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Previous Keynotes and Speakers from our GIL 2011: Silicon Valley Event
 David Frigstad
 Chairman
 Frost & Sullivan
 Alberto Savoia
 Engineering Director and Innovation Agitator
 Google Inc.
 Jeremy Clark
 President and Growth Architect
 FXX, Inc
 Steve Faktor
 Vice President, Business Growth & Innovation
 American Express
 Speakers List
Company Speaker Name Title
Alcatel-Lucent Lisa Abbott Senior Marketing Manager for eServices and Social Media
Industrial Defender Brian Ahern Chief Executive Officer
Frost & Sullivan Bill Archer Vice President, Global Marketing & Chief Marketing Strategist
KLA-Tencor Corporation Rahul Bammi Senior Director, Corporate Development
ReadyTalk Bo Bandy Social Media and Marcom Manager
RPX Corporation Kevin Barhydt Vice President, Head of Acquisitions
Frost & Sullivan Sudeep Basu Practice Leader, Innovation Services, Technical Insights
Appropedia.com Curt Beckman Founder
Honeywell Process Solutions Jerry Belanger Director, Strategic Marketing, Lifecycle Services
Sopheon Jeff Benson Regional Director
AirStrip Technologies Bruce Brandes Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
IBM Erick Brethenoux Program Director, Predictive Analytics and Decision Management
STMicroelectronics Paul Bromley Director, Strategic Marketing
Philips Healthcare Nanette J. Bulger Senior Director, Sector Marketing and Strategy, Market Intelligence
Frost & Sullivan Greg Caressi Senior Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences
GlobalSpec, Inc. Chris Chariton Senior Vice President of Product Management and Supplier Marketing
Openwave Systems Indranil Chatterjee Vice President of Mediation Platforms
SAIC Clement Chen Senior Vice President, Strategic Development
ANADIGICS, Inc. David Cheskis Senior Manager, Product Marketing
SABIC Innovative Plastics Kim Choate Global Product Director
Eastman Kodak Company Lauren Coberly Director, Worldwide Marketing, Kodak Direct
Frost & Sullivan Jeff Cotrupe Global Program Director, OSSCS: STRATECAST
BAE Systems, Inc. Peter Cunniffe Vice President, Strategy & Planning
  Bill Davidow Author / Former Intel executive
Dow Chemical Victor Dean Global Marketing and Business Development Director
Frost & Sullivan Brian Denker Vice President & Global Head GIL
Kronos Incorporated Charles DeWitt Vice President - Enterprise Marketing
Ineoquest Technologies Inc. Gino Dion Vice President & General Manager, Signaling and Control Plane Division
Frost & Sullivan
 		 Laurel Donoho Research Manager, Industrial Automation & Process Control
Coinstar Alex Doumani Vice President of Technology
DuPont Company Dan Edgar Emerging Markets Innovation Leader
Adobe Systems Incorporated Brett Error Vice President, Chief Technologist, Omniture Business Unit
Zilog, Inc. Federico Faggin Founder
Quark, Inc. Sophia Farina Enterprise Marketing Manager
IBM Mary Jo Frederich Director, ISL & FOAK Program
Frost & Sullivan Joe Fristensky Partner and Global Vice President, Information & Communications Technologies
Frost & Sullivan Roberta Gamble Director, Energy & Environment
SCIP Ken Garrison Chief Executive Officer
Siemens Ken Geisler Director, Strategy
San Diego Gas & Electric Josh Gerber Smart Grid Architect
Fletcher/CSI, LLC Erik Glitman Managing Director
Frost & Sullivan Dan Goldenberg Senior Vice President and Global Quality Leader, Growth Partnership Strategy
Boeing Bonnie Gorsic Technical Fellow
Bulldog Solutions Naylor Gray Senior Account Director
Elster Solutions David W. Green Executive Vice President Customers &
Markets - North America
Olin Corporation Bruce Greer Vice President, Strategic Planning and IT
Apple Inc. Dan Grigorovici former Software Manager, Analytics & Targeting
BrightTALK Paul Heald Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Inova Software Inc. Guy Henninger Senior Vice President, Business Development
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Mark Holst Vice President of Quality
Eloqua Ltd. Jennifer Horton RPM Program Director
Commonwealth Edison Val Jensen Vice President, Marketing and Environmental Programs
Motorola Solutions Stan Jaworski Vice President, North America Marketing
Parker Hannifin Adrian Joseph Director of Market Development and Strategic Marketing
The Kern Organization Russell Kern President
Global Spec Jeff Killeen Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Thunderbird School of Global Management Paul Kinsinger Professor and Managing Consultant, TLCN
ShareThis Nanda Kishore Chief Technology Officer
NEA C. Richard Kramlich Chairman & Co-Founder
Frost & Sullivan Mukul Krishna Global Director, Digital Media Practice
Ashland Performance Materials Kevin R. Lambrych Global Wind Energy Program Manager
Clorox Roger Lee Research Fellow Associate
Frost & Sullivan Gary Leikin Vice President, Aerospace & Defense
