RMCMG Fall 2002 -- Biographies of the Speakers
Greg Schultz is Director Storage Networking Solutions with INRANGE Technologies Corporation. He brings over 20 years of industry experience in Unix, Windows, Mainframes, OpenVMS and other platforms (Some that are best left resting where they are). Greg brings a unique perspective having spent half his career working in the user community, and the other half in the vendor world. Greg is a coauthor of the Veritas book "The Resilient Enterprise" along with numerous published papers and articles on Storage Networking, Storage, I/O, Capacity Planning and other related topics. Greg is also a well-regarded and popular speaker (CMG, Gartner, IBM, SAN/NAS, SAN Conference, FCTC, SNIA/SNW, FCEIA, N+I, HP World, Oracle and others) on storage, I/O, and storage networking. Greg has a B.A. in Computer Science from Concordia College and a M.Sc. in Software Engineering from the University of St. Thomas.
Nathan Walsh is a Senior Advisory Software Engineer at StorageTek in the ATS SE Support Department. In this role, he's responsible for evaluating performance of ATS products and their competition. He's been with StorageTek for 15 years holding various other roles in software development and architecture. He holds a patent for the Integration of an Expert System and Analytical Model in a Real Time Corrective System. Prior to working for StorageTek, Nathan enjoyed working at Hallmark Cards as a Computer Performance Evaluation Analyst and a Data Base Analyst. He feels Kansas City is a great place to live (especially to raise a family), he just wouldn't want to visit there. And before that, when dirt was still young, Nathan ruled as a System's Programmer, Application's Programmer, Operator and Check Sorter for Systematics, Inc. Nathan holds one of the first two BS in Computer Science degrees from the State of Arkansas which he recieved at the University of Arkansas. Nathan also holds an MBA from KU so he can get excited every year during March Madness, a.k.a. - the NCAA championships. He was one of the founding members of Rocky Mountain CMG, and has held all positions in that organization, usually at different times. Nathan has also served CMG "National" on various conference committees since 1992 as well as a stint on the Board of Directors. But, without a doubt, Nathan's most awesome accomplishment is Todd, Steph and Jon, the world's greatest kids.
Laura Berg has been working in the systems performance and capacity management arena for the past 13 years with FORTEL Inc., formerly Datametrics Systems Corp. For the past six years, she has been residing in Colorado; spending three years on-site as Senior Capacity Planner at the Defense Information Systems Agency and the past three years as Senior Technical Consultant for FORTEL. Mrs. Berg holds a B.S. in Decision Sciences and an M.B.A from George Mason University and an M.S. in Information Systems from the University of Colorado at Denver.
Libby Hope is an associate with Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman, and has been a patent practitioner for 4½ years. Prior to becoming a patent attorney, she was a technical consultant with J.D. Edwards & Company, where she designed and implemented technical solutions to business requirements, and assumed lead roles in system conversions and interfaces.
Melissa Haapala is an attorney at Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman. She graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in December 2001. Her primary focus is on preparation and prosecution of patents in the field of computer-related technologies. Prior to working for BSTZ, Melissa spent six years working for Storage Technology as a software engineer. She has a master’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Regis University and a bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Colorado.