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PlugandPlay Expo Fall 2007
Sponsors

Sun Microsystems  Forum Nokia  Foundation Capital  Northwest Venture Partners  Greenberg Traurig

The Keynote Speakers

Michael Kuptz, Vice President & General Manager, Lenovo Group Limited

Michael Kuptz  lenovo[ Close ]

Michael Kuptz is Vice President & General Manager with Lenovo Group Limited. He has responsibility for Americas Consumer Business Group, (CBG). The General Manager of CBG is responsible for the launch of Lenovo’s Consumer Products in the Americas. All functional lines of business; finance, marketing, sales, service & support operations, product management and human resources are aligned within CBG. The consumer launch in the Americas is scheduled in the Third Quarter, 2007. Previously, he served as the Vice President & General Manager of the US Channel, Mid-Market and Transactional Business. These businesses generated over $2.6B annual sales and were the highest revenue and profit growth segments in Lenovo. Michael came to Lenovo from IBM's Personal Computer Division (PCD) and was part of the Lenovo Acquisition of the IBM Personal Computer Division in May 2005. He holds degrees in Economics and Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He attended San Diego State University, (SDSU).

Mohsen Moazami, VP & Global Managing Director of Cisco Systems

Mohsen Moazami  Cisco[ Close ]

Mohsen Moazami is a proven leader with extensive experience in business leadership and technology enabled business transformation. Mr. Moazami is the Vice President of Internet Business Solutions Group at Cisco responsible for $500 million of incremental revenue in Consumer Products Manufacturing, Retail and Transportation industries. He works with senior management of global 500 companies like Sony, Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Procter & Gamble to help accelerate their strategic use of technology in accelerating their business success. Under his leadership, the global Retail-CPG-Transportation team has more than doubled the number of customer partnerships, with successful engagements in 60 percent of the Top 10 brands in the world. Moazami and his team have achieved multiple hundred-million-dollar revenue gains or cost reductions for their Enterprise customers, and the team’s customer satisfaction ratings have increased by 18 percent over the course of the last two years. Moazami has attained a team productivity gain of over 25% per annum throughout his tenure at Cisco Systems.)

Before joining Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group, Mr. Moazami was a Vice President/Senior Partner at Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA) in charge of the global e-business practice. Prior to KSA, Mr. Moazami founded and oversaw the growth of Stanford Business Systems, an IT software and consulting firm. Stanford Business Systems was acquired by KSA in 1995.

Mr. Moazami earned a masters degree from Stanford University. He sits on the Advisory Board for Coca Cola Corporation, and he is a frequent speaker at industry conferences such as The Economist E-Business Summit, GMA’s Executive Conference, COMDEX, Fairchild CEO Summit and National Retail Federation.

The Winners of the Expo Fall 2007

Gigya, Inc. Zipidee
BlueGem Twiki.net

Presented Companies

Lending Club  [ Close ]

Lending Club is an online lending community where people can borrow and lend money, bypass the banks, and get better rates. By working together, members can borrow money more easily and at a better rate than they would get from a bank, or invest in a portfolio of loans at higher rates than those served by savings accounts or CDs. A proprietary technology called LendingMatch™ helps match lenders with borrowers using connections established through social networks, associations and online communities, and build diversified portfolios based on lender preferences.

For more information contact » Renaud Laplanche

Brokker Storage  [ Close ]

BrokerStorage is a service that allows smart storage of real estate related files. Real Estate Brokers, and agents use BrokerStorage to backup their digital transaction files at an offsite location and store a summary of that transaction with certain triggers to generate high value leads from their old closed transactions.

For more information contact » Suhail Tayeb

Pixsy  [ Close ]

Pixsy offers turn-key solutions that enable websites to offer search functions that access the most popular image and video content. Pixsy’s suite of private label products brings the power of media search to web sites by offering:

  • Private label image and video search engines
  • Private label image and video search portals
  • Automated image and video search engines, widgets, and thumbnail feeds
  • Customized image & video search portals based on any theme

For more information contact » Chase Norlin

Vator.TV  [ Close ]

Vator.tv is a catalyst for innovation. It is a professional network and marketplace for ideas and businesses. Anyone, across all industries, at any stage, can share ideas, products, services and businesses with the rest of the world, mainly through video. People use Vator.tv to pitch their ideas, businesses, skillsets or needs, such as capital, partner or staffing requirements. Hence, the tagline, "What's your pitch?" Through these pitches, people on Vator.tv can network, exchange knowledge and collaborate with other people who can help those ideas get to the next level. People use Vator.tv to get their ideas or needs discovered or to find, discover and connect with others in networks of interest.

