John Chambers | Fred Baker | Dean Kamen

John Chambers President and Chief Executive Officer Cisco Systems, Inc. John Chambers is president and CEO of Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader of networking for the Internet. Since January 1995, when he assumed this position, Chambers has grown the company from $1.2 billion in annual revenues to its current run-rate of approximately $18.9 billion. In the last year alone, Cisco saved more than $1.9 billion due to productivity increases from Internet business solutions, and gained more market share than all of its competitors combined. Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Operations. Prior to joining Cisco, Chambers spent eight years at Wang Laboratories and six years with IBM. Chambers holds a law degree and Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts degree in business from West Virginia University. He later received a Masters of Business Administration degree in finance and management from Indiana University. Orlando Keynote: Wednesday, June 25, 8:30 am - 9:30 am Los Angeles Keynote: Tuesday, July 8, 8:30 am - 9:30 am

Fred Baker Cisco Fellow Cisco Systems, Inc. Fred Baker has worked in the telecommunications industry since 1978, building statistical multiplexors, terminal servers, bridges, and routers. At Cisco Systems, Baker's primary interest areas include the improvement of Quality of Service for best effort and real time traffic, the development of routing and addressing, and issues in law enforcement and emergency use of the Internet. In addition to product development, as a Cisco Fellow, he advises senior management of industry directions and appropriate corporate strategies. Baker is also the chair of the Internet Society's Board of Trustees. Baker's principal standards contributions have been to the IETF, for which he served as IETF Chair from 1996 to 2001. In that forum, he has contributed to Network Management, OSPF and Manet Routing, PPP and Frame Relay, the Integrated and Differentiated Services QoS architectures, and RSVP. He now serves on the IETF's Internet Architecture Board, as well as directly contributing technically. Orlando Keynote: Tuesday, June 24, 8:30 am - 9:30 am Los Angeles Keynote: Wednesday, July 9, 8:30 am - 9:30 am

Dean Kamen President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation and Chairman of Segway LLC As an inventor, physicist, and entrepreneur, Dean Kamen has dedicated his life to developing technologies that help people lead better lives. With his latest invention, the Segway™ Human Transporter (HT), Dean aspired to improve upon the most basic form of transportation, walking, by allowing people to go farther, move more quickly, and carry more without separating them from their everyday walking environment. As a result, the Segway™ HT is a breakthrough in personal transportation that uses sophisticated and elegant self-balancing technology to improve the way people work and live. After founding DEKA Research & Development in 1982, Dean patented a fluid management system that became the core of the Baxter HomeChoice™ PD peritoneal dialysis machine. Unlike traditional stationary dialysis equipment, it is a compact and portable device. In addition, Dean developed the INDEPENDENCE™ IBOT™ Mobility System, a sophisticated mobility aid capable of climbing stairs, navigating rough terrain, and raising the user to eye-level with a standing person. Like Segway™ HT, the IBOT uses self-balancing technology. One of Dean's proudest accomplishments is founding FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989, an organization dedicated to motivating the next generation to understand, use, and enjoy science and technology. Dean remains the driving force behind FIRST, recruiting titans of American business, government, and education to invest time and resources in the initiative. The FIRST Robotics Competition, an annual event teaming professional engineers with high school students nationwide attracts hundreds of teams, breaks participation records every year and inspires students to pursue careers in science and technology. Dean has received numerous awards and accolades for his innovative inventions that have revolutionized healthcare technology including the National Medal of Technology in 2000, the Lemelson-MIT Prize in 2002 for Invention and Innovation and the 2002 Ralph Coats Roe Medal. Orlando/Los Angeles Keynote: Thursday, June 26 & July 10, 8:30 am - 9:30 am Back to Top