Prior to Escend, Elaine was CEO and board member of two software companies: PaperWise Document Imaging (acquired by Bell + Howell) and Applied Medical Informatics (acquired by Merck). She also served as Vice President of the Michigan Strategic Fund, a venture firm chartered with diversifying Michigan's economy and as founder and CEO of the ELM Group, Inc., a manufacturers' representative firm. Additionally, Elaine has worked with a number of top technology and media companies including Apple Computer, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Cornerstone, Tecmar, Prentice Corporation, Disney, Texas Instruments, Dow Jones, and Inapac.

Elaine is also a venture capitalist with strategic investments in several semiconductor companies, including Transmeta, Inapac, Tradec, Amphus, Hewlett-Packard, Houston Instruments, and Locus Computing.

Elaine earned a bachelors degree from Eastern Michigan University.

Mr. Carrano has represented clients, such as Intel Corporation, in numerous matters involving a broad range of intellectual property issues. He has also worked extensively with patent trial counsel in various European and Asian countries.

Prior to becoming an attorney, he was a Member of the Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories.

In a period spanning more than a decade, Chehadé has built and promoted tools and practices that foster cooperation between computer companies to facilitate electronic commerce amongst themselves and with their trading partners. In 1992, he launched nettConnectioný, an innovative Lotus Notes-based extranet application, linking tens of companies in the U.S. to their distribution channel partners in 36 countries, enabling efficient commerce and structured information sharing.

Previously, Chehadé was CEO of Infoware Development, a software developer of business publishing tools designed to build corporate information warehouses on the Internet. In 1989, he founded Connectica, Inc., which designed and implemented marketing and distribution strategies for U.S. based software publishers to penetrate European and Asian markets.

Chehadé is a graduate of Stanford University, where he earned a master's degree in Engineering Management. He also earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Polytechnic University in New York.

Ms. Cohen holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from Stanford University, an M.A. in technology strategy from Boston University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She is Certified as a Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) by APICS.

Formerly, Adam was employed by leading technology companies including Dell Corporation and Ariba, Inc. where he developed, implemented and executed supplier selection services specific to silicon, packaging, test, software and foundry suppliers.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Frazier served as executive vice president and president of Avnet Integrated Material Services (IMS), the EM business unit he established. IMS provides industry-leading supply-chain management services. In recognition of his pioneering efforts in value-added services and his position as an industry expert, he was listed among Electronic Buyers' News' Hot 25 Executives for 1998. He had previously created Avnet's Strategic Account Organization, focusing on the distribution needs of the Fortune 500's top 50 electronics companies. The success of that organization led to the formation of Avnet's Value-Added Services Organization, the precursor to IMS. Mr. Frazier joined the company in 1977.

Mr. Harlan is a frequent contributor on Motorola's success in the eProcurement space for both direct materials and indirect materials/services. His assessment of Motorola's progress in eProcurement has been featured in the Purchasing Magazine, Aberdeen research, InformationWeek.com, and Line56. In 2003, Mr. Harlan was recognized by Computerworld as one of the Top 100 premier IT leaders.

Mr. Harlan also led Motorola's Internet Negotiation program which was awarded the 2004 Franz Edelman designation by the INFORMS organization for excellence in operations research and management science.

Mr. Harlan is also a frequent speaker at various supply chain and procurement conferences as well as serving for the last three years as Chairman of the Emptoris user group.

Prior to joining Motorola, Mr. Harlan was a Principal in IBM's eBusiness Practice focusing on selling and delivering eBusiness solutions to a diverse set of clients.

Prior to IBM, Mr. Harlan was a Senior Manager in Deloitte and Touche's systems implementation and business reengineering practice to manufacturing companies.

Mr. Harlan obtained his undergraduate degree from Purdue University in Industrial Engineering and his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago.

SIA's international trade program has included the implementation of the U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Agreements of 1986, 1991, and 1996 -- which contributed to an increase in foreign share in Japan from 8.5% in 1986 to over 30% today; and the 1998 elimination of European semiconductor tariffs -- which has saved U.S. producers and their customers $1.5 billion. SIA's legislative successes include the passage of the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act, the National Cooperative Research Act, and the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act. SIA's workforce strategy program seeks to insure a qualified workforce to support industry growth with activities at the K-12, technician, and engineering levels. Mr. Hatano has been with SIA since 1983.

Mr. Hatano has an undergraduate degree in political science and economics from the University of California at Davis, a Juris Doctorate from the U.C. Davis Law School and a Masters in Business Administration from U.C. Berkeley's Haas School of Business Administration; and is a member of the California Bar. Mr. Hatano has published articles in the area of business and public policy in the California Management Review, the American Journal of Business Law, and Managerial Planning. Mr. Hatano currently serves on the board of directors for the U.S. Information Technology Office in Beijing, the Advisory Board to the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (a National Science Foundation funded program that is working with community colleges across the country to train high tech technicians), the Japan Society of Northern California, the Cost Recovery Action Group (a coalition to encourage capital investment in the US through accelerated tax depreciation). Mr. Hatano is also a member of the Foundation Board of Trustees for the University of California at Merced, the first new research university built in the U.S. this century.

