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Mr. Hall has been Chief Executive Officer and a director since August 2004. Prior to joining Gartner, he was a senior executive at Automatic Data Processing (ADP), a Fortune 500 global technology and service company, serving most recently as President, Employers Services Major Accounts Division, a provider of human resources and payroll services. Prior to joining ADP in 1998, Mr. Hall spent 16 years at McKinsey & Company, most recently as a Director.

Rob LoCascio is the Founder of LivePerson, Inc. (LPSN: NASDAQ ), and has been its Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 1995. He is the guiding force behind the company’s vision of creating meaningful connections between brands and consumers. LivePerson has come a long way since its early years having survived the dot com crash, and grown to become the leader in intelligent engagement solutions, currently serving over 18,000 clients, with 1,000 employees and offices across the globe. Rob is one of the longest-standing founding CEOs of a tech company today. Rob’s interests extend beyond his business and reflect his close ties to New York City. He is a founding member of the NYC Entrepreneurs Council of the Partnership for New York City. In 2001, he started the Dream Big Foundation with its first program FeedingNYC, which gives families in need a Thanksgiving dinner. To date, FeedingNYC has donated more than 40,000 meals. Its second program, the Dream Big Entrepreneurship Initiative, launched in 2014 to fund, mentor, coach, and empower local entrepreneurs in underserved communities. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, cloud-based technologies, using the Internet to create meaningful connections.

Ted Fernandez is a Chairman/CEO/Founder at The Hackett Group and Chairman at Farsight Genome Systems and is based in Miami, Florida. He has worked as Natl Managing Partner at KPMG.

Carroll Ross is based in Washington, D.C.. He has experience at Accenture and has worked as CEO/Founder at Collaborative Solutions. Carroll attended University of Virginia.

Zach Nelson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of NetSuite, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Oracle Corp.

Dr. Hadavi founded Adexa in 1994. Prior to Adexa he was one of the original team members at i2 technologies involved in many different aspects of the business and fast growth of the company. His involvement with the company helped to position the products and solutions as the premier solution to Fortune 1000 companies. Before joining i2 Technologies, Cyrus was one of the first pioneers of application of Artificial Intelligence to planning problems. His research resulted in implementation of the first generation of planning solutions in a number of Siemens facilities including their semiconductor fabrication lines which is often regarded as the hardest possible planning and scheduling problem. His solution at Siemens resulted in fast development of products, shorter cycle times and much improved customer service. Dr. Hadavi’s experience has been instrumental in many Fortune 1000 companies including Black& Decker, Solectron, Northrop-Grumman, Philips, Toshiba, and Intel. His leadership has expanded Adexa to be one of the top supply chain companies in the world with Fortune 2000 companies in 5 continents. Customers of Adexa range from high tech to textiles and CPG to Aerospace including GM, Boeing, Milliken, AMD, Sanyo, Toshiba, TSMC, Unilever Hindustan, CNH, Arcelor Mittal and Philips.Dr. Hadavi has also served as Adjunct Professor of Operations Management at Columbia University, where he taught courses on the application of computer science and artificial intelligence to manufacturing. He also performed joint research with a number of faculty members at Columbia University, Wharton School of Management, Loyola University, Clemson University and Max Planck institute in Germany Besides publishing numerous articles and books on supply chain management, manufacturing and e-commerce, Dr. Hadavi is a frequent speaker at many business and academic venues worldwide.

Rob, founder and chief executive officer of myList, is leveraging decades of software and ecommerce experience to lead his team in launching a Facebook app that helps brands and Facebook users connect with each other in the rapidly evolving social commerce space. Rob first served as CEO, then Chairman and Chief Software Architect, for Channel Intelligence (CI), a company he co-founded in 1999 and sold to Google in early 2013. Wight led the development of the products and services that built CI into one the world’s leading e-commerce technology providers, relied on by over 200 manufacturer and retailer customers across every product vertical and managing millions of product transactions valued at over $3 billion. Prior to Channel Intelligence, Wight was recognized as one of the 20 most influential people in the storage software business, having held senior positions driving innovative software systems development at key technology corporations including Microsoft, Wang Labs, Avail Systems, Seagate Software, Conner Software Products, Archive Software and Maynard Electronics. He was a 2004 finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Florida Award. Wight is an accomplished triathlete, successfully completing Six Ironmans, in addition to numerous of 70.3 and Olympic-distance triathlons and many full and half marathons. Rob Wight has been married for 32 years to Risa Wight (also an IRONMAN athlete), and has 3 children: Alex, Maddie, and Nick. The family makes their home in Celebration, FL.