cisco live 2013 customer bios

Cisco Live 2013 Customer Bios

NEWS CONFERENCE – Enterprise Networking Update, June 24:

Chris TillettNetwork AdministratorHalifax Media Group

Mr. Tillett is Network Administrator at Halifax Media Group. Founded in 2010, Halifax Media is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Fla. The group consists of 33 newspapers and affiliated websites, published in five states in the Southeast. Halifax Media’s strategy is to invest long-term capital in quality companies positioned in strong markets that are closely connected to the community.

Tillett has more than 19 years of progressive experience as a consultant in the information technology field and has consulted with organizations that are large (10,000 users+) and small l(1-50) and brings a unique ability to bring large market solutions and reliability to small and medium business.

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The EDF Group (EDF) is one of the world’s leading electric utility companies and it serves more than 20% of electricity needs for the European Union. Headquartered in Paris, France, EDF operates a diverse portfolio of 120,000+ megawatts of generation capacity around the globe. With a major portion of its energy output primarily generated from nuclear power (more than 80%), EDF needs a robust and secure network infrastructure that can vigorously support its global production environments in Europe, North and South America, Middle East, Asia and Africa. The new Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches provide the next generation of the network backbone infrastructure that can help EDF to further grow their business. EDF has already deployed the Cisco flagship Catalyst 6500 switches in its global infrastructure, which has helped them to deliver reliable and energy-efficient power supply to customers with maximum energy safety. Built for simplicity and programmability, the new Cisco Catalyst 6800 switches offer 10/40/100G services with Catalyst 6500 DNA that EDF can trust and rely on. EDF has been working with Cisco on the Catalyst 6800 Early Field Trial (EFT) program to gain the first hand experience with this new platform so that they can use its full capacity to achieve their business goals of diversified growth and investing for the future.

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The Southern Company (Southern) is the premier energy company serving the Southeast region of the United States. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Southern serves 4.4 million customers with nearly 46,000 megawatts of generating capacity. Powered by a well-diversified energy portfolio of coal (36%), oil and gas (45%), nuclear (17%) and

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hydro (2%), Southern is constantly investing in the latest technologies and solutions to help them deliver cleaner, more efficient and cost-effective Smart Power technologies. Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches have demonstrated their proven success with Southern to support their backbone infrastructure and WAN connectivity. Currently Southern is evaluating use-cases for Cisco’s next generation Catalyst 6800 switches to prepare themselves for the next stage of their business growth. The new Cisco Catalyst 6800 platform offers 100% feature and operational consistency with Catalyst 6500 switches, which can help Southern to maximize their existing investment and to transition to the new platform with service- interruption-free deployments. The new Catalyst 6800 with its next generation capabilities of scalability, security and programmability will help Southern to continue to be an industry leader in the development and deployment of clean, safe, reliable and affordable electricity.

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EDUCATION – Lake Nona/UCF at Sanford Burnham, June 25:

Deborah German, M.D.Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean, UCF College of Medicine

Dr. German was appointed Founding Dean of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in December 2006. In July 2010, UCF President John C. Hitt named Dr. German to the new position of Vice President for Medical Affairs for the university. As

Dean, Dr. German leads the development of the new medical college comprised of the M.D. program and the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences. In her role as vice president, she oversees the college’s medical practice plan and coordinates other medical initiatives.

Dr. German earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Boston University and her M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School. She was previously Associate Dean of Medical Education at Duke University Medical School while maintaining her own private practice of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. In 1988 she joined Vanderbilt University as Associate Dean for Students and later Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education. She served on the Board of Trustees for the Tennessee Medical Association and chaired the Tennessee Board of Directors for the Arthritis Foundation. She also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. In 2005, she joined the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in Washington, D.C. as a Petersdorf Scholar in Residence.

Under her leadership, the college: Gained preliminary accreditation for the M.D. program Built a team of over 500 faculty and staff


Appointed over 1,600 volunteer faculty Raised funds to provide full four-year scholarships for the entire charter class Constructed 375,000 square feet of medical school space Developed a new high-tech curriculum for 21st century doctors Achieved record enrollment in its biomedical sciences programs Became the first medical school in the U.S. to begin implementing the World

Health Organization’s (WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Developed knowledge management and assessment systems that the Liaison

Committee on Medical Education (LCME) noted have the potential to be national models

Secured a $7.6 million federal grant to help Central Florida doctors develop and effectively use electronic health records to improve patient care

Opened the new medical education and Burnett Biomedical Sciences buildings at the UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona

Created Pegasus Health, a state-of-the-art clinical practice serving UCF and the community

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Mark HayesProgram Director, Education, Lake Nona Institute

Mark Hayes leads the education initiative for Lake Nona Institute serving as the founding Chairman and member of the Lake Nona Medical City Education Council and serves as the Program Director of education at the Lake Nona Institute.

Mark’s role is to facilitate and execute the education mission of Lake Nona by creating a Collaborative Learning Environment where schools, homes, businesses and the partners of Medical City are connected in a culture of collaboration, sharing in the responsibility for inspiring our learners of tomorrow. This vision includes attracting world-class education partners who will provide learning opportunities for all ages, to create personalized options, provide the latest technologies and to ensure that the education offerings at Lake Nona help attract the best and brightest talent for our region.

