Dr. Cheemin Bo-Linn is CEO and President of Peritus Partners, Inc., a global business and marketing group recognized for helping companies achieve sustainable profit growth and the highest market valuations. Bo-Linn, recognized for her global business perspective, has been invited as the keynote speaker at the United Nations and other international conferences and featured in the international press related to clean technology, global marketing, and sustainable market expansion.

She is also Venture Advisor, focused on green tech efficiencies, smart grid, infrastructure, and related energy investments. Bo-Linn continues to be active in government policy and a strong advocate of increasing access to capital for start-ups and mid growth companies to foster innovation. Prior, Bo-Linn held senior leadership positions including Founder, Chief Marketing Executive, and CEO at start-ups. Dr. Bo-Linn has also held several senior executive roles at Fortune 100 global companies including IBM Vice-President.

Dr. Bo-Linn is the recipient of the YWCA "Tribute to Women in Industry" Award for her leadership in contributing outstanding profit and revenue growth to Top Fortune companies and AACI’s “Silicon Valley Star Award" for her contribution to Technology. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Corporate Growth (focused on Mergers and Acquisitions and capital investments), Clean Tech and Sustainable Industries, Women in Technology International, and early stage software companies. Formerly, she was on the Board of Directors for the American Electronics Association.

Bo-Linn graduated from the University of Houston with her doctorate degree with domain expertise on “Implementing Computer-based Information Systems and Organizational Change” and the Stanford Executive MBA Certificate Program in Strategy.

Atefeh (Atti) Riazi is a senior IT executive and a philanthropist. She has served in both the public and the private sector as a CIO managing large scale Technology projects and initiatives. She is now the Executive Director of CIOs Without Borders - a global non-for-Profit organization, focused on using technology and innovation for the good of humanity.

She was recently the Senior Partner and Global Chief Information Officer of Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide, a leading global Marketing and Communications agency with 497 offices in 125 countries supporting more than 2,300 clients.

In her role as CIO, her focus was in driving the technology strategy to create efficient business processes across the organization. Throughout her career, she has had a tremendous track record of innovation and successful large-scale deployments allowing for productivity gains and competitive advantage.

Atti has managed the global systems and infrastructure network supporting an integrated, cross-discipline organization providing marketing communications across all media. Atti was ranked in #49 amongst the top 100 global CIOs. Under Atti's leadership Ogilvy and Mather has earned a place on InformationWeek's 500 list of innovative IT organizations.

Atti is a graduate of electrical engineering with over 23 years experience managing large organizations, private and public, in the manufacturing, engineering, advertising and transportation sectors. Most recently, she was Vice President and CIO of Technology for MTA New York City Transit responsible for implementing the $1.5B MetroCard in New York City. Prior to that she was the Sr. VP of Manufacturing.

Atti has published many articles and studies. She speaks frequently on issues involving technology, organizations and work. She has delivered keynote addresses and seminars globally and serves on the Board of major financial and marketing organizations .

Sunil is a forward thinking IT leader with over 20 years of development and management experience with premier firms in the retail and financial services industries.
He holds a Ph.D. in economics with analytics experience related to customer intelligence, social media, eCommerce, supply chain optimization and demand forecasting. He has experience with processes surrounding business intelligence, financial planning, operations, governance and compliance with a broad history of building relationships with senior leadership to drive business transformation. He has walked the line between IT and strategy for many years; leveraging his economics background and development experience to drive innovative business systems.

Sunil serves as the executive vice president and chief information officer for CIOs Without Borders, a global philanthropic organization dedicated to using technology to reduce the incidence of preventable disease. Most recently he served as the SVP and chief information officer for The Children's Place, a leading children's apparel specialty retailer. Prior to that he served as vice president for information and communication technology at Macy’s Homestore, a headquarters division of Macy's Inc. In a previous role he served as the managing consultant for Tang Center Inc., a boutique retail and financial services company.

Christine V. Bullen is serving as Chair of the Board of the Global Sourcing Council, an all-volunteer, non-profit organization focused on socially responsible global sourcing leading to sustainable business practices worldwide. She joined the Howe School of Management at Stevens Institute of Technology in August 2002, where she is the coordinator for the Strategic Issues course and Director of the IT Outsourcing Concentration. Her current research focuses on IT workforce trends and the impacts of sourcing practices as well as the baby boomer retirement bubble. Prior to Stevens, Christine was a Distinguished Lecturer at Fordham University. From 1976 to 1993, she was the Assistant Director of the MIT Sloan School Center for Information Systems Research. Christine’s body of research has focused on understanding how IT enables new business models and processes, strategic planning for the IT function and the organizational impact of IT. Her research at MIT included the launching of the concepts of critical success factors and IT strategic alignment. Prior to academia, she spent nine years in industry as a consultant and strategic planner. She received her MS in Management from the MIT Sloan School and the PhD degree from Stevens Institute of Technology. She is an active member of SIM, AIS, IAOP and INFORMS, and a founding member of the Global Sourcing Council.

Oana is an innovative IT professional with over 15 years experience with premier firms in the Advertising, Retail and Financial Services industries. She is a creative problem solver who has the experience to manage and drive towards the optimal solution regardless of the tools she is working with. Over the years she has worked with and managed several web based solutions for e-commerce web sites and corporate intranet portals.

In her current role she oversees and administers the Sharepoint intranet portal for a global professional services firm specialized in restructuring, turnaround management and corporate advisory services. In her previous role as web master for a head quarters division of Macy's Oana managed the implementation of a Sharepoint 2007 intranet for an audience of +10000 users and developed business analysis solutions based on current microsoft technologies.
Besides several technology certifications Oana has a degree in structural engineering from the Technical University for Civil Engineering, Bucharest.