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Dave Anderson
Dave is currently a Principal
Consultant with Binary Visions, Inc. in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
He has over 18 years experience in the implementation,
integration, and management of sales, customer service,
manufacturing, distribution and financial management software
applications. One of his most recent consulting assignments was
at Mid-State Technical College. Dave created a system design for
them that included: Server consolidation from 46 servers to 23
servers, Increased fault-tolerance through the use of a SAN,
Migration strategies for migrating security principles from NT4
and directory objects from Exchange 5.5 to Windows 2000 and
Exchange 2000. Previously he held various positions at Rhino
Systems, Inc. before becoming president. He also worked in
network services at Schneider National, Nielsen, JWP Information
Systems and Price Waterhouse. He also served as an infantryman
in the US Marine Corps. He has an MS from UW-Milwaukee and a
BA-Cum Laude from Lakeland College. He has a large number of
certifications including: PMP, MCSE, Microsoft Exchange
Certified, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Master Certified Novell
Engineer, Certified Novell Instructor, A+ Certified, Security+
Certified, etc.
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Larry Kallembach
Larry J. Kallembach is Senior Vice
President and Chief Information Officer of MB Financial Bank. Prior to
the MB-Mid City merger, Mr. Kallembach served as Senior Vice President
of Mid City Financial Corp. and CEO of MidCity Information Services
since 1998. Prior to coming to MidCity Financial Corp., he was
Executive Vice President of BankIllinois and served in various
management positions with its predecessor organization Champaign
National Bank since 1978. He has a BS in Finance from Indiana
University and MBS from the University of Illinois.
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Michael Kozlowski
Mike is the CIO for Rust-Oleum, Inc. He has been a Vice President or Director in IT for
25 years. For the last 7 years, he has led the Rust-Oleum IT organization,
building a new staff on his arrival to support their just-installed SAP system.
Prior to that, he was Director of IT for the Gas Research Institute where
he re-invigorated the IT staff, directed a PeopleSoft system implementation, and
helped the organization migrate their mentality and culture from a
federally-funded institution to operating on a for-profit basis. A
substantial part of Mike’s experience spanned 20 years with Keebler Company as
Applications Development Manager, Director of Customer Service and Computer
Operations, and Director of Sales Information Systems. The last notable segment
was his involvement in their very challenging SAP implementation, a 2 year plus,
$50MM effort. At that time it was, world-wide, the highest transaction volume
SAP implementation to date. One of his key experiences as Director of
Sales Information Systems was that he reported to the VP of Sales, and thus Mike
dealt with the Keebler IT department from a user perspective for 7 years.
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Andrew Lauter
Since
co-founding PSC in 1990, Andrew Lauter has guided the growth of PSC to its
present day success as one of the more profitable business and technology
consulting firms in the middlemarket sector. His 15 years of consulting
experience has helped companies handle change in the e-Commerce and supply-chain
management sectors.
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David Lemme
David
Lemme is the EVP & CIO for Anixter. After
graduating from Iowa State University with an MS degree in Business and
Industrial Engineering, Mr. Lemme started his I/T career at Andersen
Consulting (now Accenture) in 1978. In 1989 he became a partner in the
firm working out of the Chicago office. In 1992, Mr. Lemme was
offered the opportunity to oversee application development at McDonald’s
Corporation in Oakbrook. He remained in that role until joining Anixter
in 1997 as its first CIO. He continues in that role at Anixter today.
Mr. Lemme’s areas of focus have primarily been within the manufacturing
and distribution industries. His work experience includes the
development and implementation of business systems, as well as process
reengineering.
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Lance Masten
Lance
Masten, MCSE, has planned and deployed audit, security and compliance
solutions at more than a dozen organizations with operations worldwide.
Most notably, he spent a year on-site with one of the world’s largest
insurance companies, deploying Quest InTrust across 25,000 servers in an
environment supporting 90,000 users. He is the author of a recent
technical brief on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and “Eliminating the Threat
Within”, and was accepted to present at the Marcus Evans seminar,
“Sustaining Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Best Practices and Lessons
Learned.” Lance applies his technical and industry knowledge to guiding
the product direction of Quest’s solutions for audit and regulatory
compliance in the heterogeneous environment.
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Duane Meaux
Duane Meaux is Client Partner of Geneca. An energetic,
results-oriented senior consultant, Duane has worked with Fortune
500 corporations, start-ups and growth organizations. His strengths
in project management, IT governance, change management, team
building, and quality/process engineering, have empowered him to
lead numerous cross-functional teams to achieve remarkable success.
Prior to Geneca, Duane led vendor analysis, business case
development and implementation planning for a web analytics system
for Orbitz.com. He also worked with Galileo to develop a B-B
commerce and reporting portal which was named 2006 JBOSS portal
project of the year. Prior to his consulting work, Duane served as
the Executive Director, IT Governance/Prioritization at SBC
Corporate. Here, he was responsible for developing and managing a
governance process to prioritize IT and Product Development
resources. Prior to SBC’s acquisition of Ameritech, Duane served as
a Business Segment Partner managing the delivery of IT and CRM
system projects. Duane has an MBA from the University of Chicago
and a BS in Quantitative Business Analysis from Indiana University.
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John Oborn
John A.
