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  • Bill Barron, Vice President and Publishing Director for Hearst Business Media since 2003, has been a senior executive in trade publishing, digital media and marketing for over 20 years. Prior to joining Hearst, he held a number of key executive roles at CMP Media (now Techinsights) and PartMiner.
  • Bill Baumann is the Market Leader and Publishing Director of Penton Media's Electronics Group. He is responsible for a number of industry leading brands in EOEM space including Electronics Design, Source ESB, Power Electronics Technology, Auto Electronics, Defense Electronics and Mobile Dev&Design.
  • Ron Bishop is President and Founder of Bishop & Associates, Inc, the world's leading market research firm focusing on the connector industry. The firm conducts research on connector technology, and publishes reports on the size of the industry by geographic region, market sector and product type.
  • As Vice President of Worldwide Strategic Marketing at Texas Instruments, Mark Denissen brings over 25 years of TI experience to the job of improving the company’s capabilities to exceed customer expectations at a systems level across the breadth of TI’s product offering. He is also active in identifying new technologies, systems and markets for all of TI’s businesses.
  • Stephen F. Douglas, CSP, ARM, is Risk Control Director of CNA Technology, which provides insurance and risk control solutions to businesses in information technology and internet services, telecommunications, and electronic component and hardware manufacturing. Mr. Douglas has a background as a production engineer in electronics manufacturing and has worked in Risk Control for eleven years.
  • Lloyd Kaplan is a long-time electronics industry veteran and Chief Operating Officer for iSuppli Corporation. The company monitors the status of the industry value chain and tracks industry performance to provide accurate forecast information. He is responsible for building the iSuppli global brand, heading an industry leading Account Management team, and developing partnerships and strategic alliances.
  • Paul Kasriel joined the economic research unit of The Northern Trust Company in 1986 as Vice President and Economist, then named Senior Vice President and Director of Economic Research in 2000. The accuracy of the Economic Research Department’s forecasts is consistently highly-ranked in the Blue Chip survey of about 50 forecasters. He is the co-author of Seven Indicators That Move Markets.
  • John Kern is Vice President, Product Operations for Cisco’s Customer Value Chain Management (CVCM) organization. He manages a team of over 700 individuals globally and is responsible for new product introduction and product lifecycle management across the full spectrum of Cisco product.
  • Paul Miller is CEO of Techinsights, the global division of UBM focused on the electronics design marketplace. He brings over 23 years of global electronics media experience to the role. He was recently honored by a BtoB Magazine as a top innovator in the online area and was named as one of the top 25 digital executives in the media industry by Mins Magazine in 2007.
  • Russ Pratt of Reed Business Information is the Group Publisher for EDN Worldwide, Test & Measurement World and Design News Worldwide. He is responsible for the franchise’s international multimedia platform. Mr. Pratt has over 28 years of sales and media management experience.
  • Ann Rhoades is a dynamic and visionary Human Resources Executive with over 25 years experience in a variety of industries. She is President of People Ink, her Human Resources consulting company. Ms. Rhoades has held the position of Vice President of the People Department for Southwest Airlines and Executive Vice President of Team Services for Promus Hotel Corporation and most recently, the Executive Vice President of People for JetBlue Airways where she remains as a Board Member. 
  • Sam Sebastian is responsible for leading Google's B2B and Local Markets direct sales organizations.  His B2B Markets team is responsible for helping manufacturers, distributors, service providers and publishers connect with their target audience around the globe to generate leads, drive sales and build brands.
  • Jure Sola is the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Sanmina-SCI, a leading EMS provider. Sanmina maintains a focus on delivering complete end-to-end manufacturing capabilities and highly complex solutions to technology companies around the world.
  • Dr. Zandman founded Vishay Intertechnology in 1962. Under his leadership, the company has become a leading global manufacturer of passive electronic components and semiconductor components.


































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