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Christopher W. Klaus
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
As founder and chief executive officer of Kaneva, a rapidly
growing virtual entertainment world, Christopher W. Klaus is
focused on driving overall vision and strategy. Klaus is highly
regarded as one of the youngest and brightest Internet pioneers
of our time as well as a foremost philanthropist and community
leader.
At Kaneva (Latin for “canvas”), Klaus is leading the charge to be
the first to unify a 3D Virtual World with the 2D web - tightly
integrating social networking, collaborative communities and
shared media providing an entirely new social entertainment
experience for the masses. Bringing together people, communities
and fun things to do, Kaneva provides unique ways to socialize,
communicate, share interests and experience entertainment.
Kaneva founder, Christopher Klaus, foresaw that the future of the
Internet included the 3D web. With a personal passion for
community-building, socialization and gaming, Chris and Kaneva
co-founder Greg Frame developed a massively multi-player online
(MMO) gaming platform that converges digital entertainment,
gaming, Web 2.0 with an immersive 3D environment.
Prior to founding Kaneva, Klaus founded and served as the chief
security advisor of Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISS), a
company he created in 1994 and sold to IBM in 2006. As a world
renowned Internet pioneer, Klaus was one of the first to
recognize the emerging need for Internet security and developed
the first vulnerability scanning technology. During his time at
ISS, Klaus consistently lead the company’s technology vision,
contributed significantly to its business strategy and was instrumental
in helping organizations around the world safeguard critical
data. During his time at ISS, Klaus testified at several U.S.
Senate and House of Representative Hearings on issues surrounding
cyber security and was selected to co-chair the Technical
Standards and Common Criteria Task Force for the Department of
Homeland Security National Cyber Security Summit – a private
sector sponsored task force within the President’s National
Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.
A former student at Georgia Institute of Technology, Klaus
decided to share his success by donating $15 million in 1999 for
the construction of a new building on the Georgia Tech campus -
the Klaus Advanced Computing
Building - representing the largest personal donation from anyone
of his generation, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Opened in 2006, the building was designed to inspire students to
also give back, as well as accelerate future technology
innovation, making a positive, direct impact to our digital
lifestyle and the global online community.
Appointed by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Klaus currently sits
on the Film, Video, and Music Advisory Commission where he plays
an active role in helping define legislation to support the
number of films and games made in Georgia. He is a game advisor
to American Intercontinental University (AIU), serves on the
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Board of Visitors as
well as the boards of VerticalOne, the Georgia Game Developers
Association (GGDA), Georgia Tech Advisory Board (GTAB), and the
Georgia Tech College of Computing Advisory Board.
Further demonstrating his commitment to creating more
opportunities for entrepreneurs and in giving back to the
community, Klaus is involved at a high level in groups such as:
The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Hands on Atlanta, Hands on
Network, C.A.R.E., the Technology Association of Georgia and The
Georgia Tech Alumni Association.
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Benn Konsynski
George S. Craft Professor of Information Systems & Operations
Management
Benn R. Konsynski arrived at Goizueta Business School following
six years on the faculty at the Harvard Business School where he
taught in the MBA program and several executive programs. Prior
to arriving at HBS, he was a professor at the University of
Arizona where he was a co-founder of the university's
multi-million dollar group decision support laboratory. He holds
a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University.
He has published in such diverse journals as Communications of
the ACM, Harvard Business Review, IEEE Transactions on
Communications, MIS Quarterly, Journal of MIS, Data
Communications, Decision Sciences, Decision Support Systems,
Information Systems, and IEEE Transactions on Software
Engineering.
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Mike Vizard
As the Editorial Director and Senior Vice President, Michael
Vizard sets the strategic editorial direction for the Enterprise
Group at Ziff Davis, which includes eWEEK, Baseline, CIO Insight,
The Channel Insider, Publish and Microsoft Watch,. Mr. Vizard has
served as the Editor in Chief of CMP Media’s Computer Resellers
News, in addition to being Editor in Chief at International Data
Group’s InfoWorld. Mr. Vizard has also had extensive editorial
management experience over an 18-year career that has included
management positions with PC Week, Computerworld, Digital Review
and Electronic Buyers’ News.
