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Siva Ananmalay (Director)
Siva Ananmalay is the Senior Director of Engineering
at Cisco Systems' Service Provider Technology Group.
Prior to joining Cisco, Ananmalay spent
4 years as VP Engineering at Extreme Networks, and more than 14 years with Nortel Networks, where
he served as vice president, Engineering, for the Optical
Ethernet Development department. Siva held many positions
throughout Nortel and BNR in Santa Clara, Ottawa, and
Maidenhead, England.
Ananmalay received a BCS
Honors. (Bachelor of Computer Science) from Carleton University
in Ottawa. Having grown up in the Toronto area,
Siva is a Senators fan.
 Shona
Brown (Director)
Shona Brown took on responsibilities for
Google's business operations in 2003, following almost a decade
consulting with technology clients in Toronto and Los Angeles
for McKinsey & Company. As a partner at McKinsey, she was a
leader of the global strategy practice and worked with a wide
range of firms on strategy development, business model
transformation and operational issues. Her experience includes
extensive work in consumer software and hardware technology,
online consumer services, and Internet media markets.
She has taught in the Department of
Industrial Engineering and Graduate School of Business at
Stanford University and within McKinsey's mini-MBA program. She
is the author of the best-selling business book, Competing
on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos, which introduced
a new strategic model for competing in volatile markets, and she
has published broadly in both applied and academic journals.
Shona has a bachelor's degree in computer
systems engineering from Carleton University in Canada and a
master's degree in economics and philosophy from Oxford
University as a Rhodes scholar. She received her Ph.D. and
postdoctoral degree from Stanford University's Department of
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management.
Lance McAndrew (Director)
Lance McAndrew moved to the
Bay Area in 1986 to work for Apple Computer. He currently works
for Entrust Technologies in Santa Clara as a technical sales
specialist in the wireless group. He is originally from Alberta,
where he received a Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Alberta, and a Masters of International Management
Degree from Thunderbird.
Teena Singh
Teena has been a driving member
of the Digital Moose Lounge since inception and long-time Social
Moose. She currently resides in San Diego, and has started a
local Canadian Expat group called
Can Diego.
John Southwell (Director)
Born and raised in Victoria,
British Columbia, John has a diverse background in hotel
operations with experience in the United States and Canada.
Prior to joining the Hilton San Jose and Towers as General
Manager in 1995, he held Management positions in Operations at
the Sheraton Hotel San Diego and the Sheraton Centre Toronto.
In his capacity as General
Manager for the Hilton San Jose and Towers, John is primarily
responsible for hotel operations, service delivery systems,
strategic financial planning, and sales and marketing. As an
avid supporter of the community, he provides sponsorships and
assistance to many of the diverse organizations throughout San
Jose.
John has been a member of the San
Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors for the
past two years and currently serves as Chairman of the Board for
the 2002-2003 fiscal year.
He also currently serves as a
management trustee on the Board of Trustees for the South Bay
Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees Trust Fund and on the
Hilton Hotels IT Advisory Council. John is a member of San Jose
State University’s Hospitality Management Advisory Board and
Cornell University’s Alumni Admissions Ambassador’s Network
John resides in San Jose with his
wife, Alice and three children: Aidan, Jared, and Julia. When he
is not busy with family, job, church and school obligations, you
can most likely find John on the golf course.
Education: Bachelor of Arts,
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Masters, Hotel Management, Cornell University
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