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Dave Anderson
Dave is currently a Principal
Consultant with Binary Visions, Inc. in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
He has over 18 years experience in the implementation,
integration, and management of sales, customer service,
manufacturing, distribution and financial management software
applications. One of his most recent consulting assignments was
at Mid-State Technical College. Dave created a system design for
them that included: Server consolidation from 46 servers to 23
servers, Increased fault-tolerance through the use of a SAN,
Migration strategies for migrating security principles from NT4
and directory objects from Exchange 5.5 to Windows 2000 and
Exchange 2000. Previously he held various positions at Rhino
Systems, Inc. before becoming president. He also worked in
network services at Schneider National, Nielsen, JWP Information
Systems and Price Waterhouse. He also served as an infantryman
in the US Marine Corps. He has an MS from UW-Milwaukee and a
BA-Cum Laude from Lakeland College. He has a large number of
certifications including: PMP, MCSE, Microsoft Exchange
Certified, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Master Certified Novell
Engineer, Certified Novell Instructor, A+ Certified, Security+
Certified, etc.
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Larry Kallembach
Larry Kallembach is Executive Vice
President and Chief Information Officer of MB Financial Bank. MB
Financial a Chicago based bank with assets of $11.5 billion.
Spanning over thirty years Larry’s banking
career includes expertise in operations, payment systems, information
management and technology, risk management, and mergers including FDIC
acquisitions. As CIO at MB Financial his corporate-wide responsibilities
include the direction and management of all information technology
systems, bank operations, payments and payment systems and the bank’s
enterprise risk management systems. His effective leadership is a
product of his strategic thinking and interpersonal communication
skills.
Larry is a former National Board Member of
the American Institute of Banking (AIB), and former Chairman of the
Illinois Bankers Operations and Technology committee. Larry currently
serves as the Chairman of the FiServe-Signature User Strategic Direction
Committee and is a member of the Illinois Bankers Association Board of
Directors. He has taught Finance and Economics at Parkland College and
he is a periodic speaker and lecturer for various organizations
including the University of Illinois.
Larry holds a Bachelor
of Science in Finance degree from Indiana University and Master of
Business Administration from the University of Illinois.
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Michael Kozlowski
Mike is the CIO for Rust-Oleum, Inc. Mike has been a Vice President or Director in IT for
25 years. For the last 7 years, he has led the Rust-Oleum IT organization,
building a new staff on his arrival to support their just-installed SAP system.
Prior to that, he was Director of IT for the Gas Research Institute where
he re-invigorated the IT staff, directed a PeopleSoft system implementation, and
helped the organization migrate their mentality and culture from a
federally-funded institution to operating on a for-profit basis. A
substantial part of Mike’s experience spanned 20 years with Keebler Company as
Applications Development Manager, Director of Customer Service and Computer
Operations, and Director of Sales Information Systems. The last notable segment
was his involvement in their very challenging SAP implementation, a 2 year plus,
$50MM effort. At that time it was, world-wide, the highest transaction volume
SAP implementation to date. One of his key experiences as Director of
Sales Information Systems was that he reported to the VP of Sales, and thus Mike
dealt with the Keebler IT department from a user perspective for 7 years.
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Andrew Lauter
Since
co-founding PSC in 1990, Andrew Lauter has guided the growth of PSC to its
present day success as one of the more profitable business and technology
consulting firms in the middlemarket sector. His 15 years of consulting
experience has helped companies handle change in the e-Commerce and supply-chain
management sectors.
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David Lemme
David
Lemme is the EVP & CIO for Anixter. After graduating from Iowa State
University with an MS degree in Business and Industrial Engineering, Mr. Lemme
started his I/T career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in 1978. In 1989
he became a partner in the firm working out of the Chicago office. In 1992
Mr. Lemme was offered the opportunity to oversee application development at
McDonald’s Corporation in Oakbrook. He remained in that role until joining
Anixter in 1997 as its first CIO. He continues in that role at Anixter today.
