Speaker Bios

(B.A. psychology, Case Western Reserve University) is a graduate student in Art Education at Case Western Reserve University. He is also the Creative Director forthe University's New Media Studio. A specialist in photography and computer graphics, he teaches workshops in digital media, Director, and Flash, manages the creative and technical aspects of the Studio's CD and DVD production, oversees the operation of several virtual environments, authors training materials and articles for the popular press, and presents on the use of technology in instruction.

Technical Evangelist, Education Standards and Solutions Team. John is responsible for technology strategies and developing prescriptive architecture guidance for .Net in Education. .NET solves the integration problem using XML Web services and promises easier integration within and between organizations and institutions, while creating opportunities to more meaningfully connect with faculty, staff and students. John's architecture work in higher education is intended to support Microsoft's vision for using web services and distributed computing in education. It also informs educators and administrators on Microsoft's support for software and platform integration including handheld devices. John acts as the liaison between the Education Solutions Team and Microsoft Research and works with this team in emerging uses of technology in education including mobility solutions.

Dr. Jason Chao graduated from Northwestern University Medical School, completed a Family Practice residency at University of Iowa, and a Faculty Development Fellowship at CWRU. He is currently Associate Professor of Family Medicine at CWRU. He is the Department Predoctoral Education director, and co-clerkship director for a required 4 week Family Medicine clerkship in the third year. In addition, he is the Year 1-2 Curriculum Director for the CWRU Primary Care Track Program. He is interested in the use of computers and technology for clinicians and for medical education.

Serves as the Chief Strategist of Peesh. As Chief Strategist, Mr. Chopra is responsible for directing the technical development strategies and guiding the overall vision of the company. Prior to his involvement with Peesh, Mr. Chopra was involved as the Chief Architect in research and development projects at California State University. These projects included enterprise portals, wireless campus networks, video-over-IP, and voice-over-IP. Prior to is work at CalState, Mr. Chopra spun out a higher education enterprise portal company from Columbia University and served as its Chairman and Chief Strategist. Under Mr. Chopra's guidance, the venture successfully raised 3 rounds of equity financing. As Chief Strategist, Mr. Chopra's responsibilities included design and implementation of web-based and wireless intranet portals and wireless infrastructure for colleges and universities. Mr. Chopra was also responsible for directing product development strategies and guiding the overall vision of the company. Mr. Chopra also serves on the Board of Directors of the Higher Education Knowledge and Technology Exchange (HEKATE), a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote the creative integration of emerging technologies and active-learning practices. Its members are individuals and organizations in technology, pedagogy, publishing, research, and education services, who are inspired by the possibilities of creating scalable, cross-national learning communities. Mr. Chopra majored in Economics and Theology while at Columbia University.

Ed Cloutier is the Chief Information Officer and Director of Learning Technologies at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. He is responsible for all information systems, multimedia and distance education facilities of the school, which serves 1,000 on-campus business students and over 250 executive MBA candidates across Canada.
Several of the key learning resources that have been established in the past 6 years include:

• A fully personalized web-based Student Information System which delivers educational materials, teaching supplements, student schedules, course selection voting tools, eMail address books, research material access and social information to each student via a personal "web portal" that is unique to each student.
• A school-wide Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to enable anytime, just-in-time access to all student learning technologies from any location within the school.
• An innovative Wireless Network Control System that is customized for every faculty and students so that exam-writing is secure and faculty teaching styles are not disrupted by unwanted technology at key times.
• A videoconferencing network of dedicated studios in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and London for real-time, fully interactive "virtual classroom" experiences to support Ivey's Executive MBA curriculum.
• Prior to joining Ivey, Ed spent 10 years in the computer software and networking industry with Banyan Systems Inc (Westboro, MASS) where he held the positions of National Sales Manager, Director of Operations for Canada and Latin America and Vice President of Marketing. He has also been a member of the IT Departments of Royal insurance and C-I-L Inc.

Ed holds an undergraduate degree in Math and Modern History from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Ontario. He presently lives in London Ontario with his wife and 2 sons, who continuously challenge his need to "stay current" with technology.

David A. Deas is Vice President - Wireless Networks & Technology Development for SBC Technology Resources, Inc. (TRI). TRI is SBC’s corporate R&D organization headquartered in Austin, Texas. Deas is responsible for a team of engineers evaluating, testing and prototyping leading edge wireless networks, speech technologies, Internet services, and is the primary contact for standards management within SBC. Additionally, Deas manages a Human Factors laboratory addressing user interface designs for IVR, Web and Speech based applications for SBC’s Customer Care Centers.

