| Werner Vogels |
| CTO, Amazon.com |
 Dr. Vogels is Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com where he is responsible for driving the company's technology vision, which is to continuously enhance the innovation on behalf of Amazon's customers at a global scale.
Prior to joining Amazon, he worked as a researcher at Cornell University where he was a principal investigator in several research projects that target the scalability and robustness of mission-critical enterprise computing systems. He has held positions of VP of Technology and CTO in companies that handled the transition of academic technology into industry.
Dr. Vogels holds a Ph.D. from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and has authored many articles for journals and conferences, most of them on distributed systems technologies for enterprise computing. He was named the 2008 CTO of the Year by Information Week for his contributions to making Cloud Computing a reality. For his unique style in engaging customers, media and the general public, Dr Vogels received the 2009 Media Momentum Personality of the Year Award.
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| Giles Hogben |
| Programme Manager & Network Security Policy Expert, ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) |
 Dr Giles Hogben is programme manager for secure services at the European Network and Information Security Agency in Greece. He is co-author of ENISA's widely cited report Cloud Computing: Benefits, Risks and Recommendations for Information Security. He has published numerous papers on Network and Information security, including on topics such as Social Network security and European Identity card privacy.
ENISA - the European Network and Information Security Agency, works for the EU Institutions and Member States. ENISA is the EU’s response to security issues of the European Union. ENISA helps the European Commission, the Member States and the business community to address, respond and especially to prevent Network and Information Security problems.
Before joining ENISA, Giles was a researcher at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy and led work on private credentials in the EU PRIME project (Privacy and Identity Management for Europe), managed by IBM Research, Zurich. He has a PhD in Computer Science from Gdansk University of Technology in Poland and graduated from Oxford University, UK in 1994 in Physics and Philosophy.
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| John Dunne |
| Chief Technology Officer, Intune Networks |
John Dunne is a co-founder and CTO of Intune Networks – an Irish technology company supplying a set of next generation network equipment. Intune was awarded a contract to build Ireland’s Exemplar Network and launched the first phase of the network in July this year. John holds a B.E. and PhD in Optoelectronics from UCD, and co-founded Intune Networks in 1999 with Tom Farrell after completing several EU funded research programmes there.
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| Jonathan Siegel |
| Founder, ELC Technologies. |
 Jonathan is the founder of the consultancy ELC Technologies. ELC builds stuff you love --from FunnyOrDie to ESPN and Nascar. As an entrepreneur, he has played a founding role in three Ruby on Rails product businesses: RightCart.com, RightScale.com and RightSignature.com. Jonathan negotiated the sale of RightCart.com to Buy.com in 2007 and sold RightScale to Index and Benchmark in 2009 after the company raised $18m. He is a dynamic speaker and inspiring figure, due to his proven experience operating technology organisations. Jonathan is currently pursuing high-value activities focusing on scalable business models. Jonathan holds degrees in Physics and Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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| Tim Pullen |
| Managing Director, Cloud Consulting Ltd. |
 Tim is a senior figure in the Irish and UK IT and consulting world with his company supplying expert resources providing advice, guidance and technical expertise to help companies transition to the Cloud. He has thirty years background in business and IT within many industry sectors including a strong emphasis within financial services and telecommunications industries. The company practices what it preaches and routinely uses many Cloud applications as part of their day to day operations.
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| Fergal O'Connor |
| Founder and CEO of CloudICT.com |
 CloudICT.com is an exciting Irish start-up which is developing a unique approach to Cloud Computing services. CloudICT is based out of TCD’s renowned Technology and Enterprise Centre. For over 15 years Fergal has worked helping C-Level executives strategise their approaches to ICT including Cloud Computing and Virtualisation, advising global enterprises from Canada, USA and Europe across a wide spectrum of industries. He brings visionary insight and experience into how to exploit innovation in this entrepreneurial economy.
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| Michael Higgins |
| Senior Vice President, Information Technology, Advanced Innovations Inc. |
 Michael has over 30 years of experience of working in the technology industry. He undertook his undergraduate education in Physics and Astrophysics at San Diego State University. He subsequently has attained multiple certifications in technologies such as Oracle, Microsoft, Linux, etc.
Advanced Innovations Inc. creates and orchestrates global supply chain networks that design, build and deliver electronic products for its customers. Michael has overall responsibility for the ongoing development of the company’s IT strategy, the design of appropriate technology architecture and the selection and management of appropriate IT business partners. Michael joined the company in 2009 and he is based at AI's Group Headquarters in Limerick, Ireland.
During his career Michael has worked for a wide range of innovative and industry leading organizations including Byer California, Netscape and Dell Computer where he was employed as a Senior IT Manager.
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| Brian Honan |
| Principal Consultant, BH Consulting, Founder & CEO at Irish Reporting & Information Security Service |
 Brian Honan is a Director of BH Consulting, a specialist IT and information security consultancy, and is a regular speaker on information security issues. Brian's particular area of expertise is the ISO 27001 standard for information security management systems, and he is author of "ISO 27001 in a Windows Environment" (IT Governance Publishing).
