Panelist Profiles:

Mark N. Diker, Speaker
Mark Diker is a Managing Partner of Diker Management, LLC, an investment firm which manages $200 million across several hedge funds focused on microcap companies in information technology and other industries. Prior to Diker Management, Mr. Diker was a co-founder and general partner of Arsenal Capital Partners, a $300 million private equity firm investing in middle market general industrial and healthcare companies with a specific strategy of enhancing portfolio company performance via business process reengineering and information technology. Prior to Arsenal, Mr. Diker was a general partner at Geocapital Partners, a technology venture capital firm. During his four years with Geocapital, Mr. Diker led investments in enterprise software and internet commerce companies. Mr. Diker also worked as a vice president in Equity Derivatives and Structured Finance at Bankers Trust and received a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Roger Hurwitz, Speaker
Roger Hurwitz joined Apax Partners, Inc. (formerly named Patricof and Co. Ventures) in 1999. He focuses primarily on enterprise software and technology-enabled services. Previously, he was a vice president of GE Equity, where he played a key role in developing the technology group's investment strategy for business-to-business electronic commerce and led numerous private equity transactions. Beforehand, he worked in corporate finance at Chase Manhattan Bank, and spent six years at Arthur Andersen in accounting and corporate finance. Roger graduated as a Palmer Scholar with an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1995, and graduated summa cum laude with a BS in accounting from Syracuse University.

Barry Newman, Speaker
Mr. Newman joined Bear Stearns in November 2001 as a Senior Managing Director and Vice Chairman of the Technology Group. Prior to joining Bear, Barry was the Group Head of Global Corporate and Investment Banking for Banc of America Securities and from 1996 to 1999, was head of Global Technology Corporate Finance for Solomon Brothers and Solomon Smith Barney. Mr. Newman has extensive experience in capital raising and M&A, having advised hundreds of companies over his eighteen year career including two of the largest M&A transactions in history as well as cross border joint venture transactions across four continents. Barry holds Bachelor of Science degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Life Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Master of Business Administration and Juris Doctor degrees from Stanford University and a Master of Laws (Taxation) from New York University.

Steven Resnick, Moderator
Mr. Resnick has been on Wall Street for thirty years in a variety of positions. Currently Mr. Resnick manages his own investment management partnership, Navigator Capital Partners L.P. His previous positions include Director of Research, Strategist and Director of Risk Management at Circle-T Partners, a long-short fund; Director of Equity Research at Willowbridge Associates / Union Spring Asset Management, a billion dollar CTA; Senior Portfolio Manager at Sanford Bernstein; Managing Director at Credit Lyonnais Securities; Chief Investment Strategist at Shearson American Express. Mr. Resnick earned an SM in Management degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973 and BA, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from CCNY in 1969.

Vadim Zlotnikov, Speaker
Mr. Zlotnikov is Chief Equity Strategist at Sanford Bernstein and has responsibility for developing portfolio recommendations for the US market. Additionally he is responsible for separate Quantitative Analysis and Technology Sector Strategy products. Before undertaking his current position, Mr. Zlotnikov was an analyst covering PC and semiconductor industries, and launched the Technology Strategy product in 1996. Prior to joining the firm in 1992, he spent six years as a management consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton, conducting a broad range of strategic and operational studies for technology companies. Mr. Zlotnikov also worked for Amoco Technology Company as a director of electronic ventures, and spent two years as a research engineer with AT&T Bell Laboratories. He was first named to the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team in 1996. Mr. Zlotnikov earned a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984 and an MBA from Stanford University in 1988.