FORUM 2001 SPEAKER LIST

Tony Barra, President, Barra Consulting

Tony has an MBA from the University of Michigan, where he graduated with high distinction and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from General Motors Institute.

Antony Beswick, Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Valence Semiconductor

Jonathan Blitt, President, ITT Industries, NS&S - Americas

Mr. Blitt has over 15 years of experience in the telecommunications and network infrastructure industries. He previously served as president of Allied Global, an international wholesale telecommunications company, where he was charged with developing relationships with PTTs and converging Allied's switch-based network to an IP-based network.

Mr. Blitt has extensive prior experience in infrastructure sales, operations, and network planning through his work for Enron Communications, Metropolitan Fiber Systems, MCI Worldcom, and AT&T. He led the design of WAN network elements and physical layer topology for a number of Fortune 100 companies and was integrally involved with the strategic planning of a large backbone network in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Blitt has also planned and designed collocation/datacenters.

Mr. Blitt currently sits on numerous boards of directors and is an accomplished speaker and presenter. He has been interviewed by top tier media outlets such as the New York Times, Forbes Magazine, and Bloomberg, and has spoken at large industry tradeshows such as SUPERnet. Mr. Blitt is also integrally involved in the United Nations IT conference series where he recently spoke at Global InfoSec.

Bridget Bisnett, Sr. Manager, Alliance Development, Cisco Systems

As an employee for just under five years at Cisco Systems, her background includes a wide range of activities related to the development of channels. This includes the development of channel strategy, channel development programs, certification, training, and channel marketing. In her current role she is responsible for various business development initiatives intended to drive the availability of high-speed access for the mobile professional at home and on the move in public areas such as hotels, airports, and conference centers. Additionally, it includes a focus on channel development activities for the emerging home networking market. Bridget chairs the Channel Development work group within the Internet Home Alliance and is championing their effort in the area of certification.

Bill Carney, Director of Business Development, Wireless Networking Business, Texas Instrument's Broadband Communications Group

Wayne Caswell, HomeRF Marketing Manager, Siemens ICM

Wayne is also a veteran of the industry. He retired from IBM after 30 years, while acting as the marketing chairman of the HomeRF Working Group. After consulting for a year and writing the market research report Information Appliances and Pervasive Net Access, which is available from Parks Associates, Wayne went back to work for Siemens ICM and the HomeRF Working Group. As the HomeRF marketing manager at Siemens, he is helping the Company develop home networking strategies and apply its cordless telephone technology to the HomeRF standard, thus enabling the integration of data and voice applications.

Wayne is currently working with the HomeRF Working Group as its communications chairman just as the HomeRF 2.0 spec is released and second-generation HomeRF products show up in retail channels with faster speeds (to 10 Mbps), voice support (up to 8 lines), and multimedia streaming (for digital music and TV).

Wayne is a frequent speaker on home networking topics and the author of a monthly column on HomeToys.com. He can be reached at wayne.caswell@icm.siemens.com.

Tim Collins, Director, Product Management, Ucentric Systems

Collins joins Ucentric from myteam.com, Inc., an Internet direct marketing company for the amateur sports marketplace. Prior to that, he worked for several years in the speech technology market in product management and marketing rolls at Voice Control Systems, formerly PureSpeech. Collins began his career at Symmetrix, a business re-engineering and information technology consulting firm, where he worked on projects for DuPont, CIGNA, and Fleet Bank, among others.

Collins received his bachelor's degree in management science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.).

Bill Diamond, President, Xanboo

Jim Gariepy, Vice President, Information Systems and Technologies, DTE Energy Technologies

Jim's 18 years of customer service experience and his technology background provides a significant contribution to DTE Energy Technologies' success. He is experienced in remote data acquisition, data warehousing, and Web-based data presentation. Jim also managed the Intelligent Link Project, a Detroit Edison pilot for bringing energy management and facility control to residential and commercial customers.

Prior to joining DTE Energy Technologies, Mr. Gariepy was director, market development at Detroit Edison Co., where his duties included identifying and commercializing leading-edge proprietary technologies for energy intensive processes.

Mr. Gariepy has a BSBA specializing in marketing and finance from Marquette University and an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago.

Duane Gauger, CBD Future Home Innovation, The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company

Duane has 27 years of experience with P&G. He has held a variety of positions in P&G's Sales and IT functions. In his career, he has pioneered new ways of using technology to empower P&Gers to do more, do it faster, and do it easier. He created P&G's first intranet site, started P&G's Consumer Direct team, and was a co-founder of the Future Home Lab.

