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SPEAKERS
 Tuesday Opening Keynote
Michael Wolff
Columnist, Vanity Fair
Michael Wolff's columns have been nominated for the National Magazine Award in each of the last three years and have won the award twice. Since early 2004 his column has appeared in Vanity Fair. For six years, his column, "This Media Life," anchored New York Magazine where it became one of the most influential and widely-read commentaries about media and culture. He has also written extensively about politics and gained international recognition for his dispatches from the Persian Gulf during the Iraq War. He appears regularly as a guest commentator on numerous national television shows. He has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, The New York Times and was the subject of a recent cover story in The New Republic. He is the author of four books, Autumn of the Moguls (HarperCollins), Burn Rate (Simon & Schuster), Where We Stand (Bantam), and White Kids (Simon & Schuster).
 Tuesday Luncheon Keynote
Deborah Platt Majoras
Chairman, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Deborah Platt Majoras was sworn in on August 16, 2004, as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Majoras joined the FTC from Jones Day in Washington, DC, where she served as a partner in the firm’s antitrust section. While at Jones Day, she worked on a variety of antitrust counseling and civil and criminal litigation matters, including mergers and acquisitions, monopolization, price-fixing, distribution issues, and governmental investigations. Majoras also was a member of the firm’s technology issues practice and has participated in a variety of non-antitrust commercial disputes and criminal cases, including fraud, securities violations, and employment discrimination.
 Wednesday Luncheon Keynote
Halsey Minor
CEO, Chairman of the Board and Founder, GrandCentral Communications
In 1999, Halsey Minor became convinced that enterprise applications would be delivered on demand. With that vision in mind he became a founding investor in salesforce.com, the world's leading provider of On Demand CRM. In the spring of 2000, he started Grand Central Communications, the leading provider of Integration On Demand solutions which dramatically increases the success, and eliminates the risk of business integration, providing a better alternative to complicated, lengthy, and expensive traditional software deployments. A veteran entrepreneur, Minor founded CNET Networks in 1992 and as Chairman and CEO built CNET into one of the world's leading new media companies, recognized around the globe as the trusted source of information related to computers and technology. In 1998, CNET Networks became one of a handful of profitable Internet companies and, in May 1999, was named to the NASDAQ 100. In February 2000, Minor delegated his daily responsibilities as CEO, and in November 2000 he became CNET's Chairman Emeritus.
 Rafat Ali
Editor/Publisher, PaidContent.org
Rafat Ali is the editor of paidContent.org (http://www.paidcontent.org), the news and analysis site covering the business of digital media. He also runs Moco.News (http://www.moconews.net), a news site on mobile content. Prior to this, he was the managing editor of Silicon Alley Reporter in New York City....
He has been called "journalism's poster boy for career independence from news companies" [Editor & Publisher] and "a pioneer in using the Web for an almost real-time business news feed" [CBS MarketWatch]. The site paidContent.org won the European Online Journalism Award for 2003, and Find/SVP's Best of Business Web Award for 2003.
 Ralph Barber
Chief Information Officer, Holland & Knight LLP
Ralph Barber is CIO of Holland & Knight LLP, and has been with the firm sinve 1996. This law firm has more than 1,300 lawyers serving clients globally in virtually every area of the law. Holland & Knight LLP is an innovator in law firm technology, providing clients with advanced connectivity and cost-effective IT services. A state-of-the-art communications network securely links its offices, lawyers & clients. This includes Internet, intranet and extranet sites. Information is stored in an electronic database, allowing staff in multiple locations to quickly and efficiently access the firm intellectual property necessary to service client needs.
 John Blossom
President, Shore Communications Inc.
Mr. Blossom's career spans more than twenty years of marketing, research, product management and development in advanced information and media venues, including major financial publishers and financial services companies (Citicorp, Quotron and for Reuters Holdings PLC), as well as earlier experience in broadcast media. Mr. Blossom served as a Vice President and Lead Analyst at Outsell, Inc., where he provided research and analysis coverage of content technologies and financial and corporate information markets for major corporate clients, and developed successful online ecommerce services for research reports. For his excellence in qualiitative research, Mr. Blossom was recognized with the Vendor of the Year award by Standard & Poor's in 2001.
