Keynotes

• Pat Cicala
• President & CEO
• Cicala & Associates
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  Patricia M. Cicala, has served as President and CEO of Cicala & Associates, LLC for 7 years. Cicala & Associates is a premier IT research and services firm that has served over 125 Fortune 1000 clients during its tenure. Ms. Cicala has over 20 years of experience in the management of technology, with expertise in the areas of IT asset management, procurement, contracts, and strategic technology workplace development. Prior to forming Cicala & Associates, Ms. Cicala was the Vice President and Worldwide Practice Leader for Asset Management and Procurement at Gartner Group, Inc. the leading technology research authority.

• Ron Insana
• Former Managing Director of Insana Capital Partners
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  Ron Insana was until recently, the founder and Managing Director of Insana Capital Partners and a former contributor to CNBC, the world's leading business and financial news network, brings more than two decades of financial market experience as a journalist covering global economics, financial markets and political policy. He is now employed directly in the hedge fund industry. Mr. Insana joined CNBC in 1991 as a regular contributor to various television and radio programs produced by CNBC and its affiliates. Prior to CNBC, Mr. Insana worked as Managing Editor and Senior Anchor for the Financial News Network. Mr. Insana has written three books about Wall Street. He graduated with honors from California State University at Northridge.

• Rich Karlgaard
• Publisher
• Forbes Magazine
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  Rich Karlgaard is the publisher of Forbes, the world's most popular business and financial magazine. In his column "Digital Rules," Rich writes about technology, entrepreneurship, economical development, and the future of business. Rich joined Forbes in 1992 to start Forbes ASAP, a technology magazine, where he commissioned original works by Tom Wolfe, John Updike and other notable American writers. Rich co-founded Garage Technology Ventures in 1997, Upside Magazine in 1988, and the 5,500-member Churchill Club in 1985. He also is the author of the book, Life 2.0 How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness.

• Heather Meeker
• Co-Managing Shareholder
• Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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  Heather Meeker is the chair of the IP/IT licensing and transactions group at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, and specializes in drafting and negotiating intellectual property transactions for software and other technology clients. She serves as the chair of the Open Source committee of the ABA's Science and Technology Law Section, is an Adviser to the Principles of the Law of Software Contracts project of the American Law Institute, and in 2005 was selected by the Daily Journal as one of the top 30 intellectual property lawyers in California. Her book The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities was published by Wiley & Sons in February, 2008.

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