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 Annual Information System Executive Panel Discussion

 on June 4, 2010

Theme: Global IT delivery and management

 
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Venue 

CDM theater in the basement of 14 East Jackson

 
  Event Schedule  

June. 4 2010

5:00 – 5:30 Registration and networking

5:30 – 5:20 Gartner Presentation on Trends in Global IT Delivery and Management

5:55 – 7:00 Panel discussion on Global IT Delivery and Management

7:00 – 7:30 Networking

 
  Panelists          
 

Dave Galen

Senior Executive

North America Application Outsourcing (AO) Service Delivery

 

 

Dave joined Accenture in September 2005 as Senior Executive, bringing almost 30 years of experience creatively applying information technology to complex business problems for Fortune 100 clients. Dave is responsible for leading the North America Application Outsourcing (AO) Service Delivery Operations for the Consumer Goods and Services (CG&S) business. He is responsible for the on and offshore delivery team of 3,000 professionals providing AO services to CG&S clients in the US.

 
 

John Laughhunn

CTO AT Kearney

  As A.T.Kearney’s Chief Technology Officer, John F. Laughhunn is responsible for overseeing and directing the firm’s global enterprise technology strategy. John has lead A.T.Kearney’s implementation of several significant, industry leading technology solutions. Today, A.T.Kearney’s technology resources and support services are recognized as one of the most efficient, cost-effective advanced corporate technology solutions in the world, offering industry leading unified communications and collaboration services via a highly consolidated, hybrid cloud based IT technology infrastructure to over 3,500 highly mobile employees. Prior to joining A.T.Kearney, John was the Chief Enterprise Technologist at global marketing firm True North Communications and held multiple technical and management positions at international media conglomerate, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

 

 
 

Sandra Notardonato

Vice President Gartner

 

Sandra is a Vice President at Gartner, covering the Services Industry. Sandra has over 10 years of Wall Street experience following the IT and Professional Services sectors, including consulting, system integration, offshore IT services, and global outsourcing. Prior to joining Gartner, Sandra was a senior equity analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co and Adams Harkness & Hill. Sandra has been recognized as one of Wall Street's best stock pickers and has ranked as a top analyst for estimate accuracy. She has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and carries multiples industry certifications.

 
  Organizers      
 

Prof. Olayele Adelakun

CDM, DePaul University

 

  Olayele Adelakun is an Associate professor of MIS at DePaul University Chicago, Illinois, School of Computer Science, Telecommunication and Information Systems (CTI). His research focuses on IT Outsourcing, ERP systems implementation, and Information systems quality and Evaluation. He has conducted case studies in both medium size companies and multinational companies in Finland and the United States. He has published over thirty articles in conferences, books and journals. He holds an M.S. in Information Processing Science from University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland and Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Turku, Finland  
 

Prof. Makoto Nakayama

CDM, DePaul University

  Makoto holds a Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from University of Texas at Austin. Prior to moving into academe, he served as a software engineer on operating systems, a corporate business planning staff member focusing on technologies, and a product marketing manager on NetWare products. His research interests include IT use in marketing channels, IT skills portfolio management, and IS curriculum development. His papers appeared in Information & Management, Journal of Information Technology, and proceedings of national conferences  
 

Prof. Adam Steel

CDM, DePaul University

 

  Dr. Steele holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He comes to DePaul with several years industry experience, having worked at Rockwell Collins, as a Principal Investigator on the ARL Advanced Displays Fedlab, and as a Section Leader in their Advanced Technology Center. Before that, Dr. Steele worked at M3i Systems in Montreal as a Software Specialist.
Dr. Steele's area of interests are in HCI, Software Engineering, BioInformatics and Grid Computing.