David Weinberger
Founder, Evident Marketing

Dr. Weinberger began his "career" in the late '70s teaching philosophy at New Jersey's Stockton State College for five years. (He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto.) During this time he maintained his steady freelance writing of humor, reviews and intellectual and academic articles, publishing in places as diverse as The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Smithsonian, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and TV Guide.

In 1985, after being denied tenure because the tenure quota was filled, and after an enthusiastic but well-mannered student demonstration in his support, he became a junior marketing guy at Interleaf, at that point an innovative start-up with new ideas on how to create and structure documents. At Interleaf he helped launch the industry’s first document management system and its first electronic document publishing system, years ahead of the Web. He left Interleaf after 8 years, as VP of Strategic Marketing.

He founded the one-person strategic marketing company, Evident Marketing, in 1994 and within two years counted among his clients a wide variety of companies, including RR Donnelley, Intuit, Sun Microsystems, Esther Dyson's Release 1.0 and CSC Index.

In late 1995, he joined Open Text as VP of Strategic Marketing because he saw an opportunity to help shape the way intranets are used. As part of the senior management team, Dr. Weinberger helped Open Text move from one of the first Web search engine companies (the engine behind Yahoo!) to market- and thought-leadership in Web-based collaborative software.

After helping to take Open Text public in 1996, Dr. Weinberger returned to consulting, writing and speaking, helping to found a couple of dot-coms, and serving on industry and company boards. In 2000, Perseus published The Cluetrain Manifesto which became a national best-seller.

In 2002, Perseus published Small Pieces Loosely Joined to enthusiastic reviews.

Dr. Weinberger currently writes too much, including 3 weblogs, an influential business technology newsletter, articles for Wired, Salon, USAToday, Esther Dyson's Release 1.0, and many more. He is working on another book that he doesn't want to talk about yet.

During the 2004 presidential campaign, he was Senior Internet Advisor to the Howard Dean campaign, consulting on Internet policy.

In 2004 he was made a Fellow at Harvard's prestigious Berkman Institute for Internet & Society.

He is also one of the most entertaining and acclaimed presenters around.

Dr. David Weinberger turns this remarkable range of experience and knowledge to the most important question facing every business today: How is technology changing the way my employees, partners and customers are putting themselves together, and how is that changing the basics of my business?

Rick Pastore
Editor, CIO Magazine

Pastore oversees the day-to-day operations of the editorial department and creation of the print magazine. He is very involved in the idea-generation and story-development process. As time permits, he continues to write and edit features on the deployment of information technology to help companies achieve strategic business goals. Since joining the publication in 1991 as a staff writer, he has played an important role in developing new concepts for the magazine, for the website and for our internal editorial process. He developed the CIO Focus product line, collaborated with leadership guru Warren Bennis on a summer-long case study series for the magazine, developed a CIO mentor-matching program, and founded and manages the magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board. Pastore is also consulting editor to CIO’s online community program. Prior to his time at CIO, he covered personal computing for Computerworld newspaper. He received a degree in mass communications from Boston University in 1986.

This is a partial list only, other speakers to be added soon!

Charles Bacall
Verrill Dana, LLP
One Portland Square
Portland, ME 04112
(207) 774-4000

Charles P. Bacall is a partner in the law firm of Verrill Dana, LLP, where he is a member of the Business Law Department and serves as Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Group. He concentrates his practice on intellectual property and technology licensing, protection and enforcement. A significant portion of his practice involves assisting clients in drafting and negotiating software and Internet-related contracts and agreements. A former Chair of the Maine State Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section, Charlie has published articles and lectured on such subjects as “Are Internet Click-Through Agreements Enforceable?” “Who Owns Your Website?” “The Madrid Protocol: A path to International Trademark Protection” and “Domain Names and Trademarks: Protecting Internet Assets.” He is a magna cum laude graduate of Bowdoin College and received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan.

Frank Bazos
North Atlantic Capital
Two City Center, 5th Floor
Portland, ME 04101 (207) 772-4470

Frank Bazos has been in the private equity industry since 1990. Prior to joining North Atlantic Capital, Frank worked with TA Associates, ABN AMRO Private Equity, and most recently, and Century Capital Management. Frank brings experience in all facets of private equity including deal sourcing, investment selection and management, and fundraising. Over the years, he has invested in various service and technology related businesses, and served on a number of boards including, most recently, InSystems Technologies, Inc., and Asset Allocation and Management, LLC.