P&G markets approximately 300 brands to nearly five billion consumers in over 140 countries. These brands include Tide, Ariel, Crest, Pantene Pro-V, Always, Whisper, Bounty, Pampers, Oil of Olay, and Vicks. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, P&G has on the ground operations in over 70 countries and employs more than 110,000 people worldwide.

Rick Hatton, Vice President, Marketing, Garuda Networks

Steve Hawley, Contributing Analyst

In addition, Mr. Hawley has delivered over twenty interactive television, video, multimedia communications, Internet, and software products to the market, while serving in leadership and product team roles for some of the world's top technology companies. Many of these products were or are the first of their kind, some of them being highly complex integrated systems from multiple technology-bases and suppliers.

Mr. Hawley has a BS in business administration from the University of Connecticut and over 20 years' hands-on experience in the "convergence" industry. He is founder of Advanced Media Strategies, a consulting practice in Issaquah, WA, and may be reached at steve@tvstrategies.com.

Lou Hughes, President, CEO, and Co-founder, Simple Devices

Previously, Lou was co-founder of Supplybase, Inc., a provider of web-based supply-chain management software and services. Supplybase was acquired by I2 Technologies in March 2000 for $380 million.

Prior to Supplybase, Inc., Lou founded Enclosures Engineering, a producer of high-volume, high-quality, EMI-shielded plastic computer parts. Lou’s history in the electronics industry includes ten years working for General Electric in a variety of manufacturing, sales, and management positions. During his last three years at GE, Lou managed the GE Plastics Global Business Industry group, with P&L responsibility for major worldwide business equipment accounts including Apple, HP, Sun, and others. He also served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Speck Product Design.

Hughes received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Union College in 1986, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University in 1989, and an M.B.A. from U.C. Irvine in 1993.

Located in Burlingame, California, SimpleDevices has received investments from Motorola, Proxim, and Casio, and is currently in the process of closing its Series B round of funding.

Prior to his current position, Craig held various positions within Intel, with responsibilities including development of Intel's award winning AnyPoint™ Connectivity Software, consumer e-commerce services, home network and broadband product marketing, and IA-64 microprocessor design validation.

Craig holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Seattle University, where he helped to develop the University's first Web site.

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of personal computer, networking, and communications products. In 1971, Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor and sparked a computer revolution that has changed the world. Today, Intel supplies chips, boards, systems, and software to the computing industry, other manufacturers, and PC users worldwide. Information about Intel is available from the Company's site on the World Wide Web at http://www.intel.com.

Diana Hwang, Director of Consumer Strategy, Ucentric Systems

Most recently, Hwang was program manager for mobile research at International Data Corporation (IDC), one of the world’s leading providers of technology intelligence and industry analysis. Here, she focused on driving the market research and business development for the Smart Handheld Devices (SHD) Continuous Information Service, and in addition oversaw content deliverables for mobile computing research. Through selling research products and servicing client inquiries, Hwang tripled the client subscriber base in the SHD program while at IDC. She received several company awards recognizing her efforts.

Prior to IDC, Hwang served as a senior editor at Computer Reseller News. This position allowed her to hone her journalism and research skills by coordinating and writing for the Emerging Technologies section. Hwang also reported on weekly news in the mobile computing industry and contributed articles for several features.

Before working with Computer Reseller News, Hwang served as a staff writer for Digital News. Here, she covered VAX hardware and software in the computer industry while reporting on business and new product stories and contributing to the Executive Q&A section.

Hwang obtained her bachelor’s degree in biology at Tufts University and holds a master’s degree in science journalism from Boston University.

Kuldip Johal, Strategic Business Development Manager, Pace Micro Technology plc

Kuldip's main activity involves working with Pace's broadband customers in understanding what their requirements are and how to ensure support in the next generation of home gateways. Some of the key future technologies being examined at this time include home networking, voice support, and hard disk drive technologies. His role often involves working with operators to make them aware of new technologies and concepts, which sometimes can be quite alien to them.

Before joining Pace, Kuldip worked as engineering manager at General Cable (now part of Telewest) for eight years, working on Digital TV.

Professionally Kuldip represents the Institute of Electronic Engineers (IEE) on the British Standards Institute (BSI) on defining cable standards. He is also a fellow member of the Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers (SCTE) and an ambassador for the US SCTE.

