12.00pm to 1.00pm
A panel of four technology experts will answer your questions in a special “Q & A Question Time” session from 12.00pm to 12.45pm. Moderated by a Question Master, we are asking you to submit your question in advance of the conference via “Call for Questions”.
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Technology Panel
Frank Chao
Vice President & General Manager, EMC Documentum Products, EMC Software
 Frank is responsible for the Enterprise Content Management products organisation of EMC Software, working closely with Balaji Yelamanchili. His responsibilities include overall product strategy, product management, product marketing, program management, engineering, quality assurance and technical documentation. He is also responsible for the system planning and management organisation which includes globalisation, product management operations and customer deployment programs.
Frank previously served as vice president and general manager of the platform and tools product business unit at Documentum before the company was acquired by EMC in 2003. He joined Documentum in 1995 and has led the worldwide product development organisation across all product business units to ensure world class methodologies.
Prior to Documentum, Frank held senior engineering management positions within Xerox Engineering Systems where he was responsible for embedded software development for Xerox's color laser and Engineering plotter product lines. Prior to Xerox, Frank was the engineering director for DuPont Design Technologies. Frank led the software development team to develop a revolutionary commercial colour publishing software system for commercial printers.
Frank earned an MBA and BS in electrical engineering and computer science from Santa Clara University.
Howard Shao
Founder of Documentum, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, EMC Software
Howard actively participates in setting the strategic and technical direction for EMC's enterprise content management business. He works with EMC colleagues to help global organisations understand Information Lifecycle Management, by bringing the line-of-business understanding of ECM to storage infrastructure management.
Howard founded Documentum in 1990 with a vision of uniting the world through content. 14 years and 13 million lines of code later, Howard has contributed greatly to the company's leadership position in the enterprise content management market.
As founder, Howard was involved in most aspects of Documentum's early development, including day-to-day operations, funding and product development, in addition to hiring the management team. The company was acquired by EMC in 2003 after successfully going public in 1996.
Howard has more than 25 years of experience in engineering and development of mission-critical software and systems. Prior to founding Documentum, he worked for Ingres Corporation as director of product development. Before Ingres, he was at At Transaction Technology Inc./Citicorp as department manager for Data Base Processor.
A passionate technologist, Howard currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Regulatory Information Technology Consortium (RITC) and e2020 Technology Inc. He received his BS in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MBA from Pepperdine University.
Whitney Tidmarsh
Vice President, Content Management Marketing and Solutions, EMC Software
Whitney is responsible for marketing strategy, planning and execution of EMC's enterprise content management efforts. She also runs content management and storage management solutions teams for all of EMC Software.
Whitney joined Documentum in 1995 and was previously vice president and general manager of the company's Enterprise Document Management and Web Content Management business before the company was acquired by EMC in 2003.
In her prior role as VP of product marketing, she was responsible for the company's global product marketing efforts, including industry marketing, pricing, business analysis, industry analyst relations, and competitive intelligence.
Before joining Documentum, Whitney spent four years in a variety of technical roles at Sybase and prior to that, she held engineering and product management positions at Oracle.
Whitney received her BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. She was named one of "40 under 40 Executives" in East Bay Business Times in 2003.
Balaji Yelamanchili
Vice President & General Manager, EMC Documentum Products, EMC Software
Balaji is the vice president and co-general manager responsible for the Enterprise Content Management products organisation of the EMC software group. Together with Frank Chao, Balaji leads worldwide product operations for enterprise content management and collaboration offerings.
His responsibilities include overall product strategy, product management, product marketing, program management, engineering, quality assurance and technical documentation. He is also responsible for the system planning and management organisation which includes globalisation, product management operations and customer deployment programs.
Balaji was previously vice president and general manager of Collaboration Products at Documentum where he was responsible for product strategy, development, and marketing efforts of the company's best-in-class collaboration products, before the company was acquired by EMC in 2003. Balaji also served as vice president of products for Documentum and drove the overall management of the company's products, with responsibility for product management, technical marketing, and product business development for all of company's product lines.
Balaji has more than 18 years of development, marketing and management experience in the software industry. He has strong background and work experience in IT eco systems and related products and technologies. Prior to joining Documentum, he served in senior product management and market development roles at Rational Software Corporation, managing Rational's industry-leading software configuration and change management product lines. Before Rational, Balaji worked at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Corp. in a variety of development, marketing and business development areas.
He received his MS in Engineering and MBA from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Question Time Moderator : David Gingell
Vice President Marketing,
Europe,
Middle East & Africa, EMC Software
David is responsible for EMEA marketing activity for the EMC Software Group. As the driving force behind a 20-strong team, David's role is to promote the company's information and content management capabilities across the region. He is widely quoted in the media and is a regular speaker at industry conferences and seminars.
Prior to the acquisition of Documentum by EMC in 2003, David served as VP and marketing director of Documentum EMEA, where he was responsible for marketing the Documentum product portfolio across the EMEA region. Prior to that he directed global marketing for the financial services sector.
David joined the company in 1995 and ran the partner channel across Europe where he was responsible for indirect sales channels including VARs, distributors and systems integrators.
David's 20-year career in the technology industry spans marketing and sales positions at Oracle; pre-sales management at Ingres, and pre-sales and technical roles at Unisys. David began his career at ICL as a
graduate trainee and holds an MBA from Henley Management College and a BSc from the University of Swansea, Wales.
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