Presenters
Rich Bentley, Director, IT Service Management, Compuware
Rich Bentley has 20 years of IT experience encompassing software development, project management, systems administration, and marketing. Prior to joining Compuware in January 2007 as the marketing director for the Vantage product line, he held positions with Altiris and EDS. Rich has a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Oakland University.
Tom Delaney, Associate Dean for Information Technology & Chief Information Officer, NYU School of Law
Thomas A. Delaney, P.E. is the Associate Dean of Technology and
Chief Information Officer at the New York University School of Law. In the
Fall 2005, Crittenden Magazines (publisher of Pre Law Magazine and The National Jurist) selected NYU School of Law the #1 technology law school in the country.
Before turning his career towards academia, Mr. Delaney worked for 20 years in a wide variety of vertical markets: he founded an international software company in the document assembly space, consulted globally on engineering document management projects, and was the Chief Information Officer of Consumers’ Buyline Incorporated. Mr. Delaney holds patents for several telecommunications products, and lectured nationally with the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentationin (AAMI) on biomedical device design.
Tom has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, holds a Six Sigma Greenbelt, and is a New York State licensed
professional engineer.
Mr. Delaney is a regular speaker at industry conferences focusing on business intelligence, distance learning, and the design and adaptation of IT infrastructure and building technology to meet the complex pedagogical needs of higher education.
Joe Kennedy, Vice President, Information Technology, State Street Corporation
Joseph L. Kennedy, Vice President of Technology Architecture for State Street, is responsible for establishing the technology vision and architectural principals for my.statestreet.com; his organization selects and integrates new technologies, builds custom solutions and establishes new strategic frameworks and processes for enterprise implementation and systems integration.
Prior to working on My State Street Joe was Vice President of Architecture for the State Street’s Enterprise Client Integration group where he is credited with establishing ETL, Open-source, Environment Configuration Management, Content Management, Session Management solutions as well as the Information Delivery Architecture for his line of business. Joe was also responsible for Wealth Manager Services’ Intranet, Extranet, Messaging Infrastructure, UK trading systems and technology lead for M&A activities.
Before working for the ECI division, Joe was Principle in charge of the Internet Competency Center for State Street Global Advisors [SSgA] where he designed and established the core components for application development including: Application and Web Servers, Persistent Session Management, Content Management, Directory Technologies, XML Persistence and Portal Technologies. Joe was also responsible for SSgA’s Intranet.
Prior to working at State Street Joe was the Head of Internet Technology at Parexel International. He was responsible for establishing a worldwide corporate Intranet and the tools/architecture to develop web applications. Joe built the development and support organization that maintained the web infrastructure. In addition, his team established the corporate DMZ, Firewall and VPN solutions and internalized all externally hosted internet sites. Joe also assisted in migrating the corporate email solution.
Joe has served on the Board of Directors of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, NICSA’s technology board and currently resides on mValent’s technology board. He speaks internationally on the following topics: Enterprise Architecture, Availability Architecture, Open Source Technology, Configuration Management, Content Management, Session Management, XML Messaging and Taxonomy.
Joe holds a BA in Computer Science from Clark University.
Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld
Ron manages the events business and strategic business programs for IT executive titles in storage networking, mobile and wireless, data center and business intelligence market sectors. Milton leads the team responsible for creating content, sponsor sales, operations, marketing and audience development for all of Computerworld's events, such as brands like Premier 100 IT Leaders, Storage Networking World, Mobile & Wireless World, Business Intelligence Perspectives and IT Executive Summit Series. He has 20+ years of experience in information technology, serving in both vendor and information services management positions. Before his current role at IDG, Ron was Senior Vice President of CXO Media and General Manager of CIO Magazine's Executive Program Divisions.
Prior to joining Computerworld in 1999, he was President and CEO of IDG's Internet Commerce (ICE) business unit, which he founded in 1996 as a start-up business, and was a pioneer in using e-commerce systems and web marketing. He was a 1996 recipient of the coveted IDG Chairman's Award for the most successful start-up business globally. Before joining IDG, Milton spent five years as Vice President/Partner of GLA computer Systems, a software developer and channel integrator with market share leadership in wholesale travel solutions. Prior to GLA, he also held a variety of management positions in channel management, field sales and marketing at Honeywell Information Systems and Bull HN. He holds degrees from Concordia University and Sir George Williams University.
Rebecca Wetteman, Vice President, Nucleus Research
Rebecca Wettemann is a founding partner of Nucleus Research where she is responsible for development and execution of Nucleus's industry-leading investigative research approach. Ms. Wettemann has written and presented extensively on the topics of return on investment (ROI) and total cost of ownership (TCO), collaborative and knowledge technologies, customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise applications, analytics, and the business impact of technology.
She is the author of numerous studies analyzing the impact and adoption of technology, including "Assessing the Real ROI from Siebel," "Benchmarking: On-demand Solutions," and "Oracle and Siebel - Who's ready for small and medium-sized Businesses?" She was responsible for the creation of Nucleus Research's "Real ROI Report" and "Guidebook" series that leverage Nucleus's in-depth investigative approach to provide data and recommendations for maximizing value from a technology.
Often quoted by the business and technology press, Ms. Wettemann is a frequent speaker at user and industry events and vendor-specific user events for companies including Microsoft, SPSS, Cognos, RightNow, UGS, and Oracle.
Before joining Nucleus, Ms. Wettemann was the Program Manager for European Collaborative Technologies at International Data Corporation where she managed research products tracking the European messaging, collaboration, knowledge management, and document and content management markets. She also served as the European expert for IDC's industry-leading ROI consulting practice.
Prior to IDC, she worked as a consultant for the International Telecommunication Union and the United States Information Agency, managing international research projects on digital communications and the economic impact of changing international telecommunications law and technology.
Ms. Wettemann holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts degree in French from Oklahoma State University and a Masters of Law and Diplomacy degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.