Frank earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Chris A. Caseiro
Verrill Dana, LLP
One Portland Square
Portland, ME 04112
(207) 774-4000

Chris A. Caseiro is counsel to the firm and a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology Group. Chris is a former engineer and was recently in-house patent counsel with a New Hampshire-based network technology company. He concentrates his practice on patent prosecution and analysis, trademark and copyright protection, and intellectual property licensing. Chris is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent Office. He has written and lectured on a variety of patent-related issues, including the protection of software-based inventions.

Gary Cattarin
Nortel Networks
600 Technology Park Drive
Billerica, MA 01821
(978) 288-9948

Gary Cattarin brings 25 years of technology experience, including 15 years focused in communications, to his role as a Senior Network Architect for Infrastructure Convergence Technologies at Nortel Networks. He joined Nortel Networks in 1997, following senior roles at several communications vendors, covering both data and voice technologies, including optical, LAN-WAN, ATM, voice, and multimedia converged networks.. At Nortel, he is responsible for evangelizing and delivering new technologies from a business-focused approach to clients, partners, and Nortel staff in the Northeast footprint, and he sits on multiple corporate technology guidance committees. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Rensselaer, and an M.B.A. Summa Cum Laude from Babson College.

Jean-Francois Cloutier
Information Weavers
Portland, ME

Jean-Francois Cloutier recently moved to Portland after 10 years in Manhattan as co-founder and managing director of Noonetics, a small software firm specializing in information integration . Prior to that, he was an object technology specialist at Citigroup and an AI product engineer for Systems Designers. His early career was dedicated to research in educational applications for computers. He is currently a partner at Information Weavers, LLC and is working on an open source, grid-based solution to enterprise integration.

Samuel Conlogue
Infusion Studios 3D
131 Ocean Street
South Portland, ME
(207) 799-8388

Sam Conlogue is a Maine native and co-founder of the new media firm Infusion Studios, Inc. After earning his Bachelors in Film Scoring from Boston’s Berklee College of Music in 1998 Sam ventured out to Los Angeles and began working in music technology and audio production for prominent TV composers such as Jonathan Wolf (Will & Grace) and Alf Clausen (The Simpson’s). During his time in L.A. he was exposed to the technology and talent in the animation and special FX industries inspiring Sam to shift gears and seek out a career in 3D Graphics.

Soon discovering careers in 3D aren’t found but rather created from the ground up. Sam paid his dues working for the IT industry back in Portland as he trained himself in 3D modeling and animation. His 3D Career officially began when he took on his first architectural visualization project in 2000 and has been hooked ever since. In the following years he has provided his 3D skills to a wide variety of industries. From Mobile Marketing to Video Production Sam has helped his clients turn their ideas into reality. Founding Infusion Studios, Inc. in early 2002 with Web designer Russ Sprague has allowed Sam to increase his skills and clientele while working to expand the 3D Industry in Maine.

Some notable projects recently completed include conceptual visualizations for world renowned sculptor Jonathan Borofsky and technical modeling for Sputnik Interactive’s work on this season of the History Channels “Deep Sea Detectives”. Not so recently completed but worthy of note is Infusion Studios take on the “Matrix Reloaded” which was produced for MESDA’s Annual Geeks in Black awards show 2003. The Spoof features non other then our very own President of MESDA Joe Kumiszcza! Check it out!

David P. Crocker
Attorney
158 Pleasant Avenue
Portland, ME
(207) 879-0708

David P. Crocker is a Portland, Maine, attorney carrying on a multistate and multinational practice in software, tech and intellectual property law with a particular emphasis on representing software developers and others in the IT industry. Mr. Crocker is the current President of MESDA, the Maine software and IT trade association and is a regular columnist for Interface Tech News and Interface Business News. Mr. Crocker is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Maine School of Law where he was production editor of the Maine Law Review and is a former law clerk for the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. He also holds degrees from Gordon College and the University of Durham, England.

Jesse Devitte
Borealis Ventures
10 Allen Street
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 643-1500

Mr. Devitte is a Managing Director of Borealis Ventures, a northern New England-focused early stage venture capital firm that is a member of the Village Ventures national network of early stage venture funds.

Mr. Devitte is the Founding Investor and a Director of Newforma, Inc. He is the Chairman of Scribe Software and a Director of @Last Software. He is also the Co-Founder of Handmark, where he is also a Director. Mr. Devitte has served as an executive in two public software companies. Mr. Devitte helped grow Softdesk from a start-up New Hampshire software firm to a public, multinational company while serving on the Board of Directors and in a variety of executive positions. Once Softdesk was acquired by Autodesk, he then served as the VP/GM of the AEC Group on the Executive Staff of Autodesk; the fourth largest PC software company in the world.