For more information contact » Bambi Francisco

Ccube  [ Close ]

Ccube provides a personal Web communication solution that enables consumers to make and receive free Instant Calls (IC) from any phone-to-any-phone, without revealing phone numbers. Ccube’s flagship product is a Web embeddable Click-to-Call widget that provides true click-to-call functionality for buyers/sellers, new social and business contacts without the need to dial or remember virtual numbers.

For more information contact » Mauricio Perez

PhotoCrank  [ Close ]

PhotoCrank’s technology allows mobile subscribers to personalize the photos they take by adding entertaining captions and graphics on the fly! Subscribers have access to a number of powerful photo-enhancement tools via simple text-messaging interactions. PhotoCrank requires no software, just a mobile phone and a sense of humor.

For more information contact » Jeffrey Tannenbaum

Screener Key Tracker  [ Close ]

Screener Key Tracker & Controller are "plug and play" USB devices that help parents establish and enforce child specific time limits on TVs, game consoles and computers.

For more information contact » Ron Hooper

Ceino  [ Close ]

Ceino is a Customer Experience software startup specializing in delivering personalization solutions to brick and mortar retailers. We deliver solutions to in-store kiosks or in-store malls supported by centralized consumer focused website.

For more information contact » Thiru Arunachalam

Planaroo  [ Close ]

The product is a single tool can be flexible enough to plan almost any type of event. This is possible because Planaroo uses a Lego-like approach to feature construction. Unlike flexible vertical planning sites, Planaroo’s feature can be combined depending on the situation.

For more information contact » Kenneth Pate

MyMag  [ Close ]

MyMag is a radically different online publishing and community-supporting platform with the power to get a critical mass of non-techie consumers to converge with press and media publishers. MyMag delivers easily customizable online experiences that are much more supportive of traditional life events (e.g. graduations, travels, weddings, personal diaries, family reunions…) while integrating the benefits of professionally produced content and art.

For more information contact » Francois Champenois

BlueGem  [ Close ]

BlueGem Security, the U.S. company headquartered in Littleton, Colorado, provides security software solutions designed to protect organizations' online environment and its end-users from security threats. The BlueGem solution is a proactive not a reactive solution, and as such is by far the most effective weapon against Spyware based Identity and Information Theft. BlueGem has global patent protection, which means that no one can approach the level of security we provide.

For more information contact » Joe Park

Souki  [ Close ]

Souki is a new site with Dutch origins that brings an ajaxian interface to restaurant reviews. Registration is quick and painless, but it is required in order for you to access any features.

For more information contact » Ernstjan Albers

QBizTech  [ Close ]

QBizTech, one of the leading global providers of services and solutions for the on-demand and software as service space. At QBizTech, we distinguish ourselves with our customized Information Technology Solutions. Ever since our inception, the hallmarks of our services have been customer and customization. Think of us when you are looking for the best Business Solutions for the 21st century. Our focus is to provide our customers with end-to-end solutions through onsite, offshore and oQBizTechourcing methods. Our industry experience gives us the depth and breadth of knowledge needed to determine the best solutions for business needs and an edge in problem solving and devising Best Practices Solution.

For more information contact » Asir Justifus

SueEasy.com  [ Close ]

SueEasy.com will prove to be an important part of the legal culture, with users wondering how they ever did without it. We will simplify, modernize, revolutionalize the lawsuit process, taking every measure to stay within the rules and regulations of the industry practice standards, YET staying away from the boundaries that restrict a traditional brick-and-mortar law firm.

For more information contact » Sahil Kazi

Techdirt  [ Close ]

Techdirt employs a team of top-notch analysts with a broad range of experience. They work in a variety of sectors including technology, communications, media, biotechnology, financial services, retail, automotive and government. They come from diverse backgrounds from some of the best media and technology companies around the world. Techdirt analysts have worked at such places as Intel, The Wall Street Journal, Sun Microsystems, McGraw-Hill, SK Telecom, ABC/Disney, Nano-Tex and CNET, to name just a few. All our analysts are highly trained in the Techdirt Corporate Intelligence Process which has been refined and perfected over the years.

