At-A-Glance
Conference Advisory Board
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Berg Software Design is a consultancy that has provided design and development services for storage devices, storage interfaces and file systems since 1985. Brian A. Berg, its President, has a wealth of experience with Storage Area Networks, iSCSI, SCSI, USB, SAS, IDE/ATA/ATAPI/SATA and Fibre Channel, as well as Flash Memory, Optical Storage (CD, DVD), Magnetic Storage, RAID Arrays and Server Blades. Brian has been a software and firmware developer, project lead, industry analyst, seminar leader, technical marketer and technical writer. He has participated in over 50 conferences as a speaker, session chair and conference chair. He has also worked extensively with intellectual property and patents, particularly in the storage arena. |
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Matthew has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and data communications field at both the equipment and IC level. He has held circuit board design, IC design, system architecture, applications planning, management, and marketing positions with companies such as Mitel Networks, Nortel Networks, Lucent Canada, and Agere Systems. He also co-founded and was CEO of Aquilo Technologies, a CAD tool development company. Matthew has worked in a variety of areas in the communications industry, including PBX development, cable telephony and SONET/SDH. For the past 5 years, Matthew has been a Director of Technical Marketing for Galazar Networks. Over this time, he has been responsible for Galazar’s line of Carrier Ethernet transport silicon products and has worked with telecom and datacom equipment manufacturers as they have developed and deployed Ethernet over SONET/SDH and Ethernet over PDH solutions worldwide. Matthew holds a Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Carleton University in Canada. |
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As a senior scientist at Force10 Networks, John D’Ambrosia focuses on components technology and leads the company's involvement in industry groups. John has been an active participant in the development of Ethernet-related technologies since 1999. At the present time, he is the chair of the IEEE P802.3ba 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force. John served as secretary for the IEEE 802.3ap Backplane Ethernet Task Force, and participated in the development of XAUI for 10 Gigabit Ethernet. John, also, served as a director and secretary for the Ethernet Alliance, and was the chair of the XAUI Interoperability work group for the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance. For all of his efforts related to Ethernet, John was recognized by Network World in 2006, as part of its “50 Most Powerful People in Networking” list. John also acted as secretary for the High Speed Backplane Initiative and chair of the Optical Internetworking Forum's Market Awareness & Education committee. Prior to joining Force10, John was with Tyco Electronics for 17 years. |
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Claudio DeSanti is a Distinguished Engineer in the Advanced Architectures & Research organization in Cisco. He represents Cisco in several National and International Standards Bodies, such as INCITS Technical Committee T11, IEEE 802.1, IETF, and in industry associations. He is Vice Chairman of the INCITS T11 Technical Committee, Chairperson of various working groups, including FC-BB-5, where FCoE is developed, and technical editor of different standards, including IEEE 802.1Qbb. He is author of several patents and international publications, including ten RFCs in IETF and other standards in the American National Standard Institute. He received many honors and awards, including the INCITS 2008 Technical Excellence Award, the INCITS 2007 Team Award, and the INCITS 2006 Gene Milligan Award for Effective Committee Management. Claudio's research interests include network protocols, storage networking, routing, and security. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy. |
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Mr. Eklund brings over 13 years of experience in Ethernet Switching, Mobile Internet and IPv6. He is currently a member of the IPv6 Forum Technical Directorate and co-author of several IETF drafts. Eklund is responsible for Xelerated’s business development and for securing the company’s first tier-one customers. Prior to founding Xelerated, he held key positions as Systems Engineer at SwitchCore and Research Engineer at Ericsson Research. Mr. Eklund holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Stockholm, Sweden. |
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John Fischer is CTO at Spectracom, a world leader in time and frequency technology development with research facilities in France, United Kingdom and Sweden. He has thirty years engineering and management experience in communications, radar, digital signal processing and control systems. Prior to joining Spectracom in 2002, Mr. Fischer served as CTO and founding member of Clearwire Technologies. John’s accomplishments include co-founding an engineering services firm focused on the design of digital communications equipment and systems. John holds MS and BS degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. |
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Ms. Kohl is the VP of Marketing for the Ethernet Alliance, a non-profit industry consortium that she helped found; consults for a variety of hardware and software companies, and sits on the advisory board of 4Blox, a software iSCSI company. Ms. Kohl has held multiple marketing and sales executive management positions: VP of Marketing and Sales at Tehuti Networks, an Israeli 10 Gigabit Ethernet start-up; VP of Marketing at Bandspeed, an IEEE 802.11 start-up; and Director of Marketing at Intel's LAN Access Division (LAD) where she managed the development and launch of the industry's first 10 Gigabit Ethernet NICs and iSCSI HBAs as well as directed seed investments, participated in M&A decisions, and was instrumental in many critical partnerships. Ms. Kohl came into Intel via the acquisition of Level One Communications, which had acquired Jato Technologies, a 1 Gigabit Ethernet start-up. Prior to Jato Technologies, Ms. Kohl worked for Motorola. Ms. Kohl holds a bachelor's degree in Communications (University of Texas - Austin) and MBA from Texas State University. |
