Keynote Speaker

Robert B. Carter
Executive Vice President, Information Services
and Chief Information Officer
FedEx

Thursday, October 4, 2012 , 10.00AM

Robert B. (Rob) Carter is executive vice president of FedEx Information Services and chief information officer of FedEx Corporation. He is a member of the five-person Executive Committee, which plans and executes the corporation’s strategic business activities. Carter is responsible for setting technology direction, as well as the corporation’s key applications and technology infrastructure. FedEx applications, advanced networks and data centers provide around-the-clock and around-the-globe support for the product offerings of FedEx.

Carter joined FedEx in 1993 and has over 30 years of systems development and implementation experience.

Carter was born in Taiwan. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer and information science from the University of Florida and his master’s degree from the University of South Florida.

Recently named as part of Fortune Magazine’s Executive Dream Team, Carter is also ranked 18th on Fast Company Magazine’s 100 Most Creative People in Business 2010 list. He received Information Week's Chief of the Year Award in 2000, 2001 and 2005 and is a seven-time recipient of CIO Magazine’s 100 Award.

Carter is a member of the Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) and First Horizon Corporation (NYSE: FHN) Boards of Directors, and the University of Florida Foundation Board of Trustees.

Raymond P. Dolan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sonus networks

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Raymond ("Ray") Dolan is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sonus Networks. Previously, Ray served as Chief Executive Officer of QUALCOMM/Flarion Technologies, a developer of mobile broadband communications technologies, as well as Senior Vice President of QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM). Prior to its acquisition by QUALCOMM in 2006, Ray served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Flarion. From 1996 to 2000, he was Chief Operating Officer of NextWave Telecom. Prior to that, he spent eight years at BellAtlantic/NYNEX Mobile, serving in numerous roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Executive Vice President of Marketing. Ray began his career in the telecommunications industry at PacTel Cellular as a Manager of Network Operations. He served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, where he spent more than seven years as a tactical jet pilot. Ray graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and also holds an M.B.A. from the Columbia University School of Business. Ray currently serves on the Board of Directors of American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) and NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD).