Mike Peterson | CEO

Michael Peterson, based in Santa Barbara, CA. is the CEO and President of TechNexxus, where he is focused on information, compliance, and risk management consulting. He is an accomplished engineer and IT architect with 37 years of experience in datacenter infrastructure operations, storage and information management services. His career has been distinguished with many accomplishments including forming 6 trade associations, multiple technology and services startups, and producing many articles, books and reports on operations and services. He currently serves the SNIA as Chief Strategy Advocate, a position from which he leads development of best practices, standards, and market education in service areas such as eDiscovery, long-term retention and preservation, data protection, information-lifecycle-management, database information management, compliance, metadata, audit logs, etc. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Godigital Media Group, an entertainment industry digital monetization firm.

Mike's background includes designing storage and ediscovery products, processes and research projects over the past 20 years that couple market engineering to customer requirements. His extensive background in information lifecycle management (ILM), information archiving and electronic discovery reference models proivde a unique and comprehensive perspective when applied to document and information management and retention processes and technologies.

Since August 2008, Mike has led TechNexxus through some of our most innovative and challenging projects while also providing leadership to the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Data Management Forum.

Here are some examples of Mike's research:

• The Cost of Managing Storage (1992-1997)
• Solving Top Storage Problems (2004)
• Backup and Archive Profile (1993-1998)
• Database Operating Practices (1992-1998)
• The 100 Year Archive Requirements Survey (2007)
• The New Metrics of Disk-based Data Protection (2005)

Mike Peterson | CEO

Michael Peterson, based in Santa Barbara, CA. is the CEO and President of TechNexxus, where he is focused on information, compliance, and risk management consulting. He is an accomplished engineer and IT architect with 37 years of experience in datacenter infrastructure operations, storage and information management services. His career has been distinguished with many accomplishments including forming 6 trade associations, multiple technology and services startups, and producing many articles, books and reports on operations and services. He currently serves the SNIA as Chief Strategy Advocate, a position from which he leads development of best practices, standards, and market education in service areas such as eDiscovery, long-term retention and preservation, data protection, information-lifecycle-management, database information management, compliance, metadata, audit logs, etc. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Godigital Media Group, an entertainment industry digital monetization firm.

Mike's background includes designing storage and ediscovery products, processes and research projects over the past 20 years that couple market engineering to customer requirements. His extensive background in information lifecycle management (ILM), information archiving and electronic discovery reference models proivde a unique and comprehensive perspective when applied to document and information management and retention processes and technologies.

Since August 2008, Mike has led TechNexxus through some of our most innovative and challenging projects while also providing leadership to the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Data Management Forum.

Here are some examples of Mike's research:

• The Cost of Managing Storage (1992-1997)
• Solving Top Storage Problems (2004)
• Backup and Archive Profile (1993-1998)
• Database Operating Practices (1992-1998)
• The 100 Year Archive Requirements Survey (2007)
• The New Metrics of Disk-based Data Protection (2005)

David Baumann | SVP and General Counsel

David Baumann specializes in very large and creative multi-national business process, information technology and telecommunications transactions, including outsourcing, offshore sourcing, functional and business process re-engineering and the procurement of sophisticated hardware, software, networks, systems and services for a wide range of clients and technology vendors (when vendors purchase technology products, systems, networks and services). Additionally, David has worked with TechNexxus to develop a state-of-the-art system for identifying client business requirements, modeling financial requirements, developing requests for proposals (RFPs), evaluating vendor responses, developing appropriate documentation and closing transactions that deliver superior value. He has also developed an array of systems with TechNexxus to support the efficient and effective management of contracts and vendor relationships.

David previously served as Vice President and General Counsel of Technology Partners, Inc., one of the leading information technology outsourcing consulting firms. During his tenure with TPI, David was also the founder of the TPI outsourcing vendor online directory and Vice President of the TPI Directory Services Corporation. David assisted TPI's work on numerous technology outsourcing transactions, providing consulting and legal services to TPI clients and a broad range of general counsel services and functions to the TPI companies.

Previously, Mr. Baumann was also a partner / member of DLA Piper, Winston & Strawn, LB3 and Mintz, Levin, resident in the firms' Washington offices, where he led the technology transactions and intellectual property groups. Before private legal practice and business and technology consulting, David was Senior Attorney/Division Counsel for the Southeast Division of the MCI Communications Corporation, responsible for MCI's regulatory authority and research and development joint venture agreements in the Southeast region.

