James Cracknell

James Cracknell is one of the most successful and inspirational athletes of the modern era. A double Olympic Champion, and World Record holder, and with six World Championships to his name, James is one of Britain’s true sporting heroes. After the Athens Olympics, James took a year out from competitive rowing but still managed to set the record for the fastest two Britons to row across the Atlantic (49 days) while competing in the gruelling Atlantic rowing race with TV presenter Ben Fogle. Shortly after this, James retired from competitive rowing. However, never one to sit still he continues to set himself new challenges. He’s run the London and New York Marathons, won the Mark Webber Challenge, taken part in the Coast to Coast race in New Zealand, competed in the European Triathlon Championships for GBR for his age group as well as successfully completing his Cross Continent Challenge in aid of Sport Relief in 2008. Most recently, James took part in the Amundsen Omega3 South Pole Race, again with Ben Fogle and their third team member Ed Coats (the winner of a nationwide search). Not just content with extreme challenges James has also established himself as both writer and broadcaster, he is the London 2012 Sustainability Ambassador and he is an experienced and entertaining corporate speaker and awards host. James recently became the fastest Britain to ever complete the Marathon Des Sables when he finished the gruelling 6 day, 5.5 marathon race in 12^th place.

Al Zollar
General Manager Tivoli Software, key note presentation on Integrated Service Management

Al Zollar has been General Manager, Tivoli software, since July 2004. He is responsible for the strategic direction and ongoing operations for the Tivoli software brand, which enables on demand computing environments by providing customers the ability to manage resources and risks, optimize human capital and manage service levels and business processes. Tivoli offers solutions in six key service areas: Availability, Security, Storage and Optimization, Orchestration, Business Service Management and Provisioning. Previously, Al was general manager, eServer iSeries, where he was responsible for the executive leadership of the iSeries server product line and for leading the strategy and plans for IBM servers and storage in the Global Small and Medium Business marketplace.

Kent Blossom
Vice President IBM Security Solutions will open the IBM Security Solutions Summit at Pulse Comes to You

New! Kent Blossom has a diverse background driving IBM success in emerging markets. He is now Vice President, IBM Security Solutions and leads a global team of experts who develop and sell risk and compliance management solutions based on the entire set of IBM security capabilities, spanning software, hardware and services, represented in the IBM Security Framework. He brings long-term experience and many relationships in IBM Global Services, and with key IBM partners, to this role.

Steve Bradford
Tivoli Business Unit Executive, UK and Ireland, IBM

Steve joined IBM in 1989 and has held various positions in Finance, Sales, and Marketing. In 2000 Steve joined the IBM Software Group and was responsible for selling the complete software portfolio into the Communications Sector, specialising in Telecommunications, Energy & Utilities and Media & Entertainment. In 2005 he became UK Sales Manager for the WebSphere brand. More recently in 2008 Steve became the IBM Tivoli Software Business Unit Executive for UK & Ireland and is responsible for all aspects of sales, technical services, marketing and routes to market.

Bowman Hall
Director of Cloud Computing

Bowman Hall joined IBM in 1996 after IBM's acquisition of Tivoli Systems, Inc. Bowman has had multiple technical and management roles within the IBM Software Group in technical support, education, consulting services and technical sales, based at various times in the US, UK and Spain. Since 2009, Bowman has been responsible for Cloud Computing Client Engagements with the IBM Software Group, where he leads early adopter customer projects and cloud software implementations. Prior to joining IBM, Bowman was responsible for managing distributed systems at Carnival Cruise Lines. Bowman attended the University of Texas at Austin where he received a bachelor's degree in mathematics.

Lionel Lamy
IDC

Lionel Lamy is a research director in IDC's European Software and Services Group. In this role, he is responsible for research focusing on the growing infrastructure services segment. Specific areas of research include utility computing, managed services, especially around the desktop and network areas, datacenter services, as well as voice, data, and video convergence. Virtualisation and mobility also often fall within his broad services remit.

Furthermore, Lamy has also been involved in research on storage and security services as well as service level management issues, and he is a frequent presenter at conferences, customer events, and road shows.

Prior to joining IDC in 1999, Lamy spent four years with the ICL Group (now Fujitsu Services). As desktop service development manager, he developed standard services in the Operational Services Division. Prior to that, Lamy was a market research and European business planning manager in the outsourcing division of ICL. In addition, as a product marketing manager, Lamy compiled comprehensive research on the managed services market. Lamy has a degree in marketing and international business from Angers Business School in France.