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Presentations from previous quarterly meetings can be found below: |
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Past TBTLA Quarterly Meeting Topics On November 10, 2011, we hosted a CEO/CIO Dialogue covering Closing the Communication Gap The promise of IT is to provide the organization with a competitive advantage through the effective implementation of information technology. CEO Ford Kyes and CIO and leading healthcare IT Consultant, Lindsey Jarrell discussed the challenges faced by many organizations as they work to deliver on that promise. Insights into lessons learned by these two professionals as they implemented a nationally recognized EMR project for one of the largest healthcare organizations in the US were provided. The differences in CEO and CIO perspectives, the reasons behind them and how to resolve them; IT related issues relevant to all companies, such as project origination and justification, infrastructure, vendor selection and security were presented. Click here for a synopsis of their presentation. During our meeting on August 11, 2011, we held an interactive discussion for senior business leaders on the topic, "Getting Organizational Results with Mobile Devices". Panel members Hiep Nguyen (CIO City of Winter Haven), John Just (CIO Pinellas County School District), and Andy Swenson (VP of IT for Vology Data Systems) discussed:- Using mobile devices in a municipality. - Using mobile devices in a school district. - Using mobile devices in private industry. On May 12, 2011, we hosted an interactive discussion with Jose Eiras for senior business leaders on the topic, IT Cost Effectiveness & Cost Reduction . In his newly published book The Practical CIO: A Common Sense Guide for Successful IT Leadership, Mr. Eiras outlines a strategic approach for cost reduction and cost effectiveness in IT. While citing abundant case examples from leading global enterprises such as Microsoft, Prudential, Citigroup, Chiquita Brands, Smithfield Foods and West Marine, Mr. Eiras provides advice for modern executives competing in a challenging global environment on how to think from the perspective of a CEO. Key strategies presented in the book were discussed.
Explore Cloud Computing We explored the core tenants of “Cloud Computing” and how you can take advantage of this approach to computing to give you a leg up in agility and scalability during our Febuary 10, 2011 meeting. The session focused on the underlying economics of this approach and the technical components that make up the Microsoft cloud computing solution. Presentation downloads are now available: Speaker: Mr. Dan Sandlin, Azure Solution Specialist Dan Sandlin is an Azure Solution Specialist focused on helping small and midsize companies across the East coast to migrate or build applications on the Microsoft cloud platform. Mr. Sandlin has worked at Microsoft for over 13 years focusing on application development technologies and infrastructure technologies. Most recently Dan has moved into the cloud platform group at Microsoft and is focusing on small and medium sized customers across the East coast. Dan’s experience focuses on helping companies utilize “game changing” technologies to provide a competitive advantage. Senior MIS students Adam Lazarus and Nizar Alahmadi as well as Masters student Robert Felton, all from The University of Tampa, assisted Mr. Sandlin. •“The CIO's Tools For Success” was the presentation on November 11, 2010, where we explored several approaches (such as governance, business process improvement and consolidation) CIO's may use to promote efficiency in their organizations. Mr. James Buckner, CIO discussed how the City of Tampa has used these tools and how they might fit into other organizations. He closed by surveying the audience to determine common practices among local organizations. Melanie Whetzel and Latifa AlMusallam, both senior MIS students at the University of Tampa assisted Mr. Buckner.
•“Choose the Game: 4 Keys to Leading Performance in ANY Situation” was the topic of our meeting on Thursday, August 12, 2010. Kathy Potts, Speaker, Executive Coach, and Facilitator from the Oncore Performance Group, was the featured speaker who led a discussion on what leadership can do to keep money from walking out the door in the form of recruiting costs, lost productivity and irreplaceable organizational knowledge.
•“The Practical CIO ” The Practical CIO Breakfast Forum Wednesday, June 9, 2010. José Carlos Eiras, outlined a strategic approach for cost reduction and cost effectiveness in IT, the topic of his recent book. Eiras was most recently CIO at DHL Express-US, a division of Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN), the world’s leading logistics and transportation company. Prior to joining DHL, he served as European CIO and Global Services Information Officer at General Motors. He has also held top executive posts at General Foods, Philip Morris, and other multinational corporations. Eiras is a recognized industry expert and respected IT consultant, he has a solid foundation of support in the global IT community. This was a Special Partner Event held with UT’s Center for Leadership.
•“Organizational Project Management” Panel discussion focused on Organizational Project Management. Panelists included John Sage, PMP, PMI OPM3 Consultant with Sage PM, Inc., Gary Cobb, Director of Information Technology and PMP with Get Motivated Seminars, Inc., David Mack, a Project Management Consultant and PMP from Baseline Project Management, Inc. and Tina Dallas, IT Project Manager at AEGON USA, Inc., May, 2010.