Howard Juul, Vice President, Iowa Network Services (INS)

Prior to joining INS, he was director of operations for Onvoy, Inc. where he was responsible for the planning, engineering, and operations of the Onvoy fiber and switching network. Previous to that, he was with AT&T for 25 years.

Mr. Juul holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. from Rockhurst College.

As vice president of emerging home solutions for Sears, Roebuck and Co., a $40 billion national retailer, Kenney is responsible for guiding the strategic vision of the Sears Connected Home and bringing it to life. In this position, Kenney oversees all major business initiatives related to the Connected Home, including identifying and negotiating key industry partnerships and pinpointing consumer applications for the growing marketplace. As with the Alliance, Kenney focuses on delivering products and services that provide real value to consumers.

During his 25 years with Sears, Kenney has held several positions within the organization, including vice president of strategy and business development for Home Services, vice president of Logistics strategy and vice president of planning and operation services for Sears Logistic Services, Inc. Prior to his current position, Kenney served as vice president of strategy for Services and Online, where he successfully developed and implemented unique strategies for Product Repair, Home Improvements, and Online businesses.

Kenney holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Brown University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago.

Before assuming this role at Microsoft, he was technical evangelist for the Company's Windows embedded platforms and Windows consumer hardware platforms. He was a program manager in graphics and communications for Windows 95, and a program manager in graphics and power management for Windows 3.1.

Mr. Laepple holds a B.S. in computer science from Virginia Tech. He is an experienced speaker at industry events, most recently at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference and at the Embedded Microprocessor Forum.

Kent Larson has practiced architecture in New York City since 1981: in partnership with Peter L. Gluck from 1981 to 1995, and as Kent Larson Architects, PC from 1995 to present. His firm was selected as one of The Architectural Digest's 100 Architects for residential design. His architectural design work as partner-in-charge has been published in Architectural Record, Global Architecture (GA), Progressive Architecture, Architectural Digest, House and Garden, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. He was awarded an AIA Award for the design of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University and was selected as a winner of the American Institute of Architects Florida Headquarters Design Competition of 1980. The 1982 project, Pavilions and Pool at a Mies van der Rohe House in Weston, CT, has been widely published and won numerous awards.

Since 1990, Kent Larson has written for the architectural press on the use of advanced digital tools for architectural design and inquiry. His article, "A Virtual Landmark," published in Progressive Architecture in 1993, was funded by two grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Described as a "stunning act of digital cyber architecture," it was selected by Time Magazine as a "Best Design of the Year" project. Kent Larson's Digital Visualization work has also been featured in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, Progressive Architecture, Architecture Magazine, I.D. (The International Design Magazine), OPEN: Redefining Creativity in the Digital Age, Interior Design, "Interiors: Computers and Design" (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.). He was technology consultant to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles for the exhibition, "At the End of the Century."

Kent Larson's book, Louis I. Kahn: Unbuilt Masterworks (Monacelli Press, October 2000), was selected as one of the ten "Best Books in Architecture, 2000" by the New York Times Review of Books. This material was the focus of a winter 1998 exhibition "Design for the Spirit" and the spring 2000 exhibition "Unbuilt Ruins."

Malmstrom came to BeAtHome from Providence Consulting, where he was the firm's co-owner. His primary focus at Providence was serving as a technology consultant to the energy industry. Earlier in his career, Malmstrom served thirteen years as Sr. Sales Executive and Strategist for industry-leading, Microsoft-Great Plains Business Solutions. Under his leadership Great Plains experienced profound growth, completed a successful Initial Public Offering, and became distinguished as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America. He began his technology career with the IBM Corporation. He currently sits on the Consumer Electronics Association's Home Networking & Information Technology board and has made dozens of media appearances, including the Discovery Channel, HGTV, TechTV, Business 2.0, Fortune magazine and countless others. More information can be learned at www.BeAtHome.com.

As founder and CEO of Middleberg Euro RSCG, Don is responsible for some of the most successful and creative communications programs for clients such as American Express, Consumer Reports, Gartner Inc., IBM, Reuters, Towers Perrin, and United Airlines.

One of the most innovative PR executives and a "guru" on digital public relations, Don was one of the first communications practitioners to recognize and understand the Internet's impact on public relations and to develop new communications practices utilizing the Net. In December he penned the best-selling Winning PR in the Wired World, published by McGraw-Hill. This widely acclaimed book focuses on how PR professionals can create powerful programs that combine traditional and digital media relations.

