- John Morgridge
John P. Morgridge joined Cisco Systems in 1988 as President and CEO, and grew the company from $5 million to more than $1 billion in sales, and from 34 to more than 2,250 employees. In 1990 he took Cisco public, and in 1995 was appointed Chairman. During his tenure, Cisco has become the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, with more than $25 billion in revenues and some 50,000 employees in 77 countries. - Van Jacobson
Van Jacobson joined PARC as a research fellow in August 2006, and also serves as Chief Scientist for Packet Design in the adjacent Xerox complex. Prior to that, he was Chief Scientist at Cisco Systems and group leader for the Network Research Group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. - Andy Bechtolsheim
Andy Bechtolsheim , co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and employee number one, is a product architect with the Systems Group. Andy works with the Systems Group to help drive next generation X64 and storage servers product architecture as well as HPC opportunities. Bechtolsheim has more than 25 years of Network Computing knowledge and expertise. - Steve Deering
Dr. Steve Deering is a Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, where he is working on the development and standardization of architectural enhancements to the Internet Protocol. Prior to joining Cisco in 1996, he spent six years at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, engaged in research on advanced internet technologies, including multicast routing, mobile internetworking, scalable addressing, and support for multimedia applications over the Internet. - Patricia Russo
Patricia Russo (born in 1953, in Trenton, New Jersey) is the current chief executive officer of Alcatel-Lucent, one of the world's largest manufacturing firms. Lucent was a spin-off from AT&T of its Systems and Technology units (AT&T Technologies, Inc., the former Western Electric), and the manufacturing and research and development operations, including Bell Laboratories. - Vienna Teng
Not so long ago, being a singer-songwriter was merely a hobby for Vienna Teng , a Stanford computer science grad who was on the fast track to a lucrative career, working as a software engineer in Silicon Valley. But she gave all that up to pursue her musical passions - a risky career move, but one which has paid off. - Michael Capellas
Michael D. Capellas , president and CEO of MCI, recently confirmed his participation as speakers at WCIT 2006. Capellas is a 30-year veteran of the information technology business and an established thought leader in areas ranging from information technology, telecommunications and homeland security to the next generation of consumer electronics. Prior to joining MCI in December 2002, he was president of Hewlett-Packard Company. Previously, he was the chairman and CEO of Compaq. - Eliot Lear
Eliot Lear lear@cisco.com Consulting Engineer, Cisco Systems Eliot Lear has been a Consulting Engineer for Cisco Systems since February of 1998, primarily focusing on network management and quality of service. Prior to that he was Silicon Graphics' Internet Architect, responsible for design and deployment of Internet and Intranet connectivity, access and security solutions. He participated in several large scale corporate acquisitions. - James Richardson
James Richardson is a Canadian businessman. He is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of Cisco Systems, where he has worked for 16 years. - Leonard Bosack
Leonard Bosack is, with his ex-wife Sandra Lerner, co-founder of Cisco Systems. - Don Valentine
Donald T. "Don" Valentine is an influential venture capitalist who concentrates mainly on technology companies in the United States. He has been called the "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital". The Computer History Museum credited him as playing "a key role in the formation of a number of industries such as semiconductors, personal computers, personal computer software, digital entertainment and networking." - Sandra Lerner
Sandra "Sandy" Lerner is, along with then-husband Leonard Bosack, a co-founder of Cisco Systems. After leaving Cisco, she was a founder of Urban Decay cosmetics, and an advocate of animal rights. While supportive of limited animal rights - she forbids the local foxhunt in Virginia that used to cross over her estate to continue doing so - she started and continues to own, Hunter's Head Tavern in Upperville, … - Harald Tveit Alvestrand
Harald Tveit Alvestrand (born 29 June 1959) was the chairman of the Internet Engineering Task Force from 2001 until 2005, and is an author of several important RFCs, many in the general area of Internationalization and localization. He was born in Namsos, Norway, received his education from Bergen Katedralskole and the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and has worked for Norsk Data, UNINETT, EDB Maxware and Cisco Systems, Inc.. He currently (2006) lives in Trondheim, … - Judith Estrin
