At-A-Glance
Conference Advisory Board
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John Barnes has earned a national reputation as an application development expert and a leading developer using cloud computing technologies from Amazon Web Services, salesforce.com, Google and Adobe. He is an expert on mobile computing for business, including the iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile, and a business application development expert, particularly in relation to using the Force.com platform, Adobe Flex, and AIR technologies. John is the CTO of Model Metrics and works to extend the value of cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Force.com and Google to meet client needs. John was the lead architect on Model Metrics’ award-winning 2GO Mobile Cloud Platform, which enables mobile employees to take cloud computing data offline, as well as its 2GO for iPhone offering which was rated one of the top 5 enterprise apps on the iPhone by TechCrunch. With more than 17 years professional experience, John has held IT positions in Fortune 500 companies and worked for software vendors in various consulting and development roles. |
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Andrew Borg is Senior Research Analyst and practice lead in Wireless & Mobility for Aberdeen Group. He is focused on identifying the enablers and friction points in the adoption of wireless and mobility technologies within the enterprise, and in the markets those enterprises serve. His particular interest is in documenting the behavioral and procedural adaptations that the most successful companies within an industry have made; and then in disseminating those best practices for a broader audience to benefit from. Topics from his most recent research agenda range from enterprise mobility management and multi-site wireless LANs, to emerging mobile platforms and wireless network technologies, mobile application delivery, mobile collaboration, and mobile Web access. Andrew has more than 20 years of experience in the high technology industry. He served as Vice President of Marketing at Vaultus Mobile Technologies, Inc., an enterprise mobility software company, and Managing Director, Next Generation Services, then Vice President, Knowledge Resources for RoweCom. Prior to RoweCom, he was Vice President Worldwide, Marketing & Sales, for Trident International, and Director of Corporate Communications Worldwide for Electronics for Imaging, Inc. He has held key roles in marketing at Scitex America, Du Pont de Nemours & Co., and Crosfield Electronics. He is also founder and principal of eC3 Consulting, a strategic marketing services firm to industry leaders in wireless services, enterprise mobility, and digital content delivery. He holds a Masters Degree with honors in Communication Arts and Computer Graphics from the New York Institute of Technology and a Bachelors Degree with high honors from Harvard University |
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Jack E. Gold is Founder and President at J.Gold Associates, LLC, a technology industry analyst firm. Mr. Gold has over 40 years in the computer and electronics industries, including work in imaging, multimedia, technical computing, consumer electronics, software development and manufacturing systems. He is a leading authority on mobile, wireless and pervasive computing, advising clients on business analysis, strategic marketing and planning, architecture, product evaluation/selection and enterprise application strategies. Mr. Gold is widely quoted in the press, and has presented at numerous conferences and industry events. Before founding J. Gold Associates, he spent 12 years with META Group as a Vice President in Technology Research Services. He also held positions in technical and marketing management at Digital Equipment Corp. and Xerox. Mr. Gold has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from Clark University. |
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James N. Porter, first became involved with data storage products in 1968, when he joined the industry pioneer Memorex, serving in a variety of marketing management positions through 1971. After experience with early hand-held calculators at Rockwell International, with the first consumer video tape recorder at Cartridge Television, and with the original computer controlled video editing systems at CMX Systems, a CBS-Memorex joint venture, he began his own management consulting business in 1974. In 1977 he founded DISK/TREND, Inc., which published market studies of the worldwide disk drive and data storage industries. After 23 years, the company’s publishing activities were phased out, and he is now working on several projects to preserve the history of the disk drive industry, in addition to management consulting in the data storage industry. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Computer History Museum, and for most of the 2000-2009 decade he was chairman of the museum’s Storage Special Interest Group. He is also a founder and active participant of IDEMA, the disk drive industry's trade association. |
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Don is a seasoned technology and market consultant on customer advocacy and brand equity research for IT and communications companies. He has more than 20 years of experience in using market data to formulate marketing recommendations, and has worked with major IT, media and mobile brands including Microsoft, HP and Fox. An industry thought leader, Don was a main author of “Never Ending Friending” (2007), which considered the increasingly vital role of social networking as a component of social behavior and also calculated marketing ROI for Social Marketing campaigns. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and other news and trade publications. He also helped to organize one of the first industry and research events on Netbook Computing that took place in May of 2010. Prior to joining Market Probe, Don was vice president of technology and media research at TNS, the largest custom research company worldwide. Earlier in his career, Don was associated with both major and boutique firms including Meta Group, Current Analysis, Giga Group and Federal Express in both management and consulting roles. His responsibilities at these companies included software architecture planning for major enterprises, go-to-market strategy development and business planning and analysis. Don draws on his education at Wesleyan University and The Wharton School to add further depth to his work. In constant pursuit of innovative ways to answer difficult market-driven questions, Don strives to answer a key question for clients within the context of their business goals. A critical question Don likes to ask of clients is: “What is it that you really want to uncover?" ”By being unwired, you can transform your organization and change the game. You empower your people. And in today's world, ladies and gentlemen, either you do that, or someone else will do it for you." – Bill McDermott, SAP |
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John Barnes
Andrew Borg
Jack E. Gold
James N. Porter
Don Ryan