Prior to joining Cypress, Ms. Irace spent five years at National Semiconductor in product engineering and marketing. She holds a bachelors degree from the University of California, Davis and a graduate degree from Stanford' s Executive Program. She is a 14-year semiconductor veteran.

Paul joined Arrow in 1999 to lead the company's focus on supply chain solutions. Before joining Arrow, Paul was a senior partner in the Supply Chain Strategy practice of Mercer Management Consulting. His consulting experience in supply chain management spanned over 15 years working with leading companies in over two dozen distinct industries, including the high-tech industry.

Paul holds a B.S. in engineering from Yale University, an M.S. in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the Wharton School. He speaks at the supply chain conferences of various organizations including the Supply Network Conference, Comdex, the SupplyChain Council, the Electronic Supply Chain Association, the Council of Logistics Management, the National Association of Purchasing Management, the International Quality and Productivity Center and the Institute of International Research. He has appeared on CNBC's "Management Today" and been frequently published or cited in such publications as Purchasing Magazine, EBN, Electronics News, Global Logistics and Supply Chain Strategies, Optimize Magazine, InformationWeek, the International Journal of Logistics Management and the American Management Association Forum.

He brings more than ten years experience in operations and supply chain management at Hewlett-Packard. There, he led an initiative that rapidly achieved profitability and annually saved tens of millions of dollars, by reducing inventory and reorganizing supply chain operations.

An inaugural fellow of MIT's prestigious Leaders for Manufacturing program, Jim earned an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the School of Engineering. He also holds a bachelor's degree from Tufts University.

Professor Lee's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, Ford Motor Company, Hewlett-Packard Company, Sloan Foundation, AT&T Foundation, and the State of California. He has published widely in journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, IIE Transactions, Interfaces, European J. of Operational Research, and Naval Research Logistics, etc.

He has served on the editorial boards of many international journals, such as Operations Research, Management Science, IIE Transactions, J. of Manufacturing and Operations Management, and American J. of Mathematical and Managerial Sciences. He was the Editor of the IIE Transactions in Scheduling and Logistics, is an Advisory Editor of the J. of Production and Operations Management Society and the Asian J. of Business and Information Management, and is the current Editor-in-Chief of Management Science.

Professor Lee's research in medical education planning for the State of West Virginia received the Health Application Section Spotlight Prize by the Operations Research Society of America. His work on multi-echelon inventory system design and control for IBM's National Service Division was a finalist in the Edelman Application Prize Competition by the Institute of Management Science. His work on resource deployment of global manufacturing and distribution network for Apple Computer won the first prize by the Lauder Institute and the Institute of Management Science, for the Best Advances in the Theory and Practice of International Management Science.

Professor Lee has consulted extensively for companies such as Hewlett-Packard Company, SUN Microsystems, Apple Computer, IBM, General Motors, Xilinx Corp., Andersen Consulting, Eli Lilly and Company, McKesson, Motorola, and NON-STOP Logistics Company.

Professor Lee obtained his B.Soc.Sc. degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Hong Kong, his M.Sc. degree in Operational Research from the London School of Economics, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Operations Research from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ram is an active member of AGMA (Anti Gray Market Alliance). AGMA is an organization to address the gray/counterfeit issues impacting high-tech industry with significant financial losses and IP compromises. Ram is engaged in AGMA to understand and assess the downstream impact of Gray and counterfeit markets - their impact on service supply chaain and IP.

Since beginning his career at Arrow over 20 years ago, Brian has held multiple positions, including Director of Customer Marketing, President of Arrow Alliance, and President of Arrow Contract Manufacturing Services (CMS).

Brian relocated to England in 2000 to assume the role of Managing Director for Arrow Northern Europe. In this position, he was responsible for the Arrow Nordic Components group, Microtronica UK, and Arrow Electronics UK. In early 2001, Brian helped to launch Alliance Europe before taking responsibility for this business unit in 2002.

Brian received his BBA in production operations and his MBA from the University of Michigan.

Before joining Amazon.com, he was at Teledesic, a Seattle-based telecommunications start-up. Miller also was at Intel Corporation where he was production manager of a microprocessor assembly and test plant, as well as leading process technology transfers from development to production sites. He was also at IBM Corporation in various technical marketing and systems development roles.

