Study Group: Server Purchasers (?)

Michael Horsch Fizz is the Senior Advisor at FCI, a company providing system integration and strategy consulting services. He specializes in monitoring and predicting industry trends coupled with quantitative and qualitative reviews of technology vendors. Vendors include but are not limited to Avaya,...

George Kaadi is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America. Prior to Sompo he was CTO at AboveNet, co-location and Optical Fiber provider. Prior to AboveNet he was CIO at Marvel Entertainment Group "Publishing and Studios". Prior to Marvel, Mr. Kaadi...

Paul Massie is the Senior Director of Information Technology at Genesis Microchip, a fabless semiconductor firm with 1,200 employees. He is responsible for all IT functions at a growing US$ 300MM company based in multiple countries. Previously, Mr. Massie was the Director of IT Infrastructure at Openwave...

Mark Teter is the Chief Technology Officer at Advanced Systems Group, a value added reseller and systems integrator. He is responsible for managing accounts for Sun Microsystems, IBM, Hitachi Data Systems, EMC, Symantec, Qlogic, Emulex, F5, Adaptec, Network Appliance, Cisco, Quantum, Brocade and Checkpoint....

Joseph Holop is the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Telscape Communications, a competitive local exchange carrier employing 600. He is responsible for engineering, network, switching, field operations, IT development and IT infrastructure. Mr. Holop is a member of the executive...

Howard Bruck is the Chief Information Officer at Hudson Valley Bank, a commercial bank. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Management at Polytechnic University. He has over 25 years of experience in the information technology sector. He specializes in financial services technology, outsourcing, hosting,...

Ian Ash is a sales manager at SoftChoice, a software and hardware reseller in the New York tri-state area. He is responsible for managing sales of hardware and software to corporate clients, including members of the Fortune 500, throughout North America. He is knowledgeable in products from Computer...

William Santille was most recently (1/08) a VP of IT at ABN AMRO a Fortune 100 firm, where controlled a yearly budget of $420MM of the global yearly budget of $2.6B. He is now CIO of Uline Inc, a privately held firm with over $1.2 Billion in annual revenue. He controls a yearly budget of over $80 MM...