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As Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of GS1 US, Allison’s responsibilities include solutions/product development, technical operations and infrastructure for the 1SYNC Data Pool and GS1 US commercial and corporate systems. Allison joined Transora in 2001 and was promoted to CIO of GS1 US in 2007.
Mike Polyack is currently a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase responsible for driving cross-line of business technology initiatives and improvement programs.
Patricia Coffey is Vice President of the Distribution, Marketing and Process Solutions division of Allstate Insurance Company’s Protection Technology organization. Coffey is responsible for Distribution Technology, Process Solutions and Information Support, Marketing Technology, Customer Experience and Billing Applications, and Technology Strategy for Allstate’s Protection business unit. She leads approximately 1,000 internal and external resources.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.