Speakers at the CIO Agenda: 2008 and Beyond

Ellen Barry
Ellen Barry joined the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in February 2000 as Chief Information Officer responsible for information technology initiatives for the Authority. Prior to MPEA, Ellen Barry was the 1st Deputy Chief Information Officer for the City of Chicago.  Previous to her role as 1st Deputy CIO, Ms. Barry worked with Chicago’s Police Department in numerous IT and Strategic Planning activities including efforts toward implementation of a major Criminal History Records Information System. Prior to coming to the City of Chicago, Ms. Barry worked as an internal consultant for various private sector organizations in strategic IT development and planning.  Ms. Barry holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a MBA in Quantitative Methods and Computers from Loyola University.  Ms. Barry is the recipient of the 2003 Excellence in Corporate IT Leadership Award presented by WITI (Women in Technology, International) Chicago Chapter.


John Bodine
John is currently VP & CIO for Elkay Manufacturing Company, has been with Elkay for almost seven years, and is a member of Elkay’s Corporate Executive Council. His responsibilities range over all Elkay Divisions with both dotted line and solid line responsibilities to IT staff in those organizations. John is also involved with Business Development, working to grow the business through mergers and acquisitions.  John graduated from the United States Naval Academy, attended Columbia University to earn a PhD in Geophysics, and subsequently joined Amoco Corporation as a research scientist in oil and gas exploration in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His career at Amoco progressed through a variety of roles bringing him ever closer to the line business and ever more into use of high end computing for data and image processing. Eventually he made the move into technology management in Houston, Texas in support of both the exploration business and the extensive re-engineering activities rampant in the early 1990’s. John was named Technology Leader of Amoco’s World Wide Exploration Business Group with a challenge to leverage technology for competitive advantage and opportunity capture in support of projects being conducted around the world.  John eventually joined the Amoco Corporate IT organization in Chicago and participated in several major re-engineering and business process design activities as a Business Process Consultant. With the merger of Amoco and BP, John took a retirement opportunity and consulted in the Chicago area for several years before joining Elkay Manufacturing early in 2001.


Paul D'Arcy

As Vice President of Marketing, Paul D'Arcy brings more than ten years of technology marketing experience to MessageOne. D’Arcy's key responsibility in this role is to oversee the company’s overall marketing program including positioning, product and program marketing, advertising, demand generation, analyst relations, and event marketing. Prior to joining MessageOne, D'Arcy worked for Austin-based Troux Technologies, a venture-backed provider of IT Governance software to the Fortune 1000, where he had responsibility for corporate marketing, analyst relations, and inside sales. Prior to Troux, D’Arcy held marketing management and product management positions with Perceptant Software, Trilogy Software, and Apple Computer. He holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Wesleyan University.


Sharon DeWitt (Getz)
Sharon DeWitt (Getz) joined Zebra Technologies, Inc. in 1993.  Zebra Technologies is a company that delivers high value applications to it’s customers that identify, locate, and track assets through the supply chain and is a market leader in the Auto-identification market.  Sharon was responsible for Zebra’s world-wide IT Organization for the last nine years until she recently joined the Business development team focusing on M&A activity.  Before joining Zebra, Sharon worked in various industries including defense, nuclear power, consumer marketing, aerospace and consulting.  Sharon holds a B.S. degree in Computer Information Science and a MBA from Cleveland State University.


Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson, VP of IS for Baxter Credit Union, joined the organization in 1997.  He is responsible for all aspects of BCU technology including infrastructure, applications development, operations, and the PMO.  BCU has a total of 25 locations throughout the US and Puerto Rico.  BCU first converted to VoIP in 2002 and presently seven of 25 locations leverage VoIP capabilities.  The overriding goal of their implementation was to integrate and merge voice and data at the desktop to improve overall customer service. Additional goals were to leverage existing investments in technology and staff, reduce TCO, and to provide a flexible platform which could adapt to rapidly changing needs. Prior to BCU, Jeff worked at Caremark, Sara Lee, and Waste Management.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Lawrence University, Appleton WI.

Andy Jurczyk

Andy Jurczyk is the Chief Information Officer of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, a law firm widely respected for creating winning strategies for businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals, with offices in nine U.S. cities and a global reach throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas.  He is responsible for the strategic planning and direction of technology for the Firm and the alignment of technology with the strategic plan for the business. Andy came to Sonnenschein in 1997 with 20 years' experience in the technology field.  Most recently, Andy served as the Director of Operations at Donnelly Enterprise Solutions, Inc.  At Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, he served as the Manager of Technology.  He also served as Senior Systems Engineer at AT&T where he designed networks for the Midwest region.  Andy has taken part in various public speaking engagements on topics including legal technology, outsourcing and other technology and management related subjects.  He is an active member of the Computer Technology Board for Sacred Heart Schools in Chicago, the Technology Executive Network (TEN), Association for Legal Administrators (ALA), US Secret Service - CECTF, & Illinois CIO Exchange (ICE).  Andy is on the Editorial Advisory Board for Law Technology News.  He is also a member of Infragard, civilian membership in the homeland security effort coordinated by the FBI.


