Content Day Benelux
Keynote Speakers - Executives
 Mark Barrenechea President and Chief Executive Officer OpenText | Mark J. Barrenechea comes to OpenText Corporation (OTEX) as President and Chief Executive Officer beginning January of 2012. Prior to Joining OpenText, Mark was President and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Graphics International Corporation (SGI). During Mr. Barrenechea’s tenure at SGI, he led strategy and execution, which included transformative acquisition of assets, and penetrating diverse new markets and geographic regions. Previously, Mr. Barrenechea served as Executive Vice President and CTO for CA, Inc. (CA), (formerly Computer Associates International, Inc.) from 2003 to 2006 and was a member of the executive management team. Before going to CA, Mr. Barrenechea served as Senior Vice President of Applications Development at Oracle Corporation, from 1997 to 2003, managing a multi-thousand person global team while serving as a member of the executive management team. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Barrenechea served as Vice President of Development at Scopus, a software applications company. Prior to Scopus Mr. Barrenechea was with Tesseract, where he was responsible for reshaping the company’s line of human capital management software as Vice President of Development. Mr. Barrenechea holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Saint Michael’s College. Mark is the author of two seminal works about the evolution of the enterprise software industry: “ebusiness or Out of Business: Oracle's Roadmap for Profiting in the New Economy”, and “Software Rules: How the Next Generation of Enterprise Applications Will Increase Strategic Effectiveness”. |
 Eugene Roman Chief Technology Officer OpenText (Waterloo, Canada) | As a seasoned, hi-tech executive with 28 years of global experience in the IT, infocom, network design, and research and development sectors, Eugene Roman has a multi-skilled background in advanced technology, computer science, business development, and finance. Before joining OpenText, Eugene was Group President, Bell® Systems & Technology, where he led the effort to enable breakthroughs in productivity and performance and to deliver current and next generation services more efficiently by harnessing the power of Bell's network. He also held the role of Chief Information and Technology Officer, integrating the critical resources of IS/IT, Technology, and Process to better deliver innovative programs. |
 Walter Köhler SVP, WW Professional Services | As Senior Vice President Global Services Walter Köhler runs the Consulting business of OpenText worldwide. He is personally engaged with Fortune 500 companies to define and implement their Business Information Management initiatives – often closely linked to their SAP implementations. Since 2006 Walter Köhler is also acting as Managing Director for the OpenText legal entities in Germany and Austria and other Central European countries. Before taking on these roles he's been the Executive Board Member of IXOS Software AG responsible for the integration with the OpenText group. Since 1990, he has worked in various management positions for IXOS Software AG in the areas of R&D, Professional Services and Customer Support. Walter holds a Master of Science degree in computer science and economics from the Munich Technical University. |
 Lubor Ptacek VP, Strategic Marketing / GM, Microsoft Solutions OpenText | Lubor Ptacek, is Vice President of Product Marketing at OpenText. OpenText brings two decades of expertise supporting 100 million users in 114 countries.Working with our customers and partners, we bring together leading Content Experts to help organizations capture and preserve corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage compliance and improve competitiveness. Mr. Ptacek joined OpenText in 2008 and as the Vice President of Product Marketing, he is responsible for overall product marketing activities for the entire suite of OpenText enterprise content management products. His responsibilities range from messaging and market intelligence to analyst and public relations. With 20 years of experience in the enterprise software industry, Mr. Ptacek has held several positions in marketing, product marketing, and product management. Prior to joining OpenText, Mr. Ptacek served as Sr. Director of Product, Industry and Partner Marketing at EMC's Content Management and Archiving division. Prior to EMC, Mr. Ptacek held various roles at Documentum, Vignette, and Novell. Mr. Ptacek holds a computer science degree from Technical University Ilmenau in Germany and he has an MBA from Santa Clara University in California. |
Special Guest
 James Lambert The Canadian Ambassador to The Netherlands | Canada's Ambassador to The Netherlands, His Excellency Mr. James Lambert, started his posting in The Netherlands in September 2010, presenting his credentials to Her Majesty, Queen Beatrix in November 2010. He brings to his posting in The Netherlands extensive experience in the world of diplomacy and also an intimate knowledge of Canada's commercial and economic links to markets across the globe.Ambassador Lambert has had diplomatic postings in Nigeria, Costa Rica, Japan,Mexico and Guatemala, in addition to occupying senior positions within Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Ottawa. In 2010 Ambassador Lambert receivedthe prestigious Canadian Government Award of Excellence for his work as Director of the Government of Canada Response to the devastation of the Haiti earthquake. In addition to being Canadian Ambassador to The Netherlands, Mr. Lambert is also Canada's Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons in The Hague. |
 Adjiedj Bakas Inspirational Speaker | Trendwatcher Adjiedj Bakas is a much sought-after speaker for conferences, strategy sessions and other business gatherings. He is captivating, stimulating, visionary, humorous, inspirational, challenging, and accessible. He is provocative but always positive, even in these times of economic decline, hence a favourite phrase is: ‘A kite rises highest when it flies against the wind.’ |
Managing Content in the Cloud