Mr. Devitte is the Chairman Emeritus of the Software Association of New Hampshire ("SwANH"), the Co-Chair of eCares ( www.e-cares.org ) and serves on numerous non-profit boards.

Michael Farnsworth
Standard I-O
208 Fore Street
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 541-4746

Michael Farnsworth is a Senior Systems Analyst and Manager at Standard I-O Inc. He is Microsoft Certified Professional. Michael graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and has also held a Nuclear Reactor Operator License and Senior Reactor Operator Certification at Maine Yankee. Standard I-O is Microsoft Certified Partner and specializes in developing enterprise level software.

Michael is the chief architect of the application programmer’s interface and middleware for Parco Merged Media’s RFID technologies. Parco’s Real Time Location System uses active RFID tags which conform to the pending IEEE 802.15.4 RFID Standard for ultra-wideband active RFID. Like GPS, UWB was developed by the military, and has found its way into the commercial arena. The Federal Communication Commission approved ultra-wideband for use as RFID tag technology in February 2002; and granted Parco a license to operate its radios in July 2003. Parco was the first UWB RFID approved for commercial resale.

Arthur Fink
Arthur Fink Consulting
10 New Island Avenue
Peaks Island, ME 04108
(207) 766-5722

Arthur Fink is a consultant on Peaks Island specializing in usability, user interface design, and involving users in the system design process. He also has broad experience implementing database applications for order processing, insurance, hospital messaging, material requirements planning, church management, and other areas. Arthur explains that he, "teaches the classes I really want to take". These have included workshops on "Designing and Refining Graphic User Interfaces", "Computer Assertiveness training", "Computers and Religious Values", "Art and the Spirit", and "Being Lazy and Absent-minded ... and a Great System Developer". He is now preparing a series of workshops on "Listening".

Michael Greeley
IDG Ventures
One Exeter Plaza
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 534-1200

Michael A. Greeley founded the IDG Ventures Boston office in September 2001 and serves as a Managing General Partner. IDG Ventures is a global network of venture capital funds with approximately $600m under management and a portfolio of over 100 companies built over the last 10 years. Operating in Europe, North America and Asia, they make investments on behalf of their limited partner, International Data Group (IDG), the world's largest IT media company. Michael brings over 15 years of early and later-stage investment experience to the company. His experience spans both early and later stage financings for emerging growth companies, domestic and international acquisitions, restructurings and management buyouts.

Michael currently serves on the boards of MicroCHIPS and Protein Forest, and the Board of Directors for the New England Venture Capital Association. He is also an active member of the Executive Business Advisory Council for Mass General Hospital for Children. Additionally, he authors the "Nothing Ventured..." column in Bio-IT World magazine.

John Kendall
EmbedTech Industries Incorporated
CHIPCO
1281 Roosevelt Trail
Raymond, ME 04071
(207) 655-7994

John has been working with RFID technology for over a decade. He's involving the 5 major casino chain operators; Harrah's, MGM, Caesars, Mandalay Bay and Trump in all aspects of RFID functionality. John will discuss how he is successfully working with his partners on tracking, counterfeit assets, theft, automation and validation.

• Examining a company that has been embedding chips for 12 years
• Demonstrating that RFID Technology is possible in a given implementation
• Proving that RFID Technology is viable and verifiable in a given implementation
• Examining the 5 applications
• Tracking, Counterfeit Assets, Theft, Automation, Validation
• Understanding how to apply this knowledge to your organization

Fletcher Kittredge
Great Works Internet (GWI)
8 Pomerleau Street
Biddeford, ME 04005
(207) 286-8686

Fletcher Kittredge, CEO - Kittredge worked from 1984 to 1993 at Bolt Beranek and Newman as an engineer for BBN's communications and software development subsidiaries. BBN was the original implementer of the Internet networking protocols. BBN merged with GTEI, which later merged with Bell Atlantic to become Verizon. Kittredge left BBN in 1993 and founded Biddeford Internet Corporation d/b/a Great Works Internet (GWI) in 1994.

In the last ten years, GWI as grown to a $12 million dollar a year company with over 80 employees. In 2003 and 2004, GWI was named to the Inc Magazine's "Inc 500" list of the nation's fastest growing privately held companies, the only Maine company to make the list in those two years.