Judy Estrin has been named three times to Fortune Magazine's list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in American business, and was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame. She started her career as a 21-year old researcher in the lab that created the underlying technology for the Internet, co-founded several successful companies, pioneered the computer networking industry, and served as chief technology officer of networking giant Cisco. - Richard Allan
Richard Allan (born 11 February 1966) was the Liberal Democrats Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam from the general election of Thursday the 2 May 1997 until the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April 2005. In 1997, he unseated Irvine Patnick of the Conservative Party achieving a majority of 8,221 with a swing of 15.3%. In 2001, he was re-elected with an increased majority of 9,347. During his tenure, Allan held various committee seats, … - David Cheriton
David R. Cheriton is a Canadian-born computer science professor at Stanford University and a billionaire as a result of his investments in technology companies. He received his Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Waterloo in 1974 and 1978, respectively, and spent three years as an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia before moving to Stanford. - William Yeager
William " Bill " Yeager (born June 16 1940, San Francisco) is an American engineer. He is best-known for his development of the first multiple-protocol router software during his 20 year tenure at Stanford University's Knowledge Systems Laboratory. The code was licenced by upstart Cisco Systems in 1987 and comprised the core of the first Cisco IOS. He is also known for his role in the creation of the IMAP mail protocol, … - Richard Kovacevich
Richard "Dick" Kovacevich is the Chairman of Wells Fargo. A native of Tacoma, Washington, he was born on October 30, 1943. A graduate of Stanford Business School, Kovacevich worked for General Mills before joining Citicorp. According to some calculations, he was the 7th highest paid CEO in the world in 2003. In addition to Wells Fargo, he sits on the Boards of Target, Cisco Systems and Cargill. He is also a Trustee at the California Institute of Technology. - Andrew Serwer
Andrew (Andy) Serwer is an American journalist. He is managing editor for Fortune Magazine, based out of Time Warner’s New York City Office. Serwer joined the magazine as a reporter in 1984 and was later promoted to associate editor. He was a senior writer from 1995 until 1998. He has written cover stories on Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, John Chambers and Cisco Systems, among others. - Adam Spencer
Adam Barrington Spencer (Born in 1970 in Gladesville, New South Wales) is an Australian radio DJ and media personality. He first came to fame when he won his round of the comedic talent search "Raw Comedy" in the mid 1990s. He began working at Triple J soon afterwards, on mid-dawn and drive shifts. From 1999, joined in 2000 by Wil Anderson, Spencer hosted Triple J's hugely popular breakfast show, before they both retired from the show in 2004. - Lori Gadzala
Lori Gadzala was the Canadian federal Green Party candidate in the Ottawa riding of Nepean—Carleton in the 2006 election. She is a businesswoman from Manotick, Ontario, having lived there for 10 years, and previously lived in Gloucester, Ontario. At the 2006 convention she was elected Ontario Rep to the Green Party of Canada federal council. - Michael Dhuey
Michael Joseph Dhuey (born 20 July 1958, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an electrical and computer engineer. He is chiefly known as the co-inventor (with Brian Berkeley) of the Macintosh II computer in 1987, the first Macintosh computer with expansion slots. He also helped to develop the hardware for the original iPod in 2001, particularly the battery. He received his computer engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1980, … - Isaac Nassi
Isaac "Ike" Nassi is a Senior Vice President (Americas) for SAP AG. He co-founded the wireless mesh company Firetide and was CTO (chief technology officer) of InfoGear, before it was acquired by Cisco Systems. After the acquisition, he was the director of engineering at Cisco. He was also a senior vice president at Apple Computer and one of the founders of Encore Computer Corporation. He is also the co-creator of the Nassi-Shneiderman diagram. - Alex Fielding
Alex Fielding co-founded Wheels of Zeus with Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak in 2001. When Wheels of Zeus started, however, Mr. Fielding said on a MyMac.com podcast interview in 2006, it wasn't started to help people find their kids or dogs or high value assets, it was started to help people avoid speeding tickets. "The Wheels of Zeus GPS based system would take AVL, Automated Vehicle Location, … - Bruce Jay Nelson