For more information contact » Mike Masnick

Zephyr  [ Close ]

Zephyr is an Enterprise 2.0 system that will transform test management in Engineering and IT Departments. It is an intuitive, feature rich yet affordable system with a best-in-class UI and a collaborative, customizable experience that fosters strong user identification with our brand. We are creating Zephyr in stages, spanning from our initial downloadable test management system aimed at Engineering and IT Departments with a pay-as-you-go licensing model to a SaaS version for Outsourcing Test Services companies. We are also building Windstorm - an online QA Community and Marketplace where globally distributed and migratory testing professionals will exchange information and create, buy, and sell test cases, data and tools to extend the functionality of Zephyr test management products.

For more information contact » Samir Shah

Spigit  [ Close ]

Spigit brings advanced metrics to social networking to create truly relevant ways of measuring user reputation and contribution.

For more information contact » Paul Pluschkell

Paybl  [ Close ]

The founding team is currently led by people from the financial services industry who have first hand experience about the pain merchants are suffering as a result of high processing costs for accepting credit cards online. We are rounding off the team with people from business as well as technology backgrounds and are always looking for the energetic and entrepreneurial kind if you wish to join us.

For more information contact » PJ Gupta

Spokeo  [ Close ]

Spokeo's mission is to empower users to track all of their friends across all online communities. In an environment where users have friends scattered among many different social networks, blogging sites, photo sides, video sites, and music sites, Spokeo aims to provide a unified tracking platform.

For more information contact » Ray Chen

Pollection  [ Close ]

Pollection is market research 2.0. We enable businesses and individuals to reach their targeted audiences on today’s premier online destinations, social networks, and tap into a wealth of accurate consumer information never before so readily accessible. Our customers can distribute their research questions to their specific target market at the fraction of the cost of traditional market research and get results back in a matter of days, not months.

For more information contact » Alex Mehr

CollegeWikis  [ Close ]

CollegeWikis - information for students, by students – is a rapidly-growing student destination. We’re not a social network – CollegeWikis is not a site to which you go to learn about your friends – we are an information network. So, we’re complementary rather than competitive with Facebook.

For more information contact » Joe DiPasquele

GetQuik  [ Close ]

Our goal is to improve the customer experience for everyday food & beverage transactions. We are dedicated to delivering the best online portal based on the feedback of our customers and merchant partners.

Our Beta system is presented as a starting point, and we have a number of features that we will be releasing to further improve the customer experience.

For more information contact » Ken Ryu

FuGen  [ Close ]

FuGen Solutions is the industry's leading independent provider of managed identity services. Centered on its on-demand pre-production scanning, testing and verification MISP/TM Platform, FuGen Solutions allows large enterprise customers to rapidly deploy complex identity management solutions, including support for proprietary and standards-based identity federation, Open ID, user-centric identity and mobile identity services.

For more information contact » Lena Kannappan

bizyweb  [ Close ]

An existing website represents an investment in time and money, so extending its life by adding functionality is a solid business decision, just as we extend the life of a car with automotive aftermarket products.

But web aftermarket content deployment products are generally not plug-and-play and involve the efforts of skilled software developers for integration into an existing website.

For more information contact » Sheryl Hamlin

Apsoftek  [ Close ]

Become a leader in Next-Generation Compliance-enabled Application Identity Management solutions for the Mid-Market Enterprise (SMBs).

Product
Next-generation Compliance-enabled Identity Management products built from scratch, leveraging patentable architectural ideas, specifically designed for SMBs. Customer benefits include:

  • Easy to install, setup, integrate into existing environment
  • Highly affordable with immediate ROI, Ideally suited for SMBs
  • Easily expandable pre-packaged solutions
  • Web-hosted (SaaS) or installed on-site
  • Standard open-source technologies enable ease of integration

For more information contact » Pradeep Bhoj

Datamash Corp  [ Close ]

Datamash sends instant data messages between different documents and applications automatically keeping shared data fresh and accurate.