Miller has a Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Purdue University, a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Masters of Science in management from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Manish Modi is a Senior Director at Oracle for Applications Development. He is responsible for the Discrete Manufacturing product family that support mixed mode manufacturing methodologies - Discrete Jobs, Flow Manufacturing (Lean), Lot Based Jobs (OSFM), Configure To Order, Project Manufacturing, and Quality Management. These applications are created to address the needs of the industries such as High Tech, Industrial Manufacturing, Medical Devices, Consumer Product Goods, Automotive, A&D, and ETO. He is currently focused on not only Lean Manufacturing but applying the principles of Lean to all aspects of the Supply Chain as well as IT operations.

Prior to joining Oracle Manish gained hands on manufacturing experience at companies like Siemens, Premier Automobiles and Voltas.

Manish Modi holds a Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Bombay, and a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on Automation from the Univ. of California, Berkeley.

Previously, Sid served as Chairman and CEO of Competitive Knowledge Inc (CKI). Mohasseb' s vision for CKI grew out of two decades of leadership and expertise in management consulting. An internet company with a capitalization valued at over $48.0 Million.

Novak received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Michigan State University. He is also an alumnus of the Harvard Business School Not-for-Profit Management Program.

During his 7 year tenure at i2 Mahesh has held a variety of positions in the Semiconductor and High Tech business unit. As the Director of the Semiconductor Business Unit at i2 he was responsible for all aspects of sales, implementation, and post-implementation at several key North American Semiconductor accounts. Previously he was the Director of Semiconductor Consulting where he managed implementation and solution efforts at numerous Semiconductor companies such as Philips Semiconductors, Texas Instruments, Samsung Semiconductors, National Semiconductor, Integrated Device Technology, Cypress Semiconductor, Altera, Toshiba Semiconductor and others. Prior to his consulting role, Mahesh was involved in core solutions development where he helped design fundamental optimization solutions for different classes of strategic and tactical planning problems. Much of his work has focused on solving large-scale planning problems of the type encountered in major Semiconductor, Computers, and Consumer Electronics companies.

His expertise is in Manufacturing Planning Systems design and Applied Operations Research. He has published several articles and presented conference papers in the areas of Strategic Planning, Material Handling, and Scheduling, as applied to Electronics and Semiconductor Manufacturing. Mahesh obtained his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Manufacturing Systems and Operations Research, from Texas &M University. He received his Master' s degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University, and Bachelor' s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, India.

SimFlex is a unique and proprietary technology developed solely to address the dynamic and challenging complexities of global supply chains. Using SimFlex, The SimFlex Group is able to present a complete analysis that evaluates a spectrum of supply chain alternatives to its customers in order to assist them in making the most strategic and cost effective decisions on the many complex supply chain issues that companies face.

To date, the SimFlex Group has helped its customers to save tens of the millions of dollars and SimFlex has been successfully used in over 150 projects in the last 3 years.

John Sedej brings over twenty years of strategic supply chain experience, including global manufacturing, quality and operations experience within the Hi-Tech Electronics, Aerospace and Automotive sectors. His previous experience as a strategic Supply Chain and Procurement Manager at Hewlett Packard included developing and implementing global supply chain strategies for the ink jet products group for the Asian, North American and European markets.

John Sedej has a double B.S.E degree with majors in electrical and biomedical engineering and a minor in mechanical engineering from Duke University. He also has a MBA from the University of San Diego in international business and finance.

During the integration process of pre-merger HP, Mr. Shoemaker was directly responsible for identifying the best procurement practices of both companies and developing strategies for the successful integration and value capture for the new procurement team.

Leveraging his expertise extending partner relationships deeper into the supply chain, improving HP's influence over quality, security and information processes, Mr. Shoemaker will speak to best practices and key learnings from HP's collaboration with supply chain partners in a way that will bring value to OEMs of all sizes.

Other responsibilities include a variety of component engineering functions and PC design activities.

Prior to Sun, Dave was at LSI Logic, where he led a group responsible for semiconductor packaging and component engineering.

Dave is presently quite active in both European Union and China industry lobbying activities related to RoHS regulations, working through both AeA and EICTA consortia.

Hein has been with Philips since 1982 and has held various positions of increasing resposibility. He began his career with Philips' Semiconductors Product Division in the field of components and IC domains, which led to a 3 1/2-year assignment in the U.S.A. in the early nineties. In 1995, Hein was appointed Director of the Consumer IC Business Line in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Three years later, he was promoted to Senior Vice President within Philips' Semiconductors Product Division and held general management responsibility for the Telecom Terminals Business Unit located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

A Dutch national, Hein holds a PhD in physics from the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. Hein was born in 1954, is married and has three children.

Prior to joining Logitech in January 2003, he was Vice President, Supply Chain Operations for the CommWorks Division of 3Com. Prior to 3Com, he has held various senior operations management positions at Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, NEC Electronics, AMD, and US Robotics. He has over 25 years of experience in the electronics industry.

Williams has served the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for four years as an Examiner and Senior Examiner. He is Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) with APICS, and has also been a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) with the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). Gray is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Purdue University's School of Management where he received his B.S. in Industrial Management.