Mark A. Carlson is a software engineer known in the systems management industry for his pioneering work in management standards and technology. Mark was the first employee of a small startup in Boulder, Colorado called Redcape Policy Software. Sun Microsystems acquired the company and its technology in 1998 and subsequently promoted it as Jiro. He then lead the development of SMI-S for SNIA, serving as the chair of the group overseeing the specification for several years.

Vincent Franceschini Hitachi Data Systems Vincent Franceschini is the Senior Director of Future Technologies for Hitachi Data Systems, reporting directly to HDS Corporation's Chief Technology Officer. In this role he is responsible for defining the future directions of HDS Data Networking solutions on a worldwide basis and for selecting the key future technologies and solutions that HDS will market.

John Webster Data Mobility Group John is responsible for directing Data Mobility Group's ongoing research and analysis in Data and Storage Management. Prior to founding Data Mobility Group, John was Senior Analyst and IT Advisor for Illuminata, Inc., where he established and developed Illuminata's storage-related market research and analysis practice.

Gary Phillips Senior Director, Standards and Open Source Symantec Gary Phillips is Senior Director of Standards and Open Source in the Office of the CTO for Symantec Corporation. Gary Phillips is Senior Director of Standards and Open Source in the Office of the CTO for Symantec Corporation.

Tom Clark Principal Engineer - Technical Marketing Brocade Tom Clark is a resident SAN evangelist for Brocade, and represents Brocade in industry associations, conducts seminars and tutorials at conferences and trade shows, promotes Brocade storage networking solutions, and acts as a customer liaison.

Phil Mills , Secretary Senior Technical Staff IBM Phil has been involved in the architecture and design of storage controller interfaces throughout his 30+ year career at IBM. Phil has been involved in the architecture and design of storage controller interfaces throughout his 30+ year career at IBM. His experience ranges from IBM's Parallel OEMI Channel to Control Unit Interface and Parallel SCSI to the serial interfaces ESCON and FICON and then to Fibre Channel.

Ray Dunn Industry Standards Marketing Manager Sun Microsystems Ray Dunn is a long-standing SNIA member who has helped develop, test, market and promote the association's Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S). Ray was recently re-elected to the SNIA Board of Directors, is the Marketing Officer for the Storage Management Forum and is a member of the Storage Management Initiative and Interoperability Conformance Testing Program Committees.

David Dale is an industry evangelist at Network Appliance where he drives product marketing initiatives related to NetApp’s iSCSI SAN solutions. With over 20 years experience in the computer industry he also participates in the industry as Chair of the SNIA IP Storage Forum, a regular contributor to industry journals, a frequent participant in IT seminars, and a frequent speaker and panelist at industry events around the globe.

Dave Thiel Non-voting Member Chairman of the Technical Council Technical Director in the Office of the CTO, HP

Howard Goldstein Founder, Howard Goldstein Associates Inc. Howard Goldstein has over 30 years of experience in storage, data and telecommunications networking. His background includes positions in technology, management and education with practical technical experience in architecture, design, planning, implementation and operations.

Julie Ryan was elected to the SNIA Board of Directors in October, 2004. She has been an active member of the SNIA Storage Management Forum (SMF) since its formation in 2002, holding the Business Development, Education, and Secretary chair positions and received the SNIA Outstanding Volunteer Award in 2003.

Jeff Greenberg Vice President of International Business Development Greenberg is a seasoned marketing and strategic planning executive with 25 years of experience in the technology and consumer electronics fields. His background includes management roles at multinational corporations such as Toshiba, Compaq, Canon and the Storage Networking Industry Association, as well as smaller organizations such as LightSand, Westinghouse and Quarterdeck.

Eric A. Hibbard , CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP Senior Director, Data Networking and Security Technology,Hitachi Data Systems From his position in the Office of the CTO, Mr. Eric A. Hibbard is responsible for developing and leading the execution of Hitachi Data Systems’ (HDS) storage security strategy. In this role, he interacts with key enterprises to understand their data protection needs as well as to provide guidance and recommendations.

Robert C. Farkaly As Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Bob Farkaly will oversee Overland’s global sales efforts, further strengthen relationships with value added resellers and distributors as well as drive revenue growth through the company’s portfolio of storage solutions. Farkaly is the architect and co-inventor of the REO SERIES of disk-based backup and recovery appliances. Prior to joining Overland Storage in July 2003, Bob was the co-founder of Okapi Software.

Kumar Malavalli earned BS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics at the National Institute of Engineering in Mysore, India. He has worked for ITT Communications, Amdahl, Canstar, and HP in various senior technical positions pertaining to local and wide area networks. He is one of the principal architects of Fibre Channel technology, in which he holds patents.

I am a motivated self-starter who has been successful in a variety of fields including project management, course development, e-learning development, technical training, recruiting and hiring, and people development. I am a highly valuable "clutch" player, with the ability to fill many critical roles within a group or an organization.

Garth Gibson Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Panasas Garth Gibson is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Panasas Inc. ( www.panasas.com ) and an associate professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Gibson received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991.