Datamash uses a process called Sundera to establish a dynamic channel between the source and destination of shared data elements. When the source data changes, an instant data message is sent to a Datamash server and forwarded to its destination. The technique is secure and can be applied to any form of data structure including elements of office documents, databases and web pages. It is analogous to internet cut-and-paste designed for everyday users rather than IT professionals. The result is documents and applications that always contain fresh accurate data.

For more information contact » Leonard Backus

Strayform  [ Close ]

Strayform is community where artists and fans can thrive with no DRM, no commercials and no corporate middle-men. Fan funded proposals let artist get paid without giving up a big cut, without blowing money on ads, and without long term restrictive contracts. Since the Artists are paid up front and the Media is Creative Commons licensed, fans can use freely on any device and share on Peer to Peer networks.

For more information contact » Brandt Cannici

Xpree  [ Close ]

Xpree provides prediction market solutions for corporations. Prediction markets utilize wisdom of crowds to overcome bias and enhance forecast accuracy. An Enterprise 2.0 solution, prediction markets enable employees to collaborate around estimating future events and metrics. Used to forecast ship dates, sales volumes or strategic events, market based solutions have repeatedly demonstrated their superiority compared to more traditional forecasting methods.

For more information contact » Mat Fogarty

QlipMedia  [ Close ]

QlipMedia is the easiest and coolest way to naturally add your voice and annotations to images or screen captures of pictures, documents or web pages and with one click, share them with friends, family co-workers, customers and partners. Send as a multi-media email, embed in a blog or save locally to upload as a video or for use in a podcast. Use it to explain anything!

For more information contact » Chris Beall

CopaCast  [ Close ]

CopaCast brings a revolutionary approach to online advertising that enables marketers to engage the individual consumer rather than customer segments. Our value ranking technology collects and measures people’s interests and intent through their Web behaviors—the sites they visit, the articles they read, the searches they make, and much more. This anonymous information is fused with the marketers past purchase transaction data to forecast future purchasing behavior. This approach enables advertisers to present the right message at the right time.

For more information contact » Clement Huang

Zipidee  [ Close ]

Zipidee is the internet's largest marketplace for buying and selling digital goods online. Zipidee provides tools for sellers to market, distribute, and sell original digital goods: video, music, ebooks, ringtones and wallpapers.

For more information contact » Henry Wong

Gigya, Inc.  [ Close ]

Gigya provides widget creators with smart and simple Wildfire tools to help distribute, track and monetize widgets. Our unique widget distribution platform dramatically increases posting and sharing of widgets across social networks and blogs. With Gigya, anyone can quickly grab and post widgets from your site to their profiles and blogs. Widget providers also get access to detailed reports including information on widget distribution and performance.

For more information contact » Ben Pashman

Twiki.net  [ Close ]

TWIKI.NET offers TWiki solutions that help revolutionize collaboration and productivity in all organizations. TWIKI.NET was founded to cultivate, nurture and advance TWiki as the leading open source enterprise wiki. The company is entering the marketplace with customers, partners, community support and a proven product.

For more information contact » Rod Beckström

Moowee.tv  [ Close ]

Moowee.tv brings unlimited Internet video content to the living room TV for viewers to watch, share, and interact. This free service can be accessed through an Internet browser device such as the Nintendo Wii game console. The moowee.tv user interface is currently optimized for TV with Nintendo Wii remote control buttons mapped to the application.

For more information contact » Kris Harikrishnan

USTREAM.tv  [ Close ]

Ustream provides an open and distributable platform that lets anyone broadcast live interactive video online. Our focus is on using the interactive nature of live (viewers interacting with other viewers, viewers interacting with broadcasters) to create a more engaging, and ultimately more valuable interaction. While this new media is radically different, just as YouTube defined the market for pre-recorded video, Ustream is defining the market for live.

For more information contact » Chris Yeh

UserZoom  [ Close ]

UserZoom is the most powerful, state-of-the-art un-moderated remote usability testing tool in the market. UserZoom technology has been defined, designed and developed by user experience and usability experts. With our technology we can quantify usability and user experience of any digital interface (websites, prototypes, mobile phones, ATM's, appliances, etc) accessed vía web browser.

For more information contact » Xavier Mestres