Keynote speakers
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Nigel Clifford
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HP Jin, Ph. D CEO & President, TeleNav Inc. He is the co-founder of TeleNav Inc and has been the CEO & President since 1999. Prior to founding TeleNav, he worked as Sr. Consultant at leading marketing and management consulting firms, McKenna Group in Silicon Valley and McKinsey & Company. He also worked at Loral Space and Communication as Technical Director, working on the first space qualified GPS receiver used on Globalstar and Loral Integrated Navigation and Communication Services. He obtained his Ph.D from Stanford University with major in Navigation. | |
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Linda Pfost Director, Employee Productivity Capability Information Services and Technology Group Intel Corporation Linda Pfost is the Director for Employee Productivity Capability in the Information Services and Technology Group (ISTG) at Intel. In this role she is responsible for information solutions for employee productivity including communication and collaboration, notebook and desktop clients and office suite software, individual tools for content creation, information management and analysis, and solutions for widely used administrative processes. The Employee Productivity Capability group is responsible for all ISTG services delivered to individual employees and to cross-Intel employee segments such as project managers, administrative assistants, department managers, etc. ISTG is a worldwide organization responsible for providing all internal technology infrastructure for Intel. Pfost has been with Intel since 1978 and has held numerous position within ISTG, Sales and Marketing Applications, Business Planning Manager for various Product Divisions and Manufacturing. |
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Michael D. Rhodin General Manager Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software, IBM Software Group Mike Rhodin was named General Manager, Workplace, Portal and Collaboration (WPLC) Software, in August 2005. He leads a team responsible for developing IBM's collaborative technology and solutions, which integrate people, data and business process to create the "human side" of IBM's On Demand Strategy. Previously he served as Vice President of Development and Technical Support for WPLC, working to transform the front-end of computing. Mike has a passion for simplifying the way people work, improving organizational performance, and helping IBM customers maximize their return on IT investment. Before joining Lotus in 2003, Mike led IBM's development efforts for Pervasive Computing from November 1999. This included development of the WebSphere Everyplace family of offerings, WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Voice offerings in addition to new embedded software componentry. Mike also served as Director, IBM Server Solutions within Software Group. He joined IBM in 1984 upon his graduation from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. He resides with his family in Carlisle, Massachusetts. |