Kittredge holds degrees from Colby College (BA, 1984) and Harvard University (CAS Computer Science 1990, MS Computer Science 1994). At Harvard, he concentrated on High Speed Internetworking working under with Professor H.T.Kung, doing some of the earliest work on IP routing over ATM in 1991-1992. He is the current President of the Maine ISP Association.

Mark LeClair
NanoSpire, Inc.
25 Jesse Daniel Drive
Buxton, ME 04093
(207) 929-6226
Mark L. LeClair is CEO & Founder of NanoSpire, Inc., incorporated in 2002 to create a new class of tool technology using directed cavitation microjets to perform micron and sub-micron hole drilling and channel cutting, welding, shotpeening and other types of processing in a wide variety of materials. Nanofabrication applications include microfluidics, MEMS and sensors. Mark previously consulted as CFD Associates to a variety of clients in the cavitation processing, aerospace, chemical processing, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. He received his BSME, 1983 and MSME, 1988 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, specialized in fluid dynamics and cavitation. Mark has been a PI on four grants and a co-investigator on three other grants, funded by the Maine Space Grant Consortium, the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) and the New York State Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Mark has been an invited speaker at eight nanotechnology scientific and investing conferences. NanoSpire won the Innovation Technology Award at the Nanotech 2003 + Future conference, held Feb. 26-28, 2003, in Tokyo, Japan.

Alan Lishness
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
PO Box 7549
Portland, ME 04112
(207) 772-6855

Alan Lishness serves as Chief Innovation Officer for the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI). His responsibilities include the design, funding and implementation of innovative programs that utilize computing and communications technologies to teach students and the public about aquatic environments. Since 1993, he has served as a Principal Investigator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, managing a series of projects that translate NASA Earth Science missions for public audiences on the Web. He currently manages the education component of the Maine Biological Nanotechnology Effort, a NASA-funded research initiative that seeks to gain better understanding of how marine organisms control the crystallization of silica and calcium at the nanoscale to form scales and shells. He also serves as Principal Investigator for a U.S. Department of Commerce-funded project that utilizes handheld computers to produce textual, data and photographic documentation of aquatic environments.

Jack McDonald
Scitech, Inc.
1212 East University Avenue
Urbana, IL 61802
(800) 451-4035

Jack McDonald is director of business development, Scitec, Inc., where he coordinates the development and management of collaborative business relationships with US companies seeking to outsource manufacturing. He earned his Bachelors of Arts Degree in History and Masters Degree in Education from the University of Maine, and wants to leverage global resources to create more jobs in Maine.

Brenda Michelson
Elemental Links
Gray, ME

Brenda is principal consultant for Elemental Links, an IT consulting practice specializing in strategy, architecture, business solution portfolio planning and delivery for the enterprise. Brenda’s Business-Driven ArchitectureSM Series, spanning IT architecture definition, execution and consumption, is being published through the research service of the Patricia Seybold Group.

Prior to founding Elemental Links, Brenda was Chief Enterprise Architect for L.L. Bean, Inc., a well-known multi-channel retailer. At L.L. Bean, after founding the enterprise architecture practice, Brenda was responsible for the articulation and execution of the enterprise architecture strategy, which included transforming the shop to J2EE, and delivering the foundational architectures: services-oriented architecture (SOA), enterprise integration architecture (EAI) and event-driven architecture (EDA). In addition to architecture, Brenda played a key role in strategic planning, portfolio management and talent development.

Previous to L.L. Bean, over the span of 10 years, Brenda provided development services for Insurance, Banking, a Chip Manufacturer and a world leader in Aircraft Engine Design & Manufacturing.

Ron Norton
Dragon Lance Adventures
Ron Norton grew up in Topsham, Maine. Served as a Naval Photographer for 8 years. Having been assigned to Naval Intelligence Support Center (NISC) in Suitland MD. and aboard the USS Independence CV-62. He received a Top Secret clearance, and several awards. In 1988 he received a Bachelors of Arts from University of Maine at Farmington. Shortly after Ron founded DIGIART where he started out using Photoshop and other art programs to create photo manipulations. More recently, Ron moved into Custom content creation for computer games, specifically using Photoshop, and 3D Studio MAX software to create art work like 3D landscapes and environments for role playing games. At present Ron resides in Harpswell, Maine and is Lead Artist for the international team Dragon Lance Adventures (DLA) the team consists of about 30 men and women from all over the world, including about 20 artists.

