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Brad Anderson was the Chief Information Officer of Hewitt Associates. His responsibilities included general oversight of Hewitt's information technology infrastructure, including governance processes. Brad also advises on business approaches to using technology, and on how high-level technical architectures can affect Hewitt.

Patricia Anderson is the Chief Technology Officer for Apartments.com. Apartments.com is a national online apartment guide and relocation resource distinguished by its highly customized searches, superior visual ads and affiliation with more than 140 newspapers and thousands of strategic partners across the country including Yahoo! Real Estate, AOL Real Estate and MySpace.

Mr. Avery joined Brunswick in 1991 serving in a variety of IT roles before assuming his current position in 2002. As Chief Information Officer, Mr. Avery is responsible for all aspects of Brunswick’s global information technology. Mr. Avery first served in Brunswick’s Life Fitness Division as Manager of Application Development. In 1993, he was promoted to the division’s IT director, and six years later became a Vice President in 1999.

Ellen Barry joined the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in February 2000 as Chief Information Officer responsible for information technology initiatives for the Authority. The Authority owns and manages McCormick Place, Navy Pier, and the Authority’s Corporate Center. Her role involves strategic IT planning, budget and staff management, project implementation and ongoing support of the network, desktops, and business applications.

In February 2006, Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Hardik Bhatt as Chief information Officer of the City of Chicago. He also serves as Commissioner of the Department of Business and Information Services (BIS), the municipal agency responsible for meeting the technology needs of 37,000 employees in 46 City departments.

Mr. Buettner has 30 years of financial services and technology experience. As a native New Yorker, he started his career at Citibank. As a senior vice president at The First National Bank of Chicago, he held a number of general manager roles and was the CIO for the corporate cash management business. In 1994, he founded Anexsys which was responsible for the $400 million contract to build the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System for the Internal Revenue Service. Subsequently, he has been the CIO for a major fleet leasing company and consulted on cash management risk and technology.

Sharon Burns is the Chief Information Officer at the Foundation. In this position, she leads the Foundation's Information Services Department and is responsible for the strategic direction and implementation of the Foundation's worldwide information and computing systems. She oversees the direction, support and maintenance of all hardware and software systems used by the Foundation. Burns maintains and develops business information technology strategies that align with program and Foundation goals on the efficiency and effectiveness of internal business process.

Bruce C. Carver is the new Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Cummins, Inc., a $13.05 Billion in sales in 2007. Cummins is a global power leader, and is a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems.

Patricia Coffey is Vice President of the Distribution, Marketing and Enterprise Applications division of Allstate Insurance Company’s Technology & Operations organization. Coffey is responsible for Distribution Technology, Marketing Technology, Customer Experience and Billing Applications, and Enterprise Applications for Allstate. She leads approximately 1,000 internal and external resources.

Shouvik is the VP of IT, responsible for integrating and managing the diverse requirements of Hart Schaffner Marx a premier Apparel company. He is currently managing a large initiative, transforming the business and technology at Hart Marx. He has built global teams, managed the outsourcing of application and technology. He has managed global sourcing and delivery initiatives for the last ten years.

Ed Earl is Chief Information Officer at Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS: LFUS), a global company offering the broadest line of circuit protection products in the electronics and automotive industries.

Steven Elliott is a Senior Business & Technology Executive for Bank of America. In his current role, Elliott is a member of the Enterprise Technology & Delivery division and has global responsibility for the operations of the Banks Storage Infrastructure.

Manny Favela currently serves as Chief Financial Officer for McDonald’s Latin America. In this role, he is responsible for the Finance, I/T, and franchising functions in Latin America with over 1,600 restaurants with annual sales of over $3.0 billion dollars.

John has over 20 years experience as a leader in Technology and Operations. After nearly 9 years at CNA, John left in September of 2009 from his role as Executive Vice President - CIO and World Operations to pursue growing his Live Active Foundation and it associate wellness opportunities.
After receiving a revolutionary human transplant on his left knee, John sought to give back for the gift he was given. Therefore, he created the LiveActive Foundation and the genesis for his climb of Mt. Everest in the Spring of 2009.

