American Society for Information Science
New England Chapter

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Speakers' Biographies and Presentations

Michael Cunningham has been involved in computer, publishing and Document Management applications for more than 20 years. At Harvard Computing he has developed many successful business development and workshop programs, that align business goals, process change and technology to help clients meet and exceed their business objectives.

The Harvard Computing Group was founded in 1994 with the goal of helping organizations to select, develop and deploy workgroup solutions effectively. HCG consultants have completed many high quality projects and have improved the productivity and financial performance of product vendors, system integrators and large corporate organizations.

MacKenzie Smith is the Digital Library Projects Manager in the Office for Information Systems of the Harvard University Library. Prior to that she was senior systems librarian at Harvard, developing large-scale computer systems for library business and research. Her background is in Library and Information Science.

Bill Forquer is responsible for the success of the BASIS and BASIS Techlib product lines within Open Text. He has 18 years experience in the information management business. Prior to Open Text, Forquer was President and CEO of Information Dimensions, Inc., the original vendor for the BASIS technology. He has a B.S. in Mathematics Education and a M.S. in Computer and Information Science, both from The Ohio State University.

Jonathan Yaron, chief executive officer at Enigma, Inc., is one of the co-founders of the company, which was incorporated in 1992. Prior to founding Enigma, Mr. Yaron spent five years in the Israeli Army and five years working for the Israeli Ministry of Defense. He holds a BSC in Economics and Management from Tel Aviv University.