 Adriaan Bouten
VP, IT & Business Development, USATODAY.com
As a Vice President of the USATODAY.com executive team, Mr. Bouten is responsible for generating and expanding significant revenues in partnerships and developing new ventures. Prior to joining USATODAY.com in 2000, Mr. Bouten was President of ebuild.com, an Internet venture. As a technologist with a passion for business and publishing, he has been active in technology leadership functions at publishers like The Times Company's Congressional Quarterly division and Hanley-Wood, LLC. At Bon Secours Health System, Inc., a multi-billion dollar health-care provider, Mr. Bouten pioneered the creative use of Decision Support and Executive Information Systems technologies.
 Corilee Christou
VP, Licensing Operations, Reed Business Information
Corilee Christou has been directly involved in the information industry for close to twenty years. Prior to working at Reed Business Information, Corilee spent seventeen years at LexisNexis, where she held positions in the Content Acquisition area for both United States and non-US markets. She also directed the product and marketing support for the corporate library sector and was responsible for establishing the Information Professional Support Team for the Nexis division. Corilee has an MLS from Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Science in Boston, Massachusetts, where she still teaches regularly in the Continuing Education Program.
 Thomas J. Clarke, Jr.
Chairman and CEO, TheStreet.com
Mr. Clarke is focused on providing the strategy and vision that has enabled TheStreet.com to become a leading multimedia provider of financial commentary, analysis, news and research. Mr. Clarke joined TheStreet.com in 1999, and brought with him almost 20 years of management experience in the financial services industry. This experience includes a range of management positions and includes experience in starting subsidiaries in foreign countries. Prior to joining TheStreet.com, he served as chief executive of Thomson Financial Investor Relations (formerly Technimetrics Inc.). In this capacity, Mr. Clarke grew Technimetrics into a global entity that services clients in over 20 countries, and successfully oversaw the 1998 sale of Technimetrics from Knight-Ridder to the Thomson Corporation.
 Gordon Crovitz
President, Electronic Publishing, Dow Jones
L. Gordon Crovitz is senior vice president of Dow Jones & Company and president of the Company's Electronic Publishing group. He is responsible for the Company's Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Consumer Electronic Publishing businesses, including The Wall Street Journal Online. He also is a member of the Dow Jones executive committee. In the year before he assumed his present position in October 1998, Mr. Crovitz was vice president/planning and development, with responsibility for identifying new business strategies and opportunities for the Company and its major business units. Earlier, he spent more than five years in Hong Kong.
 Jeff Cutler
General Manager, Content Division, SIIA
Jeffrey S. Cutler is a senior executive with over 18 years experience in online, interactive information services. Jeff has been running the SIIA's Content Division since July, 2003 where he is responsible for defining the issues facing the information publishing industry and for establishing the programs and forums to allow the senior executives of the industry to explore them. Prior to SIIA, Jeff served as President and CEO for Inlumen, Inc. (formerly NewsAlert) before overseeing the sale of Inlumen to Pinnacor (formerly Screaming Media) in November, 2003. In addition, Jeff was GM & COO of Office.com, a Service from Winstar and held previous management positions with Thomson Financial and CompuServe.
 James Fallows
National Correspondent, The Atlantic
"I feel as if I have the privilege of playing for the 1927 Yankees, or the Count Basie band, or some other group that has been put together to be the best," James Fallows says, reflecting on The Atlantic Monthly's working climate. Fallows served as The Atlantic Monthly's Washington editor from 1979 to 1996, and is now the magazine's national correspondent. He has contributed more than 120 pieces to The Atlantic since 1980, covering a vast range of subject matter that has included topics as varied as computer software, immigration, economics, Asia, and national defense.
