Robert Aiudi has been working in the speech industry for over twelve years. Starting at Dragon Systems, he directed international business development efforts, then moved to Rhetorical Systems as vice president for North America. A former member of the editorial board of Speech Technology Magazine, Mr. Aiudi will moderate several panels at the upcoming SpeechTek 2005 conference in New York City, August 1-4, 2005. Mr. Aiudi speaks several languages fluently and has worked internationally as a consultant in speech technology. He earned a Bachelors degree from the University of Connecticut and attended Yale University where he studied the Mandarin Chinese language. He currently resides in New York City.