Sarasota, FL

Chris is Vice President and Chief Sales Officer for the America's Outsourcing Business Unit. Chris oversees all of Capgemini Sales activity in the North American market for our Outsourcing business.

Chris has a broad and varied career in the IT Services business. The early part of his career was in Consulting in the telecommunications industry, focused on sales and marketing issues as well as customer care and billing systems. He progressed from a staff consultant to business unit leader of a $300m, 1700 person technical consulting business.

Chris' first experience in outsourcing came in the mid 90's as a deal team leader and eventually a P&L leader of an $800m a year business unit. The past 5 years he has had both domestic and international roles. Chris' last role was SVP Global Sales for Siemens IT Services based in Munich Germany for 3 years responsible for over 3 billion euro in revenue and bookings greater than 1 billion euro.

Chris has lived and worked in Europe, the United States and Canada. He obtained his undergraduate degree in business from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, his home town, a Masters Degree in Business Leadership from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln Nebraska, and Executive Education at the Stanford Business School.

Chris has built a reputation as a change agent, builder of high performance teams, strategic thinker, action oriented market driven executive. He has a passion for mentorship, evidence based management, education and excellence.

Chris serves on advisory boards for Civitium, a broadband communication professional services firm and the Raikes School at the University of Nebraska.

Chris and his wife Kim split their time living in Toronto Ontario, Sarasota Florida and Deep Brook Nova Scotia; they have two sons.

Seattle, WA

Jeff Raikes, Chief Executive Officer of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, leads the foundation's efforts to promote equity for all people around the world. He sets strategic priorities, monitors results, and facilitates relationships with key partners for all three of our program groups.

Before joining the foundation, Raikes was a member of Microsoft's senior leadership team, which sets overall strategy and direction for the company. Raikes was president of the Microsoft Business Division and oversaw the Information Worker, Server & Tools Business and Microsoft Business Solutions groups. He previously served as group vice president of the Worldwide Sales and Support Group, where he was responsible for providing strategic leadership for Microsoft's sales, marketing, and service initiatives. Before that, he served as senior vice president of Microsoft North America.

Raikes joined Microsoft in 1981 as a product manager and was instrumental in driving Microsoft's applications marketing strategy. Promoted to director of applications marketing in 1984, Raikes was the chief strategist behind the company's success in graphical applications for the Apple Macintosh and the Microsoft Windows operating system and the creation of the Microsoft Office suite of productivity applications. Before joining Microsoft, he was a software development manager at Apple Computer Inc.

Raikes, a Nebraska native, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering-economic systems from Stanford University. He and his wife, Tricia, have three children. They are founders of the Raikes Foundation and are active members of the United Way of King County, where they served as co-chairs of the 2006-2007 fundraising campaign. Raikes also serves on the board of directors for Costco Wholesale Corp. and the Microsoft Alumni Foundation, where he is chair of the board. In June 2008, the Board of Regents at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln renamed the J.D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and Management to the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. Raikes, a longtime supporter of the highly selective and renowned school, was a part of the initial conceptualization and has served on the advisory board since its inception in 2001.

Bonita Springs, FL

Mr. Kerrigan currently is associated with Information Technology, Inc., a financial technology solution developer which provides virtually all software and associated services required for banking to more than one third of US banks. Mr. Kerrigan functions as a consultant to the company on many software and business issues.

Mr. Kerrigan began his career as a software engineer for First Data Resources, FDR in Omaha, Nebraska. He then served with the Burroughs (now Unisys) Corporation as a Technical Representative for three years before being hired as the first employee at Information Technology in 1977 as a software developer. Mr. Kerrigan was deeply involved in the development of several independent systems developed by the company and was an instrumental part of the staff which developed the company's core banking applications. In 1981 he was named head of the Administration Division of the company and ultimately was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of the company before his retirement in 1999.

