CIO Talk Radio

Guest: John Patrick Title: Ex - Vice President Internet Technology, IBM Guest: Mena Trott Title: Co-Founder and President, Six Apart Earlier Instant Messaging (IM) had a stigma attached to it that it is for fun only. Now it has become part of enterprise communication. Blogging is facing the same skepticism and is not being adopted by businesses thus undermining its true potential. Lets listen to John to understand what Blogging truly has to offer and what potential challenges need to be addressed before it will be embraced by business community.

Guest: Heath Daughtrey Title: Vice President - IT Services, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Guest: Mark Jeffery Title: Associate Professor of Technology, Center for Research on Technology and Innovation, Kellogg School of Management Two independent teams working on their respective department level projects to build the SAME application. Sounds familiar? This arises from decentralized IT decision making. How chronic is this problem? Do we fix it or just invest an IT portfolio management solution to deal with it?

Guest: Kevin Vasconi Title: CIO, Polk Global Automotive & President, RLP Technologies Due to the dynamic business environment, corresponding IT needs change as well. What does it take to exploit the technology innovations, preserve existing IT investments, and Re-engineer to produce a world class IT organization. Lets listen to Kevin and learn about the related processes, challenges, and rewards.

Guest: Joe Rickard Title: CTO, InCapital LLC and Co-Founder Offsite LLC Organization invest heavily on business continuity. However, like any insurance, there is no residual value offered. Is it possible to eat the cake and have it too? Lets listen to Joe to learn how an organization can creatively invest its precious dollars to reap the benefits of Business Continuity and still are left with an extended, real-time, and on demand infrastructure.

Guest: John E. (Jef) Fite, Jr. Title: Senior VP & CIO, Family Christian Store IT Management of retail industry requires a constant balancing act between always up POS (point of sale) systems while helping back-office operations run smoothly to ensure overall consumer experience. Lets listen to Jef to learn about the unique challenges faced and corresponding strategies implemented to effectively address them.

Guest: Jim Hanekamp Title: VP and CIO, Schawk, Inc. Over dependence on outside consultants and weak in-house IT staff acts as a double-edged sword that could prove disastrous for an IT organization. Lets listen to Jim to learn about what it takes to remove such inefficiencies and help streamline IT organization resulting in better productivity and reduced costs.

Guest: Sinisa Zimek Title: Director - Standards Strategy, BPMi.org Companies are making significant investments in Web Services for seamless interaction, internally, as well as, with outside organizations. In some cases, in fact, it almost seems like Web Services is considered a ‘cure-all'! However, are there any strings attached? Let us listen to Sinisa and sift hype from reality.

Guest: Mike Hugos Title: CIO at Large, Center for Systems Innovation [c4si] Guest: Phil Gilbert Title: EVP and Chief Technical Officer, Lombardi Software Guest: Sinisa Zimek Title: Director - Standards Strategy, BPMi.org Business Process Management (BPM) solutions have been emerging in the technology marketplace. We have been handling, tracking, and monitoring business processes using technology solutions since last couple of decades. Lets listen to Mike, Phil, and Sinisa to learn more about the unique capabilities of such solutions and get clarity on myths related to this new wave.

Guest: Sunil Arora Title: VP - Global eCommerce Strategy, Anixter, Inc. After Internet bubble burst, the once over hyped term eCommerce almost became a stigma. Companies are leveraging it but is it being fully exploited yet? Lets listen to Sunil to learn about how eCommerce can be used to gain competitive advantage in this Global economy.

Guest: Jon Fieldman Title: Chief Information Officer - DSC Logistics In an industry such as Transportation and Logistics, where the level of human intervention is high, achieving operational efficiency is a challenge and a moving target. Lets listen to Jon to learn about the related challenges and how IT comes to rescue.

Guest: Perry Lipe Title: Senior VP and Chief Information Officer, ArvinMeritor, Inc. In the given competitive landscape, the very existence of an automotive parts supplier depends on how they work with every shrinking margins while still maintaining quality of its products and efficiency of delivery. Lets listen to Perry about leveraging IT for achieving the nearly impossible goals.

Guest: Lynne Ellyn Title: Senior VP and CIO - DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) Guest: Lynne Ellyn   Title: Senior VP and CIO - DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) A lot goes on behind the scenes while we enjoy basic amenities like electricity, gas, and water. Lets listen to Lynne to learn about the part IT plays in managing production, delivery, and support related business processes for the Utilities Industry.

Guest: Frank F. Britt Title: Vice President, IBM Global Services Do you need to outsource your IT functions? If yes, then how to do it right in order to reap the full benefits that it promises? Lets listen to Frank to learn about the challenges and rewards of IT outsourcing.

Guest: Philip T. Go Title: Chief Information Office, Barton Malow What does it take to gain competitive advantage through creative use of IT, especially in a low-tech industry like construction. Let's listen to Phil to learn more about how to deal with related challenges, changes, and complexity and still come out as a winner.

Guest: John Patrick Title: Ex - Vice President Internet Technology, IBM Internet changed the way we live our lives and do business. What advancements in technology, leveraging internet, can we expect that would further help businesses in being more effective and profitable? John was one of the founding members of WWW consortium. Let's listen to John to learn more about his vision and predictions about future of Internet Technology.