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Beth Gold-Bernstein is a recognized expert in e-business integration technologies and technical architectures. She has worked with financial institutions, retail chains and manufacturers on planning, designing and implementing large scale distributed systems. Gold-Bernstein has also written numerous articles for a variety of publications, including EAI Journal, Application Development Trends, Intelligent Enterprise, IMWA and Middleware Spectre. She has been a judge of Information Week's e-100 awards and the Real Awards for Enterprise Integration Solution, and speaks nationally and internationally at conferences and seminars.

Prior to joining ebizQ, Gold-Bernstein was the director of business integration technologies at Hurwitz Group. Previously, she was president of IllumiSys Corp. and director of architecture planning and implementation advisory services for DeBoever Architectures.

Gold-Bernstein holds a B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton and an M.S. in computer information systems from Bentley College. She was also the founder and director of the Boston Computer Society Client/Server Group. Her book, Designing Enterprise Client/Server Systems, was published by Prentice Hall in August 1997. She can be reached at bethgb@ebizQ.net.

Guy Weismantel is currently the Senior Director of Corporate Marketing at Business Objects, the leading provider of business intelligence software. His responsibilities include marketing of the company’s enterprise performance management products and strategy. Prior to joining Business Objects, Mr. Weismantel was the Vice President and General Manager of The Vista Technology Group, a leading provider of CRM solutions to the Retail and CPG markets. Prior to joining Vista, he held leadership positions in both Baxter Healthcare, and its subsequent spin-off of Caremark International, where he was the Manager of Corporate Finance in the company’s internal audit department.

Rob Risany is Director of Product Marketing for Savvion. He is responsible for setting the direction and positioning of Savvion's products and services so that they meet customer requirements. Mr. Risany brings more than 10 years experience in software marketing including business process management, business intelligence, enterprise integration, and operational support systems. Prior to Savvion, Mr. Risany helped launch Orb Networks and AIM Technology in the United States, delivering marketing strategies and tactics which led to double-digit year-on-year growth for both companies.

Michael Corcoran is vice president and chief communications officer for Information Builders. With more than 15 years' experience in the software industry, he is responsible for working with the executive management team to develop and communicate corporate and product strategy.

Joe McKendrick, ebizQ's BI in Action Blogger, is a nationally published author and consultant with deep knowledge and insights regarding trends and developments in the technology industry. He is a contributing editor to a number of national and international publications and Websites including Database Trends & Applications, ZDNet, and Webservices.Org. He also serves as analyst for Evans Data Corp., and is lead analyst for Evans' Web services and enterprise development management issues surveys.