Surviving Cost Cuts through Optimization & Alignment Strategies
Chicago, IL | March 19, 2009
 IT Budgets are being cut across the board, but you still have to deliver your services while maintaining an agile environment.
In this seminar we'll focus on three main subject areas:
1. The Role of SOA, Cloud Computing, SaaS and Web 2.0 in Business Optimization and Alignment -- Smart IT Leaders know they need to position the organization to provide agility to maintain competitive advantage as they emerge from this recession in a global environment. We'll explore new models that companies are using to save money and achieve competitive advantage.
2. Aligning IT's Approach to Service within the organization--
Progressive IT leaders are moving to an asset and service management approach to deliver services within the organization. By shifting to this approach, IT organizations are better aligned with the business need while working within their budgets.
3. Choosing Cost Cutting Strategies that help trim the fat without cutting Agility and Service to the organization -- Learn how area companies are using block and tackle techniques such as effective asset management to achieve quality cost cutting without affecting service.
Whether you are a CIO, Senior IT Executive, Architect, Development Manager, Application Developer, Business Analyst, Project Manager or IT Manager you'll want to learn about the strategies available for Business Optimization and Alignment.
All corporate member attendees can receive a Certificate of Completion for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit.
Call for Speaker/Sponsors:
We are now looking for speaker/sponsors for this seminar. Contact Tina Sieben at 847-837-3900 x2 for information.
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Event Logistics |
| 1:00-1:15 |
Welcome & Introductions |
 Rates:
$150 Members
$175 Nonmembers
Thursday, March 19, 2009
1:00–5:00 PM
Union League Club
Main Lounge
65 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL
Professional Business Casual Attire Required |
| 1:15–1:40 |
The New World in this Ecomomy: The Role of SOA, Cloud Computing, Saas & Web 2.0 in Business Optimization & Alignment
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Nikhil Kumar, President/CEO, Applied Technology Solutions
Nikhil defines corporate strategy, direction and business development, while providing consulting services to key ApTSi clients, including GMAC's MIC subsidiary, a large insurance provider, Sovereign Bank, and Hartford Insurance. He is co-chair of the SOA reference architecture project for Open Group (a global standards body), and is co-authoring the SOA Security section for the the group's SOA sourcebook. Nikhil has published numerous articles (including those in CXO on SOA and a seminal paper on Aspect Oriented Programming being released this March) and is a regular presenter at Enterprise Architecture, Security and Information Architecture conferences. |
| 1:40–2:05 |
Reducing Costs: What the Smart IT Manager Needs to Know
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Steve Susina, Director of Marketing, Laurus Technologies
Steve has more than 20 years of engineering and marketing experience in the telecommunications and IT industries. Previously, he was Senior Product Manager for UTStarcom's fixed/mobile convergence product line, and has also held various sales, marketing and engineering roles at Tellabs and AT&T. His speaking experience includes technology conferences around the world on such topics as IT & business strategy, optical networking, compliance and identity management and mobile communications. |
| 2:05-2:30 |
Break |
| 2:30–2:55 |
Strategic Sourcing: Refocusing from Costs to Profits
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Kent Lightner, Managing Director, Global Pueblo Solutions
Kent is a process optimization and project management professional with over 15 years of experience, including extensive work in international and cross-cultural contexts. He is responsible for developing Global Pueblo Solutions' US based operations, and provides consulting to clients locally, helping them successfully align their strategy and optimize their business processes. He also manages the relationships with US based clients for strategically sourced projects and processes, assisting with the training and change management required for successful sourcing. |
| 2:55–3:20 |
The User Interaction Aspects of SOA, Web 2.0, SaaS & Cloud Computing
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Jon Raslawski, Portal Sales Leader, IBM
W. Jon Raslawski is a Portal Sales Executive on IBM’s North American Lotus Sales Team. His focus is to work with customers, IBM Sales, and IBM Business Partners to drive the awareness, sales, and deployment of key IBM WebSphere Portal products and solutions. He specializes in portal technologies involving transactional, collaborative, Web 2.0, and competitive solutions and how they complement and interact with the IBM SOA strategy. Over the years, he has presented at many major conferences including IBM Lotusphere, IBM Portal Technical Conference, IBM Lotusphere-Comes-To-You, IBM IMPACT, IBM Executive SOA Summit, Gartner Symposium, and Gartner Portal, Content, and Collaboration Summit. |
| 3:20-3:45 |
Break |
| 3:45-4:35 |
Keynote Panel: Cutting Costs While Maintaining an Agile Environment
Moderator: Glen Kaminski, Sr. Solution Consultant, Digital Fuel
Glen has an extensive background in service management and asset management, specializing in solutions to address the "business side" of IT. He has worked for over 15 years in aligning and implementing technology-based solutions to enterprises and solution providers to improve the effectiveness of their IT business and service operations. Glen has a diverse background in IT finance, procurement, consulting, and technology. Prior to joining Digital Fuel Technologies, he has held various consultative positions with Lontra and CA, focused on IT and asset management. |
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Ram Subramanian, Principal Architect, Risk & Compliance, Bank of America
Ram is a senior IT professional with more than 16 years of experience in delivering large scale IT programs, including Enterprise Architecture & Data Governance programs for large corporations. Mr. Subramanian has extensive experience implementing Risk & Compliance related programs for major financial corporations. He currently is involved one of the largest Basel II implementations in North America.
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Andrew London, former CTO and Head of IT Strategy & Infrastructure, Premier Farnell
Andrew's IT career spans more than 20 years. He is the former CTO and Head of IT Strategy and Architecture at Premier Farnell, and also served on the GE Healthcare CTO Team. While at GE, Andrew earned awards for TIP Integration excellence, Sarbanes Oxley Compliance excellence, Achieving Customer Excellence award and GE worldwide's most coveted technology award of "IT Excellence". He has worked in all technological aspects and architectural disciplines for many companies in both consulting and corporate environments. |
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Ming Tong,
Senior Director - Customer Service & Corporate Web Technology,
Conseco
Ming has over 15 years in crafting technology strategies and delivering successful technology solutions across the financial services, hospitality, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing industries. He has a specialization in portal and integration technologies, and focuses on correlating business needs with solutions that drive out the high-value returns for companies. At Conseco, Ming is overseeing a strategic multi-year transformation of Conseco’s customer service technologies based upon SOA principles, and rationalizing a portfolio of over eighty applications into a common delivery framework. |
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Subject Expert: Justin M. Hoss, Senior Manager, KPMG
Mr. Hoss is a Senior Manager in KPMG's Chicago IT Advisory Services practice with 15+ years of experience in IT Strategy, IT Governance & Performance, Application Development & Integration, Package Strategy & Implementations, Enterprise Architecture and IT Process Improvement. Prior to joining KPMG, he was a Capability Leader of a large global consulting services provider and has held Senior IT Director positions at Fortune 500 global manufacturing corporations. |
| 4:35–5:00 |
Meet the Speakers Networking Reception
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