IT SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROBLEMS
AGENDA
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center
Chicago, IL


7:30AM-8:00AM REGISTRATION – Foyer
8:00AM-9:00AM PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00AM-9:15AM

    
Phil McEntee's bio		 WELCOME
Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit

PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
Phil McEntee, Conference Director, Principal, Technology Executive Network
9:15AM-10:15AM
Utopia B & C

    
Frank Artale's bio

KEYNOTE – "KEEP PACE WITH THE SPEED OF BUSINESS BY TRANSFORMING YOUR DATACENTER INTO A DELIVERY CENTER"
Presented by: Frank Artale, Group VP Business Development, Citrix Systems, Inc.
Discussion: Act differently and challenge traditional architectures that are tightly coupled. Discover and implement an end-to-end virtualization strategy that:

  • Centralizes, consolidates and decouples IT services – desktops, applications & servers
  • Decrease dependencies and cost by reducing or eliminating end points as IT assets
  • Embrace the flexibility of empowering employees to “BYOPC” - Bring your own PC to work
  • Increase flexibility and security by architecting for the Application NOT the Network
10:15AM- 11:00AM BREAK - SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
11:00AM-Noon
Session 1 - Utopia A

    
Mark Samuelson’s bio

    
Tom Downing's bio

    
Daniel McGee's bio

    
Jason Mattox bio 		“BEYOND THE HYPE: BUSINESS BENEFITS OF GREEN IT”
Moderated by: Mark Samuelson, Business Development Manager Central Region, Optimus Solutions
Panelists: Tom Downey, Sr. Manager Educational Services, Americas, EMC
Dan McGee, SVP Engineering, Data Domain
Anthony Valenti, Dir. of Networking, Matria
Jason Mattox, CTO, VP of Support & Product Mgmnt., Vizioncore, Inc.
Discussion: Green IT can help your bottom line. Top industry experts will show you how during a panel discussion of Green IT storage strategies you can apply at your data center to save energy, resources and money. Optimus Solutions will moderate a discussion featuring experts from EMC and Data Domain, two leading storage solution providers with best-in-class Green solutions. Also joining will be two senior IT practitioners from Matria and Vizioncore. Learn what these organizations are doing to make Green IT work for them. Hear how they achieved ROI on storage tiering, data de-duplication, virtualization and data center consolidation while helping to preserve the environment. You’ll bring back powerful, implementable ideas to share with your executive team.
Session 2 - Utopia D

    
Eric Offenberg's bio		 “DEFININING IT GOVERNANCE RISK & COMPLIANCE”
Moderated by: Eric Offenberg, Worldwide Product Marketing, Optim, IBM
Panelist:  Phil Murphy, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Discussion: IT governance, IT risk management and IT compliance are three distinct disciplines which, in the past, have existed in silos within organizations. Today, many organizations no longer see these activities as individual, one-time projects handled in separate parts of the IT organization. Rather, they are finding that there are a lot of commonalities and interrelationships that exist between these three areas. In this session we will explore recommended best practices for adopting a unified IT governance, risk management, and compliance (IT GRC) approach and managing the associated activities coherently to create efficiencies, provide a holistic view of the IT environment, and ensure accountability within your organization.
Noon-1:30PM
Utopia B & C

    
Darwin John's bio		 LUNCHEON KEYNOTE – “GROOMING THE NEXT CIO”
Presented by: Darwin John, Former CIO, Scott Paper, LDS Church, FBI
Discussion: Will speak to the realities of today and the requirements of the role of CIO going forward which will be both more complex and require more leadership capability. Beyond that he will speak to the "call to action" for those of us in the field, if we are to be responsive. This call to action will be about leadership that can deliver the basics of IT in a flawless manner. It is about earning ones way into the inner circle of leadership of the enterprise with earned trust, respect and credibility. It is about leading change in ones self and others. Therefore, what must we do or do differently. This will include proactive approaches to the transformation required between where we are and where we must be. Finally, will be a period of dialog with the attendees to explore, challenge, probe and test concepts presented.
1:30PM-2:00PM DESSERT – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
2:00PM-3:00PM
Utopia B & C