Stephen O'Grady
RedMonk
100 Front Street, Suite #31
Bath, ME 04530
Steve's blog www.redmonk.com/sogrady

Stephen O'Grady is an Analyst and co-founder of RedMonk, a new kind of analyst firm dedicated to understanding and building the narratives that define technology marketing and purchase. Stephen covers the full spectrum of enterprise applications from development to deployment, with a special focus on Enterprise Content Management and Enterprise Portal solutions.

Before setting up RedMonk, Stephen assisted in building out the Enterprise Content Management and Enterprise Portal knowledge set at Illuminata by drawing on his real world expertise in designing, architecting and implementing ECM and Portal solutions for leading systems integrators. Prior to joining Illuminata, Stephen served in various senior capacities with large systems integration firms like Keane and boutique consultancies like Blue Hammock.

From IBM mainframe shops to Microsoft web applications, CRM implementations to state-of-the-art Content Management and Portal solutions, Stephen's broad experience leaves him well placed to deliver compelling content, analysis and advisory services.

Matthew Olson
Taxware

Matthew Olson is a Caribou, ME resident and works for Taxware, a division of govONE Solutions. He is the program manager for TaxSolver, a Sales and Use Tax compliance program used by Fortune 500 companies. He has also served as IT manager for ATX Inc. and has extensive experience in public speaking and software development.

Dean Ostergaard
iCST
55 Foden Road
South Portland, ME 04106
(207) 772-6898

Dean Ostergaard has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Dean made major contributions to the early development of EDI, B2B and B2C eCommerce, and Web Services techniques in the bookseller and book wholesaling and distribution markets. More recently, Dean was Director of Application Solutions and then Chief Architect for a regional Internet software development company developing and integrating eCommerce front-end systems with legacy production, manufacturing, and fulfillment systems. He also concentrated on developing and deploying collaboration architectures for distributed virtual development teams. Currently, Dean is the Director of Consulting Services for iCST, a Custom Software Development and Staffing Solutions company in South Portland, Maine.

Cheryl Phillips-Day
BlueTarp, Inc.
1335 Washington Avenue
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 797-5900

Cheryl joined BlueTarp, Inc. in May of 2000 as part of the management team, and was initially responsible for all aspects of technology development for this venture-funded startup. In that capacity, she has led the company from concept through delivery of a set of tools providing financial and information services to the building materials industry. In addition to leading the technology work at BlueTarp, Cheryl now manages all aspects of operations, including customer service, credit management and associated vendor relationships.

Cheryl has over 20 years of engineering experience, working primarily with complex systems development and large-scale systems integration projects in the transaction processing arena. She came to BlueTarp from Compaq Computer Corporation where she was responsible for the strategy, design and delivery of integrated software solutions, business processes and infrastructure to support the integration and management of technical and promotional data for an $8B enterprise systems business. She also led the delivery of the company’s Sales Force Automation (e-commerce) solution, including the integration of software, data and business processes between the Sales Force Automation, ERP, manufacturing and fulfillment systems.

Additionally, Cheryl’s experience includes senior management and technical roles at Digital Equipment Corporation, where she led the delivery of several large-scale financial system design and implementation projects. She graduated from National Technological University with an MS in Management of Technology in 1993 and received a BS in Economics and Political Science from New Hampshire College in 1976.

Denis Ranger
Information Weavers
Portland, ME

Denis Ranger is a partner at Information Weavers LLC and the developer of the Agile Integrated Development Environment. Denis has built innovative software for more than 15 years. Among his realizations are an Enterprise Information Integration product, a financial training and authoring platform, and various software development tools. Denis' interests run wide, from compiler writing to security to computer graphics. He is currently investing much time and energy in making sense of a plethora of open source technologies.

Brian Rigney
BlueTarp, Inc.
1335 Washington Avenue
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 797-5900
Brian T. Rigney: Founder, EVP and CFO, BlueTarp, Inc.

Mr. Rigney founded BlueTarp in late 1999. BlueTarp offers an enhanced purchase card program for the building material industry. Through outsourcing their trade credit portfolios to BlueTarp, building material dealers, such as lumberyards, benefit from increased cash flow, streamlined back office operations, reduced credit risk, and enhanced customer service. In turn, BlueTarp provides the dealers’ customers with a commercial credit product that delivers detailed invoice information daily through a secure web site, with purchases linked to a specific job, and a means to download job-cost details directly into their accounting system. For information about BlueTarp and its services, visit www.BlueTarp.com.

