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<item name="Travis Allen" title="Software Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="Travis is a software developer at BlackBerry with over 7 years of experience. He works on a team focused on the developer experience inside Momentics providing plugins to enhance productivity." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6824/travis-allen" /> 
<item name="Tom Anderson" title="Mgr, BlackBerry Developer Evangelist, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1601/userPhoto.jpg" details="Tom Anderson – Senior BlackBerry Developer Evangelist – Tom started his career in 1986 with Microsoft Corporation where he was a Program Manager on such products as Windows 3.11, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, and Internet Explorer. He was also ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2656/tom-anderson" /> 
<item name="Russell Andrade" title="Product Manager, Native SDK, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1544/userPhoto.jpg" details="Russell is the Product Manager for the Native SDK at BlackBerry.  In this role, he is responsible for the vision and direction of the Native API and associated tooling.  Prior to this role, Russell worked in the Operating Systems Group where he was ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/3456/russell-andrade" /> 
<item name="Richard Balsewich" title="Sr. Enterprise Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1543/userPhoto.jpg" details="Richard Balsewich is a Senior Enterprise Developer at BlackBerry. Mr. Balsewich provides Application Development guidance and technical architecture expertise to some of the largest companies and government agencies in North America.  Prior to ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2635/richard-balsewich" /> 
<item name="Sebastian Barthelmess" title="Sr. Enterprise Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1977/userPhoto.jpg" details="Sebastian Barthelmess is a Senior Enterprise Application Developer for BlackBerry based in the Boston area of New England.  He has done mobile development for a full range of companies for over 10 years.  You'll also find many open-source ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2663/sebastian-barthelmess" /> 
<item name="Jeff Bentley" title="Sr. Enterprise Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2004/userPhoto.jpg" details="Jeff Bentley is an Sr. Enterprise Developer with BlackBerry, based out of Charlotte NC.  Mr. Bentley provides Application Development guidance and technical architecture expertise to some of the largest companies in North America.  Prior to joining ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2661/jeff-bentley" /> 
<item name="Garett Beukeboom" title="Application Development Consultant, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1602/userPhoto.jpg" details="My name is Garett Beukeboom; I am a proud member of RIM's Developer Relations team specializing in application monetization (advertising and payment) as well as Push services. I am also very excited about the Cascades SDK and cannot wait to see what ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2626/garett-beukeboom" /> 
<item name="Demian Borba" title="BlackBerry Developer Evangelist, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1588/userPhoto.jpg" details="With more than 13 years of experience with technology, interactive media, design, business and training, Demian has worked as one of the Adobe Community Professionals and also as a professor at UC San Diego, teaching UI Design and Programming ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2633/demian-borba" /> 
<item name="Richard Brett" title="Lead Engineer, Flurry, Inc." image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/8854/richard-brett" /> 
<item name="Alex Caccia" title="President, Marmalade" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/3131/alex-caccia" /> 
<item name="Mariano Carrizo" title="Director, ITMASTER" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="Manager for BlackBerry developer group Argentina, Adobe Community Professional and Flex 4 Certified Expert. Creator of BlueBox for BlackBerry Playbook. Multiplatform mobile and web developer, speaker, trainer and author. As entrepreneur he founded ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/5800/mariano-carrizo" /> 
<item name="Natalie Carruthers" title="BlackBerry Academic Program Specialist, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1978/userPhoto.jpg" details="Natalie Carruthers is a BlackBerry Academic Program Specialist on the University Relations team at BlackBerry. The team is responsible for developing and maintaining BlackBerry's engagement with universities and colleges globally through various ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2743/natalie-carruthers" /> 
<item name="Jerome Carty" title="President, Kisai Labs" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1600/userPhoto.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/5792/jerome-carty" /> 
<item name="Sergio Cavalcante" title="CEO, CESAR" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="Ph.D. in Electronics from Newcastle University (1997) - England, Sergio Cavalcante is the CEO of CESAR (www.cesar.org.br) since 2005, where he also served as the Chairman for 3 years. He participates as a board member of the Porto Digital Technology ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/9108/sergio-cavalcante" /> 
