Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Theodore Kowalski has worked for 30 years in the information systems arena helping computer professionals to understand the business needs of their clients. His role over that period has ranged from programmer, supervisor and teacher to software designer, salesman and consultant. Kowalski has directed automation projects and advised on software solutions for such companies as Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston Lighting and Power and NYNEX DPI. Kowalski currently serves as data architect for AIM Management Group in Houston. His new book, Opening Doors: A Facilitator�s Handbook was published in May, 1999.

Rodney Bienvenu is president and CEO of SageMaker, Inc., a pioneering developer of Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) solutions for specific industries. SageMaker's EIP solutions allow large enterprises to maximize their investments in information and overcome the problem of information overload. Contact SageMaker by calling (203) 368-4888 or via e-mail at info@sagemaker.com.

Gail Claspell is the director of marketing for Semio Corporation, a provider of text mining software located in San Mateo, California.. She has more than 10 year's experience in the software industry that includes product management, sales and marketing, and systems engineering. Prior to joining Semio Corporation, Claspell served as senior product manager for Worldtalk Corporation, a provider of messaging and groupware products. She was also employed at Lockheed Martin, where she served as senior systems engineer. Claspell holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland.

Patricia Cupoli is a consulting associate with Database Design Solutions, Inc. (www.dbdsolutions.com), a New Jersey-based consulting firm specializing in the revitalization of corporate databases. She personally specializes in the management of corporate data, focusing on the organizational and procedural aspects of this function. She has recommended renewed structures which support today's corporate data warehousing environment.

Larry Klein is the president and founder of Imagination Software, Inc., an intranet document managing company. Prior to starting Imagination Software, Klein worked at Price Waterhouse and ran his own consulting firm, LCK Consulting. Klein has published feature articles in both imaging and intranet magazines and has written numerous articles on object oriented programming, imaging and using the intranet. Klein can be reached at lklie n@imaginationsoftware.com.

Jonas Berlin is a member of the Market Intelligence and Metrics group at DiaLogos and designs and delivers innovative decision support and business intelligence solutions. Jonas has eight years of experience in developing statistical simulation and data intensive applications on a variety of platforms and three years of experience designing and developing data mining applications. Before joining DiaLogos, Berlin was a project lead and architect at Thinking Machines Corporation developing the Darwin multi-strategy tool for data mining, which integrates artificial intelligence and high performance relational data bases.

Edward Peters, president and CEO of DataDirect Technologies, Inc., has spent more than 20 years in various software and IT industry roles, such as CEO of Cerebellum Software and senior-leadership roles at MERANT and INTERSOLV, where he led the unit to become the leading ISV in the data access middleware market. Peters, an Ernst & Young 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, has received numerous industry awards, including the GUIDE International President�s Award, the R/A/D Award for Excellence in Repository-Based Application Development and a Lehigh University Williams Prize.

David Birmingham is a managing consultant with Headstrong. Birmingham leads the Ab Initio practice and has over 20 years of consulting experience, with a specialization in large-scale data warehouse design and technical architecture. He is the author of Software Development on a Leash (aPress). He can be reached in Headstrong's Ab Initio underground at david.birmingham@headstrong.com.

Michael Spotts, business analyst for State Farm Insurance.

Tom Hammergren is a well-known BI innovator and speaker. He is the author of �Data Warehousing for Dummies,� �Data Warehousing: Building the Corporate Knowledge Base,� and �Data Warehousing on the Internet: Accessing the Corporate Knowledge Base.� He was a member of the initial Cognos BI team that produced PowerPlay and Impromptu and a member of the Sybase team that produced the Warehouse Studio product family. More recently, Hammergren is the founder of Balanced Insight and has led major BI transformations and initiatives for companies such as Procter & Gamble, Cinergy (now part of Duke Energy), Quantum Chemical and FirstEnergy. He can be reached by phone at (513) 891-6263 or via e-mail at tom.hammergren@balancedinsight.com.