Thomas Ludwig is CEO and co-founder of TBD Networks where he directed the roll-out of TBD VirtualFabric software for managing some of the world's largest virtual network environments.. Prior to co-founding TBD Networks he was a Principal at BoldStep Software, a boutique consulting company specializing in the management of IT mega-projects, and a management consultant at McKinsey, the strategy consultancy. Thomas received concurrent B.Sc./M.Sc. and B.A./M.A. degrees in Computer Science and Philosophy from the University of Technology Vienna and the University of Vienna.  

Ken Won is Director of Product Marketing at Force10 Networks. He is responsible for marketing Force10 Network’s Open Automation Framework.

Prior to joining Force10 Networks, Ken spent 20 years in the high technology industry at companies such as Sun Microsystems, SGI and AMD.

Ken has a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Erin Harrison brings more than 12 years of publishing, journalism and online media experience to her role as Executive Editor, Strategic Initiatives at TMC, where she oversees the company’s strategic editorial initiatives. Erin covers IP communications, information technology and other related topics. Previously, Erin served as the founding editor-in-chief of Executive Decision magazine, a business-to-business magazine that reached approximately 150,000 C-level executives from the Fortune 1000 and beyond. Prior to her tenure at Executive Decision, Erin was an editor at Scholastic Library Publishing and was the executive editor of Real Estate magazine, a national monthly magazine specializing in the residential real estate and relocation industries.