In addition to his professional career Mr. Kerrigan has been involved in many and varied real estate ventures since 1969. These would include various rental property ventures in homes, commercial and office buildings, as well as commercial land development and during the last three years included resort development in the Caribbean.

Mr. Kerrigan received a B.A. in mathematics from the UNO College of Arts and Sciences in 1973.

Los Altos, CA

Mrs. Abrams recently completed an interim-CEO role for ZiLOG. Mrs. Abrams comes with considerable sales, marketing and executive management experiences, working with high tech companies in the U.S. and abroad. She entered the areas of financial and technology management with Norwest Banks (now Wells Fargo). While at Unisys she was Vice President, Program General Manager for Retail Delivery Systems (solutions sold to branch banks). She later headed a sales and marketing unit based in Hong Kong focused on the Asian banking market. At Apple Computer she was Managing Director of Apple Asia, opening the China and the India markets and went on to become President of Apple Americas. At VeriFone (leader in debit/credit card authorization solutions) she was President and CEO. While at Palm Computing she was President and CEO. More recently she has focused on high-profile start-ups, including Chemdex, Blue-Kite, Connection-to-eBay and most recently Firefly Mobile, the first mobile phone for mobile kids.

Mrs. Abrams also serves on the Boards of Directors for HCL Technologies, ZiLOG and BEA Systems.

Mrs. Abrams holds a B.S. in political science and history and a J.D. from the University of Nebraska.

Omaha, NE

Nancee Shannon Berger is President and Chief Operating Officer of West Corporation. She is responsible for the entire corporation's operations and growth.

West Corporation is a leading provider of outsourced communications solutions to many of the world's largest companies, organizations and government agencies. West helps its clients communicate effectively, maximize the value of their customer relationships and drive greater profitability from every interaction. The Company's integrated suite of customized solutions includes customer care, sales, 911 services, and accounts receivable management services. West, known as the brand InterCall, is also the world's largest conferencing provider. West Corporation was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Omaha. West has a team of 28,000 employees based in North America, Europe and Asia.

Berger joined West in 1989 and was part of the team that built the largest automated voice response company in the country. She was promoted to her current position in September 1998.

She came to West Interactive from Applied Communications, Inc. a major banking software provider. Before joining ACI, Berger was employed as a Marketing Representative with the IBM Corporation.

Berger graduated in 1982 from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. She is married and has three children.

Lincoln, NE

Software Technology, Inc. (STI) was founded in 1979 and is privately owned. Mr. Berlin is one of the two co-founders of the company. STI develops and sells financial and practice management software to law firms across the United States. There are currently over ten thousand law firms using STI software. The company has been self-sufficient and profitable in each of its 25+ years of business. Tabs3, a time and billing system for law firms and STI's primary product, has the largest install base of any time and billing system in law firms with 10 to 50 attorneys. STI products hold many technology awards from the legal industry.

Mr. Berlin earned his bachelor's degree in computer science in 1975 from the University of Nebraska.

Torrance, CA

Barbra Cooper is group vice president and chief information officer for Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. She is responsible for the strategy, development and operation of all systems and technology that support TMS. Cooper also heads the University of Toyota, located in Torrance, Calif., which provides training and education for Toyota associates, as well as Toyota and Lexus dealerships and distributors globally.

With a career spanning over 30 years in information technology, Cooper joined Toyota in 1996 as vice president in information systems. Prior to that, she held the position of group vice president and chief information officer for MicroAge Corp., chief information officer for Maricopa County in Phoenix, Ariz., vice president of technology for American Express, and director of information systems for Miller & Paine department stores.

