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James M. Connolly, Contributing Editor and Writer

May 17, 2017

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The InformationWeek News Desk returns this week, bringing you video coverage of the Interop ITX conference, and broadcasting live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Watch the live stream right here, Wednesday, May 17 and Thursday, May 18, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time.

The News Desk will feature interviews with conference speakers and sponsors about industry challenges and solutions, as well as discussions with some InformationWeek IT Excellence Awards finalists about the IT innovations they’ve rolled out within their organizations.

Here is the list of guests, in order (subject to change):

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

·Brenda Horn, VP of IT and CIO for Enterprise Computing Solutions, Arrow Electronics

·Chris Wolf, CTO of global field and industry at VMware

·Scott Duplantis, global IT director of server, storage and datacenter operations for ConocoPhillips

·Kamal Natarajan, divisional chief information officer and vice-president, Allstate Roadside Services Technology

·Ofer Amitai, CEO, Portnox

·Kevin Mandia, CEO, FireEye

·Rich Thompson, director of sales engineering, Cylance

·Jim Treadway, chief engineer, infrastructure, Mitre

·Chris Martin, principal sales engineer, LogRhythm

·Frederic Veron, SVP and Enterprise CIO for eCIO Management and Strategy for Fannie Mae

·Shauna Coyne, director, New York Presbyterian Innovation Center

·Amy Moore, rapid application development team leader, Plante Moran

·Tim Dixon, CEO, InterOptic

·Alon Waks, vice president of segment and solution marketing, 8x8

·Edd Wilder-James, vice-president of technology strategy, Silicon Valley Data Science

· Kevin Kinsey, CEO, Netreo

 

THURSDAY, MAY 18

·Ed Anderson, global CIO, World Vision International

·Rob Juncker, vice president of R&D, Ivanti

·Susie Wee, VP and CTO of DevNet Innovations, Cisco

·Nicolas Sagnes, senior product manager, Raritan

·Joseph Eng, CIO, TravelClick

·Kathryn Brett Goldman, director, KBG Consulting Solutions, Ltd

·Rob Hiltbrand, director of technology, The Liberty Group

·Kathryn Goldman, director, KRG Consulting Ltd.

·Rob Duhart, DCS Security, Control and Automation Lead, Data Supply Chain, EEIT, Ford Motor Company

·Pierre DeBois, founder, Zimana Analytics, and blogger, All Analytics

·Juliet Okafor, chairwoman, International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals

·Shawn Zandi, principal network architect, LinkedIn

·Mike Leibovitz, director of product strategy, Extreme Networks

Bookmark this page and return here Wednesday, May 17 at 2 p.m. Eastern.

 

 

About the Author

James M. Connolly

Contributing Editor and Writer

Jim Connolly is a versatile and experienced freelance technology journalist who has reported on IT trends for more than three decades. He was previously editorial director of InformationWeek and Network Computing, where he oversaw the day-to-day planning and editing on the sites. He has written about enterprise computing, data analytics, the PC revolution, the evolution of the Internet, networking, IT management, and the ongoing shift to cloud-based services and mobility. He has covered breaking industry news and has led teams focused on product reviews and technology trends. He has concentrated on serving the information needs of IT decision-makers in large organizations and has worked with those managers to help them learn from their peers and share their experiences in implementing leading-edge technologies through such publications as Computerworld. Jim also has helped to launch a technology-focused startup, as one of the founding editors at TechTarget, and has served as editor of an established news organization focused on technology startups at MassHighTech.

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