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Craig Abramson is a technical analyst at Syncsort Incorporated, focusing on the latest data warehouse performance solutions. He has more than eight years of experience in the field working on projects dealing with data warehousing, database management and Web log processing. You can reach him at cabramson@syncsort.com.

Xu Zhao is a senior enterprise architect with Axis Technology, a consulting firm specializing in data strategy. Zhao has more than 10 years experience in databased and data warehouse design and implementation. In recent years, Zhao has provided consulting services to top pharmaceutical and financial companies regarding data integration and meta data management. He can be reached at xzhao@axistechnologyllc.com.

Kevin Quinn, vice president of Product Marketing at Information Builders, researches new technologies for acquisition or adoption and defines the strategy and road map for the WebFOCUS business intelligence platform. In his 22 years of experience in IT, Quinn has helped companies worldwide develop information deployment strategies that accelerate decision making and improve corporate performance. Quinn is also the founder of Statswizard.com an interactive sports statistics Web site that leverages business intelligence functionality. You can reach him at KevinR_Quinn@ibi.com.

Deepali Khanduja is the chief technology officer at Data Foundations and the lead architect of OneData, enterprise-class packaged software coupled with a proven methodology that addresses the challenges of implementing and maintaining a global master data solution. Deepali can be reached by e-mail at deepali@datafoundations.com.

Ken Rugg is vice president of data management products for the Progress Real Time Division. In this role, he is responsible for the strategic direction and development of the product lines, DataXtend and ObjectStore. Previously, Rugg was chief technology officer with eXcelon Corporation. In his 10 years at eXcelon, Rugg served in many leadership roles, ranging from technical support and education to documentation, QA and product development. Under his leadership, eXcelon established its position as the leader in XML database and XML integration technologies while maintaining its dominant position in the object database market.  He can be reached at krugg@progress.com.

Marcus Dill is a CRM and BI analyst. Of his 15+ years of experience in information systems, he had worked seven years as consultant, software architect and development manager at SAP AG in the customer relationship management and business intelligence development departments. Dill holds a Ph.D. in genetics and did his postdoctoral at the Center for Biological and Computational Learning at MIT.  He can be reached at marcus.dill@mayato.com.

Mimi Ho is a research analyst at the Robert Frances Group. For more information, plese visit www.rfgonline.com.

Bharath Rangarajan is director of product marketing at GemStone Systems, where he oversees product positioning and market strategy for the GemFire product line. He has more than seven years of experience in enterprise software, dealing with data management issues in functional areas such as EAI, B2B collaboration and supply chain management. He has led technical and product teams at companies including i2 Technologies, SeeBeyond Corp. and Candle Corp.You can reach him at bharath.rangarajan@gemstone.com.

Barb Goldworm is an independent analyst and consultant with over 25 years experience in the computer industry in systems and storage management, in various technical, marketing, industry analyst and senior management positions with IBM, StorageTek, Novell, Enterprise Management Associates and other successful startup ventures. She has been a frequent speaker at industry conferences worldwide for over 10 years and was the creator and track chair for the Networld+Interop track on Networked Storage. She has been a regular columnist and contributor for various trade publications including NetworkWorld, ComputerWorld and Storage Networking World Online, as well as being frequently quoted in the press. She also provides consulting to the institutional investment community, advising clients on business issues and trends occurring within the high tech industries. Goldworm can be reached at barbgoldworm@focusonstorage.com.

 Dorian Pyle is founder, inventor and chief scientist of  Powerhouse Technologies Inc. (PTI).  He is an internationally recognized authority in the field of data mining and analytics, with more than 25 years of experience. He has applied his analytics expertise while working at companies such as Data Miners, Knowledge Stream Partners, Xchange, Naviant and Thinking Machines. His first book, Data Preparation for Data Mining, is the industry-standard work on the subject. His second book, Business Modeling and Data Mining, was published in 2003 and is being translated into Chinese. Both books are consistently in the top 10 of best-selling data mining books on Amazon. He served as the exhibits chair and KDD Cup judge for SIGKDD 2000 and was invited to serve on the program committee for SIGKDD 2003 and 2004. Pyle was invited to contribute a chapter to Handbook of Data Mining (2003) and Smart Adaptive Systems (2005). He has served as a columnist for DB2 magazine, and a peer reviewer for Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. For more information go to www.pti.com. He can be reached at dpyle@pti.com.