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Executive Board

Officers & Committee Chairs:

President: Jim Hall, Marketing Development Manager, Emerson Network Power/Liebert

Vice President: Alistair Pim, VP Global Strategic Accounts, American Power Conversion Corporation

Secretary & Treasurer: Rob Peglar, Vice President of Technology, Xiotech

Technical Committee Chair: Chris Hipp, Independent Consultant

Marketing Committee Chair: Jim Hall, BladeS President

Interoperability Committee Chair: Dennis Carlson, Senior Manager OEM, EMC

Advisory Committee:

Honorary Executive Advisor: Chris Hipp, technology visionary and serial entrepreneur, known to many as "father of blade computing".

Executive Advisor: Philip McKay, President and CEO, PPM Media

Executive Advisor: Kenneth McCardle, VP of IT Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance; BladeS Liaison to Association of IT Professionals, and BladeS Chair of End User Advisory Council

Executive Advisor: Dennis Carlson, BladeS First President Emeritus

Board of Directors:

Rahul Advani, Director of Enterprise Marketing, Micron Technology, Inc.

Anthony Dina, Director of Enterprise PG Strategy & Business Planning, Dell Inc.

Jim Hall, Market Development Manager, Emerson Network Power/Liebert

Carrie Higbie, Global Director, Data Center Solutions and Services, The Siemon Company

Chris Loeffler, Data Center Solutions Application Manager, Eaton Corporation

Zack Mihalis, Sr. Director - Marketing and Business Development, Server Division, Brocade

Brent Mosbrook, Senior Product Manager, Emulex

Rob Peglar, Vice President - Technology Marketing, Xiotech

Alistair Pim, VP Global Strategic Accounts, American Power Conversion Corporation

Bruce Shaw, Director of Worldwide Commercial Marketing, AMD

Scott Tease, Worldwide Product Marketing Manager, BladeCenter, IBM

General Management:

Managing Director & Liaison for Higher Education: Ed Doody, Executive Vice President of Strategic Alliances, National Center for College & University Admissions

Director of Business Development: Jane Lin-Li, Managing Editor, Extension Media