Don is the editor of Softletter and the author of Open Source: The Unauthorized White Papers. Don writes regularly about Open Source and licensing issues and is a frequent speaker at many industry conferences. He also writes frequently for LinuxWorld magazine..
Jeff Geibel, Marketing and PR
Marketing and PR. Jeff is the president of Geibel PR, a high-tech PR agency aJeffrey Geibel is the principal of Geibel Marketing & Public Relations, and has provided marketing and sales-support consulting to ISVs, VARS and distributors for more than two decades. He is a widely published author of articles on business-to-business marketing, public relations and sales for technology and difficult-to-sell products.. He is also a general aviation pilot and certificated flight instructor.
Ben Zoldan, Sales
Ben began his career in Information Technology sales in 1993. During his career, Ben has served in various Senior Sales Leadership positions and has trained salespeople from companies such as IBM Global Services, Microsoft, Siemens, ILOG Corp, EMC and others. Ben has been a guest lecturer for SoftwareSuccess, Sales & Marketing Enterprise, Inc, and others, and has had numerous articles published on sales & marketing topics. Ben became a certified CustomerCentric Selling® Affiliate in early 2002.
Dr. Eve Y. Zhou
Dr. Zhouu is the founder and president of IP Partner LLC. She has helped many clients in patent search and patent landscape analysis for overseeing technological trends, assessing competitors’ capabilities, M&A due diligence, corporate R&D management, and intellectual asset strategy. Prior to founding IP Partner LLC, she worked in software, data storage, E-commerce and chemical industries in technology licensing, strategic planning, marketing, and R&D management. Her previous experience includes positions as Director of Strategic Development with Corporate Express’s e-business unit; Director of Business Development with software startup Systemsfusion; Solution Manager with StorageTek (now Sun Microsystems); and Product Manager with J&W Scientific (now Agilent).
Dr. Zhou is the instructor of “Managing and Profiting from Intellectual Assets,” a CLE (Continuing Legal Education) credit course approved by Colorado Bar Association. She is a member of Licensing Executive Society
(LES) and Patent Information User Group (PIUG). She holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from University of Missouri-Rolla and an MBA from University of Colorado-Boulder."