Lloyd F. Love

Lloyd F. Love joined AMCOL International Corp. in July 1999 as Chief Information Officer and was promoted to Vice President in 2000.  He was formerly Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer for Baxter Credit Union in Deerfield, Ill.  Prior to joining Baxter, Love held a variety of senior information systems management positions with Caremark International, Helene Curtis Industries, Montgomery Ward and Shoe Corporation of America.   He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The Ohio State University and Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.  Love is a member of the Executives Club of Chicago Technology Strategy Group, and Technology Committee member, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI E Information Systems Management Council, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Association of Information Technology Professionals and the Society for Information Management.


John Moon
John C. Moon is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Johnson Outdoors Inc., a leading global outdoor recreational products company.  Mr. Moon is responsible for the Company’s information technology function, and defining and implementing the company’s strategic use of information technology worldwide.  Prior to joining Johnson Outdoors, Mr. Moon enjoyed a successful 23 year career at Baxter International Inc. and Caremark International (a 2002 spin-off of Baxter) where he held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility before being named Baxter’s Chief Information Officer in 2000 and Corporate Vice President in 2002.  Prior to joining Baxter, Mr. Moon held positions in the telecommunications and software industries.  Mr. Moon was named CIO of the Year in 2001 by the Association of Information Technology Professionals and was selected as a Premier 100 IT Leader by Computerworld Magazine in 2003.   Mr. Moon served as a Board member of the Global Healthcare Exchange, the leading internet trading exchange for the Healthcare industry from 2003 – 2006.  Mr. Moon earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, and holds a Master’s Degree in Management Information Systems from Northern Illinois University. He is an active member of the Society of Information Management and the Association of Information Technology Professionals.


John Payton

John Payton has over 20 years experience in IT. He started out in an entry level role and by the age of 39, he had worked his way up to Director of IT. Along the way he (and his teams) have been recognized for their achievements winning many industry awards. John has a Masters Degree in Business and has worked in the following industries: Distribution, Manufacturing, Health Care, and Financial services. John is one of those rare individuals who has a deep understanding of  business processes, technology, and people.


Ken Pederson

Ken Pedersen has over twenty-four years technology industry experience in management, management consulting, sales and marketing. As author and consultant, he has written numerous articles and three books on technology topics from high technology sales to expert systems development methodologies. As an entrepreneur, Pedersen helped lead network testing firm Progressive Computing until its successful sale to publicly-held Network Associates. Most recently, from his position as CIO for Luna Carpet and Blinds, Ken was promoted to Chief Operating Officer effective November 1.


Yvonne Scott

In 2004, Ms. Scott was elected Vice President of GATX. In 2003, Ms. Scott became Chief Information Office of GATX. Her responsibilities include the management of all Information Systems-related activities.  Ms. Scott joined GATX in 1990 as Manager, Information Systems Audit and has held various positions, most recently, Vice President and CIO, GATX Rail.  Prior to joining GATX, Ms. Scott worked at Unocal Corporation for more than ten years in various positions, including internal consulting services.  Ms. Scott has an MBA from Northern Illinois University and a BS in General Management and Accounting from Purdue University.  Ms. Scott is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Certificate in Data Processing.


Patricia Shafer
Patricia Shafer is President of Compel Ltd., an international consulting and research firm dedicated to Evoking.Courageous.Leadership(SM).  Associates specialize in four practice areas: Inspiring Leaders, Mentoring Multinationals, Empowering Women and Transforming Technology.  Patricia has provided consulting and coaching services to executives and managers in 15 countries; held leadership positions at two global Fortune 100 companies; and led strategic change initiatives touching headquarters, manufacturing and retail sites.  One of the initiatives was cited by TIME Magazine for changing the dynamics in an industry and being a public relations success of the year.  She is a contributing author to the books Enlightened Power (Wiley/Jossey-Bass, 2005) and Managing Worldwide Operations and Communications with Information Technology (IGI-Global, 2007), as well as a columnist on management issues for the magazine Global HR News.  In late 2007, she will lead a project to produce a five-book series on “Transformative Technologies” – focusing on the integration of technology and people-centered management to improve organizational results.  She also led the development of the Compel Ltd. organizational research initiatives “The Whole World at Work: Managers Around the Globe Tell Us What’s Changed and What Still Needs to Change in Organizations”; “Connected Technology Leaders”; and the “Women in Technology 2007 Report” (a collaboration of WITI and Compel Ltd.).  Patricia holds an MSc in Consulting and Coaching for Change - a joint-venture program of Oxford University, UK, and HEC, France; an MBA, Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management; an MA, Journalism, the Ohio State University; and certifications in numerous leadership and organizational development assessments.


