ARMA International Conference & Expo 2010
ARMA Conference San Francisco

55th Annual Conference & Expo

November 7-10, 2010 Moscone West Convention Center

Opening General Session:

Information Governance: Technology in the Spotlight
Sunday, November 7
The methods in which companies manage how their information is used, shared, and analyzed are the focus of this Opening General Session. A panel of industry-leading top executives will review emerging technologies effecting information governance and records and information management, all while defending their organization’s position. Forrester analyst Brian Hill will facilitate the discussion.

Panel participants:

 

 

Reed Irvin, vice president of information governance, Autonomy
Reed Irvin, vice president of information governance at Autonomy,  has more than 20 years of experience in various aspects of records management and information governance. He founded On-Line Records Storage, one of the first commercial offsite storage companies to offer real-time remote access to information. Irvin also served as general manager for a global commercial offsite storage provider and chief operating officer of a leading records management software and services firm. He is an active member of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model and currently co-chairs the Information Management Reference Model. He has been a member of ARMA International for more than 18 years.

 

Jeff Bettencourt, vice president and general manager of information governance, Information Intelligence Group, EMC Corp.
As vice president and general manager of information governance in the EMC information intelligence group, Bettencourt is driving EMC to the forefront of the information governance market with EMC SourceOne, a family of products for archiving, e-discovery, and compliance. Prior to joining EMC, he served in an executive role within Hewlett Packard’s software business unit, driving the company’s information management software strategy, marketing, and planning efforts worldwide. This group included e-mail archiving, e-discovery, file archiving, medical archiving, database archiving, and records/document management offerings. Bettencourt has also held executive positions at IBM, MCI Telecommunications, and British Telecom.

 

Craig Rhinehart, director of ECM product strategy, IBM
Craig Rhinehart leads the archive, governance, discovery and analytics business, and market and product teams for IBM’s enterprise content management (ECM) software. He has more than 20 years experience bringing innovative and successful products to market in the areas of ECM, including document and records management; imaging; e-mail and content archiving; enterprise search and classification; and, most recently, electronic discovery and content analytics. Rhinehart joined IBM through the 2006 acquisition of FileNet, where he served as vice president of product marketing. Prior to joining FileNet, he was vice president of marketing for Tarian Software, which was acquired by IBM in 2003. Rhinehart has led industry research efforts to define, develop, and prove new return-on-investment models and is a requested speaker on a variety of ECM, archiving, and compliance topics. Considered an expert in electronic records and the U.S. Department of Defense 5015.2-STD certification program, Rhinehart has also served as an advisor on several ECM industry initiatives.

 

 

Jim Cuff, vice president, strategy, Iron Mountain Digital
As vice president of strategy for Iron Mountain Digital, Jim Cuff’s role is to ensure that an appropriate business growth strategy is in place, and the company has a compelling technology and solution vision to deliver on this strategy. He joined Iron Mountain in 1996 as a leader in managing the company’s IT infrastructure during an explosive growth phase – from $100 million in revenue to more than $1 billion. Cuff then assumed responsibility for establishing and running the research and development groups for the digital archives business. Cuff assumed the position of senior vice president of enterprise architecture, ensuring that technology was applied appropriately to solutions to meet the long term needs of its customers and the company. This included the evaluation of emerging technologies, as well as defining the technology architecture for enterprise solutions. Prior to joining Iron Mountain, Cuff worked in IT in the financial services industry with responsibility for networks, open systems, and desktop computing. He is a graduate of Boston College with a degree in finance and computer science.

 

Victor Owuor, senior director, software development, Oracle
Victor Owuor is a senior director of product development at Oracle, where he is responsible for its suite of records and retention products. Prior to Oracle, Owuor worked in product management and as an intellectual property attorney. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and received his legal training at Harvard Law School.

 

Darren Knipp, chief technology officer, Perceptive Software
As chief technology officer, Darren Knipp leads Perceptive Software product strategy, establishing the company’s product and technical vision while leading all aspects of the software development process. He plays an integral role in the company’s strategic direction, development, and future growth in the enterprise content management (ECM) market. Before joining Perceptive Software in 2003, Knipp was a product manager at Interwoven, which is now Autonomy. Prior to that position, Knipp served as senior engineering manager for Boeing and spent nine years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, where he worked as a development engineer on the global positioning system and various national reconnaissance office systems. He received a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in business administration from Webster University.