•“Cloud Computing: Thunderstorm or Silver Lining” Panel Discussion with Andy Swenson, Principal at Swenson Consulting Services, Dr. Ken Knapp, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, University of Tampa (UT), and Joe Piplica, Systems Architect, Tailored Solutions, Inc. with Don Algama and Norbert Foy, MIS students at UT, February, 2010.
•“Marketing is a Mindset, A New Way of Thinking”, Bernie Borges, CEO of Find and Convert with Kevin Lane, UT MIS Junior, November, 2009.
• “How Social Engineering can facilitate Successful Security Testing”, Andy Swenson, CIO Tribridge, August, 2009.
•“How it Pays to know your IP Rights”, Brent C.J. Britton, J.D., May 2009.
•“Does IT Innovation Matter?” Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D., US IT Industries and Innovation Director, Price Waterhouse Coopers; Klara Nelson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, John H. Sykes College of Business, February, 2009.
•“Enterprise Governance in a Virtual World”, William “Bill” Banks, president of Integrated Solutions Management Inc., (ISM) with Desi Curtis and Jason Smith, UT MIS Seniors, November, 2008.
•“Enlightened Leadership”, Thomas R. Saavedra, Ph.D., Becoming Unlimited, Inc., August, 2008.
•“IT Backsourcing”, Frank Edwards, Quest Education, James Garoutsos, Pinellas County, Eileen Peitsch, Eliant, Dr. Natasha Veltri, The University of Tampa, May 2008.
•“Virtual Worlds”, Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D., US IT Industries and Innovation Director, Price Waterhouse Coopers; Raymond Papp, Ph.D., and Erika Matulich, Ph.D., Associate Professors, John H. Sykes College of Business, and UT Student Panelists, Jennifer Stolzenbach and Mauri Martin from the John H. Sykes College of Business, February, 2008.
•“Gartner Presents Enterprise Architecture”, Mr. Samuel Joseph, Gartner, William Webb & Steven Young, MIS Students UT, November 2007.
•“ITIL- What it is, Why you should use it, and an overview of How to use it…”, Mr. T.C. Kaiser, Computer Associates, August 2007.
•“Using Information Technology for Competitive Advantage”, Dr. Raymond Papp, & Jeff Lackey, UT professor and graduate student, May 2007.
•“Drivers of Business Intelligence: Getting the Most from Organizational BI Investments”, Dr. Ali Jenzarli & Ms. Chinky Raj, UT professor and graduate student, Laura Hughes and Roy Lauer, IBM, & Bob Patterson, Threshold Consulting, February 2007.
•“The CIO’s Role in Monitoring Technologies”, Andy Swenson & Len Chiacchia, Tribridge, November 2006.
•“Breaking Through the Change Barrier”, Dr. Mary Lippitt,Executive in Residence at the HR Institute, August 2006.
•“Automated Service Management”, Ken Evans, VP of Product Management at Persystent Technology and Chinedu Onyegbula, an MBA student at UT, May 2006.
•“Roadmapping Technology”, Joel Wonicker-Cook, Vertical IT Solutions and Kim Matlock, Microsoft Corp., February 2006.
•“Virtual Computing (VC) - is your business benefiting from today’s new VC tools?”, Steven Keilen and Ron Seidel from Marathon Technologies and Christy Mueller, UT MBA student, November 2005.
•“Applying Wireless in the Workplace”, August 2005.
•“What is Microsoft .Net, and Why Should I Care — A Non-Technology Briefing?”, Dave Long and Mike Herdegen of Tribridge, May 2005.
•“The TBTLA / UT Partnership”, Tampa Bay Technology Leadership Association, Dr. Harold Webb, The University of Tampa, February 2005.
•“Implementing Project Management into an IT Organization”, Robert Williams, WellCare, August 2004.
•Enterprise Architecture”, Robert McMillan President of SCOTCRO, LLC., May 2004.
•“The HIPAA Security Rule - Why You Should Care”, Pat Gallagher, Director, Privacy Department for Pharmerica, February 2004.
•“Introducing Process into IT”, February 2003.
•“Security Drivers in Business”, Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, November 2003.
•“Do You Know Your Control Points”, Dave Ascani, Director IS Projects & Administration, CP Ships, August 2003.
•“IT’s Role In Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery”, May 2003.
•“Getting Executive Level Buy-In”, November 2002.
•“Introducing Process into IT - Challenges”, February 2003.
•“Florida High Tech Corridor”, May 2002.
•“Best Practices material on Top Grading Employees”, March 2002.
•“Quantifying the IT Contribution”, February 2002.
•“Organizing to Address Legacy and Non-compatible systems”, January 2002.
•“Socio-economic drivers that CIO’s have to contend with”, November 2001.
•“Employee Retention”, May 2001.
•“How to implement change in the IT organization”, April 2001.
•“Quantifying the IT Contribution”, February, 2001.
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Tampa’s CIO, Mr. James Buckner spoke at the November 11, 2010, meeting at The University of Tampa’s Vaughn Center. |
