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 The Mission Critical Computing
keynote speakers possess the unique ability to manage technology, while at the same time
visualise its strategic potential. Their leadership has led to the development of
solutions which has revolutionised business capabilities and created new standards of
excellence.
To complement these private sector luminaries,
Mission Critical Computing is proud to host industry visionaries who are at the forefront
of breakthrough business technologies. Please welcome our keynotes to MCC Wiesbaden:
Carola Ferstl, N-TV, Presenter
J. Menno Harms,
Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung
Mark Jarvis,
Oracle Corporation Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing
Gary
Daichendt, Cisco Systems, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations
Bob
Dutkowsky, EMC Corporation, Executive Vice President, Markets and Channels
Nick Earle,
Vice President & Director of Marketing, Enterprise Computing Solutions Organization,
Hewlett-Packard
Dr. Wolfgang
Kemna, SAP AG, Geschäftsleitung, Vertrieb und Marketing
Dr. med.
Michael Spitzbart, Geschäftsführer Medical Consultants GmbH
Dr. h.c.
Lothar Späth, Jenoptik AG, Vorstandsmitglied der Jenoptik AG
Dr. Martin
Bangemann, European Commission, Mitglied der Europäischen Kommission, IT
Strategy
 CAROLA FERSTL
PRESENTER, N-TV |
We
are pleased to have Carola Ferstl, N-TV Presenter, as the master of
ceremonies to preside over the keynote sessions and provide the conference introduction. Carola Ferstl has been an editor and presenter for several radio and
television news programmes, such as "news & business" and
"telebörse" on N-TV. Since 1992 she has also held positions at TELE 5, RTL,
INFO-RADIO 101 and other TV channels
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 J. MENNO HARMS
VORSITZENDER DER GESCHÄFTSFÜHRUNG,
HEWLETT-PACKARD GMBH.
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J.
Menno Harms holds a degree in Electrical Engineering (Dipl. Ing.) from the
Technical University Stuttgart, Germany. He has worked at Hewlett-Packard GmbH since 1968,
where he started as a R & D Engineer. Harms
continued working at Hewlett-Packard GmbH in different positions in manufacturing,
marketing and sales. In 1981 he was appointed General Manager of the Medical Electronics
Division. In addition Harms was one of the Managing Directors of Hewlett-Packard GmbH from
1988 until 1993. In 1993 he became the Chairman of the Management Board of Hewlett-Packard
GmbH.
Besides his activities at Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Harms is
serving on various boards of industrial companies in Germany. He is Chairman of the German
Information Technology Manufacturer’s Association and belongs to the Sponsoring
Council of the World Economics Institute in Kiel and is Chairman of the Management Board
of Hewlett-Packard GmbH.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
INNOVATION AND GROWTH: OPPORTUNITIES AT THE
BORDER TO THE NEXT MILLENNIUM
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 11TH FEBRUARY 1999 09:45AM
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 DR. WOLFGANG
KEMNA
GESCHÄFTSLEITUNG, VERTRIEB UND MARKETING
SAP DEUTSCHLAND
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After receiving a
doctorate in economics and social science, Dr. Wolfgang Kemna began
his career at SAP AG in Walldorf in 1987, initially making his mark in German Sales. He
later transfer red to Dresden to head up SRS and then on to South Africa, where he was
managing director of SAP’s subsidiary there. Between 1995 and 1998, he was
responsible for SAP’s activities in the Africa/Middle East/South East Europe region.
At the beginning of July 1998, SAP AG’s Executive Board appointed 40-year-old Kemna
to the post of managing director responsible for marketing and sales in the Walldorf-based
international subsidiary for Germany, which is currently in its start-up phase. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
REMOVING TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS -
PREPARED FOR A NEW EUROPE
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 11TH FEBRUARY 1999 10:20AM
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 GARY DAICHENDT
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS
CISCO SYSTEMS
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Gary
Daichendt is Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations at Cisco
Systems. He has operations responsibility for sales, distribution, manufacturing and the
global alliances of Cisco. Mr. Daichendt previously held the positions of Senior Vice
President, Worldwide Operations and Vice President Intercontinental Operations. Before
joining Cisco, Mr. Daichendt spent ten years with IBM in various sales, marketing, and
management positions. Subsequent to that, he spent eight years at Wang Laboratories as
Vice President of Central Operations and Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. Mr.
