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Today's technology and business leaders are constantly looking for new ways to leverage technology to their organizations' advantage. In his book, World Class IT: Why Businesses Succeed When IT Triumphs, Peter High outlines the fi ve practical principles necessary to create a world-class IT organization. While critical to CIO success, these fi ve principles are not new – many CIOs today are already making progress in developing their leadership competencies. Yet IT leaders must do more to be breakaway leaders and have an impact on the bottom line in a competitive business environment. To take the IT organization to the next level, High's question for CIOs is this: once you achieve success, what are you doing to sustain it? Join High for a thought-provoking discussion on how CIOs can go above and beyond to build leadership momentum, establish "world-class IT" and thrive in their role as business leaders.
With the acceleration of technological innovation, effectively bringing together the disparate tools that are used to communicate and collaborate is critical to more effi cient decisions. Teams are dispersed globally and must be able to leverage the best ideas from team members anywhere and anytime, often without ever meeting or knowing each other. Integrating the tools to enable this environment is complex, and deploying them and getting the organization to adopt them is even more complex. In this session, Fred Killeen will offer insight on how GM is working to achieve this vision.
It is no surprise that businesses view IT as a cost center providing services with little or no impact to bottom line growth. It takes business acumen, a keen eye for opportunity, and senior level strategic business partnerships for IT leaders to help overcome this barrier to growth. With rising revenue and EBIDTA expectations for this critical segment, Mejaly and Henderson’s teams began a partnership journey that eventually led to boardroom approval for an additional $28M IT spend to create new business value.
Session discovery topics:
Clarifying IT and business roles and accountabilities across the globe
Realizing the power of top leader commitment and buy-in
Communicating IT projects effectively to the board
On a macro level, Health Information Exchange (HIE) initiatives at the local, state and national levels means improving the quality, safety and effi ciency of healthcare delivery. For CIOs in the healthcare industry, this means a focus on the areas of interoperability, standards utilization and business information systems. But what does this mean to CIOs outside the healthcare discipline? Patrick O’Hare and Janet MacQueen will review the major tenants of healthcare reform, the pending HIE initiative and what lessons can be learned in this cross-disciplinary discussion.
Session discovery topics:
Looking ahead – what is next for HIE
Getting familiar with healthcare metrics
Understanding the big picture – why everyone should care about the HIE
Mobility is transforming business functions both internally and externally into real-time processes that benefit employees and customers. Capitalizing on mobile applications, CIOs are identifying new opportunities to drive value in the workplace. Join Dayan Anandappa, Director of Digital Technologies and Collaboration for insights into the three year mobility initative that has fostered innovative ways that mobility is being used to drive business and collaboration at GE.
Session discovery topics:
Leveraging mobility for greater business efficiency
Innovating for a better customer experience – mobility and the end user
Enabling the business through emerging technology advances
Join Ruthanne Largent, Joey Miller and moderator Robert Scott for a dynamic discussion about the road to organizational and foundational improvements from the perspectives of two industry-leading CIOs - by looking into their past, present and future. Miller and Largent will reflect on their strategies, challenges and progress in developing business level partnerships that enables sustained business growth and collaborative opportunities.
Session discovery topics:
First things first - becoming a business player
Leveraging early successes - marketing change and opportunity in IT value
Maintaining strong business sponsorship and engagement
Charting the course for the future - communicating the vision
When more than one mind comes together to collaborate and learn, there are infi nite possibilities for change. For CIOs in the state of Michigan, collaboration is the key to future economic prosperity. Meet Ann M. Harten from Haworth, Inc. and the group of Hello West Michigan. Together, they fi ght to transcend competition in an effort to collaborate on initiatives developed with the intention of attracting new talent to the region. Join Harten in this enlightening discussion in how she and fellow peers are coming together to infuse new life into Michigan.
Are leaders born or taught? CIOs recognize the importance of continual leadership development, especially as the strategic and business partnership side of their skill set has become more important for business alignment and growth. But how are leadership styles cultivated and how do they work in practice? In their efforts to develop and transform the leadership styles in IT at ZF Group, ZF IT has taken the teachings and research of Daniel Goleman and developed a leadership education program. Join in this enlightening discussion to find out how you can build your own 'secret sauce' for leadership success.
What do we know about the current global economic environment? Where is recovery headed – and what are the risks and catalysts? What are the implications for information technology investment? As IBM’s Chief Economist, Dr. Philip Swan advises Chairman and CEO, Sam Palmisano along with the senior management team of this global Fortune 15 company. Join Dr. Swan for a special presentation on how IBM is positioning itself to capitalize on the global economic upswing. With more than 35 years of experience, Dr. Swan will share valuable and timely economic information that will have an impact on everyone in the months and years to come.
IT organizations face many challenges including accelerating user requirements, consumerization of IT, globalization and growing security issues. To stay ahead of these challenges, IT needs to be agile, responsive and ultimately create value. Kimberly Stevenson will highlight how creating enterprise value and communicating that value to the business, relies on operational efficiency, investment, innovation and foresight.
Session discovery topics:
Embracing new technologies to help drive employee productivity and collaboration
Reducing operation and maintenance run costs to achieve operational excellence
Information delivery and business intelligence: vectors to support the business
When it comes to cloud computing, many CIOs are still wondering how to get from an idea to delivery. What road do you take? Where is the return on investment? In an enterprise with thousands of touch points and a data center with antiquated technology, Joe Drouin pushed Kelly Services toward its fi rst foray into cloud. Join Drouin as he leads a discussion on this pivotal, multi-year, multi-million dollar project.
GE is imagination at work. From jet engines and power generation to water processing, medical imaging and more, GE is dedicated to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services that help solve some of the world’s toughest problems. Enabling these efforts is GE’s information technology organization. During this compelling keynote presentation, you’ll hear from visionary IT leader Vic Bhagat and learn how GE is leveraging technology to drive business value and competitive advantage for the company and its customers around the world.
Session discovery topics:
Establishing a new technology mindset – shifting from what’s needed to what’s possible
Investing in technology and people – a strategy for success
Improving operational excellence – cutting costs and driving growth
Leveraging collaboration tools to stimulate and encourage a positive corporate culture
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