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Keynote Speakers
Ken Muir Novell – The Director of Engineering for GroupWise
Ken Muir is the Director of Engineering at Novell for GroupWise. Ken joined Novell in 1995 after graduating with honors from the University of Utah with degrees in both Electrical and Computer Engineering. As an Engineer, Ken worked on AppWare, NWAdmin, ConsoleOne and other various eDir management utilities. In 1997 he joined the ZENworks team where he became a lead engineer on the ZENworks for Servers product. In 2001 Ken joined the ZENworks management team running the ZENworks for Servers product and then as a Senior Manager working with additional components of ZENworks including leading the release of ZENworks Linux Management 7. In July of 2005, Ken was thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the GroupWise team as the new Director of Engineering. His responsibilities include all areas of development, testing and maintenance of GroupWise.
Richard Bliss GWAVA-Vice President, Marketing USA
Richard Bliss has been actively involved in the messaging industry since 1989. Prior to joining GWAVA, Richard was the Director of Marketing for Novell GroupWise, a position in which he was responsible for communicating Novell's vision for its GroupWise and collaboration products. He has been the VP of Marketing for companies such as Allegro (mail.com)-a leading U.S. provider of corporate e-mail management solutions-and Sigaba, an email security company. He has written numerous articles and spoken at a host of seminars, conferences and conventions on messaging, outsourcing and e-mail security. He has also appeared in numerous magazine interviews as well as appearing on CNN.
Jesse Boudreau Vice President of BlackBerry Software
Jesse Boudreau is Vice-President of BlackBerry Software with Research In Motion (RIM) Limited, operating out of the company's Ottawa, Canada office. His development team is responsible for RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server for GroupWise, the BlackBerry Connect program as well all software for RIM's new BlackBerry Maps application. Jesse joined RIM in 2004 after the company acquired technology from his firm MobileStash, a publisher of mobile messaging software supporting GroupWise.
Aaron Stuart Product Manager at Research In Motion (RIM)
Aaron Stuart is a Product Manager at Research In Motion (RIM), a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the mobile communications market. RIM provides solutions for secure, seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, calendar, instant messaging, and applications. Aaron holds degrees in computer science, business admin and a masters of business admin. He joined RIM in 2004 where he's currently responsible for planning and bringing to market server-based products for the BlackBerry-based corporate mobile enterprise solutions. Prior to joining RIM, Aaron worked in high tech for over 5 years, holding lead positions in software development with key companies leading the telecommunications industry.
