Hear from senior Research In Motion® (RIM®) executives in the BlackBerry®
DEVCON General Session, Monday September 27, 1:00pm-3:30pm at Moscone West.
David Yach
Chief Technology Officer, Software, RIM

David Yach is the CTO for Software at Research In Motion. David oversees and manages
the development of software that has helped RIM become a world leader in the mobile
communications market. David's teams create software ranging from the BlackBerry
Enterprise Server to the applications, operating systems and radio firmware on BlackBerry
smartphones.
Read David Yach's complete bio.
Alan Brenner
Senior Vice President, BlackBerry Platform, RIM

As Senior Vice President, BlackBerry Platform, Alan Brenner is responsible for RIM's
Enterprise Software and Consumer Services businesses. Alan's business and development
responsibilities also include BlackBerry App World™ as well as the BlackBerry Development
Platform and Tool chain.
Read Alan Brenner's complete bio.
Tyler Lessard
Vice President, Global Alliances & Developer Relations, RIM

Tyler Lessard is the Vice President of BlackBerry Global Alliances and Developer
Relations at RIM. Since joining RIM in 2001, he has helped to build a community
of thousands wireless solution providers delivering custom applications and services
for BlackBerry to large enterprises, government agencies, industry professionals,
small businesses and consumers. Tyler is currently focused on initiatives to expand
the scope and impact of the BlackBerry Developer Program and to bring new innovative
solutions to market with third party Independent Software Vendors, Systems Integrators
and Solution Providers.
Read Tyler Lessard's complete bio.
Mike Kirkup
Director, Developer Relations, RIM

Mike Kirkup is the Director for the Developer Relations program at RIM, which is
responsible for managing the technical relationships and programs for RIM’s developer
community worldwide. Mike and his team work with RIM's developer community to provide
support and guidance as developers work to integrate their applications to the BlackBerry
platform.
Read Mike Kirkup's complete bio.