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Jun 9 - Jun 10
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Please join us for vendor free open discussions among IT practitioners on emerging trends in their IT organizations. The format will be facilitated discussions led by your peers. .jpg)
In addition we will have social activities for a relaxed chance to network with your peers, to validate your initiatives and learn new ideas.
In addition we will have social activities for a relaxed chance to network with your peers, to validate your initiatives and learn new ideas.Discussions include...
Securing Future Applications - Dr. Jonathon Giffin, Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
As mobile and fixed networks converge and mobile devices like smart phones become the primary means of communication and data access in the enterprise and consumer spaces, these systems will become targets of sophisticated security threats. We need usable and easy to deploy security techniques to protect sensitive data on such devices. In this talk, we will focus on the challenges that arise in securing mobile devices and converged telephony applications. To address these challenges, we will explore how call features can be automatically extracted and analyzed to determine if a caller is legitimate. For mobile devices, we will explore challenges posed by malware based threats and how they could be addressed.
About the Presenter: Dr. Jonathon Giffin is an Assistant Professor who joined the Georgia Tech College of Computing in Fall 2006. Since then he has become a member of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC). He earned my Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 2006, where he was a Wisconsin Distinguished Fellow. Also at Wisconsin, he received a B.S. degree in Mathematics in 2000 and a M.S. degree in Computer Sciences in 2002.
Dr. Giffin enjoys research in software security, operating system security, and attack analysis. His research builds upon techniques from program analysis, formal methods, and operating systems to retrofit security to insecure systems and software. He investigates both defensive systems and attacks against those systems. On the defensive side, he designs new intrusion detection systems that prevent anomalous program execution by constraining execution to a model of expected execution behavior derived from static program analysis. To evaluate the ability of intrusion detectors to actually detect attacks, he then attack the detectors. Formal analysis of the detectors provides insight into their true attack detection capability and illuminates weaknesses requiring continued research into intrusion detection.
IT Enabling Product Innovation - Amit Shahani, Director, Verizon 
Verizon will lead a discussion on how IT is enabling one of its key business initiatives called “Connected Home.” They will take us through a “behind the scenes” look at the infrastructure, applications, and project management planning to support this endeavor. The integration of entertainment/video, home control and monitoring, video conferences, and other applications will do two things according to Verizon’s vision. First and foremost it will streamline their products and services to benefit consumers. On top of that, from an IT perspective, it will shift IT’s role into more of a business driver and catalyst position than ever before.
The Innovations Team Engagement Model - Hans Eckman, Vice President, Enterprise Business Analyst, SunTrust
Companies often have teams to manage technology standards and approve software use, but who is working to help leverage these systems and emerging technologies to solve disparate business challenges? In this presentation, we will discuss how the Innovations Team engagement model can be leveraged in your organization to replicate solutions across multiple organizational needs, develop proof of concept systems, evaluate emerging technologies, and transition work to projects or business units. The Innovations Team is a division of the Architecture team within Enterprise Information Services, and serves consumer lines of business and enterprise application delivery.
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About the Presenter: Hans Eckman provides transitional management and consulting for growing companies, with 14 of his 20 years’ experience spent implementing web-based solutions across diverse industries. He is currently working as an Enterprise Business Analyst at SunTrust Banks for the Enterprise Architecture team, and provides process improvement and mentoring support through the BA Center of Excellence and Project Management Office.
Information Systems for a Customer Centric Enterprise- Bruce McLeod, Executive Director of Service & Enterprise Architecture, Cox Communications
According to Bruce McLeod, Executive Director, Service & Enterprise Architecture at Cox Communications, "customer-centric" is a term that is broadly used in business today. Interpretations of the term vary and often leave the IT solution designer and implementer confused as to what elements are needed to make their solutions customer centric. How must customer data be treated and how must the solution present itself to the customer for maximum business benefit? Depending on the mission of the enterprise the solution can take many forms. Understanding the impact of a solution on customer satisfaction is a starting point for the designer but the more fundamental dependencies on existing solutions and data management also come into play. What considerations must be taken into account that allow your enterprise to evolve from where it is today to a more customer-centric future? In this presentation, these questions and points will be addressed, as McLeod shares how he and his team at Cox are working to meet these challenges.
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About the Presenter: Bruce McLeod has 20+ years experience in Systems Engineering and Architecture. He is currently Executive Director of Service & Enterprise Architecture in the Technology department in Atlanta, Georgia. Bruce’s background in Technology began with the United States Army and included positions in telecommunications operation, engineering, and architecture with service providers and solution vendors. Prior to joining Cox in 2002, he was the Systems Engineering Manager for TollBridge Technologies, a manufacturer of Voice over IP Media Gateways. He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Degree from the University of South Carolina.
Enterprise Computing in the Public Cloud - Marty Smith, CIO Implantable Provider Group
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About the Presenter: Marty is a seasoned IT executive who brings 28 years of experience to his role as IPG's Chief Information Officer (CIO). Over his successful career, Marty has created technology strategies for multiple high-growth ventures including ChoicePoint, Home Depot and TheraTx.
