Nth Generation's 11th Annual Symposium

Tom Ashbrook, Sr VP & CIO
Bridgepoint Education
WEDNESDAY 8/3 10:20am

Tom Ashbrook joined the Bridgepoint Education team in November 2008. As Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Mr. Ashbrook is responsible for all aspects of Bridgepoint's technology infrastructure, application development, and support and maintenance, including information service delivery and security. Under his direction, the Business Technology Services (BTS) Department is dedicated to accelerating Bridgepoint by aligning its technology deployment strategy with its business strategy.
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KC Choi
VP, Americas Solutions Architecture, HP
TUESDAY 8/2 1:30pm

KC Choi and his team of 700 Solutions Architects provide technology infrastructure design & architecture guidance for HP's corporate, enterprise & government clients — supporting annual sales in excess of $12B across the Americas region. KC also leads HP's IT Transformation teams in transferring HP's best practices to customers with similar IT transformation initiatives.
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Joel Manfredo
CTO, County of Orange
TUESDAY 8/2 2:15pm

As the Chief Technology Officer of the County of Orange, Joel Manfredo is responsible for managing all aspects of the services that CEO/IT delivers. These services include infrastructure (network & platform, telephony, data center operations, security and business continuity operations, including running a 66,000 square foot data center) and business information (database, applications, IT processes and quality assurance).
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Billy Cox
Director, Cloud Strategy, Intel
WEDNESDAY 8/3 8:25am

Billy Cox leads the Cloud strategy efforts for Intel's Software and Services Group. He also manages Intel's Cloud Builders program which brings together cloud leaders to provide best practices and practical guidance on how to deploy, optimize and support a cloud infrastructure simply, securely and efficiently. Previously, Billy was Director of Systems Engineering at HP for 14 years where he was responsible for the development of infrastructure mgmt tools for managing server and storage platforms.
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Jan Baldwin
CEO, Nth Generation
WEDNESDAY 8/3 8:10am

With over 30 years in the industry, Jan Baldwin has served in roles from programmer/analyst to company founder and CEO. Jan Baldwin brings a wealth of business experience and vision as Nth's leader. Her seminal study in 2008 during a Masters program on the business value of Cloud Computing was instrumental in charting Nth's business strategy. Nth is now one of a select group of HP "Cloud Centers of Excellence".
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Steve Sicola
CEO, Xiotech
THURSDAY 8/4 11:05am

Steve Sicola is the CTO at Xiotech and a 30-year veteran of the Storage industry who owns 40 patents granted or filed in the areas of in RAID, Caching, Fault Tolerance, Reliable Systems, Error Recovery and ILM. Earlier, Steve was CTO for the StorageWorks Division at Digital where he developed three generations of Storage Arrays (including the groundbreaking EVA) and pioneered SANs, Switching & Multi-Pathing. He continues to develop & deliver storage solutions at Xiotech with a focus on reliability, performance & density.
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Jorge Mata
Chief Information Officer, LACCD
TUESDAY 8/2 12:00pm

Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the largest community college district in the US with 250,000 students and a $6B capital construction budget. Jorge is responsible for all aspects of technology at LACCD's nine colleges across 36 cities. He is recognized for innovation in disruptive technology that maximizes value for his organization.
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Don Foster
Sr Product Mgr, Data Protection CommVault
THURSDAY 8/4 10:10am

Don Foster is a 13-year veteran in the storage and data mgmt industry. He aligns CommVault's product direction with customer needs & technology trends with the charter of simplifying & improving the way end users manage their data. Don began in IT as a global engineer for an international law firm, architecting & implementing mission-critical storage solutions.
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Paul Muller
Vice President, HP Software & Solutions
THURSDAY 8/4 9:10am

With 15 years in IT, Paul has held international positions including marketing director & sales director for HP Software in Asia Pacific and Australian Market Development Manager for HP OpenView. He is responsible for aligning marketing activities within the HP Software Business Unit so customers receive focused, consistent and coherent messages.
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Brent Sullivan
Director of HP Strategic Alliance, VMware
WEDNESDAY 8/3 9:35am

With over 20 years in IT, Brent Sullivan has served in executive roles including product mgmt, business development, marketing & sales. Brent drives VMware's relationship with HP, the largest technology company in the world and is committed to building, managing and delivering better IT services to VMware's and HP's clients worldwide.
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