NJTC CIO Conference 2008

NJTC 2008 CIO Conference
Agenda

8:30 - 9:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
 
9:30 am
Welcome

Les Browne, President & CEO, Pharmacopeia
Chairman, NJTC Board of Directors

Keynote Speaker

Introduction by: Pavan Kumar, Senior Vice President
Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
 
10:30 - 11:45 am
Panel Discussion
Re-Focusing The IT Staff On Innovation

The ability to focus on delivering new services to the business is critical in today's competitive and fast changing business environment. Think about the possibilities if your IT staff didn't have to spend 75% of its time worrying about maintenance and supporting basic activities. Their collective knowledge and expertise could be spent developing and delivering services that create a competitive advantage and bring value to the enterprise, especially given the current tough market conditions. Our panel will explore the challenges and options for providing innovation that will help bring and/or retain your company's market share.

Moderator: Pavan Kumar Maddali, CTO, Satyam Computer Services
Panelists: Suresh Kumar, Managing Director & CIO, Pershing LLC
Brian J. Oppici, First Vice President, Global Post-Trade Processing Technology, Merrill Lynch
Brett Singer, Executive Director, IT Solutions,Tekmark Global Solutions LLC
Ramesh Srinivasan, Executive VP, Bally Systems Divison, Bally Technologies, Inc.
 
11:45 - 1:00 pm
Panel Discussion
IT: Creeping Into the Bureaucracy

Today's CIOs need to be business strategists, customer advocates, leaders and technical gurus - a tall order. How do you create an organization of business savvy technologists who see the bigger picture? Aligning IT and business starts with IT leaders who understand and are passionate about both. This session will discuss how to create a culture that aligns business and IT around a shared vision, business smarts and technical aptitude from IT leaders.

Moderator: Rick Carney, GM, Management Consulting Group, Mellilo Consulting, Inc
Panelists: Fran Daly, VP Global IM Business Relationship, Revlon
Peter Harvey, CIO, CUH2A
Lance Palatini, VP & CIO, Transistor Devices Inc.
John Repko, CIO, Covance
 
1:00 - 2:30 pm

LUNCH
CIO of the Year Awards Presentation