Agenda

Thursday April 26, 2012

Denver Marriott Tech Center

4th Annual Colorado IT Symposium

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Knowledge & Networking

7:30 am
Attendee Check-In; Breakfast Buffet Served
8:20 am
Welcome Message
Ballroom


Bill Weeks
SVP and CIO
SquareTwo Financial
8:30 am
Opening Keynote
Ballroom


9:15 am
Networking Break
9:45 am
Managing & Leveraging Mobile Technology in 2012 and Beyond
Pikes Peak


Pierre Barbeau
CIO
Moblico


Dennis Noto
CIO
Trust America
 


Karen Kemerling
VP of IT and Communications Services
AORN




This panel will offer a forthcoming perspective on how mobile technology will shape the way companies continue to do business, and how the IT organization will have to adapt to what experts consider the inevitable mix and match environment of the very near future.
  • What is your current mobile environment, and where do you see it in the next five years?
  • What is your current mobile strategy? How do you see it changing in the future?
  • How do you see Mobile being leveraged in the Future?
  • Are you currently developing your own internal apps? Consumer Facing or Non-Consumer Facing?
9:45 am
Break Out Session
Blanca Peak
sponsored by Price Waterhouse Cooper

Greg Burner
Vice President
Wyle
9:45 am
Break Out Session
Longs Peak


Mark Curry
VP Corporate Technology Group
Oppenheimer Funds
10:30 am
Networking Break
10:45 am
Break Out Session
Pikes Peak


Geoff Youell
Associate Vice President
Corporate Technology Group - OppenheimerFunds
10:45 am
Break Out Session
Blanca Peak


Scott Ford
VP of IT & Operations
ZOLL
11:30 am
Hot Lunch Buffett Served
Ballroom
12:30 pm
Keynote Presentation
Ballroom


Philip Winterburn
CIO
Rivet Software


Rex Young
Director of IT Operations
Rivet Software
1:15 pm
Networking Break
1:45 pm
Enterprise Architecture in a Virtual World

Pikes Peak


Gerry Coady
CIO
Webroot

As companies start to virtualize their computing environments, or move services out of their own datacenters to cloud computing environment, the need for a solid Enterprise Architecture and the role of an Enterprise Architect becomes more critical. Given that many companies failed to get Enterprise Architecture right in their physical environment, what must they do different in a Virtual / Cloud environment.

Outcomes from this session:
  • Understand how to develop an enterprise blueprint in a virtual environment
  • Develop a Framework to facilitate migration and execution in a virtual world
  • Understand how to attain compliance & security in a virtual/cloud environment
  • How IT must maintain control of the virtual world.
1:45 pm
Break Out Session
Blanca Peak
sponsored by

John Kirkpatrick
SVP & CIO
Transfirst
2:30 pm
Networking Break
2:45 pm
Sensitive Data and BYOD- How Safe is Your Information?
Pikes Peak
sponsored by

Mike Kalac
CSO
Western Union

With the popularity and emergence of personal devices at work, how do you integrate a system that includes these devices yet protects your sensitive company data? Attendees will learn a different angle on the mobility discussion not solely focusing on the security of these devices, but rather with the security of your company data.
2:45 pm
Break Out Session
Blanca Peak
sponsored by


3:30 pm
Networking Break
3:45 pm
CIO Panel Presentation
Ballroom
Join these industry leaders in an interactive discussion and hear what issues are facing today's CIO's and learn how they are resolving them. This panel discussion provides a rare opportunity to hear first hand whats on the mind of these local executives.
 


Rob Meilen
CIO
Hunter Douglas


Mike Marcotte
Global CIO
EchoStar Corporation
 


Stacy Dumas
VP of IT
Advanced Energy


Kristin Russell
Secretary of Technology and State Chief Information Officer
State of Colorado
 


Scott Hicar
SVP Technology Services, CIO
DigitalGlobe
4:30 pm
Closing Remarks & Networking Reception
Ballroom
Enjoy this complimentary cocktail reception featuring an open bar, hors d’oeuvres and conversation.  Make this an important element of your attendance to the IT Symposium.  The ability to network and collaborate with your peers in an open and no-hype environment will prove to provide long lasting value to your key business initiatives moving forward.