Speaker: Corbin Ball, Corbin Ball Associates
Corbin Ball, CMP is an international consultant and writer helping clients worldwide use technology to save time and improve productivity. With 20 years of experience running international technology meetings, he now is a highly acclaimed speaker with the ability to make complex subjects understandable and fun. He is the technology columnist and serves or has served on numerous hotel, corporate and association boards. He has been named for the past four years as one of "The 25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry" by MeetingNews Magazine and the MPI 2002 International Supplier of the Year.
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Speaker: E. J. Siwek, CMP, President FLASHpoint Technologies, LLC
For the past 4 years, EJ has been at the forefront of the APEX Initiative as Chair of the APEX Technology Advisory Council and Consultant to the Convention Industry Council's APEX Initiative – an industry wide effort to drive accepted practices for managing meetings and events.
EJ Siwek , CMP is President and Founder of FLASHpoint Technologies, a company providing meeting management consulting. He also serves as the technology editor for Convene Magazine. Active in industry for 25 years as a planner, publisher, and consultant, in July 2001, EJ was selected by Meeting News as one of the Top 25 Influential Leaders in the industry for his efforts in educating and informing meeting professionals on meeting technology. He is also the founder and initial developer of Meeting Matrix. EJ can be reached at ej@flashpointtech.com
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Ray Harris, President & CEO, Webcast Group, Inc.
Ray Harris is the President and CEO of the Webcast Group, Incorporated. He is a leading technologist in the fields of video compression and video networking as well as a marketing person who understands the mechanics of sales channels and the importance of branding. Webcast Group is a provider of live and on demand, interactive webcasting and video conference services to business clients and associations.
Mr. Harris has been involved in digital compression technology since 1992 when he was the President of Optibase, Inc. While at Optibase, he was responsible for developing the World’s first MPEG1 encoder, the first MPEG digital ad insertion decoder for CATV and one of the first MPEG 2 DVD encoders.
Prior to Optibase, Mr. Harris was under exclusive contract with NTT Electronics where, he consulted on technology ranging from MPEG2 over ATM, MPEG2 multi casting, MPEG4 and home DVD recording systems.
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Doug Melinn, CMP, Director of Customer Loyalty, Passkey
Mr. Melinn, is a fifteen-year veteran of the hotel industry. he brings experience from major hotel chains including Hyatt, Marriott and Sheraton in both operations and sales. Previous positions at Passkey include serving in the client services group and most recently as Regional Business Development Director. Mr. Melinn has spoken on various industry issues such as attrition, housing best practices and emerging meeting planning technologies at industry events such as PCMA, SCMP, and ACOM.
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Ross C. Atkinson, Senior Director of Marketing, Concur Technologies, Inc.
Ross Atkinson is Senior Director of Marketing for Concur Technologies, responsible for the introduction of new travel technologies and driving customer adoption of existing product usage. Before the company was acquired by Concur, Mr. Atkinson was the executive vice president and Chief Marketing Officer at Outtask, responsible for global positioning, demand creation, and marketing communications.
Prior to joining Outtask, Mr. Atkinson served as the executive vice president and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of TeleBanc Financial Corporation, responsible for information systems, technical infrastructure and strategic product and market launches.
After earning a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Mr. Atkinson served as a Systems Engineer with EDS for five years, then becoming a Management Consultant at Platinum Technologies, Inc., deploying management solutions for Fortune 1000 companies.
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Jeremy Stubbs,
Director, GetThere Meetings Management
Jeremy Stubbs is the Director of GetThere Meeting Technologies for GetThere . Mr. Stubbs is responsible for strategy, customer relationships, marketing communications, pricing and product marketing for all GetThere meetings products . Prior to joining GetThere in April 2004, Mr. Stubbs worked in marketing strategy for Sabre Holdings, focusing on GDS pricing strategy and online travel. He created alternative business models for the Sabre Travel Network's GDS business in advance of GDS deregulation in 2004. Mr. Stubbs also developed several long-term corporate strategies for Travelocity.com, including market positioning, product enhancement, alternative distribution channels, and revenue growth opportunities. Mr. Stubbs has also held financial analyst positions with Dr Pepper/Seven-Up and the New England Financial Group. He holds a master's degree in business administration from Texas Tech University and a bachelor's degree from Trinity University in San Antonio , Texas .
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Reggie Aggarwal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cvent
Reggie Aggarwal is the CEO and Founder of Cvent, a profitable venture-backed CRM software company located in McLean , Virginia . Cvent has quickly grown to be the largest event management software company in the country. Forbes Magazine named Reggie as one of the rising stars of Washington . Meeting News, the largest magazine in the industry, named him as one of the 25 most influential people in the $100 billion dollar meetings industry. Reggie has appeared on ABC News, CBS News, NBC News and CNN's “Moneyline with Lou Dobbs” as an authority on meetings and technology.
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