Mark H. Griesbaum joined Cardean Learning Group on 3/17/08 as its Chief Information Officer. During his tenure at Cardean Learning Group, the Information Technology group has been instrumental in leading the efforts to scale the business for future growth. This entailed implementing a set of integrated infrastructure that operationally streamlines the entire student lifecycle from prospect to alumni. Prior to Cardean, Mark was Chief Information Officer at Career Education Corporation from March 2000 – March 2008. Mr.

Christopher (Chris) Hall is the Chief Technology Officer for JPMorgan’s Commercial Bank. Mr. Hall also has responsibility for Commercial Loan Technology, Commercial Card Technology and the Wholesale Bank’s Customer Relationship Management System.

Jim Jacoby is an acknowledged leader in the professional field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and the user-centered design principles that have evolved from this formal study. Jim pioneered the integration of user-centered design principles with technology solutions and has ramped-up a number of large and successful teams. Today, he is the leader of a successful interactive marketing and design consultancy, founded in the principles of user-centered design.

Andy Jurczyk is the Chief Information Officer of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, a law firm widely respected for creating winning strategies for businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals. Sonnenschein has offices in fourteen U.S. cities and a global reach throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. Andy’s responsibilities include the direction and alignment of technology for the Firm’s Strategic Business Plan.

Abbe Kaye serves as Chief Information Officer at Nalco Holding Company, a $4 billion specialty chemical company located in Naperville, IL. She is responsible for global information technology for the company’s 12,000 employees.

Cathie Kozik is corporate vice president, information technology (IT) for Motorola’s Global IT Operations. Prior to this role, Kozik served as corporate vice president for Motorola’s Integrated Supply Chain and Mobile Devices business.

Kozik has over 25 years of IT and engineering experience. Before joining Motorola, she was chief information officer and senior vice president for Tellabs. In her 10 years at Tellabs, she held management positions in both IT and engineering. Prior to Tellabs, she worked 10 years at AT&T in customer support and engineering system development.

Mr. Kumar joined the Sun-Times News Group in January 2006. He is responsible for the technology for publishing, printing and distribution of over 100 community newspapers, web sites and related online products. The company offers the Chicago Sun-Times, Post Tribune, SouthtownStar, Naperville Sun, other city and suburban newspapers, and associated Web sites in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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 delivering IT services that support student learning, faculty research and teaching, administrative processes, and public service. With over 23 years of cross-industry implementation and operations experience, Ms.

Jhon has been working for the Tribune since 1997. Since then, Jhon has progressed to various technical and management positions. With 20 years of experience in the Newspaper industry, Jhon has provided technology leadership on a large variety of strategic projects defined to automate and support the newspaper production workflow. Jhon’s role involves strategic IT planning, budget, staff management, and support of the business applications…

Ron Mathis is Director of Information Technology for Juno Lighting Group headquartered in Des Plaines, Il. Juno Lighting is a market leading manufacturer of commercial/ residential lighting products and is a member of the SquareD Electric family of companies. Ron is responsible for all aspects of Information Technology supporting the highly successful Juno business.

Jim Maza is Vice President, Information Technology for Rasmussen Inc. and is responsible for enterprise wide IT services. Jim joined Rasmussen in November 2004.

Barbara K. O'Malley is a Senior Vice President at The Northern Trust Company, Chicago. She is a Director of Business Applications in the Client Delivery Systems Division of Worldwide Operations & Technology. Barb is responsible for directing the applications and software development of all client facing Passport products for the corporation. Barb currently manages seven section managers, who in turn manage 100+ individuals focused on Northern's application development and system maintenance.

Guy Pearson is the Manager of Global Network Engineering for The Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG). IPG is a Fortune 500 global provider of advertising and marketing services.