<item name="David Clayworth" title="Team Lead, Cascades Field Agency, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1969/userPhoto.jpg" details="David Clayworth has been designing and coding user interfaces for twenty five years. After a period of designing user interfaces for the early IBM PC, he moved to designing 3D graphics interfaces and CAD for fluid dynamics code, and then to ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2019/david-clayworth" /> 
<item name="David Cummings" title="Technical Lead - Tools, QNX Software System" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1585/userPhoto.jpg" details="David is a senior software developer on the development tools team at QNX Software Systems. As part of this team, David works on both the BlackBerry Tablet OS AIR and Native SDKs. His areas of expertise include system profiling, application signing, ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6246/david-cummings" /> 
<item name="Ezequiel D'Amico" title="CEO, Rock N Roll Games" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1988/userPhoto.jpg" details="I run Rock N Roll Games, the premier BlackBerry games publisher. Unlocking the potential of the best game developers of Latin America.Awards for our games and/or company:-Best Game in AppCircus - Orlando, United States- Best Game ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/1973/ezequiel-d'amico" /> 
<item name="Julian Dolce" title="Platform Lead, QNX Software Systems" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1541/userPhoto.jpg" details="Julian Dolce is the platform lead for Adobe AIR at QNX Software Systems, where his roles include developing the BlackBerry 10 AIR SDK. Prior to joining QNX, Julian was the director of creative technology and the lead Flash developer at the marketing ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/1868/julian-dolce" /> 
<item name="James Dreher" title="Application Development Consultant, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1994/userPhoto.jpg" details="James Dreher is the Android platform specialist at BlackBerry, and his current mandate is to support the BlackBerry Runtime for Android apps, while assisting developers in porting and repackaging their existing Android applications to run on the ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/3521/james-dreher" /> 
<item name="Manny Elawar" title="BlackBerry Developer Evangelist, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1953/userPhoto.jpg" details="Manny Elawar is a BlackBerry Developer Evangelist at BlackBerry. His main focus is reaching out to the developer community and getting them excited about generating top quality apps for the BlackBerry 10 Platform.Manny graduated from the Software ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2632/manny-elawar" /> 
<item name="Abraham Elias" title="CTO, Sencha" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1860/userPhoto.jpg" details="Abraham oversees Sencha’s strategic direction and has played a critical role in driving its rapid growth as the leader in powering HTML5 development for desktop and mobile applications. As founding CEO, Abraham recruited a world-class team and he ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/7021/abraham-elias" /> 
<item name="Scott Erkkila" title="Agile Engineer, Xtreme Labs" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="Scott ErkkilaAgile EngineerXtreme Labs Inc.scott.erkkila@xtremelabs.com@xtremelabswww.xtremelabs.com" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/7378/scott-erkkila" /> 
<item name="Dave Feinleib" title="Managing Partner, The Big Data Group" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="David Feinleib is a serial entrepreneur and tech investor. He built his first application at the age of 12 after teaching himself how to program. He joined Microsoft at 16, becoming one of the youngest software engineers ever to work at the company. ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/9094/dave-feinleib" /> 
<item name="Tony Florio" title="University Relations Manager, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2057/userPhoto.jpg" details="Tony helps build relationships between BlackBerry and post-secondary academic institutions. One of his group's core programs is the BlackBerry Academic Program (www.blackberry.com/academic), which provides faculty and students with resources to help ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/1826/tony-florio" /> 
<item name="Kyle Fowler" title="Mobile Developer, Foursquare Labs, Inc." image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2828/kyle-fowler" /> 
<item name="Ekke Gentz" title="Independent Software Architect, ekkes-corner UG" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2010/userPhoto.jpg" details="ekke (Ekkehard Gentz) is BlackBerry Elite developer: International development of mobile apps for BlackBerry 10,Cascades workshops, trainings, bootcamps and consulting.ekke works as Independent Softwarearchitect in the domain of business ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/1966/ekke-gentz" /> 
