Richard D. Daniels 

SVP and IT Business Information Officer, Health Plan & Hospital Operations, Kaiser Permanente

Dick Daniels joined Kaiser Permanente’s Information Technology organization as Senior Vice President and Business Information Officer (BIO) of Health Plan and Hospital Operations in May 2008. He is accountable for developing the strategy and ensuring the delivery of innovative, leading-edge capabilities that drive KP’s technology agenda, in partnership with, and supporting all business areas. He leads a diverse team that includes the Regional Business Information Officer (BIO) teams for National Facilities and Pharmacy, Enterprise Architecture, Information Management & Innovation, Consulting & Analytics and IT Compliance. He is accountable for the strategic alignment across regional and national IT initiatives and the regional implementation of all national IT projects.

Dick has more than 30 years of IT experience. Before joining KP, he was senior vice president and divisional CIO for Capital One. In that role, he was responsible for IT and operations for auto finance. Prior to that, Dick was the global production services executive, responsible for maintenance and support for all investor services business applications at JPMorgan Chase. He holds a bachelor’s of applied arts and sciences degree from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University). In 2007, Computerworld honored him as one of the nation's Premier 100 IT Leaders.

Bill McDermott 

Co-CEO and Member, SAP Executive Board

Bill McDermott was appointed co-CEO of SAP on February 7, 2010. In this capacity, and also as a member of the Executive Board of SAP, he oversees SAP’s strategic business activities relative to all customer operations, sales, marketing, communications, field services (consulting), corporate development, and ecosystem activities.

As the world’s leading provider of business software, SAP is a €41 billion company with €10,671 million in revenue in 2009. SAP’s more than 47,500 employees and its vast ecosystem enable 95,000 customers of all sizes in more than 25 industries and 120 countries worldwide. SAP AG is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany and McDermott is based at the company’s North American headquarters location in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

McDermott was first named to the SAP Executive Board in 2008 to manage global field operations, a responsibility he continues to maintain as co-CEO. During this time, McDermott has been instrumental in re-architecting the company’s go-to-market strategy, closely aligning the field organizations and product development teams, led by co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe.

Prior to this role on the SAP Executive Board, he led SAP's operations in the Americas (United States, Canada and Latin America) and Asia Pacific Japan regions. Since his arrival in 2002, the company has delivered unparalleled growth in market share, revenue and customer satisfaction in key markets.

Prior to joining SAP, McDermott served as executive vice president of Worldwide Sales & Operations at Siebel Systems, and president of Gartner, Inc., where he led the company’s core operations. He spent 17 years at Xerox Corporation, where he progressively rose through the ranks to become the company’s youngest corporate officer and division president. He also served on the board of directors for two company subsidiaries. In 1997, through his leadership, McDermott’s division received the Malcolm Baldrige Award, presented annually by the President of the United States to businesses judged to be outstanding in several areas.

McDermott is a member of several external boards, including the boards of ANSYS, a company that designs and develops engineering simulation solutions used to predict how product designs will behave in manufacturing and real-world environments; PAETEC Communications, a nationwide integrated communications provider; and Under Armour, a performance apparel company dedicated to technologically advanced products. He is a member of the National Advisory Board for KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) and the Advisory Board for Villanova University.

McDermott is an active community leader and advocate for corporate social responsibility. In 2008, he was named Idealist of the Year by City Year Greater Philadelphia for his civic leadership and “commitment to improving the community and the lives of those who live in Philadelphia.” In 2006, McDermott received the Yitzhak Rabin Public Services Award in recognition of his contributions as a civic leader who has demonstrated a commitment to Israel as a source of technological innovation. In 2005, McDermott was elected to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing three million companies and organizations, and to the Chamber Foundation Board.

McDermott received an MBA degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, and he completed the Executive Development Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Graduate School of Management. He received his B.S. degree in business administration from Dowling College.

John Murray 

Chief information Officer, Genworth Financial Wealth Management, Inc.

John is responsible for ensuring that GFWM delivers an industry-leading technology platform to independent financial advisors. He assumed the CIO role in 2008 after working extensively with the firm as head of his own technology consulting business. John started his career as an investment-banker in New York and San Francisco and subsequently founded and led a series of global software and technology services businesses. He is very active in his community serving on a number of non-profit boards and state and local commissions, primarily focused on parks and youth-development.

