The audience
for this panel includes CEOs, CTOs, CMOs and CFOs of
companies that sell software and software services.
About
the Speakers
Lise
Shneider, CFO at Rightsline
Former CFO for Checkout.com, Schneider brings over 20 years
of experience in finance and accounting, focused in the entertainment
and technology industries. She built the finance infrastructure,
establishing banking, risk management and vendor relationships,
communicating with investors, and supervising business development,
legal and office management functions, for a leading internet
entertainment portal. Prior to Checkout.com, Schneider ran the
corporate accounting and finance operations for Spelling Entertainment
and was an audit manager for Arthur Andersen, serving a broad
range of entertainment companies and executives. Schneider is
a Certified Public Accountant and received a BS degree in Accounting
from California State University.
Stephen
Gerrity, Assistant Vice President of Contracts at Candle
Corp.
Steve Gerrity is AVP of Contracts and Administration for Candle
Corporation, an independent provider of performance and availability
software and solutions for large corporate and government users
of mainframe and distributed systems and applications, located
in El Segundo, California. In this role for the past 7 years,
Steve has led Candle's development of licensing and pricing
strategy, infrastructure and administration through periods
of challenging market dynamics. Additionally, Steve manages
Candle's global software licensing support organization, which
handles all Candle's revenue support administration
from writing and negotiating license agreements, to financial
analysis, regulatory compliance, invoicing and collections,
and related systems support and infrastructure. Previously,
for 5 years Steve worked as Candle's first Director of Internal
Audit. Steve graduated from UCLA, Business Economics, in 1981,
and spent 3 years as a staff auditor at Deloitte & Touche,
where he earned his CPA certificate. Steve spent 2 years as
Corporate Controller for QMF Corp. in Los Angeles, and 5 years
as Director of Internal Audit for Wyle Laboratories in El Segundo,
prior to joining Candle in 1992.
Shawn
Abbott, President, Rainbow eSecurity, Rainbow
Technologies
Shawn Abbott, president, Rainbow eSecurity, is an expert in
intellectual property protection, information system security
and Internet cryptographic security. Abbott leads Rainbow in
its mission to make complex, robust security solutions simple
to deploy, manage and use. Prior to joining Rainbow, he established
and built the AND group, which pioneered the CD-ROM locking
used on several million discs. A frequent speaker and panelist,
he has presented at more than 100 conferences on topics of network
and Internet security, software development and software licensing.
He is an oft-published author, including a chapter on hardware
cryptography to the ICSA Guide to Cryptography, and articles
like, "When an E-Signature is not a Signature." Shawn
received his bachelor's of science in physics at the University
of Alberta, Edmonton.
Kris
Kaufmann, Partner, Deloitte
& Touche LLP
Kris Kaufmann is a partner in the Los Angeles practice of Deloitte
& Touche focused on serving the high technology and venture
capital industries. Kris leads Deloitte's Venture Capital Services
for the greater Los Angeles area. Throughout his more than 14
years with Deloitte Kris has helped numerous early-stage technology
companies with the unique issues they face, such as raising
venture capital, securities and intangible asset valuation,
corporate structuring, acquisitions and SEC registration and
compliance.
Kris has
extensive experience in the enterprise software sector. Some
of the software clients he has served include Adexa, Candle
Corporation, Dassault Systemes and Vertel Corporation.
Kris actively
participates in the Los Angeles area technology community and
is a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Software Council
of Southern California. Kris received his BS from the University
of Southern California in 1989.
