Aiden Bordner
Aiden is a Senior User Experience Planner at MRM Worldwide, making a career out of combining his love for media and technology. An internet user since the days of Archie and VAX clusters, Aiden has strived to stay on the bleeding edge of computing technology since the early 1990s. Today, in the social media era, he works to envision what the progress of technology will make possible for media in the future. Aiden has been contracted by Intel to blog on IDF.
Annie Rodkins
For as far as I can remember I have been a geek wanna-be . In my current role of Social Media Program Manager at Intel I get to work everyday on what I love most: social media and technology. I hope to be successful in using “web 2.0” tools to put you in touch with some of the greatest minds here at Intel, as well as with other regular folks who share your passion for technology.
Although the demands of work and family don’t leave me much time to blog, I am an avid Twitter and Facebook user. I look forward to connecting with you!
Bailey Cross
Bailey Cross is a Mobile Technology Evangelist in the Mobile Platform Marketing Group at Intel. He joined Intel in 1997, and has held various positions including Senior Software Engineer and Technical Marketing Engineer. Bailey’s current focus is enabling DisplayPort on notebooks. Bailey has a M.S in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.
You can follow my adventures on the web through my personal, community, and business blogs: - baileycross.com - pdxtransit.com - cceshop.com - grilldemon.com - Facebook - Twitter.
Bob Duffy
Bob is a Senior Social Media Strategist with Intel, focused on enabling social media for Intel’s online digital properties. Bob’s is fascinated by future trends in technology and the socialization and adoption of technology. He believes that a shared voice of influence is what counts when communicating the value and relevance of Intel products & technologies. Bob has pioneered a number of social media programs at Intel and established Intel’s online communities’ strategy with the launch of Open Port in 2007 and recently the new content aggregation site Experience Intel in 2009. Bob’s posts come from a user’s perspective rather than a technical expert and serve as conversation starters to explore how Intel’s technologies and programs are furthering innovation. Follow Bob on Twitter.
Charlene Zvolanek
Charlene is a Senior User Experience Planner at MRM Worldwide who has been architecting, designing, developing, building, testing, deploying and marketing digital media for high traffic specialty web clients since 2000. Charlene is passionate about innovation through collaboration, and considers herself an accessibility evangelist. She’s currently fascinated by capturing and harnessing existing energy, and the future of interface design as web, mobile and TV blend. Charlene has been contracted by Intel to blog on IDF.
Glenn Hinton
Glenn Hinton is an Intel Fellow, Digital Enterprise Group and Director of IA-32 Micro-architecture Development. He is responsible for the micro-architecture development of the next generation IA-32 design. Hinton joined Intel as a new college graduate in 1983. In 1986, Hinton was one of the two lead micro-architects of the i960ΠCA, which was the world’s first super-scalar microprocessor. He holds more than 90 patents from 6 different CPU designs. He received the ACM Maurice Wilkes Award in 2002.
Joe English
Joe English is self-described technology geek and lover of all things digital. Joe follows consumer trends for Intel, specializing in emerging digital entertainment applications. Working in the computing industry since 1990, Joe has had the opportunity to watch computers grow up, witnessing the advent of everything from e-mail and the Internet to Web 2.0 and everything in between. As a writer for Intel’s consumer blog, Joe will be trying to find the coolest and most interesting new entertainment devices coming to market this year.
Joe studied communications research at the University of Washington, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication 1992. He then did graduate work, studying emerging communications technology at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication. He earned a Masters Degree in Communications Management in 1994. During his career he has worked for IBM, AST Research, Advanced Logic Research, Gateway Computer, and Mobility Electronics. He has been with Intel since 1999.
Ken Kaplan
Iӭ a writer and producer with a background in broadcasting. I joined Intel in 2000 from KRON-TV, the former NBC affiliate in San Francisco, CA.
The corporate communications team put me to work on sharing stories about products, research and people behind technology innovation. The truth isƉ use this gig just to meet fascinating people and test out new technologies inside Intel!
Here are some places where you can see videos and audio stories we create: Channel Intel on YouTube, the Intel Pressroom and on the Intel Podcast channel.
You can follow my discoveries about people and technology on my personal blog ԍovinҠAheadԬ on Facebook and Twitter.
Kevin Haley
My current title at Intel is ԍobile Technology EvangelistԠ which means I get to go around promoting technologies we think make a difference for mobile computing. To get the message out I produce mobility content for IDF and other technology conference-type events.
