August 13 - 15, 2012

New York Marriott Marquis

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Sunrise Discussions	Customer Case Studies	Speakers
Keynotes	Register Now	SpeechTEK University

SpeechTEK 2012 Speakers

Sondra Ahlén , Principal VUI Consultant/Owner - SAVIC

Michael Ahnemann , Director, User Experience - Angel

Tim Arnold , Call Center and Technology Support

Levent Arslan , CEO - SESTEK

Kevin Au , Lead QA Analyst - Green Dot Corporation

R.J. Auburn , Chief Technology Officer - Voxeo, an Aspect Company

Bruce Balentine , Chief Scientist Emeritus - Enterprise Integration Group

Max Ball , Director, Solutions Management - Genesys Telecommunications

Brent Barbara , VP of Marketing at 3si - Surgical Safety Solutions

Samrat Baul , Senior Director, Application Design - [24]7

Shahar Belkin , CTO - FST21

Cliff Bell , Product Line Manager, Product Management - Genesys

Brett Beranek , Director, Product Strategy - Voice Biometrics at Nuance Communications

Greg Bielby - VoltDelta

Ahmed Bouzid , Co-founder & President - The Ubiquitous Voice Society

Monique M. Bozeman , Analyst/Consultant - Monique Bozeman Consulting

Bill Brown , Director of Worldwide Product Marketing - Adeptra

Chuck Buffum , President - Buffum Consulting

Daniel C Burnett , President - StandardsPlay

Jenny Burr , Sr. Manager, Analytic Consulting - Convergys

Elaine Cascio , Vice President - Vanguard Communications Corp

David Claiborn , Senior Director, Product Design - United Health Group

Annie Clark Ferreira , Senior Voice User Interface Designer - Nuance

Jordan Cohen , Technologist and CEO - Spelamode Consulting

Emmett Coin , Speech Scientist - ejTalk

Graham Cronin , Portfolio Manager - National Australia Bank (NAB)

Mesut Cure , Customer Services Director - Avea

Deborah Dahl , Principal - Conversational Technologies

Keith Dawson , Practice Leader, Customer Engagement - Ovum

Steve Dellutri , CosmoCom CTO, Enghouse Interactive - Enghouse Interactive

Giuseppe Di Fabbrizio , Lead Researcher - AT&T Labs - Research

Craig DiAngelo , Vice President, Enterprise and Operator Services - VoltDelta

Yasemin Donmez , Business Development Specialist - Garanti Pension

Amy Downs , Director, Customer Solutions - Voxeo, an Aspect Company

Sara Edwards , Strategic Planner - Aetna

Patrick Ehlen , Principle Member of Technical Staff, Platforms & Enablers - AT&T

Dan Faulkner , Vice President, Product & Strategy - Nuance

Brian Feinberg , Sr Systems Engineer - Voxeo, an Aspect Company

Christopher Flynn , Professional Services Manager - Aculab

David Frerichs , Strategic Consultant - Pioneer Corporation

Rich Garrett , Senior Solutions Consultant - [24]7

Robert Gary , Vice President and General Manager, Nuance Mobile Care - Nuance

Mazin Gilbert , AVP of Technical Research - AT&T

Cory Glover , Senior Manager - Avaya

Tobias Goebel , Senior Director Emerging Technologies, Product Management and Marketing - Aspect Software, Inc.

Kristie Goss-Flenord , Consultant, Human Factors - Convergys

Phil Gray , EVP of Business Development and Strategy - Interactions

Rebecca Nowlin Green , Principal Business Consultant, - Nuance

Andy Gryc , Automotive Product Marketing Manager - QNX Software Systems

Judi Halperin , Principal Consultant and Team Lead, Global Speech Engineering - Avaya Inc.

Richard L Hathaway , Principal Consultant - RLH Telecom Solutions, LLC

Keith Herold , Project Manager - Microsoft

Steven M. Hoffberg , Of Counsel - Tully Rinckey, PLLC

Jeffrey (Jeff) D Hopper , Vice President, Client Services - LumenVox, LLC

Jonathan Hotz , Senior Product Manager - Genesys

Susan L. Hura , Principal - SpeechUsability

Lizanne Kaiser , Sr. Principal Business Consultant - Genesys

Jessica Kaufman , Lead Voice Channel Specialist, Voice Channel, Operations Support - Blue Shield of California

Tara Kelly , President & CEO - SPLICE Software Inc.

Alexey Khitrov , President - ID R&D

Hakan Kostepen , Director, Product Planning, Strategy, and Innovation - Panasonic Automotive Systems America

Alok Kulkarni , CEO - Cyara

James A. Larson , Vice President - Larson Technical Services

Peter Leppik , President and CEO - Vocal Laboratories Inc.

James R. Lewis , Senior Human Factors Engineer - IBM Corporation

Liel Liebovitz , Visiting Assistant Professor of Media,, Culture and Communication - New York University

Brent Ludlam , Voice Manager - New Zealand Ministry of Social Development

Jim Machi , Senior Vice President, Marketing - Dialogic

Pilar Manchón , CEO - Intelligent Dialogue Systems S.L.

