Current Speakers

Confirmed Speakers for Waters Power 2009

Exclusive Keynote Speaker:

• Jeffrey Birnbaum, Chief Technology Architect and Global Head of Architecture and Engineering, MERRILL LYNCH

...And a leading line-up of other expert speakers including:

• Phil Albinus, Editor, WATERS
• Ryan Bagnulo, Independent Consultant & Former Head of Architecture and Innovation, WACHOVIA
• Sinan Baskan, Director of Business Development for Financial Services Industry, SYBASE, INC.
• Dileep Bhandarkar, GM & Distinguished Engineer for Global Foundation Services, MICROSOFT
• Thomas M. Brander, Vice President, Data Center Workstream, LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDING, INC
• Emily Fraser, News Editor, WATERS
• Tsvi Gal, General Partner, EXIGEN CAPITAL PRIVATE EQUITY
• Frank Greco, Independent Analyst
• Geoff Guerdat, High Performance Computing Engineering, MERRILL LYNCH
• Howard Halberstein, Vice President, Sales & Trading UNIX, DEUTSCHE BANK
• Peter Harrington, Director, Senior Software Architect, NATIXIS
• Raman Kannan, Chief Technology Officer, ROSENBLATT SECURITIES
• Joe Kennedy, Vice President of Architecture User-Experience Performance Measurement, STATE STREET CORPORATION
• Keith Knuckey, Executive Director, Global Head of Data Center Strategy, UBS
• Victoria Livschitz, Founder and CEO, GRID DYNAMICS
• Andrew Labovitch, Head of IT, CONECTIV ENERGY
• Phil LoPresti, Independent Analyst & Former North East Data Facilities Manager, LEGG MASON
• Ravi Manchi, President, WESTWATER CORP
• Kevin McPartland, Senior Analyst, TABB GROUP
• Madge Meyer, Executive Vice President of Global Infrastructure Services, STATE STREET CORPORATION
• Ken Michelini, Associate Partner, CITIHUB
• Barry Novick, Global Data Center Manager, BLACK ROCK
• John Panzica, Vice President, Financial Services Practice, SWITCH AND DATA
• Venkat Raju, EVP, Strategy & Advanced Technology, ADAPTIVITY, INC
• Jeff Rohr, Executive Director, Infrastructure Tools Platform Manager, UBS
• Porter Sherman, Director, Services & Processes Improvement Manager, UBS
• Michael Salvador, Associate Director – Data Center and Computing Infrastructure, CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
• Robert Schork, Team Leader, CITI
• David Warm, Chief Technology Officer, Financial Services, PLATFORM COMPUTING

For your chance to join this exclusive line-up and to find out about speaking opportunities available at Waters Power 2009, contact:

Pooja Samani
Conference Producer
T: +44 207 484 9850
E: pooja.samani@incisivemedia.com