Moderator:
Barbara Lewis, founder of MarQuant Analytics
Peter
Coffee, Technology Editor of eWeek
Peter Coffee is the Technology Editor of eWeek, Ziff Davis Media's
national news magazine of enterprise infrastructure. He has 23
years' experience in advancing and evaluating information technologies
and IT practices as a developer, manager, consultant, educator,
and internationally published author and industry analyst.
Based
near Los Angeles, Peter writes product reviews, technical analyses
and his weekly “Epicenters” column on disruptive forces
in IT tools and practices. He has appeared on CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox,
and PBS newscasts addressing Internet security, the Microsoft
antitrust case, wireless telecom policies, and other eBusiness
issues. He has been a keynote speaker or moderator at technical
conferences throughout the U.S. and in England.
His
two books to date are his ZD Press 1996 tutorial, "How to
Program Java," and "Peter Coffee Teaches PCs,"
published in 1998 by Que. His current eWeek beats include development
tools and business intelligence products. His weekly newsletter,
"Peter Coffee's Enterprise IT Advantage," and his other
writings are on line at www.eweek.com/petercoffee <http://www.eweek.com/petercoffee>;
his blog posts appear at blog.eweek.com/petercoffee, and his weekly
InfraSpectrum podcast appears each Thursday at go.eweek.com/podcasts.
Brian
Deagon, Technology Reporter of Investor's Business Daily
Brian Deagon, Technology Reporter at Investor's Business Daily,
has been a business and technology journalist based in Los Angeles
for 23 years. He started at the Los Angeles Business Journal before
moving on to various trade technology publications. For the past
15 years he's worked as both a reporter and editor at Investor's
Business Daily. Deagon has a big-picture technology focus, providing
enterprise analysis on a range of topics. His journalism career
began during a four-year stint as a photojournalist in the U.S.
Army, beginning in 1976. He lives in Santa Monica.
Kalpana
Ettenson, Senior Editor, PCWorld
Kalpana Ettenson joined PC World in 1999 as a Staff Editor and
currently serves as a Senior Editor in the Reviews Department.
Her areas of expertise include laptops, desktops, monitors, and
TVs. Prior to PC World, Ettenson was an editor at SonicNet; her
outside interests include cooking, and movies. Ettenson
is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and
currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband.
Benjamin
F. Kuo, founder and editor, socalTECH.com
Benjamin F. Kuo is the founder 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
and venture capitalists. The site also features a venture database
with lists of local high tech companies, venture capital firms,
executive bios, and more.
Dorothy
Pomerantz, Reporter of Forbes
Dorothy Pomerantz is a six-year veteran of Forbes Magazine. She
has covered everything from Indian casinos to Earthlink to Morgan
Freeman’s new Internet venture. She recently moved to the
real estate beat where she is writing about the exciting world
of real estate investment trusts. But she is always open to a
great tech pitch.
Tom
Taulli, Technology Freelance Writer
Tom Taulli writes for a variety of sources, such as Forbes.com,
Motley Fool and AOL's BloggingStocks.com. His blog can be found
at www.taulli.com.
He
has founded several successful businesses, of which Hypermart.net
was sold to InfoSpace (NASDAQ:INSP). Taulli
is the author of various books on finance, such as The Complete
M&A Handbook (Random House) and Investing in IPO's (Bloomberg
Press). He also appears on high-profile television venues such
as CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg TV, and is frequently quoted in the
various print media sources such as the Wall Street Journal, Barron's,
USA Today and LA Times. Taulli
has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Cal Poly, Pomona
, and a law degree from Whittier School of Law.
Barbara
Lewis, founder of MarQuant Analytics
Barbara Lewis launched her career as a journalist where she wrote
for over 50 trade publications by Prentice-Hall, Cahners, and
Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich; newspapers including the Los
Angeles Times, the Dallas-Times Herald; and business publications
such as the Wall Street Journal. She teamed up with her classmate,
Dan Otto, when they graduated from the UCLA Anderson School of
Management in 1995 for form a consulting company, Centurion Consulting
Group. Eight years later, they formed MarQuant Analytics, which
has several software products, all of which optimize the marketing
budget. Barbara continues to write for publications. As a board
member of Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California, she recently
authored an op ed piece on low literacy skill among Los Angeles'
work force for the Los Angels Business Journal. Barbara recently
completed a book, "Get a Black Belt in Business,"which
combines her business experience with her black belt in karate.
