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 Greg
McKown
Senior
Vice
President
and
Chief
Information
Officer
COMFORT
SYSTEMS
USA
(www.comfortsystemsusa.com)
Greg
McKown,
Vice
President
and
Chief
Information
Officer,
is
responsible
for the
Company's
information
technology
activities.
Mr.
McKown's
experience
includes
3 years
as CEO
of
Hostcentric,
a
managed
hosting
company,
and 13
years as
the
Chief
Executive
at Maxim
Computer
Systems,
a local
and wide
area
networking
provider
which
reached
the Inc
500's
list of
fastest
growing
private
companies
in 1997.
He
started
his
information
technology
career
at
Harris
Corporation
where he
held
both
field
engineering
and
sales
positions.
Tom
Bishop
Chief
Technology
Officer
BMC
SOFTWARE
(www.BMC.com)
Tom
Bishop
is the
Chief
Technology
Officer
of BMC
Software,
Inc.
(NYSE:
BMC), a
leading
provider
of
enterprise
management
solutions
that
empower
companies
to
manage
IT from
a
business
perspective.
Mr.
Bishop
joined
BMC in
2005
from
VIEO,
Inc., in
Austin,
Texas,
where he
served
as Chief
Technology
Officer
and was
named
one of
the top
25 CTOs
by
InfoWorld
magazine
in 2004.
While at
VIEO,
Bishop
pioneered
the
architecture
and
design
of an
applications-focused,
quality
of
service-oriented
enterprise
systems
management
solution.
For more
than 20
years,
he has
served
in
senior
technology
and
strategy
roles at
leading
organizations
including
UNIX
International,
Tandem
Computers
and
CompuCare
Management
Systems.
Bishop
was an
early
employee
of
Tivoli
Systems
and rose
quickly
through
the
organization,
serving
first in
key
development
roles
before
being
named
Chief
Technology
Officer
and
General
Manager
for IBM
Tivoli’s
Embedded
Solutions
business
unit. A
well-known
technology
innovator,
Bishop
holds
nine
patents
in fault
tolerant
computing
and in
leading
the
development
of
industry
standards
such as
the
Distributed
Management
Task
Force (DMTF)
and
POSIX.
He is a
member
of the
Board of
Directors
for
Symbiot,
an
Austin-based
software
startup,
and
Witness
Systems,
an
Atlanta-based
software
company.
Also, he
serves
on the
technical
advisory
board
for
AlterPoint,
based in
Austin,
Texas,
and
Qlusters,
based in
Palo
Alto,
Calif.
Bishop
received
Bachelor
of
Science
and
Master
of
Science
degrees,
both in
Computer
Science,
from
Cornell
University
in
Ithaca,
N.Y.
Kenneth
M.
Wright,
P.E.
President,
COO and
Chief
Engineering
Officer
BROADPOINT
(www.broadpointinc.com)
Kenneth
M.
Wright
serves
as
president
and
chief
operating
officer
of
Broadpoint,
which is
the
consolidation
of
PetroCom,
Sola and
Coastel
Communications,
and a
leader
in
providing
state-of-the-art
communications
to
remote
locations.
Prior to
joining
Broadpoint,
he
served
as
president
and
chief
operating
officer
of
PetroCom,
a
telecommunications
leader
focused
on
providing
remote
communication
solutions
to the
energy
industry
both in
the Gulf
of
Mexico
and
abroad.
Wright
has
extensive
experience
managing
FCC
regulatory
issues
and is
well
versed
in
licensing
requirements
for
cellular,
satellite,
microwave
and SMR
technologies.
Additionally,
he has
broad
design
experience
including
AMPS
cellular,
GSM/GPRS/EDGE,
frame
relay,
ATM, IP
TDM and
VoIP
networks.
Wright
received
both a
bachelor’s
degree
in
electrical
engineering
and a
master’s
degree
in
business
administration
from the
University
of New
Orleans.
He is a
registered
professional
engineer,
a member
of the
Louisiana
Technology
Council
and a
board
member
of the
University
of New
Orleans
College
of
Engineering.
Steve
Bates
Director
RESOURCES
GLOBAL
PROFESSIONALS
(www.resources-us.com)
Steve
Bates
has
spent
the past
15 years
working
with
leading
companies
in
business
technology,
process
optimization
and I.T.
services.
He has
served
in
leadership
roles
with IBM
Global
Services,
Schlumberger
and
Resources
Global
Professionals,
where he
currently
leads
the
Houston
Information
Management
Practice.
A
seasoned
traveler,
published
author
and
speaker,
Steve
focuses
his
expertise
on
enabling
business
through
innovative
technology
solutions
and
believes,
"When
viewed
as more
than a
just a
utility,
I.T. can
be truly
become a
competitive
advantage."
Steve is
alumni
of the
University
of Utah
and
currently
serves
on the
Board of
Directors
of the
Houston
Chapter
of ISACA.
Piero
DePaoli
Technical
Director
iPass
(www.iPass.com)
Piero
DePaoli
is
responsible
for
driving
technology,
business
and
strategies
associated
with
iPass’
products
and
services.
iPass
provides
enterprises
with
easy-to-use
connectivity
solutions
including
Wi-Fi,
Cellular
Data,
Hotel
Ethernet,
Mobile
Satellite,
ISDN and
dial-up
for
their
mobile
workers,
home
offices,
and
branch
and
retail
locations,
complete
with
device
management,
security
validation,
and
unified
billing.
