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John
Hicks
August/September
2001: Object-Oriented
VoiceXML
John
Hicks is a co-founder of SpeechBrowser.com, makers
of FastStartVoiceXML, the Talking Catalog, and
PhoneInExpenses.com. John was a regional Database
Specialist for IBM, and has a Masters degree in
Writing from Columbia University in New York City.
In
September SpeechBrowser launches its PhoneInExpenses.com
service, which will allow speed-dial from a hotel
shuttle, car rental bus, cab, or airport monorail.
SpeechBrowser.com's Rita captures everything in
seconds and sends the user a neatly typed expense
report, or imports data into the user's own money
program or company spreadsheet. SpeechBrowser.com
even details the cost of calls to the company.
John is interested in bringing VoiceXML to offices
of any size and budget: agencies, foundations,
non-profits, small businesses. He is also interested
in using VoiceXML to reach the blind, vision-impaired
and disabled communities.
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Jeff
Kunins
January
2001: Speak
& Listen
February
2001: Speak
& Listen
March 2001: Speak
& Listen
April 2001: Speak
& Listen
May 2001: Speak
& Listen
August/September 2001: Speak
& Listen
Jeff
is a respected industry leader in the fields of
voice application networks and VoiceXML technology.
He is a frequently invited speaker at leading
trade conferences, and is often quoted in press
articles focusing on
voice technology. Jeff regularly contributes articles
to publications including VoiceXML Review and
WirelessDevNet.com, and is currently co-authoring
one of the first books on VoiceXML development.
Upon joining Tellme in early 2000, Jeff co-conceived,
built, and managed the debut of Tellme Studio.
Tellme Studio is the world's first and most popular
VoiceXML resource suite that now supports a community
of over 10,000 developers and 1,000 publicly deployed
appliations. Currently, Jeff's team helps define
and articulate Tellme's strategic direction for
meeting the needs of Enterprise customers, and
is responsible for all technical marketing, sales
tools, and enterprise pricing structure. Previously
during a four year tenure at Microsoft, Jeff led
a diverse set of platform and consumer efforts
including Microsoft Passport, Microsoft SILK advanced
Web server technology, and Microsoft Cinemania.
He is a co-inventor of patent pending technologies
for distributed Web authentication and key management,
and helped drive Microsoft's acquisitions of Hotmail
and Firefly Networks. Outside of work, Jeff is
a critically acclaimed composer and sound designer
for live theatre..
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Lionel
Lavallee
August/September
2001: Integrating
VoiceXML and an Application Server: A VoiceXML
Case Study
Lionel Lavallee is an Architect with Hewlett-Packard's
Bluestone Middleware Division. He has been designing
and implementing enterprise software for over
10 years. Previous to joining Bluestone Software
(which was subsequently acquired by Hewlett-Packard),
he was Chief Architect at TheMan.com. Lionel holds
an Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
from UCLA.
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Rob
Marchand
January
2001: First
Words
February
2001: First
Words
March 2001: First
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April 2001: First
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Words
Rob
Marchand is Director of Products and Services
Development for VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. Rob
has been with VoiceGenie Technologies since 1999,
and has worked in advanced computing and telecommunications
since 1985. At VoiceGenie, Rob is responsible
for the VoiceGenie Developer Workshop (http://developer.voicegenie.com),
and new products and services development. Rob
is a member of the VoiceXML Education Committee,
and of USENIX and SAGE, and a regular contributor
to SANS. VoiceGenie is a Promoter Member of the
VoiceXML Forum.
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Dr.
David Noever
August/September
2001: VoiceXML
Experience Report: Flight Tracker Voice Application
Dr. David Noever is Chief Technical Officer/Executive
Vice President for Mobular Technologies, Inc.
(www.mobular.com).
Dr. Noever has been with Mobular for one and a
half years. At Mobular, Dr. Noever is responsible
for technical development of mobilized data vendor
business to voice and wireless platforms.
An Oxford University Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Noever
received his doctorate from Oxford University,
as a Rhodes Scholar, in theoretical physics and
bachelor's degree of science from Princeton University,
summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Noever
spends much of his energies developing VoiceXML
search technologies for large data aggregation
and navigation via voice recognition and playback.
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