Jim Vaselopulos
Jim Vaselopulos is a Vice President for PSC Group, LLC of Chicago, where he is responsible for managing strategic engagements with clients having eBusiness initiatives and aspirations.  Jim has been involved in Internet marketing efforts since 1994 and brings a wealth of strategic planning and business development experience to the process.  Jim became involved with the Internet in early 1993 at Rockwell where he managed the development of several comprehensive and global web based solutions. Since then he has worked with clients such as Coca-Cola, Orbitz, Echo, Carr Futures, Cherry, and Omron on a vast array of Internet marketing, eCommerce, knowledge management and web development projects.  Jim holds an Engineering degree from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Marquette University.


John Von Stein
John W. Von Stein is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). Von Stein joined OCC in 2004 and is responsible for all OCC Technology Services. Prior to joining OCC, Von Stein was Vice President of Information Technology (IT) at Cargill Inc. (Cargill). In his 10 years at Cargill, Von Stein held the following positions: VP of IT for Cargill's Latin America Region, Global IT Leader for the Grain and Oilseed Supply Chain Platform, Divisional CIO of Cargill Investor Services, and Global Information Technology Manager of Cargill Energy Trading. Prior to joining Cargill, Von Stein worked in several capacities including trading operations management, financial services consulting and sales/marketing for Louis Dreyfus Energy Corp., Deloitte & Touche Consulting, and IBM respectively. Von Stein has a B.S. from Quinnipiac University and a M.B.A. from University of Bridgeport.


Walker White

Walker White is Vice President of Technology at BDNA Corporation.  He is responsible for providing guidance to customers on utilizing BDNA's solutions to improve efficiency in their IT environment and for ensuring that customer feedback is incorporated into our products. Prior to his arrival at BDNA, White was a 12 year veteran of Oracle Corporation. During his tenure at Oracle, he held positions as Vice President of Applications Technology, Chief Technologist of Oracle Service Industries, Product Line Manager for Hewlett-Packard and other technical management positions. White was a regular speaker at many commercial, government and educational information technology forums. White is a graduate of University of California, San Diego, with a B.S. in Computer Engineering.


Mike Zanillo

Mike Zanillo is the Chief Information Officer of WMS.   WMS is a leading manufacturer in the entertainment industry.    During his career, Mike has served in senior technology management roles for several major corporations including Motorola, USX, FMC and Rexnord.  During his twenty-one years at Motorola, he served in a number of information technology and product management roles within operating units and corporate management levels of the company.     He managed the early adoption of an integrated ERP strategy as one of Oracle’s initial beta customers for its then newly released integrated applications suite.  Mike was the leading sponsor of a global integration strategy as part of the Motorola’s ERP initiative leveraging leading EAI technologies.  He also served as the Sr. Director of Product Management for Invisix, Inc. a joint-venture formed between Motorola and Cisco in forming a global partnership program of software providers.  In his career, Mike has directed a number of large-scale software development, system integration and business process re-engineering efforts based on several leading application platforms including SAP, Oracle and Peoplesoft.  He currently serves on the Strategy Committee of WMS.  Mike holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago and has completed post-graduate business studies at the school of business programs at Loyola and Northern Illinois Universities.


Bob Zimmerman

Bob’s distinguished career in custom software development spans more than two decades and has been largely dedicated to the process of leveraging technology to drive innovation and growth. As Geneca's Vice President of Delivery, Bob guides the best practices within Geneca to continually raise the bar on client satisfaction and the delivery of software in a visible, predictable way. Bob is a specialist in software management, strategic planning, and software process initiatives and is  known for his success in driving software engineering teams to improve quality and productivity. Bob's uniquely practical, common sense approach to software development enables him to coach and mentor people at all levels.  Throughout his career, Bob has shared his passion on software delivery with both executive and software development teams, enabling alignment and success throughout the organizations he touches. Bob was recently a finalist for the Illinois Technology Association (ITA)’s 2008 CityLIGHTS Awards in the category of individual CTOs and CIOs making a significant impact on the Illinois technology community. His selection as a finalist was based on his evangelism for Getting PredictableSM.

 

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