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GWAVACon Speakers
Bryen Yunashko
Bryen Yunashko is a Board Member of the openSUSE Community Project and an IT Consultant for nearly 10 years, specializing in Novell products. As a participant in the open-source community, he is the founder of the openSUSE Helping Hands initiative and a Team Leader for the GNOME Foundation's A11y Team (Accessibility through computing.)
Chris Hobbs
Chris Hobbs is an Official Member of the openSUSE Project and the network administrator of a municipality in Arkansas, overseeing 20+ SLES/openSUSE servers, in addition to openSUSE desktops. When participating on openSUSE Projects, you can see him rolling up his sleeves coordinating bug triaging efforts and rigorously testing the latest pre-releases of the openSUSE distribution. Hobbs is also a freelance Linux admin and Ruby developer for Linux/BSD.
Willem Bagchus
GWAVA Senior SE
Willem Bagchus is GWAVA's senior SE. He is very passionate about Novell and GroupWise. Willem's background includes a diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology and over 25 years of experience in the computer field. He has developed software, invented products and holds over 10 industry certificates, including Master CNE and CLP. Before joining GWAVA, Willem owned and operated his own business for over 15 years, supporting computers, networking, data conversion and e-mail. He has helped GWAVA since 2006 on the sales team, helping marketing, writing documentation and training customers and dealers alike. He is a people person and enjoys any activity that places him in contact with customers.
Derek Adams
VP of Technology for BrainStorm, Inc
Derek Adams is VP of Technology for BrainStorm, Inc., Novell's Authorized End-user Training Partner and one of the oldest GroupWise Partners. Derek oversees technology initiatives and evaluation for BrainStorm. With 14 years experience in the industry, his main focus has been on design, development, and implementation of collaborative documentation solutions.
Paul F. De Pond
Paul F. DePond, founder of Notify Technology, has served as its President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since the Company's inception in August 1994. From September 1992 through May 1994, Mr. DePond served as Vice President Corporate Marketing of Telebit Corporation, a supplier of high-speed modems and dialup remote access products. From January 1991 through September 1992, Mr. DePond served as Vice President, Marketing, of Alantec Corporation, a manufacturer of networking products. Mr. DePond received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering in 1979, and an M.A. in Computer Science in 1980, each from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Eric Farr
Eric Farr is a Principal of BrainStorm, Inc., where he leads the sales and marketing initiatives. An entrepreneur at heart, Eric has started and run several companies and thrives in the fast-paced startup world. Before joining BrainStorm, Eric was President and CEO of EvolveMed, which specializes in documentation solutions for hospital networks and healthcare professionals. Prior to joining EvolveMed, Eric founded Dental Management Systems, which marketed and sold practice and clinical management technology systems to dental practitioners. There, Eric was responsible for all marketing and sales efforts until the business was sold. In 1995, Eric founded C. Erickson Properties, which continues to invest in commercial real estate. Eric earned his bachelor's degree in Economics from Brigham Young University and his MBA with an emphasis in Marketing from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