Deas was a founding member of SBC’s corporate technology organization, TRI. He has supported SBC’s international and domestic acquisitions involving CATV, telecom, and wireless businesses. While part of SBC’s Strategic Planning organization, Deas developed the corporate entertainment strategy and participated in SBC’s fiber to the home trials. In the role of Vice President - Wireless Networks and Technology Development he structured business relationship between TRI and Cingular Wireless providing leading edge technical support for Cingular’s 3G migration. Additionally, Deas supports SBC business units in matters related to wireless, IP services design, speech recognition applications and Human Factors analysis. Deas began his career with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1975, where he held various positions within the network, corporate development and planning organizations.

Deas holds a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas - Arlington and a Master's of science degree in engineering management from Southern Methodist University – Dallas.

Dr. Thomas Gaylord has been a leader in information technology, information systems, and eLearning innovation in higher education, government, and the private sector for over 25 years.  As the current Vice President and CIO at The University of Akron, Tom has guided key implementations of advanced technologies that have cast UA as a national model in the use of wireless and wireless enabled devices, VoIP, academic enterprise system development, ERP project management, technology ROI assessment, IT strategic and contextual planning, and public-private sector technology collaborations.

Securing partnerships with best-of-breed technology companies such as CISCO, IBM, PeopleSoft, and WebCT, he transformed The University of Akron (UA) into an IT leader in the State of Ohio. As a technology visionary, Tom has spearheaded shared services models with other universities and local governmental agencies to speed up technology rollouts and enhance returns on investment.

Under his guidance, UA was the first major public university in the U.S. to design and implement an end-to-end 802.11b wireless umbrella in conjunction with its deployment of a GigabitIP network in 2000.  In 2003, UA became the first university in Ohio to implement a 10 GigabitIP network.  Partnering with CISCO, UA has been a test bed for 802.11 Linux drivers, AP site survey and placement assessment software, new wireless security software, and mixed antenna array architectures.

Prior to joining UA, Tom worked at major research institutions including the University of Florida, Arizona State University, the Technical University of British Columbia, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.  He has also worked with state coordinating commissions, Canadian provincial and higher education organizations, and private sector enterprises.  Because of his broad and varied background, Tom brings a blend of grassroots experiences to discussions on technology futures and how higher education can both shape and take advantage of them.

Tom s experience and expertise has made him a much-sought consultant for a range of technology initiatives including:

• Board of Visitors for the Ohio Supercomputing Center
• PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) SIG Board (International) Co-Chair
• Education sector representative on the PeopleSoft Balanced ScoreCard Advisory Board.
• IBM North American education representative on the ThinkPad and NetVista Customer Advisory Council
• WebCT s Product Advisory Group
• The Burton Group
• Marcus Evans
• Stats Canada
• Human Resources Development Canada
• British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General
• British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education
• BC Centre for Education Information Standards and Services
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  (Western Research Network on Education and Training)
• Ohio Board of Regents Performance Measures Committee
• Ohio Supercomputing Center
• The City of Akron, Ohio, Mayor s Technology Task Force
• The City of Cleveland, Ohio, ERP assessment team
• NORTECH
• CISCO Thought Leaders

He has presented over two hundred papers and served as keynote speaker at both national and international forums including:

• AERA Annual Meeting
• Wireless Enterprise Summit
• Enterprise Wireless Forum
• Association for Institutional Research
• PeopleSoft Higher Education SIG Conference
• Trends in Higher Education Seminar
• ACT Strategic Enrollment Management Conference
• Society for Applied Learning Technology
• Intech Conference & Expo
• Internet2 Member Meeting
• Marcus Evans Data Management Summit
• EduCAUSE Conference
• WebCT National Conference
• ThinkTank
• WebCT International Conference
• No Strings Attached Conference
• Ready2Net National Satellite Broadcast/Webcast
• Enterprise Wireless Summit

Tom received his Ph.D. (HED administration) and Masters (Physics) from the University of Florida and is a graduate of Harvard's Management Development Certification Program.

Lev Gonick has been teaching, working, and living on the Net since 1987 and today is Vice President for Information Services and Chief Information Officer at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio (CWRU). CWRU is one of the nation's leading independent research universities, with programs that are marked by distinction in health sciences, law, management, engineering, social work, and arts and sciences. CWRU's technology infrastructure and reputation for innovation and cutting-edge applications is recognized across the country and around the world.

