Speakers
Marc Benioff
Chairman and CEO of salesforce.com
(via live video link)
He founded the company in 1999 with a vision to create an on-demand information management service that would replace traditional enterprise software technology. Benioff is regarded as the leader of what he has termed "The End of Software," the now-proven belief that multi-tenant, cloud computing applications democratize information by delivering immediate benefits at reduced risks and costs. Read more.
Zach Nelson
CEO of NetSuite Inc.
Zach Nelson is an accomplished software industry executive and visionary with more than 20 years of leadership experience. He has held a variety of executive positions spanning marketing, sales, product development and business strategy with leading companies such as Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and McAfee/Network Associates. Under Nelson's leadership, NetSuite has grown exponentially year over year to become one of the industry's leading SaaS companies. As the primary driver of NetSuite's vision and market direction, Nelson led NetSuite's successful IPO in December 2007. Nelson holds a patent in the field of application integration, and has several others pending approval. He holds B.S. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University.
Martin Bellamy
Director, Office of the Government Chief Information Officer Cabinet Office
Martin Bellamy joined the Cabinet Office in July 2009 to take forwards the cross government strategy for Data Centres, Cloud Computing and sharing of business solutions/applications (the “Apps Store”). Previously Martin worked at the Department of Health which he joined in September 2008 as the Director of Programme and System Delivery. This included heading up the 1,500 strong NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH) organisation, providing organisational leadership and a focus on enhancing partnerships with, and within the NHS. That appointment followed the strategic refocusing of IT leadership as part of the Health Informatics Review into how information can better be used, across the Department and the NHS. Read more.
Adam Afriyie MP
Shadow Minister for Science and Innovation
Adam read agricultural economics at university, and went on to become a successful entrepreneur. He was founding director of Connect Support Services, an IT services company, which was recognised in the Virgin Sunday Times Fasttrack 100. In 2005 he sold his controlling interest in DeHavilland Information Services to a FTSE 100 company. Elected to Parliament as MP for Windsor in 2005, Adam chaired the Conservatives’ de-regulation task force and served on the Science and Technology Select Committee. Adam became Shadow Minister for Science and Innovation in 2007, and in 2008 he was appointed by David Cameron to champion innovation in government.
David Norris
Chief operating Officer, Livebookings
David joined Livebookings as Chief Operating Officer in November 2007 and has previously worked on websites such as ifyouski.com, lastminute.com and Expedia.com. At Expedia he was Website and Ecommerce Operations Director and was responsible for the product strategy, build and maintenance of Expedia sites across the UK, Spain, Netherlands and Nordics.
Dr. Katy Ring
Principal analyst with the Bathwick Group
Dr. Katy Ring is a Principal analyst with the Bathwick Group, developing Bathwick’s new Global IT Services research programme. Highly regarded internationally as an analyst with insightful and challenging views on the development of the IT services market, Dr Ring has been in the IT industry for 21 years. During this time she has been engaged to review European business strategies in the outsourcing and managed services markets working with small executive teams in both vendor and end-user organizations. Dr Ring has also written dozens of reports on the IT software and services markets on topics including: Remote Infrastructure Management, SOA, On Demand service delivery, Software as a Service and Hosted Services. Read more.
Anthony Lye, SVP, Oracle CRM
Anthony Lye is the senior vice president of CRM, responsible for the Siebel CRM and CRM On Demand businesses worldwide at Oracle. Previously Mr. Lye was the GVP of CRM Products at Oracle, responsible for Oracle's CRM product strategy in the applications development organization. Read more
Mark Taylor, Senior Director, Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft
Mark Taylor joined Microsoft in 1993 working in enterprise services sales. Until 2000 Mark held various executive roles including leading Microsoft Consulting Services and Product Support Services. He also led the preparation for the Year 2000 "Millennium Bug" issue. In November 2000 he moved over to start up the UK business of Avanade, the System Integrator joint-venture between Microsoft and Accenture. Within 3 years the UK business of Avanade became the most profitable and active world-wide. Avanade now employs 6000 consultants world-wide and 4500 software professionals in India. Returning to Microsoft in July 2007, Mark leads the Developer and Platform Group in the UK, which is responsible for the developer community, emerging technologies and devices, relationships with key high-profile brands, Independent Software Vendors, Further Education, Start-ups, VCs and Enthusiasts. A former developer and self-confessed gadget junkie, Mark is passionate about the role of technology and software in enabling the future.
Robert Whiteside
Head of Enterprise - UK, Ireland and Benelux Google
Robert Whiteside manages Google's Enterprise business in the UK, Ireland and Benelux
regions. Robert joined Google in 2005 to establish the business having previously
worked in various technical, consulting and sales roles in Enterprise software companies
and as a practitioner of IT within industry. Read more.
Richard Britton
IT Director, Easynet Connect and UK Online
As IT Director for one of the UK’s leading ISPs for small to medium size businesses, Easynet Connect and UK Online, Richard is responsible for all customer-facing and operational IT systems right across the business. As well as maintaining and developing all existing solutions, Richard is also leading a change initiative to harness the efficiencies and opportunities of cloud computing within the company. The aim is to optimise business processes and corporate objectives through a responsive and collaborative IT approach that has a strong customer focus.
Prior to joining Easynet Connect & UK Online in May 2008, Richard was Director of Technology and Digital Marketing at Visit Britain and a Consultant for Management Consultants French Thornton, previous to this. Richard is married and lives in West London.
