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Speakers at the Managing Efficient & Reliable Networks
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Kyle Bowerman
Kyle Bowerman is
responsible for both Enterprise
and Carrier IP traffic performance management, and IP OSS integration at
U.S. Cellular®. Coming from a router and ATM background and having a
passion for programming and open source network management tools, this was a
natural evolution for Kyle. He has held positions in broadband access
networking engineering, at Focal Communications, where he deployed DSL
infrastructure across the East coast, and WAN network engineer, at Arthur
Andersen, where he co-developed and supported an international dialer used by
over 40,000 users in 70 countries. Prior to his technical career Kyle was a
fly-fishing guide in Alaska and Montana for five seasons. He holds a Bachelors
of Science in General Engineering from the
University of
Illinois Champaign-Urbana.
Kyle now resides in Downers Grove Illinois with his wife Sophie and two sons
Nolen and Sam.
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James Messer is the
Director of Technical Marketing for Network General
and has over twenty years of experience in
the computer and networking industry that have taken him from liquid
nitrogen-cooled supercomputers to enterprise network analysis and security
solutions. James has completed a computer security book entitled "Secrets
of Network Cartography: A Comprehensive Guide to nmap." James holds a
Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Florida State University, and his
technology interests revolve around security, networking, and electronic privacy
concerns.
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Troy Tate is an IT Manager
at CTS Corporation, which designs, manufactures and sells a broad line of
electronic components and electronic assemblies, primarily serving the
electronic needs of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Troy provides
day to day support and strategic direction of the CTS global network for
information security and data communications. Troy has over 18 years of
experience in data networks. Previous to his experience indata networking,
Troy was in the US Navy Nuclear Power program as an instructor. He has
previously held positions with Cutler-Williams and GAB Robins, NA.
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Steve Tindall
Steve
Tindall has been in the Telecommunications industry for more than 27 years
holding positions in both the voice and data planning and support arenas. He is
currently the network capacity planner and is also responsible for certifying
applications for use over the Cardinal Health network. He has extensive
experience using protocol analyzers and network management tools from vendors
such as Netscout, Lucent Technologies, Cisco Systems, and EMCOM. Steve has
experience in supporting a wide variety of Cisco networking products including
VPN, routers, switches, and firewalls, in addition to Nortel hubs and various
dial up technologies. He has conducted training sessions on basic Network
General Sniffer use, Token Ring and Ethernet networking, overall data
communications operation, application responsiveness, and other related topics
to both technical and non-technical audiences at Cardinal Health and at industry
trade shows such as the ICA.
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Mike
Walter
Mike
Walter is a
Global Solutions Product Consultant for Compuware Corporation. He
has over 19 years of IT experience including working as an
Information Systems Management Consultant, a System and Network
Administrator/Manager, and a CTO/CSO for a multi-agency government
intelligence center. At Compuware, Mr. Walter has held positions as
a Field Technical Support Manager and a Sales Engineer. He has a BS
in Management Science from Florida Institute of Technology and a Master of Public Administration
degree from Florida International University. He is a member of itSMF-USA
and AFCEA.
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Sherrie Woodring
Sherrie L. Woodring
is the president and CEO of Emprisa Networks. She co-founded Emprisa with Jeffery W.
Wood, the Company’s CFO, in January 2003. Previously, Woodring
founded and served as CEO for VARCOM Corporation. Over a 10 year period,
she grew VARCOM's product offerings and technical leadership in the
data networking industry, culminating in the sale of the company to
Inrange Technologies in August 2000. Inrange was a former SPX
Corporation (NYSE: SPW) business unit which was acquired by CNT
(NASDAQ: CNMT) in May 2003.
Prior to leaving
INRANGE, Woodring served as CEO. During her tenure, she was
instrumental in spearheading the transition of the Company’s datacom
and telecom technologies to storage networking, architecting the
company's advanced storage networking services and developing the
technology roadmap for the FC/9000 Fibre Channel Director. She
holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins
University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University
of Maryland.
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