<item name="Martin Goulet" title="Senior Software Developer, Macadamian" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2046/userPhoto.jpg" details="Martin has seven years of professional experience in Ottawa's private IT sector. His skill set is broad, having worked on military/flight-safe software, enterprise content management, fast-paced start-up functions and bleeding edge mobile ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2518/martin-goulet" /> 
<item name="Joshua Granick" title="BlackBerry Developer Evangelist, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1581/userPhoto.jpg" details="Joshua Granick is a passionate developer, writer and speaker. As a lead evangelist for BlackBerry, he loves to support developers and encourage tools that are fun and productive, and inspire innovation and creativity. Before joining Research In ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/3527/joshua-granick" /> 
<item name="Paul Hainsworth" title="Director, Product Management BlackBerry World, BlackBerry" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2049/paul-hainsworth" /> 
<item name="Marcus Hannerstig" title="Visual Designer | Web Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2028/userPhoto.jpg" details="Marcus Hannerstig is a creative problem solver at BlackBerry working with UX | Visual | Web design.  He’s part of a team that focuses on Blackberry Developer Experience, currently working with the next generation of BlackBerry tooling. Out of office ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6826/marcus-hannerstig" /> 
<item name="Shadid Haque" title="Sr. Application Development Consultant, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2037/userPhoto.jpg" details="Sr. Application Development Consultant at BlackBerry, Shadid is a developer and more importantly a developer developer. He has been working closely with the BlackBerry® dev community for over 5 years to help bring the best mobile experience to their ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2183/shadid-haque" /> 
<item name="Eric Harty" title="Founder, Ebscer" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="Publishing BlackBerry apps under the name Ebscer since May 2009, Eric Harty is mostly known for released puzzle games such as Pixelated and Xploding Boxes which have received millions of downloads. Eric has developed apps for the BlackBerry platform ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2617/eric-harty" /> 
<item name="Jeffrey Heifetz" title="Software Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/10117/jeffrey-heifetz" /> 
<item name="Mark Howden" title="Sr. Manager, Technical Partnerships, BlackBerry" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/1611/mark-howden" /> 
<item name="Hyunjun Jung" title="Sr. Enterprise Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1990/userPhoto.jpg" details="HyunJun Jung provides application development and technical architecture expertise to some of the largest companies and government agencies in North America.  Prior to joining BlackBerry, Mr. Jung was a public sector systems implementation manager ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2660/hyunjun-jung" /> 
<item name="Chris Justus" title="Software Architect, bitHeads" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="Chris JustusSoftware ArchitectbitHeadsChris Justus is a software architect at bitHeads in Ottawa, Canada.  He has helped numerous clients release applications on the BlackBerry 10 platform.  He has helped to design and scale many ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/7161/chris-justus" /> 
<item name="Nick Kalkounis" title="Senior Product Manager, IM &amp; BBM Social, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1547/userPhoto.jpg" details="As the Senior Product Manager for the BBM Social Platform, my job is to make BlackBerry Messenger awesome for our development community." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2070/nick-kalkounis" /> 
<item name="Alex Kinsella" title="Senior PR &amp; Social Media Manager, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1944/userPhoto.jpg" details="Alex leads the Developer Social Media team at BlackBerry and is responsible for the content that you like on @BlackBerryDev and the Inside BlackBerry Developers blog." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2521/alex-kinsella" /> 
<item name="Gary Klassen" title="Principal Architect, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1421/userPhoto.jpg" details="Gary Klassen is a 12 year veteran of BlackBerry software development and was the key developer behind projects such as BlackBerry Messenger, the BlackBerry 950 browser, Themes, Instant Messaging, Maps, HTML Email, Clock and the now iconic BlackBerry ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2657/gary-klassen" /> 
<item name="Jay Klauser" title="Enterprise Architect, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1518/userPhoto.jpg" details="Jay has over 12 years experience working with mobile and messaging technologies.  He is currently a Technical Account Manager at BlackBerry, working with enterprise customers to help  educate them on the capabilities of the BlackBerry platform and ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2662/jay-klauser" /> 
