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Ananth Rao

Ananth Rao Executive Vice President, JP Mobile, provides strategic direction for JP Mobile. Rao leads the Company's sales, marketing, services and strategic alliances initiatives. With expertise in both the enterprise software and wireless communications industries, Rao manages a strong team that ensures the Company's sales and delivery of reliable, high-performance products to Fortune 1000 enterprise customers. Rao works closely with key strategic partners & customers of the company. Rao also speaks at various mobile industry events and interacts actively with key analysts and participates in several industry forums. Rao holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Rao attended Stanford's Executive business management program.
Charles Taite

Charles Taite - CEO/CTO Co-Founder of GWAVA, Charles Taite steers GWAVA's technology vision. He is the former CTO for Tobit Software of North America where he was instrumental in helping Tobit establish its technology roadmap for entering the North American market. He guides GWAVA's research and product development efforts, while overseeing GWAVA's technical services and support division. His expertise comes from a 15-year career in the networking industry, specializing in secure electronic messaging. He is a Certified Novell Engineer (CNE).
John Wade

John Wade is a Principal of BrainStorm, Inc. and heads up product development. Before joining BrainStorm, John worked as a Consultant with Bain & Company, a global strategy consulting firm. While at Bain, John worked with senior executives on global growth strategies and merger and acquisition matters for various companies, including a leading travel and Transportation Company, a satellite communications start-up, an international real estate development company, and a major consumer retailer. Prior to joining Bain & Company, John worked for Chase Manhattan Bank's Global Investment Banking Group where he helped co-found and establish their $100 million Real Estate Mezzanine Investment fund. His experiences with Chase also include leading investment banking transactions for private real estate clients as well as managing real estate loan syndication efforts. John earned an MBA with an emphasis in Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton School and is a graduate of Brigham Young University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.
Danita Zanre

Danita Zanre has been using GroupWise since 1989, when it was known as WordPerfect Office 2.0. She is one of the primary consultants responsible for the day-to-day operations of Caledonia Network Consulting, and is experienced in all aspects of GroupWise, from design to installation, to training of administrators and users. Danita is the author of various articles and books on GroupWise, including GroupWise 6 Upgrade Guide, and the GroupWise WebAccess and Wireless User's Guide (both co-authored with Tay Kratzer). Danita is a frequent speaker at BrainShare, and helps GroupWise users worldwide as a sysop on Novell Support Connection.




