|Keynote Speakers
Monday Morning Keynote Speaker: Dr. Arvind Krishna
Dr. Arvind Krishna is the vice president for data management and has responsibility for WW development for Information Management Software within IBM Software Group. Dr. Krishna defines the business & technical strategy, and is responsible for the development, delivery, sales, and ecosystem of the data management segment, a multibillion dollar market for IBM. Previously, Arvind was the VP, Strategy for IBM Software Group. Arvind has been in many other key roles within both IBM Software and IBM Research, e.g. defining and leading the security software segment. Arvind has an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the recipient of a distinguished alumni award from the University of Illinois, and is the co-author of 15 patents.
Tuesday Morning Keynote Speaker: Dr. Anant Jhingran
Cloud Computing, Databases and the Role of Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)
Dr. Anant Jhingran is a Distinguished Engineer, VP and CTO for IBM's Information Management Division. He is responsible for the technical strategy of products and solutions in databases, content management, business intelligence and information integration. Prior to this job, Dr. Jhingran lead the IBM team designing and building solutions to meet the requirements of business analytics on structured and unstructured data. He has also been the director of Computer Science at the IBM Almaden Research Center and before that, senior manager for e-Commerce and data management at IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center. He received his Ph.D. from UC at Berkeley in 1990. Anant has received several patents and awards for DB2, and is also a member of IBM Academy of Technology.
Wednesday Keynote: Q & A with Key IBM Informix Executives, hosted by Bernie Spang, IBM Worldwide Director of Marketing
- Alyse Passerelli - WorldWIde Vice President IBM Data Management Sales
- Inhi Cho - WorldWide Vice President IBM Data Management Marketing
- Jerry Keesee - WorldWide Director IBM Informix Development
- Al Martin - WorldWide Director IBM Data Management Support
After a short introduction of each executive, questions will be taken from the audience.