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Attention Students:
How the day will unfold!
This is your chance to interact with industry leaders who are REALLY excited to meet you! Feel free to
ask questions about how their careers have
progressed, what they like/don’t like about their jobs,
what they wish they’d known (or done)...
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Every 30 minutes you’ll start a new discussion with a
new leader. You’ll get to pick who you speak with
when you check in (first come, first served). To help
you make your choices, we’ve made this brochure.
Go through it, and, on the last page circle which
Organizations/People you’d like to learn more about.
And get ready to have a fun, exciting day!
SPARK 2009
Welcome to Spark 2009!
This is the second year for the Center for Advancing
Business through IT (CABIT) and CXO to collaborate
and host a unique, fun, and rich experience for
students to learn about career opportunities in
information management!
We built upon last year’s event by shifting the focus
from large group presentations to more personal
discussions between industry leaders and students.
To maximize the exposure that each company
receives, students will be able to participate in up to
six different discussions - and each discussion will be
between one industry leader and at most four
students. We have encouraged students to ask
probing questions about your experiences - and to
especially focus on how they can make good choices
to have successful careers of their own!
We hope this event strengthens the bond between
industry and academics - and enhances the “supply
chain” for IT leadership!
Without strong industry support, we would not be able
to captivate our students’ imaginations, give them the
best “real world” exposure, or help them to optimize
their time at Arizona State University. Therefore, we
offer many thanks to all in attendance.
Julie Smith David and
Harvey Shrednick
Christopher Hemming
CXO
CABIT
W. P. Carey School of Business
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Arizona Governors Office
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Gail Ulan has been the Chief Information Officer for
the Arizona Governor’s Office since early 2003. Prior
to her work at the Governor’s Office, Gail spent over
seven years as the Director of Information Systems at
Gallagher and Kennedy,
PA, one of Arizona’s ten
largest law firms. Prior
to running information
technology organizations,
Gail managed systems
development and support
for a number of local
companies.
Gail holds a Bachelor’s
Degree in Engineering
and Public Policy from
Washington University, St.
Louis, and a M.B.A. degree from Arizona State
University.
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Catholic Healthcare West Information Technology
Kelley Moore is the Senior Director, Finance &
Administrative Systems. She holds a Bachelors
and Masters degree in Mathematics and has over
20 years of information technology experience.
She spent 15 years in management consulting
with Ernst & Young/Cap Gemini where she
developed extensive experience in all facets of
information technology covering multiple
industries, focusing primarily on healthcare
provider and payer clients. In working with
systems and business
processes that were
affected by these
major projects, she is
skilled in balancing
tactical priorities with
the strategic objectives
of an organization.
Five years ago, she
joined Catholic
Healthcare West as an
IT Vice President to
lead the strategic
direction and operations for business systems.
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CDI Corporation
Dr. Suchindran (Chat)
Chatterjeeis an IT Executive
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with CDI Corporation in Phoenix,
AZ and Adjunct Faculty in
Computer Sciences and
Interdisciplinary Studies, Arizona
State University.
The following highlights his
career:
Received the Premier 100 CIO and Information
Technology Leader of 2003 award from
Computerworld Magazine.
Since 1988, he has been Chief Engineer of Digital
Equipment Corporation, I/T Executive at
Nationwide Insurance, and CIO at Mutual of
Omaha and the Bank of Montreal/Harris Bank
(Competix)
Independently Voted as Executive of the Year in
1992 by Insurance and Technology Magazine.
Member of the Dean’s Advisory Council and of the
Hispanic Heritage Committee of Arizona State
University, West
Once held DoD security clearance of Top Secret
SCI for aerospace testing of rockets, missiles, and
jets for the USAF, NASA, and the US Navy.
Has taught Engineering, Computer Sciences,
Management, or Technical Writing either full time
or adjunct at major US universities since 1973.
Many publications of articles in engineering,
computer science, and management. Recently coauthored textbook in computer science on the use
of Six-Sigma methodologies in software
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development AND co-authored a textbook on
“Hammer Texts and Multi-Channel Cryptographic
Algorithms” in English and Russian.
