Company
Overview
Dedicated to creating and sustaining executive leadership networks for business leaders across the globe, Evanta has established a broad mix of unique conference and media-based platforms designed to meet the needs of executives across the C-Suite.
Evanta's flagship product, the CIO Executive Summit, operates in 18 cities across North America and expanded internationally to London and Sydney in 2007. It is complimented by the CIO Institute, a leadership development academy for technology executives who have been selected to assume significant management responsibilities, and the CIO Leadership Network, the industry's first invitation-only, online social networking site for technology executives.
The dramatic growth of Evanta's presence in the technology market led to the development and launch of an Executive Summit series for Chief Marketing Officers (CMO), Supply Chain Officers, and Chief Financial Officers (CFO). The company was acquired by dmg world media in 2006. dmg world media is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail & General Trust plc (DMGT) and, as a member of the FTSE 250, DMGT is ranked as one of Britain's largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Management Team
Robert L. Dethlefs, CEO & Founder
Since its launch in 2003, Bob has guided Evanta from start-up to its current position as one of the world's most rapidly growing diversified media companies. His leadership of the company's strategic and operational initiatives has resulted in:
- Establishing a national network of leadership conferences for CIOs in Fortune 1000 organizations, representing more than $10 trillion in annualized revenues
- Developing and launching the first online leadership community for a global audience of senior IT executives
- Expanding Evanta's operations to both the European and Australasian markets
- Being named one of Oregon's "Top Ten Fastest Growing Companies" in 2006 by The Portland Business Journal
- Recognition as one of Oregon's "Top Ten Best Places to Work" in 2005 and 2006 by Oregon Business Magazine
- Acquisition by dmg world media, a global 500 company, in June 2006
Prior to co-founding Evanta, Bob was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Imark Communications, the nation's largest producer of regionally-based IT expositions and conferences. Prior to co-leading the sale of Imark to Warburg Pincus, Bob oversaw 48 annual IT expositions and conferences that attracted more than 155,000 professionals with more than $60 billion in annual IT purchasing power.
Always committed to the development of the next generation of technology leaders, Bob founded and continues to serve as the Executive Director of the CIO Institutes at Berkeley's Haas School of Business, UCLA's Anderson School of Management and Columbia University.
Contact: bobd@evanta.com
William Klutho, EVP & CFO
A seasoned financial professional with a strong background in executive leadership, financial management, business continuity planning, operations, finance, banking and risk management, Bill serves as General Manager of Evanta. He is responsible for the management, planning and organization of the company's financial operations, including financial planning, budgeting and analysis, forecasting and revenue cycle planning. He is involved with strategic planning for the business and oversees the sales team assisting them with financial monitoring of revenue and expense budgets to ensure that the company achieves its short and long term financial objectives.
Contact: billk@evanta.com
Katy Happel, Vice President, Corporate Operations
As Evanta's Vice President of Corporate Operations, Katy Happel manages all business relationships with key suppliers to deliver services that exceed industry standards for quality and cost effectiveness. Katy is responsible for the company's quality control, order fulfillment, human resources, production timelines, business process improvement and corporate communications. Her team also directs all logistics and operations across Evanta's growing portfolio of conferences and media platforms. Widely recognized for her extraordinary commitment to the leadership needs of the Fortune 1000's executive community, she has engineered an industry leading production process plan that delivers unequalled operating efficiency and quality control optimization.
Contact: katyh@evanta.com