Bruce Jay Nelson (January 19, 1952-September 19, 1999) was the inventor of the remote procedure call for computer communications. Bruce Nelson graduated from Harvey Mudd College in 1974, and went on to earn a master's in computer science from Stanford University in 1976, and a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1981. While pursuing his Ph.D., he developed the Remote Procedure Call (RPC), … - Stephen R. Bourne
Steve Bourne is a computer scientist, most famous as the author of the Bourne shell (<code>sh</code>), which is the foundation for the standard command line interfaces to Unix. Bourne has a Bachelor's degree in mathematics from King's College London. He has a Diploma (Master's) and Ph.D. in mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge. Subsequently he worked on an ALGOL 68 compiler at the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory (see ALGOL 68C). - Ronnie Jagday
Ronnie Singh Jagday (born March 21, 1978 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian field hockey player, who earned his first international cap in a friendly match in 1998 against Spain in Barcelona. The defender is the son of former Canadian coach and later USA coach Shiv Jagday. He's working as a lab administrator, with Cisco Systems in, San Jose, California. - Jon Briggs
Jon Briggs’ work spans Radio, TV, Voice-Over, Training and Conferences. He started in radio in 1981 as tea boy made good and progressed to the breakfast show with BBC Radio Oxford aged 19, which did little for his sleep pattern-but saved the rest of the staff from his brewing skills. Jon is one of the best-known commercial voices in the UK. He is the station voice of BBC Radio 2, but is perhaps best known as the voice of the BBC quiz show, "The Weakest Link". - Ankit Fadia
Ankit Fadia , 21 years old, is an independent computer security and digital intelligence consultant with definitive experience in the field of Internet security based out of the Silicon Valley in California, USA. He has authored 11 internationally best-selling books on numerous topics related to Computer Security that have been widely appreciated by both professionals and industry leaders the world over. - Phil Gordon
Phil Gordon , expert poker analyst and co-host for Celebrity Poker Showdown (a show you really want to miss), is a world-class poker player, adventure traveler, sports fan, and accomplished businessman. Phil has won nearly $1,100,000 in poker tournaments since taking the poker world by storm in the 2001 World Series of Poker championship event where he finished 4th and won $400,000 as well as a spot on the Travel Channel documentary (Inside the World Series of Poker). - Anand Iyer
Anand joined Microsoft in January 2005 as a Developer Evangelist, Microsoft's . NET ambassador to the Northern California region. During his tenure there, he has been in the midst of several launches, such as Visual Studio, SQL Server, Vista, Office and many others. He has spoken at over a hundred conferences on a variety of topics. Anand is actively involved in the startup community in the Silicon Valley and works closely with Microsoft's Emerging Business Team. - Ali Sajassi
Ali Sajassi Chief architect of Cisco Ali Sajassi is a senior system/solution architect at Cisco Systems where he has been working on end-to-end solutions in the areas of Voice over IP (VoIP), Layer-2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPN), and Metro Ethernet Networks. He is an active participant of IETF, IEEE, and ITU standards groups and he has made numerous contributions to these groups in the area of Layer-2 VPN. - Charlotte Hufschmidt
Charlotte Hufschmidt was born on Vandenberg AFB, in Lompoc, California, January 28, 1977, to Nora T. Hufschmidt and the late Paul J. Hufschmidt. She attended the University of Southern California where she graduated (Honors) with degrees in Communications and Business Administration. She currently resides in the Los Angeles Area. - Edward P. Stritter
Edward Stritter was awarded a bachelor's in mathematics from Dartmouth College, and a master's and doctorate in computer science from Stanford University. Stritter has extensive experience in hardware and software technologies. - Massimo Brembilla
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William (Bill) Nuti is chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of NCR Corporation, a global technology company with 25,000 employees and 2007 revenue of approximately $5 billion. Under Nuti's leadership, NCR is transforming itself into, as one reporter recently called it, "a self-service giant," leading how the world connects, interacts and transacts with business. - Jon Shantz
Jon Shantz, Director Jon Shantz has deep experience in the networking and communications industries. Jon is a highly respected professional in the communications industry and serves as an advisor and board member for a number of privately held companies. His experience includes the role of Senior Vice President of Business Development at Openwave Systems. Prior to Openwave, he was General Manager of the Mobile Business Unit of Cisco Systems. - Barry Greene
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