We wanted to take a moment to sing the praises of a great Technology Organization here in Colorado, CSIA (Colorado’s Technology Association). They connect technology organizations and provide a voice for them.
CSIA is hosting a huge event, the 4th annual DEMOGala, on Thursday October 2, 2008, an event attended by Denver media and news outlets as well as huge technology companies from around the USA, such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Amazon and eBay!
If you’re interested in event and ticket information, please visit CSIA’s website at www.csiaonline.com. There will be over 1000 people in attendance, influential leaders of some of the biggest technology companies here in Denver.
Here is a list of just some of the 100 speakers and moderators who will be there:
Speakers and Moderators
Valeria Alberola, Partner, Q Advisors
Jonathan Abrams, Founder & CEO, Socializr
Phyllis Albritton, Executive Director, CORHIO
Gill Asakawa, Manager of Audience Development, MediaNews Group
Terry Ash, EVP Co Founder, VMIX Media
Micah Baldwin , VP Business Development, Lijit
Dave Balter, Founder & CEO, Bzzagent
Luke Beatty, Founder & CEO, Associated Content
Keith Berets, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish
Rick Brindle,VP eBusiness and Industry Relations, Kraft Foods North America
Hans Peter Brondmo, CEO and Co-Founder, Plum
Mark Caron, VP CTO, Catholic Health Initiatives
Robert Carrera, President, Pinnacle III, LLC
Xavier Casanova, Founder and CEO, Liveclicker
Vince Chirico, Mountain States & South West Regions, Google
Srinivas Chitrapu, IT Manager, Sun Microsystems
Tom Ciancio, COO, Fowler Software Development
James Clark, Co-Founder & Partner, Room 214
Peter Cobb, SVP and Co-Founder, eBags.com
David Cohen, Executive Director, Techstars
Bruce Cunningham, Corporate Attorney, Jones Education Online
Dan Daugherty, CEO, Rent Marketer, Inc.
Pete Dignan, President, ProtoTest
John Eckstein, Director, Fairfield and Woods
Charles N. Feinn, President and CEO , MicMatchMusic, Ltd.
Marwan Forzley, Founder & CEO, eBillme.com
Matt Frary, Founder, ROIRocket.com
Matt Galligan, CEO, Socialthing!
Greg Gianforte, Founder & CEO, RightNow Technologies
Chris Glode, Sr. Director – Product, Useful Networks
Steven L. Grandchamp, CEO, OpenLogic
Andy Graziano, CIO, Colorado Department Healthcare Financing & Policy
Dave Haucke, VP of Global Marketing, ISYS Search Software
Jeff Herman, CEO, Fuser
Tim Higgins, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Bridgeline Software – Denver
Tom Higley, Founder and CEO of iggli, inc.
Joe Hodas, Vice President, Communications, Consumer Capital Partners
John Hoholik, HomeAndAbroad
Dr. J. Glen House, Founder, Disaboom
Brett Hurt, Founder and CEO , Bazaarvoice
Karl Jacob, CEO, Wallop
Marion Jenkins, CEO, QSE Technologies
JR Johnson, Founder & Former CEO, VirtualTourist.com
Scott Johnson, Director of Emerging Business, Microsoft
Kimberly Johnston, Reporter, Business/Technology/Politics, The Denver Post
John Kembel, CEO and Co-Founder, HiveLive, Inc.
Alan D. Khalfin, CFO and Director of A&R, MixMatchMusic, Ltd.
Patrick Koppula, CEO and Founder, ffwd
Greg Kostello, CEO, VMIX
Alex Lange, Co-Founder and CTO, Roost.com
Dr. Mark Levine, Chief Medical Officer Region VIII, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Usher Lieberman, Senior Manager Corporate Communications, eBay
Alfred Lin, CEO & COO, Zappos
Laura Love, Founder & President, Groundfloor Media
Donald Lutz, President, Technetronic Solutions, Inc.
Dave Madden, CEO, WildTangent
Max Mancini, Senior Director, Platform and Disruptive Innovation , eBay
Ryan Martens, Founder & Cheif Technology Officer, Rally Software
Jeanine Martin , US Health Provider Strategist, Microsoft
Martin May, CEO, Brightkite
Margi Mellott, Senior Manager, Staff Operations, Sun Microsytems
Steve Merkel, Chief Information Officer, Data393
Michael Moe, Founder & CEO, ThinkPanmure
Kimbal Musk, CEO, Me.dium
Jon Nordmark, Founder, eBags
Bob Ogdon, CEO, SwiftPage
Steve Papa, Founder and CEO, Endeca
Rick Patch, CEO, LifePics
Vipanj Patel, Chairman, Taaz
Aaron Patzer, CEO, Mint.com
Krista Paul, Founder & CEO, Travefli
Stormy Peters, Executive Director, GNOME Foundation
R.J. Pittman, Director of Disruptive Innovation, Google
Jeff Potter, CEO, Exclusive Resorts
Jeff Powers, CEO, Flux Capacity
Scott Prindle, VP & Director of Technology, Crispin Porter + Bogusky
John Raeder, CEO, IQ Navigator
Steven Reading, Chief Revenue officer, Dogster Inc
Adeo Ressi, Founder, TheFunded.com
Rob Reuteman, Business Editor, Rocky Mountain News
M.H. “Rip”Ripley, President – Denver , HSR Business to Business
Laura Roden, CEO & Founder, VCprive.com
Nikhil Roy, Founder & CEO, Rudder
Thomas Ryan, CEO, Threadless.com
Adam Sachs, CEO, Ignighter
Heather Sachs, Associate Director, Public Relations, HSR Business to Business, LLC
Kevin Schaff, CEO, Thought Equity Motion
Mark Schroeder, CEO , Home&Abroad
Chris Scoggins, VP Product, NextAction
Munjal Shaw, CEO, Like.com
Mark Shedletsky, Founder & CEO, BlueHaze
Pete Sheinbaum, CEO , DailyCandy.com
Michael Sherrod, CEO and President , Examiner.com
Craig Smith, CEO, ServiceMagic.com
Barry Soicher, CEO/Founder, AdPerk
Tim Stevens, VP/General Manager, XO Communications
Matthew Taylor, Vice President of Managed Services and IT/IS Operations, ViaWest
Antione Toffa, CEO, Video Bloom
Sean Tonner, Founder & President, Phaseline Strategies
Dan Tuteur, Executive Director, Colorado Community Managed Care Network
Gregg Veltri, CIO, Denver Health
Todd Vernon, CEO, Lijit
Steve Ward, VP Rural Health & Hospitals , Colorado Hospital Association
Merle Waterman, CFO, Me.dium
Jeff Whitton, CEO, SuggestionBox
Jeff Wiss, Sr. Director of Marketing, MySQL
Mike Wright, Founder and President, GRX