Currently serves on the Boards of Directors of
Entrada Software Corporation, Scottsdale, and the
Tell ’N’ Go Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio. Also
serve on the Customer Advisory Board of Delta
Airlines.
Heavily involved in the community, Native
American, and minority affairs: Active Member in
Rotary International, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
Inc.
Sponsor - Lakota Sioux Native American
Reservation Schools in Chamberlain, South
Dakota 57326
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CDI Corporation
Robert (Rob) Kleier has
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driven technology solutions
since 1991. He began his
career as a programmer
analyst and progressed to
Chief Technology Officer in the
financial services industry. He
joined CDI in September of
2007 as a subject matter
expert in the IT Solutions
business development group. His current
responsibilities include crafting solutions for clients
and supporting the sales organization across the
United States.
Mr. Kleier holds a BS in Computer Science from
Northern Kentucky University and a MBA from the
Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins
College. He also served his country for 4 years in the
United States Marine Corp.
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Conseco
Russ Bostick joined
Conseco in February 2005
as executive vice president
and chief information officer
(CIO) of the company. In
August 2008 he was
promoted to executive vice
president, technology and
operations. Bostick is now
responsible for all enterprise
technology and operations
shared services. This includes IT, policyholder
service, non-LTC claims, and records and print
management services for the Conseco Insurance
companies and Bankers Life & Casualty Company.
Bostick is also responsible for the IT that supports
Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company.
Before joining Conseco, Bostick served for seven
years as chief technology officer of Chase Insurance,
the insurance arm of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. During
this time, Bostick served as CIO for Zurich Life U.S.,
where he led an IT organization through two
transformations in less than one year, as Bank One
and then Chase ultimately acquired the company. In
his role as CIO, he delivered substantial improvement
in targeted areas and managed a team spanning
several locations and serving multiple markets,
products and channels.
Before Chase, Bostick was chief technology officer for
Corporate Software & Technology, a licensed software
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reseller in Norwood, Massachusetts.
Previously, Bostick held key technology positions at
CNA Insurance from 1994-1997, and at IBM from
1979-1994. While at IBM, he was introduced to the
financial services industry, serving for three years as
the client executive for CNA.
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Bostick holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry and
mathematics from Wabash College, and an MBA in
marketing from the University of Chicago. He served
as Chair of the Board of Governors for Lumity, a
nonprofit finance and technology resource for
nonprofit organizations, and continues to chair its
fund-raising committee.
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CXO Member
Fawn Medesha is a member of CXO and the
former Chief Information
Officer at IMH, where she was
responsible for company-wide
information technology
strategy, investments and
operations; she was also a
member of the executive
management team in charge
of operations. She was
experienced in successfully
leading the technology for
companies through periods of phenomenal change
and growth. Prior to joining IMH, Ms. Medesha
worked 20 years for DMB Associates, Inc. a private
real estate development company where she
established both the accounting and technology
departments, holding the positions of Vice President
of Information Services and Controller. Prior to that,
Ms. Medesha was Assistant Controller and
Operational Project Manager for a real estate
developer where she managed Pinetop Lakes in
Northern Arizona, construction of office buildings and
industrial parks and developed a real estate financial
modeling application. Ms. Medesha holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in Business Administration with an
Accounting major from Arizona State University. She
holds a PMP certification and is a member of the CXO
CIO Group, Women in Technology International
Global Executive Network and the Project
Management Institute.
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CXO Member
Alexis Megeath is a
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CXO Member, former AVP
of IT for Scottsdale
Insurance Company (a
Nationwide Insurance
Company). Prior to
joining Scottsdale
Insurance Company,
Alexis worked for
American Express for
over seventeen years.
Her responsibilities
included managing a
$320M program to reengineering the "heart" of
American Express' IT infrastructure driving
approximately $300 M in benefits for the company. In
addition, she lead new business/product development
initiatives throughout United States, Canada,
Germany, Switzerland, France, UK, and Brazil.
Alexis has a BS in Industrial Engineering and is a
Certified Teacher of English as a Foreign Language.