Mr. Lemme’s areas of focus have primarily been within the manufacturing and
distribution industries. His work experience includes the development and
implementation of business systems, as well as process reengineering.
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Lance Masten
Lance
Masten, MCSE, has planned and deployed audit, security and compliance
solutions at more than a dozen organizations with operations worldwide.
Most notably, he spent a year on-site with one of the world’s largest
insurance companies, deploying Quest InTrust across 25,000 servers in an
environment supporting 90,000 users. He is the author of a recent
technical brief on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and “Eliminating the Threat
Within”, and was accepted to present at the Marcus Evans seminar,
“Sustaining Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Best Practices and Lessons
Learned.” Lance applies his technical and industry knowledge to guiding
the product direction of Quest’s solutions for audit and regulatory
compliance in the heterogeneous environment.
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Duane Meaux
Duane Mueaux is Client Partner of Geneca. An energetic,
results-oriented senior consultant, Duane has worked with Fortune
500 corporations, start-ups and growth organizations. His strengths
in project management, IT governance, change management, team
building, and quality/process engineering, have empowered him to
lead numerous cross-functional teams to achieve remarkable success.
Prior to Geneca, Duane led vendor analysis, business case
development and implementation planning for a web analytics system
for Orbitz.com. He also worked with Galileo to develop a B-B
commerce and reporting portal which was named 2006 JBOSS portal
project of the year. Prior to his consulting work, Duane served as
the Executive Director, IT Governance/Prioritization at SBC
Corporate. Here, he was responsible for developing and managing a
governance process to prioritize IT and Product Development
resources. Prior to SBC’s acquisition of Ameritech, Duane served as
a Business Segment Partner managing the delivery of IT and CRM
system projects. Duane has an MBA from the University of Chicago
and a BS in Quantitative Business Analysis from Indiana University.
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John Oborn
John A.
Oborn is senior vice president/chief information officer (CIO)
for Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC). He is responsible
for all of the corporation’s current technology needs and future
planning to maintain HCSC’s leadership role among health and
life benefits organizations. Previously, Mr. Oborn was
managing vice president of consulting for Gartner Inc., a
leading provider of research and analysis on the global IT
industry. His primary areas of expertise include IT strategy,
operations, risk management and performance measurement.
Mr. Oborn has provided research, analysis and best
practices in strategic direction development for more than 100
CIOs. He also led the data center of the nation's largest
government-owned utility through a three-year improvement
program -- increasing effectiveness by 60 percent while reducing
operational costs by 50 percent. Mr. Oborn also held a
number of IT-related technical and management positions for the
U.S. Air Force, as well as leadership IT positions for the
Tennessee Valley Authority and US Sprint Communications.
Mr. Oborn earned a master's degree in technology management from
the Florida Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree in
mathematics from Rollins College.
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Diane Orndorff
Diane Orndorff has been in the
Information Technology field working in various capacities for over 33
years. Her experience in both the corporate and consulting fields
includes more than 17 years at Andersen Consulting (now known as
Accenture) as well as corporate IT management positions.
Additional positions include Director of Applications for Budget Rent a
Car, Vice President of Information Technology for a $2 Billion process
manufacturing company and Senior Information Systems Director at Sears,
Roebuck and Co. Ms. Orndorff has served as Vice President and
Chief Information Officer of Laidlaw Education Services since March,
2004. In her current position, Diane is responsible for the
operational support of current Laidlaw applications as well as the
planning, definition, and delivery of new information systems and
services to support Laidlaw's strategic initiatives. These
initiatives include web-based vehicle maintenance, bus routing,
GPS-based fleet tracking and management and other operational and
administrative systems. Ms. Orndorff received Bachelor of Science
degrees in both Mathematics and Computer Science from the Pennsylvania
State University.
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Brian Rogan
Senior
VP Strategic Business and Marketing- As Senior Vice
President of Strategic Business and Marketing, Brian is
responsible for the company's compressive global
marketing strategy. In that capacity, he leads Sierra
Atlantic's marketing efforts which encompass a wide
range of growth activities designed to identify market
opportunities, develop and communicate Sierra Atlantic's
value proposition, coordinate go-to-market strategies,
corporate communications, as well as the formulation and
execution of the company's overall strategy. Brian is
also responsible for the management of strategic
relationships with category-leading software companies,
including Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, TIBCO, and others.