Oborn is senior vice president/chief information officer (CIO)
for Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC). He is responsible
for all of the corporation’s current technology needs and future
planning to maintain HCSC’s leadership role among health and
life benefits organizations. Previously, Mr. Oborn was
managing vice president of consulting for Gartner Inc., a
leading provider of research and analysis on the global IT
industry. His primary areas of expertise include IT strategy,
operations, risk management and performance measurement.
Mr. Oborn has provided research, analysis and best
practices in strategic direction development for more than 100
CIOs. He also led the data center of the nation's largest
government-owned utility through a three-year improvement
program -- increasing effectiveness by 60 percent while reducing
operational costs by 50 percent. Mr. Oborn also held a
number of IT-related technical and management positions for the
U.S. Air Force, as well as leadership IT positions for the
Tennessee Valley Authority and US Sprint Communications.
Mr. Oborn earned a master's degree in technology management from
the Florida Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree in
mathematics from Rollins College.
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Diane Orndorff
Diane Orndorff has been in the
Information Technology field working in various capacities for over 33
years. Her experience in both the corporate and consulting fields
includes more than 17 years at Andersen Consulting (now known as
Accenture) as well as corporate IT management positions.
Additional positions include Director of Applications for Budget Rent a
Car, Vice President of Information Technology for a $2 Billion process
manufacturing company and Senior Information Systems Director at Sears,
Roebuck and Co. Ms. Orndorff has served as Vice President and
Chief Information Officer of Laidlaw Education Services since March,
2004. In her current position, Diane is responsible for the
operational support of current Laidlaw applications as well as the
planning, definition, and delivery of new information systems and
services to support Laidlaw's strategic initiatives. These
initiatives include web-based vehicle maintenance, bus routing,
GPS-based fleet tracking and management and other operational and
administrative systems. Ms. Orndorff received Bachelor of Science
degrees in both Mathematics and Computer Science from the Pennsylvania
State University.
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Brian Rogan
Senior
VP Strategic Business and Marketing- As Senior Vice
President of Strategic Business and Marketing, Brian is
responsible for the company's compressive global
marketing strategy. In that capacity, he leads Sierra
Atlantic's marketing efforts which encompass a wide
range of growth activities designed to identify market
opportunities, develop and communicate Sierra Atlantic's
value proposition, coordinate go-to-market strategies,
corporate communications, as well as the formulation and
execution of the company's overall strategy. Brian is
also responsible for the management of strategic
relationships with category-leading software companies,
including Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, TIBCO, and others.
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Patricia Shafer
Patricia Shafer is
President of Compel Ltd., an international consulting and research firm
dedicated to Evoking.Courageous.Leadership(SM). Associates specialize
in four practice areas: Inspiring Leaders, Mentoring Multinationals,
Empowering Women and Transforming Technology. Patricia has
provided consulting and coaching services to executives and managers in
15 countries; held leadership positions at two global Fortune 100
companies; and led strategic change initiatives touching headquarters,
manufacturing and retail sites. One of the initiatives was cited by
TIME Magazine for changing the dynamics in an industry and being a
public relations success of the year. She is a contributing author
to the books Enlightened Power (Wiley/Jossey-Bass, 2005) and Managing
Worldwide Operations and Communications with Information Technology (IGI-Global,
2007), as well as a columnist on management issues for the magazine
Global HR News. In late 2007, she will lead a project to produce a
five-book series on “Transformative Technologies” – focusing on the
integration of technology and people-centered management to improve
organizational results. She also led the development of the Compel
Ltd. organizational research initiatives “The Whole World at Work:
Managers Around the Globe Tell Us What’s Changed and What Still Needs to
Change in Organizations”; “Connected Technology Leaders”; and the “Women
in Technology 2007 Report” (a collaboration of WITI and Compel Ltd.).
Patricia holds an MSc in Consulting and Coaching for Change - a
joint-venture program of Oxford University, UK, and HEC, France; an MBA,
Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management; an MA,
Journalism, the Ohio State University; and certifications in numerous
leadership and organizational development assessments.
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Yvonne Scott
In 2004, Ms.
Scott was elected Vice President of GATX. In 2003, Ms. Scott became
Chief Information Office of GATX. Her responsibilities include the
management of all Information Systems-related activities. Ms. Scott
joined GATX in 1990 as Manager, Information Systems Audit and has held
various positions, most recently, Vice President and CIO, GATX Rail.
Prior to joining GATX, Ms. Scott worked at Unocal Corporation for more
than ten years in various positions, including internal consulting
services. Ms. Scott has an MBA from Northern Illinois University and a
BS in General Management and Accounting from Purdue University. Ms.
Scott is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Certificate in Data
Processing.
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Scott Zimmerman
Scott Zimmerman has been CenterPoint Properties’ Chief Information Officer since
joining the firm in 1997. Mr. Zimmerman is responsible for directing
CenterPoint's MIS Department as well as the design and enhancement of its
information technology platform. Under his supervision the company has
developed a customized, state of the art, real estate software solution that has
dramatically increased the productivity of the employees. As a result, the
company has realized double-digit growth for a decade – without increasing
staff. He is a member of the Company’s Management Committee and is also
responsible for designing and optimizing the company's business processes. Mr.
Zimmerman graduated from Loyola University in 1990 with a Bachelor in
Business Administration and earned his Master of Science degree in Management
Information Systems from DePaul in 1995. Currently, he is an active member of
RealComm, the Association for Computer Machinery and the IEEE.
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