Under Dan Warmenhoven's leadership, NetApp grew from start-up to a multibillion-dollar company and a recognized market leader in networked storage. He is currently a director of Bechtel, Aruba Networks, Inc. and Stoke. Dan is also the Tech Museum of Innovation's vice chairman of the board. In August 2009, Dan received the Morgan Stanley Leadership Award for Global Commerce. In 2006 he was named one of the "50 Most Powerful People in Networking" by Network World. In 2004, he won the prestigious "National Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year" award, and in 2001 BusinessWeek named Dan one of its "Top 25 Managers" for the year. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and an honorary doctorate degree for his dedication to global business and technology leadership.
Judy Estrin is CEO of JLABS, LLC, formerly known as Packet Design Management Company, LLC. Prior to co-founding Packet Design, in May 2000, Estrin was chief technology officer for Cisco Systems. Beginning in 1981 Estrin co-founded three other successful technology companies: Bridge Communications, Network Computing Devices, and Precept Software. In 1998 Cisco Systems acquired Precept, and she became Cisco's chief technology officer until April 2000.
Estrin has been named three times to Fortune Magazine's list of the 50 most powerful women in American business. She sits on the boards of directors of The Walt Disney Company as well as the privately held Packet Design, Inc. She also served as a member of the board of FedEx Corporation from 1989 until 2010, Sun Microsystems from 1995 through 2003 and Rockwell Corporation from 1994 through 1998. In addition, she sits on the advisory councils of Stanford's School of Engineering and Stanford's Bio-X initiative. She holds a B.S. degree in math and computer science from UCLA, and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
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Joseph Stiglitz, professor at Columbia University, is a global thought leader in the field of economics and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and the John Bates Clark Award. A former chief economist at the World Bank and chairman of Clinton's President's Council of Economic Advisors, Stiglitz is a well-known critic of free market economics and the management of globalization who argues for the reform of global institutions like the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the United Nations.
His book Free Fall explains the current economic crisis and the future global economic order. Stiglitz outlines a way forward, building on ideas he has long championed: restoring the balance between markets and government, addressing the inequalities of the global financial system, and demanding more good ideas - and less ideology - from economists.
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Christopher DiGiorgio is the Managing Director of the Accenture California practice leading over 2500 people. DiGiorgio previously led the High Tech practice on the West Coast and was a lead partner in the Transportation and Travel Services practice world-wide. DiGiorgio is Co-Chair of Joint Venture Silicon Valley and a member of the Executive Committee of the Bay Area Council. He is also a board member of the Bay Area Economic Forum and The Tech Museum of Innovation. DiGiorgio was honored as a Distinguished Alumni from California State University where he earned a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Business Administration.
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