Roberto Medrano
Recognized as an international expert in the field of Internet security, Roberto Medrano travels the world educating business, government, academia and law enforcement about the importance of ensuring security, privacy and trust on the Internet. An active member on President Bush’s National Security Advisory Committee, The White House National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, and participated in President Clinton’s White House Security Summit. Mr. Medrano helped to create the firewall, content security and security policy segments of the security market. Founder and Board member for Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC).

Mr. Medrano was CEO of PoliVec, leader in security policy. Prior to PoliVec, Inc. Mr. Medrano was at Hewlett-Packard (HP) where he was General Manager of the E-Services and Internet Security Divisions. As Division general manager for Hewlett-Packard, Medrano served a vital role as head of HP's key strategic emerging businesses. Prior to joining HP, Medrano was president of Finjan, a leading security software firm. He also served as vice president of Milkyway Networks (IPO 1996) and has held executive positions at Avnet Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc.

Medrano has received numerous awards for business and product achievement from leading business and industry publications including Fortune, Red Herring, PC Magazine, InfoWorld, PC World, Data Communications and others. Mr. Medrano has published numerous articles and quoted several thousand times. He has been selected as one of "The 100 most influential Hispanics in 2001" and is a founder and CEO for Hispanic-net www.hispanic-net.org, a non-profit organization. Medrano holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California (USC).

Mark Kremer
Mark Kremer is a U.S. and Israeli citizen with more than 15 years experience as a successful Silicon Valley executive and entrepreneur. Prior to joining Benchmark, Mark served as CEO of Broadbase Software Inc. (Nasdaq: BBSW), a leading provider of e-business applications. Mark founded Broadbase in November 1995, receiving early funding from Benchmark. As CEO of Broadbase, Mark recruited an outstanding executive team and led the company to a leadership position in the e-business applications market. In the nine years prior to founding Broadbase, Mark held several executive positions in high-profile Silicon Valley companies, including Oracle and Verity. Prior to moving to the U.S. in 1986, Mark was one of the pioneering engineers of Motorola Semiconductor in Israel.

Dr. Aviel D. Rubin
Dr. Aviel D. Rubin is a world-renowned expert in computer and Internet security. Besides 2 well-known books on computer security, Rubin has authored over 40 peer reviewed journals and conference papers. He has helped design and build several well-known security systems including Khat, Betsi, Billkeeper, Crowds, Absent, and Publius. Rubin has written feature articles on the Internet and web security for Web Development Magazine, Web Techniques Magazine, Encarta Encyclopedia, and many others. Dr. Rubin is a frequent speaker to industry groups and to system administrators and IT managers on Wall Street, and he has chaired four major Computer Science conferences. He is frequently quoted in such publications as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week 2.0, and the Industry Standard. Rubin holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan. Currently, Dr. Rubin works at John Hopkins University where he holds dual positions as Associate Professor, Computer Science Department and Technical Director, Information Security Institute. In April 2000, he was elected to the board of directors of the USENIX organization.