Brian is has also regularly published in a number of industry publications and is currently the European Editor for SANS NewsBites. Brian founded the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service.
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| Joe Drumgoole |
| CEO, Cloudsplit.com |
 Joe is a software entrepreneur with over 25 years of product development experience gained at companies like DEC, Nomura and Oracle. He has led the engineering teams at Irish startups CR2 and Cape Clear. In 2006 he founded PutPlace.com to provide online backup services for home users. PutPlace was one of the first companies in the world to embrace Amazon's Cloud Computing infrastructure. His latest start-up CloudSplit leverages that experience by providing value added services on top of existing cloud computing platforms. Joe also acts as a consultant for the National Digital Research Centre, Ireland's premier translational research organisation.
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| David Cullen |
| Partner, Technology, IP & Commercial, William Fry |
 David joined William Fry in 1999 and became a partner in 2001. He is a member of the Technology, Intellectual Property and the Biotechnology & Healthcare Groups. He qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 1993. He is also qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales and as a Community Trade Mark Attorney. David specialises in advising on the strategic protection and development of intellectual property portfolios as well as technology issues. David has extensive experience in working with many leading Irish and multinational firms, advising on the impact of a wide and ever increasing range of laws relating to the use of Intellectual Property and Information Technology, including biotechnology, personality rights, event merchandising, data protection, freedom of information and electronic commerce.
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| Tim Willoughby |
| Assistant Director, Local Government Computer Services Board. |
 Tim has been with the LGCSB for over 10 years in a number of technical roles. He has been working in the Public service for 18 years in a number of engineering, technology and ICT roles including working as a Civil Engineer in Kildare County Council in the Roads Design Section. From his early days as a computer teacher through to his current role, he has had a passion for technology, particularly to understand and harness it for use in government. Tim is currently responsible for Research and Development in the LGCSB and represents Irish Local Authorities on a number of cross government and cross business committees.
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| Cormac Keogh |
| Architect Evangelist, Developer & Platform Group, Microsoft Ireland |
 Cormac is the Architect Evangelist in the Developer and Platform Group in Microsoft Ireland. His focus areas are Cloud Computing, Windows Azure, Web, Service Oriented Architecture and ensuring the IT Architect community in Ireland are aware of the Microsoft platform. This means working with ISVs and Enterprise customers on projects to help them understand how the technology can bring additional value. Cormac has 20 years industry experience in development, management and business development roles working with Microsoft , IBM and various startups.
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Patrick Lenehan |
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Chief Technology Officer, Independent Digital (Independent Newspapers Ireland Ltd)
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 Patrick is Chief Technology Officer for the digital business of Independent News and Media in Ireland. He is also part of the Digital Leadership team for Ireland. Prior to joining INM, Patrick held a number of commercial and technology management roles in a range of international newspaper and media organisations. Outside of the publishing industry Patrick has experience with an international management consulting firm and a US software multi-national.
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Simon Withers |
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Strategy & Development, Cloud & Managed Services, SunGard
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Simon has now spent over 20 years in IT, having spent the last 12 years with SunGard.
Simon joined SunGard in 1998 where he worked within the service delivery organisation,
Simon then changed roles two years later, and was one of the original members of
the team who founded the Web Hosting Services division of the business, now known
as Managed Services.
Simon has provided both pre-sales, post-sales and solution
architecture design for both production and Web hosting, and is also credited with
the launch and development of SunGard CWP (Continuous Web Presence), EAS (Email
Availability Services), Managed Server Replication Services and more recently the
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) that forms SunGard’s Enterprise Cloud Services.
Simon has a plethora of experience in Internet, Systems, Storage, Virtualisation
and Security technologies; Simon’s time now focuses on the future service development
and strategy for SunGard, Simon regularly presents on future and emerging technologies
and concepts that have included Cloud Computing, Storage as a Service, Replication
as a Service, High Availability and 'Always-on' computing.
Simon is an active social
media representative for SunGard
(http://www.sungard.com/socialmedia) writes his
own SunGard blog named ‘100 days in the cloud’ (http://www.100daysinthecloud.com).
Simon can also be found on twitter (http://twitter.com/100daysincloud)
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| Tim Murphy |
| Founder & CEO, Strencom |
Tim Murphy founded Strencom in late 2000 after spending 3 years with Esat telecom (now BT Ireland) in
a Business Development role in the Internet division. Strencom is one of Irelands leading and fastest growing providers of data network and cloud computing services. Strencom focus on IaaS and Private Cloud, and have recently completed some exciting projects.
He is a successful entrepreneur with over 18 years experience in sales and marketing.
Tim has been responsible for the growth of Strencom since 2000 to the current day.