Daichendt received a B.A. degree in Mathematics from Youngstown State University in Ohio
and an M.S. degree in Mathematics from Ohio State University. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
THE NEW INTERNET ECONOMY
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 11TH FEBRUARY 1999 12:05PM
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 DR.
MED. MICHAEL SPITZBART
GESCHÄFTSFÜHRER MEDICAL CONSULTANTS GMBH |
Dr.
Spitzbart is one of Europe’s most well known health care experts and
renowned internationally as a speaker on the topic of mastering stress in management. He
founded a school for preventive medicine and is helping executives from Germany, Austria
and Switzerland to improve their physical and mental abilities with a newly developed
method. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE AND CREATIVITY FOR MANAGERS AND OTHER 'BRAIN WORKERS':
PRACTICAL HINTS TO ENHANCE YOUR PHYSICAL AND INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 11TH FEBRUARY 1999 16:45PM
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 MARK JARVIS
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT WORLDWIDE MARKETING
ORACLE CORPORATION
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Mark
Jarvis is Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Oracle Corp. and is
responsible for global advertising, public relations, communications & events,
pricing, brand management and market analysis. In addition, Mark also drives product
marketing for Oracle’s database and system products, including the industry-leading
Oracle8 database and Oracle Application Server. Mark joined Oracle in 1990 and has a long
list of successes in Oracle marketing, including the launch and rollout of Oracle8,
Oracle7.3 and Network Computing Architecture. He also drove the market development efforts
of Oracle’s Internet products, including Oracle Application Server and Oracle
Internet Commerce Server, and was responsible for the Oracle Systems Management Tools
Initiative. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
THE INTERNET CHANGES EVERYTHING
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 12TH FEBRUARY 1999 09:25AM
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 DR. H.C.
LOTHAR SPÄTH
VORSTANDSMITGLIED
JENOPTIK AG |
Career milestones
of Dr. Späth: Member of Parliament in the Landtag of
Baden-Württemberg, chairman of the Parliamentary Party of the CDU in Baden-Württemberg,
Prime Minister of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, chairman of the CDU in
Baden-Württemberg and vice-chairman of the CDU in Germany. Dr. Späth has managed
JENOPTIK, an innovative Jena-based company, since 1991. When the company went public in
1996, he became Chairman of the Board. KEYNOTE
PRESENTATION:
COUNTDOWN FOR GERMANY- ARE WE PREPARED FOR EUROPE?
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 12TH FEBRUARY 1999 10:00AM
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 ROBERT
DUTKOWSKY
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
MARKETS AND CHANNELS
EMC CORPORATION
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Robert
Dutkowsky is Executive Vice President, Markets and Channels, for EMC
Corporation. Mr. Dutkowsky joined the company in 1997 and is responsible for EMC’s
worldwide sales, marketing, enterprise alliances and customer service organisations. He
came to EMC from International Business Machines Corporation, where he spent 20 years in a
series of sales, marketing and senior management roles. Most recently, Mr. Dutkowsky was
Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for IBM’s RS/6000 business. He was
responsible for a multi-billion dollar annual revenue stream and a major marketing
campaign involving the chess match between world chess champion Garry Kasparov and Deep
Blue, an IBM RS/6000. Mr. Dutkowsky is a graduate of Cornell University and is based at
EMC’s corporate headquarters in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
ENTERPRISE STORAGE AS INFRASTRUCTURE DATA TONE
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 12TH FEBRUARY 1999 11:20AM
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 DR. MARTIN
BANGEMANN
MITGLIED DER EUROPÄISCHEN KOMMISSION |
Career
milestones of Dr. Bangemann: Member of Parliament in the German
Bundestag, Federal Chairman of the F. D. P, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs. Dr.
Bangemann has been a member of the European Commission since January, 1989. In this
position he has been responsible for industrial politics, trade and commerce, information
technologies, the information industry and telecommunication. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
THE EUROPEAN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY WITH REGARD TO THE GLOBAL CHALLENGES
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 12TH FEBRUARY 1999 16:15PM
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 NICK EARLE
VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS GROUP
HEWLETT-PACKARD |
Nick
Earle is a Vice President of Hewlett-Packard Company and Director of
Marketing for the Enterprise Computing Solutions Group. He has worldwide marketing
responsibility for all of HP’s UNIX system and NetServer Enterprise Solutions
business. This includes the servers, storage, HP-UX operating system, HP 3000 computers,
VeriFone E-Payment solutions and the alliance with Intel to create the next generation
architecture for the IT industry. Earle is located in Cupertino, California. |
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