| 8:00 am |
Attendee Check-In |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast Buffet Served: Capitol Breakfast Buffet
Sliced Seasonal Fruit with Mixed Berries, Fresh Scrambled Eggs, Country Link Sausage and Crisp Bacon, Breakfast Potatoes, Freshly Baked Biscuits with Sausage Gravy, Assorted Danish and Muffins with Butter and Preserves, Fresh Orange Juice, Coffee, Tea and Water Service |
| 8:50 am |
Welcome Message |
| 9:00 am |
Transform Your IT Organization - Order Taking to Valued Business Partner |
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 Brent Littleton
CTO
Security Benefit
Security Benefit successfully transformed its technology platform from a mainframe legacy platform to a highly sophisticated distributed systems environment. At the same time, the IT organization also went through a major transformation. In order for the company to obtain the benefits of the new technology platform, the IT department had to change from an “order taking” and “cost of doing business” type organization. To connect and provide added value to the business, the IT team transformed into a highly energized, fast paced, flexible and agile organization. This session will focus on:
- Keys to an IT organization’s transformation
- Building strategy, vision and performing execution
- Portfolio and program alignment
- Project Prioritization and Management – Do’s and Don’ts
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| 10:15 am |
Moderated Best Practice Discussions |
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- Balanced Scorecard & Strategic Alignment
Thought Leader: Phil Zwieg, VP of IS, Northwestern Mutual
- Strategic alignment remains a hot issue: somehow business and IT can't get it right!
- The Balanced Score Card is a significant tool for creating and sustaining alignment
- Measurement is a must for any tool that attempts to address alignment
- ITIL processes provide key input into measurement, assessment and on-going improvement.
Thought Leader Sponsored by: ISLOK
- Moving IT Underground in Tornado Alley-Utilizing Multi-Building Campus Environment as an Advantage for Delivery of IT Services
Thought Leader: Bryan Sagebiel, Dir. Network Services, Chesapeake Energy
- Keeping IT Up with the Company's growth
- Have a clear understanding of the business problem
- Understand and know your IT Infrastructure
- Working with and managing your Vendors
- How IT can be creative with solutions
- Trusting your technical people and getting people involved.
- Keep focused and Get-R-Done
- Reward your people, including your vendors.
Thought Leader Sponsored by: UpTime
- Software Licensing Management & Hardware Asset Management
Thought Leader: Ron Van Camp, Manager, Desktop Operations, Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
This moderated discussion will cover Industry Trends, Publisher Initiatives, Reconciliation, Compliance issues and best practices as it relates to managing your IT software and hardware assets. A solid grasp on the software and hardware assets within your enterprise will allow for improved planning, tighter controls of budgets and lower support costs. This will be an energized conversation on asset management and the best practices associated.
Thought Leader Sponsored by: ASAP Software
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| 11:30 am |
Is There Still Life in the IT Career? |
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 Phil Zwieg
VP of IS
Northwestern Mutual
Enrollment in IT related majors has been steadily and rapidly declining in the US and Europe since 2000. Many potential students have been scared away by overhyped news stories about offshoring and its impact on jobs in the US. Baby boomers are rapidly approaching retirment age. Birth rates are down across the globe. Other science and math related job opportunities are competing for scarce resources.
