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: Leveraging Software Licensing and Entitlement Management to Gain Competitive Advantage
Tom Reilly: President and CEO, ArcSight
Thomas Reilly has served as ArcSight Chief Executive Officer since September 2008 and as the President since August 2007. Mr. Reilly served as ArcSight Chief Operating Officer from November 2006 to September 2007. From April 2004 to November 2006, Mr. Reilly served as Vice President of Business Information Services of IBM. From November 2000 until its acquisition in April 2004 by IBM, Mr. Reilly served as Chief Executive Officer of Trigo Technologies, Inc., a product information management software company. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.