In addition, Don co-authors with Professor Steven Ross of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Middleberg/Ross Survey of Media in the Wired World, a groundbreaking and highly publicized study of the nation's print and broadcast media.

In 1999 Don's agency was named "Best PR Agency of the Year." Last year, his firm was ranked as the No. 1 Internet PR agency. Today Middleberg Euro RSCG is recognized for its ability to help both leading brands and emerging companies manage technological and cultural change effectively.

A noted lecturer on public relations, Don appears regularly before industry and educational forums. Consistently graded by program directors as among the best speakers in the country, he has addressed The Arthur Page Society, The Public Relations Society of America, The Financial Communications Society, and audiences at New York, Boston and Cornell universities. Don is regularly called upon for commentary by magazines and newspapers, and makes appearances on CNBC, C/Net, CNN and National Public Radio.

Don holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and a Master of Business Administration in marketing.

Mr. Nash has held several technical, marketing, and management positions with Intel since 1990, in the areas of video telephony, PC motherboards, software and standards. Mr. Nash is currently vice president of the Home Automation & Networking Association, is a director of the Home Networking & Information Technology Division of the Consumer Electronics Association, and formerly co-chaired the Marketing Committee of the Universal Plug and Play Forum. Mr. Nash holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Mr. Nash is married, is a proud dad of three 'wired' kids, and is a Boy Scout leader and frustrated musician.

Andre Papaleo, e-Business Expert

Andre's career spans 18 years as an information technology specialist, joining Carrier's Brazilian operations in 1995 as MIS manager. In the end of 1996, Andre was promoted to director information systems for Carrier Brazil. He moved to the U.S. in the end of 1997 as CIO, Carrier Latin American Operations, based in Miami.

In December 1999, Andre became Carrier's worldwide vice-president of e-Business working in the Company's world headquarters in Farmington, Connecticut.

Under Andre, the e-Business leadership focused on six key areas: B2B, B2C, B2E, EBI (e-Business Intelligence), Carrier.com, and Web-enabled products and services.

Working closely with business unit leaders, Andre defined and continued to hone Carrier's e-Business vision, scope, and strategies. This was no small task, as Carrier operates in 171 countries around the world, communicating with a diverse audience of suppliers, shareholders, some 42,000 employees, and millions of customers.

Andre's leadership allowed Carrier unprecedented expansion of its e-Business initiatives supported organic growth, asset velocity, customer and employee satisfaction, and the Company's overall profitability. Some of these accomplishments include:

• Over $1.2 billion in total Carrier revenues are transacted over the Web;
• $100 million savings through Internet-based operations
• 58 percent of total Carrier purchases are Web-enabled;
• More than 8,000 channel partners connected in the U.S. alone; and,
• Surpassed 120 million "hits" on the Company's Internet site, www.carrier.com, two months ahead of plan and a 243 percent increase over total hits for the previous year.

In 2001, Andre brought the Internet to Carrier's vast product portfolio, and he is now dedicated to provide consultancy services on defining and launching products with network value in Europe, Latin America, and in the U.S.

Carrier's recent announcement to Web-enable residential air conditioners to allow remote control and monitoring and its ongoing pilot for Web-based temperature management with electric utilities in the U.S. are notable examples of how traditional "old economy" manufacturers are using the Web to dramatically enhance its value proposition for its customers. This allows Carrier to move beyond simple, remote Web-based control and look for ways in which it can link with other building control systems in an open architecture environment, enabling the Company to gain a greater footprint in facilities maintenance and servicing.

He has broad print and electronic media exposure, most recent events including:

• Recognized in Smart Business magazine's "Smart Business 50," September 2001
• Guest speaker, IBM Global Marketing Conference, New York, June 2001
• Featured in Exame magazine (Brazil) and on Brazilian television, June 2001
• Keynote speaker at Purdue University, Krannert Business School, West Lafayette, IN, May 2001
• Keynote speaker at Northwestern University, Kellogg Business School, Chicago, IL, April 2001
• Panelist, Fast Company magazine's "Fast Talk" roundtable, "Winning In Weird And Wild Times," New York, January 2001
• Keynote speaker, UTC Executive Management Conference, Palm Springs, CA, November 2000

Before joining Carrier, Andre held I/T management positions working for Computer Associates, Bankers Trust, Andreas Stihl, and Dana Corporation in Latin America.

Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Andre is trilingual, fluent in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. He earned an M.B.A. from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University, an M.B.A. from ESC Rouen in France, and has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Pontificia Universidade Catolica, in Brazil.

Mr. Pelley currently manages multiple research projects in the diverse areas of energy and water efficient homes, electric power delivery systems and equipment, monsoon forecasting, fuel cells, canal system automation for water delivery, power quality, water quality, electromagnetic field (EMF) health effects, precipitation estimation using Doppler radar, microturbines, and the dynamic rating of electric equipment. He manages a distributed energy resource study with Sandia National Laboratory and advises on another distributed generation study being performed by SRP for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Mr. Pelley is a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), a consortium of 11 universities performing electric power system research. PSERC is a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center and is administered through Cornell University.

He is also a member of the Technology Delivery Committee for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) where he also serves as a technical advisor to EPRI's EMF Health Assessment research program and to their Emerging Distributed Resources Technologies program.

Mr. Pelley represents SRP as a sponsor of House_n: The MIT Home of the Future.

After serving aboard submarines in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Pelley received a B.S.E. in chemical engineering from Arizona State University.

Before joining National Semiconductor in June 1992, Mr. Polacek held various management positions at Philips Semiconductor.

Mr. Rhodin joined IBM in 1984 as a programmer in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He spent several years in various lead development and design positions on networking products before moving into management in 1990. As a manager, Mr. Rhodin had responsibility for delivering several of IBM's workstation communication server products before moving to Somers, New York, in 1997 to become executive assistant to John M. Thompson, Sr. Vice President & Group Executive, IBM Software Group. In 1998, Mr. Rhodin was appointed director of server solutions in the Software Solutions Division, with the mission of clarifying the marketing messages around IBM software and server offerings.

Mr. Rhodin has a B.S. in computer science from the University of Michigan.

Rosback joined Honeywell in 1998, when the Company merged with AlliedSignal Corp. His most recent assignment was at the Honeywell Business, Regional and General Aviation Aerospace Electronic Systems division, in Olathe, Kansas. After joining that operation in 1993, when it was part of AlliedSignal, he advanced swiftly through a series of increasingly challenging engineering, technology, and business-leadership positions. Rosback served most recently as a general manager responsible for long-term technology planning and development product-line.

An Illinois native, Rosback is a summa cum laude graduate of Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and business.

From 1996 through 1999, Schmidt served as director of marketing and business development for the IBM's Home Networking Unit. Schmidt held various product management positions with IBM since 1988. He holds an M.B.A. degree from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a B.S. in engineering from North Carolina State University.

Previously, Ms. Stewart was the GM of Adaptec's Connections Products Group, a $50 million dollar division selling I/O bandwidth technology to peripheral manufacturers. During her career, she has led global marketing and channel efforts for a variety of companies including Western Digital, Standard Microsystems (SMC), Cardinal Technologies, and Hitachi Data Systems.

For the past several years, Ms. Stewart has been a speaker at home networking and channel industry events. She is vice president of the Internet Home Alliance and on the Board of Directors for CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association). She received her Bachelor of Science in management from Pepperdine University.

Jerry Thomas, Business Planning Manager, Puget Sound Energy

Jerry has a bachelor's degree in business from Western Washington University and a masters degree in business from City University. For the last 10 years, Jerry has worked in business development, specializing in new technologies and leading development of services which blend internet and wireless meter reading technologies. He was manager of client operations, managing implementation for PSE's newly formed Integrated Customer Solutions which provides technology solutions to other utilities. Jerry was project manager for PSE's Web technologies and most recently project manager for the Home Comfort Control Thermostat project. The Home Comfort Control Thermostat project utilized the existing wireless automated meter reading system to enable customers to monitor and control their thermostat through the Internet while allowing the utility to setback the thermostat as a response to energy supply. Jerry's current work includes launching cost effective home automation and Web technologies to further enable both residential and commercial customers to better manage their energy usage.

