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FiReGlobal : west coast / 2010 Participants


FiReGlobal Speakers

Mark Anderson
Founder and CEO, Strategic News Service; and
Chairman, Future in Review Conference Corp.



Brian Bershad
Director of Research and Development
Google (Seattle)



Ty Carlson
Architect, SiArch
Microsoft Corp.



Hugh Chang
Director of Special Initiatives
Office of the President, PATH



Brenda Cooper
Futurist, Science Fiction Author, and
CIO, City of Kirkland, Washington



Michael Copeland
Senior Writer
Fortune



Russell Daggatt
General Partner, Denny Hill Capital; and
Member of the Board, American Rivers



Chris Drumgoole
Senior Vice President
Terremark



Brier Dudley
Technology Columnist
The Seattle Times



Cynthia Figge
Cofounder and COO
CSRHUB and EKOS International



Chris Gorey
Vice President, Sales
Regence BlueShield



Doug Gourlay
Vice President, Marketing
Arista Networks



Monica Harrington
Chief Marketing and Business
Development Officer, Intersect



Brett Horvath
Co-Founder and Board Member
Lumana



Mark Hurd
President
Oracle



Jay Inslee
Representative
U.S. House of Representatives (WA-01)



Douglas Junkins
CTO
NTT America



Keith Kegley
Vice President, Alliances
X PRIZE Foundation



Yousef Khalidi
Distinguished Engineer
Microsoft Corp.



Ed Lazowska
Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington



Jock Mackinlay
Director, Visual Analysis
Tableau Software



Matthew McIlwain
Managing Director
Madrona Venture Group



Kevin Merritt
CEO
Socrata



Melissa Milburn
Director of Media Relations
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation



Gregory Ness
VP Marketing
Vantage Data Centers



Janice Nickel
Senior Scientist
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories



Victor Perton
Commissioner to the Americas
Government of Victoria, Australia



Michael Pfeffer
Managing Partner
Kolohala Ventures



Stephen Reynolds
Chair, President, and CEO
Puget Energy and Puget Sound Energy



Peter Rinearson
CEO
Intersect



Sidney Rittenberg
Founder, Rittenberg Associates; and
Visiting Professor, China Studies, Pacific Lutheran University



William Schrier
CTO
City of Seattle



Larry Smarr
Director, Calit2 Laboratory
University of California - San Diego and Irvine



Javier Soltero
CTO, SaaS & Application Services
VMware



Steven Sprague
CEO
Wave Systems Corp.



Jonathan Stern
Minke Whale Researcher; and Professor,
Marine Ecosystems, San Francisco State University



Peter Strasser
Managing Director
International Dark-Sky Association



Ken Stuart
President and Founder
Seattle BioMed



John Tedstrom
President and CEO
Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria (GBC)



Karl Triebes
CTO and Senior VP, Product Development
F5 Networks



Bob Warshawer
President
Black Rock Cable



Rogers Weed
Director
Washington State Department of Commerce



Erez Yarkoni
CIO AND SVP
T-Mobile USA



Jin Zidell
Founder and Chairman
Blue Planet Netwrok



FiReGlobal Participants

David Alport
Vice President, Communications
Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC)



John Baudrexl
CTO
PapayaHead Inc



Brian Berger
EVP, Marketing & Sales
Wave Systems Corp.



Todd Bishop
Managing Editor
TechFlash



Simon Bisson
IT Journalist and Technology Strategy Consultant (U.K.)



Mary Branscombe
Freelance Technology Journalist (U.K.)
Mary Branscombe Ltd



Patti Brooke
Assistant Director, Washington State
Department of Commerce, Business Services Division



Glenn Butler
President
Glenn C. Butler Consulting



Frank Catalano
Principal
Intrinsic Strategy



Michelle Craig
Director
Nyhus Communications



Karl da Gama Campos
Manager, International Business Development Information & Communication Technology
Washington State Department of Commerce



Kim Davis
Senior Vice President, Technology Practice Lead
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide



John Delaney
Professor, Director - NSF's OOI-RSN
University of Washington



Derwynn Dominguez
Digital Media Manager
Tribune Digital



Nick Eshkenazi
CIO
SanMar



Peter Garlock
CIO
Port of Seattle



Nancy Gohring
Reporter
IDG News Service



Paul Grey
COO
Qualnetics Corporation



Lee Hall
Program Manager
Boeing



Mark Hansford
Supervisor
United Parcel Service (UPS)



Rodney Hearne
Associate
Hearne Associates



Kristi Heim
Staff Writer
The Seattle Times



Donald Helfgott
Co-Founder and CEO
Inspiration Software Inc.