<item name="Lars Knoll" title="CTO, Qt, Digia" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="Lars Knoll is the Digia, Qt CTO and Qt Project, Chief Maintainer. He has been working on Qt for more than 12 years starting as a software engineer to later leading the global Qt engineering team in Nokia before the Digia acquisition in October 2012. ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/7400/lars-knoll" /> 
<item name="Derek Konigsberg" title="Software Engineer, WhatsApp Inc." image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1986/userPhoto.jpg" details="Derek Konigsberg is a software engineer on the BlackBerry client team at WhatsApp, where his long time passion for mobile software allows him to reach millions of real world users every day. He has been a member of the BlackBerry developer community ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/1711/derek-konigsberg" /> 
<item name="Patrick Kosiol" title="CEO, S4BB Limited" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2036/userPhoto.jpg" details="Patrick holds a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Applied Studies and Research Harz, Germany. He is Co-Founder and CEO of S4BB Limited, a world wide leading mobile apps company specializing in applications for BlackBerry." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2028/patrick-kosiol" /> 
<item name="Alexander Lama" title="Sr. Manager, Ad Sales, ESPN" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6130/alexander-lama" /> 
<item name="Markus Landin" title="Product Manager, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1537/userPhoto.jpg" details="Markus is the product manager for Cascades, and part of the Application Platform &amp; Tools Product Management team at BlackBerry. He has twelve years of experience in the mobile software industry, and has has been involved in the development of ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/3530/markus-landin" /> 
<item name="Martin Larochelle" title="Chief Architect, Macadamian" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/8827/martin-larochelle" /> 
<item name="Johan Larsby" title="Software Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1511/userPhoto.jpg" details="Johan Larsby is a software developer with over 10 year branch experience.  At BlackBerry he works in a team focused on developer experience, bringing the code to the coders, creating sample applications that are both educational and fun." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2182/johan-larsby" /> 
<item name="Geoff Ledingham" title="National Solutions Manager, Wavefront" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/9286/geoff-ledingham" /> 
<item name="Stephen Leonard" title="Sr. Enterprise Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2015/userPhoto.jpg" details="Stephen Leonard is a Sr. Enterprise Developer in BlackBerry's Enterprise Developer Partnerships team. He provides application development guidance and technical architecture expertise to some of the largest companies and government agencies ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2629/stephen-leonard" /> 
<item name="Matt Lewandowsky" title="Big Geek, Greenviolet" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2048/userPhoto.jpg" details="Matt Lewandowsky is the principal of Greenviolet. He has extensive experience developing for integrated heterogenous environments with operating systems ranging from mobile to server class, as well as a long history of developing user-facing ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/7379/matt-lewandowsky" /> 
<item name="Qusay Mahmoud" title="Professor, UOIT" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1573/userPhoto.jpg" details="Qusay H. Mahmoud is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (Canada); and Founding Director of the Centre for Mobile Education and Research ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/3711/qusay-mahmoud" /> 
<item name="Joseph Vivian Mathews" title="Software Developer, Macadamian Technologies" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="Vivian Mathews is a Software Developer for Macadamian and has a lot of experience making several high profile and technical apps for the Blackberry 10 platform." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2478/joseph vivian-mathews" /> 
<item name="Larry McDonough" title="Principal Evangelist, BlackBerry" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2659/larry-mcdonough" /> 
<item name="Russ McMahon" title="Dir of Research &amp;Development, Appcelerator" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1590/userPhoto.jpg" details="Russ McMahon is Director, Research &amp;Development at Appcelerator. In this role he is responsible for the company's technology strategy and focus on innovation.Prior to Appcelerator, Russ was VP Engineering atMytopia, a leading company in the ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/3975/russ-mcmahon" /> 
<item name="Nancy McMillan" title="Senior Project Manager, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2035/userPhoto.jpg" details="Nancy McMillan – Developer Relations: Senior Project Manager – Nancy has been with BlackBerry since the fall of 2008 and has been involved with ISV-facing activities, such as integrating third-party apps into BBOS, defect tracking and helping to ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2630/nancy-mcmillan" /> 