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CYTEC Engineered Materials, Inc.
Mike Cuendet, the CYTEC’s IT Director, oversees
all IT activities at CEM and leads the development
and execution of a robust IT strategy for the business.
After serving several years as contractor for Fiberite,
Cuendet joined CYTEC in 2003 as IT Manager,
Finance and Application Development for CEM and
was promoted to IT Director in 2006. Based in
Tempe, he reports to the Vice President of Information
Technology with a dotted line reporting relationship to
the President. Cuendet directs 30 employees and
outside contractors.
The IT organization has been
instrumental in several strategic
implementations throughout
CYTEC. For example, they
have been instrumental in shop
floor automation, systems
integration, ad-hoc reporting
support with COGNOS, and
management of the internal networking infrastructure.
Cuendet earned a bachelor’s degree in Accounting at
Arizona State University and an MBA in Information
Technology from Western International University,
Phoenix.
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Enopoly.net
Eric Olsen is an
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experienced IT / Business
professional, currently
overhauling and re-launching
Enopoly.net. This is a B2B
platform for the M&A
community, investors and
business owners who are
interested in selling. Eric has
over 25 years in the IT
channel with companies such
as MicroAge, Avnet, Insight plus Enterprise
Application development and deployment firms.
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Fender
As the CIO at Fender Musical Instrument Michael
Spandau orchestrated the remediation efforts
related to Fender’s SAP implementation and lead the
IT Organization for the last 3 years. Prior to joining
Fender, Michael
worked for twelve
(12) years at
Deloitte
Consulting,
leading complex
international
ERP
implementations
for a diverse
international
business
clientele. Prior to
Deloitte Consulting Michael worked for Shell
Chemicals in Europe and on Worldbank projects
located in Somalia and Indonesia. Michael holds a
diploma in Computer Science with special focus on
Business Economics from the Hochschule
Reutlingen, Germany.
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
Bertrand Odinet has served as Vice
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President and Chief Information Officer of
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold since
2003. Since joining Freeport-McMoRan
Copper and Gold in 1995 Bert has
assumed responsibilities in corporate IT,
operational improvement, merger integration and
financial shared services. Prior to joining FCX, Bert
held several management positions with Arthur
Andersen and Andersen Consulting where he was a
management consultant in the manufacturing,
aerospace and defense, and oil and gas industries.
He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from
Louisiana State University.
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Head/Penn Racket Sports
A native New Yorker, Tony Caesar received his
BBA in Computer Systems from Bernard Baruch
College of the City University of New York. Tony, now
a resident of Phoenix, has spent the last 14 years in
the employ of Head/Penn Racquet Sports.
During his 14 year stint at
Head/Penn Racquet Sports,
Tony held several positions
from the Director of MIS, I/S
Director of HTM East Coast,
CIO and his current position
of CIO/Director Distribution.
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As CIO, Tony has spent a
significant amount of time working with every division,
business unit and departments which are part of the
HTM group. That experience has helped him to
manage several successful implementations of SAP
within Head’s several North American business units.
Tony also serves as a member of Head Penn Racquet
Sports senior management team which makes all
critical operational decisions.
Prior to his years at Head/Penn Racquet Sports, Tony
has held consulting and project management roles in
several firms.
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Intel
Joshua Cork is currently a
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Business Intelligence Manager
inside of Intel Corporation’s
Customer Fulfillment Planning
and Logistics Group. Joshua’s
team develops analytics,
reporting, and transactional
tools for the supply chain,
specifically focusing on
warehousing and
transportation. Joshua has an
undergraduate degree in Computer Information
Systems and a Master’s degree in Information
Management both from Arizona State University.
Joshua joined Intel right out of ASU and has worked
in the Supply Chain group at Intel corporation since
graduating 9 years ago.
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Medicis
Ralph Loura is Sr. Vice
President, Information
Technology for Medicis where
he is responsible for the
company's worldwide use of
information technology. In this
role, Mr. Loura leads Medicis’
information technology
organization and directs the
company’s strategic
technology initiatives in support
of Medicis’ goal of delighting its customers.
