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Dave Carlson has four years experience in financial services and public relations. Carlson’s specialties include the development of expert source programs and the creation of corporate messaging strategies for new companies. Previously, Carlson was media relations director for Strategics (the precursor to Vivid Ascent), a financial services PR firm where he managed and executed national PR campaigns for a wide range of corporations. Before becoming a PR professional, Carlson worked for Ravid & Bernstein, LLP a certified public accounting firm in downtown Chicago. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Arizona State University and has been a volunteer mentor for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago since 2007.
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Consultant
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Robert Gast reports on emerging information management technologies including portal applications, dynamic web application development tools, and continuous availability, as well as core systems that include: ERP, CRM, financials, HR, and security. He is the managing partner at Evant Group, a Chicago-based communications agency that focuses on computing related technologies. Robert has written for well-known software companies, including IBM, as well as tech publications since the mid 1980s and has degrees in Journalism and Marketing.
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George Hunte is a Solutions Manager in the IT Governance practice of CA. Hunte develops service solutions that focus on customer satisfaction, developing intellectual capital and expanding the capabilities of the CA delivery team in the PPM space. Hunte has over 14 years of experience in software engineering.
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Josh Inglis is a founding member of the Vivid Ascent team. A 15-year veteran of corporate and agency public relations, Josh builds communications programs that span traditional and social media. With deep industry expertise in the financial and commodity markets, Josh has been a key communications strategist and partner for online brokers, alternative trading systems, dot-coms, technology vendors, fund managers, investment platforms and many more. He has been named a Top Tech Communicator by PRSourceCode, and is a recipient of the Gold Bulldog Award for media relations and publicity excellence.
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Steve Mills is the senior vice president and group executive of IBM Software Group
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Liz Myers is a senior UX designer specializing in mobile, web, and digital home experiences. She is also a frequent instructor, giving seminars on Adobe Creative Suite tools, best practices, and speedy workflows. Recent clients include Nokia, Orange, The Cocktail, and Icon Mobile. When she’s not creating new interfaces or building Flash prototypes, Liz enjoys travel, photography, and cycling throughout Europe
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O’Brien leads Vivid Ascent with a passion to help clients intelligently integrate online and offline marketing in the new media world. O’Brien co-founded Vivid Ascent after having worked on both the agency and client side, most recently as Founder and President of Brand Clariti. Before starting Brand Clariti, he was the Senior Executive Director Global Advertising at Accenture. While there, he was one of the strategic leaders behind the launch of the Accenture brand, as well as the Tiger Woods global advertising program, which is Accenture’s dominant advertising identity around the world.
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Cynthia M. Saracco is a senior solutions architect at IBM’s Silicon Valley Laboratory who specializes in emerging technologies and database management topics. She has more than 20 years of software industry experience, has written 3 books and more than 50 technical papers, and holds 6 patents. Her email address is (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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Ben Scheerer is senior principal product marketing manager for CA, Inc. With more than 16 years of industry experience, which has run the course of sales to pre-sales, consulting and product marketing, Ben’s experience with enterprise IT management has helped businesses better align their goals for improving service while reducing costs. Ben’s contributions outside of CA include numerous speaking engagements, published articles and white papers on IT management related topics. Ben holds a BBA in Marketing from Western Michigan University and a Masters degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Denver, and is ITIL V3 foundation certified.
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Garrick Schmitt is group VP-experience planning at Razorfish and the agency’s global lead for User Experience. He publishes FEED, Razorfish’s annual consumer experience report, and writes and edits the Razorfish Digital Design Blog. In his spare time he flails about on Twitter @gschmitt.
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U.S. Economist
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Sam Somashekar is an Advisor of Product Management at CA, Inc. Sam has over 15 years of experience demonstrating success in enterprise software product management and development, business development, strategy, marketing, and market research. He has experience establishing, developing, and inspiring high-performance teams, providing product vision, and delivering the best value to customers. Sam’s current responsibilities include defining CA’s Enterprise IT Management strategy and vision around key technology trends such as Green IT and Cloud Computing.
Sam holds a BA in Computer Science and Biology from New York University, and is PMC certified in Product Management. He is also on the board of AFCOM’s Data Center Institute, and has authored several articles and whitepapers on the subject of enterprise IT management for publications such as CA Advisor and Smart Enterprise Magazine. Sam has also been quoted in articles appearing in leading industry publications such as InfoWorld and Computerworld.
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HAYDN THOMAS brings more than 15 years of experience implementing enterprise-wide project management systems to his position as a certified architect of CA Clarity PPM software. Most recently, Haydn has been responsible for overseeing CA Clarity PPM r8 upgrades within some of CA’s marquee financial, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, it and public sector customers. Thomas attended Brunel University, where he studied information technology, and he has obtained SSADM and PMI certifications.
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W Wayne Turmel is an author, speaker and president of Greatwebmeetings.com. He is a frequent contributor to Management- Issues.com, BNET, Active Garage and books by the American Management Association (AMA), ASTD and many others.
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President & CEO
ClearGauge
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Todd R. Wagner is a senior executive leading Accenture’s Management Consulting CRM practice for Communications and High Tech in North America. He specializes in customer experience strategy and operations across marketing, sales and service for enterprise and consumer facing technology companies.
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A recognized thought leader in brand involvement and global organizational communications, he has helped to create several brand culture benchmarks at the world’s most admired companies.
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