2007 IMF Spring Senior Executive Retreat
Tue Mar 6, 2007 - Wed Mar 7, 2007
2007 IMF Spring Senior Executive Retreat:
IT, Inc. 2007 The Evolution of Running the Business of IT
Globalization: Citigroup's Efforts to Optimize Its IT Resources Across Its Worldwide Business Units
Citigroup
IT Strategy and Change Management
Andy Wnek, Chief Information Officer
Canadian Tire Corporation
Canadian Tire is the largest retailer in Canada and has recently completed a significant effort to update the IT strategy. The presentation will cover the new strategy, the increased capabilities of IT to anticipate and meet business needs and the change management efforts undertaken to improve the organization.
The Strategic Approach to IT Vendor and Commodity Management in Generating Business Value and Mitigating Business Risk
Bruce Anderson, Vice President of Architecture and Standards
TIAA-CREF
Bruce will discuss the efforts undertaken at TIAA-CREF to increase the value and decrease the risk of their vendor relationships and to move from typical business/vendor relationships to strategic partnerships.
Running IT as a Business
Audra Nichols, Managing Director of IT Business Management
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Audra Nichols, Managing Director of IT Business Management at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, will discuss how to run a successful IT operation, including the importance of governance; strategic planning and prioritization; and benchmarking.
Communicating Effectively with Your Business Partners
Eric Lozano, Chief Information Officer
BankUnited
Eric will cover the ways to communicate, the methods for timing communications correctly and the importance of developing a dialogue between the IT organization and the lines of business.
Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestiture: A CIO's Role
Bill Miller
Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Information Services
Harris Corporation
Bill will discuss the role of the CIO in all aspects of Acquisition and Divestiture. He will lean on his experience of having been CIO through the acquisition of companies by Harris Corporation and having actually led the enterprise acquisition team. Bill will also share from his recent experience about the spin-off of Harris Microwave Communications Division to create Harris Stratex Networks Incorporated, a joint venture of Harris Corporation and Stratex Networks.
Career Development: Building Your Skill Sets and Your Teams to Optimize Career Choices
Price Harding, Partner
CarterBaldwin Executive Search
What career steps allow one of your rookie developers to become a VP of Technology? What paths might then lead to the CIO office… or to a public company board role? Can we become so focused on doing our jobs that we forget about managing our careers? Price will lead the discussion that will help frame answers to these questions and the discovery of what each promotion along the technology
Group Discussions
The group will also participate in open discussion sessions, intended to foster open dialogue among the attendees with perspectives and experiences from different aspects of IT. The discussion topics will include:
- IT as a Profit Center
- Strategies for IT as a “Zero Balance” Organization
- Translating Business Strategy Into IT Strategy
- Elevating IT to the Board Level
- Creating Transparency and Trust Between IT and the Business
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