    
Doug Hubbard's bio


    
Sam Ferguson's bio

    
Wayne Smith's bio

    
Mark H. Griesbaum's bio

     
Larry Gunderson’s bio		 KEYNOTE - “MEASURING & MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE”
Moderated by: Doug Hubbard, President, Hubbard Decision Research
Panelists:  Sam Ferguson, Director IT, Village of Schaumburg
Wayne Smith, CEO, iTest Quality Partners
Mark Griesbaum, CIO, Cardean Learning Group
Larry Gunderson, IT Department Team Leader, City of Naperville
Discussion: Doug Hubbard, the Author of “How to Measure Anything”, will facilitate this panel to discuss a topic that should be critical to the value of IT in any organization. Business Intelligence could be the single most important impact IT has on the health and growth of the business, yet it may be one of the least measured aspects of any IT department. The panel will discuss:
  • How does Business Intelligence affect the organization in ways that matter?
  • What is the value of Business Intelligence and can it be computed?
  • Once Business Intelligence is measured, how can it be improved further?
3:00PM-3:30PM BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
3:30PM-4:30PM
Session 1 - Utopia A

    
Ray Epich's bio

    
Jay Kurtzman's bio

    
Bob Runcie's bio

    
Ellen Barry's bio

    
Wayne Smith's bio
“HIRING, MOTIVIATING, TRAINING & RETAINING THE VERY BEST”
Moderated by: Ray Epich, Corporate VP (Ret.), RiverPoint, LLC.
Panelists: Jay Kurtzman, Sr. VP & CTO, Equity Residential
Bob Runcie, CIO, Chicago Public Schools
Ellen Barry, CIO, Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority
Wayne Smith, CEO, iTest Quality Partners
Discussion: Quality of staff is the number one ingredient in doing quality work. The best way to hire quality staff is to have high standards and to make hiring staff one of the most important aspects of every manager’s position. It should not be delegated to persons who do not know how to do it. Once hired, the very best persons need to be motivated to perform at their very best. This is done by giving them challenging assignments, not micromanaging them, and holding them accountable for results. Highest rewards should be given to the very best performers.
Session 2 - Utopia D

    
Peter Schay's bio		 WORKSHOP: “JUMPSTART YOUR CAREER-A-WORKSHOP DEDICATED TO YOU AND YOUR CAREER”
Facilitated by: Peter Schay, EVP & COO, The Advisory Council (TAC)
Workshop: This executive session is designed to be a group learning experience based on career management challenges. This workshop will include a group work session based on actual career situations. Each group will present its findings, followed by open discussion and sharing of ideas. In addition, the actual results of the situation will be presented. Learn from the experts as well as your peers. Take a huge leap towards enhancing your career
4:30PM EXECUTIVE RECEPTION
Admittance by Conference Badge or VIP Pass Only, Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres and beverages


IT SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROBLEMS
AGENDA
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center
Chicago, IL


7:30AM-8:00AM REGISTRATION – Foyer
8:00AM-9:00AM PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00AM-9:15AM

    
Bill Waas' bio		 WELCOME
Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit

PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
Bill Waas, Conference Director, CEO, IT Executive Exchange
9:15AM-10:15AM
Utopia B & C

    
Tom Rabon's bio 		KEYNOTE - "OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: A POWERFUL MODEL FOR INNOVATION AND VALUE"
Presented by: Tom Rabon, Executive VP, Corporate Affairs, Red Hat, Inc.
Business Problem: Driving innovation and value across the enterprise with open source
IT Solution: For more than a decade open source and Linux have helped to significantly transform the economics of IT. Fueled by an enduring collaborative model, it has had far reaching affects on the value of enterprise computing and innovation. In his talk, Tom Rabon, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Red Hat, will draw on the needs of today's CIOs and map the adoption of open source in the enterprise. As we look ahead, hear how Red Hat is helping customers realize better performance from development to deployment, not just through Linux, but through a deeper open source strategy.
10:15AM-11:00AM BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
11:00AM-Noon
Session 1 - Utopia A

    
Jack Wilson's bio
“STRATEGIC BUSINESS VIRTUALIZATION – CREATING AN ADAPTIVE ENTERPRISE”
Presented by: Jack Wilson, Enterprise Architect, Asst. Vice President, Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company
Discussion: Virtualization is more than just a concept limited to hardware or software. It is a concept of removing all physical barriers to conducting business. Great strides have been made in terms of virtualizing servers and workstations and this has been a very important development. The question now becomes how wide and deep can we extend the concept of virtualization within an organization and how can it provide a competitive business advantage. Amerisure will be considered as a case study as a company that made the metamorphosis from a typical complex, inflexible, physically limiting infrastructure to a streamlined, flexible and agile virtual infrastructure. We'll consider the phases and reach of the virtualization of the workstations, servers, mobile notebooks, softphones and information assets (documents, video, audio). This is reality not just theory and we’ll discuss lessons learned and suggestions for making this critical transition in any organization.
Session 2 - Utopia D