Throughout his career, Mr. Baumann has gained substantial experience designing, developing and managing successful technology solutions, and profitable companies built on standardized repeatable processes and innovative technologies (including eCommerce and eBusiness applications, knowledge management, geographic information systems, call centers, application service providers, multimedia and business modeling). His experience includes several successful database-driven internet-based applications and application service providers. He also founded LexiComm Multimedia Works, LLC one of the first internet development companies in the mid-Atlantic region, whose operations have been merged into the Infinite Multimedia Network.

Mr. Baumann is a widely known and respected speaker on outsourcing strategies and processes.

Jeffrey Smith | SVP and COO

Jeffrey Smith has over twenty years of extensive business, technical, and management consulting experience. Professionally recognized as a leader of leaders, developer of future leaders, an expert in project management, and “go-to” guy for innovations required for opening new frontiers, and solving highly complex business, technology and transformation challenges for the US Federal Government, Military, and many of the world’s largest enterprises.  

• Led the creation of IBM Consulting Services’ distribution industry business-to-business (B2B), commercial Supply Chain Management Consulting, Commercial Retail Consulting, Federal ERP (SAP & Oracle), DoD Supply Chain/Logistics, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery & COOP, and DoD Network Centric Operations practices.
• Served as top performing consulting executive in the following roles: founder of AT&T Solutions’ Team; co-founder and director of Gemini Consulting’s IT Practice (via United Research Company); founder/managing principal of General Electric Consulting’s Information Engineering, Supply Chain, and Management Consulting Practices.
• Founded several high-tech start-ups and sold companies to AT&T, General Electric, Keane Consulting (GE Consulting’s sale $1.0b), and CW International; provided technical due diligence for Texas Air Corporation’s acquisition of People Express, Eastern, and New York Airlines via United Research Corporation; advised and participated in executive oversight team for PWC acquisition/public sector services integration by IBM ($3.5b) and IBM’s Global Data Network sale to AT&T ($5.0b).
• Managed the engineering and licensing of a next generation cyber security product at Black Lab Security Systems that overcame many of the weaknesses in today’s security appliance based Defense in Depth (DiD) architectures with special foci on the insider threat and active attack monitoring. Developed key customer and partner relationships with: Baseline Controls Corporation (Westinghouse-Nuclear), Brinks Security, Church of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), CW International, Department of Justice (DOJ), eNTEGRITI, Federal Government CSC, Lockheed Martin, Sony, State of Utah, TecSec, University of Hawaii, US Navy, VCSY (and Verizon), and confidential customer programs with Lockheed Martin IT.
• Transformed and modernized IBM’s Disaster Recovery Division into an e-business. This reengineered division, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, was a product of the merging of IT Security, Business Resilience, COOP, and IBM’s World-wide Crisis Team. This division and entire leadership team received IBM’s highest award for their outstanding 9-11 customer service and recoveries for NY City and Pentagon Clients (over 2,200 client recoveries).
• Lead DoD strategist for creating IBM’s Network Centric Operations (NCO) and Defense solutions & On-Demand Outsourcing services strategies. Personally led the development of IBM’s NCO IT Security “go-to-market” plan, and top level Defense in Depth” (DiD) integrated security and NCO architecture and strategy. Guided the development of IBM’s NCO Defense in Depth (DiD) Cyber Security Architecture working prototype and designed IBM’s NCO/CyberSecurity Center of Excellence.
