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Eric Butler is a Software Engineer in the Cloud and Service Computing group at IBM Research – Almaden. At IBM, Eric has worked on several storage and system management projects for managing large scale systems. His research interests include data center optimization; integrated system, storage, and network management; storage systems; and virtual machine management. Whilst […]

James M. Nageak is a Retired Consultant for Linguistics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), where he Taught Inupiaq. With seven campuses across the state, UAF is home to more than 11,000 students from all over the world. With the vast environmental laboratory of Alaska as its backyard, UAF attracts exceptional individuals — academic […]

Kala Schmidt is Senior Vice President at Enertia Software. The leading developer of integrated enterprise solutions for the upstream oil and gas industry, Enertia’s service oriented architecture and technology provide streamlined operations through integrated data-driven applications designed for the speed of today’s industry challenges. As the only single-vendor solution, Enertia Software provides data seamless from […]

Robert Storey has been an executive professional in the Oil and Energy sector for his entire professional career, having worked for only 4 major companies. Robert is currently the Managing Director of SOCAR’s operations in Turkey, and is assisting on a build for a $5 billion refinery known as SOCAR Turkey Aegean Refinery. He received […]

Luca Villa has been a part of Leali Steel for over 15 years and became CEO two years ago. Luca attended the Politecnico di Milano, where he received his Bachelors Degree in Engineering in 1990. He has traveled for his job internationally and contributes part if his success to always being prepared to travel. Luca […]