    
Phil Zwieg's bio

    
Carl Weigle's bio

    
Greg Treichel's bio

    
Ken Shemanske's bio		 “LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: IT’S PERSONAL”
Moderated by: Phil Zwieg, Principal, Z-Sharp, LLC.
Panelists: Carl Weigle, MD, Medical Dir. IS, Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin
Greg Treichel, VP Technology, Direct Supply, Inc.
Ken Shemanske, Project Manager, Career Education Corporation
Discussion: This discussion will focus on the opportunities and perspectives associated with developing a "personal leadership style". Our intent is to investigate with panelists a number of different questions: What does personal leadership style mean to you today? How has the experience of gaining that leadership perspective translated into the way you execute your corporate role today? What is it about the process of "getting there" that suprised you the most? What would your peers and subordinates say is different about your leadership practices today? How do you view the differences between leadership and management?
Noon – 1:30PM
Utopia B & C

    
Dr.Gregg Bailey's bio		 LUNCHEON KEYNOTE – “PRINCIPLES FOR A CIO TO LIVE & LEAD BY”
Presented by: Dr. Gregg Bailey, CIO, ATF, Member SIM APC
Discussion:
  • We have a passion for quality results
  • We exemplify personal and organizational excellence
  • We relentlessly pursue success
  • We build relationships based on mutual trust
  • We support a unified and aligned mission
  • We accept accountability for the effects of our leadership
1:30PM-1:45PM DESSERT – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
1:45PM-2:45PM
Session 1 - Utopia A

    
Joseph F. Norton's bio

    
Maurice L. Woods bio

    
Lori Nordstrom's bio

    
Steve Kopplin's bio
“ACHIEVING A PROJECT MANAGEMENT CULTURE: GOALS, ISSUES, HURDLES & ENABLERS”
Moderated by: Joseph F. Norton, Former VP Corporate Technology, JPMorgan Bank; Former CTO, McDonald’s Corporation; Lecturer in Technology Industry Management, Northwestern University; Kellogg School of Management
Panelists: Maurice L. Woods, Deputy CIO, Chicago Public Schools
Lori Nordstrom, Asst. Vice President, Project Management Office, Trustmark Insurance Company
Steve Kopplin, Director, Integrated Supply Chain IT, Motorola
Business Problem: Industry research and news continues to tell us how hard it is to deliver information technology projects which are deemed successful. Firms which achieve a deliverables-driven project management culture lead the way in delivering successful IT projects.
IT Solution: The solution is a top down active management approach that makes it “safe” to practice professional project management. Project Management performance is considered by those firms that consistently delivery great IT results to be the cornerstone of successful IT project execution. Even though project management – the second oldest profession - is well documented as to its “body of knowledge" and best practices, and is also supported by professional societies and certification programs of international scope, achieving a project management culture is extremely difficult for many organizations. A panel of Chicagoland executives will share with you their experiences and what they learned in dealing with the project management challenge in their organizations, and how it changed their organization’s IT results. They will frame the value proposition of effective professional project management, as well as the issues, challenges and hurdles all organizations face in attempting to practice “safe project management”. And of course, they will let you in on how their organizations made this happen.

Session 2 - Utopia D

    
J Schwan's bio

    
Joy Davidson's bio

    
Michael Stull's bio

    
Greg Hubbard's bio

    
Joe Degidio's bio
“WEB 2.0 FOR THE ENTERPRISE – UNDERSTANDING & LEVERAGING THE NEXT INTERNET PARADIGM”
Moderated by: J Schwan, Partner, Solstice Consulting
Panelists: Joy Davidson, Dir. of IT Solutions Architecture, Motorola
Michael Stull, Dir. of eCommerce, Nuveen Investments
Greg Hubbard, Dir. of Application Development, Q-Interactive
Joe Degidio, Principal Compliance Consultant, Fulcrum-Meade
Matt Beveridge, Director, Intranet &Collaboration, Motorola Inc.
Discussion: With the buzz about the next generation of web technologies, often coined "Web 2.0", it's important for technology leaders to understand what these new capabilities are and how to leverage them in their enterprise. This discussion will baseline the audience on the fundamental concepts of Web 2.0 from both a business and technology perspective. Through explanation and example, the forum will cut through the marketing buzz and explain how companies can leverage Web 2.0 concepts to add real value to their business.
Topics Discussed Include:
  • The Participatory Web
  • Collective Intelligence and Crowdsourcing
  • Social Networking Platforms and Applications
  • Rich User Experience
  • The Web as a Platform
  • Perpetual Beta
2:45PM-3:00PM FINAL DRAWINGS & REFRESHMENTS SERVED IN THE SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
3:00PM CONFERENCE ENDS
 
(Materials contained are for Marketing purposes only. Speakers, topics, etc. are not in final form and are subject to change.)