Strencom’s managed Next Generation Data Network (NGN) offers considerable cost savings, security and flexibility over comparable services. The company is ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast Growth 50 for Ireland and the Deloitte Fast 500 for EMEA and is 100% privately owned.
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| Chad Gilmer |
| Strategy & Development, Cloud & Managed Services, iPLANIT |
 Chad Gilmer founded iPLANIT in 2000, a web development & consultancy company, based in Dublin with clients throughout the world. Chad's passion is in delivering super high quality and leading edge software solutions that are truly ahead of the game.
Before setting up iPLANIT, he previously worked with Andersen Consulting (now known as Accenture) as a technology consultant and business process manager and with Kerry Group as an Analyst Programmer.
DynamicRouteMaps.com is used by Ireland's leading Airline's, AerLingus and Ryanair. Dynamic Route Map enables Airlines to display their entire route network and hubs, and allows airports to display all destinations served by direct and connecting flights.
AerLingus' Route Map is utilizing the Software as a Service model of DynamicRouteMaps.com, which is deployed on the Microsoft Azure Platform.
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Andrew Greenway |
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UKI Cloud Computing Lead, Accenture
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Andrew Greenway leads Accenture's Cloud Computing Program, and is based in London. He has extensive experience leading large IT organizations and major IT projects. He has experience as a senior marketing executive and as a supply chain management executive. He also has deep management consulting experience, with particular focus on helping clients improve business processes.
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Mary Healy |
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Freelance MIS Consultant
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Mary has worked in the not-for-profit sector for more than 20 years both in Ireland and in the developing world. She currently works as a freelance consultant but most of her professional career has been spent working with Trócaire. When Trócaire undertook a significant MIS project two years ago Mary managed the move of both customer relationship and document management into the clouds. The project was completed on budget and (almost) on time with lots of lessons and challenges along the way - Mary will share some of her experience and learnings from this project.
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Frank McCracken |
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Chief Operations Officer, Saaspoint
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Frank is a 20 year industry veteran. He has held technical consulting and management consulting positions with IBM, Cap Gemini Sogeti and was a key member of the team which founded and launched Salesforce.com EMEA. Frank has successfully managed Software-as-a-Service projects for hundreds of customers and thousands of users. Frank is a founder of Saaspoint. At this stage in his career, Frank is widely accepted to be one of the most experienced consultants in the worldwide on-demand marketplace.
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Carl Dempsey |
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Director of Sales Engineer, salesforce.com
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Carl is responsible for the sales engineering group in salesforce.com’s corporate sales team in EMEA. This team delivers customised demonstrations, Proof of Concept (POCs) and pilots of salesforce.com’s cloud-based business applications and platform.
In the six years he has been with the company, Carl and his team have been involved in the evolution of Salesforce CRM from a sales management tool to a leading cloud platform, incorporating sales, marketing and service solutions, and in the growing momentum of the Force.com platform.
Prior to joining salesforce.com, Carl worked for 10 years at a number of CRM suite vendors in pre-sales roles. There he demonstrated the business value and practical applications of enterprise technology to the sales and marketing functions of leading financial services, telecommunications, and travel and leisure operations
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Chris Ciauri |
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Senior Area Vice President, EMEA Corporate Sales, salesforce.com
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As Senior Area Vice President of EMEA Corporate Sales at salesforce.com, Ciauri is responsible for all Corporate Sales revenue for EMEA - leading a team of sales management, sales and pre-sales people across the region. Based out of salesforce.com’s Dublin office, he travels widely across EMEA overseeing the expansion of this high-growth region for salesforce.com.
Ciauri joined salesforce.com in early 2009 from Hydropoint where he helped grow revenue over 100% annually and established the company as a leader in green technology while serving as Senior VP of Sales. Ciauri brings over 20 years of sales management and general management experience to his role at salesforce.com. Previously, he served in a variety of senior management roles with Peoplesoft, E.piphany and Adobe in the United States, Asia Pacific and Latin America markets.
Ciauri holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from California State Polytechnic University at Pomona.
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Dr. Sean Baker |
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Chair, Irish Software Association
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Dr. Sean Baker is an entrepreneur based in Dublin. He is a co-founder of IONA Technologies, and has held many executive positions in the company including CTO, Chief Scientist and VP of Applied Research. He is a regular speaker on middleware and related business issues. He is a member of the Boards of National Digital Research Centre, Delta Index and Gridstore; he is on the R&D Advisory Committee to the ICT Sector within ICT Ireland and is a member of the Advisory Science Council, CIO Ireland and the Lero and ICHEC Advisory Boards. He was a member of the Board of Havok and the Object Management Group. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin, and held a tenured post in the Department of Computer Science at TCD, where he helped form the Distributed Systems Group in 1980. He has published a number of books and articles in the area of distributed computing and application integration. He is a Fellow of the Irish Computer Society and of Engineers Ireland.
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