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CIO BOOT CAMP SPONSORS:
BlueCat Networks logo
Riverbed logo
Sprint logo


CIO BOOT CAMP MEDIA SPONSOR:
Information Week logo


Past Attendees Include:


  • CIOs
  • CTOs
  • CSOs/CISOs
  • CPOs
  • CBO [Chief Blogging Officer]
  • CFOs
  • COOs
  • VP/Director Applications Development
  • VP/Director Networking
  • VP/Director Data Base
  • VP/Director Program Management Officer
  • VP/Director Help Desk
  • VP/Director Infrastructure
  • VP/Director E-Commerce
  • VP/Director Security
  • VP/Director IT Architecture

CIO Boot Camp

CHAIRPERSON:
Thornton May, Futurist, Executive Director and Dean, IT Leadership Academy

POSSE MEMBERS:
Bruce Barnes, President ad CEO, Bold Vision LLC
Bob Dowd, CIO, Sonora Quest Laboratories / Laboratory Sciences of Arizona
Louis Gutierrez, Principal, Exeter Group
Ashwin Rangan, Former GM and CIO, Wal-Mart global.com

SPEAKERS:
Michael Hyatt, CEO and Co-Founder, BlueCat Networks, Inc.
Richard Hyatt, CTO and Co-Founder, BlueCat Networks, Inc.
Alan Saldich, VP, Product Marketing and Alliances,
Riverbed Technology
Kathy Walker, Chief Network Officer, Sprint/Nextel Corp.

SOLD OUT

As the world of information technology changes, the skill set required to lead your IT organization continually evolves.

Attend the two-day CIO Boot Camp to learn firsthand from successful CIOs at billion-dollar-plus organizations: Hear about common mistakes, how to avoid making them and how to apply their lessons to your world.

Learn key factors for success as a senior IT executive:

  • Alignment/Governance
  • Change Management
  • Compliance
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Human Resources
  • Strategic Planning
  • Vendor Management
  • Budget Processes
  • Sourcing Work
  • Benchmarks
  • Scorecards
  • Changing Role of IT
  • Relationship with ‘Suits’
  • Innovation

The CIO Boot Camp blends ahead of the curve, relevant academic research with practical know-how to give you a fully-rounded tool kit to meet the challenges of the next generation IT organization. Register today.

Sunday April 27th

Tradewinds F

8:30 – 9:00 WELCOME AND LEVEL SET Thornton May
9:00–10:00 KNOWLEDGESHARE #1:
  • Participant Introductions
  • Group Exercises & Report Backs
  • CEO Mental Model / IT Mental Model
  • Biggest Mistakes
  • Where Time is Being Spent
10:00 –10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 CIO POSSE COMMENTARY: Tales from the Top-of-Tech
  • Biggest Mistakes Made
  • Relationship Lessons Learned
  • Where CIO Time is Really Spent
11:15-12:00 “So, You Want to Be a CIO…” Ashwin Rangan
12:00- 1:00 Working Lunch
Situation Assessments
1:00–1:45 KNOWLEDGESHARE #2/ CIO POSSE COMMENTARY: How IT Money Happens
  • Where Have We Been?
  • Where Are We Now?
  • Where Are We Going?
1:45- 2:30 CIO POSSE COMMENTARY: The New World[s] of IT Work
  • Where Have We Been?
  • Where Are We Now?
  • Where Are We Going?
2:30- 2:45 Break
2:45 -3:30 CIO POSSE COMMENTARY: IT Vegetables
  • Thoughts on Alignment, Compliance
  • Governance & Infrastructure
3:30- 4:30 Mental Models Thornton May

Monday April 28th

Tradewinds F

8:30 – 9:00 CIO POSSE COMMENTARY: Managing Suppliers
9:00 - 9:30 Leadership in the Midst
of Technological Change		 Kathy Walker
Chief Network Officer
Sprint/Nextel Corp.
9:30- 10:15 CIO POSSE COMMENTARY: ‘The PEOPLE of IT’
  • Relationship with the HR Department
  • Biggest Challenge
  • Worst Moment
  • Greatest Triumph
  • Thoughts About the Future IT Employees
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 “No IP, No Network, No Business” Michael Hyatt,
CEO and Co-Founder
BlueCat Networks, Inc.

Richard Hyatt
CTO and CoFounder
BlueCat Networks, Inc.
11:00-11:30 CIO POSSE COMMENTARY: Thoughts on Risk Management
11:30-12:00 Globalization: From the Global Village to the Global Office Building Alan Saldich,
VP, Product Marketing and Alliances
Riverbed Technology
12:00-1:00 Working Lunch
1:00-1:45 CIO POSSE COMMENTARY: Thoughts on Change Management
1:45 – 2:45 Innovation
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-3:45 CIO POSSE COMMENTARY: Thoughts on Strategy
3:45-4:30 Final Exam