Goals - to provide overall value to a reseller or customer's IT organization by helping it to reduce costs, time to develop a production SAN or IPSAN from initial reqmts., consolidate and standardize storage to make it a strategic business asset, and reduce customer vendor lock-in and dependencies. Other main objectives in my consulting practice is to provide cost-effective business project management and IT solutions based on ITIL that are developed on highly available storage and . . .

WORLDWIDE TRAINING AND CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER; Multi-lingual, priority focused leader with 15 years of proven ability at planning and executing multiple programs and tasks in training and development, business development, and customer support. Extensive experience in Customer/Client Relationship Management, Strategic Vision/Mission Planning, Problem Solving, Oral or Written Communications, as well as Financial Planning and Program Management. Demonstrated success in public . . .

Technology Executive with 20+ years of domestic and international experience, operating, marketing, and developing computer, storage, hardware, software and networking businesses. Extensive general management and operational experience in high growth environments from start-up through IPO. Analytical and decisive with demonstrated ability to set strategy and planning disciplines to affect decision-making and accountability. Operationally and strategically focused on all phases of the . . .

Tom Ruwart has over 25 years of experience in the computer and storage industry starting in 1977 with Control Data Corporation. His experience spans hardware and software from IBM mainframe disk drives to large supercomputer-class storage systems. Aside from Control Data, Tom has worked for a start-up company, Edge Computer Corporation, The Minnesota Supercomputer Center, the University of Minnesota Laboratory for Computational Science and Engineering, and Ciprico.

Garth Gibson Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Panasas Garth Gibson is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Panasas Inc. ( www.panasas.com ) and an associate professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Gibson received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991.

Jeff Greenberg Vice President of International Business Development Greenberg is a seasoned marketing and strategic planning executive with 25 years of experience in the technology and consumer electronics fields. His background includes management roles at multinational corporations such as Toshiba, Compaq, Canon and the Storage Networking Industry Association, as well as smaller organizations such as LightSand, Westinghouse and Quarterdeck.

David Thiel is Technical Director and Staff Fellow in HP

Howey Chin has over 18 years experience in high-speed network technology. He was one of the original founders of Gadzoox Networks in 1995 and served in various capacities including vice president of sales and marketing, and chief strategic officer. He has been a founding member of the SAN revolution, and one of the first to demonstrate to the industry the pivotal role of fibre channel in a storage environment. Chin is highly regarded in the SAN community.

Michael Peterson Strategic Research Corporation Michael Peterson is President and Senior Analyst of Strategic Research Corporation based in Santa Barbara, California. In this capacity, Mr. Peterson is a prominent network storage and system I/O industry spokesperson and leader, often called the "Catalyst of the Industry".

Clod Barrera IBM Clodoaldo Barrera, Distinguished Engineer, is the Director of Systems Strategy at IBM in San Jose, California. His responsibilities include development strategy for IBM's disk and tape subsystems, storage management software, and SAN and NAS solutions. Prior to his current position, Mr. Barrera was the development executive for IBM's serial storage product development, and for future storage systems development.

Phil is currently the Vice Chair of the SNIA Storage Management Forum. Over the past year Phil has been instrumental in the delivery of the SNIA SMI-S v1.0 specification to the market. He has strongly supported the industry wide promotion and adoption of this critical IT standard. A native of Canada, Phil studied chemical engineering at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He now resides in Auburn, California, with his wife Nancy.

Sam Svitenko is the Senior Director, Messaging and Compliance for the EMC Software Group’s Messaging Business Group, and is responsible for Global Business Development and Education related to the EmailXtender family of solutions. In this role, he serves as a compliance expert for the financial services industry and federal government regulations as well as electronic discovery and litigation support issues.

Peter Smails Senior Director of Global Marketing Hitachi Data Systems

Chris Wood , Director, Sun Microsystems

Benjamin F. Kuo is the founder of SOCALTECH LLC, the publisher of socalTECH.com , a widely read newsletter and web site focused on Southern California's high tech industry. socalTECH.com tracks venture capital funding, high tech news, events, and runs frequent interviews with local entrepreneurs. The site also features a subscription venture database with lists of local high tech companies, venture capital firms, executive bios, and more.

Leo Leger Non-voting Member Executive Director Storage Networking Industry Association A career Information Technology professional, Mr. Leger has served in virtually all capacities of sales, business development, marketing, customer service, and education, in technology-related positions.

Norio Hasegawa Senior Marketing Manager, Worldwide Marketing, StorageWorks Division Hewlett-Packard Norio joined HP/Compaq in 2001 as the Asia Pacific Marketing Planning Manager of the Enterprise Storage Group. Since then, he has driven marketing and planning efforts for the storage business in diverse roles in Marketing Planning, Business Planning and Marketing.

Wayne M. Adams , Treasurer and Chair Emeritus Senior Technologist, Office of the CTO EMC Corporation Wayne M. Adams is a Senior Technologist and Director of Standards within the Office of the CTO, responsible for expanding and managing EMC technology initiatives with the industry standards bodies.