May 2, 2007
The Four Seasons Hotel
Dallas, Texas
At Computerworld’s upcoming IT Executive Summit on Reducing IT Cost and Complexity, a select group of senior IT executives like you will explore and discuss the issues, and will get an up-to-date education on where grid, SOA and virtualization are headed. Through a concise, morning-long program of analyst/industry expert and end-user presentations concluding with a rich, interactive panel discussion, participants will gain a fresh perspective from presenters and each other.
Why You Should Attend
You’ll learn from formal presentations and moderated discussion that will surround how today’s enterprise environments are pushing the envelope with grid, SOA and virtualization. From the morning’s program, you’ll rapidly gather answers to the following questions:
- How can reducing IT cost and complexity via grid, SOA and virtualization offer businesses more cost effective, flexible and available applications and infrastructure?
- What techniques are businesses using to deploy grid, SOA and virtualization to lower the time and cost of server farm and storage management?
- What are the pitfalls to avoid?
- How have some businesses maximized on the promise of improving IT service quality and productivity while reducing IT cost and complexity?
Agenda
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8:00-8:45 a.m.
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Registration and Networking Breakfast
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8:45-9:00 a.m.
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Introduction and Overview
Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld
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9:00-9:40 a.m.
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IT Infrastructure for the Agile Enterprise
Michael Hugos, Computerworld Columnist, CIO at Large and Author of CIO Best Practices: Enabling Strategic Value with Information Technology and The Greatest Innovation Since the Assembly Line
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9:40-10:20 a.m.
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SOA, Virtualization and Grid Computing: An Evolutionary Paradigm for Business Computing
André Mendes, Chief Information Officer, The Special Olympics
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10:20-10:35 a.m.
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Refreshment and Networking Break
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10:35-11:15 a.m.
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Industry Expert Presentation
Ashish Mohindroo, Senior Director, Oracle
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11:15-Noon
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Moderated Panel Discussion
Moderator: Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld
Panelists: Michael Hugos, Computerworld Columnist and CIO at Large; André Mendes, Chief Information Officer, The Special Olympics; Ashish Mohindroo, Senior Director, Oracle; Ed Franklin, Senior Director, Fujitsu Computer Systems; Subbiah Sundaram, Director, Network Appliance
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Noon
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Program Concludes
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Presenters
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.
Michael Hugos, Computerworld Columnist, Former CIO and Author of Essentials of Supply Chain Management and Building the Real Time Enterprise: An Executive Briefing
Michael Hugos is CIO at Large and a coach in business and IT agility with the Center for Systems Innovation. He recently spent six years as the CIO of a multi-billion dollar distribution organization where he built the suite of supply chain and e-business systems that transformed the company’s business model and now drives its growth. Prior to this he was a Practice Director at a publicly traded global IT services firm.
In 2003 and 2005 he was awarded the CIO 100 Award for bold and resourceful use of information technology and in 2006 he was awarded the Computerworld Premier 100 award for career achievement. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Hugos is an author whose books include The Greatest Innovation Since the Assembly Line and CIO Best Practices: Enabling Strategic Value with Information Technology. He writes a column for Computerworld, a blog for CIO magazine, and speaks at business and IT industry conferences.
André V. Mendes, Chief Information Officer, Special Olympics International
As the Chief Information Officer for Special Olympics’ international headquarters, Mendes is responsible for all strategic and operational aspects of the global organization’s information technology infrastructure. He will oversee the advancement and improvement of the organization’s integral IT system, which includes the global and regional Web sites, all applications and the Special Olympics Knowledge Management System which is accessible to employees around the world in Africa, Asia Pacific, East Asia, Europe/Eurasia, Latin America, Middle East/North Africa and North America. Additionally, he will provide guidance on the technologies developed for Special Olympics World Games, such as the Games Management System.
Previously, André Mendes was responsible for developing and implementing technology strategy in both the Broadcasting Engineering and Information Technology divisions of the Public Broadcasting Service. He also oversaw the daily operations of PBS’s entire technology infrastructure. Mr. Mendes had also previously served the organization from 1998 to 2001, and rose to the position of Chief Information Technology Officer during that time.
In May 2001, Mr. Mendes was named by Computerworld magazine as one of the “Premier 100 IT Leaders” in the U.S.
More recently, Mr. Mendes has been named the “2006 IT Executive of the Year” for the Mid-Atlantic region, he was bestowed a “2006 Mid-Market Leadership Award” by CIO Decisions magazine and a “2005 Technology Leadership Award” by Broadcasting & Cable Magazine.
He is a co-author of the critically acclaimed “CTO Leadership Strategies” from Aspatore Books.
Born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, Mr. Mendes speaks five languages fluently and currently resides in Potomac, MD with his wife and son.
Ashish Mohindroo, Senior Director, Oracle
 Ashish Mohindroo is responsible for product strategy and global marketing for Oracle Fusion Middleware and Service-Oriented Architecture products and solutions. Ashish launched and continues to lead the global Go-To-Market Initiatives for Oracle's Java, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Process Management (BPM), and Master Data Management (MDM) product offerings and is a major driver behind Oracle's recognized leadership in SOA. Under Ashish’s leadership, Oracle’s SOA products are the fastest growing components of Oracle Fusion Middleware, which recently crossed $1 Billion in annual revenues.
Ashish has over eleven years of experience with Middleware and CRM technologies. Prior to joining Oracle, Ashish worked at BEA Systems, where he was responsible for defining the product strategy for BEA WebLogic Portal.
Ashish regularly keynotes industry conferences, is interviewed by publications worldwide, and briefs industry analysts for Oracle. Ashish is an active contributor to leading industry publications. Ashish holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from The University of Texas at Austin.
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