Sponsors
To learn more about sponsorship opportunities and if your organization has been nominated to participate, please contact our conference facilitators.
Please note:
Nominated partners who elect not to sponsor may not otherwise attend the conference. Qualified partner organizations may, however, submit a request for an invitation for their CFO to attend as a conference attendee.
National Presenting Sponsors
Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 152,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential.
Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients.
Learn more at www.ey.com
Over the past 18 months, global economic volatility has put the CFO at center stage, playing a much broader role in the enterprise than ever before. With uncertainty unlikely to diminish any time soon, this shift may very well be permanent. But are CFOs and their Finance organizations equipped for an expanded and elevated set of responsibilities? How are they helping their enterprises better anticipate and act on risks and opportunities? What does a successful Finance Organization look like?
To understand what characteristics distinguish successful Finance Organizations, IBM spoke at length with more than 1,900 CFOs and senior Finance executives from around the world about their accomplishments and aspirations. When we compared these most recent conversations during the eye of the latest financial storm to those from previous IBM Global CFO studies, an expanding CFO agenda emerged. At the center of this broadening agenda is a clear message CFOs and their Finance organizations must focus on enterprise value creation by improving standards and analytical effectiveness.
Learn more at www.ibm.com/cfostudy2010
Presenting Sponsors
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader with approximately $883 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2011, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
Prudential's diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services. In the U.S., Prudential's iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century.
Learn more at www.prudential.com
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled, infrastructure, engineering and assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery ModelTM, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata Group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has a global footprint and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in india.
Learn more at www.tcs.com
Workday is the leader in enterprise-class, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for managing global businesses, combining a lower cost of ownership with an innovative approach to business applications. Founded by PeopleSoft veterans Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri, Workday delivers unified Human Capital Management, Payroll, and Financial Management solutions designed for today’s organizations and the way people work. Delivered in the cloud leveraging a modern technology platform, Workday offers a fresh alternative to legacy ERP. More than 280 customers, spanning medium-sized organizations to Fortune 50 businesses, have selected Workday.
Learn more at www.workday.com
Local Sponsors
CheckPoint Consulting provides complete Enterprise Performance Management services to customers throughout North America. With a focus on delivering high-quality advisory and implementation assistance, we have successfully helped some of the largest companies in the world achieve transformation within their finance function. Our team is comprised of industry veterans who understand the process and technical challenges involved in keeping pace with the rapidly changing business climate facing most industries today. Overcoming these challenges and delivering proactive solutions that allow our clients to analyze performance and consistently predict outcomes is what CheckPoint is all about.
Learn more at www.checkpointllc.com
Imagine the power of 160,000 people with a common purpose - building relationships that create value for you and your business. This is PwC. We provide industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services. Every day, our people work with you to build the value you are looking for. Our tailored solutions will help you meet the challenges and opportunities of doing business and our reputation lies in building lasting relationships with our clients and a focus on delivering value in all we do. We share our knowledge and expertise to help you reach the goals you set for your business.
Learn more at www.pwc.com