 Bambi Francisco
Internet Editor/Columnist and Correspondent, CBS MarketWatch
Bambi Francisco is an editor, columnist and correspondent. She is CBS MarketWatch's lead reporter on the Internet and new technologies. She writes Net Sense, a syndicated weekly column on Internet companies and trends. Her columns also go out to 300,000 e-mail subscribers. She appears on CBS MarketWatch Weekend, a half-hour nationwide business magazine show, reporting on the Internet economy. She can also be heard on CBS radio. She also appeared daily on Spike TV, Viacom's new cable channel, and is currently developing a half-hour program for the cable channel. Prior to her current role, Bambi was the morning business anchor for KPIX, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco.
 Kelly H. Gay
Chairman, President and CEO, KnowledgeStorm
As Chairman, President and CEO of KnowledgeStorm, Kelly Gay is responsible for the overall strategic direction, growth and management of the company. KnowledgeStorm is the top-ranked business technology search site on the Internet. Prior to joining KnowledgeStorm, Kelly led IBM into the entertainment, publishing, printing, advertising, broadcast, cable and sports markets as Vice President of IBM's North American Media and Entertainment division. Kelly serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Department of Motor Vehicles. She also serves on Governor Perdue's Commission for a New Georgia's Competitiveness task force. Kelly was chosen by Catalyst magazine as one of Atlanta's Top 50 Entrepreneurs in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Paul Gerbino
Vice-President Content Licensing, Thomas Industrial Network; Publisher, Product News Network
Gerbino joined Thomas Publishing in 1995 as Publisher of the American Export Publishing Group and is now Publisher of Product News Network (PNN). In 2001, PNN launched one of the most comprehensive sources of timely new industrial product news. Today, PNN supplies the latest product news to over 200 web sites, e-marketplaces, news aggregators and print publications that serve the industrial marketplace. He has fourteen years in the publishing industry, working in the hospitality & travel and railroad industries. He has spoken at major industry events including the American Society of Association Executives Annual Meeting, Corporate Travel World and several SIIA events including the Annual Content Forum.
 Kathleen Greenler Sexton
Chief Marketing Officer, HighBeam Research, Inc.
Kathleen Greenler Sexton is responsible for identifying our customer markets, developing the products to better serve them, and growing HighBeam™ Research’s customer base and partnerships. Sexton was most recently vice president of marketing for Inlumen, which was purchased by Pinnacor (now part of CBS MarketWatch and formerly known as Screaming Media). Prior to Inlumen, Sexton was general manager at Individual.com, a service of Office.com and vice president of marketing for Office.com, which under her leadership became a #1 e-commerce site for targeting small business on the Web.
 Don Hawk
Co-Founder and President, TechTarget
TechTarget Co-founder and President Don Hawk has spearheaded the introduction of media products that have set new standards in the industry for innovation, ROI and reader service. Hawk's strategic vision has helped TechTarget become one of the fastest-growing private companies in the US, named to both the Inc. 500 and the Entrepreneur Hot 100. Media Business magazine has recognized Hawk's contributions to the industry, naming him a "Top Innovator in Business Publishing" in 2004.
 Jeffrey Herzog
Chief Executive Officer, icrossing inc.
Jeffrey Herzog has been an innovator in search engine marketing since before Google was Google. After founding icrossing, Inc. in 1998, Mr. Herzog quickly formed a new kind of partnership with several global advertising agencies, enabling them to leverage search for their clients. At this time, the analyst community had not yet realized the importance of search engines within the marketing mix. Today, icrossing is the world’s leading search engine marketing and technology company, employing over 75 professionals across the United States. icrossing ranks as a “Top 25” interactive marketing firm according to both Media Magazine and Advertising Age.
 Shahir Kassam-Adams
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Development, Thomson Scientific & Healthcare
Shahir Kassam-Adams is senior vice president of strategy and development for Thomson Scientific and Healthcare and is focused on helping to define and implement Thomson's growth strategy in this marketplace. He works on acquisitions and develops business opportunities that take advantage of the immense capabilities within and across Thomson's scientific and healthcare businesses. Mr. Kassam-Adams has significant experience in large enterprise and start-up environments. Prior to joining Thomson in 2003, he held professional and management positions at Reed Elsevier, Harcourt, and CSX Corporation.