Mark has been a strategic consultant for the Tavistock Group for over 10 years working on initiatives in real estate, economic development and education. He has been actively teaching in classrooms for over 25 years and been a featured guest lecturer on entrepreneurialism at both UCF (University of Central Florida) and Rollins College. He serves as a Venture Plan judge for the Rollins College Center for Entrepreneurialism and served as an advisor for the Entrepreneurs in Residence Program at the UCF Business Incubator. For the past 5 years, Mark has been an adjunct teacher at the Lake Highland


Preparatory School where he has been teaching a course on entrepreneurialism he developed.

Mark holds a BA from UCF, an MBA from Rollins College and is a CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member.) Mark and his wife Jodi have two children.

**NEWS CONFERNECE: The Data Center of the Future, June 26:

Soni JiandaniSenior Vice PresidentMarketingInsieme Networks, Inc.

Soni Jiandani is currently the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Insieme Networks, Inc. Insieme Networks is building next generation data center solutions and is a majority-owned subsidiary of Cisco. Prior to Insieme, Soni was the Senior Vice President for the Server Access Virtualization Technology Group at Cisco. In this capacity, she was responsible for the development and implementation of the Cisco-wide strategy for data center access and virtualization solutions including Unified Computing System and Unified Fabric (Nexus portfolio).

Soni was previously co-founder and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Partnerships for Nuova Systems. She was responsible for the development and implementation of marketing, technology partnerships and sales strategy programs for this data center transformation focused start-up.

While at Cisco, she has played key roles in creating and executing strategic initiatives and driving product marketing development in the LAN switching arena. She was Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s LAN and SAN switching business unit within the Data Center, Switching and Wireless Technology Group. In this capacity, she was responsible for the industry leading Catalyst modular switches and a comprehensive portfolio of intelligent MDS SAN switches.


Soni also served as Vice President of Marketing for the Cisco Internet Systems Business Unit and Vice President, Marketing for the Workgroup Business Unit. Her contributions enabled Cisco to secure its leadership position in Ethernet LAN switching.

Prior to her tenure at Cisco, she was a marketing executive at UB Networks where she was responsible for Virtual LANs and LAN switching market development. She also took on a sales role as Regional Manager, developing markets for the company in India. Prior to UB Networks, she drove numerous market development programs at Novell.

Soni holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from London University in England.

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BEYOND SDN – Programing the Networks of the Future, June 26:

Prasad S. DorbalaVice President of Network Transformation, SunGard Availability Services

Prasad Dorbala is Vice President of Network Transformation at SunGard Availability Services, where he is responsible for identifying and building strategy for entering key growth markets in software defined networks, security and analytics. Dorbala has more than 2o years of engineering experience in the broadband networking, cable and telecommunications industries. His earlier work includes various engineering management roles for companies such as Tellabs, Aylus Networks, Comcast Corporation, Narad Networks, Cisco Systems, MaxComm Technologies, Lucent and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Dorbala has authored and filed more than 15 patents in broadband networking and services and holds 7 patents. He holds a M.S. degree in Computer Sciences from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a B.S. degree from Osmania University.

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Travis Ewert Vice President, Network Technology, TW Telecom

Travis Ewert is Vice President, Network Technology, and has worked in the industry since 1992 and with tw telecom since 2004. Mr. Ewert currently has responsibility for Technology Architecture and Standards, Centralized Security, and Network Management System development and support for the company. Prior to tw telecom, Mr. Ewert has held Operations, Engineering, Marketing, and Technology leadership responsibilities. These roles have included Technology oversight of the first industry DSL broadband deployments with US West, industry first for integrated wireless/wireline services with US West Wireless, overall Technology and Product responsibilities at Electric Lightwave, and overall Technology leadership responsibilities for Frontier Communications. Mr. Ewert has architecture and development responsibility for tw telecom’s Intelligent Network inclusive of SDN Implementations, Constellation platform, and Cloud EcoSystem enabling framework.

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HEALTHCARE – Roundtable: Orlando Health, Moffitt Cancer Center and Children’s Hospital Central California, June 26:

Brian CompChief Technology Officer, Orlando Health System

Brian serves Orlando Health as their Chief Technology Officer where he has gained valuable opportunities to become involved in the many business projects that Information Services is planning and executing for their organization’s future. Brian has been working in the healthcare information

technology for over 10 years, and came to Orlando Health in July, 2010. Orlando Health is one of Florida’s most comprehensive private, not-for-profit healthcare networks, and is based in Orlando, FL. The Orlando Health network and highly qualified staff have distinguished their organization as a healthcare leader for nearly two million Central Florida residents and 4,500 international visitors annually. Prior to coming to Orlando


Health, Brian was the AVP of Technology Services for Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky. Brian received his MBA from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, and his BSBA from the University of Louisville, in Kentucky. Brian is a certified Project Manager (PMP), and has achieved ITIL V3 Foundation, Intermediate OSA and RCV certificates. His expertise is in the area of technology planning and management in the ever changing healthcare technology environment.

