Brian Arbogast is Vice President of the .NET Core Services Platform in Microsoft’s Services Platform Division. His teams are responsible for delivering the advanced authentication technology of .NET Passport to partners, developers and users, as well as the internal provisioning and billing systems for all of Microsoft’s online services. He has over twelve years of experience in leading teams that deliver innovative software solutions.

Brian joined Microsoft in 1986 as a software developer. He was a technical lead on Access 1.0, and after shipping that product and planning Access 2.0 he took a sabbatical and traveled extensively. He returned to Microsoft 15 months later as the Group Manager for Access and in 1996 built and led the Visual InterDev Product Unit. After shipping Visual InterDev 1.0 he became a General Manager, gaining responsibilities for Visual Studio and Active Scripting in 1997, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Microsoft Office Developer in 1998, and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) in 1999. He was promoted to Vice President in early 2000 and has been helping drive Microsoft’s transition to software as a service ever since.

Before joining Microsoft, Brian had internships at IBM, Phillips Information Systems, and Systemhouse Graphics. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.

As Vice President of Corporate Technology Strategy, Mahi de Silva is focused on developing new initiatives leveraging VeriSign's broad portfolio of technology assets and infrastructure. In this new role, Mr. de Silva in involved in a building strategic technology relationships for VeriSign. Mr. de Silva joined VeriSign in February of 1996. In prior positions, he worked as VeriSign's vice president of Applied Trust Services and Vice President of Engineering. As part of the startup management team at VeriSign, Mr. de Silva was instrumental in building a strong team to deliver technology and products for VeriSign's highly successful Trust Services business. Mr. de Silva joined VeriSign with over 12 years of experience in engineering positions for high-technology companies. Before joining VeriSign, he worked at Taligent Inc., a joint venture between Apple Computer, International Business Machines and Hewlett Packard. Prior to that, he held various engineering leadership positions at Apple Computer and NCR Corporation. Mr. de Silva serves on the board of directors of PreNet Corporation and contributes in an advisory capacity at several privately held high technology companies.

Andrew Eliopoulos is Senior Director of Product Marketing, Identity Management Solutions for Sun ONE Software, Sun Microsystems. Sun ONE is dedicated to developing open Internet software solutions to Fortune 1000 enterprises worldwide. Prior to his current role, Andrew was Director of Product Marketing, Financial Services for Sun ONE and previous to that he was Senior Business Development Manager at CyberCash, an industry leader in electronic payments. His responsibilities included all strategic partnerships and business development. He has more than a decade of experience in product marketing, business development and management in a diverse array of industries in the high technology marketplace. He has extensive experience in the successful development of regional business units and has experience with clients including many Fortune 500 companies. His responsibilities have included developing and managing multi-million dollar remarketing programs for PC manufacturers including Apple, AST, Compaq, HP, IBM and Packard Bell. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Physiology from the University of California, Berkeley and a Masters of Business Administration degree with honors from Golden Gate University.

Gordon Eubanks, who joined Oblix in April 1999 as president and chief executive officer, is responsible for the strategic direction and overall management of the company. A highly regarded technology industry veteran and executive, Eubanks brings the leadership and vision to Oblix to continually generate growth quarter after quarter while attracting the brightest managers and engineering talent to the company. Under his guidance, Oblix was named among the Hot 100 Companies of 2000 by Upside and joined the list of 21st Century Infrastructure Companies for 2000 by PC Week.

Prior to Oblix, Eubanks spent 15 years at Symantec Corporation where he was president and chief executive officer. At Symantec, he was instrumental in turning the company into a world-class leader in utility software for businesses and personal computing through unmatched emphasis on customer care, aggressive marketing, collaborative partnerships, and strategic acquisitions. Previously, Eubanks founded C&E Software, which eventually merged with Symantec in 1984, and served as a top executive at Digital Research Inc., where he was responsible for the development and marketing of all commercial system software products.

A former commissioned officer in the United States Navy’s Nuclear Submarine Force, Eubanks holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University and M.S. in computer science from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is a member of the board of directors of Icarian, Genuity, and Blue Ocean Software. An active member of several trade associations, he is also past chairman and president of the Software Publishers Association.

A Principal in Deloitte Security Services - based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mark Ford is a seasoned professional with over fifteen years of hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise security systems. In recent years, Mark has led the development of an integration consulting practice focused on delivering Enterprise Security and Identity Management solutions. His experience with implementing identity management and single sign-on solutions is extensive. Also responsible for initiating and growing a strong relationship with IBM/Tivoli around their security and identity management products, Mark has worked to build a world class integration team with deep understanding and knowledge of these products. As a specialist in information security and identity management, Mark was one of the co-developers of Deloitte’s Identity Management practice. He, working in close concert with his partners, have developed a unique capability to deliver identity management services globally. Mark has led clients through the process of developing an identity centric management models which have included key elements of identity management such as:

• Enterprise Directory Services
• Web single sign-on
• User provisioning
• Role-based access control
• User self-service
• Delegated administration

Jon Friedman is Director of Solutions Marketing at ePresence, Inc., a consulting and systems integration firm based in Westboro, Massachusetts. He is responsible for monitoring trends in the identity management marketplace, articulating ePresence's vision for delivering Secure Identity Management solutions, and developing new service offerings.

Jon has eighteen years of experience in with computer, software and IT services companies. Before joining ePresence, he was Vice President of Marketing for Nortel Networks Application Management Solutions, a provider of Internet-based software distribution tools. Prior to that he served in marketing, sales business planning roles for EPiCON, Wang Software and Unisys.

Jon holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He has published articles in Computerworld, Datamation and Object Magazine, and has served on the board of directors of the ASP Industry Consortium.

Steven Sprague is President and COO of Wave Systems Corp. Wave has developed electronic commerce technology that provides rental and pay-per-use distribution of electronic content through Internet, CD-ROM and broadband delivery channels.

Mr. Sprague was a Vice President of Wave from 1992 to 1995. In June 1995 he founded Wave Interactive Network, a specialized consumer distribution channel of Wave Systems Corp. After successful development of the channel, Wave Interactive Network was reacquired by Wave Systems Corp. Wave mobilized its efforts to focus on marketing its distributed information metering and transaction service, the Wave System, for use in consumer entertainment and education applications.

Mr. Sprague, 33, is the son of Wave Chairman and CEO Peter Sprague, who founded the company in 1988. He has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Cornell University.

Justin Taylor has worked for Novell since 1997. Currently Justin works on Novell's Corporate Strategist Team as the Chief Strategist for directory service. Thru his role as Chief Strategist, Mr, Taylor helps shape the industries vision of directory services in the future as well as helping to guide Novell's product teams toward that vision. Justin spends a great deal of time traveling around the world educating Novell's largest customers on the value of directories and their use in today's complex enterprises as well as speaking at global conferences. He has attained many industry certifications including Novell's Master CNI and four Master CNE certifications, the Microsoft MCSE and MCT certifications and the Cisco CCNA. Before coming to Novell Justin has held executive level positions in the IT education industry as well as roles as an educator and consultant.