Collaboration
Tools & Strategies for the Enterprise
Chicago, IL | August 21, 2008
 Recent IT spending studies rank collaboration tools as a top priority for 2008. Project Managers look to Shared Project Management Systems to increase team productivity, reducing project management time, reduce the number of meetings and decrease travel costs. Yet IT security executives worry about how Web 2.0 collaboration tools can expose the company to increased security threats, while CIO's and other senior IT executives worry about the use of unauthorized collaboration technologies can have on IT governance and enterprise compliance.
In this seminar we'll explore the major benefits, challenges and strategies to leveraging collaboration tools for the enterprise while minimizing the risks. Join us and learn:
- How top area companies are using Collaboration Tools and which tools are seen as having the most benefits with the least risks.
- A primer on the different types of User Classes and Tools are available
- Understanding why younger generation employees demand these tools
- Case Studies illustrating different uses of popular collaboration toolsets
- How companies can leverage the benefits of collaboration tools for team productivity, reducing project management time, fewer meetings and less travel expenses.
- Avoid the risks to data integrity, privacy and compliance.
- How top area companies track and manage the use of unauthorized collaboration technologies.
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Event Logistics |
| 1:00 |
Welcome & Introductions |
$125 Members
$150 Nonmembers
August 21, 2008
1:00–5:15 PM
Union League Club
Main Lounge
65 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL
Professional Business Casual Attire Required |
| 1:30–1:55 |
Collaboration 201: Defining the Different Types & User Classes of Collaboration Tools
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Jim Vaselopulos, Vice President and Partner, PSC Group
Jim is a seasoned business executive with domain expertise in Financial Services, Marketing, Manufacturing and Service Industries. Jim works closely with many firms to help align business needs and technology for competitive advantage. His many roles include Vice President and Partner at PSC Group, LLC, Interim CIO at several organizations and strategic business consultant to many others. |
| 1:55–2:20 |
Why Your Teenager is a Better Collaborator Than You
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Ajay Gandhi, Senior Director, Product Management, WebCenter and Enterprise 2.0, Oracle
Ajay Gandhi is the Senior Director of Product Management for Oracle’s User Interaction solutions including WebCenter, AquaLogic Interaction, WebLogic Portal and Oracle Portal. Mr. Gandhi is responsible for outbound activities of Oracle’s portals and Enterprise 2.0 solutions including go-to-market initiatives, partnerships, product strategy, sales force enablement and customer success.
Previously, he lead the worldwide strategy, partnership and marketing initiatives for BEA’s portal solutions and Web 2.0 social computing products. |
| 2:20-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45–3:10 |
Solving Real Business Problems Through Collaboration
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Kirsten Knipp, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Vignette
Kirsten Knipp leads the go-to market efforts for the company's Social Computing, Collaboration and Portal offerings. Kirsten works closely with leading customers to develop plans that address their unique business needs with innovative technology solutions.
Prior to joining Vignette, Kirsten held Product Management, Product Marketing and Sales Operations roles with technology industry leaders including Intel Corporation and Siemens Mobile in North America and Germany. During her tenure at Siemens she successfully launched the North American division's best selling mobile phone, garnering more than $250M in revenue. |
| 3:10–3:35 |
Case Studies: Achieving Practical Collaboration Results Using In-House Tools
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Don Mishory, Vice President of Intelligent Business, MPS Partners, an SPR Company
Don is responsible for overseeing the Business Intelligence and Human Collaboration & Workflow Practices within MPS Partners. His teams deliver solutions based on Microsoft technology that help foster collaboration and provide insight to end users. Under Don's direction, the Intelligent Business teams have built deployed solutions based on Microsoft's Business Intelligence, Collaboration and .Net toolsets into healthcare, manufacturing, distribution and professional services organization. |
| 3:35-4:00 |
Break |
| 4:00–4:50 |
Keynote Panel:
Collaboration Stories
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Moderator: Sam Karsan, EVP, CGlobal Solutions, Inc., a Quest Software Partner
Sam has 25+ years experience working with the Microsoft platform and currently advises medium and large enterprise customers on their portals, collaboration and knowledge management strategies focusing on Microsoft technologies. Sam is skilled in Windows and Microsoft Exchange. He has experience with platform integration and configuration for deployments, architecture and design using Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server (MOSS). He also has a great deal of experience in projects involving migrating Lotus Notes applications to SharePoint.
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Sridar Peyyeti, Enterprise Architect, Allstate Insurance
Prior to joining Allstate, he was Director of Strategic Services at i2 Technologies and a Senior Manager with Accenture. Over the past 15 years, Sridar Peyyeti has been responsible for business strategies for multinationals, technology architectures, large global SAP programs and value engineering practice.
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Scott Jackson, Sr. Application Development Manager Consumer e-Banking, Metavante Corp.
The Metavante Consumer e-Banking software is leveraged by over 200 financial institutions with over 2 million users in North America. Prior to his work at Metavante, Scott led a successful implementation of a global portal services platform with both internal and external facing application portals utilized by business units world-wide. Scott has worked as an application developer, analyst, project manager, solution architect, and consultant. His industry experience includes manufacturing, employment services, and financial services. |
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Mike Parisi,
Director IT, Corporate,
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Mike is the Corporate IT leader for Illinois Tool Works responsible for all of Corporate IT. He has been in this position since November 2007, prior to joining ITW Mike held various technical and leadership roles during his 21 year career with Honeywell, including roles in Service, Sales Support, Field Operations and Information Technology organizations; his most recent position, as the Director IT - Infrastructure Architecture and Program Management. Mike was recognized by Computerworld as a “2006 Premier 100 IT Leader”. |
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Baker Johnson,
Marketing Director, QuickArrow
Baker is a Technology Marketing and Communications expert with a heavy focus on SEO, SaaS, Web 2.0 and Social Media strategies, guerrilla marketing, public relations, and CRM. Baker began his career at Dell in 1999. Today, he focuses on how technology has catalyzed a fundamental shift in traditional communicative and operational paradigms, enabling even greater cooperative synergies for those who can embrace the new rules of engagement. |
| 4:50-5:00 |
Closing Remarks |
| 5:00–5:45 |
Meet the Speakers Networking Reception
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