Day 1 - Monday, October 26
Information-Led Transformation: The world is changing - in every way we are impacted by environmental, economic and social drivers of change. With more information, more technology, more analytical power we're challenged to achieve more than ever before...faster than ever before. To get it done, we need to transform the way we do things: eliminate the blind spots, act with speed and agility, and empower all levels of the organization to make fact-based, real-time decisions. It’s about leading with your information assets. We call it an information-led transformation. Hear about the investments IBM is making to help accelerate your journey. Market leading businesses will share real life experiences outlining their breakthroughs.
Dr. Ambuj Goyal
General Manager, Business Analytics and Process Optimization
IBM Corporation
Ambuj Goyal has been General Manager of Information Management Software at IBM since August 2005. In this position, he has transformed and grown the IM division with a focus on Information on Demand. With key acquisitions such as FileNet and Cognos, the release of the Information Server to deliver the Trusted Information, customers are able to develop an Information Agenda enabling them to evolve from Business Automation to Business Optimization. Prior to this role, Dr. Goyal served as the General Manager, Workplace, Portal, and Collaboration Software (WPLC) from January 2003 to August 2005. In that position, he designed then executed the transformation of Lotus software by expanding its focus beyond the traditional “Collaboration” marketplace to encompass the “People Productivity” market. He was responsible for setting the business strategy and direction for the Websphere Portal product set, the Lotus Software product set, and the IBM Workplace product set.
Frank Kern
Senior Vice President, IBM Global Business Services
IBM Corporation
Frank Kern is the Senior Vice President, IBM Global Business Services, which encompasses IBM’s consulting, systems integration and applications capabilities, with 2008 revenues of $19.6B and a workforce of more than 100,000 professionals worldwide. He was named to this position in January 2009 after leading IBM’s global sales and distribution organization, where he was responsible for revenue, profit and client satisfaction in the 170 global markets in which IBM does business. In this role, he led IBM's direct sales force, including ibm.com which handles sales of all IBM products and services. Prior to that, Mr. Kern led IBM's operations in Asia Pacific. In that position he oversaw dramatic growth and an expansion of IBM's business across emerging markets including India, China and the ASEAN region.
Arvind Krishna
General Manager, Information Management Software
IBM Corporation
Arvind Krishna is General Manager of IBM’s Information Management Software Division which includes database, data warehouse, information integration, master data management, integrated data management and associated software. Dr. Krishna is responsible for the revenue, development, strategy, and ecosystem of the Information Management business, a multibillion dollar market. Previously, he was the Vice President of Strategy for IBM Software Group. He has held many key roles in both IBM Software and IBM Research including pioneering IBM’s security software business. He has an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the recipient of a distinguished alumni award1 from the University of Illinois, and is the co-author of 15 patents.
Rob Ashe
General Manager, Business Intelligence and Performance Management
IBM Corporation
Rob is responsible for the strategic vision, direction and day-to-day operations of the Business Intelligence and Performance Management segment within Information Management. He is a principal architect and evangelist of the company’s vision for performance management, and is a driving force behind the implementation of a performance management strategy at IBM. Since he joined Cognos in 1984 and now with IBM, Rob has worked with Global 3500 enterprises to help drive higher performance in their organizations. And to enable effective decision-making across the entire management cycle -- from planning and budgeting, to measuring and monitoring, to reporting and analysis of performance.
Ron Ercanbrack
Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Content Management
IBM Corporation
Ron Ercanbrack is the Vice President/General Manager IBM’s Enterprise Content Management (ECM) business. As senior executive for ECM, Ercanbrack heads the company's development, marketing, sales, client support and consulting services organizations to promote growth through a strong customer-centric strategy. He is responsible for the ECM portfolio of products through both direct and indirect channels. A 19-year veteran of IBM, Ercanbrack re-joined IBM in 2006, as part of its acquisition of FileNet Corporation, a leading provider of ECM solutions, where he served as President of the company.
Mark Jeffries
Communications Consultant
Former Merrill Lynch stockbroker Mark Jeffries has become a trusted adviser and communications consultant to some of the world’s largest and most successful corporations, agencies, accounting and law firms. He regularly appears as an image and communications expert on network television news, finance and lifestyle programs. He coaches many senior executives, CEOs, MDs, partners and sales teams, from clients across diverse industries and organizations including: Motorola, Microsoft, KPMG, IBM, Bank of America, Royal Bank of Canada, GSK, Astra Zeneca, BAE Systems and HSBC and many more. As an economist, former stockbroker and TV host, Mark brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the events he speaks at and facilitates.
Customer Speakers
Debbie Oshman
Manager of Analytics & Business Insight
Chevron
Debbie Oshman is the Manager of Analytics & Business Insight for Chevron, one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies. She was appointed to this newly defined role in April 2009 and is responsible for developing a strategy to help Chevron utilize information to make better, more insightful business decisions. Prior to that, she has held various IT management positions, including leading Chevron Downstream’s IT Strategy effort, where she created a roadmap and evergreen process to ensure IT investments are optimized and aligned with business strategy.
