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January 10, 2008
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Emerging Technology Forum
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Grid Computing: Building Agile Processing Engines
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Clearent, a entrepreneurial company, is breaking the barriers to innovation in the transaction processing industry by coupling a next-generation user interface with a robust transaction processing engine based on Appistry Enterprise Application Fabric (EAF). Appistry EAF is a software platform that delivers on the promises of grid computing, virtualization and utility computing, simplifying the development and deployment of software applications for high-volume data processing, “real-time” analytics, service-oriented architecture. Express Scripts, a Fortune 500 company, is evaluating Appistry’s application fabric software, and will be on hand to discuss their experiences using the product to re-engineer legacy systems and build new software applications.
Following the presentation, a Q&A session will be led by a diverse panel of leaders from the St. Louis IT Coalition representing business/entrepreneurial organizations and academic institutions.
Speakers
Kevin Haar
President & Chief Executive Officer
Appistry
Kevin Haar is a software industry executive with a wealth of
experience in company building. Prior to joining Appistry, Mr.
Haar spent 17 years at Rational Software, where he played a key
role in driving the company's transformation from a fledgling
software startup into an industry powerhouse with over $800
million in annual revenues. At the time of his departure from
Rational—following the completion its $2.1 billion acquisition
by IBM—he served as its Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field
Operations with responsibility for worldwide sales, consulting,
training, support, and business development. Haar is an active
investor in technology startups and is a member of the St. Louis
Arch Angels. For more information visit
www.appistry.com.
Mark Peck
Director of Operations
Clearent
Mark Peck has extensive experience in both start-ups and
established companies in the transportation, telecommunications
and payments industries. He is responsible for Clearent’s
day-to-day business and technical operations. Prior to joining
Clearent, he was a senior product manager at Cisco, as part of
their broadband multimedia communications product group. For
more information visit
www.clearent.com.
Chuck Turco
Director IT Architecture Strategy
Express Scripts
Chuck Turco is responsible for Express Scripts’ business-aligned
IT architecture strategy: identifying and driving information
technology investments and architectures that deliver additional
business value. Prior to joining Express Scripts, Chuck led
software development for Acurian, a healthcare technology
startup.
Agenda
7:00-7:30am Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:30-7:45am Welcome Message
7:45-8:15am Case Study
8:15-8:45am Panel Q&A
8:45-9:00am Wrap-Up
Panel
Mary Freeman
General Manager-MidAmerica, Microsoft Corporation
Ed Glotzbach
President & Managing Partner, TPI, Inc. and former CIO, SBC
Catalin Roman
Professor, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, Washington University
Greg Sullivan
Chief Executive Officer, Global Velocity