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Robert Brewin
Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer, Software
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Robert Brewin is a Sun Distinguished Engineer and CTO for Software at Sun Microsystems. His responsibilities include technical leadership for developer products and application platforms, including the Java platform, mobility, enterprise software and business integration products. Within this role, some of his key areas of responsibility include Sun's expanding role in the development of Web 2.0 technologies, improving the developer experience, and alignment and integration of our platforms, technologies and tools.
Bob brings his extensive customer and developer-focused experience to bear as prior to taking on this new role, he was the chief architect for Sun's developer tools portfolio, where he was a principal driver behind a number of key initiatives and projects. These included strategic enhancements to the award-winning NetBeans IDE, architectural changes and alignment of the Studio family of tools and add-ons with NetBeans and as the visionary behind the design, creation and delivery of the revolutionary Java Studio Creator product. Prior to joining Sun approximately 13 years ago, Bob worked at Taumetric Corporation, a leading supplier of compiler technology.
John Gage
Chief Researcher and Vice President, Science Office
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
John Gage is chief researcher and vice president of the Science Office for Sun Microsystems. He was one of the founders of Sun, in 1982, when a group of students and professors from Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, joined to create open systems in hardware and software.
James Gosling
Chief Technology Officer, Vice President, and Sun Fellow, Client Software Group
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
James Gosling received a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary, Canada in 1977. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1983. The title of his thesis was "The Algebraic Manipulation of Constraints." He is currently the chief technology officer, VP, and fellow at Sun Microsystems. He has built satellite data acquisition systems, a multiprocessor version of UNIX, several compilers, mail systems, and window managers. He has also built a WYSIWYG text editor, a constraint-based drawing editor, and a text editor called Emacs for UNIX systems. At Sun his early activity was as lead engineer of the NeWS window system. He did the original design of the Java programming language and implemented its original compiler and virtual machine. He has recently been a contributor to the Real-Time Specification for Java technology. He is currently a researcher at Sun Labs, where his primary interest is software development tools.
Rich Green
Executive Vice President, Software
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Rich Green is responsible for the overall operational leadership of Sun's software division, which has delivered some of the computer industry's most innovative technologies and business models. Mr. Green oversees the Solaris Enterprise System, including the Solaris Operating System, the Java Enterprise System suites, N1 management software, Sun Studio and Java Studio developer tools. In addition, he leads a variety of industry-standards efforts and open source communities.
With more than 20 years of industry experience, Green has extraordinary insight into the evolution of developer platforms and enterprise software alike. He returned to Sun in May 2006 following two years as executive vice president of products at Cassatt Corporation, an enterprise software company focused on next generation system virtualization.
Prior to Cassatt, Green spent 14 years at Sun where he led a variety of software initiatives. He was the vice president and general manager of Sun's combined Java organization where he led development, introducing business programs for Java EE, Java ME and JavaCard. He was responsible for the widespread adoption of Java SE via OEM bundling and Web download programs. As Sun's chief Java advocate, Green played an essential role in the company's negotiations leading to its landmark $1.6 billion settlement and 10-year collaboration agreement with Microsoft. Green also spearheaded the development of such critical technological advancements as Java Studio Creator and was instrumental in driving adoption for Sun's Java Virtual Machine software. Previously, Green served as vice president and general manager of the Solaris products organization.
Renee J. James
Corporate Vice President
Intel Corporation
Renee J. James is vice president and general manager of the Software and Solutions Group for Intel Corporation. She is responsible for software strategy, products and services for the corporation, with research and development operations in more than 20 countries.
James manages the worldwide teams that interact with all software companies that do business with Intel. These key relationships encompass the entire product lifecycle from early planning, to deep product enabling, to sales and marketing activities. Her responsibilities include managing a global developer relations group, in addition to the engineering and product teams. James also oversees Intel Solution Services, Intel's worldwide professional services organization.