Nihad Aytaman
Director of Business Applications
Elie Tahara, Ltd.
A veteran of IT for over 28 years, with 20 years spent in the apparel industry, Nihad has been involved in all aspects of the business from programming to project management, implementing packages and managing IT departments. He currently holds the position of Director of Business Systems at Elie Tahari, Ltd. where he is responsible for all best of bread applications and ERP systems as well as their Business Intelligence initiative.
Shirley Lady
VP Blue Health Intelligence
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association
Shirley S. Lady is Vice President, Blue Health Intelligence for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA). Lady has been with the Association since October of 1996. Her previous roles within BCBSA include Managing Director, Managed Care within the Federal Employee Program (FEP) and Executive Director, Integrated Health Resources. In March of 2005 Lady was appointed to the newly created position of Executive Director of Business Informatics/BHI supporting the Association’s Blue Health Intelligence (BHI).
Day 2 - Tuesday, October 27
A new kind of intelligence for a Smarter Planet: The world is changing. It is becoming more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent - transforming entire industries and the infrastructure of the world in which we live. For the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. All over the globe, leaders are working furiously to address these changing demographics that are already leading to major breakthroughs in smarter healthcare, transportation, public safety, utilities, distribution and government services. Creating and leveraging new intelligence is at the heart of these efforts. Tools and techniques exist today that turn information into an opportunity to drive innovation and optimize businesses and services in a completely different way. Learn how you can help lead the way and avoid being left behind in a Smarter Planet of Smarter Cities.
Steven A. Mills
Senior Vice President and Group Executive, Software Group
IBM Corporation
Steve Mills is a Senior Vice President and Group Executive, IBM Software Group. In this capacity he is responsible for directing the development, marketing, sales and support of IBM's software portfolio. IBM's software business contributes $22B of IBM's revenue and 40% of its profits. IBM's industry leading middleware products provide critical business integration infrastructure that powers more than 100,000 enterprises around the world. Mr. Mills joined IBM in 1973. He has held executive leadership positions in IBM's software business since 1989. In 2000, he assumed his current role as Group Executive. During Mr. Mills’ tenure, the software business has grown to more than 50,000 employees including 25,000 software developers and 21,000 sales and technical support personnel in over 150 countries. IBM has added more than 50 acquired companies to its software business since the year 2000, creating the industry's largest business software portfolio.
Mary A. Garrett
Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Global Sales and Distribution
IBM Corporation
Business transformation and inspiring the possibilities of a smarter planet fall easily within the reach of Mary Garrett. Mary is the Vice President of Marketing and Communications for IBM Global Sales and Distribution, an organization which operates and extends IBM’s presence in 170 markets worldwide. Mary’s responsibilities include leading IBM’s global marketing and communications for industries, small and medium business, ibm.com and ISV alliances. She also leads the development and execution of unique marketing strategies for both mature and growth markets. Mary is Vice President of Marketing and Communications for IBM Global Sales and Distribution. She leads IBM’s global marketing and communications for industries, small and medium business, ibm.com and ISV alliances, helping the corporation execute on a differentiating vision, with supporting solutions, for smarter nations, cities and organizations.
Ross Mauri
General Manager, IBM Power Systems, Systems & Technology Group
IBM Corporation
Ross A. Mauri leads IBM's Power Systems business, which addresses nearly one-half of all spending on servers worldwide and supports the AIX, i and Linux operating environments on IBM’s industry-leading Power Architecture. Earlier he served as VP Development, IBM Systems Group, leading the global organization responsible for IBM's server and storage platforms. Mr. Mauri is a member of the IBM corporate Performance Team and serves on the board of governors of the IBM Academy of Technology.
William R. Pulleyblank
Vice President, Center for Business Optimization, Global Business Services
IBM Corporation
William Pulleyblank, IBM Vice President, is the leader of the Center for Business Optimization within IBM Global Services. Prior to this, as a member of IBM Research, he led the Blue Gene project, which created the Blue Gene/L supercomputer, certified as the most powerful supercomputer in the world from 2004 until 2008. Dr. Pulleyblank serves on a number of boards and advisory panels, including the Board of Regents of Canada’s National Institute of Nanotechnology, the Board of The Institute for Quantum Computing and The Scientific Advisory Committee of the Council of Canadian Academies.
Customer Speakers
George Kuntz
VP Information Technology, Pharmaceutical Segment
Cardinal Health
George Kuntz is Vice President, Information Technology for the Pharmaceutical segment of Cardinal Health, a Fortune 18 health care services company that improves the cost-effectiveness of health care. He has been with the company for 19 years in various leadership roles in Logistics, Applications Development and Business Partner roles. Prior to joining the company George was a Junior Military Officer in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. George received both his Bachelors & Masters of Business Administration from Boston University.