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John Maass, M.S.Manager, Conferencing Technology Systems & Support at Moffitt Cancer Center

John Maass, M.S., CTS is Manager of Conferencing Technology at the Moffitt Cancer Center, an NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he works with the Center’s executive leadership in providing strategic planning to the Center’s technology-dependent education, research,

medical, and collaborative initiatives. He holds a master’s degree in Management Information Systems (MMIS) from Nova Southeastern University and a B.A. degree in Communications from the University of Tampa.

Moffitt Cancer Center is a not-for-profit institution. It includes private patient rooms, the Southeast’s largest Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, outpatient treatment programs that record more than 328,300 visits a year, the Moffitt Research Center, Moffitt Cancer Center at International Plaza, and Moffitt Cancer Center Screening and Prevention. Moffitt has an established reputation for “translational research” — fast-tracking laboratory successes into new treatments. Currently, Moffitt participates in more than 300 clinical trials.

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David KenningtonDirector, IT Operations and Information Security Officer, Children’s Hospital Central California

David Kennington is the Director of IT Operations for Children’s Hospital Central California. In addition to his responsibilities as Director, for the past four years David has also been serving as the hospital’s designated Information Security Officer. David played a key role in the development

and implementation of the organizations successful BYOD initiative. He also had oversight of the server virtualization strategy and in only a few short years Children’s Hospital has reached 85% server virtualization. David has been with Children’s Hospital


for over 15 years. The first eight years David had various technical roles including Network Engineer. David received his Bachelor of Science degree from California State University, Fresno.

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PUBLIC SECTOR – Technology for a More Connected Government, June 26:

Jorge Pazos, Chief Information OfficerCity of Melrose

Jorge Pazos is a public sector CIO, with 18 years of experience, interested in emerging technologies and their application in education and government. He is always striving to change the “business as usual” mindset and is recognized as a leading figure in the drive to reduce government expenditures through the effective use of technology. Pazos has been quoted in numerous industry and business publications including CIO Magazine, Boston Globe and TechTarget publications. He also speaks at industry conferences including the METAA/COSN CIO Cloud Conference and GovTech’s Massachusetts Digital Government Summit conference. Pazos is also a 2012 CIO100 honoree.

E-mail:

[email protected]

Other:

City of Melrose website [http://www.cityofmelrose.org/]

City of Melrose Twitter [Twitter handle: @cityofmelrose]

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Matt Benefiel, Trial Court AdministratorNinth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida

[email protected] is currently the Court Administrator for the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida, whichcovers both Orange and Osceola Counties and has served in that capacity since 1996.Prior to serving for the Orlando-based Circuit, Matt served eight years as the Court Administrator for the Virginia Beach, Virginia Circuit Court. As Court Administrator, Matt is responsible for the Court’s progressive implementation of advanced court technology.He has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Judicial Administration from the University of Southern California.


https://twitter.com/CityofMelrose

http://www.cityofmelrose.org/

http://www.cityofmelrose.org/

mailto:[email protected]

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Rob Fields, CIOFlorida Department of Highway Safety

Mr. Fields currently serves as the Chief Information Officer for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles leading the Division of Information Systems Administration. He has the overall responsibility for the IT strategy and operations of a 24/7 state agency, supporting 5,000 employees in 110 offices throughout the state including law enforcement. Mr. Fields is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a degree in Criminal Justice, with a diverse background and a myriad of technical and leadership experience in both the private and public sector. Mr. Fields’ history of public service includes experience with the Florida Department of Financial Services and as Chief Information Officer of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. His background includes significant experience in information technology governance, executive leadership, project management, enterprise systems, and business development activities.

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Fireside chat with CIO of Universal Parks & Resort , June 26:

William E. McCoreySenior Vice President & Chief Information OfficerUniversal Orlando Resort

Mr. McCorey is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Universal Parks & Resort.

Mr. McCorey is responsible for the IT transformation including key initiatives such as eCommerce, Application and Infrastructure Stabilization and Innovation. He is also leading the Parks IT integration efforts. He joined Universal Orlando in November 2010.


Previously, Mr. McCorey served as Vice President Global Infrastructure for IBM and 17 years at Circuit City Stores with the last two years as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Bill graduated from West Virginia State College in 1982 with a degree in Accounting. He has spent the bulk of his technology career in retail with a focus on eCommerce, Infrastructure and large scale applications development.

Mr. McCorey has 3 children, Bill III, 30; Lauren, 26; and Drew, 15. He is an avid supporter in local and national efforts. Bill was recently added to the board for United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida. He previously served as Vice President of Big Brothers Big Sisters in Richmond, Virginia. Bill also formed a fund raising effort for Fanconi Anemia which has resulted in over $130,000 raised for research. You can find out more about Bill’s interest in mountain climbing and support for Fanconi Anemia at www.yourropeteam.com.

Mr. McCorey has completed 42 marathons, including 15 straight Boston Marathons.

As noted whether it is work, play or giving back to the community, Bill sets challenging goals and delivers results. He is also is an accomplished speaker who frequently speaks on the power of teams and is working on a book, titled “Who do you want on your rope team”.


http://www.yourropeteam.com/