• Directly contributed to the creation of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) and helped IBM gain a leadership role of the technology standards group. Specifically helped to make cyber-security a critical integrated component of the NCOIC’s charter.
• Served as the lead DoD Strategist and Sr. Technical Executive on many “Team IBM” DoD contract victories including: IBM Boeing Strategic Alliance, IBM Raytheon Strategic Alliance; Raytheon-IBM-Boeing Logistics (RIB) Alliance; Financial Management Enterprise Architecture in support of the DoD’s Business Management Modernization Program; Missile Defense Agency System Engineering Environment via Raytheon; USAF Procurement Supply Chain Re-engineering; US Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Labs Contract with Alion Sciences; US Navy Sea Systems Command Navy Enterprise Maintenance Automated Information System (NEMAIS) contract, NAVAIR Project Program Management SIGMA, and US Army Logistics Modernization (LOGMOD).
•  Executive Leadership Team Member for system engineering, architecture management, configuration control and code management, security, quality management, interoperability, and testing modernization at Boeing and Raytheon. Relationship with Boeing led to a research & development outsourcing contract to with IBM leveraging TJ Watson researchers as valued at $5.0b. Significant unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) advancement in hostile muzzle flash, muzzle acoustics, and channel adaptive video compression quickly translated into advancing the U.S. war efforts and warflighter survivability.
•  Executive Board Member of: DARPA’s DAMA Executive Board; Defense University’s Industry Science & Innovation Board; IBM’s Network Centric Operations Solutions Board; IBM’s TransConnect Executive Board; Navy ERP Convergence Board; Navy Sea Command Planning Board; Network Centric Operation Industry Consortium (NCOIC); NMCI Commercial Advisory Board; US Army’s 2020 Advisory Board; US Army’s Logistics Wise Person Advisory Team; US Navy’s ForceNet Advisory Board; and US. Navy NMCI’s Innovation Council.
•  Recognized by the US Navy for distinguished leadership and guidance (1999) in effectively transforming key planning processes of the Navy Sea Command (NAVSEA). 
• Advised and led a US Navy SPAWAR Team on a project code named “Fast Moving Train” that generated the business case and initial technology architecture, specifications and management/transformation plan that became a seat management and outsourcing procurement known as the Navy Marine Corp Intranet (NMCI). Also defined and advised SPAWAR’s first CIO position and the CIO organization.
• Advised and consulted with US Navy Executive Leadership, NAVAIR, NAVSEA, SPAWAR, and NAVDEP Senior Leadership on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) computerized off-the-shelf solutions (COTS). Provide insights, planning, and guidance regarding program and technical specifications, business transformation, metrics, and program and team management. Planned and facilitated Navy Executive Staff (VCNO) to IBM’s Armonk Headquarters to meet Lou Gerstner, IBM CEO, and Transformation Team.
• Educated and advised US Army CIO Leadership (VCNO), NETCOM (Fort Huachuca) and Knowledge On-Line (AKO) Executive Team on intranet portals, knowledge management, search engine semantics, enterprise document management, communities, role based support, governance, NIPRNet & SIPRNet secured approaches, IBM’s internal portal implementation, program management, and technology evolution.
• Winner of the prestigious IBM Leadership Award for innovative enterprise / logistics solutions and exceptional customer satisfaction & quality.
• Provided executive level consulting in the formation of General Motor’s Saturn Corporation and the team based engineering of the first generation Saturn car.  Brokered the use of GE Plastics for the vehicles’ exterior panels, facilitated UAW Union Agreements for Spring Hill, TN factory, and directed Saturn Information Systems  

