Presenters

Mary Laplante is Vice President of The Gilbane Group, an analyst and consulting firm that provides education, advice and market expertise in content management technologies. She oversees the Gilbane Group consulting practice, manages research projects, contributes editorial content, and participates in Gilbane conferences and other industry events.

Laplante has twenty years of experience in standards, publishing, software marketing, and research and consulting arenas. Prior to joining the Gilbane Group, she was a founding partner in Fastwater LLP, a consulting firm that helped companies take new products to market. From 1996 through 1998, she was a Director in the Dynamic Software Strategies Group at CAP Ventures/InfoTrends, a research and consulting firm that tracks markets for document and printing technology. She was the first Executive Director of the organization now known as OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), serving from 1993 through 1996. Mary currently serves as president of Content Management Professionals.