Emerging Technologies Presentations

Internet technology has fundamentally altered all our lives. Future technologies promise to have an even greater impact on the way we work, live and have fun. Students in the UW, Bothell MBA E-Commerce class have evaluated four new technologies and will be presenting their results. Each presentation will be for about 10 minutes followed by a brief Q&A session.

Here are the titles of the talk with the profile of the presenters (in random order).

• Home Networking(Presentation by Leyla Beyaz)

Executive Brief

Bio: Leyla is currently a Product Manager at Boeing. She led systems development and deployment projects prior to earning her MMgt from UW, Bothell in 2000. She holds a BS from UC Davis and Certificates in Systems Management and Leadership.

• Personal Area Networks(Presentation by Bob Nerenberg and Heath Conn)

Executive Brief

Bios: Robert Nerenberg is trained as a physicist and has worked as a programmer, researcher, and project manager. He is currently a principal engineer at Boeing. His main academic interest is application of technology to manage and empower large projects.

Heath has been a Project Engineer and Financial Analyst at Boeing for 4 years. He holds a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. His interests are fishing and reading. He has been married for nine years, is the proud father of a nine-month old and enjoys his time with his pet cat.

• Telematics- you know, Internet in the Car(Presentation by Jennifer Gregor and Randy Serroels)

Executive Brief

Bios: Jennifer Gregor is currently the Siebel Development Manager at AT&T Wireless. Previously she has been a software developer at AT&T Labs, Argonne National Laboratory, Georgia Pacific, Inc., and AT&T Wireless. Jennifer received her BS in Computer Science from Western Washington University and will receive her MBA from the University of Washington in December 2001.

Randy is currently Sr. Director of Operations for Philips Ultrasound in Bothell WA. 25 years of management experience in engineering and operations in high technology. He holds a bachelor of Technology from Oregon Institute of Technology, and Master of Management from the University of Washington, Bothell.

• The Future of E-Books (Presentation by Russ Johnson and Tim Getzoff)

Executive Brief

Bios: Russ is currently the materials manager for Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., a manufacturer of oceanographic instruments. His prior experience is in submarine nuclear power plant operations in the US Navy and is presently a meteorological technician in the Navy Reserves.

Tim holds a Ph.D.in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Arizona, Tucson. He has been associated as a researcher with companies such as Plant Genetics Inc., Advanced Genetic Sciences and DNA Plant Technologies.