Aleks Buterman
Aleks Buterman leads Technology Services within Lincoln Financial Group's Enterprise Architecture, where he is responsible for work intake management, user experience analysis, technology strategy validation and delivery of common technology components. He previously served as the Chief Architect for Lincoln's Employer Markets Division, where he led a strategic effort to merge multiple business entities with business process and service-oriented architecture approach.  Prior to Lincoln, Aleks held positions at Caremark, Dean Witter/Discover Financial Services, and Allstate Insurance. He contributed to successful launch of Allstate Bank and Private Client Services, provided technical leadership for Allstate's Enterprise Application Integration effort from conception through implementation, and led process definition, implementation and enterprise integration for Allstate's Information Security Analysis Services.  Aleks holds bachelor's degrees in Economics and Mathematics from Lake Forest College and a master's degree in Project Management from the Keller Graduate School of Management. He resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and children.

Rod Cleary
Rod Cleary is a Senior Manager of Process Quality Assurance at Sallie Mae, the largest provider of student loans in the United States. At Sallie Mae he is responsible for the IT Performance Management Program. He is also responsible for the IT Strategic Project Portfolio.  Rod has spent most of his career in application development, process improvement and IT governance. He has successfully implemented multiple enterprise-critical IT programs and is responsible for the development and implementation of IT Performance Management programs in multiple Fortune 500 companies.  Rod is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Business and holds a Master's Certificate in project management from George Washington University.  He is a certified project management professional (PMP), is Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), and is a Six Sigma Black Belt.  Rod currently lives in Indiana with his family and enjoys coaching youth sports.

Mark Goetsch 
Mark Goetsch is currently Vice President of IT Strategy and Architecture for the Life Division of Fiserv Insurance Solutions.  In this role he is responsible for technology strategy and architecture for a leading provider of software for Life, Property & Casualty, Flood, and Workman’s Compensation Insurance. Prior to this Mark was a Senior Enterprise Architect for ABN AMRO bank working with governance and standards.  Mark has been an enterprise, domain and business architect since 1999 and has had numerous roles in his 20+ years of experience including a number of years as a commercial product developer. Mark is an adjunct faculty at DePaul University where he teaches courses for the CDM graduate school. Mark has his MSC in Systems Strategy & Management from Northwestern University, a MS in Distributed Systems from DePaul University and a BA in History from Spring Hill College. Mark is the current President of the Business Architects Association. He has been a speaker at the local and national level and has published articles for several publications.

Susan Malisch
Susan Malisch currently serves as Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Loyola University Chicago.  In this capacity, Susan is responsible for developing and implementing the University’s information technology (IT) strategic direction, and IT services that support student learning, faculty research and teaching, administrative processes, and public service.  With over 20 years of implementation and operations experience in IT across several industry verticals, Ms. Malisch has provided technology leadership for a variety of initiatives related to mergers and acquisitions, IT governance and program management, and business strategy transformations.  Prior to joining Loyola, Susan has held technology leadership positions at Novell, Cambridge Technology Partners, UCLA, NSC Systems Group, Inc. and Southwestern Bell Communications.  Ms. Malisch holds a B.S.B.A. degree in Computer Information Systems from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri and received the Women in Technology International “Excellence in IT Leadership” Award in 2006.  In addition to her current responsibilities, Susan remains active in a number of IT leadership and community service organizations in the Chicagoland area.

Douglas Picirillo

Kalyan Raman
Kalyan is a Senior Manager with the Clorox Company (~$4.5bn Consumer Packaged Goods manufacturer) and currently serves as Senior Manager of IS Performance Management. In this capacity he is responsible for the defining and evaluating performance measures for IS and for linking IS measures with corporate goals. The company recently adopted a measurement framework that incorporates performance against operations delivery, project development, and costs of services. The framework merges over 150 predictive process measures and reactive (SLA) performance measures into a single summary level view. Kalyan's other responsbilities include managing IS compliance with internal controls, and evaluating cost governance of IS operations. He has extensive prior experience with managing large system implementations and process improvement assignments as an engagement manager with a large management consulting company. Kalyan holds an undergraduate degree in Electronics Engineering and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, UPENN.

Randy Wimmer