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Carl Amdahl, Technology Partner, DCM
Mr. Amdahl is a seasoned computer and networking industry executive who was a founder of three publicly traded companies: Magnuson Systems Inc., NetFRAME Systems, and Trilogy Systems Ltd. He is a Stanford Sloan Fellow and received an M.S. in Management from Stanford University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Derek Atkins, President, IHTFP Consulting Inc.
An active member of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Mr. Atkins was instrumental in the design and standardization of several major Internet protocols, including OpenPGP and IMPP (Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol). Directly before founding IHTFP, which specializes in Internet and systems security practices, Mr. Atkins was a senior scientist at Telcordia Technologies. He was also a co-founder and CTO at Arepa Inc. (now Into Networks). Active in the Internet and security communities since 1989, Mr. Atkins specializes in architecting, designing, developing, and deploying network and systems security applications. He received both a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and an M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT.
Dr. Steve Babbage, Security Technologies Manager, Vodafone Group Research & Development
Dr. Babbage is the chief cryptologist for Vodafone Group, one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications network companies. His team in Vodafone Group R&D is influential in security standardization for mobile telephony (GSM, 3GPP, OMA, and others). Dr Babbage chairs ETSI SAGE, the Security Algorithms Group of Experts that designs cryptographic algorithms for mobile and other telecommunications standards. He received an M.A. in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Royal Holloway, University of London .
Dr. Crispin Cowan, Director of Software Engineering, Novell
Dr. Cowan conducts research focused on making systems more secure without breaking compatibility or compromising performance. He has co-authored 34 refereed publications, including those describing the StackGuard compiler for defending against buffer overflow attacks. Dr. Cowan received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Western Ontario and an M.S. in Mathematics, Computer Science, and a B.Math, Co-op Honors, Computer Science, from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Norman Koo, Executive Director, Chief Technology Officer, AOL Time Warner
Dr. Koo is responsible for the emerging technologies for large-scale data center IT infrastructure and associated consumer and home networking devices. Previously, he held a variety of senior management positions at Sun Microsystems Inc. and was instrumental in growing the company's Asia-Pacific revenues to more than $1 billion. He also was the founder and CEO for OpenTV, a Sun-Thomson joint venture, leading the company public with a $3 billion-plus market capitalization. Dr. Koo received an MBA from the University of Santa Clara, an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering/Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University, and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
Bruce Schneier, Chief Technology Officer, BT Counterpane
Mr. Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, cryptographer, and lecturer. He is the author of seven books on network security, including Beyond Fear, Secrets & Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World, and Applied Cryptography, the seminal work in its field. He publishes a free email newsletter, Crypto-Gram, which has more than 60,000 readers. Mr. Schneier has an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Rochester.
Phil Zimmermann, Founder, PGP Inc.
Mr. Zimmermann is known for his extensive work in cryptography and data security, data communications, and real-time embedded systems. He is the recipient of numerous awards and was inducted into the CRN Industry Hall of Fame, named one of InfoWorld's Top 10 Innovators, and named by Time Magazine as one of the Net 50, the 50 most influential people on the Internet. Mr. Zimmermann is a Fellow at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society. He received a B.S. in Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University. |
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