 David Kellogg
President and CEO, Mark Logic
David has worked in the database and applications software industry for over 20 years, and has strong experience in marketing, operations, strategy, and product life cycle management. Prior to joining Mark Logic, Kellogg served as senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Business Objects, a leading business intelligence software company. Kellogg was a key member of the executive team that grew Business Objects from $30M in revenues and 250 people to over $850M in revenues and over 4,000 people during his nine years there. Before Business Objects, Kellogg was vice president of marketing at Versant Object Technology, a provider of object database management systems. Prior to that, he held a number of technical and marketing positions with Ingres Corporation, a maker of relational database systems and tools.
 Jim Kennedy
Vice President, Strategy, Associated Press
James M. (Jim) Kennedy leads strategic planning across all divisions of the world's largest news organization, including services for print, broadcast and new media. He began his second stint with The Associated Press in 2001, after two years as executive director of product planning for The Wall Street Journal Online, also known as WSJ.com. Before moving to the Journal, he spent 13 years at AP, first as business news editor and later as the founding director of the news agency's multimedia department.
 Shahid Khan
Managing Director, BearingPoint, Inc.
Shahid Khan is a Managing Director, BearingPoint, Inc., one of the world's largest business consulting and systems integration firms. At BearingPoint, Shahid leads the firm's Information Services Industry practice. In this role, Shahid is responsible for developing BearingPoint's strategy and thought leadership for the industry segment, as well as for managing client relationships and engagements. Prior to this role, Shahid was a Client Services Partner at IBM Global Services (IGS), where he led the activities of the various arms of IGS focusing on East Coast based Media and Information Services clients.
 Jim King
Senior Vice President, Business Operations, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
James King is both SVP of Business Operations for McGraw-Hill Construction and SVP and CIO for McGraw-Hill, Information and Media Services segment. This segment includes BusinessWeek, McGraw-Hill Construction, Platts Energy, Aviation Week Group, Broadcasting, and Healthcare Information Group. In his role as SVP of Business Operations for the Construction unit Jim is responsible for all product development, product operations, content management, and technology.
 James Kollegger
CEO, Genesys Partners
James G. Kollegger is CEO of Genesys Partners, Inc. a venture capital/investment banking/development firm that specializes in early stage information technology ventures. He is one of the pioneers of the electronic information industry and an industry leader who helped build the Information Industry Assn., who named him their first "Entrepreneur of the Year" in 1987. Genesys Partners follows a jewel-in-the-rough strategy; and takes a very hands-on approach to developing its portfolio companies. Examples include BBX Technologies, an immune security shield for Windows computers, Enkata, a CRM-venture that specialized in root cause analytics aimed at the call center market, Knovel Corp., a software/content database engine that automates work flow for engineers and scientists, and Solbright an infrastructure provider that automates work flow for digital advertising and html promotions.
 Larry Kramer
Chairman & CEO, MarketWatch, Inc.
Larry Kramer is the founder of MarketWatch, Inc. He first proposed the creation of the joint venture between Data Broadcasting Corp. and CBS and has led the company through its launch in Oct. 1997. He also managed the company through its successful IPO in January 1999. He joined Data Broadcasting Corporation in 1994 following its acquisition of DataSport to run a Sports and News Division. There he created DBC News, the predecessor company to MarketWatch, Inc. and served as Vice President of News, Sports, & Marketing for DBC.
 Ted Leonsis
Vice Chairman, America Online, Inc. and President, AOL Core Service
Ted Leonsis is Vice Chairman of America Online, Inc. responsible for strategy development for the AOL division and is part of the Office of the Chairman. He is also President, AOL Core Service, and is responsible for all business and creative functions of the AOL brand and service as well as overall satisfaction for AOL's 33 million members. He also oversees efforts to capitalize on growth opportunities in advertising, search, and commerce. Considered a founding father of the new media industry, Leonsis is one of the foremost leaders and visionaries of the Internet and new media and is AOL's longest tenured senior executive.