For those who look to manage this industry in the future, the combination of truth and fiction makes it difficult to determine the appropriate path. This presentation will focus on dispelling myths, reviewing the skill sets that will become critical in the future and talking about strategies to insure the "pipeline" for filling jobs will not dry up. |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch Buffet Served: Business Casual Deli Buffet
Pasta Salad and Potato Salad, Fresh Seasonal Greens with Assorted Dressings, Sliced Roast Beef, Smoked Turkey Breast, Ham, Swiss and Cheddar Cheeses, Sliced Tomatoes, Pickles, Sliced Red Onions, Olives and Lettuce, Selection of Specialty Breads, Appropriate Condiments, Kettle Chips, Chocolate Brownies or Assorted Cookies, Coffee, Tea and Water Service |
| 1:30 pm |
How to Develop a Strong CIO – CEO Relationship |
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 Peter Stockhausen
Former CIO
Manpower
Imagine: the CEO of a staffing company announces that their internal HR processes and systems will be added to the company’s product line as part of a strategy to extend the business from staffing into HR services. While the HR organization in this company has considerable expertise and processes, their systems are limited to a few aging home-grown tools. HR is ready with their requirements for the development of a large multi-function custom application to automate their processes, which until now they have not been able to get funded, and the CIO recognizes that nearly all of the needed functionality is already available in commercial software, although that would require retrofitting the HR processes. Should HR, as an internal customer, dictate what IT will deliver? Or, should IT and HR be partners with equal voices in how to achieve the company’s strategic goal? Usually, these questions are not even asked – their answers are implicit in the status of the relationship between the CIO and the CEO. When that relationship is weak, IT’s role is limited to filling orders for its internal customers, regardless of whether that is good for the business. A strong relationship between the CIO and CEO enables IT to be a valued contributor in planning the growth, defining the strategic directions, and executing the transformation of the business.
Peter Stockhausen, who has 12 years experience as a CIO and now provides CIO consulting, will discuss the importance of the CIO-CEO relationship and will outline in detail how to develop and nurture that relationship. Starting with stories from his own career, he will assess what worked well and how those situations could have been improved. Peter will synthesize those observations and present a roadmap and checklists to guide other CIOs in developing productive relationships with their CEOs. Then, he will discuss the case of the HR system, outlined above, to show how to use this relationship to strengthen the overall business alignment and positioning of IT and to improve the value of IT to the business. Peter will conclude by summarizing the essential leadership activities required of a CIO in building such a relationship with the CEO |
| 2:30 pm |
Moderated Best Practice Discussions |
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- Tools to Maximize Software Delivery Efficiency without Compromising Flexibility
Thought Leader: D. Jerry Moore, Senior Manager Network & Client Services, Tulsa Technology Center
Managing your software cycle from beginning to end. Using Microsoft Remote Installation Service, Systems Management Server and group policy to deliver your software and updates in an efficient and timely manner, while protecting your licensing portfolio.
Thought Leader Sponsored by: Cox Business Services
- Unified Data Management - Saving Time & Money Through Consolidation
Thought Leader: Larry Hofmann, Supervisor/Sr. Windows Server Engineer,CompUSA, Inc.
A study of CompUSA's disparate backup and restore solutions determined theywere no longer sufficient to fulfill the Company's growing needs. After adetailed review and evaluation, a new backup solution was chosen anddeployed. The result was a consolidated and centralized enterprise backupsolution. Further gains were recognized through reduction inbackup/restore times and improved processes. Discussion topics willinclude implementation challenges, benefits, and lessons learned.
Thought Leader Sponsored by: CommVault Systems
- Saving Money with Virtual Technology in your Data Center
Thought Leader: Jeff Landrith, MIS Director, Oklahoma County
This breakout session will focus on successes with VMWare’s Virtual Server and Microsoft’s Virtual Server technology. We will discuss the cost savings which can be seen immediately and over a period of five years. If you are not embracing this technology or currently utilizing it, you should attend this session. Free copies of the software will be provided for your staff.
Thought Leader Sponsored by: ISLOK
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| 3:30 pm |
CIO Panel Presentation |
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Jerry Byrd
Technology Partner
Tatum Partners
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Harry E. McQueen
Jr., VP & CIO
Integris Health
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Todd Lee
CIO
Tulsa Public Schools
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Cynthia Rolfe
VP for IT
University of Central Oklahoma
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Dennis Neill
SVP, Technology & Administrative Services
Samson Investment
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| 4:15 pm |
Closing Remarks, Cocktail Reception with Hors d'oeuvres |
