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CIO: IT Leadership Strategies

In-depth information on the top priorities and challenges for CIOs in making business/IT decisions in the new year

November 4, 2010

9:00am-5:00pm

7 CPE / 0.7 CEU / CISSP / 7 PDU Credits Awarded

Bio

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center  Rosemont (O'Hare) Illinois

Overview

How do you define IT Leadership? Does it consist of adding value to the business? Driving business efforts forward? Increasing quality of IT services? What skills does it take to be an effective Leader? How do you lead IT during challenging economic times?

What You Will Learn

In this one day conference attendees will learn:

  • Paradigm Shifts and Disruption - How IT Will Lead By Shifting to a Service Driven Model
  • What New Technologies Will CIOs Be Adopting Over the Next Two Years?
  • How CIOs are Driving Business Growth
  • CIO Leadership: What We Can Learn from History to Drive Success in Today's Climate
  • How to Avoid the Ten Communication Mistakes CIOs Still Make
  • How CIOs Can Earn a Seat at the Table

Conference Program

8:00am - 9:00am - Registration and Continental Breakfast

Coleman

DeWitt

9:00am-10:00am

Paradigm Shifts and Disruption – How IT Will Lead By Shifting to a Service Driven Model

Tom Coleman, CIO/CPO, Sloan Valve Company
Sharon DeWitt, IT Director, Scot Forge Company

Every decade we see massive changes in the IT industry. In the 80s we saw desktop computing flourish, and progressed to a client server model in the 90s. Mobile computing grew quickly in 2000 and beyond. 2010 presents a variety of technologies that may deliver IT efficiencies on a grand scale. Technologies such as desktop virtualization, cloud computing, mobile application delivery and others may be game changers.

But how can IT take advantage of these game changers? How can this fast paced innovation be a catalyst for a paradigm shift and transform the IT organization?

In this session, you will learn from two senior IT executives as to how they have been transforming their organizations in the wake of massive industry transformation.

Topics that will be covered include:

  • What is a paradigm shift
  • How to anticipate and recognize a potential paradigm shift
  • How you need to change your approach and way of thinking
  • How to take advantage of disruptive/innovative technologies as a catalyst for a paradigm shift
  • How to transform your organization from a service delivery model to total integration to the business
  • How you strategically differentiate yourself and your organization through this transformation

10:00am -10:30am - Refreshment Break

 

Mead

10:30am-11:30am

What New Technologies Will CIOs Be Adopting Over the Next Two Years?

Eric Mead, Director of Consulting Services, VMC

Given the massive paradigm shift that is occurring, what technologies should you be supporting to move your business forward? How will your architecture change? What are the costs, benefits and risks? In this session, attendees will learn what other CIOs are thinking on adopting the following and more:

  • Desktop Virtualization
  • Private Clouds
  • Tablet computing
  • Windows 7
  • Office software: Desktop versus Cloud

Lee

Moon

Prasad

11:30am-12:30pm

How CIOs are Driving Business Growth

Moderator:
Jeff Lee, Founder, Maven Wave Partners
Panelists will include:
John C. Moon, VP & CIO, Johnson Outdoors, Inc.
Rama Prasad, CIO, Aircell LLC
Gina Papworth, Executive Director of I.T., Motor Coach Industries
and enterprise IT CIOs sharing their experiences

Many CEOs are expecting their CIOs to be leading business transformation. CIOs are now expected to go beyond just understanding the business by leveraging their resources and staff to help drive revenue. CIOs who are executing on this mission have found success in the following ways

  • Leveraging technology to address needs customers didn’t know they had
  • Using innovation to better aid business decision making
  • Embedding IT in all new business initiatives
  • Tying IT to a new revenue stream

    In this session, attendees will learn from a panel of CIOs as to how they are driving business growth.

12:30pm - 1:30pm Luncheon

Vaselopulos

1:30pm-2:30pm

CIO Leadership: What We Can Learn from History to Drive Success in Today's Climate

Jim Vaselopulos, Vice President, PSC Group

Each year magazines and pundits suggest that the role of the CIO is changing. In a time where we have seen vendor consolidation, the pace of new technologies slow and business growth stagnate - does the CIO role really need to change again? Why does it feel as though IT still has trouble keeping up with demand? What can we learn from history to help us cope with the increasingly technical demands of our employees, customers and marketplaces?

In this session, attendees will learn:

  • How to stay ahead of your customer
  • How to stay relevant to your business
  • How to build a forward-thinking, solution-oriented culture in IT
  • How to manage costs and still be innovative
  • How to mitigate risk and make safe technology bets
  • How to be the victor and not the victim

2:30pm - 3:00pm - Refreshment Break

Susina

Logothetis

Zanillo

Malisch

3:00pm-4:00pm

How to Avoid the Ten Communication Mistakes CIOs Still Make

Moderator: Steve Susina, Director of Marketing, Laurus Technologies, Inc.
Panelists will include:
Peter G. Logothetis, Sr. VP and Head of Technology Services, QBE the Americas
Mike Zanillo, CIO, WMS Gaming Inc.
Susan Malisch, Vice President and CIO, Loyola University Chicago
and other enterprise IT CIOs sharing their experiences

Communication mistakes can seriously affect CIOs’ effectiveness and performance in their leadership role. To be seen as a business leader and avoid the most common communication mistakes there are several steps IT leaders can put to work immediately.

In this session, attendees will learn what the top 10 communication mistakes are and how to effectively avoid these potential landmines.

  • How to design an effective BI/PM framework
  • How to make insightful decisions about significant changes in the business and markets
  • How to develop and implement an effective BI Competency Center
  • How to transform coarse data into actionable intelligence
  • How to leverage BI to drive the decisions necessary for the recovery
  • How to calculate baseline metrics for business intelligence
  • How other IT organizations are helping to make business decisions for the extended enterprise
  • How to make processes more agile with BI

Hattas

Bostick

Main

Massel

Trifiletti

4:00pm-5:00pm

How CIOs Can Earn a Seat at the Table

Moderator: Mark Hattas, CEO, Geneca
Panelists will include:
Russ Bostick, EVP, Technology and Operations, CNO Financial Group
Jeff Main, Managing Director of IT, Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp.
Bruce Massel, VP Information Technology, Fidelitone Logistics
Vito Trifiletti, CIO, Preferred Meal Systems

and other enterprise IT CIOs sharing their experiences

Most IT executives feel in order to be most effective and be able to exert the most influence it is essential that they have a seat at the strategic decision making table.

Factors that strongly influence individuals who are able to make the move to the strategic decision suite include:

  • Having the right image
  • Understanding the details of the business
  • Having financial/industry acumen
  • Intentional actions taken to build out your skill set
  • Socializing
  • Innovative and effective cost management
  • In this session, attendees will learn from a panel of CIOs who will share their experiences and provide suggestions as to how to accomplish this feat.

Conference price: $249 per person.


Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.

Exhibits

As is always the case at CAMP IT Conferences events, the talks will not include product presentations.  During the continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and the luncheon break you will have the opportunity to informally meet representatives from the following sponsoring companies, who have solutions in the area of the conference.

     

 


 

 
 
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