Keynote Speakers
Tuesday, October 12
Opening Remarks
Mark Bishof: Chief Executive Officer, Flexera Software
Mr. Bishof has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since Flexera Software’s inception (April 2008). Most recently, Mr. Bishof served as General Manager and Executive Vice President of Macrovision's (now Rovi) Software Business Unit. Prior to that, he led worldwide sales, services, channels and alliances for Macrovision.
Before joining Macrovision, Mr. Bishof held executive positions at IBM, including Vice President of worldwide industry solutions sales and Vice President of worldwide sales for WebSphere Business Integration. Mr. Bishof was brought into IBM as part of the company's acquisition of CrossWorlds Software, where he was Senior Vice President of global sales and services.
Prior to CrossWorlds, Mr. Bishof was a Partner at Deloitte Consulting in the Global Telecommunications & Media practice. He has also worked as an Associate with Booz-Allen Hamilton and as a consultant to Warburg Pincus in their Information Technology and Communications practice. Bishof serves on the board of directors for Solstice Software and holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Maryland.
Keynote Presentation
Chris Gahagan: Senior Vice President, Products, Avid
As Senior Vice President of Products, Mr. Gahagan leads the company's audio and video engineering, program and product management functions as well as the company's market solutions team.
Prior to joining Avid in July 2009, Mr. Gahagan was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Resource Management Software Group at EMC Corporation, where he and his team were responsible for providing customers with products and services that delivered best-in-class operational efficiency for IT businesses. Chris enjoyed over seven years at EMC. Most recently, Chris drove the formulation and the continued evolution of the Business Unit strategy including product development, strategic partnering and acquisition activities for all M&A phases as well as successful integration into EMC. His extensive background includes deep knowledge of software and product development, engineering, sales, marketing, and customer service.
Before EMC, Mr. Gahagan held positions as Vice President and General Manager of the Enterprise Systems Management Group at BMC and Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Sterling Software, previously Spectra Logic Corporation. Mr. Gahagan began his career as a member of the technical staff at Hewlett-Packard Company.
Mr. Gahagan holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Sciences from Colorado State University.