Kenneth C. Green is the founding director of The Campus Computing Project, the largest continuing study of the role of information technology in US colleges and universities. The project is widely cited by campus officials as the definitive source for information about information technology issues affecting American higher education. Green is also visiting scholar at School of Educational Studies of The Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California.

Green is the author/co-author or editor of a dozen books and published research reports and more than three dozen articles that have appeared in academic journals and professional publications. He is often quoted on higher education, information technology, and labor market issues in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and in other print and broadcast media. He writes a monthly column for The Greentree Gazette (www.greentreegazelle.com); his DIGITAL TWEED column now appears monthly in Syllabus Magazine (www.syllabus.com).
Dr. Green is an invited speaker at some two dozen academic conferences and professional meetings each year. The co-creator and on-air host of the award-winning Ready2Net programs, (www.ready2net.net), he is now the co-creator and on-air co-host of the new Ahead of the Curve series (www.curveahead.net), developed with Lev Gonick, CIO at Case Western Reserve University.

In 2002 Green received the EDUCAUSE Award for Leadership in Public Policy and Practice. The award cites his work in creating The Campus Computing Project and recognizes his "prominence in the arena of national and international technology agendas, and the linking of higher education to those agendas.

Jeff is currently Chief IT Architect for Information Services at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). Prior to becoming Chief IT Architect he was Director of Engineering for CWRUnet Services and was responsible for the design, implementation and operation of the campus communications network. Jeff has a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Computer Science from CWRU.

Angel Hernandez recently joined Purdue's ITaP division as the manager for Learning Spaces Development-- under the direction of Instructional Computing Services (www.purdue.edu/itap). After receiving his Master's degree in Instructional Technology in 1994 (iit.bloomu.edu), he has performed several roles related to the development of training, learning and multimedia modules... for both academia and the corporate sector. As a Performance Technologist for Unisys Corporation, he designed, developed and delivered performance improvement, marketing and sales training tools at the headquarters in Blue Bell, PA. After joining Penn State University, he later became the Director of Instructional Design and Development for The Smeal College of Business Administration. Here he led development efforts for on-line coursework and e-business initiatives for the college. At Strategic Management Group, Inc., his Project Management role led the conversion of simulation-based executive education courses as well as the design of a change management process.

Andrew Jones is a senior undergraduate student in the B.S. Electrical Engineering program at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to being a full time student, Andrew is the Apple Computer Campus Representative for CWRU and the president of the Macintosh User Group at CWRU.

Andrew has been working with Bluetooth technology for over a year for his senior project within the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at CWRU. The project involves integrating Bluetooth communication onto a Motorola 68HC12 microcontroller board used to control a LEGO robot.

Additional experience in hardware and software design has been gained through several internships and co-ops with Hewlett Packard , Lucidyne Technologies, Inc., and Keithley Instruments, Inc.

Anne Keough Keehn is president and founder of Quantum Insights, an executive technology and leadership consulting practice serving the higher education, commercial and investment communities. Ms. Keehn most recently served as senior vice president of strategy, business development, and marketing for Systems & Computer Technology (SCT). She has a widely accomplished and distinguished sales and marketing background in the software solutions, Internet, telecommunications, and higher education industries. Through her leadership at SCT, the company successfully executed three acquisitions, a new strategic vision and established SCT as the only vendor in higher education that delivers the e-Education Infrastructure. Prior to SCT, Ms. Keehn was executive vice president of worldwide sales, market development, and client relations for Blackboard, where she built a worldwide sales force as well as business development and CRM divisions for Blackboard’s e-Learning products and services in the higher education, K-12, and business-to-business teaching and learning markets.

With more than 22 years of experience in the high-tech industry, about half of which has been in higher education and public sector, Ms. Keehn has a proven record in building and managing direct and indirect sales forces and in cultivating marketing and strategic business plans and alliances. Throughout her career, Ms. Keehn has been recognized for her strategic thinking and her ability to spot trends and emerging markets. Before joining Blackboard, Ms. Keehn successfully built and ran PeopleSoft’s team of sales, support, and marketing professionals for the Education & Government Industry Business Unit (IBU), which was PeopleSoft’s first and most profitable IBU in the company. Prior to PeopleSoft, Ms. Keehn held key sales and marketing management positions in the higher education, commercial, and government markets with Datatel Inc., one of the leading providers of administrative software applications (ERP) to the higher education market; and at Fujitsu, a telecommunications company. She was one of the early pioneers in sales and marketing pre-divestiture of the telecommunications industry in such companies as Allnet Communications, and Cable and Wireless. Early in her career, Ms. Keehn was director of development and public information at Prescott College in Arizona.

