The 36th Annual PIM Conference

David Barnes
IBM
Program Director, Strategy and Emerging Internet Technologies

Early in his career David worked as both a hardware engineer and software engineer, focusing on IBM mainframes. During the birth of the PC in 1981 he became IBM's first official "technology evangelist", traveling the world, updating customers on IBM's software strategy and relaying customer requirements back into IBM's development labs. David has also been involved with the internet since before the release of the first Web browser, and keynoted the Internet Superhighway Summit in 1995.

Most recently David managed the IBM Extreme Blue innovation laboratory in Austin Texas and the IBM Solutions Experience Lab, also in Austin. Today he is leading IBM's evangelism efforts around Web 2.0 technology and helping coordinate the Web 2.0 standards efforts of various IBM development teams.

Raymond Brimble
Lynxs Group LLC
President and CEO

Mr. Brimble’s business portfolio combines entrepreneurial, managerial, and academic accomplishments spanning a 35-year career, which began when he founded his first company at the age of 22. Through the years, Mr. Brimble has become known for a specialty in bringing together numerous elements such as people, ideas, capital, research and expertise into one focused effort toward a common goal. His leadership talent has earned Brimble his place as an international leader in Texas business circles with global impact, especially for his role as past chairman and current board member of the International Partnership of Greater Austin, a non-profit organization bridging cultural, educational and business opportunities from Texas to the world.  Mr. Brimble has been active in the logistics sector for over 25 years and has developed, acquired, and/or advised on logistics real estate transactions exceeding $2 billion.

Mr. Brimble holds a B.A. in International Studies, Ampla Cum Laude, from the University of Texas at Austin and a M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University were he attended as a Scottish Rite Fellow.  Furthermore, Mr. Brimble served as an International Business Faculty Member at the McCombs School of Business at University of Texas at Austin from 1990 to 1993.