Sony Digital Pictures Don Levy Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Semprus BioSciences David L. Lucchino Chief Executive Officer
Stratos Product Development Sean MacLeod President
Product Development Consulting Inc. Wayne Mackey Principal
ABCNews.com Mike Malone Journalist/Author
Frost & Sullivan Shomik Majumdar Vice President, Consulting
GE Healthcare IT Jim Markwith Senior Counsel, Global Licensing, Open Source & Commercial Center of Excellence
Fairchild Semiconductor Thomas Marlow Intellectual Property Director
SmartOrg, Inc. David Matheson President & Chief Executive Officer
Lockheed Martin Corporation Steven R. Meier, Ph.D., PMP Vice President, New Business Initiatives
Corporate Engineering and Technology
Product Development Consulting Inc. Sheila Mello Managing Partner and Principal
Aeroflex Test Solutions CJ Meurell Vice President and General Manager
Innography Doug Miller Vice President of Strategy and Business Development
Managing Automation Magazine (Thomas Publishing LLC) Jeff Moad Executive Editor
RPX Corporations Michele Moreland Director, Acquisitions
BMW Manufacturing Co. Richard Morris Vice President – Assembly
Mercyhurst College Dan Mulligan Instructor
Yammer, Inc. Brian Murray Head of Implementation Strategy
Lockheed Martin Corporate Engineering & Technology Jeffrey (Jeb) Nadaner, JD Director of Strategy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Dipanjan Nag, Ph.D., MBA, CLP Executive Director, Office of Technology Commercialization
Cisco Petra Neiger Senior Manager, Global Social Media
GE Sensing Brad Neiman MEMS Application & Project Engineer
Frost & Sullivan Keith O’Brien Vice President, Global Research, Growth Team Membership
Eloqua Limited Joe Payne President and Chief Executive Officer
Seattle City Light Michael Pesin Chief Technology Advisor, Smart Grid Architect
Global Virtual Hospital Program (Caltech, Rice University, NTU-Imperial College London) Danny Petrasek, MD, PhD Director
Progress Energy Hilda Pinnix-Ragland Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs
Frost & Sullivan Wayne Plucker Industry Manager, North America, Aerospace & Defense
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) James Pooley Deputy Director General for Innovation and Technology
Sun Chemical Corporation Steve Postle Executive Director of Technology
Frost & Sullivan Austin Pullmann North American Program Manager, Growth Team Membership
Frost & Sullivan Sath Rao Vice President, Industrial Automation and Process Control
Jive Software Nathan Rawlins Senior Director of Product Marketing
Chevron Corporation Eric Rearwin Solution Architect, Mobile Data Capture COE
NewsGator Melissa Risteff Vice President, Marketing
Pratt & Whitney George Romanik Intellectual Property Counsel
ManTech International Corporation Terry M. Ryan President, Systems Engineering & Advanced Technology Group
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. Edward Sandor Patent Attorney
Outward Insights Ken Sawka Managing Partner
Verisign Stratton Sclavos former Chairman / Chief Executive Officer
Northeast Utilities Camilo Serna Director Strategy & Business Development
Frost & Sullivan Derek Seckinger Account Executive, Measurement & Instrumentation and ESS
Citrix Steve Shah Senior Director Product Management
Strong-Bridge LLC Ken Simpson Co-Chief Executive Officer
Frost & Sullivan Sarwant Singh Partner
Sandia National Laboratories Craig A. Smith Technology Licensing and Commercialization Manager
Bulldog Solutions Rob Solomon Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Frost & Sullivan Krishna Srinivasan Global President
NineSigma, Inc. Dr. Kevin C. Stark Director, Technology Solutions
Northrop Grumman Information Systems Edward Swallow Vice President, Business Development, Civil Systems
Lenos Patti Tackeff President & Chief Operating Officer
Strong-Bridge LLC Dan Taylor Consultant
Qliktech International AB David Telford Director Global Market Development, Manufacturing Industries
Planview Patrick Tickle Executive Vice President, Products
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Inc. Robert N. Tullar, CPM Director, Alliances and Regulatory Compliance
Frost & Sullivan Melanie Turek Industry Director, Enterprise Communications
MEMSIC, Inc. Steve Tsui Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Autodesk Inc. John Twerdok Product Line Manager
Frost & Sullivan Kiran Unni Research Manager North America & Europe, Measurement & Instrumentation Group
Expedia Inc. – Hotels.com NA Vic Walia Senior Director NA Brand Marketing
Intel Ekaterina Walter Social Media Strategist
Frost & Sullivan Charlie Whelan Director of Consulting Healthcare & Life Sciences, North America
Frost & Sullivan Neil Wang, Ph. D. Managing Director, China
Razorfish John Zell Vice President Global CRM Solutions
USG Corporation Al Zucco Senior Director, Energy & Sustainability
 
 
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