Paul Bauer-Daniels College of Business

Before joining the Daniels faculty in 1999, Paul held research management positions at Bell Labs, US West Advanced Technologies and 3Com. He teaches course in information systems, telecommunications, and project management. He serves as a board member of the Colorado Software and Internet Association and is active in the promotion of alliances between academe, industry, and government.

Jack Buffington - Director of Business Process Improvement, Coors Operations, Coors Brewery

Jack is responsible for leading trans- formational change initiatives within Coors Brewing Company Operations, and some initiatives internationally.  Prior to this, he was one of the leaders of a large supply chain systems initiatives to consolidate all of Coors' operations/logistics systems into one enterprise resource planning tool.  He joined Coors in 2001 as Director of e-Business, following a career in industry and consulting.

Carl Fitch - CEO, Statera

Carl has actively served as CEO of Statera, a business and IT consulting firm, since 2002.  Prior to joining Statera, he was a partner at Executive Wealth Management, Ltd. He served as CEO and President of Immedient Corporation (formerly Raymond James Consulting) and began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co.’s Management Information Consulting Division, now known as Accenture, and Cap Gemini America. A recognized leader in Denver’s IT community, he is a published author on relational database technology and has been quoted in Computer World, Software Magazine, and Enterprise Systems Journal.

Doug McArthur - Vice President Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation is the world's largest enterprise software company.  In his current role, Doug provides management leadership for the growth and development of Oracle's global On Demand services business. Prior to Oracle, he provided worldwide leadership for Price Waterhouse's commercial accounting software business.  Doug began his career with Procter and Gamble and has also consulted extensively with governments and major organizations on strategic IT issues. 

Don McCubbrey - Daniels College of Business

Donald J. McCubbrey, PhD, is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Information Technology and Electronic Commerce and Director of the Center for the Study of Electronic Commerce.  He joined the Daniels College faculty in 1984 after a career in information systems consulting with Andersen Consulting/ Arthur Andersen & Co. Since then, he has concentrated his teaching and research in the areas of strategic information systems and electronic commerce.  He is a co-founder and board member emeritus of the Colorado Software and Internet Association.

Barbara Mowry - CEO, Silvercreek Systems

Barbara J. Mowry is the CEO and President of Silver Creek Systems, an enterprise software company that offers the DataLens solution that renders useable data for any system, application, or user.

Prior to Silver Creek Systems, she was the Chairman and CEO of Requisite Technology, a software company for B2B ecommerce, President of the New Products Division of TCI (Comcast Cable), and founder and CEO of a successful strategic marketing company.

Jon Nordmark - President and CEO, eBags

John worked at Samsonite for 11 years before he founded eBags with some of his workmates in 1998. As the Internet began expanding, John knew the world was facing radical change. Helping to change the world's shopping habits -- via more convenience, better information and outstanding values -- made eBags an exemplar of how Internet retailing should be done.

Ted Pinkowitz - CEO, Neighborhood Link

Ted Pinkowitz co-founded E.Central (the parent company of Neighborhood Link) in 1995. Today, E.Central is one of the largest locally owned Internet service providers in Colorado. In 1997, he conceived the idea for Neighborhood Link after offering his company's services as a forum for a controversial zoning dispute. Today Neighborhood Link hosts over 35,000 neighborhood and homeowner association Web sites in hundreds of cities throughout the US.

Richard Scudder - Daniels College of Business

Dr. Scudder has been with the University of Denver since 1982.  He currently serves as Chair of the Department of Information Technology and Electronic Commerce and teaches courses in database management, business intelligence, data warehousing, and project management.

From 1996 to 1998 he was the Chief Information Officer for the University.  In addition to his duties with the University, he has consulted with both public and private organizations on a wide variety of IT-related topics.

Antoine Toffa - CEO, VideoBloom

Antoine is currently embarked on his third EC startup. Previously, he founded TamTam, Inc. in 1999 and was responsible for company-wide operations and the execution of business strategy. Prior to founding TamTam, Antoine founded Trip.com, an online travel company focused on the needs of business travelers. During Antoine's tenure as CEO, Trip.com grew from 0 to 4 million users and reached total annual sales of over $70 million in a period of three and a half years. Galileo, the leader in airline computer reservation systems, acquired Trip.com in 1999 for $326 million.

Paul Weiler - Senior Director, The Trizetto Group, Inc.

Paul is a Senior Director in Trizetto's Professional Services Group focusing on implementations of the Company's Web-based healthcare technology products. He previously worked in a similar capacity for ChannelPoint, an Internet startup serving the insurance industry. He began his career as a human factors engineer with IBM, ComPaq, and Sun Microsystems, specializing in software design, development, and testing.

Hal Wolf- Regional Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente (KP), Colorado

Since joining KP, Hal has transformed the IT organization into an enabling partner of both the Colorado Medical Group Practice and Health Plan Leadership Team. Hal came to KP Colorado after serving as CIO of E-Business and Corporate Systems at Qwest Communications/ US West. Previously, he worked with MTV and Time Warner internationally in the deployment of Interactive Television Services in Operational, Content and Business Development roles.