Leadership

9:00am-10:00am
IT Governance: Creating and Managing the Framework that Supports the Strategies & Objectives of the Enterprise
Sharon Getz, Director IS, Zebra Technologies

Getz

"IT Governance" can be described as a structure of relationships and processes to direct and control the enterprise in order to achieve the enterprise’s goals by adding value while balancing risk versus return over IT and its processes. Sharon has been responsible for Zebra’s IS organization for the last six years and will share with you how she and her team have handled IT Governance issues.

This presentation will provide you with an understanding of the following:

What is IT Governance?
Why have IT Governance at your business?
Is there such a thing as "Cookie Cutter" IT Governance?
Tools for IT Governance
Importance of Measurement and Post-Implementation Review
IT Governance and Portfolio Management

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30am-11:30am
Does Your Portfolio Have Enough High Return Projects?
Mark Hattas, CEO, Geneca

Most senior executives express support for new ideas and innovation. But, in many cases, CEOs are apprehensive about innovation and view it simply as high-risk effort with doubtful returns. Much of the time this happens because their staff is unable to effectively communicate the wisdom of riskier, "investment" projects. As a result, investment in IT for the purposes of competitive advantage is limited.

Attendees of this session get new ideas on how to effectively align, assess, and justify the business case for high return projects within their organizations. Topics covered include:

How to achieve -- and demonstrate -- greater ROI by objective investment selection and a better balance of risk and reward
A methodology for assessing the risks vs. rewards of a set of possible projects
How to improve your ability to market innovation within your company

11:30am-12:30pm
Improving Resiliency: From a Leadership Perspective
Irene Rozansky, CEO, R&A Crisis Management Services

Rozansky

The world is becoming turbulent faster than organizations are becoming resilient. In the 5 short years of the 21^st century we have been inundated with more turbulence than the previous 25 years. It has been a virtual testing-ground for IT. Dot Bomb, terrorism, SARS, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, east coast power outage, SOX, HIPAA, WI-FI, bandwidth theft, and the probable pandemic all had an effect on the business community, and especially on IT. Strategic resilience is not about responding to or recovering from a one-time crisis.

Are you currently protected by plans that merely serve as “symbols” of control and stability? Are you continuously anticipating and adjusting to trends that can permanently damage the core business? Do you have the capacity to change before the need for change is obvious or too late? Do you habitually conduct risk assessments that calculate potential impacts from given threats (known and unknown) by taking into account 1) vulnerability, 2) likelihood of a threat, and 3) consequences of that threat being visited upon you? As a leader in your organization, do you have a well developed process for sensing warning signs?

In this session you will discover strategies that will allow you to leverage and grow your risk management and resiliency leadership capabilities.

12:30pm-1:30pm - Luncheon

1:30pm-2:30pm
Marketing & Communicating the Value of IT
Moderator: Sheleen Quish, former VP & CIO, US Can Corporation
Panelists: Jay Bahel, CIO, Brunswick New Technologies
Darlene A. Carrao, VP and CIO, Thomas & King, Inc
Dave Kamath, CIO, IDEX
Frank Mallinder, Founder, The Learning Institute

Carrao

Quish

Although it may not be your first priority today, CIO's and IT leaders must move marketing and communications to the top of your list. These are the keys to success in your current position and the keys to your next position. You can do everything well and still not be valued or respected. Why? Because the business side of your company is still mystified by technology and cannot and do not appreciate your world. So you have two choices: make them technicians or connect with them on a level they understand: their emotions! Learn how to get inside the heads and hearts of your internal customer and business executives. It's a lot more involved than having a user pizza party once a year. This panel will debate and discuss this issue and a new ways to look at concepts that include: moments of truth, perceptions as reality, collaboration and relationships.

2:30pm-3:00pm - Break

3:00pm-4:00pm
Explosive Data Growth – How to Handle the Risks and Opportunities
Lars Linden, Vice President Corporate Strategy, GlassHouse Technologies

LInden

Over the course of the past three years, Enterprises have worked hard to eliminate unnecessary costs in their storage environments and to protect and place value on their corporate information. The so-called ‘low hanging fruit’ projects have now all been completed and in general terms, there are not a lot of quick hits remaining to effect ongoing efficiency. Yet the Enterprise is still faced with massive data growth requirements and continued cost reduction demands. How can the Enterprise continue to meet data growth demands, new requirements from regulators and security advocates, and continued demands from distributed applications and workforces while simultaneously managing costs to maintain competitiveness? What efforts are underway in the industry leaders to address these challenges? What new technologies will play a key role? Is there any slowdown in the future or is this issue now perennial?

4:00pm-5:00pm
The Difference Makers: Key Strategies and Real World Solutions to Turn Your IT Organization into an Employer of Choice
Moderator: Greg Ambrose, Managing Director, Catalyst Search Group
Panelists: John Moon, Former Corporate VP & CIO, Baxter Healthcare
Doug Lee, CIO, OptionCare
Gint Dargis, Sr. VP & CIO, Richardson Electronics

Ambrose

With unemployment at a record low, and demand for IT works predicted to grow at unprecedented levels, now more than ever CIO's need to understand how to identify and retain the key personnel to an IT organization’s success. The success of the IT organization is dependent upon multiple parts working together to achieve the goals of the enterprise. The key to IT’s success lies in determining which individuals and which roles are vital to make IT more effective and better aligned with the enterprise. In this session, you will learn from a panel of senior IT executives how they have successfully identified, recruited and retained the right individuals for their respective IT organizations. Areas to be discussed include understanding the real reasons IT employees select a new job, why they stay, and innovative low cost strategies to make your IT organization an employer of choice.

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.

Conference price: $179 per person.

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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