library encompassing all books, self-study courses, video-courses and trace file interpretations (see www.packet-level.com/library). Through the Protocol Analysis Institute, LLC, Chappell founded the Internet Safety for Kids program in 2005. This program provides education and presentation services on online predators, safe Internet communications and parental and law enforcement resources (www.packet-level.com/kids).

Sean Curry: Manager, Infrastructure Engineering Calpine Corporation
Sean Curry...Manager of Infrastructure Engineering at Calpine Corporation. Calpine's engineering team developed and implemented a Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization project that boosted network performance by 250% and  slashed operating costs by 75%.

James Zhang: Top-ranking China Internet/E-commerce Entrepreneur and Startup Company Management Authority Shares His Keys to Success in the World's Fastest Growing Marketplace
James Zhang...has a long 18 year record of accomplishment in China, the world's most dynamic, rapid growth marketplace. Celebrated as one of the most successful entrepreneurs in China, James founded E-Channel Consulting Co. Ltd. in 1995 which became ChinaHR.com. Serving as President, CEO, and Board Member of ChinaHR.com Corp., James innovated a new campus recruiting business model, launched the first Job Index in China, the first Online Salary Survey, and the widely media reported "Most Famous Employers..." program. Due to ChinaHR.com's status as one of China's leading online Recruiting/HR Services companies, in 2005, Monster.com, the world's largest recruiting company, acquired a 40% stake in the company.

Dr. Lindsay Redpath: Executive Director of the top-ranking Centre for Innovative Management (CIM), Athabasca University (AU)
Dr. Redpath received the Craig Cunningham Memorial Award for teaching excellence, a tribute to her dedication to high quality online education, a priority that she continues to promote in her role as Executive Director of the Centre for Innovative Management at Athabasca University (AU).

Ken Poorman: 2005 NPA International "Professional Excellence and Innovation Award in Education" Recipient; University of Phoenix Chair for Information Science & Technology, San Diego Campus
Ken Poorman...University of Phoenix Chair for Information Sciences and Information Technology and recipient of the 2005 NPA International Professional Excellence and Innovation Award – Education, given out at the world’s largest networking industry conference, Networld+Interop Las Vegas. The Award is sponsored by the Network Professional Association with cooperation and support including from Networld+Interop, Microsoft, Que/SAMS (Pearson Technology Publishing), Network Computing Magazine, Network World Magazine, Novell Canada, ...

Brian Vink: Respected Expert; Vice President of Marketing, iAnywhere Solutions
Brian Vink...is Vice President of Marketing of iAnywhere Solutions, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., which is one of the premier providers of solutions that enable anywhere, anytime access to enterprise information. iAnywhere holds the number one market leadership position in the mobile database, mobile middleware, and mobile device management markets. Brian is an active member of a variety of industry and community associations including a board member of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Software Division.

Manfred Reitenspiess: Renowned Expert and Director Business Development RTP 4 Continuous Services, Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Dr. Reitenspiess is Director Business Development of SAFE 4 Continuous Services (SAFE4CS) at Fujitsu Siemens Computers in Munich, Germany. SAFE4CS is a high-availability middle-ware to address the growing demand for carrier-grade applications and services in the telecommunications and e/m-commerce markets. In 2004, Manfred served as elected President on the Service Availability™ Forum, www.saforum.org, an industry consortium of leading communications and computing companies that are focused on creating and promoting open, standard service availability programming interface specifications for on-demand, uninterrupted communications services. Manfred contributes his world-renowned expertise in program committees and as an organizer of national and international symposia (e.g. ISAS 2004 in Munich, Germany) in the security and advanced telecommunications areas. Manfred is also co-author of patents in the area of communication and information convergence.

Tanuj Raja: Leading Wireless Authority and Vice President of Business Development at Sandbridge Technologies, Inc.
Mr. Tanuj Raja is Vice President of Business Development at Sandbridge Technologies, Inc. which is pioneering SDR (Software Defined Radio) based reprogrammable baseband processors for wireless handsets. Tanuj has authored and co-authored numerous journal and conference papers. He has extensive business development experience in Asia Pacific and Europe, and has successfully developed wireless business opportunities with many Asian, European US Companies. In 2003, he was invited to join HY-SDR's (SDR Research Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea), as an executive committee member.

Sumit Deshpande: Top Ranking Authority in Mobile/Wireless Technology; Vice President of The Wireless Solutions Group, Office of CTO, Computer Associates
Sumit Deshpande...is vice president of the Wireless Solutions group in the Office of the CTO, Computer Associates. He is involved in defining and communicating CA's global strategy for wireless technology, as well as the research and development of new solutions. His articles and interviews on wireless and other topics have been published in several technical publications. Many of his white papers and technical notes are available at www.ca.com/cto.