James has contributed to several key software and services efforts during her tenure at Intel. She was the product and program manager for the first software video codecs (Indeo), and was a key member of the team developing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for the unification of Unix on Intel Architecture, in addition to being part of the pioneering team working with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to move applications to the Intel Architecture. James was also the assistant general manager of the Intel Online Services hosting business and served for four years as technical assistant to then-Intel chairman and CEO Andrew S. Grove, now Senior Advisor to Executive Management.
James joined Intel in 1987 and received her bachelor's degree in international business in 1986 and her MBA in 1992, both from the University of Oregon.
Thomas Kurian
Senior Vice President, Oracle Application Server 10g
Oracle Corporation
Thomas Kurian is Senior Vice President of the Oracle Server Technologies Division responsible for the research, development and delivery of Oracle Application Server 10/g/ for Oracle USA. He is responsible for shaping Oracle's first Application Server for the grid, including all technological aspects of the product development, product release process, product management, and business development.
Mr. Kurian has been with Oracle for more than nine years holding various product management and development positions in Oracle's Server Technologies Division. He played a key role in bringing Oracle8/i, the previous release of Oracle's market leading database server, to market. He has also served as Oracle's Vice-President of e-Business division, driving a number of company-wide initiatives focused on transforming Oracle into an e-Business.
Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Kurian worked in London, Brussels, and San Francisco as a consultant with McKinsey and Company, an international management consulting firm, serving clients in the software, telecommunications and financial services industries. Mr. Kurian holds a B.S.E. degree in Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, from Princeton University and an M.B.A from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. He serves as an advisory member on the boards of several international venture funds and software companies.
Jonathan Schwartz
Chief Executive Officer and President
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Jonathan Schwartz is chief executive officer and president of Sun Microsystems, and a member of Sun's board of directors. He became Sun's CEO in 2006, succeeding the Company's co-founder and current chairman of the board, Scott McNealy.
Schwartz was promoted to president and chief operating officer in 2004, and managed all operational functions at Sun - from product development and marketing, to global sales and service. An inveterate blogger, Schwartz has led Sun's drive to engage the marketplace, and redefine corporate transparency.
A leader behind many of Sun's open source and standard setting initiatives, Jonathan's been an outspoken advocate for the network as a utility with more than just value for the computing industry - but as a tool for driving economic, social and political progress.
Prior to his position as COO, Schwartz served as Sun's executive vice president for software, its Chief Strategy Officer, and held a variety of leadership positions across product and corporate development. He joined Sun in 1996 after the Company acquired Lighthouse Design, where he was CEO and co-founder. Prior to that, Schwartz was with McKinsey & Co.
Schwartz received degrees in economics and mathematics from Wesleyan University.
Laurie Tolson
Vice President, Client Software Group
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
As vice president of the Client Software Group (CSG) at Sun Microsystems, Laurie Tolson is responsible for Sun's key user-oriented software products and platforms, including Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME), Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE), Java Card technology, and the Content Delivery Server. Tolson has been with Sun since 1995, holding a variety of leadership positions on product development teams. Prior to joining Sun, she was the deputy director of operations for World Relief Corporation and was a senior consultant with a startup later acquired by Electronic Data Systems.
Padmasree Warrior
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Motorola, Inc.
Padmasree Warrior, Motorola's executive vice president and chief technology officer, is responsible for the company's $4 billion research and development investment. She leads Motorola's global team of 26,000 engineers and directs Motorola Labs, as well as Motorola's software, emerging early-stage businesses, and intellectual property portfolio.
Under her leadership, Motorola was awarded the 2004 National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States. The company has accelerated innovation into the market, reducing time from labs to market by half, realizing a ten-fold increase in the flow of ideas from research into products, and growing its patent portfolio.
Padmasree received a MS degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University and a BS degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India. In 2001 she was one of six women nationwide selected to receive the "Women Elevating Science and Technology" award from Working Woman magazine.
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