Gary Beach brings 28 years of information technology publishing experience and knowledge to his role as group publisher of CXO Media, publisher of CIO and CSO magazines. Gary is a highly regarded spokesperson throughout the United States and global technology industry. He has testified before both the U.S. House and Senate and is frequently quoted by major media organizations such as CNN, USA Today, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News. As CIO Magazine's resident expert on the CIO Magazine Tech Poll, he has provided commentary to a number of media outlets including Reuters, Business Week, The Associated Press, and CNBC. Gary has served on the United States Department of Commerce's National IT Workforce committee and headed a special United Nations multinational team that assisted developing countries to deal successfully with the Y2K issue. Gary serves on the board of directors of NetDay, another non-profit focused on technology issues in America's K-12 classrooms. Prior to joining CXO Media, Gary was president of two International Data Group publications, Computerworld and Network World. Less   View all posts

Dr. Howard A. Rubin is CEO of Rubin Systems. He is also a Senior Gartner Advisor, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Hunter College of the City University of New York and a former Nolan Norton Research Fellow. Because of his extensive work in worldwide technology data collection and benchmarking, Howard was a member of the Global Information Economy (GIE) Working Group of the U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP). Less   View all posts

Barbara Gomolski is a research vice president with Gartner. She is responsible for Gartner's annual IT Staffing and Spending survey, and works extensively with clients on issues of budgeting and benchmarking IT spending. She also writes a monthly column for Computerworld. Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Gomolski was a research director at Gartner Institute, a Gartner-owned company that developed vendor-neutral IT certifications. Less   View all posts