Leslie Helm
Editor
Seattle Business Magazine



Hanson Hosein
Director, Master of Communication in Digital Media
University of Washington



Sig Hutchinson
President
Sig Hutchinson Communications LLC



Katie James
Senior Account Executive
Nyhus Communications



Lars Johansson
President
Energethic LLC



Troy Jones
Regional Sales Manager
Tesla Motors



Megan Kahn
Vice President
Nyhus Communications



Dan Kelley
Senior Manager
Oracle Corporation



Cynthia Klein
District Sales Manager
Terremark



Richard Lappenbusch
Managing Partner
Novus Ordo



Conrad Lee
Deputy Mayor
City of Bellevue



Rick LeFaivre
Venture Partner, OVP Venture Partners; and
Director, New Ventures – Technology, University of Washington (UW C4C)



Zecca Lehn
Co-Founding Manager
West-to-West LLC



Jay Leon
CEO
CSG Channels



Maura Little
Community Liaison
U.S. House of Representatives (WA-0)



Jeremy Lott
Vice President
SanMar



Mark Madsen
Co-Chair
San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild



Mark Mahan
President
MMCO



Daniel Malarkey
Deputy Director
Washington State Department of Commerce



Susannah Malarkey
Executive Director
Technology Alliance



Erica May
West Coast Diretor
Ignite Social Media



Michael McCarthy
Editor
LocalHealthGuide



John McEntire
Commercialization Manager
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory



Craig Mcluckie
Product Manager
Google



Egils Milbergs
Executive Director
WA Economic Development Commission



Scott Milburn
Executive Consultant
Milburn Consulting



Jessie Minier
Attorney
Fenwick & West LLP



R. David Morris
Managing Partner
Global Biological Sciences Group



Stuart Nagae
Associate Director
Vulcan Capital



Jon Naimon
Ceo
LGA



Steve Neiger
VP Sales, Western Region
Terremark



Roger Nyhus
President and CEO
Nyhus Communications



Joseph Pavey
Student, Master of Communication in Digital Media
University of Washington



Kathleen Petrich
Attorney/Shareholder
Graham & Dunn PC



Donald Pickering
Board Advisor
ConciousSystems



Sally Poliak
COO
Nyhus Communications



Swain Porter
CEO
Catalytic Software Inc.



Tim Porter
Partner
Madrona Venture Group



Dana Rebik
Reporter
KCPQ



Jamie Rector
President
Cypress Inc.



Gary Ritner
President
Ritner& Company



Silvian Rosario
Senior Director, Global Web Strategy
LexisNexis



Gary Roshak
CEO
PhotoRocket Inc.



John Schaffer
CEO
Covestic Inc.



Stephen Schramke
Founder and CEO
Logic361 Inc.



Eric Scigliano
News editor
SagaCity Media



Keith Seinfeld
Science and Health Reporter
KPLU



Susan Sigl
President and CEO
Washington Technology Industry Association



Shannon Smith
President
ConsciouSystems



Stephen Socolof
Managing Partner
New Venture Partners



Luke Timmerman
National Biotechnology Editor
Xconomy



Craig Vachon
Chief Commercial Officer
Immersion Corp.



Fortunato Vega
Financial Advisor
Morgan Stanley



Tia Walker
President and CEO
Authora Inc.



Kathy Wilcox
President and Founder
Kathleen P. Wilcox & Associates



FiReGlobal Staff

Berit Anderson
Director of Social Networks
Strategic News Service



Sally Anderson
Editor-in-Chief and Production Manager
Strategic News Service



Sharon Anderson-Morris
Programs Director
Strategic News Service



Karen Huntt
FiReGlobal Event Volunteer; and
Independent Visual Content Professional



Deb Kirby
Assistant to the SNS Programs Director
Strategic News Service



Patricia Kiyono
FiReGlobal Event Volunteer



Dan Lamont
FiReGlobal : West Coast Photographer/Videographer; and
Independent Photojournalist



Jenny Lee
Executive Assistant to Mark Anderson
Strategic News Service



Janis Machala
FiReGlobal Event Volunteer; and
Founder and Principal, Paladin Partners



Scott Schramke
IT Director
Strategic News Service



Kate Sexton
SNS Business Development
Strategic News Service



Kelly Webb
FiReGlobal Event Volunteer; and
Global Accounts Director, HelmsBriscoe



  Note: All speakers pending final confirmation.

 

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