In a tepid and uneven economy, the difference between the CEO and the CIO, when it comes to business goals, is just one letter, but the goal of growing the business should be exactly the same. Surviving in a fragile recovery means that now more than ever, CIOs need to start thinking like a CEO and become stronger contributors to the corporate strategy. Thomas Geisel, President and CEO of Sun National Bank, will share his unique perspective of a successful CEO and CIO. Where is our economy headed and how is Sun National Bank taking advantage of technology capabilities to elevate their company in these still turbulent times?

Session discovery topics:

• How investing in progressive technologies to support key initiatives has paid off
• High-level topics for a CIO to bring to the discussion table
• The partnership between the business and IT

The most pressing priority for Brian Simmermon, the CIO for Subaru of America and his IT organization these past six years was driving simplicity, flexibility and cost effectiveness to achieve the objective of delivering world-class customer experiences. Using a strong foundation of IT service excellence, Simmermon and his team are using technology to enable business value and to drive growth. To push Subaru to the next level, Simmermon partners with fellow executives, including Robert Font, Subaru’s National Digital Communications Manager. Simmermon and Font will explore how they work together to influence the company’s future.

The concurrence of a shaky economy and the growing unification of personal technologies and enterprise computing is forcing CIOs to pursue innovative solutions to deliver value to the organization. Incorporating the human element and ‘people’ resource strategies into these solutions is imperative to compete in this new landscape. GE was an early pioneer of global outsourcing and currently works closely with 11 preferred vendors to provide IT services for all business units globally. General Electric believes that forging deep relationships between supplier and customer will differentiate the most successful organizations from the pack. By focusing on understanding and supporting each other’s business objectives, GE and preferred outsourcing vendor iGATE Patni have built a genuine partnership that extends beyond traditional RTS and project completion. Join Dan Austin and Rob Massie as they discuss the current environment and best practices to leverage a partnership that can add real business value, on both sides of the outsourcing equation.

The rapid adoption rate of mobile computing requires CIOs to quickly coordinate a strategy for mobile in the enterprise. This discussion will address the implications of technology consumerization and the evolving CIO response. Key questions addressed will include: in an environment driven by the accelerated consumerization of technology is the traditional IT organization still relevant? Given increasing customer demand for on-the-go computing and self-service, how is mobile transforming enterprise interactions with customers and employees? What is the right balance between rapid adoption and innovation, and regulation and security measures?

Recent natural disasters have made many CIOs take a second look at their enterprise disaster recovery plan. What kind of details can get overlooked and how do CIOs avoid making mistakes that could potentially land their company on the front page of the Wall Street Journal? Steve Elliott will share his lessons learned, successes and challenges in facing Tropical Storm Allison that hit the East Coast in 2001 and how those same lessons can be applied today.

Session discovery topics:

• Planning — ensuring you don’t miss a beat
• Responding — best practices and lessons learned
• Executing — strategies for future planning

With IT becoming an ever more important factor in the success and growth of organizations, CIOs must be fluent in the languages of both business and technology. Michael Michlovich, IT Director at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company views IT as being an indistinguishable and indispensable part of business. Michlovich suggests that progress is only sustainable if CIOs take on a leadership role tightly integrated with the business. In this session, he will share his views on how IT stays relevant.

As experience with cloud computing deepens and the technology continues to mature, innovative enterprises are envisioning how to drive significant business value from a more pervasive use of the cloud. Hear Accenture’s perspective on how the cloud can enable business growth and lay the foundation for an agile business as well as explore how the IT organization needs to operate to support a truly cloud-enabled business.

Under Tom Murphy’s leadership, the technology organization at AmerisourceBergen has evolved into an embedded business asset designed to accelerate opportunities in the global economy. To achieve this strategic position, Murphy argues that CIOs must be able to identify and respond to the rapid changes in external business drivers, from mobility to shifting security demands. Murphy will discuss the challenges facing CIOs as they make decisions that profoundly impact the business and how the ability to keep pace with the convergence of business and technology will determine the legacy of the CIO.