Special Overview: Synopsis and Expectations of the CIO Roundtable

Location: Grande Ballroom

Mark Polansky, Senior Client Partner & Managing Director, Information Technology Officers Practice, Korn/Ferry International

Setting a context for the CIO Executive Leadership Roundtable, Mark Polansky will offer a synopsis of the business transformation issues and leadership skills advice that you can expect to receive today.

Keynote Panel: Business Transformation

Location: Grande Ballroom

Dave Cummings, VP & CIO, Univar, Inc.
Roberta Kowalishin, VP Web Technology & CIO, Houston Chronicle
Mark Settle, CIO, BMC Software, Inc.
Paul Yust, VP & CIO, BJ Services Company

Moderator: Trent Aulbaugh, Consultant and Head NA Industrial CIO Practice, Egon Zehnder International

At leading corporations, turnaround experts of a different kind have started to take the technology helm as transformed business processes become a competitive advantage. Such transformational CIO’s are usually charged with leading cultural change to enable re-engineering of business processes across the enterprise. They typically have a strategic technology vision as well as a deep understanding of the various businesses within the business, and of the competitive landscape outside the business.

This panel of leading CIOs will share their own experiences with business transformation and innovation.

Keynote Panel: Business Transformation Leadership

Location: Grande Ballroom

Delaney Bellinger, CIO, YUM! Brands, Inc.
Mark Bouzek, CIO, BP Exploration & Production
Mike Drieling, VP & CIO, Friedkin Companies
Greg Percival, VP IT, W&T Offshore, Inc.

Moderator: Kay Fuhrman, Principal, Heidrick & Struggles

At leading corporations, transformational leaders have a keen understanding of the changing marketplace and the ability to navigate and build strong relationships across the organization, transformational leaders lead by crafting strong business and technology visions and then figure out ways to achieve these. This unique combination of abilities permits these exceptional leaders to find and unlock value, which others miss, and unleash markedly improved business performance and even change the competitive landscape.

Keynote: Leadership and Innovation:  Powerful Forces
for Real Change

Location: Grande Ballroom

Roger Berry, Senior VP & CIO, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Moderator: Mark Polansky, Senior Client Partner & Managing Director,
Information Technology Officers Practice, Korn/Ferry International

Leadership and Innovation can be powerful forces for driving success in any business.  As the Chief Information Officer of Walt Disney’s $16 billion global Parks and Resorts Entertainment businesses over the last 10 years, Roger has lead multiple transformational technology initiatives that truly changed how Disney “creates magic.” In this keynote address, he will share how he has focused and aligned the “Powerful Forces of Leadership and Innovation” in Information Technology across three different industries to consistently drive real business change and continually advance his, as well as his staff’s careers. Roger’s proven personalized approach and straight forward perspective on the essentials of Information Technology Leadership and Innovation can be applied to drive change in any business and can be utilized by CIOs across all industries. 

Keynote: Future State CIO – Outside-In Leadership

Location: Grande Ballroom

Jay Crotts, VP of IT Services, Shell Information Technology International

Moderator: Trent Aulbaugh, Consultant and Head NA Industrial CIO Practice, Egon Zehnder International

Jay Crotts will outline his key strategy of looking at leadership from an “outside-in” perspective, that is building a leadership foundation based on how the outside business views and values IT vs. an inside technical view.   IT must deliver on table stake expectations such as operational stability, project delivery and product development.    How an IT leader goes about this can be game changing for them personally and for their business.  Some of the game changing elements Jay will highlight are speaking the business language, ensuring IT programs are fit-for-purposed and tied to business outcomes, measuring business perceptions in balance with IT KPIs and establishing credibility along the way by saying ‘no’ when you need to (which might get you a seat at the table or get you fired!).   In short, the whole IT function must be aligned with this way of thinking and as an IT leader that is a great quest.

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Search Executives Panel: The Role of the 2010 CIO

Location: Grand Ballroom

Trent Aulbaugh, Consultant and Head NA Industrial CIO Practice,
Egon Zehnder International
Tarun Inuganti, Partner, Spencer Stuart
M. Steven Kendrick, President, KER Partners, LLC
Mark Polansky, Senior Client Partner & Managing Director,
Information Technology Officers Practice, Korn/Ferry International
Kay Furhman, Principal, Heidrick & Struggles

Moderator: Hunter Muller, President and CEO, HMG Strategy, LLC

Coming out of the recent economic crisis, CEOs are looking for dramatically different competencies across the CXO suite. What are the new competencies that CIOs need?

Listen, learn and interact with this world-class panel of search executives, who have invaluable insights into the changing role of the CIO from transactional to transformational leader.

Roundtable Wrap Up and Prize Drawing

Location: Grande Ballroom

Hunter Muller, President and CEO, HMG Strategy, LLC
Mark Polansky, Senior Client Partner & Managing Director,
Information Technology Officers Practice, Korn/Ferry International
Mike Schaffner, Director IT, Values & Measurements Group, Cameron
Dee Singh, CIO, Wood Group Well Support
Paul F. Yust, VP & CIO, BJ Services Company