Efm Events

Robert S. Tipton
Chief Transformation Accelerator
Change Management Pro

The “Status Quo Sickness,” (just one of the Eight Great Barriers to Progress) is a deadly condition, and it’s infecting groups and individuals in epidemic proportions. Sometimes holding fast to certain things about the past is a good idea, but everyone needs a path FORWARD as well. What are some of the other barriers? “Suffering in Advance” (we just know it won’t work because _______), “The Myth of Consensus” (we can’t move forward until everyone agrees), and “All Things Pass (yeah right, another change effort -- I’ll just wait this one out too). And there are four more!

No question today’s business and IT-related climates are fraught with peril, and fear is rampant and judgment is skewed. Is an event a crisis or an opportunity? Answering this question depends completely on your point of view and state of mind — after all, we see what we’re ready to see... Based upon Robert Tipton’s new book, JUMP! - Get Unstuck, this timely and powerful presentation unlocks the extraordinary power of innovative change. He’ll give you immediate takeaways related to overcoming the Eight Great Barriers to Progress, and will arm you with the details of the JUMP! Innovative Change Model™ toolkit so you’ll be ready to begin creating your own breakthroughs and accelerated performance. Thrive, don’t just survive! For more information about overcoming your own barriers to progress, visit http://www.ChangeManagementPro.com and http://www.Facebook.com/ChangeManagementPro

LEARNING POINTS:

1. Understand the Eight Great Barriers to Progress, and Learn Specific Techniques to Rapidly Overcome Them
2. Detailed Knowledge Related to JUMP! and The Four Stages of Innovative Change:
   1. Get Ready
   2. Incubate
   3. Aha!
   4. Make it Real
3. Specific Tools and Behaviors Needed to Remain Highly Relevant and Marketable
4. An Entirely New Approach to the Status Quo

Gary Perras
Sr. Director, IT
Wolverine World Wide

Larry Whiteside
CISO - Director, Enterprise Security
Spectrum Health

Steve Harmon
Director IT Infrastructure
Steelcase

New generations of employees and the fast pace of smart technology have pushed many companies to address personally owned devices in the workplace. This is requiring IT organizations to address this concept with flexibility without compromising security and legal and regulatory requirements. This breakout will be an open discussion sharing lessons learned on how different companies are dealing with the demand to bring you own device to work, the governance you need to put around this concept, and the overall impact it can make on your company.

Specific areas of conversation will include:

• Exploring the Movement towards Device Agnostic Infrastructure
• Governance
• End-User Support
• Security
• Regulatory & Legal Issues
• Emerging Capabilities
• Licensing Issues
• Device Choices - laptops, pdas, BlackBerry, Smartphone’s, iPads, etc...

Paul Melson
Director of IT Production & Information Security Officer
Priority Health

It sounds like an impossibly sensational headline, but for Aaron Barr of HBGary Federal and Howard Stringer of Sony, it’s a fact of life. Devastating, public attacks on these companies by hackers claiming to be part of the internet collective called Anonymous resulted in business losses so great, it cost these chief executives their respective jobs.

The current state of security and electronic fraud threats facing organizations of all sizes has changed significantly over the last five years. Has your security posture kept up? In addition to an engaging look at the juicy details behind these and other headlines, we will identify key lessons learned. We will also discuss three strategic security plays for CIOs to help you keep your job and your sanity in the face of seemingly impossible adversaries.

Joe Shepley
Vice President and Practice Leader
Delve

Across all industries, organizations are struggling to keep up with the growing volumes of electronic information stored on their systems. Structured data in applications, images in enterprise content management systems, office documents on shared drives and SharePoint, Social Media and of course emails and attachments are all growing at 40% - 60% annually at most organizations--with no signs of slowing down. The costs and risks of this digital landfill are enormous: e-discovery, operational inefficiencies, and, of course, IT storage. In this session, you'll learn how leading organizations are beginning to address the digital landfill problem through information lifecycle governance (ILG), which uses a combination of cutting-edge technologies, defensible disposition methodologies, and governance mechanisms not only to slow the growth of information going forwards, but reduce the amount of historical information stored in structured and unstructured repositories.

Mike McDonald
EVP/CFO
Wolff Group

Wolff Group is the premier regional food service broker of the Midwest. In the last two years, the number of employees has grown 300% and they anticipate continued aggressive growth. Developing a technology strategy for onboarding additional companies and employees had to be established early to insure a seamless transition. Mike McDonald, Senior Vice President, CFO will highlight why the move to the cloud was the right choice for the Wolff group and how they have leveraged technology to add value to their organization.

Specific topics covered will include; redefining I.T.’s value, adopting a cloud strategy, valuable lessons learned, adding value in an out-tasked cloud based environment and “selling” the technology model to employees and new acquisitions.

Chris Roberts
Founder, CISO and Chief Geek
One World Labs

Chris (CEO of One World Labs) is going to take a long, hard look at the basics that are still unprotected in our IT environments, as well as examining some of the upcoming technologies being implemented... and the challenges with them. Be sure to disable your BlueTooth, leave your luxury car at home, and switch off all the electronics!

Mr. Roberts will cover topics including risk reduction, policy implementation, systems configuration and other areas of interest to both the technical audience as well as the executive leadership. The discussion will provide an understanding of technical considerations as well as the business, fiduciary and legal responsibilities within any organization. The presentation will also examine business awareness to the security climate in today's world, and how Information Security should be reacting and working with clients.

Chris will also discuss the impact of both technical and policy-based solutions giving examples, case studies and real world examples of where ideas have both worked and fallen on the rocks. Finally, there will be a review of proactive options for intelligence gathering and preemptive threat analysis techniques to help attendees understand the security threats facing them today and how to protect against them. The session will review threat modeling, risk assessments and talk about the successful implementations of Information Security Threat Models.

Gary Graeff
IT Group Manager
Steelcase, Inc.

When a company strives to be a Globally Integrated Enterprise, providing a platform for global communications is a foundational element to success. Frequently, global communication is a one-way vehicle, leaving the voice of content consumer buried in a glut of often stale and/or inappropriate information for any particular audience. Enter the world of social business, where content is dynamic, experts want to be found, and every employee is equal part information consumer and contributor. This breakout session is a description of Steelcase’s experiences, to date, on its deployment of a Global Communications platform, and more specifically, a social business system.

John Malestein
Technical Services and Operations
Steelcase, Inc

This breakout will be a case study for moving storage and backups of unstructured data to the cloud. This is a hybrid solution consisting of both local and cloud storage.

Andy Bass
VP Technology
Lean Logistics

Today, companies are adopting the SaaS model like never before - from email to ERP. It is rapidly becoming the delivery platform of choice for organizations large and small. At LeanLogistics, having many supply-chain partners connected to our SaaS platform creates unique data analysis opportunities for all participants. This session will explore the technologies and techniques we use to empower our customers to turn raw data into knowledge using this vast repository of information.

Dan McGrath
President and CTO
Technology Management, Inc.

The enterprise data center facility has evolved from just another support area positioned near the mail room of the office headquarters to a strategically located, stand alone, purpose built facility. In addition, there are several outsourcing options. We’ll review both past and present trends and discuss the factors that are influencing today’s decisions.

Craig Paul
Director of IT
Kent County