Bio – Diane Bloodworth – Competitive Sports Analytics (CSA)
Diane Bloodworth - Diane founded Competitive Sports Analytics in 2010 and
serves as the President and CEO. She is responsible for company and
product strategy and manages the day-to-day operations. Diane is a serial
entrepreneur and previous founder of an IT process improvement consulting
firm (BIT) that was acquired in 2003. She has more than 25 years of
experience in the technology industry, including nine years at IBM. Diane’s IT
consulting experience has included assignments with Fortune 500 companies,
government, and small businesses. Active in the sports business community,
Diane serves on the board of governors for the Atlanta Chapter of the
Touchdown Club / National Football Foundation.
Diane has a degree in Finance and an MBA. She is involved in several
organizations including the Alumni Board of the University of Georgia Terry
College of Business, the Startup Chicks, and LaunchPad2X.
While pursuing her MBA, Diane had the idea for an expert system to help
football coaches develop winning game plans. Through the scoutPRO®
product line, she is able to combine her love of sports and expert knowledge
of technology.
Bio – John Duisburg - Cooleaf
John Duisberg is a Co-Founder of Cooleaf, a technology company based in
Atlanta, GA that offers a web and mobile employee engagement platform. At
Cooleaf, John is primarily responsible for product strategy and business
development. Prior to joining Cooleaf, John spent 8 years in the healthcare
technology industry focusing on new product development for EMR systems
and 2 years with Fanatics, an e-commerce startup company that was recently
valued at over a billion dollars.
Bio – Wes Williams – Scripps Networks
Wes Williams is the Director of Product Management for TV Everywhere
mobile applications and video players at Scripps Networks Interactive. He
joined the company in 2005 and has worked in a variety of digital roles with all
of SNI’s networks including HGTV, Food Network, Travel Channel, DIY,
Cooking Channel and Great American Country. Wes has also blogged for
InteractiveTV Today and participated in panels at the TV of Tomorrow Show
and CES. Prior to working in digital media, Wes was a producer for
newscasts and award-winning investigative stories at TV stations in Phoenix,
Austin and Waco.
Bio – Dara Leslie - Comcast
Dara Leslie is currently a Vice President of Marketing for Comcast’s Central
Division. In this role, she is responsible for the development and
implementation offer strategy for residential acquisition and upgrade,
Competitive Marketing, Hispanic Marketing, Bulk Marketing and Go-To Market
internal Communications.
A 17 year veteran of the cable industry, Dara has held various marketing and
operational leadership positions for Charter Communications and Atlantic
Broadband. Prior to her current role at Comcast, she was Vice President of
Operations for the Eastern Shore Properties for Atlantic Broadband.
Dara has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, and a Master of Arts from Old Dominion University.
Bio – Annie Anton – Georgia Tech
Annie Antón is Professor and Chair of the School of Interactive Computing at
Georgia Tech. Previously she served as a Professor in the Computer Science
Department of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University,
where she was Director of the CSC Policy and Compliance Initiative and a
member of the NCSU Cyber Defense Lab. In 2010 she chaired the NC State
University Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee. In 2008, she
chaired the NC State Public Policy Task Force.
Antón's research focuses on methods and tools to support the specification of
complete, correct behavior of software systems used in environments that
pose risks of loss as a consequence of failures and misuse. This includes
Web-based and healthcare systems in which the security of personal and
private information is particularly vulnerable. Current extensions to this work,
include the analysis of security and privacy policies, regulations and
compliance practices.
In addition Annie, works with groups such as:
ThePrivacyPlace.org, Symposium on Requirements Engineering for
Information Security (SREIS) and the Annual Requirements Engineering and
the Law Workshop (RELAW).