In nearly a quarter century at Intel (!) I have held positions in server and mobile processor silicon packaging, thermal/mechanical system design, manufacturing development, and now Technology Evangelism. I hold 20 patents in the fields of packaging and thermal management but since they were created on company time Intel owns them.
To prepare for this career I was a ski instructor, played saxophone in a rock band, managed a bicycle shop, got married and now help raise three teenagers. I also earned a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Washington and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
Kevin Kahn
Dr. Kevin Kahn is an Intel Senior Fellow, the corporation’s highest technical position, and Director of Communications Technology in Intel Labs, the corporate advanced development and research labs organization. His responsibilities include all communications technologies including radio, optical, and copper physical layer technologies, CMOS communications circuits work, packet processing, and higher layer protocols. Additionally, he helps drive communications strategies and policy for the corporation. Some of his primary current focuses are broadband access to the home, wireless LANs and PANs, spectrum policy, and related Internet issues. He also chairs the Intel Communications Research Council, which oversees research activities between Intel and academic programs. He currently serves on the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council, the Department of Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee, and on various academic advisory committees. He is a past member of the FCC Technological Advisory Council.
In prior lab assignments Dr. Kahn has played a variety of roles in strategic and technical planning and research. These included managing large labs in operating systems and Internet communications.
Dr. Kahn represents Intel in various industry consortia and various government policy forums. He has lectured widely at Universities in the U.S. and abroad about Intel and personal research activities. He previously served on the National Academy of Science Broadband Last Mile Study Panel, served as the co-chair of the Universal ADSL Working Group, an industry alliance dedicated to accelerating the deployment of consumer ADSL services for higher speed Internet access, and served as a Director of the DSL Forum.
Dr. Kahn joined Intel in 1976 after completing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Purdue University. Prior to that, he had received an M.S. in Computer Science from Purdue and a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Manhattan College. Throughout his long career with Intel, he has worked in system software development, operating systems, processor architecture, and various strategic planning roles. He has held both management and senior individual contributor roles. He holds multiple patents in processor architecture and communications technologies.
Dr. Kahn is based at Intel’s facility in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Kiesha Cochrane
Kiesha Cochrane joined Intel in 2008 as a part of the Consumer and Social Media Relations team, responsible for the companyӳ consumer PR and social media outreach in Intelӳ Global Communications Group.
A northwest native, Kiesha grew up in the Seattle area. She graduated from Portland State University in Portland Ore., with a B.A. in Communications. Prior to joining the Intel family, Kiesha worked in television news at the local CBS affiliate (KOIN) in Portland. Most recently, Kiesha worked as PR Associate at an international sportswear company also based in Portland.
Outside of work, Kiesha is a super facebooker and digg.com addict. She is also as a huge sports fan (go Seahawks!), loves to travel, spend time outdoors and enjoys spending time with friends and family.
Niles Lichtenstein
Niles is the director of strategy and integration for Ansible Mobile, a leader in mobile marketing technology and a joint venture of the Interpublic Group, an advertising holding firm, and Velti, a global mobile technology company. At Ansible, Niles and his team bring together the worlds of Madison Avenue and Silicon Valley to re-imagine and bring to life the unique consumer interactions through mobile devices. Niles has enjoyed partaking in and watching how mobile technology has evolved the way we move through life, from our personal interactions and daily tasks to the manner in which we browse and share information. Niles has been asked to blog for IDF by MRM Worldwide and Intel.
Ron Schott (Owen Media)
Ron Schott is a tenacious social media and tech enthusiast. He is a message board regular on industry sites and recently launched a Seattle-based blog examining the links between technology and marketing. Ron works for Owen Media; he has been contracted by Intel to help cover the IDF San Francisco 2008.
Uday Keshavdas

Uday Keshavdas is a Senior Marketing manager with Intelӳ Ultra Mobility Group based in Santa Clara, CA. He is passionate about consumer electronics and works with the OEMs to bring sleek new devices to market. Uday joined Intel in 2005 in a business development role before moving into his marketing role as that Intel was entering into the consumer electronics segment. He pursues his interests of delivering a great experience for consumers.
Before moving to Intel, Uday consulted for several fortune 500 companies with KPMG Consulting and worked at Sun Microsystems as well. He graduated with his MBA from the University of Washington, Seattle and Masters in Information Systems from Northeastern University in Boston. Uday also holds a BS in mechanical engineering.