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Chris Lyon, a 12 year storage veteran is currently the executive director of the FCIA and has held that position for over eight years. Prior to FCIA, Chris has held various marketing positions at Vixel, McDATA, Connex and SAN Navigator. In 2005, Chris achieved the title of Certified Association Executive (CAE) – the highest professional recognition available from the American Society of Association Executives. A CAE must meet a rigorous set of requirements to be eligible to take the examination covering Governance & Structure; Leadership Processes; Management & Administration; Internal & External Relations; and Programs & Services. Chris holds a BA in pastoral ministry and administration from LIFE pacific. |
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Stan McClellan is the Chief Architect of Systems & Solutions at ZNYX Networks. In this capacity, he is responsible for the architectural definition of systems based on strategic technologies and industry standards, such as PICMG 3.X AdvancedTCA™. Prior to joining ZNYX, Dr. McClellan held positions in enterprise, military/aerospace, and academic industries. He has also served as a technology & business consultant for commercial entities including BellSouth Telecommunications, MCI/Worldcom, Motorola Semiconductor Group, Cisco Systems, 3Com, Alcatel, Nortel, Network Equipment Technologies, and The Southern Company. As the author of numerous peer-reviewed technical publications and US/international patents, Dr. McClellan is an expert in networking and distributed system optimization, particularly for voice/video transport with quality of service constraints (QoS). He has made invited contributions to well-known references including Advances in Computers, The IEEE/CRC Electrical Engineering Handbook, and The Encyclopedias of Electrical & Electronics Engineering. Dr. McClellan is also a regular reviewer for several IEEE publications. |
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With 25+ years experience in the telecommunications market, Dr. Ray Mota brings a talent for complex technical thinking and provides strong direction, sharp analysis, and expert advice on networking issues, specializing in design, implementation, and troubleshooting. Ray has developed a vast network of influential relationships, which has strengthened his solid reputation among his peers in the industry. Prior to assuming a partnership at Synergy, Ray honed his industry experience and expertise as a user, manager, and network integrator. His management career is highlighted by the strong direction and expert advice, as well as his commitment to maximizing organizational efficiency and empowering others to succeed, that he provided during his tenures at Aberdeen Group, ManageAll, Micros-To-Mainframes, Advanced Technology Group, and Eastman Kodak. Routinely called upon to speak as a guest lecturer throughout the country, Ray is recognized as an expert in topics relating to networks and architecture. He has been the keynote speaker for Internet World (Amsterdam), E-Services World (Paris), Business Journal Summit, and Hewlett Packard Executive 2000. He has also been a presenter at the Columbia Business School. His commentaries and analyses have been published in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Telecom Magazine, MSNBC, CNN Money, Forbes, Fortune, NY Times, and the SF Chronicle. In October 2000, HispanicBusiness.com selected Ray, with other notables Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs and Alex Rodriguez of the Texas Rangers, as one of the top one hundred most influential Hispanics in the United States. Ray’s numerous professional affiliations include the Princeton University Club; MIT Enterprise Forum; National Association of Rocketry; and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Ray holds five amateur baseball World Series titles and has coached at the Arizona Diamondbacks Training Centers. His successful baseball career inspired him to write Maximum Ability, (Lulu.Com, 2005), which focuses on mind power and using the cognitive abilities involved in sports to achieve excellence in not only the athletic arena but also in business fields and in other aspects of a person’s life. Ray donates 100 percent of the book’s proceeds to Motavation Group, which organizes sporting events for sick children. Ray lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife and their daughter. He is an avid supporter of and participates in activities that promote cancer research. |
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Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and startup CEO from the semiconductor and computer networking industry. Featured in "They made it!", a recent book about silicon valley entrepreneurs. Direct experience founding and growing venture funded semiconductor and systems companies based in silicon valley and India, managing off shore and multi geographic development teams. Proven expertise in developing & managing successful technology and product strategies. Successfully developed and launched industry's highest performance content processor three times larger than the Pentium with 500+ man years of development. Has been involved with Ethernet technology development since 1985 and contributed to the creation of several IEEE 802.3 standards. Delivered the industry's first commercial full duplex Ethernet and three speed 10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet silicon solutions. Holds BSEE and MSEE degrees, with multiple patents on Ethernet and data communications technology. Samba currently serves on the board of two companies and advisor to several startups. |
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Andy Norton is a Distinguished Engineer responsible for Platform Architecture in the Office of the CTO at Cloudshield. Previously a founding partner at Comm Logic Design, he is a leading industry FPGA expert, specializing in networking, communications and packet processing platforms for the last 15 years. He has also worked as a UNIDO consultant and received two Senior Scholar Fulbright Awards. Andy graduated from University of California, Berkeley with M.S./B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. |
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Manoj Wadekar Manoj Wadekar is Fellow & Technology Strategist at QLogic Corporation and is responsible for driving architecture and technology strategy for QLogic’s Adapter products in Data Centers. He has been driving cross-industry initiative for IO Consolidation over Ethernet for Data Center deployment. Manoj is leading the effort for QLogic in various standards bodies: IEEE, IETF and T11 to drive DCB and Storage over Ethernet. Manoj has 16+ years experience in networking industry and has led various product teams for Ethernet Switch and NIC products, Frame Relay and ATM products. He has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India and has 9 pending patents. |
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Brian A. Berg
Matthew Coakeley
John D'Ambrosia
Claudio DeSanti
Thomas Eklund
John Fischer
Blaine Kohl
Chris Lyon
Stan McClellan
Ray Mota
Samba Murthy
Andy Norton