His
essential
functions
include
interactions
with
internal
marketing,
product
management
and
field
sales,
customers,
prospects,
analysts
and
press to
help
develop
and
execute
upon
iPass’
vision
of
unifying
the
management
of
remote
and
mobile
connectivity
and
devices.
Piero
joined
iPass is
February
of 2001
as
Senior
Product
Manager
overseeing
the
testing
and
development
of the
iPassConnect
smart
client
for the
Windows,
MAC, and
Windows
Mobile
operating
systems.
In this
role,
Piero
worked
to
guarantee
iPassConnect
would
interoperate
with the
leading
VPNs,
personal
firewalls
and
anti-virus
systems,
and
ensured
integration
with the
multiple
IP
connectivity
technologies
in the
iPass
virtual
network
(Wi-Fi,
Ethernet,
3G,
dial-up,
ISDN,
PHS, and
Home
Broadband).
Until
January
of 2007,
Piero
was
Director
of Fixed
Broadband
Services,
responsible
for
integrating
GoRemote’s
Fixed
Broadband
Services
into
iPass
and then
launching
them to
internal
sales
teams,
channel
partners
and to
the
market.
From
2003
through
2005,
Piero
was
Associate
Director
of
Product
Marketing,
responsible
for
launching
iPass
Device
Management
and
next-generation
iPassConnect
platforms.
Prior to
iPass,
Piero
spent
five
years at
CompuServe
Network
Services/UUNET
focused
on
remote
access
and
enterprise
VPNs.
There
his
responsibilities
included
managing
relationships
with
multiple
Fortune
500
companies
for
remote
access,
VPNs,
site-to-site
access,
Web
hosting
and
Internet
services.
As
global
design
engineer/marketing
manager,
he was
responsible
for
pre-sales
solution
design
for
Fortune
500
companies
and was
internal
product
trainer
for all
UUNET
products.
Piero
holds
Bachelor
of
Administration
degrees
in both
Political
Science
and
Economics
and a
Master’s
degree
in
Business
Administration
with a
concentration
in
Marketing
and
Information
Systems
from the
University
of
California,
Davis.
Anthony Huang
Founder & CEO
Techxans
arh@techxans.org
866.661.0258
As a well known industry icon, Anthony
Huang has been a successful entrepreneur with a solid
track record of having started and sold four profitable
business ventures. Along with two other individuals,
Pamela Terry and Laura Ramey, Anthony Huang launched the
Techxans organization back in 2000. Techxans.org has
sustained the ups and downs of the Information
Technology industry for the past 7 years and continues
to strive and grow in size and capabilities. In 2001,
Techxans reached national and international attention
for helping to launch EnronX.org which was the largest
Ex-Enron contact site and was mentioned on the front
page of The Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine. In
January 2007, Techxans formed Techxans InterActive
Broadcast providing Internet TV broadcasting, strategic
online advisory services for Techxans Corporate Members
& Sponsoring companies. Prior to Techxans, Anthony
Huang was the CEO of Rexton InterActive Consulting that
led the market in providing strategic web consulting for
over 100 major clients across 23 different industries.
Anthony also served as the CIO for 2 healthcare
ventures. Anthony began his career with Apple Computers
and Ernst & Young and was a recipient of the
Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1998 with The Greater
Houston Partnership. He has been a speaker at numerous
conferences including InformationWeek, Gartner Group
Midsize Enterprise Summit, and Red Herring Venture
Forums. Anthony graduated from the University of Texas
at Austin with a BBA in Management Information Systems
and lives in Sugar Land with his wife and two children.
 Pam Terry
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Technology Executives Network (Techxans & TechExecs)
pam@techxans.org
866.761.7770 ext. 2
Pam Terry has been in the technology industry since
1994 and has ridden ands survived the dot com wave
and bust having worked in a sales, management or
marketing position for Entrepreneurs Online, an
affiliate of Telescan, South Coast Computing which
was acquired by InfoHighway, Hypercon which was
bought by First World Communications and later
became Verado, Time Warner Telecom and Time Warner
Cable, and ERGOS Technology. Most of these
companies save Time Warner Telecom and ERGOS are
either no longer in business or have changed their
names. During her tenure in the industry, Pam had
the pleasure of co-founding Techxans with Tony and
even created the “Techxans” name. Prior to Pam’s
technology industry experience, Pam was Executive
Director of the Galleria Chamber of Commerce and
spent about 12 years providing marketing in the
accounting firm industry. Throughout her career,
Pam has been involved in community and trade
organizations, having obtained Accreditation in
Public Relations from the Public Relations Society
of America, and serving on the boards of several
charitable and membership groups such as the
American Organ Transplant Association and the
Association of IT Professionals. Pam is currently
serving as Regional Director of Powerful Women
International, a women’s empowerment membership
group. Pam brings a wealth of knowledge and
expertise in association management and technology
to her role as Executive Director of Techxans and
Tech Execs. Originally from Brownsville, Texas, Pam
has been in Houston since 1971.
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