 Dan'l Lewin
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft .NET Business Development
Dan’l Lewin joined Microsoft in early 2001 as corporate vice president of Microsoft® .NET Business Development. He is responsible for managing worldwide strategic business relationships with venture capitalists and emerging venture capital backed businesses as well as corporate business development and orchestration activities with focus on global acceptance of Microsoft’s Microsoft .NET initiative. Lewin is based at Microsoft’s Mountain View, Calif., campus. A 25-year Silicon Valley veteran, Lewin was most recently CEO of Aurigin Systems Inc., an enterprise software company focused on intellectual property asset management. He also spent 18 years as an executive leading sales and marketing divisions for companies including Apple Computer Corp., NeXT Inc. and GO Corporation.
 Ken Marlin
Managing Partner, Marlin & Associates
Ken Marlin is founder and Managing Partner of Marlin & Associates New York, LLC (M&A), a specialized investment banking advisory and consulting firm providing transaction advice and services to firms in the media, and technology sectors. Ken has spent the past 20+ years leading, and advising firms in this sector. He has been a CEO four times and twice been a senior corporate executive. He has bought, sold and raised growth capital for his own companies as well as helping others. Ken earned a BA from the University of California (Irvine), an MBA from UCLA, and an advanced certificate in Corporate Strategy from New York University. He is a former Captain and infantry company commander in the US Marine Corps, and an active member of the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School.
 Michael Marchesano
President & CEO, VNU Business Media
Michael Marchesano is President and Chief Executive Officer of VNU Business Media, a leading provider of innovative and actionable business intelligence including business-to-business magazines, trade shows, expositions and conferences, database marketing tools, media intelligence and online products. VNU Business Media is comprised of VNU Business Publications USA, VNU eMedia and Information Marketing, and VNU Expositions and is part of VNU, Inc., one of the world's leading media and information companies with core activitites in marketing information, media measurement and information, and business media. VNU operates in more than 100 countries worldwide, with over 35,000 employees, and generates more than $4 billion in annual revenue.
 Nancy McKinstry
Chairman of the Executive Board, Wolters Kluwer
Nancy McKinstry (USA, 1959), is Chairman of the Executive Board of Wolters Kluwer nv. McKinstry is responsible for Wolters Kluwer's Divisions, Business Development, Strategy and Technology. Prior to assuming her present position, McKinstry was an Executive Board Member of Wolters Kluwer. Before taking on this role in 2001, McKinstry was the Chief Executive Officer of Wolters Kluwer's operations in North America. She worked briefly as CEO of SCP Communications, a medical information company, in 1999. In the eight years prior to this, Nancy McKinstry had held a succession of management positions with Wolters Kluwer companies in North America. In 1996, Wolters Kluwer appointed Nancy McKinstry President and CEO of CCH Legal Information Services.
 Peter Marx
President, Legal Insight Media, Inc.
Peter Marx has served as legal counsel and trusted advisor to senior executives in the information industry for many years. He is currently the CEO of start-up venture Legal Insight that offers Web-based services to help law firms differentiate themselves by showcasing their expertise and conveying their distinct personality. The company enables firms to add impact, excitement and personalization to their marketing and practice development activities through audio-based interviews of their partners, associates and clients that can be put on the firm's website or e-mailed to clients and prospects.
 Bruce Murray
Co-Founder & CEO, Corzen, Inc.
Bruce Murray has served in executive positions in both the media and technology industries. Most recently he was Vice President of Sales for Zip2, an Internet infrastructure company focused on the media industry which was sold to the Compaq Computer Corporation for $300 million in 1999. Previously, he held executive positions in sales and distribution with Newsday, Inc., while it published the fastest-growing metropolitan daily newspaper in the United States. Bruce is a graduate of Yale University.