<item name="Sean McVeigh" title="Senior Software Designer - Camera, QNX Software Systems" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1584/userPhoto.jpg" details="Sean started coding when he was 8 years old. In the intervening years, he received his Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. Sean devoted over 10 years of his career to developing embedded systems for ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2126/sean-mcveigh" /> 
<item name="Scott Milliquet" title="Software Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2091/scott-milliquet" /> 
<item name="Vladimir Minenko" title="Technical Manager, Qt, BlackBerry" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="Vladimir is working in the mobile software industry since 1999, and on Qt since 2006 when he started in Trolltech and then worked in Nokia. Today, Vladimir leads the Qt team in BlackBerry. Qt team takes care of Qt on BlackBerry 10 and QNX" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/3508/vladimir-minenko" /> 
<item name="Jeff Murphy" title="Sr. Product Marketing Manager, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1957/userPhoto.jpg" details="Jeff Murphy has been at BlackBerry since 2006, joining Developer Relations in August 2012. He is responsible for research programs, value propositions and messaging to support the regional evangelists and go-to-market teams. Jeff holds an MBA from ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/5580/jeff-murphy" /> 
<item name="Liz Myers" title="Director, Myers Design Ltd" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1539/userPhoto.jpg" details="Liz is a UX/UI Designer and Creative Technologist with more than 18 years experience working for blue chip companies such as: Adobe, Amazon, Microsoft, and Vodafone.After a decade focused primarily on web-based applications, Liz made the switch ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2014/liz-myers" /> 
<item name="Tim Neil" title="Director, Application Platform &amp;Tools Product Managment, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1506/userPhoto.jpg" details="Tim leads Application Platform &amp;Tools Product Management at Research In Motion.  This includes APIs, Frameworks and Tools for the BlackBerry Platform.  He can be found hanging out in the development forums or Twitter (@brcewane) trying to help out ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6735/tim-neil" /> 
<item name="Swale Nunez" title="Sr. Enterprise Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="Swale Nunez is a Senior Enterprise Developer at BlackBerry based out of New York City. In his role he provides Application Development guidance and technical architecture expertise to some of Blackberry's largest Enterprise customers both in North ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6648/swale-nunez" /> 
<item name="Mattias Öhman" title="Software Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2050/userPhoto.jpg" details="Mattias Öhman is a software developer with over 13 years of experience. At BlackBerry he has helped the applications teams create astonishing applications by holding Cascades training and creating samples and tutorials." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6825/mattias-öhman" /> 
<item name="Edgar Parada" title="BlackBerry Developer Evangelist, BlackBerry" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/5542/edgar-parada" /> 
<item name="Konrad Piascik" title="Software Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2042/userPhoto.jpg" details="Konrad is a WebKit committer and works on the remote Web Inspector for BlackBerry. He has added several cool features to Web Inspector such as Web Socket frame inspection and the ability to emulate the Geolocation and Device Orientation events.He ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2634/konrad-piascik" /> 
<item name="Andrew Poliak" title="QNX Director, Business Development, Automotive, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1946/userPhoto.jpg" details="As director of business development for QNX Software Systems’ automotive market segment, Andrew Poliak is responsible for building, developing, and maintaining relationships in the automotive value chain. Automakers, tier one automotive suppliers, ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6696/andrew-poliak" /> 
<item name="Joseph Rafoul" title="Senior Partner Manager, BlackBerry" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/7686/joseph-rafoul" /> 
<item name="Erin Rahnenfuehrer" title="Application Development Consultant, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1948/userPhoto.jpg" details="Erin has been programming since the age of 10 when her parents bought the family's first computer, a Commodore 64. Prior to joining BlackBerry, Erin worked as a Software Developer in both the consumer and enterprise markets. She now spends her days ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2162/erin-rahnenfuehrer" /> 
<item name="Meaghan Reinecke" title="Sr Usability Specialist, Macadamian" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2032/userPhoto.jpg" details="Meaghan specializes in designing software products that are intuitive and easy to use. She trained at Carleton University’s Human-Oriented Technologies Laboratory and holds a Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction. BlackBerry, Avaya, Telus ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/7020/meaghan-reinecke" /> 
