Arya Barirani is a 14 year veteran of the technology and software industry. He currently serves as Director of Marketing for Mercury, where he drives marketing strategy, messaging, and execution for Mercury's industry leading Application Delivery solutions. Prior to joining Mercury, Mr. Barirani spent ten years in the fast growing Storage Management Software industry, specifically at VERITAS Software in a variety of key roles including Strategic Partner Marketing, Platform Marketing and Solution Marketing. He has also held positions at OpenVision Technologies and Computer Associates International. Mr. Barirani is frequent speaker at various industry and trade events and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Iowa.

Roman Bukary heads SAP Composite and Analytic Applications product marketing and has more than a dozen years of professional experience in high-tech. Most recently, Roman served as the Vice President of Strategy and Product Marketing at a pioneering Web services company. Earlier, Roman was part of the management team at a business intelligence company, where he built the product marketing and solutions marketing teams and was part of a strategy consulting team at a major enterprise application vendor. Roman holds a Master of Science degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Charles brings over 17 years of experience in the telecommunications industry to the SECO.  As the CMO of Minnesota's largest, privately held Telecommunications Company, he directed the marketing and sales organizations and the product development process, led industry programs, brand campaigns and product launch initiatives for the company's new converged IP telephony offerings. He was also responsible for all media and public relations activities. Prior to that Charles spent many years consulting to the largest companies in the telecommunications industry in the areas of: performance improvement, sales force effectiveness, new product launches and training programs. Currently, he has a leadership position in Deloitte's Minneapolis office directing all business development and marketing efforts for their strategic account program. Charles has his M.A. from the George Washington University and his B.S. from Cornell University. His wife Kirsten and their three children (Silas-14, Rachel-12 and Ellen-8) have no problem staying busy during this phase of their lives.