Ms. Keehn has been invited to speak about leadership, education and the Internet at many conferences both domestically and internationally in locations such as Beijing, Tokyo, Barcelona, Vienna, London, and Vancouver. She sits on several boards such as the Advisory Board for Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, The Technology Source editorial board and the boards of several emerging technology companies as well philanthropic organizations. Most recently, Ms. Keehn has been a co-host of the national broadcast program “A Head Of The Curve” which focuses on technology, leadership and the future of education. She holds a B.S. in English from Towson University and has attended many post-graduate executive business programs.

Arlene Krebs has been working in elearning, telecommunications and the new media for over 22 years. She has worked on national and international projects with K-12 and higher education, government agencies, non-profits and industry. Her experience includes responsibility for strategic planning, specialized research, project evaluation, educational programming, distribution, funding and marketing strategies. She has been involved in numerous distance learning projects, and has evaluated satellite, two-way interactive videoconferencing, and Internet-based applications. Since 1982, she has served as the Executive Producer on over 50 national and international videoconferences—including the award-winning Ready2Net series.

Over the past three years, Arlene has been working as Director of Technology Development at CSU, Monterey Bay. She is responsible for working with education leaders and industry to develop core technology-related projects. Arlene will serve as the Director for the National Center on the Use of Wireless Technology in Education and Industry.

Arlene is the author of the nationally acclaimed, Distance Learning Funding $ourcebook: A Guide to Foundation, Government, and Corporate Support for Telecommunications and the New Media (4th edition). She is a contributing writer for Converge magazine; has written numerous articles for education and industry periodicals; and speaks at industry and academic conferences here and abroad on educational technologies and telecommunications.

Arlene serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Distance Learning Association (USDLA). She recently served on the Advisory Board for Educating Everyone, a nonprofit foundation involved in distributed learning over Direct Broadcast Satellites (DBS). She was on the Executive Board of Directors of the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) as its Vice-President of Education for 10 years.

Mike Lorion joined Palm in 2002 after spending nearly 12 years at Apple Computer, where he distinguished himself in both retail and education arenas of the personal computer industry. For the past 5 years, Mike served as vice president of the Apple Education Division. Mike is in his 24th year in the computer and, prior to joining Apple, held positions as a manager for Digital Equipment Corporation and Data General in Massachusetts. Mike is an alumnus of Springfield College in Springfield Mass. He is a trustee of the National School Boards Foundation and served on the board of directors of Smart Valley, Inc.

Kalle Lyytinen is a professor at Case Western Reserve University in Information Systems and an adjunct professor at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. He serves currently on the editorial boards of several leading IS journals including Information Systems Research, EJIS, JSIS, Information and Organization, Requirements Engineering Journal and Information Systems Journal. He has published over 70 articles and edited or written eight books. He edited a special issue on pervasive computing for Communications of the ACM and published an article on the research challenges related to pervasive applications. His research interests include information systems theories, system design, system failures, risk assessment, computer supported cooperative work, nomadic computing and the diffusion of complex technologies.

Kevin Mamajek is an Education Systems Engineer with Palm, Inc. Kevin brings a wide range of skills to this position through years of experience in the technology and educational fields. Prior to joining Palm, Kevin was employed by Apple Computer as a Senior Consulting Engineer with the Education division for nine years. Kevin earned a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Heidelberg College in 1988.

FAAMA Director, Information Systems - Student Educational Services and PDA Program, Adjunct Instructor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine and Public Health, Dr. McKenney has been involved with computer technology for over 19 years. His doctoral training is in management information systems. This complemented his graduate work in community health planning and administration with a computerization and CQI emphasis in the healthcare setting. It was following completion of his residency at The Ohio State University Health Service and various clinical fields, Dr. McKenney achieved fellow status in the American Academy of Medical Administrators. He has lectured and written articles particularly in the area of information systems and evolving technologies. Received grant awards have been in the area of extending computerization into the medical and public health educational arenas and the development of educational modules for usage via the PDA. In his current position, he is responsible for coordinating the handheld/PDA initiative in addition to management of services related to technical planning, remote access, web page/intranet development, customer technical support/programs (including training), database development, and computer-assisted initiatives, including classroom support technologies at the medical school.