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 competing in the networked economy : Speakers

Vincent P. Barabba is the chairman of Market Insight Corporation and the Synthesis Alliance. He retired in 2003 as the general manager of corporate strategy and knowledge development at General Motors Corporation where he was responsible for overseeing corporate strategic planning and the Business Decision Support Center.

John Perry Barlow is a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He promotes the freedom of expression in digital media through his work with the EFF, his writings, and lectures.

Gordon Bell has been a principal researcher with the Microsoft eSciences Research Group in San Francisco, California since 1995, and is currently a visiting professor at Macquarie University's Institute for Innovation in Sydney, Australia. At Microsoft, he is involved in "lifelogging" or storing everything an individual has experienced in his lifetime. His previous roles have been vice president of research and development at Digital Equipment Corp. (1960-1983); professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University (1966-72); founding assistant director of the National Science Foundation's Computing and Information Sciences and Engineering (CISE) Directorate (1986-1988); panel chair of the National Research and Education Network (NREN) for creating the Internet(1987-1988); advisor/investor in 90+ start-up companies; and a founding trustee of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. He is a DiamondExchange fellow, a TTI Vanguard advisory board member, and on the Department of Energy's advanced scientific computing advisory committee.

Mel Bergstein is the Chairman of the Board of Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTPI), a premier management and advisory firm serving Global 2000 clients worldwide. An internationally known leader in the consulting industry, Mel has more than 30 years of experience serving clients globally.

Daniel Bricklin is founder and president of Software Garden, Inc., a small consulting firm and developer of software applications. Products he personally developed at Software Garden include the wikiCalc Open Source web-spreadsheet and the Dan Bricklin's Demo Program prototyping tool. He is a frequent speaker and commentator on the software industry, software development, and innovation.

Catherine S. Brune is senior vice president and chief information officer for Allstate Insurance Company. She is also a member of the Allstate senior management team.

Caroline Calkins directs research, analysis and content development in support of Innovation programs at Diamond. Prior to joining Diamond, Caroline spent 10 years as a management consultant, focusing primarily on business strategy. She also worked for a dot-com start-up and as an independent consultant. She holds a Bachelors in English from Cornell University, an MBA from Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, and a Maitrise en Administration et en Gestion from the Universite Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium.

Paul Carroll spent 17 years as a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal-in New York, Chicago, Brussels, New York again, San Francisco, Mexico City, and San Francisco again-getting about as broad an exposure to the world of business as the paper can provide. The Journal nominated him twice for Pulitzer Prizes. He was a finalist once. During his time at the Journal, Paul wrote "Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM," published in 1993, at the height of IBM's problems. The book sold 60,000 hardcovers in the U.S. and was translated into six languages.

Dr. Eric K. Clemons is professor of operations and information management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In his consulting practice, Dr. Clemons focuses on helping clients anticipate the fundamental impacts information technology will have on the structure of their industries and on the future strategies available to their firms.

Adam Gutstein is chief executive officer and president of Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc. He is a member of the firm's Board of Directors and also serves on the company's Office of the Chairman.

Arthur Holden joined Illumina in April 2006. He leads development of relationships and partnerships with pharmaceutical firms, large-scale research consortia, and governmental bodies such as the NIH and FDA. Mr. Holden was most recently chairman and CEO of First Genetic Trust and the company's principal founder. He serves as chairman of the Pharmaceutical Biomedical Research Consortium and the DMD Translational Research Consortium

Alene Korby is executive vice president and chief information officer for Kraft Foods. Korby is responsible for the company's information systems worldwide. Korby's tenure at Kraft began in 1981 when she joined the company as a senior research scientist. In 1986 she joined the corporate strategy department, and in 1991 she was named director of commercial operations. She became vice president, manufacturing/foodservice co-packing in 1995 and was named vice president, operations for the meals division in 1996. She was assigned vice president, purchasing in 1998 and named senior vice president, procurement, in June 2001. In January 2002, she was named senior vice resident, procurement and integrated supply chain.

Andrew Lippman has spent the last forty years at MIT in capacities ranging from undergraduate to professor to senior research scientist. He has never had to look for a job in his life. He received his bachelor and master of science degrees from MIT, and a Ph.D. from Ecole Polytechnique FEdErale de Lausanne in Switzerland while on leave from MIT.

At Fort Dix, N.J., Vice Admiral Morgan was born into what was to become a joint military family. His father and three brothers served as officers in the Army, Air Force and Navy, two sons achieving flag rank. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1972 with a degree in economics.

Chunka Mui is an independent business advisor on strategic issues at the intersection of business and technology. He is also a fellow at Diamond and chairs that firm's prestigious network of external advisors.

A native of Los Angeles, CA, Admiral Mullen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968. He has served in Allied, Joint and Navy positions, overseas and in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.

Anthony Paoni, professor of technology and innovation at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, is an expert in information strategies, strategic business systems planning, and the linkage between business strategy and business systems strategy, as well as information privacy, a subject he has studied and taught.

Rick Prelinger (prelinger.com) an archivist, writer and filmmaker, founded Prelinger Archives, whose collection of 51,000 advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur films was acquired by the Library of Congress in 2002 after 20 years' operation.

Toby Redshaw is corporate vice president of I.D.E.A.S. (Innovation, Data, Enabling Platforms and Architecture Services) for Motorola. He oversees the company's enterprise-wide IT blueprint, including the integration of IT solutions across Motorola's various business sectors, anticipating IT industry future directions, and establishing the IT strategy, architecture, and standards across the company globally.

Judith Sprieser was the chief executive officer of the technology software and services company, Transora, Inc., from the time she helped found it in 2000 until its merger with the Uniform Code Council, Inc. in 2005.

John Sviokla is vice chairman of Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTPI), and serves on the firm's Board of Directors as global managing director of innovation and research.

Dave Watson is CTO of Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT), the $1 billion technology management arm of Kaiser Permanente and the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. In this role, Dave provides technology long-term strategy, systems architecture, and information security services across Kaiser Permanente's hospitals, medical groups, and insurance operations that serve nearly nine million members in nine states and the District of Columbia, and employ over 140,000 people, with annual revenue in excess of $30 billion.

Mr. Weick is the chief information officer and senior vice president of shared services and IT solutions for McDonald's Corporation. In this role, Mr. Weick is responsible for improving McDonald's business results by providing information and process improvements through the efficient use of technology and optimization of shared services. The functional scope of Mr. Weick's role is expansive, as it involves responsibility for all information technology functions within the corporation-this includes operations in over 118 countries and applications in all business function areas. Mr. Weick joined McDonald's in September of 1997 as vice president of U.S. technology services.