Cooper was named by McGraw Hill Publishing as one of the Top 100 Women in Computing in 1996, a national honor recognizing women in the information services field who have achieved both technical expertise and advanced management positions. Additionally, she was honored as one of Computerworld's Premier IT Leaders in 2001. Cooper received the CIO 100 Award in 2005 from CIO Magazine. Ziff Davis' CIO Insight's ranked her sixth of the top 100 global CIOs in 2007 and CIO Magazine's Executive Council awarded her the Distinguished Member Award for Most Valuable Content for 2007. Cooper has also been recognized for her automotive industry achievements including three Automotive News awards for being in the 100 Leading Women in the automotive industry in 2000, 2005 and 2007. Cooper was inducted into the CIO Hall of Fame in 2007 for having strongly influenced the evolution of this young profession over the last decade and for expanding the strategic possibilities of information technology in the enterprise. Recently in April 2008, Ms. Cooper received from the Global CIO Executive Summit's & Leadership Network their Top 10 Leaders and Innovators Award that honors outstanding IT and business leaders.

Cooper earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Nebraska and attended the University of Oslo in Oslo, Norway graduate studies program. She is a member of the Society for Information Management, Organization of Women Executives, the Corporate Executive Board for Chief Information Officers, the UCLA IS Associate Program, the CIO Leadership Network and serves on the University of Nebraska Raikes School Corporate Advisory Board.

Hillsborough, CA

Jim is a founder and Managing Director of Silver Lake Partners. Silver Lake is the world's largest and most successful private equity fund focused on large-scale investments in technology companies.

Prior to founding Silver Lake in 1999, Jim was a Managing Director at Hambrecht & Quist where he was Head of Technology Investment Banking and before that, Head of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions business. Jim was also a member of the Hambrecht & Quist's Commitment Committee.

From 1984 to 1990, Jim was a corporate and securities lawyer for Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro. Jim currently serves on the boards of Flextronics International (NASDAQ: FLEX) and Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX). He also serves on the boards of a number of private and non-profit companies. Jim received a B.S. from the University of Nebraska and J.D. from the University of Michigan.

Omaha, NE

Ryan D. Downs is the senior vice president of worldwide operations at PayPal.   He is responsible for risk operations, merchant support, consumer support, payment operations and other operational functions.  His organization supports PayPal's 130 million domestic and international accounts from operational facilities in the United States, Ireland, China and Canada.

Downs joined PayPal in December 2001.  Previously, he served as chief executive officer for eTopia Technologies, Inc., an Omaha-based IT consulting and web development firm.  Before that, Downs was a partner at the law firm of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott in Denver, Colorado, where he specialized in complex commercial litigation.

Downs earned a bachelor of science degree in Agricultural Sciences in 1991 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a juris doctorate degree from Harvard Law School in 1994.

In late 2006, Downs relocated to San Jose to lead project Fusion, which seeks to deliver a higher-quality PayPal on eBay experience at a lower cost.

Seattle, WA

Stephanie Ferguson leads the Business Experiences team within Microsoft's Mobile Communications Business. Her team sets the vision and defines and drives both technical and marketing execution against end-to-end business experiences with the goal of differentiating Microsoft's offerings and delivering high customer satisfaction and adoption. This includes product planning, business planning and product management functions and partnerships within the Mobile group, across Microsoft and throughout the industry.

Stephanie spent almost twelve years in other roles at Microsoft prior to joining the Mobile Communications Business. Most recently, she was the Business Manager for Microsoft's Business Division (MBD), acting as "Chief of Staff" to the division president, Jeff Raikes and then Stephen Elop. Before MBD, Stephanie was a director in the People and Organization Capability group within HR, where she spent two and a half years building strategies, frameworks and programs for leadership development. Stephanie also served as director of US Windows client marketing, where she was one of a small group of leaders who built Microsoft's US Subsidiary marketing organization. In this role Stephanie was responsible for driving the launch of Microsoft Windows XP. Before that, Stephanie spent four years in a variety of product marketing roles in the Windows Server business group.

Before joining Microsoft, Stephanie spent six years developing and implementing IT solutions at IBM and within the insurance industry and two years working in the fashion industry in her family's business. Stephanie holds an MBA in marketing and strategic management from The Wharton School and an undergraduate degree in economics and computer science from Dartmouth College.

