Katia Passerini, Ph.D., PMP
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Breakout Sessions:

OWASP Group

Privacy and Security are becoming increasingly important issues in today’s business. If New Jersey businesses are to effectively use technology and attract customers, they will have to assure their customers that their data is secure. This session will give a broad overview of how a company can improve their security by focusing on risk in their business. Some helpful tools, techniques and organizations, such as OWASP will be discussed.

Session Leaders:
Russ Fairchild, Project Director-Security Solutions - NetworkingPS, Inc.
Russ Fairchild is a Project Director of Security Solutions for NetworkingPS. The company provides solutions for Identity and Access Management as well as Configuration and Compliance Management. Russ has experience in managing IT Infrastructure at the Carrier level and Enterprise level and is a Certified Project Management and CISSP.

John Verry, Principal Enterprise Security Cons.- Pivot Point Security
John Verry is the Principal Enterprise Security Consultant for Pivot Point Security (PPS), one of the regions premiere Information Security firms. PPS specializes in reducing Information Security risk via a unique combination of information systems auditing, ethical hacking, and security event management.

Open Source

This session will focus on how Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) can help companies in tough economic times. In particular, how FOSS applications can help businesses "do more with less". We will discuss: system management apps, development platforms, Web services platforms, integration tools, CMS, CRM, ERP, LMS and other FOSS application categories, and share our experiences with them both from the provider and customer points of view.

Session Leaders:
Mahesh Yadav is the Founder & CEO of Optima Global Solutions, Inc., which is a full service IT solutions provider, offering it's customers the choice of Onsite, Offsite & Offshore software development & maintenance services.

Ben Reytblatt, CEO - CE Dev
CEO of CE Dev, an Open Source Solutions Provider. CE Dev's product line includes Content, Business and Infrastructure solutions, such as E-Commerce, Content Management, Learning Management, ERP, CRM, EAI, Remote Access, and SOA Acceleration.

Michael Sole, Gold Mobile

Edward Kietlinski, Senior Solutions Consultant, Zend Technologies (The pHp Company)

Glenn Gautier, Executive Producer, williams / gerard productions,

Outsourcing/SaaS

Outsourcing and off shoring used to have distinct identities. With globalization, these identities have become blurred. The current economic crisis in the world has created fresh challenges on these subject matters. A new wave of success for the industry may come from innovation using the global delivery model for project implementation, helping to streamline costs and increase productivity. Find out how the combination of the right ‘people’ and the right ‘technology’ can help organizations conduct better business in the global landscape.

Session Leaders:
Sumit Pal, Executive Vice President, Operations - WithumSmith+Brown Global Assurance, LLC
Arun Verma, President & CEO from DATA inc
Jeff Moses, National Director, SAP BusinessByDesign
Elizabeth Everett, AVP Commercial Business Systems, SAIC

It is a little tricky getting in. Heading north on Route 1 the Pierson Ave. exit is just after the ramp coming from 287 and before the new bridge construction. Easy to miss. We will be in the Conference Center, there are two entrances the Conference Center is on the east end of the parking lot.

From Garden State Parkway (South) -
• Take exit 130 to Route 1 South
• Follow Route 1 South
• Pass under I-287 and get off Route 1 at the exit for Bonhamtown
• Make a right at the top of the exit ramp
• Cross over Route 1 and take second left onto Morris Avenue
• Pierson Avenue is the sixth left off of Morris Avenue

From Garden State Parkway (North)
• Use exit 127 - located at the north end of the Driscoll Bridge
• At the exit follow the signs for Route 440 (I-287)
• Take I-287 North to Route 1 north exit
• At end of exit ramp take sharp right
• This is Pierson Avenue
• Make a left into the PSE&G compound and follow the driveway to its end

From I-287 (South) -
• Use exit for Route 1 North (Exit 1A - Edison, NJ)
• Proceed up Route 1 North and make first sharp right after passing through the I-287 interchange
• This is Pierson Avenue
• Make a left into the PSE&G compound and follow the driveway to its end

440 West, I-287 (North) -
• Take I-287 North to Route 1 north exit
• At end of exit ramp take sharp right
• This is Pierson Avenue
• Make a left into the PSE&G compound and follow the driveway to its end