About Jeremy Geelan
Jeremy Geelan is Sr. Vice-President of SYS-CON Media & Events. He is Conference Chair of the all-new International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series, of the International Virtualization Conference & Expo series, of AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo series, and of the long-running SOAWorld Conference & Expo series. He's founder of Cloud Computing Journal, Web 2.0 Journal, AJAX & RIA Journal and other leading SYS-CON titles. From 2000-6, as first editorial director and then group publisher of SYS-CON Media, he was responsible for the development of all new titles and i-Technology portals for the firm, and regularly represents SYS-CON at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences both in North America and overseas. He is executive producer and presenter of "Power Panels with Jeremy Geelan" on SYS-CON.TV.

About Thom Robbins
Thom Robbins is a senior technology specialist with Microsoft. He is a frequent contributor to various magazines, including .NET Developer's Journal and SOA Web Services Journal. Thom is also a frequent speaker at a variety of events that include VS Live and others. When he's not writing code and helping customers, he spends his time with his wife at their home in New Hampshire.

About Eric Newcomer
Eric Newcomer is Chief Technology Officer at IONA, in which role he is responsible for directing and communicating IONA's technology roadmap, as well as its product strategy as it relates to standards adoption, architecture, and product design. He leads IONA's participation in all standardization activities, and has been involved in Web services standardization activities from the beginning.

About Alan Boucher
Alan Boucher is a Sr. Solutions Architect with Intel Corporation and has been with the company for 17 years. He is primarily responsible for designing and driving development of distributed, client-server software architectures for the Healthcare, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Energy, O&G and Mobile/Wireless sectors. Alan is a key contributor to the cross-architecture work supporting Intel's new Mobilized Software Initiative. He has also written over 25 solution architecture blueprints covering the healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, energy, retail, security and digital media sectors. Alan joined Intel in 1987 and holds a degree in Electro-Mechanical Design. He also has multiple certifications in networking configuration / hardware design and software development (Intel, Novell and Microsoft).