Stephanie and her husband, Eric, live in Bellevue with their nine-year-old daughter, Peggy, and seven-year-old son, Robbie. In addition to coaching Peggy's soccer team, Stephanie can whip up a mean canoli! Some of her other favorite activities include shopping, cooking, skiing, golf and art.

Paradise Valley, AZ

Dale Jensen is an innovative, forward thinker whose high profile career spans 30 years, 8 vertical markets, 5 states, countless accolades and a 3 continent tour with rock and roll legend Alice Cooper. He is a creative problem solver who has leveraged his fascination for science and technology to pioneer efforts in multiple industries.

Born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, Jensen began his career as the youngest Vice President of The National Bank of Commerce at age 23. After only 3 years, he co-founded Information Technology, a computer software and solutions provider for banks and savings institutions. Revolutionizing the banking industry at a time when rarely anyone could afford a computer, Jensen's software and systems are utilized by 1 in 4 banks across the country.

Simultaneously while growing Information Technology, Jensen began investing in companies and developing land throughout the 1980's and 1990's. During this time, he owned the largest contiguous farm in Minnesota with 26,000 acres. In addition, he is the largest single investor in the "Sands Hills Golf Club," near Mullen, Nebraska, voted "Best Modern Golf Course in the World," (referring to any golf course built since 1960.) His other standout investments include Aikens Lake Wilderness Lodge in Manitoba Canada, Superior Shores Lodge in Two Harbors, Minnesota, Alice Cooperstown Restaurant in Phoenix, and is a general partner in the Arizona Diamondbacks major league baseball team. His colorful career includes holdings in technology, entertainment, oil and gas, land development, ranch and farm properties and the hotel, restaurant industries. By 1996 Jensen sold Information Technology retiring from his 20-year role as Executive Vice President to pursue other investment opportunities.

Jensen built his solid business reputation on the principals of integrity and hard work. He is well known for his philanthropic nature earning the Boomer Esiason MVP Award for "Raising Awareness and Money" for the organization, dedicated to fighting Cystic Fibrosis. In addition, he has endowed numerous teaching chairs at the University of Nebraska and funded the acquisition of a new public park and school buildings that bear his name. Throughout his years, Jensen has earned numerous awards and recognitions that include sitting on a variety of boards. They include: three time elected Board Member of the Lincoln Airport Authority; twice appointed by the Governor of the State of Nebraska to be a member of the Judicial Qualifications Commission; elected to the Nebraska and the Collegiate Football Hall of Fame; member of "Leadership Lincoln III", a community based leadership training program; selected to conduct motivational speeches to University classes on entrepreneurship; inducted into the Nebraska Computing Hall of Fame in 2008; board member of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team; selected for the Department of Defense's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC 65) in 2002; and is an Honorary Squadron Commander at Luke AFB.

An avid golfer, Jensen has played on some of the most prominent golf courses in the world. Jensen resides in Paradise Valley, Arizona with his wife Vicki, and enjoys vacationing at his second home near Pine River, Minnesota. He has one son Christopher, who also resides in the Phoenix area.

Morristown, NJ

Susan Kozik joined OGE Energy Corp in March 2009. She is the Senior Information Strategy Consultant at OGE Energy Corporation in Oklahoma City. In this role, she advises the Company's senior management team on IT strategies and programs, from enterprise data management to data center operations. Kozik was specifically brought on board to work on the recently announced "Smart Power" project. This program is among the first of its kind in the country which equips consumers with real time digital meters and in-home touch screen information panels allowing them to track and more effectively manage their electricity usage.

Mr. Kozik was formerly the Executive Vice President and CIO of TIAA-CREF where she was responsible for company-wide technology direction and strategy, including engineering and architecture, applications portfolio management and infrastructure.