Jill Stelfox: Visionary and Widely-Respected Wireless Authority/Entrepreneur; CEO Defywire, Inc.
Jill Stelfox...founder and CEO of Defywire, Inc., a high growth mobile software company based in Herndon, Virginia, is truly a driver in the wireless technology revolution. In the highly competitive and crowded wireless software space, her steadfast leadership and aggressive vision have enabled this A-round company to secure eight important customers (including three Fortune 200 companies) and seven million dollars in funding in its first year of operation.

Chuck Eglinton: Famed Programmer, eBay Expert, Entrepreneurial Pioneer
As an eBay user since 1997, Chuck Eglinton achieved eBay Power Seller status in 1998 and has a positive feedback ranking of more than 3,300 points. As an "auction sniping" pioneer, his www.BidRobot.com website places last minute "snipes" for tens of thousands of eBay bidders. His software, in current form, at www.FastLister.com, was one of the first fill-in-the-blanks software programs designed to create custom eBay item listings and has a proven record of more than 5 million eBay listings to date. He also publishes a free email newsletter about online auctions a www.AuctionIncome.com.

Adam C. Engst - Macintosh Luminary and Noted Authority, Best-selling Author, Much-admired Contributing Editor/Writer, and Venerated Publisher
Adam C. Engst is consistently ranked worldwide as one of the most influential Macintosh authorities. He is the celebrated publisher of the multi-award winning TidBITS, one of the oldest and most respected Internet-based newsletters. He has written numerous technical books, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series; his most recent, "iPhoto for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide".

Widely Respected, Top-Echelon IT Executive and Authority
Peter Grant, I.S.P., is Deputy Director and CIO of the British Columbia Securities Commission, the independent provincial government agency responsible for regulating trading in securities within BC. His extensive background involves every rung of the IT career ladder: programmer, programmer/analyst, systems administrator, database administrator, technical consultant, group leader, project manager, manager of systems development, manager of information systems and now chief information officer.

Dori Smith: Internationally Respected and Widely Acknowledged Internet Authority, Author, Speaker, Technologist, Web Developer
Dori’s best selling book credits include: "JavaScript for the WWW: Visual QuickStart Guide, 5th edition", "Mac OS X Unwired," "Java 2 for the WWW: Visual QuickStart Guide." She has written numerous authoritative print and online magazine articles. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and is a member of the Web Standards Project Steering Committee. She maintains the Backup Brain weblog, and is also the List Mom for the Wise-Women mailing lists.

Phil Hord: Distinguished Developer, Award-Winning Innovator, Entrepreneur
Phil is an award winning, widely regarded developer with a 20-year history in software engineering. He is well respected for his in-depth knowledge, commitment to quality and service to the developer community and to technology users. He is a Certified Master C/C++ and Windows programmer having outscored 99.7% of all C++ testers in the U.S.

Ross Chevalier - CTO/CIO Novell Canada, Top-Ranking IT Authority
Ross Chevalier...as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer, he is responsible for managing Novell Canada's technology and solutions architecture team and participating in the strategic directions for the corporation. Ross continues to share his considerable experience and expertise by speaking at IT conferences and Expos. An avid reader, he is the editor of the one Net news for Technology Professionals, an electronic publication targeting IT personnel, systems engineers and architects across Canada.

Cathie Walker: "Queen of the Internet"
Cathie Walker...award winning technologist, Internet Entrepreneur, writer, creative director, producer, marketing/promotion authority, and humourist. Cathie is founder and owner of SillyGirl Productions (www.sillygirl.com) which is involved in web site design, creative direction, marketing, and promotion services, and she is founder of SillyBuddies.com, an interactive humour community. Together with being a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, Cathie is an online entertainment producer for Intermix Media, Inc. L.A.

Kit Cassingham: Internet Entrepreneur and International B&B Authority shares her secrets
Kit Cassingham...was the first consultant to move her operations online in a big way (www.TheBAndBLady.com). A former B&B innkeeper and broker, Kit helped numerous people buy and sell B&Bs, and still consults with buyers and sellers. She also offers seminars - face-to-face and online, consulting, and eBooks. Part of her online services includes her monthly industry articles and an innkeeping forum.

Kee Nethery: Inventor, Accomplished Developer; Founder and President of Kagi
Kee Nethery...founded Kagi in 1994 and developed the initial systems for the company. Kagi, which means "key" in Japanese, is a leading provider of patented end-to-end outsourced electronic commerce solutions that operates online stores for software publishers and sellers of hard goods. Their technology and tools provide a broad range of services, including online store development and deployment, store sales processing, worldwide payment processing, delivery of digital goods, integration to physical fulfillment providers, fraud protection, and outsourced sales service.

Michael Worth: Internet Entrepreneur and Founder of Crew Tags Int'l, LLC
Michael Worth...founder of Crew Tags Int'l, LLC (www.crewtags.com), the world's largest manufacturer of luggage tags for airline flight crews and travelers, currently serving customers in more than 50 different countries. He also provides RSS news feed, Travel Tips & Tricks.

Jack Sebbag: Top-security Expert; Canadian VP and General Manager, McAfee Inc.
Jack Sebbag...Canadian general manager and vice-president of McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), is responsible