 Shoba Purushothaman
CEO and Co-Founder, The NewsMarket
Shoba has 20 years of global experience in the news and public relations industries in Europe, Asia and North America. She was a business journalist for nine years including at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. The NewsMarket is her second company in the news and marketing industries. Her first business, also with Anthony Hayward, grew to be a leading international broadcast public relations consultancy that was successfully acquired in 2001 by a public marketing services group. In 2000, Anthony and Shoba collaborated on their second business, The NewsMarket, to leverage the emerging digital technologies that are transforming content distribution for the marketing and news industries.
 Azhar Rafee
Senior Vice-President, Global Head, Reuters.com
Azhar Rafee is Senior Vice President at Reuters, PLC, serving as the Global Head of Reuters.com. He is responsible for creating Reuters direct brand with individual investors, business professionals and world citizens in North America, Europe and Asia. Previously, Mr. Rafee was Senior Vice President at Multex, a leading provider of financial information for the financial services industry, in charge of global institutional and consumer marketing. Prior to joining Multex, Mr. Rafee worked in the brokerage industry for Prudential Securities as First Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Rafee joined Prudential Securities after working in the marketing and strategic planning areas at RR Donnelley Financial. He is a graduate of Columbia Business School.
 Luke Rattigan
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Reed Business Information
Luke Rattigan, Reed Business Information’s Vice President, Strategy and Development, works closely with senior management to formulate and execute our corporate strategy. This includes providing timely analysis and informed recommendations on strategy plans, acquisitions, divestments, market characteristics, business issues, competitive dynamics and product development. Luke comes to RBI-US from Reed Elsevier’s London office where he is Senior Associate, Corporate Strategy. In this role, he has led a global team on the development of the corporate online market expansion strategy for LexisNexis.
 Kenneth Richieri
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, New York Times Company
Kenneth Richieri is vice president and deputy general counsel of The New York Times Company. From 1999 through 2003, he also served as vice president and general counsel of New York Times Digital, the digital business unit of The New York Times Company which includes NYTimes.com and Boston.com. In addition to his legal responsibilities, he manages the Company's digital archive division, which licenses New York Times and Boston Globe content to database providers for distribution in the business and legal markets. Mr. Richieri graduated from Brown University in 1973 with an A.B. in Political Science. He graduated Harvard Law School cum laude in 1976. He and his wife live in Manhattan and have two daughters, Julia and Camille, and one son, Peter.
 Mitch Rouda
President, Hanley Wood e-Media
Mitchell Rouda is president of Hanley Wood e-Media, a division of Hanley Wood, LLC. Hanley Wood e-Media operates all of Hanley Wood's Internet and Interactive properties, Hanley Wood is the leading business-to-business information provider in the residential and commercial construction industry. From 1987 to 1995, Rouda served as editor-in-chief and associate publisher of Builder, Hanley Wood's largest monthly magazine. Between 1995 and 2000 Rouda held leadership positions with three other companies. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Trophy Homes, a $50+ MM homebuilder with operations in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. He also served as President of hometouch.com and executive vice-president of SureSell Multimedia. Rouda returned to Hanley Wood in 2000 to lead Hanley Wood e-Media.
 Patricia Sabosik
Vice President and General Manager, Thomson Learning Labs
Patricia E. Sabosik is Vice President and General Manager of Thomson Learning Labs, a new unit within the Academic and International Group of Thomson Learning. She heads the TL Labs' initiatives, working in consultation with professors and students, to develop and deploy working prototypes of the textbook of the future and new learning systems in a number of key customer segments. Prior to Thomson Learning, Pat held senior management positions in large media and publishing firms. She was Vice President and Director of Global Marketing for Factiva, the Dow Jones and Reuters joint venture, where she managed a global team.
 Barbara Saidel
Chief Information Officer, Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc.