Dr. Svein I Sagatun
Head of Corporate Initiative Integrated Operations, Technology and New Energy
Statoil Hydro
Dr. Svein I Sagatun holds a MSc. in marine systems design and a PhD in engineering cybernetics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. He has spent one year with a Fulbright scholarship at University of New Hampshire. He has an MBA in strategic management from Norwegian school of economics and business administration and has an associate professorship at NTNU in engineering cybernetics. Dr. Sagatun has worked in StatoilHydro in various positions with technology, operations and project management.
Gunnar Soderholm
Director, Head of Environment Administration
City of Stockholm
Gunnar Söderholm is the head of the Environment and Health Administration in the City of Stockholm. Mr. Söderholm began his career as a lawyer, then joined the City Hall of Stockholm as a Political Assistant to the Deputy Mayor for Real Estate. He became the Managing Director for the Stockholm Housing agency from 1996 to 2002, where he also served as the Deputy CEO for the City of Stockholm. Among other things he was responsible for the congestion charging project, housing and ICT development in the City.
David William Kennedy Acheson
Managing Director, Food & Import Safety Practice
(Leavitt Partners) - formerly with FDA
Dr. David William Kennedy Acheson is the Managing Director, Food and Import Safety Practice, at Leavitt Partners. Founded by former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and EPA Administrator Michael O. Leavitt, the partnership advises clients in the practice areas of health, environment and trade. As the chief medical officer, Acheson helps clients enter new markets, enhance the value of their products, navigate dynamic regulatory and reimbursement systems and improve health conditions around the world. In May 2007, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Andrew von Eschenbach, appointed Dr. Acheson the Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection to provide advice and counsel to the Commissioner on strategic and substantive food safety and food defense matters. In January 2008, Dr. von Eschenbach expanded Dr. Acheson’s portfolio by naming him Associate Commissioner of Foods, which provides him an agency-wide leadership role for all food and feed issues, including health promotion and nutrition.
Day 3 - Wednesday, October 28
New solutions to drive transformation, one step at a time: Every asset in your organization is critical to drive and improve results. Through proven examples drawn from real-world situations, we'll show you how you can extend existing investments to bring decision making capabilities and information together for a full view of the business. That means decision makers - regardless of where they sit in the organization - have the information they need at their fingertips to understand past performance and get the immediate pulse of what's happening now. Even more they can both plan and model the future to gain some predictability and control. Learn how you to deliver these insights in a consistent, repeatable way to everyone who needs them and how to access the skills your organization needs to drive this transformation for your business.
Mark Register
Vice President, Information On Demand
IBM Corporation
Mark Register was appointed Vice President of Information On Demand, Asia Pacific in January 2008. In this role he is responsible for the overall growth of IBM’s Information on Demand (IOD) initiative and the success of the Cognos software integration into IBM within the AP region. He is the executive leader for the IOD and Information Agenda program in AP, driving sales, marketing and strategy across IBM to enable customers to leverage their information to drive business value. He also leads several cross IBM worldwide initiatives working directly for the General Manager of Information Management. Prior to this role he was VP Worldwide Marketing, Information Management based in the US.
Analyst Speaker
Merv Adrian
Analyst and consultant
Analyst and consultant Merv Adrian founded IT Market Strategy after three decades in the IT industry. During his tenure as Senior Vice President at Forrester Research, he was responsible for all of Forrester’s technology research, covered the software industry. Earlier, as Vice President at Giga Information Group, Merv focused on facilitating collaborative research. Prior to becoming an analyst, Merv was Senior Director, Strategic Marketing at Sybase, where he also held director positions in data warehouse marketing and analyst relations. www.itmarketstrategy.com
Customer Speaker
Anton Langeler
Global IT Director
O'Neill
Anton Langeler is the Global IT Director at O'Neill since 2005. An inspirational speaker with a vision and passion about almost everything, he has 20 years of IT experience in the wholesale and retail sector in Europe across a wide range of fashion brands. His current challenge at O'Neill is to implement a Global ERP system with InfoSphere, Lawson M3 ERP, and a sophisticated Salesforce MobiMedia solution. With the DREAM integration concept, IT Issues can be solved with a dream concept for the users, with the drive is to "Make people happy" and the belief that IT can see "Barriers as inspiration."
Keynote Speaker
Malcolm Gladwell
Best-selling author of Outliers, Blink and The Tipping Point
KeyNote Speaker
Malcolm Gladwell has an incomparable gift for interpreting new ideas in the social sciences and making them understandable, practical and valuable to business and general audiences alike. In 2005, Time Magazine named Malcolm one of its 100 Most Influential People. In his stunning new book Outliers, the bestselling author reveals the real-and mostly overlooked-secrets to extraordinary success. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where successful people are from: their culture, their family, and their generation. Gladwell explains what Bill Gates, the Beatles and other world-class successes have in common, how culture affects their careers and performance. Along the way, Gladwell overturns many of our conventional notions about what makes a person successful. He creates an entirely new model for nurturing success and suggests ways to give people the best opportunities to succeed.
