Joseph has held executive positions for global companies such as Inventec, SGI, NEC and DEC (acquired by Compaq/HP), he is credited for growing three successful start up divisions to over $500 million dollars in sales. Currently, he is the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Inventec Corporation, a $12 billion Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) partner to many well-known Tier-1 OEMs for mobile and enterprise computing products.

Prior to Inventec, he spearheaded SGI's Linux strategy that jump-started the adoption of Linux applications in the enterprise. He also established Linux application partnerships with Oracle, IBM and Synopsys. Previously, he successfully led the NEC teams in Japan, Europe and U.S. in unifying the product lines, establishing strategic partnership with Intel, and achieving #5 market share leader for Intel-based servers.

As the CMO for Amphus, a startup that pioneered the blade server, Joseph is often recognized for his expertise in blade server market. He is a frequent panelist at Blade Server Summit and a founding Marketing Chair for Blade Systems Alliance.

He also served on the advisory board for several startups, notably, OSA Technologies Inc, which was acquired by Avocent for $100M in 2005.

Christine Crandell

Christine is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in building impactful organizations at enterprise technology companies. She is recognized for her expertise in driving long term business and product strategies, creating high functioning organizations and helping companies grow revenue by exploiting emerging customer and geo-regional trends.

Most recently, Christine was Vice President of Marketing for Ariba, Inc. Her global responsibilities included product marketing, field marketing, marketing operations, market communications, branding, sales enablement and training, and demand generation. In addition, she managed all of Ariba’s regional marketing groups in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and Japan. She brings significant entrepreneurial and general management experience to her role and directs teams with a special focus on delivering exceptional results, continuous innovation, and highly relevant, accountable and untraditional marketing.