Barbara Saidel is CIO and Managing Director at Russell Reynolds Associates, the international executive search and assessment firm, where she directs the Global Information Systems, Knowledge Management and Research functions. Prior to joining the firm in 1994, Ms. Saidel's background includes financial and operations leadership positions in law firms and at CS First Boston. She was also a management consultant at Arthur Young and Company. Ms. Saidel received her B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She earned an M.B.A. (with distinction) from the Wharton School. She is a CPA. Barbara is the co-author, along with Don Cohen, of "The Power of Social Capital." She is also the co-author, with Peter Drummond-Hay, of "Capturing Ideas, Creating Information, and Liberating Knowledge," in Leading Organizational Learning, edited by Goldsmith, Morgan, and Ogg. She frequently speaks on knowledge management issues in professional service firms.
 Webb Shaw
Director of Editorial Resources, J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
As Director of Editorial Resources at J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., Webb Shaw leads content creation, content-delivery software development, custom project development and corporate knowledge management. With 1,000 employees based in Neenah, WI, J. J. Keller is the leading North American publisher of regulatory, compliance and best-practice materials - print, software and online - in the heavy-duty trucking, workplace safety, construction, hazmat and human resources markets. While at J. J. Keller, Mr. Shaw has served as senior-management champion for: development of KellerOnline®, the premier interactive safety management tool and three-time Codie Awards finalist; creation of the company's content-software product line (Keller-Soft ), and ERP evaluation/selection.
 Sir Martin Sorrell
Chief Executive, WPP Group
Mr. Sorrell has been CEO of WPP since he founded the Company in 1986. Over this period, WPP has become one of the world's leading communications services companies. With billings of $15 billion and revenues of $3.5 billion, its 70 operating companies provide national, multi-national and global clients with advertising, media investment management, information and consultancy, public relations and public affairs, branding and identity, healthcare and specialist communications services. The Group employs 39,000 people in 950 offices in 92 countries. Clients include more than 300 of the Fortune Global 500 and over half of the Nasdaq 100.
 Marc Strohlein
Vice President & Lead Analyst, Outsell, Inc.
In his capacity as Vice President and Lead Analyst, Mr. Strohlein is responsible for analytic coverage and advisory services, focusing on content software technology. Mr. Strohlein covers key technology developments in the information content market and serves as an advisor to publishers and aggregators, content deployers, and content software vendors.
 David Worlock
Chairman, EPS
David Worlock is a Cambridge History graduate who joined Thomson Corporation as a trainee in 1967, and subsequently worked in educational and academic publishing before managing Thomson's school-based publishing as Group Executive Publisher in the late 1970s. Between 1980-85 he was CEO of the pioneer development of EUROLEX, the UK's first online service for lawyers, subsequently acquired by Reed Elsevier in 1985. In that year he founded Electronic Publishing Services Ltd, a research and consultancy company based in London and New York which has worked alongside the digital content industry in developing strategies for products and markets in consumer and business sectors. David Worlock is currently chairman of Electronic Publishing Services Ltd.
 Kenneth Wasch
President, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
Kenneth Wasch is the president of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association of the software code and information content industries. The Washington, D.C.-based organization represents more than 800 leading high-tech companies that develop and market software and electronic content for business, education, consumers and the Internet. Wasch's involvement in SIIA is based on both personal and professional interests. His long-standing interest in computers and software, coupled with the industry's need for a central trade association, led him to establish the Software Publishers Association (SPA) in 1984 with an initial group of 25 software firms. Wasch has led the association from its infancy to its merger with the Information Industry Association in January 1999, resulting in the formation of SIIA.
 Steve Wildstrom
Technology & You Columnist, Business Week
Steve Wildstrom created BusinessWeek's Technology & You column in 1994. The goal of the column, which appears weekly with regular supplements at BusinessWeek Online, is to help readers understand and use personal technology to enhance their jobs and their lives. Before starting Technology & You, Steve served as senior news editor in BusinessWeek's Washington bureau and edited the Washington Outlook column. Since joining the magazine in 1972, he has served in variety of capacities, covering politics, economics, and labor in Washington and Detroit and was also deeply involved in the computerization of editorial operations in the 1980s.
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