Offshore: Who, What, Where? 

The Business Cases for Outsourcing; A Working Session:

· What Works Where?

       Learn from other member’s experience on which IT and Finance disciplines play well in which geographies based on quality and costs. This will include discussions on current geopolitical risks.

· Planning for Success

      What IT and Finance disciplines do members enjoy real successes outsourcing, and which areas tend to fail.

· Most Importantly, What will it Actually Cost?

       Learn what others truly pay for services based on measurable denominators so you can match to your environment. 

Defining IT Roles for Continued Growth

Darryl Cleveland, Vice President of Human Resources, Milliken

Milliken, a long-time leader in understanding the importance of, and investing in human capital has built a unique capability between IT and Human Resources. Darryl will walk us through their recent initiative to redefine positions around skills and expectations. How they have aligned job titles to the jobs available in the market place and Milliken’s approach to being certain that their salaries stay competitive.

Communications and Building a Strong Working Relationships

Between IT Finance and IT

Cindy Hallinan, CFO for IT, Freddie Mac

Cindy will discuss Freddie Mac’s efforts to build finance acumen within IT, her teams efforts to give IT the tools they need to understand budgeting and cost and her finance’s efforts to rely on accurate forecasting.

 Building and Maintaining Secure Global Networks

Nigel Mullis, AIG

AIG operates offices in over 80 countries and it is Nigel’s job to keep them all connected and secure. Nigel will talk about the challenges of keeping the network current and safe with very tight cost controls.