Steff Gelston is a professional journalist whose editorial career spans magazines, newspapers, and websites. She spent five years at International Data Group (IDG), including three years as a senior editor at CIO magazine with coverage oversight of IT staffing and the mid-market. Before joining IDG, Gelston was an assistant business editor at The Boston Globe. She has also worked for Inc.com, the Boston Herald, and the Boston Business Journal.

Dr. Larry Ponemon is the Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute, a research “think tank” dedicated to advancing privacy, data protection and information security practices. Dr. Ponemon is considered a pioneer in privacy auditing and the Responsible Information Management or RIM framework. Security Magazine has named Dr. Ponemon as one of the “Most Influential People for Security.”

Yoav M. Cohen is the Managing Partner of NYC Advisors, LLC, a business advisory firm providing interim and part-time CFO services, corporate restructuring and turnarounds, and other profit-enhancing services. None of his clients ever filed for bankruptcy, either because they were able to turnaround to profitability, or by implementing other strategies that avoided filing for bankruptcy. Formerly, Yoav served as CEO of a plastic lumber company, CEO of a direct marketing organization, CFO & COO of a publicly-held medical device company, COO of a technology incubator, Chairman of the Board of a publicly held software company, and as a consultant, mentor and business advisor to numerous other companies in over 40 different industries. He also is the co-author of Making Tough Decisions and a partner and board member at Stark Office Suites.

Joshua Greenbaum is the Principal of Enterprise Applications Consulting. He has over 30 years of experience as a computer programmer, system architect, author, consultant, and industry analyst. He began his career at the dawn of the desktop publishing and data base markets, and has observed first-hand the evolution of the products and technologies that make up the enterprise applications, content and technology marketplaces of today. Josh works extensively with end-user organizations to align their business and technology strategies, as well as assisting vendors with understanding the needs and requirements of their customer and prospect bases. Josh is frequently quoted in the technical and business press and blogs at www.eaconsult.com/blog-ematters.