Greg Thomson, Vice President of Sales and Product Strategy, MetaTV

Mr. Thomson has provided solutions in interactive technology and services since before the Internet became a household name. Prior to joining MetaTV, Mr. Thomson spent close to four years at Liberate Technologies, a leading interactive television software provider. As director of product management, Mr. Thomson's duties included strategic and day-to-day management of the Liberate product line. In this capacity, Mr. Thomson provided product positioning, generated new product opportunities, implemented cross-functional decision-making processes, and defined successful organizational structures, all tailored to the specific needs of an emerging market. Mr. Thomson joined Liberate (then Navio) in 1996 during its start-up phase, helping to bring Liberate to one of the most successful IPOs of the time and to its current status as a leading interactive television platform provider worldwide.

Prior to joining Liberate, Mr. Thomson was product manager for Macromedia's successful Shockwave technology, a pioneering product that brought animation to the Internet. Mr. Thomson joined Macromedia after directing products and projects for one of the groundbreaking interactive music companies, MusicNet, subsequently sold to RealNetworks.

Mr. Thomson received his bachelor's degree from the world-renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston. Before embarking on a career in interactive services, he worked in sales and marketing at leading music companies, including Blue Note/Capitol Records and Atlantic Records.

Charlie Tritschler, Vice President of Marketing, Liberate Technologies

Previously, Tritschler was the director of product marketing at Liberate. In this position he oversaw the development and shipment of Liberate's first television software products, which have evolved into the leading standards-based software platform for the delivery of enhanced television services.

Before joining Liberate, Tritschler held sales support, sales, and marketing positions for nine years at Apple Computer, Inc. He began his career as a marketing consultant in Boston, working for companies such as Kodak, Reebok, and ConAgra to develop growth strategies for new business.

Tritschler is a founding member of the Northern California Chapter of the Cable Television Association of Marketers, serving as the group's vice president. He is a frequent speaker at broadband and cable industry events, including Kagan Conferences, The Western Show, and the TV Internet Conference held by the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences. In addition, he is on the Board of Directors of the ATV Forum and is a committee member for the annual Bandies Award program at The Western Show.

Mr. Tritschler received his B.A. in economics from Dartmouth College in 1987.

Charles Van Dusen, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, VideoTele.com, Inc.

Mr. Van Dusen was educated at University of Southern California and California Polytechnic College, Pomona. He holds several U.S. and foreign patents and participates in multiple standards initiatives and forums, including the DSL Forum for the development of the emerging technology. Mr. Van Dusen is frequently requested to speak at industry events. Most recently, he presented at VidTranS 2001 hosted by the Video Services Forum.

Ken Wacks, Consultant, Home Systems Design

The Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) has appointed him to chair the international committee establishing world standards for home and building automation. Also, he actively participates on various committees writing national home automation standards. His committee work includes power line carrier data networks, CEBus, EIA-709, a control network based on the LonTalk protocol, and VHN, the Versatile Home Network for broadband communications. He is developing standards for networking kitchen appliances with the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers.

Ken is the author of "Ken Wacks' Perspectives" in the CABA Home and Building Automation Quarterly and wrote the book Home Automation and Utility Customer Services, published by Cutter Information Corp. (http://www.cutter.com/energy/reports/homeauto.htm). He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from MIT and studied at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Mark Wilkinson, Technostrategist/EQLAccess Program, The Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara

The Internet home for people with disabilities program is supported by donations and venture philanthropy from technology companies. It received its initial funding from the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation. The program focuses on using existing and new technologies to improve the lifestyle of patients and their caregivers. The scope of the project reaches beyond the hospital walls and includes homes and community.

In addition to his role as a technostategist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems), Mr. Wilkinson is the president of NewMarque Group, a consultancy helping companies align their strategy, products, and image in every action that is visible to the public.

During his career, Mark has held senior marketing positions with several companies in the Internet services and software development industry. Mr. Wilkinson received a BS in architecture from the University of Illinois.

Tim Woods, Vice President, Strategic Development, Sundberg Ferar

Ron Zimmer, President & CEO, CABA

"To encourage the development, promotion, pursuit and understanding of integrated systems and automation in homes and buildings."

In addition to working closely with the CABA Board of Directors, he is actively involved with a number of industry committees, including the CABA Standards Committee, CABA Marketing & E-Business Committee, Technology Roadmap for Intelligent Buildings Technologies, CABA Information Council, National Housing Research Committee, Wiring Americas' Homes, and the Consortium for Electronic Home & Building Systems Installation Training.

Ron is a certified association executive with over 20 years of association management experience. He has authored a number of articles and documents including, "Smart Communities: A Concept Paper," which was completed for Industry Canada.

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