As CIO of ChoicePoint, Smith presided over a technology strategy that supported millions of insurance, public record, background and drug-screening inquiries per day. Smith was also part of the leadership team in the technology department at The Home Depot during their highest growth years. He helped create the infrastructure that supported the company during a time when it opened a new store every 23 hours, hired 400 people per day and handled over 1,000 register transactions per second. At TheraTx, a health care services company, Smith created the technology infrastructure to support more than 700 clinics nationwide by charting nearly 10,000 patient visits per day.
Marty enjoys cooking and outdoor activities including camping, freshwater fly-fishing and saltwater deep sea fishing. Marty has four children, and lives with his wife, Lynn, in Roswell, Ga.
Marty Smith is the CIO of Implantable Provider Group, a fast growth medical services company. Their double digit growth every year since 2007 is driven by proprietary IT systems. Marty’s team is building and enhancing their enterprise systems almost exclusively in the public cloud. Marty’s background in very large IT organizations coupled with the demands of a high growth pre IPO organization has given him unique opportunity as well as perspectives and expectations as he has moved his critical applications to the public cloud.
About the Presenter: Marty is a seasoned IT executive who brings 28 years of experience to his role as IPG's Chief Information Officer (CIO). Over his successful career, Marty has created technology strategies for multiple high-growth ventures including ChoicePoint, Home Depot and TheraTx.As CIO of ChoicePoint, Smith presided over a technology strategy that supported millions of insurance, public record, background and drug-screening inquiries per day. Smith was also part of the leadership team in the technology department at The Home Depot during their highest growth years. He helped create the infrastructure that supported the company during a time when it opened a new store every 23 hours, hired 400 people per day and handled over 1,000 register transactions per second. At TheraTx, a health care services company, Smith created the technology infrastructure to support more than 700 clinics nationwide by charting nearly 10,000 patient visits per day.
Marty enjoys cooking and outdoor activities including camping, freshwater fly-fishing and saltwater deep sea fishing. Marty has four children, and lives with his wife, Lynn, in Roswell, Ga.
How to Leverage ROI for a Better Project Business Case - Patrick Paris, Assistant Vice President, IT Portfolio Manager, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
Many companies use return on investment (ROI) analysis as a metric in their project selection process. But ROI can be defined in different ways and how it is calculated when creating a project's business case is critical to ensure comparability across project portfolios. In this presentation, Patrick Paris will describe lessons learned from using Forrester's Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) methodology to evaluate two multi-year enterprise IT system implementations. He will also cover best practices to develop a scalable ROI model for all IT projects and how to integrate this quantitative metric into the qualitative project business case and enterprise portfolio management process.
About the Presenter: Patrick Paris is an accomplished analyst, internal consultant, and operations manager w
ith over 15 years experience in planning, cost accounting, management reporting, project/program management, and process design and improvement. Patrick was a key team member in forming FHLBank Atlanta’s PMO, and has developed and subsequently adapted end-to-end project management and financial reporting methodologies, tools, and reports to meet changing executive needs. Patrick earned an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, and is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in the administration, deployment, and use of Microsoft Project Server 2007.
ith over 15 years experience in planning, cost accounting, management reporting, project/program management, and process design and improvement. Patrick was a key team member in forming FHLBank Atlanta’s PMO, and has developed and subsequently adapted end-to-end project management and financial reporting methodologies, tools, and reports to meet changing executive needs. Patrick earned an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, and is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in the administration, deployment, and use of Microsoft Project Server 2007.Facilitated Discussion: Virtual Desktops, Tablets, & Personal Owned Devices
This will be a round table discussion facilitated by The IMF's Executive Director, Ted Williams. It will focus on several areas of virtual desktop, tablet, and POD use in the corporate environment. For example, what are the challenges in allowing corporate email on personal devices? Do companies have written management policies in place and how does IT Security factor into these policies? How are organizations securing their emails across mobile platforms? These are just some of the issues that will be addressed with regards to this highly popular and controversial topic.
Location Information
| Location Name: | Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center |
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800 Spring St. NW Atlanta, GA 30308 404-347-9440 Send Email Map it! |
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.jpg) Located in the heart of the Technology Square Complex on the Georgia Tech campus in Midtown Atlanta, the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center is an exceptional hotel and meeting destination for life’s important corporate and social events.IMF Forum attendees who reserve a room at the Georgia Tech Hotel will receive the discounted rate of $139/night*.
Both non-smoking King and Two Queen bedding accommodations have been blocked for this group. Please note that all guestrooms are non-smoking.For any other requests or inquiries, please enter this information within the appropriate request boxes during the reservations process or call the hotel directly by calling (800) 706-2899 or (404) 838-2100. Hotel reservation’s hours are Monday through Friday 8am-7pm; Saturday 9am-5pm.
*Forum attendees must book their room by May 14th to receive the discounted rate.
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