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Patricia Shafer
Patricia Shafer is President of Compel Ltd., an international consulting
and research firm dedicated to Evoking.Courageous.LeadershipSM. She is
also co-founder of The Change Leaders, a global network of consultants
and coaches on the human dynamics of change. She and her associates
specialize in Inspiring Leaders, Mentoring Multinationals, Transforming
Technology, and Empowering Women. This work includes keynote
speeches/presentations, workshops/seminars, simulations/games,
facilitated dialogues, and strategic client engagements. Patricia has
provided consulting and coaching services to executives and private
sector and public officials in 15 countries and held senior leadership
positions in change management and communications at two global Fortune
100 companies. She is author of the forthcoming book Whole Work:
Developing Tomorrow’s Truly Global Leaders (IAP, Fall 2008), based
partially on the global research “The Whole World at Work: Managers
Around the Globe Tell Us What Still Needs to Change in Organizations”
(Compel Ltd. 2006). In 2007, in conjunction with WITI, she led a
large-scale research initiative on technology workplaces. And she has
agreed to serve as chief editor of a book series focusing on
Transformative Technologies, including organizational mindsets and
behaviors that affect the success of technology initiatives. Patricia
holds Ms. Shafer holds an MSc., Consulting and Coaching for Change,
Oxford University, UK, and HEC, France; MBA, Northwestern University J.L.
Kellogg Graduate School of Management; MA, Journalism, the Ohio State
University; and certifications in numerous individual and team
assessment tools.
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Yvonne Scott
Yvonne Scott is Chief Information Officer
for Crowe Chizek and Company LLC. She joined Crowe in February, 2008
and is responsible for directing all aspects of the firm’s information
systems related activities. Prior to joining Crowe, Yvonne was Senior
Vice President and Chief Information Officer for GATX Corporation, a
Fortune 1000 NYSE traded company that specializes in the leasing of
long-lived assets to corporate customers. Her responsibilities included
the management of all Information Systems related activities.
Yvonne joined GATX in 1990 as Manager, Information Systems Audit and
held the positions of Assistant Director of Information Technology;
Director, GATX Chemical Logistics; Vice President, Integrated Solutions
Group; Vice President, Strategic Initiatives GATX Rail, and Vice
President and CIO GATX Rail. Prior to joining GATX, Yvonne worked for
over ten years at Unocal Corporation in various positions, including
internal consulting services. Yvonne currently serves on the board
of directors of i.c. Stars, a non-profit organization that trains and
prepares inner-city youth for careers in information technology. She is
also a member of this organization’s strategic planning committee.
Yvonne has a Masters degree in Business Administration from Northern
Illinois University and a Bachelor of Science degree in General
Management and Accounting from Purdue University. In addition, Yvonne
has published articles in professional journals, presented seminar
topics on third-party managed services, and served as a CIO panelist at
several conferences and seminars. She is a Certified Public Accountant
and holds a Certificate in Data Processing.
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Scott Zimmerman
Scott Zimmerman has been CenterPoint Properties’ Chief Information Officer since
joining the firm in 1997. Mr. Zimmerman is responsible for directing
CenterPoint's MIS Department as well as the design and enhancement of its
information technology platform. Under his supervision the company has
developed a customized, state of the art, real estate software solution that has
dramatically increased the productivity of the employees. As a result, the
company has realized double-digit growth for a decade – without increasing
staff. He is a member of the Company’s Management Committee and is also
responsible for designing and optimizing the company's business processes. Mr.
Zimmerman graduated from Loyola University in 1990 with a Bachelor in
Business Administration and earned his Master of Science degree in Management
Information Systems from DePaul in 1995. Currently, he is an active member of
RealComm, the Association for Computer Machinery and the IEEE.
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