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Juan Pablo Gnecco
Juan Pablo Gnecco, founder and chief executive officer of
Studiocom, is dedicated to harnessing the power of digital and
gaming technologies to create uniquely engaging online brand
experiences. Infamous for churning highly creative and innovative
Web strategies and campaigns, Gnecco specializes in Massively
Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG’s), virtual worlds, online loyalty
programs, kiosks and mobile technology, online media strategies,
video-to-web integration, animation and original character
development.
Prior to his shift to the digital industry, Gnecco founded a
multimedia design firm and a commercial photography studio in his
native Colombia. However it was an internship at Georgia Tech and
later, a stint at iXL (now Scient), as the first creative director,
which sparked his interest in utilizing the online space to
solidify brand loyalty, and stimulate dialogue between consumers
and brands.
In 1998, Gnecco launched Studiocom, an Atlanta-based digital
advertising agency, in the privacy of his living room on a laptop.
Today, Studiocom has evolved into an award-winning digital agency
with clients such as The Coca-Cola Company, Mattel, Nestle,
CVS/pharmacy, FX Networks, Baskin-Robbins, Dunkin’ Donuts,
Nicktoons, United Airlines, Sony, Phillips, Pilsner Urquell, Dunkin
Donuts and more. The agency is the developer for Mattel’s
BarbieGirls.com, widely considered the fastest growing virtual
world ever, and The Coca-Cola Company’s highly successful My Coke
Rewards online loyalty program.
In addition to his professional achievements, in 2006 Gnecco
founded and continues to serve as executive director for
Colombianitos. The internationally- recognized non-profit, provides
enrichment programs for Colombian children stricken by the violence
that has plagued Colombia for the past several decades.
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Deborah Dunagan
Deborah Dunagan specializes in creating and implementing business
transformations designed to enable organizations and industries to
operate successfully in the emerging and changing marketplace of
the 21st century. Ms. Dunagan’s work is specifically focused on
building innovation and intellectual property capabilities,
building learning organizations, enabling creativity in the workplace,
enabling high performance organizations, aligning performance and
learning strategies with business strategies, and building and
sustaining environments that operate as eco-systems and enable
innovation and creativity as part of the business strategy. Her
work includes building capabilities through the integration of
people, processes and technology to enable organizations to sense
and respond to changes in the marketplace, reduce cycle times for
learning and time to market activities and to build trust and
social capital. Ms. Dunagan is an expert in Communities of
Practice, learning organizations, issues management, knowledge
management, organizational design and change, building innovation
capabilities, business and cultural transformation and industry
convergence. She has held several leadership positions since
joining IBM in 1997. Most recently she has led the Global Methods
Program and the Global Community of Practice Program for IBM. These
programs focused on business and individual performance enablement
of IBM’s people and business strategies and the transformation of
IBM’s business model to build and sustain new capabilities.
Prior to joining IBM, Ms. Dunagan was the president and chief
operating officer of the Reddy Corporation International, a
strategic issues management organization providing strategic and
competitive insights and intelligence to over 150 utility companies
in 14 countries. Her career experience spans several major
industries - the electric industry, telecommunications, the publishing
industry, and the entertainment industry.”
Ms. Dunagan has developed and promoted the vision and concept of
the “Nurturing Corporation,” “Tribal Management,” the
“Electrimation Industry” - A new industry for the 21st century,”
“The Global Media Network” and “Wave Marketing.” She has served as
a speaker at key industry conferences in the US, Australia and
Europe, and has published works on her vision as well as issues
management, knowledge management, organizational change, industry
convergence and competitive business issues. Ms. Dunagan’s most
recent publication is about her work with Communities of Practice,
including the art and thinking involved in assessing “living
systems” and can be found in “IBM Lessons Learned” - Knowledge
Management Systems Implementations: Lessons from the Silicon
Valley – Publisher: Chandos Publishing Oxford Ltd (January 2008).
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