<item name="Graham Robertson" title="Application Development Consultant, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1542/userPhoto.jpg" details="A young programmer from Toronto passionate about web technologies be it on a website or for pushing the boundaries for apps both on desktop and mobile.  He's a stickler for JavaScript efficiency and loves to code awesome user experiences.  He also ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2143/graham-robertson" /> 
<item name="Jonathan Ross" title="Software Developer - Cascades Field Agency, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2025/userPhoto.jpg" details="Jonathan Ross is a Software Developer in the Cascades Field Agency at BlackBerry. He is your source for all questions related to the Cascades UI Framework. From starting development, to nasty bugs, to performance issues, feel free to ask away. Prior ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6233/jonathan-ross" /> 
<item name="Leandro Sales" title="BlackBerry Tech Center Maceio, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2023/userPhoto.jpg" details="Leandro Melo de Sales qualified his PhD thesis at Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) in 2011, proposing the Global Media Transmission Protocol (GMTP), a crossing-layer optimized network protocol for massive distribution of live multimedia ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/5764/leandro-sales" /> 
<item name="Brian Scheirer" title="Developer, N/A" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="Brian Scheirer is an independent Cascades developer and founder/author of www.BBcascades.com. This is a site dedicated to Native Cascades tutorials and help documentation. He also regularly contributes to the BlackBerry support forums and open ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6534/brian-scheirer" /> 
<item name="Jason Scott" title="Software Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1998/userPhoto.jpg" details="Jason has worked at BlackBerry for over 3 years. He is currently a member of the BlackBerry Web Platform team where he contributes to jQuery Mobile Project and leading the BlackBerry 10 theme for jQuery Mobile. In the past he was a member of the ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2312/jason-scott" /> 
<item name="Shikhir Singh" title="Sr. Enterprise Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6649/shikhir-singh" /> 
<item name="Mark Sohm" title="TL, Dev Rel #Cross Platform Technologies, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2029/userPhoto.jpg" details="Mark Sohm joined BlackBerry in 2003 and currently works as Team Lead of the Cross Platform Technologies team in Developer Relations.  Mark specializes in supporting the BlackBerry Messenger Social Platform and works with developers outside ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2077/mark-sohm" /> 
<item name="Roberto Speranza" title="Sr Application Development Consultant, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1562/userPhoto.jpg" details="Roberto Speranza is a Senior Application Development Consultant in the Developer Relations team at BlackBerry, specializing in supporting partners developing NDK | Cascades applications for the Enterprise sector.  Roberto has over twenty years ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/1770/roberto-speranza" /> 
<item name="Adam Stanley" title="TL, Developer Relations# HTML5/AIR, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1504/userPhoto.jpg" details="As a senior member of the BlackBerry Developer Relations Team at Research In Motion, Adam shares his passion for creating innovative and exciting mobile applications using web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. His focus is on ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/3526/adam-stanley" /> 
<item name="Sean Sykes" title="Vice PResident Sales &amp;Marketing, bitHeads" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/5812/sean-sykes" /> 
<item name="Bryan Tafel" title="BlackBerry Developer Evangelist, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1966/userPhoto.jpg" details="Crazy nerd with business and management skills. Everything has a response and mathematical explanation. My strategy: 1/4 thinking, 1/4 making it up, 1/2 googling." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/5467/bryan-tafel" /> 
<item name="Mayer Tanuan" title="Student, University of Waterloo" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1572/userPhoto.jpg" details="Mayer lives in Waterloo, BlackBerry's home. He moves to solve people, ideas, and technology problems by co-operation and collaboration.Currently, Mayer oversees a startup project called LigonÜ; it strives to strengthen your goals and gives you ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/5272/mayer-tanuan" /> 
<item name="Sean Paul Taylor" title="Team Lead, Gaming, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1874/userPhoto.jpg" details="Sean Paul Taylor leads Gaming R&D at BlackBerry and previously led the Advanced Graphics division at RIM for 8 years. He is an expert in advanced rendering and game engine technologies including graphics, audio, physics and animation.Sean is also ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2636/sean paul-taylor" /> 
