 
Rick Borry founded Register123 in 1998 and grew it into one of the early leading providers of online registration tools for the professional meeting planning industry. He joined Certain Software after it acquired the online registration company in 2001. Since 2005, Dr. Borry has been an active member of the APEX Technology Advisory Committee, charged with developing XML standards for the group travel industry through the Open Travel Alliance. In 2008, Dr. Borry chaired the executive merger transition team after Certain Software and Amlink Technologies joined to create Certain, a global events management software company.
Dr. Borry earned a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Clemson University.
Rick Borry, Ph.D.
Certain Software
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http://www.certain.com
P: 415-345-2715
F: 415-353-5335
Recent Speaking Experience
- "Not Your Daddy’s Toolbox: A Multi-generational Look at Social Media and How to Make the Most of it", MPI Texas Hill Country Chapter TEC 2009, Fort Worth, TX, October 29, 2009.
- "How Social Networking Will Affect Attendee Privacy and Data Security in Your Events, HSMAI Affordable Meetings Event Technology Expo, Washington, D.C., September 10, 2009.
- "Using Technology to Reduce Housing Costs", HSMAI Affordable Meetings National Conference, Washington, D.C., September 9, 2009.
- "Security Issues in Meetings Technology", SGMP Texas-Oklahoma Joint Chapter Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, February 21, 2009.
- "APEX in Action", MPI Meet Different, Atlanta, GA, February 9, 2009.
- "Security Issues in Meetings Technology", Meetings Technology Expo, New York City, NY, November 12, 2008.
- "Online Registration and Housing Technology", HSMAI Affordable Meetings National, Washington, DC, September 10, 2008.
- "Security Issues in Meetings Technology", Meetings Technology Expo, Washington, DC, September 3, 2008.
- "On-site Meeting Technology", CPA Western States CPE Forum, San Francisco, CA, August 21, 2008.
- "Security Issues in Meetings Technology", Meetings Technology Expo, Chicago, IL, May 12, 2008.
- "Using Online Registration and Housing Technology to Do More with Less – Anytime, Anywhere", MPI Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, July 31, 2007.
- "Where the APEX Initiative Meets the Real World…Your World!", MPI Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, July 29, 2007.
- "The APEX Meeting & Event Toolbox Pioneers Industry Standardization", NBTA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 24, 2007.
- "Online Registration for Government Meetings: Compliance, Security, and On-Site Requirements", SGMP 2007 National Education Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, May 3, 2007.
- "Online Registration for Government Meetings: Compliance, Security, and On-Site Requirements", SGMP 2007 Texas Regional Conference, South Padre Island, TX, March 3, 2007.
- "APEX and its Effect on Group Travel Industry", MPI-PEC, New Orleans, LA, January 21, 2007.
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