Jeffrey Smith | SVP and COO

Jeffrey Smith has over twenty years of extensive business, technical, and management consulting experience. Professionally recognized as a leader of leaders, developer of future leaders, an expert in project management, and “go-to” guy for innovations required for opening new frontiers, and solving highly complex business, technology and transformation challenges for the US Federal Government, Military, and many of the world’s largest enterprises.  

• Led the creation of IBM Consulting Services’ distribution industry business-to-business (B2B), commercial Supply Chain Management Consulting, Commercial Retail Consulting, Federal ERP (SAP & Oracle), DoD Supply Chain/Logistics, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery & COOP, and DoD Network Centric Operations practices.
• Served as top performing consulting executive in the following roles: founder of AT&T Solutions’ Team; co-founder and director of Gemini Consulting’s IT Practice (via United Research Company); founder/managing principal of General Electric Consulting’s Information Engineering, Supply Chain, and Management Consulting Practices.
• Founded several high-tech start-ups and sold companies to AT&T, General Electric, Keane Consulting (GE Consulting’s sale $1.0b), and CW International; provided technical due diligence for Texas Air Corporation’s acquisition of People Express, Eastern, and New York Airlines via United Research Corporation; advised and participated in executive oversight team for PWC acquisition/public sector services integration by IBM ($3.5b) and IBM’s Global Data Network sale to AT&T ($5.0b).
• Managed the engineering and licensing of a next generation cyber security product at Black Lab Security Systems that overcame many of the weaknesses in today’s security appliance based Defense in Depth (DiD) architectures with special foci on the insider threat and active attack monitoring. Developed key customer and partner relationships with: Baseline Controls Corporation (Westinghouse-Nuclear), Brinks Security, Church of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), CW International, Department of Justice (DOJ), eNTEGRITI, Federal Government CSC, Lockheed Martin, Sony, State of Utah, TecSec, University of Hawaii, US Navy, VCSY (and Verizon), and confidential customer programs with Lockheed Martin IT.
• Transformed and modernized IBM’s Disaster Recovery Division into an e-business. This reengineered division, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, was a product of the merging of IT Security, Business Resilience, COOP, and IBM’s World-wide Crisis Team. This division and entire leadership team received IBM’s highest award for their outstanding 9-11 customer service and recoveries for NY City and Pentagon Clients (over 2,200 client recoveries).
• Lead DoD strategist for creating IBM’s Network Centric Operations (NCO) and Defense solutions & On-Demand Outsourcing services strategies. Personally led the development of IBM’s NCO IT Security “go-to-market” plan, and top level Defense in Depth” (DiD) integrated security and NCO architecture and strategy. Guided the development of IBM’s NCO Defense in Depth (DiD) Cyber Security Architecture working prototype and designed IBM’s NCO/CyberSecurity Center of Excellence.
• Directly contributed to the creation of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) and helped IBM gain a leadership role of the technology standards group. Specifically helped to make cyber-security a critical integrated component of the NCOIC’s charter.
• Served as the lead DoD Strategist and Sr. Technical Executive on many “Team IBM” DoD contract victories including: IBM Boeing Strategic Alliance, IBM Raytheon Strategic Alliance; Raytheon-IBM-Boeing Logistics (RIB) Alliance; Financial Management Enterprise Architecture in support of the DoD’s Business Management Modernization Program; Missile Defense Agency System Engineering Environment via Raytheon; USAF Procurement Supply Chain Re-engineering; US Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Labs Contract with Alion Sciences; US Navy Sea Systems Command Navy Enterprise Maintenance Automated Information System (NEMAIS) contract, NAVAIR Project Program Management SIGMA, and US Army Logistics Modernization (LOGMOD).
•  Executive Leadership Team Member for system engineering, architecture management, configuration control and code management, security, quality management, interoperability, and testing modernization at Boeing and Raytheon. Relationship with Boeing led to a research & development outsourcing contract to with IBM leveraging TJ Watson researchers as valued at $5.0b. Significant unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) advancement in hostile muzzle flash, muzzle acoustics, and channel adaptive video compression quickly translated into advancing the U.S. war efforts and warflighter survivability.
•  Executive Board Member of: DARPA’s DAMA Executive Board; Defense University’s Industry Science & Innovation Board; IBM’s Network Centric Operations Solutions Board; IBM’s TransConnect Executive Board; Navy ERP Convergence Board; Navy Sea Command Planning Board; Network Centric Operation Industry Consortium (NCOIC); NMCI Commercial Advisory Board; US Army’s 2020 Advisory Board; US Army’s Logistics Wise Person Advisory Team; US Navy’s ForceNet Advisory Board; and US. Navy NMCI’s Innovation Council.
•  Recognized by the US Navy for distinguished leadership and guidance (1999) in effectively transforming key planning processes of the Navy Sea Command (NAVSEA). 
• Advised and led a US Navy SPAWAR Team on a project code named “Fast Moving Train” that generated the business case and initial technology architecture, specifications and management/transformation plan that became a seat management and outsourcing procurement known as the Navy Marine Corp Intranet (NMCI). Also defined and advised SPAWAR’s first CIO position and the CIO organization.
• Advised and consulted with US Navy Executive Leadership, NAVAIR, NAVSEA, SPAWAR, and NAVDEP Senior Leadership on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) computerized off-the-shelf solutions (COTS). Provide insights, planning, and guidance regarding program and technical specifications, business transformation, metrics, and program and team management. Planned and facilitated Navy Executive Staff (VCNO) to IBM’s Armonk Headquarters to meet Lou Gerstner, IBM CEO, and Transformation Team.
• Educated and advised US Army CIO Leadership (VCNO), NETCOM (Fort Huachuca) and Knowledge On-Line (AKO) Executive Team on intranet portals, knowledge management, search engine semantics, enterprise document management, communities, role based support, governance, NIPRNet & SIPRNet secured approaches, IBM’s internal portal implementation, program management, and technology evolution.
• Winner of the prestigious IBM Leadership Award for innovative enterprise / logistics solutions and exceptional customer satisfaction & quality.
• Provided executive level consulting in the formation of General Motor’s Saturn Corporation and the team based engineering of the first generation Saturn car.  Brokered the use of GE Plastics for the vehicles’ exterior panels, facilitated UAW Union Agreements for Spring Hill, TN factory, and directed Saturn Information Systems