Guy and his team are responsible for the design and implementation of networking technologies and services across the wide area network for IPG globally. Guy has been in the IT networking field for fifteen years and has extensive knowledge of networking technologies.

John Phillips is an information technology executive with over 25 years of professional experience at publicly traded and privately held companies. His accountabilities and expertise include information systems strategy, daily operations, and organizational alignment.

Joe Phillips is Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Integrys Energy Group. As VP and CIO, Joe supervises applications development, computer operations, information services, applied and emerging technology, telecommunications and network support, and database administration and security. Prior to this appointment, Joe was Vice President of Information Technology Services at Peoples Energy. He came to Peoples from Accenture in 2003. With 23 years in utility practice, he was promoted to partner with Accenture in 1990.

Mike Polyack is currently a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase responsible for driving cross-line of business technology initiatives and improvement programs.

Richard Proszowski is Vice President Information Technologies and Chief Information Officer for Pactiv Corporation. Pactiv is a leader in the consumer and foodservice/food packaging markets it serves, with 2007 sales of $3.3 billion. Pactiv's Hefty® brand is one of the nation’s most widely-recognized brands. Hefty® brand products include waste bags, slider storage bags, disposable tableware, and disposable cookware. Pactiv’s foodservice/food packaging offering is one of the broadest in the industry, including both custom and stock products in a variety of materials. At Pactiv, Mr.

As Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of GS1 US, Allison is responsible for building the technology strategy for the organization along with leading the product development, technical operations and infrastructure for the 1SYNC Data Pool and GS1 US commercial and corporate solutions. Allison joined Transora in 2001 and was promoted to CIO of GS1 US in 2007 after the companies merged.

J. Bradley Reese is Vice President for Technology and Chief Information Officer for Roosevelt University.

He joined Roosevelt in 2004 and is responsible for all aspects of information technology including academic systems and services, administrative systems and services, data networking and the telephone system. At Roosevelt Reese has obtained a $2.1 million grant to develop a University-wide portal system, completely overhauled the University’s data network, implemented a student e-mail system, and has implemented classroom technology throughout the University.

Bruce Schinelli joined TTX as the Vice President Information Technology and Chief Information Officer on September 26, 2006. The Information Technology (I.T.) Department delivers information and communication services and systems that support TTX and its business partners throughout the rail industry. Computer technology has long been essential to the company's operations, permitting TTX to track each car, determine responsibility for car hire payments, monitor the movement of cars to and from maintenance shops, record the maintenance history of each car and manage the multilevel fleet.

Yvonne Scott is Chief Information Officer for Crowe Horwath LLC. She joined Crowe in February, 2008 and is responsible for directing all aspects of the firm’s information systems related activities.

Prior to joining Crowe, Yvonne was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for GATX Corporation, a Fortune 1000 NYSE traded company that specializes in the leasing of long-lived assets to corporate customers. Her responsibilities included the management of all Information Systems related activities.

James (Jim) Vanek is the Chief Technology Officer for UBS Alternative and Quantitative Investments (A&Q), the hedge fund platform within UBS Global Asset Management. Mr. Vanek is responsible for all activities related to technology development, vendor relationship management, and support of the A&Q operating platform. Prior to assuming his role as CTO, Mr. Vanek managed various technology teams for UBS Investment Bank. Mr. Vanek began his career with O’Connor & Associates in 1986, which became part of the then Swiss Bank Corporation in 1991.

Maurice Woods is Deputy Chief Information Officer for Chicago Public Schools Office of Technology Services. His particular areas of responsibility include strategic planning, operations, business process improvement, and special project assignments.

Barbara A. Zeller is vice president information technology of Nicor and Nicor Gas. Zeller joined Nicor Gas as assistant vice president of the information services department in 1998. She has more than 30 years of experience in information technology, including positions in the manufacturing and distribution industries, as well as consulting assignments.