John P. Bennett is Vice President of Hunt Energy IQ (HEIQ). In this capacity, he leads Hunt Energy I.Q. to be a market leading Enterprise Energy Management solution for sustainability, energy efficiency, green building, and business intelligence. Mr. Bennett joined Hunt Energy Enterprises as a consultant in 2008 and led Hunt’s restructuring and development of its Metersmart energy management business. Before coming to Hunt, Mr. Bennett was business development director at Oracle Corporation and was Founder and Vice President of TransDecisions, Inc. from 2000 to 2006, a leader in advanced routing scheduling and logistics solutions.

Mr. Bennett has a diverse technology background spanning computer Aided Design (CAD), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Logistics, Security Identity Management, Call Center, Voice Response and Energy Management. He also has 20 years of Enterprise Software and Solution expertise ranging from leading software startup to executing some of the largest Enterprise software companies. Bennett earned a B.A. in geography from the University of Texas at Austin.

Jeff has an innate knack for understanding user needs, discovering customer patterns, and defining a solution that fits like a glove. He coordinates Rhiza Labs’ product design and development efforts, and keeps the company moving forward across every facet of the organization.

Prior to Rhiza Labs, Jeff was the product manager for MAYA Design, where he defined research and product development for the Information Commons. Before that he spent a decade building inmedius, Inc. into a multinational software company, and studied Human Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University.

When not building award-winning products Jeff serves as a technical advisor to Bluetree Allied Angels, evaluating local companies for investors and providing strategic guidance to entrepreneurs. If properly persuaded, he can still play a mean piccolo trumpet.

Steve Coast was named one of the most influential people in geospatial technology by readers of Directions Magazine in 2009. He is the founder of OpenStreetMap (OSM), a collaborative map of the world made by people like you. Steve has worked in many heavy lifting computing applications before co-founding a web consultancy firm with Nick Black in 2006. In 2008 this became CloudMade after investment by Sunstone Capital. Steve lives on planes and in airports and is most easily contacted in person by attending Location Intelligence 2009. Prior to creating OSM and Cloud Made, Coast interned at Wolfram Research then pursued a degree in computer science and physics at the University College London.

Dave Schafer is the co-founder of Examiner.com, a Denver-based media company recently named the fastest-growing news site by Nielsen Online. More than 18,000 contributors, known as Examiners, create content for the site in 25 topic channels and 109 markets in the U.S. Dave currently serves as Chief Operating Officer, participating in product strategy, new partnerships and daily operations. Dave was previously the General Manager of MapQuest and led the popular maps and directions website as it grew from 5 million to 50 million unique visitors. Before moving online Dave was a newspaper reporter and photographer in the Pacific Northwest.

Shajy Mathai is the Director of Development at Baseline Management. Prior to his current position, he was responsible for driving the Guy Carpenter’s web-based client and market business strategy and managed the Research and Technical Services team of the Instrat® unit, Guy Carpenter's risk and financial modeling services group. Previously, he served as head of the Global Catastrophe Initiative and was responsible for the group's portfolio management practice

Shajy holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Polytechnic University

Maarten Oldenhof is Chief Executive Offer of AND Automotive Navigation Data since 2002. With Maarten as CEO, AND Automotive Navigation Data started to focus on digital map development for Location Bases Services and navigation, next to the traditional on-line, logistics and GIS markets.

Maarten has a Master of Business Administration. After his studies Maarten worked for the Investment Management & Consulting Group B.V as Consultant. As managing director of football club Ajax Maarten was responsible for the stock market quotation of Ajax and at Rai Exhibition centre in Amsterdam Maarten was the Managing Director Exhibitions, Multimedia & Publishing.