GWAVACon: The international GroupWise Technology Conference

Gregory Bell CEO of Advansys, Austraila

Gregory Bell

Gregory Bell is CEO of Advansys, a firm he launched in 1989. Previously he worked at Hewlett-Packard and NEC Information Systems in senior technical roles, training in both the U.S. and Japan. Gregory has a degree in electrical engineering and is involved in all key technical and business aspects of running Advansys. He speaks regularly at key industry events including Novell BrainShare.

Robert Haines Senior Software Engineer

Robert Haines

Robert Haines is a Senior Software Engineer at Syncsort where he designs and implements data protection and recovery solutions for Syncsort customers. Robert has over fourteen years of IT industry experience working in the healthcare, education, government, and commercial sectors. Robert has a Computer Science degree from Rowan University and holds CNE, MCSE, and RHCE certifications.

Rob Luhrs Senior Analyst, USA

Rob Luhrs

Rob Luhrs is a Senior Analyst from SiteScape with over 6 years of experience in the enterprise collaboration space. During that time he has been both the lead technical consultant to the majority of SiteScape's customer base.

Andy Fox Sitescape , USA

Andy Fox

Andy Fox is a serial entrepreneur who has founded several successful companies in the collaboration and telephony space. He came to SiteScape through the acquisition of Imidio, which he founded, the company that created the Zon real-time collaboration solution that was integrated with SiteScape Forum. When he was chairman and CEO of iConverse, Andy was named 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year by MIMC (Massachusetts Interactive Media Council). He successfully completed the sale of iConverse.com to Infoclarus. Prior to iConverse.com, Andy was a founder and CEO of Cereva Networks, a storage area network company, tasked with enhancing Internet availability and performance. In 1992, Andy served as founder and CEO of Northeast Telecommunications. In 1994, he became founder and CEO of Technically Speaking Inc., a pioneer in the creation of call center and voice response applications and servers, which merged with Brooktrout Technology in 1996. Andy speaks frequently about trends in collaboration and social networking in the enterprise.

Paul F. De Pond President & CEO

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.

Robert Diaz President & CEO

Robert Diaz

" Robert Diaz is a founding Partner and CEO, President of RDA Enterprises, Inc., an award winning Novell Platinum Partner. Robert has been working with Novell technologies since 1984. He started in the industry by designing Arcade Games and, SQL-based custom solutions. With Robert and his staff of Novell engineers, RDA Enterprises designs and implements custom and streamlined Network solutions. With his extensive knowledge in NetWare, SAN¯s, Clustering and GroupWise, Robert is an integral member of our GWAVA Solutions team. Certifications: CNA6, CNE6, Master CNE, CDE, CLS, CNS, VCP, MCP, MCSE, ACC, ACP, CCNA, GCE."