<item name="Chad Tetreault" title="Application Development Consultant, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1947/userPhoto.jpg" details="I eat JavaScript for breakfast. Developer Relations at BlackBerry specializing in HTML5, Cordova, and BlackBerry WebWorks." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2664/chad-tetreault" /> 
<item name="Peter Valin" title="Sr. Manager, BlackBerry World &amp;Content Marketing, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1535/userPhoto.jpg" details="Peter is one of the lead marketers on the global BlackBerry World &amp;Content Marketing team. Peter and his team focus on marketing all content types across all BlackBerry device platforms to BlackBerry customers in 171 markets around the world.  They ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2110/peter-valin" /> 
<item name="Marco van Hylckama Vlieg" title="Developer, BlackBerry Elite" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2027/userPhoto.jpg" details="Marco is a seasoned User Experience Prototyper, designer and developer. He creates cutting edge new products for a large internet corporation by day and works on BlackBerry applications by night. He specializes in HTML5, Cascades and the combination ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/5765/marco-van hylckama vlieg" /> 
<item name="Federico Vidueiro" title="First Guitar, Rock N Roll Games" image="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/assets/img/content/speaker-no-photo.jpg" details="null" fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/8882/federico-vidueiro" /> 
<item name="Ken Wallis" title="Product Manager, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1960/userPhoto.jpg" details="Ken has been employed at BlackBerry for over ten years. Currently, he is the Product Manager for the WebWorks Platform group, predominantly focused on direction for the WebWorks platform, the WebWorks Open Source Software initiatives ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2441/ken-wallis" /> 
<item name="Anthony Watkins" title="Senior Director, Developer Relations, Flurry, Inc" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1797/userPhoto.jpg" details="Anthony leads the Developer Relations organization at Flurry, where he oversees outbound engineering initiatives aimed at increasing awareness and adoption of Flurry services within the mobile development community.  Prior to this role, Anthony ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/7291/anthony-watkins" /> 
<item name="Ralph Whitbeck" title="Modern Web Advocate, appendTo" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1575/userPhoto.jpg" details="Ralph Whitbeck is a front-end web developer with over 15 years experience in web development including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript with a focus in jQuery. Ralph also has experience in developing web strategies, usability testing, working with ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/5793/ralph-whitbeck" /> 
<item name="Maurice White" title="Sr. Enterprise Developer, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1564/userPhoto.jpg" details="Maurice White is a Sr. Enterprise Developer at BlackBerry, providing assistance to their largest customers with the design &amp;development of solutions for the BlackBerry platform.  Prior to joining BlackBerry, Maurice was a Technical Lead for a ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2628/maurice-white" /> 
<item name="Matthew Whiteman" title="Product Manager, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/2047/userPhoto.jpg" details="Matt is a product manager for the Applications Platform &amp;Tools Product Management team at BlackBerry. He is responsible for the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps, BlackBerry 10 Simulator and Eclipse Plug-ins for Android Runtime and BlackBerry ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/6631/matthew-whiteman" /> 
<item name="Rob Williams" title="Application Development Consultant, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1560/userPhoto.jpg" details="Rob's always been into coding and computers. He first started when he was 8 on a 'Dick Smith Wizzard' Glorious programs drawing poor animations of his Dad's car were stored on cassette tapes all over the house.Rob is now an Application ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2116/rob-williams" /> 
<item name="Rob Woods" title="Software Consultant, Macadamian Technologies" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1942/userPhoto.jpg" details="As a Technical Consultant with Macadamian Technologies, a leading software design and development studio, Rob has headed up development of Android and BB10 mobile apps for  some of the biggest companies in the world, including Avaya, Alcatel, ..." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2529/rob-woods" /> 
<item name="Suavek Zajac" title="TL, Developer Relations # NDK/Cascades, BlackBerry" image="http://cdn.images.rimconferenceresources.com/201301/mobileapi/speaker/photo/1568/userPhoto.jpg" details="Suavek is a Team Lead of Developer Relations NDK/Cascades team. He and his team works with key vendors and partners on designing and developing awesome BlackBerry 10 applications." fullpro="http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/americas/content/speakers/breakout/2666/suavek-zajac" /> 
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