Ms. Kozik joined TIAA-CREF in August 2003 from Lucent Technologies, where her positions included the VP of IT Operations and Services, and the CIO for Lucent's Switching and Optical businesses, as well as Global Supply Chain CIO. Previously, Ms. Kozik was SVP and CIO at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. Ms. Kozik began her career at CIGNA Corporation where she worked for 17 years in a variety of technology roles.

Ms. Kozik has been recognized by the industry for her innovative use of technology with CIO Magazine's CIO 100 Award, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Blue Diamond Award and Hewlett-Packards Innovation Award.

Ms. Kozik graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, ME and was the first recipient of the college's Distinguished Young Alumni Award. She currently serves on its Board of Trustees and chairs the Admissions and Financial Aid Committee. Ms. Kozik also serves on the corporate advisory boards of University of Nebraska Raikes School of Computer Science and Management and the North Carolina Conference for Women.

Leawood, KS

In June of 2002, Mr. Lauerman and his business partner sold their company, GeoAccess, Inc., to United Health Group (UHN) a $30 billion public company. Mr. Lauerman co-founded GeoAccess in 1991 to provide software and services to the managed healthcare industry. GeoAccess software products have become industry standards and are used by virtually every major managed healthcare network and consulting firm in the nation. GeoAccess also has created and hosts the Internet's most popular physician search engine, with more than 100 million health plan participants relying on GeoAccess systems. In each of the company's first three years of eligibility, GeoAccess was recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the nation's 500 fastest-growing private companies.

Prior to founding GeoAccess, Mr. Lauerman was with Towers Perrin where he consulted internationally on the issues of managed healthcare, information systems and actuarial science. While at Towers Perrin, Mr. Lauerman and his partner pioneered techniques which later became the basis for GeoAccess software. Prior to joining Towers Perrin, Mr. Lauerman was actuary and vice president of information systems for a national life and health insurer.

Mr. Lauerman earned his engineering degree in computer science from the University of Nebraska, where he later taught actuarial science. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. In 1999, Mr. Lauerman was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He is currently an investor in and serves on the board of several private companies.

Lincoln, NE

Mr. Murman is the Chairman and Founder of Pen-Link Ltd., a Lincoln, Nebraska based software company focused on telecommunication security and analysis solutions. Pen-Link was started in 1986 and today is one of the leading providers of software for several law enforcement and government security agencies in both North and South America. Most all US Federal Law Enforcement agencies utilize Pen-Link software, including the FBI, DEA, Homeland Security, US Secret Service, and US Marshall Service. Over the past 20 plus years, Pen-Link Ltd. has received the fastest growing business award from the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce; received the Export Achievement Award from the US Department of Commerce for business growth in Latin America; and was recognized by Inc. Magazine in 2007 as one of the fastest growing private businesses in the United States. Additionally, Murman provided expert testimony in the capital murder trial of Scott Peterson in California regarding the wiretaps and was awarded the 2008 Nebraska Distinguished Entrepreneur Award from the University of Nebraska College of Business Administration.

Mr. Murman graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business. After a five year career with Selection Research Inc., Mr. Murman started his first software business, Measurement Systems Corporation at the age of 26. Keeping with the entrepreneurial spirit, in 2008, Mr. Murman started a commercial winery in Nebraska called Glacial Till Vineyard and Winery.

Lincoln, NE

John holds two degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a master's degree in business administration and a bachelor's degree in business administration, both of which were earned as a member of the J.D. Edwards Honors Program (now Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management). Through the Raikes School, Wirtz served as a program manager, directing teams that provided software solutions for Information Technology Incorporated in Lincoln, Neb., and the Nebraska Department of Administrative Services in Lincoln. As an undergraduate, Wirtz worked as a team lead on a project for the Office of the President at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and also served as a developer on a team working for Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Neb. During his time at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Wirtz also served as the Chief Administrative Officer for the Raikes School Corporate Executive Board, and interned at Sprint in Overland Park, Kan.