John received a Bachelor of Science from the USC Marshall School of Business and a MBA from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Sheldon Wang 

Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, eHealth Inc.

Dr. Sheldon Wang has served as Executive Vice President of Technology since May 2007 and as Chief Technology Officer since August 1999. In these roles, Dr. Wang oversees the engineering, product management, product marketing, quality assurance, information technology and carrier technology services functions of the company. Dr. Wang also has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of eHealth China since October 2003 and oversees the company’s operations in China. Prior to becoming Executive Vice President of Technology, Dr. Wang served as the company’s Senior Vice President since August 1999. Prior to joining eHealth, Dr. Wang was the Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Eclipsys Corporation, a provider of integrated healthcare enterprise information-technology solutions. Before joining Eclipsys, Dr. Wang was the Executive Vice President of Research and Development and Chief Operating Officer of HealthVision (acquired by Eclipsys). Dr. Wang holds a Ph.D. in medical informatics from the University of Utah, an M.S. degree in physics from Idaho State University and a B.S. degree in physics from the Fuzhou University of China.

Jack Dorsey 

Creator, Co-founder, and Chairman of Twitter, Inc.

Jack Dorsey is the creator, co-founder, and Chairman of Twitter, Inc. Originally from St. Louis, Jack’s early fascination for mass-transit and how cities function led him to Manhattan and programming real-time messaging systems for couriers, taxis, and emergency vehicles. Throughout this work Jack witnessed thousands of workers in the field constantly updating where they were and what they were doing; Twitter is a constrained simplification designed for general usage and extended by the millions of people who make it their own every day. Jack is dedicated to creating public goods which foster approachability, immediacy, and transparency, and has started a second company named Square focused on bringing these concepts to commerce.

Matt Thompson 

General Manager, Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft

As General Manager of Microsoft’s developer & platform evangelism efforts Matt Thompson has the first hand opportunity to both observe and work with a number of Silicon Valley’s most unique technology start ups. His time is split between working with this influential community of technologists as they adopt Microsoft technologies (including Microsoft’s cloud offering, Windows Azure, and new phone platform, Windows Phone 7); advising a number of early stage start ups; and working with Microsoft customers & partners as they implement solutions on top of the breadth of the Microsoft platform offerings. Previously, As Sr. Director of Sun’s Cloud engineering organization Matt was responsible for the development of Sun’s platform as a service offering and related cloud developer tools. In a previous role, Matt was responsible for Sun’s developer program and technology outreach worldwide. When not working you’ll likely find Matt off an island somewhere following his passion, underwater photography.

Ralph Loura 

CIO, The Clorox Company

Ralph Loura is CIO of The Clorox Company, a leading manufacturer and marketer of consumer products, where he is responsible for the company’s worldwide use of information technology. In this role, Ralph leads Clorox’ information technology organization and directs the company’s strategic technology initiatives in support of Clorox’ goal of making everyday life better, every day. Prior to joining Clorox, Ralph was SVP, IT at Medicis, the leading independent specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. focused primarily on the treatment of dermatological and aesthetic conditions. While there, he was instrumental in transforming the IT organization from a purely service based technical support function into a strong business partner driving value through a myriad of methods including; a successful deployment of the company’s first enterprise class ERP system, (implementing SAP across Finance, Purchasing, Supply-Chain and HR functions), performing vital systems infrastructure improvements, and a series of process improvements designed to enable Medicis’ IT organization to transform its core operations into a strategic competitive advantage for the company.

Andrew Mason 

Founder/CEO, Groupon

Andrew Mason is the founder and CEO of Groupon, which has been called “America’s Best Website” by one of their television commercials. Andrew has been using his fingers since an early age, most recently to type this biography. A Northwestern University graduate in music, Mason’s achievements date back to his 8th grade wrestling rookie of the year trophy at Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh. Andrew considers himself an online enthusiast and a man.

Jeff Weiner 

Founder/CEO, Groupon

Jeff Weiner was named CEO of LinkedIn in June of 2009, after joining the company as Interim President in December 2008. Prior to LinkedIn, Jeff was an Executive in Residence at Accel Partners and Greylock Partners where he advised the firms’ consumer technology portfolio companies and evaluated new investment opportunities. Jeff previously served as EVP of Yahoo!’s Network Division, a roughly $3 billion annual revenue business with over 3,000 employees and products reaching over 500 million consumers. Jeff also serves on the Board of Directors for DonorsChoose.org and Malaria No More.