Judith Markowitz , President - J. Markowitz Consultants

Emilio Martinez , CEO and Chairman of the Board - Agnitio

Valentine Matula , Senior Director, Multimedia Research - Avaya

April McGee , VP, User Experience Strategy - Human Factors International

Jenni McKienzie , Voice Interaction Designer - SpeechUsability

William Meisel , President - TMA Associates

James Mesbur , Senior Voice Interaction Designer/Business Analyst/Speech Scientist Engineer - Synchronoss

Andy Middleton , Technical Architect - Performance Technology Partners (PTP)

Dan Miller , Lead Analyst-Founder - Opus Research, Inc.

Edward Miller , Founder and Chairman - LumenVox, LLC

Jim Milroy , Human Factors Solutions Consultant - West Interactive Services

Omer Minkara , Research Director, Contact Center & Cust Exp Man - Aberdeen Group

Mike Monegan , Vice President Product Management - Cyara

Tim Moynihan , Senior Analyst and Project Leader - Opus Research

Randell Neuman , Sr VUI Designer - Convergys

Patrick Nguyen , Chief Technology Officer - [24]7.ai

Meg Niman , User Experience Designer - Microsoft

Dan Nordale , VP, Marketing, Enterprise Division - Nuance

Yves Normandin , CEO - Nu Echo Inc.

Dave Okamoto , Sr. Product Marketing Manager - AT&T Developer Program

Eduardo Olvera , Sr. Manager & Global Emerging Technology Lead, UI Design, Professional Services - Nuance

Daniel O'Sullivan , CEO - Gyst

Karen Owens , Senior User Experience Designer - LogicTree Corporation

Shekar Pannala , Executive Vice President and Divisional CIO - BNYMellon

Frederick Parkinson , Senior Solutions Consultant - Performance Technology Partners

Ashish Patwa , Founder and CEO - Tronton

Dave Pelland , Global Director, IVR Practice - Genesys

Roberto Pieraccini , Director of Engineering - Google Switzerland

Bruce Pollock , Vice President, Strategic Growth and Planning - West Interactive

Luis Ramos , General Manager - Goya Foods

Crispin Reedy , Director, User Experience - Versay Solutions

Ken Rehor , Voice Technology Group - Cisco

Terry Saeger , Senior Vice President and General Manager - VoltDelta

Badri Sampath - Servion Global Solutions Inc.

Thomas Schalk , Vice President, Voice Technology - Agero

Johan Schalkwyk , Manager, Mobile Speech Team - Google Cloud

Ria Farrell Schalnat , Registered Patent Attorney - Dinsmore & Shohl

K.W.'Bill' Scholz , President - NewSpeech LLC

Vlad Sejnoha , Chief Technology Officer - Nuance

Nava A Shaked , Head of Multidisiplinary studies - HIT Holon Institute of Technology. Israel

Manish Sharma , Founder and President - Techno-ventions Inc.

Phil Shinn , CTO - ImmunityAnalytics

Tammy Sills , Manager, Call Center and Techonology Support

Valene Skerpac , Director - iBICS (iBiometrics, Inc.)

Dena Skrbina , Director, Solutions Marketing - Nuance Communications

Mark Smolensky , Principal Member of Technical Staff, Product Realization & Architecture - AT&T

James Sonnick , VP Business Development & Innovation - Soleo Communications, Inc

Stephen Springer , Director, Solutions -- Enterprise - Nuance

Mark W Stallings , Managing Partner, VUI Design Practice - Forty 7 Ronin Inc.

Nik Stanbridge , Director of Product Marketing - VoiceVault

Pepi Stavropoulou , Senior Language Specialist - Omilia

Nandini Stocker , Sr. Product Design Manager - FlipKart

Dan Stoops , Director Strategic Solutions - Genesys

David Suendermann , Principle Speech Scientist - Synchronoss

Bernhard Suhm , Director of Professional Services, AVOKE Call Experience Analytics Division - Raytheon BBN Technologies

Theresa Szczurek , CEO and Co-Founder - Radish Systems, LLC

Jonathan Taylor - Voxeo, an Aspect Company

David L Thomson , VP Speech Technology - CaptionCall

Daniel Thornhill , VP for Product Development - ValidSoft

Travis True , Vice President Business Development - VoiceVault Inc.

Raj Tumuluri , President - Openstream Inc.

Prem Uppaluru , President and CEO - Transera

Nick van Terheyden , Chief Medical Information Officer - Nuance

Helen VanScoy , Director, User Interface Design - Performance Technology Partners

Dimitris Vassos , Founder & CEO - Omilia

Michael Vickers , Executive Director - Summit Learning Systems

Peter Voss , CEO - Smart Action Company, LLC

Tim Walsh , President - Walsh Media

Julia Webb , Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing - VoiceVault

Rich Weborg , CEO - OneReach

Jamey White , Human Factors Consultant, Customer Information Technology (CIT) - Convergys

Tom Wilde , CEO - Indico Data

Yoryos Yeracaris , CTO - Interactions, LLC

Moshe Yudkowsky , President - Disaggregate Corporation

Catherine Zhu , Principal Consultant - SpeechUsability

Daniel Ziv , Vice President, Speech and Text Analytics Global Product Strategy - Verint Customer Engagement Solutions