As Founder of BlueTarp, Mr. Rigney articulated the concept and then developed the management team and business strategy, including its “go to market”, capital raising, and business operations strategies. Prior to founding BlueTarp, Inc., Mr. Rigney was a Financial Analyst with Fleet Bank of Maine, a subsidiary of Fleet Financial Group. Prior to Fleet, Mr. Rigney held various marketing / capital raising positions with the University of New England and with the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School. Mr. Rigney holds a M.B.A from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh (with honors) and a B.A. from Colby College.

Doug Roberts
Hannaford Bros. Co.
PO Box 1000
Portland, ME 04104
(207) 883-2911

Doug started his career in the retail grocery stores of Hannaford Bros. Co. as a "bag-boy" and worked up to Store Manager. As computers became more available in the retail grocery sector, Doug's interest in computers kept him involved in testing new computers and applications in whatever store he was working in. An opportunity in 1987 to go 'inside' for a project to review the possibilities of using computers to automatically order groceries brought him to the IT department. Since then, he has served in a number of roles related to implementation and support of retail automation technology amongst the retail stores and corporate and distribution centers.

Today, Doug's role as Manager - Systems Services has expanded to a global level. He is responsible for all computing platforms within the Hannaford enterprise, from the smallest blackberry or handheld computer, up through the laptops and desktops, intel servers, midrange, and mainframes. With the purchase of Hannaford by Delhaize, a Belgium based company, that responsibility has expanded to now include a Center of Excellence for UNIX for all banners within the organization world wide. Doug also participates on the OSDL Customer Advisory Council, a group of companies which serve to help guide the future direction of Linux and it's utilization within large corporations.

A very active current project for Doug and his group, is the displacement of over 350 windows- and AIX-based retail servers with a Linux architecture. The SLIM project, standing for Synchronized Lightweight Infrastructure Management, is intended to reduce the number of servers at retail, focusing on Linux as the platform of choice. Additionally, Doug's staff recently moved all of Hannaford's Web Services to Linux as a combination of Intel and mainframe based solutions.

Eric Ryan
Oracle Corp.
10 Van de Graaff Drive
Burlington, MA 01803
(781) 744-0000
Eric is a Senior Solution Architect at Oracle Corporation with 15 years of experience in the IT Industry. Eric’s leadership focus at Oracle spans the latest application development technologies, standards, and directions. As a regional representative of Oracle’s middleware product management group, he speaks to the latest trends and technologies supporting the broad spectrum of business applications. He also presents and demonstrates the latest Oracle technologies supporting a Service-Oriented Architecture.

Before joining Oracle in 2000, Eric held various roles across the government, education, and private sectors, ranging from application developer for a global CRM application to business analyst work for a large financial firm.

Michael Shook
AeroHydro, Inc.
54 Herrick Road
Southwest Harbor, ME 04679
(207) 244-4100

Michael Shook has been with AeroHydro, Inc. in Southwest Harbor since 1987, as COO since 1997. He remembers when hardly anybody used computers to design boats.

Steven Westra
Pierce Atwood
1 Monument Square
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 791-1100

Mr. Westra is the Director of Process and Organizational Improvement for Pierce Atwood Consulting headquartered in Portland, ME. For the last six years, he has managed a field team of 10 engineers delivering process improvement training throughout major Fortune 500 companies including their supply chains demonstrating significant return on investment.

Mr. Westra has a Masters Degree from Tufts University in organizational planning. He has been a frequent speaker for the American Society of Quality and similar organizations with a focus on education in manufacturing excellence.

Mr. Westra has coordinated teams delivering services to several of the largest corporations in Maine and New England including: General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Bath Iron Works, First Technology Control Devices, IDEXX, Hancock Lumber, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and Sappi Fine Papers.

Significant Client Accomplishments in 2004 include:
> Completion of process improvement training for +800 managers at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and Sup Ship Bath
> Design and delivery of a Lean Six Sigma process improvement curriculum
> Coordination of company-wide lean process improvement implementation at First Technology Control Devices
> Coordination of a +$22m. Military Construction facility at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Christopher York
Blue Ox Technologies
PO Box 135
Caribou, ME 04736
(207) 498-2632

Christopher York resides in Caribou, ME. As a Microsoft Certified Professional, he is an experienced developer for Visual Basic, Access VBA, and SQL Server. He has worked as a Microsoft Certified Trainer and as manager of the consulting division of a financial software company serving Fortune 500 clients. In addition he has written articles for Compute!, ANALOG Computing, and Interface Monthly magazines. He is the founder and president of Blue Ox Technologies Ltd.

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