About the Presenters
Val Oveson is the CIO for the State of Utah. His prior experience includes working with KPMG as a consultant to government organzations, and as CIO of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has served in various capacities in state and federal government organizations, acting as National Taxpayer Advocate for the IRS, Chair of the Utah State Tax Commissions, and, for two terms, as Lieutenant Governor of Utah. Mr. Oveson graduated from Brigham Young University with an accounting degree.

Pete Kruckenberg is the senior network engineer for Utah Education Network, a regional education and research network in Utah and southern Idaho. Prior to joining UEN, Pete co-founded a regional ISP in Utah and worked for a start-up managed services provider in Lindon, Utah. He co-founded the Utah Regional Exchange Point and serves in various roles with regional networking initiatives. Pete graduated in Computer Engineering from the University of Utah.

Susan Harris coordinates NANOG meetings and is Senior Science Writer at Merit Network, Inc. Before discovering computers she spent her time reading Babylonian contracts and earning a Ph.D. in ancient Near Eastern History at the University of Michigan.

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