Rebecca Wettemann, Vice President
Research, Nucleus Research Incorporated
Rebecca Wettemann is a founding partner of Nucleus Research where she is responsible
for development and execution of Nucleus’s industry-leading investigative research
approach. Ms. Wettemann has written and presented extensively on the topics of return
on investment (ROI) and total cost of ownership (TCO), collaborative and knowledge
technologies, customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise applications, analytics, on-demand applications, and the business impact of technology. Read more
Paul Cheesbrough, Chief Information Officer
The Telegraph
Paul Cheesbrough joined the Telegraph Media Group in October 2007 as Chief Information Officer. Paul is responsible for the organisation's technology strategy, infrastructure, operations and web development teams. He joined from the BBC where he was the Controller of Digital Media. Whilst at the BBC, Paul led the technology for creative and production aspects. He also led the delivery of a number of the organisation’s key internet projects in both the UK and the US. Prior to the BBC, Paul held a number of posts within IBM’s media division.
Andrew Abboud, CIO, City University London
Andrew Abboud is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at City University London. Andrew has over 20 years of experience working at international professional services organisations. Read more
Martin Geddes, Strategy Director, BT Design
Martin Geddes is Director of Strategy at BT Innovate & Design, a division of BT Group. He is acknowledged as one of the leading thinkers and analysts on the future of the communications industry. He has a specialist interest in the future of voice and personal communications, as well as the application of multi-sided market structures to the telecoms industry. Read more
Alan Lee-Bourke, Head of ICT, The Wise Group
Alan was appointed CIO for the Wise Group in October 2008. He has had many ICT roles including user, researcher, data analyst, programmer, analyst, project manager, programme manager, consultant, principal consultant deputy manager and manager. Read more
Andrew Jordan, CIO, Complinet
Andrew Jordan is an experienced entrepreneur and technology evangelist with a career in technology spanning over 15 years specialising in IT strategy development and implementation. A former CTO at Citigroup he has more recently set-up two successful start-ups and is now CIO at Complinet. Read more
Tom Fisher, Vice President Cloud Computing, SuccessFactors
Tom Fisher recently joined Success Factors and is responsible for the company’s Cloud initiatives and third party developer programs. Read more
Parker Harris, Executive VP, Technology, Salesforce.com
Parker Harris founded salesforce.com along with Marc Benioff, Dave Moellenhoff and Frank Dominguez in the spring of 1999. As Executive Vice President, Harris oversees the development of all software for salesforce.com. Read more
Patrick Murray, CFO, Opta Sports Data
Patrick joined Opta Sports data as Chief Financial Officer in February 2006. Prior to joining Opta Sportsdata, Patrick was Corporate Development Director for Norse Merchant Group, a private equity backed company in the shipping sector, helping to restructure this company prior to a successful trade sale to A P Moller-Maersk. Prior, he was a Divisional Financial director for Chello Media. Patrick has also worked for Flextech plc and Reed Elsevier plc. Patrick is a Chartered Accountant and has an MBA from IMD.
Morris Panner, CEO, OpenAir
Since 2001, Morris Panner has been CEO of OpenAir, the leader in Professional Services Automation software (PSA). Under his leadership, OpenAir has been named one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in New England in both 2006 and 2007, a Deloitte & Touche Fast 500 Company, a winner in the 2008 Software and Information Industry Association CODiE award competition, and a Top 25 Global Service Provider by ASP News. In June of 2008, OpenAir was acquired by NetSuite (NYSE: N). Read more
Ram Menon, Executive VP of Product Strategy, TIBCO
Mr. Menon is responsible for Product Strategy, Product Management, Product Marketing, Field Marketing, Corporate Communications, Branding and Customer Programs worldwide. Read more
Chris Baldock, intY Managing Director
Christopher Baldock has spent the majority of his career in communications companies in sales engineering and general management roles both domestically and internationally. Read more
Mike Payne, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Architecture and Strategy, Ministry of Justice
Mike is an IT professional with over 20 years experience. He is in charge of ICT Information Architecture elements for the IT Profession to the Courts, Tribunals and other Ministry of Justice organisations. He is leading the response to the Data Handling Review, Information Assurance and the Information Architecture aspects for ICT during the transition of IT services between IT outsource organisations. He has undertaken a process of internal staff development and culture change as part of the need for a pervasive and transparent Information Assurance regime for ITT.
Steve Hughes, Cloud Services Director, COLT Telecom
Steve Hughes joined COLT Telecom in 2008 as a member of the Cloud service platform team. He is responsible for defining the new services portfolio and requirements, and works closely with customers throughout Europe in bringing the service to market. During his career, Hughes has been involved in the launch of over 15 new products in the managed services, enterprise integration and business software development spaces. He set up his own on-line business which was successfully sold to BT. Hughes later became the Head of Messaging and Transaction Services at BT. He has actively played a role in growing several business software start-ups in the fields of payments, supply chain and situation management.
Hughes holds a BSc. in Electronics from the University of Salford and an Open Business School MBA.
Ron Brown, Director of Cloud Computing Services, EMEA, CSC
Since joining CSC in 1998 Ron Brown has accumulated a wide range of experience covering all aspects of business systems design and delivery.
Ron is currently performing EMEA CTO duties, and is an executive member of CSC’s research division, the Leading Edge Forum. Ron is also a leader of the CSC Global Centre of Excellence for Business Process Management , and winner of both the CSC Leading Edge Forum Technical Excellence Award for Innovation and CSC President’s Award for Innovation. Ron has worked for more than 20 years in the IT industry working for both public and private sector organisations including Vodafone.
Glynis Morris, Gloucestershire County Council
Ciara Hassan, HR Director, Lancaster Landmark Hotel Group
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If you are currently working within 'the Cloud' community, have first hand experience in the development and implementation of Cloud Computing, why not take this opportunity to share your expertise and experiences? Paper abstracts are now being accepted and limited opportunities exist for senior level experts and professionals to join our speaker panels on the day.
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