2008 Webinar Series for Technical Women Leaders
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Dr. Frase is responsible for setting the platform technical strategy and defining the key growth
opportunities for IBM software. Her team is also responsible for key software standards, industry
alliances, and nurturing key emerging technologies. Dr. Frase received an A.B. in chemistry from
Bryn Mawr College and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of
Pennsylvania. Dr. Frase is an ex officio member of the NRC’s Board on Assessment of National
Institute of Standards and Technology Programs and is currently the chair of the Panel of Materials
Science and Engineering.
Dr. Katharine Frase
Vice President
Technical Business Strategy
IBM
Kathy Hill
Senior Vice President,
Ethernet and Wireless Systems
Technology Group
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Kathy Hill brings more than 25 years of network engineering and management experience to her
position as Senior Vice President for Cisco’s Ethernet & Wireless Technology Group.
A Cisco veteran, Hill is responsible for continued growth of Cisco’s Ethernet Switching and Wireless
LAN products and solutions across Enterprise, Small-Medium Business and Metro Ethernet
networks. Cisco is the leader in the $15 billion Ethernet switching market and the Enterprise
Wireless LAN market, with products designed to support leading-edge applications including IP
telephony and video. Hill also serves as co-leader of Cisco’s Commercial Business Council and is a
leading member of the Gender Diversity Council, a Cisco-wide initiative promoting both gender and
cultural diversity.
Previously, Hill was Vice-President and General Manager for Cisco’s Desktop Switching Business
Unit. Under her leadership, Cisco’s stackable Ethernet switch business grew to a multi-billion dollar
run rate and achieved record market share.
Prior to joining Cisco in 1997, Hill held the position of vice president at Ascend, a leading
manufacturer of digital switches and networking products for Wide Area Networks (WANs). Before
joining Ascend, Hill held senior management positions at Newbridge Networks and Hughes Network
Systems.
Hill is a Board of Trustees Member of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and holds
a bachelor’s of science degree in mathematics from the Rochester Institute of Technology in
Rochester, NY.
Award winning journalist Sydnie Kohara brings more than two decades of experience to her position
as news anchor at CBS-5/ KPIX TV. She has lived and reported in Asia, Europe and the U.S.
Kohara is no stranger to the world of technology. She was the founding host of CNBC Asia’s first
show about the Internet, “dot.com”, in 1997 and later anchored CNBC’s “CNET News.com”,
exploring the people and personalities driving the tech revolution.
Kohara was part of the KGO-TV newsroom which won the both the George Foster Peabody Award
and the Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage of the 1989 earthquake, two of the highest honors
bestowed in U.S. broadcast journalism. She has been selected to participate in this year’s Asian
American Journalists Association Executive Leadership Program.
Sydnie Kohara
News Anchor
CBS5, KPIX TV
Gail has over twenty years experience in information security infrastructure systems and network
management, security technical consulting, information systems auditing, and programming.
Industries include enterprise application software, airline reservation systems, insurance, banking,
and retail sales.
Gail leads the risk management function for Oracle Global IT. This includes Security Strategy,
Security Solutions, Threat & Vulnerability Management, Security Services, and Audit & Compliance.
She is the former CISO for PeopleSoft and former CISO for J.D. Edwards.
Gail received her bachelor’s degree in Management Science and Computer Science from Clarke
College in Dubuque, Iowa. She is an alumnus of the 2007 Stanford Executive Program of the
Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
Gail Coury, CISA, CISSP, CISM
Vice President, Risk Management, Global IT
Oracle
Sharon E. Jones
IPG Enterprise Software, Customer Experience Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
Sharon manages Customer Experience for the Enterprise Software Business within HP’s Imaging
and Printing Group. Her organization is responsible for defining and implementing the
processes and methods to provide the best customer experience for prospective, new, and
existing customers. Prior to the formation of the Enterprise Software Business following HP’s
acquisition of Exstream Software, Sharon managed the LaserJet Connectivity organization
responsible for delivering networking, security, and driver and management software to
integrate IPG devices into customers’ environments, small businesses to global enterprises.
Sharon has had a long and successful career with HP holding numerous engineering and
management positions in the successful Imaging and Printing Business. She has a Bachelor of
Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University as well as Executive
Education at the University of Michigan through HP’s Accelerated Development Program.


Aglaia Kong is the Chief Architect for the Storage & Availability Management Group at Symantec. She
also holds the honorable title of Symantec Fellow, the highest technical achievement award. She is
responsible for architecture and technology directions for products such as VERITAS Storage
Foundation products, VERITAS Cluster Server, and Command Central Storage.
The Storage & Availability Management Group delivers enterprise level storage management and
virtualization infrastructure software to ensure data center is highly available from storage, server
to application. In her 10 years with the company, Aglaia has initiated, designed, implemented and
delivered more than 10 different products. She has also led various efforts to ensure that products
are well integrated for better customer experience.
Aglaia participates in many programs to help mentor and grow the next generation of technical
leaders. She has over 10 patents.
Aglaia Kong
VP, SYMC Fellow
Chief Architect, Storage & Availability Management Group
Symantec Software Corp