Since joining Medicis in 2006, Mr. Loura has been
instrumental in transforming the IT organization from a
purely service based technical support function to a
strong business partner driving value through a
myriad of methods including; a successful deployment
of the company’s first enterprise class ERP system,
(implementing SAP across Finance, Purchasing,
Supply-Chain and HR functions), performing vital
systems infrastructure improvements, and a series of
process improvements designed to enable Medicis’
IT organization to transform its core operations into a
strategic competitive advantage for the company.
Prior to joining Medicis, Mr. Loura held a variety of IT
executive leadership positions at firms such as
Symbol Technologies, Cisco Systems, Lucent
Technologies: Bell Labs Research and AT&T Network
Systems. Most recently, Mr. Loura served as CIO for
Symbol Technologies prior to that company being
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acquired by Motorola. While in that role he was
responsible for overall IT strategy and execution for a
$1.7 billion a year enterprise with 5,000+ world wide
employees. While at Symbol Mr. Loura led a
successful $100 million business transformation
initiative which included several large scale SAP
implementations, a client services outsourcing
initiative, application services and support off-shoring
and an enterprise mobility program.
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Mr. Loura received a master’s degree in computer
science from Northwestern University and a
bachelor’s in computer science-mathematics from
Saint Joseph's College. Mr. Loura serves on several
customer advisory boards, and is involved in
furthering the practice of Technology Leadership
through a number of CIO councils and peer-based
organizations.
Mr. Loura lives in Scottsdale, AZ with his wife and four
children.
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Meritage Homes
Chris Filandro is Vice
President and CIO of
Meritage Homes where he is
responsible for all aspects of
the Information Technology
organization. Mr. Filandro
has been with Meritage
Homes since 2004 where he
helped transform the
Information Technology
group through significant
changes in the way the
organization managed
technology. Mr. Filandro led
several strategic efforts including comprehensive IT
Governance, Consolidated Data Center Management
and Operations, Comprehensive ERP Solution
(Financial Management, Homebuilding Operations
Management, Sales Contract Management, Lead and
Prospect Management, Design Center Options
Management and Business Intelligence), Centralized
Service and Support, Information Security and
Standards, IP Telephony Solution and Procurement
Standards. In addition to the many technology efforts
completed under the leadership of Mr. Filandro, he
has been successful in assembling a highly effective
technology team operating under a common set of
metrics that identify value to the business while
providing important trending information to the
technology groups. Prior to Meritage Homes Mr.
Filandro has held various senior level technology
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positions throughout his 16 year career covering
several different vertical markets including Financial
Services, Manufacturing, Technology and
Construction. Mr. Filandro holds an MBA in Finance
and a Bachelors of Science in Business from Western
International University where he graduated Cum
Laude. Mr. Filandro also holds ITIL Certifications for
both Executive and Foundations. Mr. Filandro is an
Adjunct Professor teaching business classes to
graduate and undergraduate students.
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City of Mesa
Alex Deshuk, PMP, is the
Manager of Technology and
Innovation for the City of Mesa, AZ
and is a direct report to the City
Manager. He oversees a
combined team of 195 employees
and an operating budget of
approximately $30 million. His
teams include the Information
Technology Department,
Communications Division and the
Management Performance and Accountability Office. He is
responsible for championing new and existing initiatives
that streamline operations and improve customer service
as well as overseeing complex organizational change
projects including technology and vertical business
applications.
Prior to joining Mesa, Alex was the Western region director
and a managing partner with EMA Inc., a 200 person,
specialized consulting firm, providing information
technology and business management services for
government, utility and manufacturing organizations across
North America. He established his leadership and
technology skills as an Assistant Vice President for
Citibank, NA, managing the national team responsible for
the conversion and migration of state “community” banks
into the national technology and business model.
Alex holds a BS in Business and Information Systems from
the University of Phoenix, with additional undergraduate
work in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and
Electronics,and is a certified Project Management
Professional (PMP)SM.
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P.F. Chang’s
John A. Johnson has
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served as Chief Information
Officer of the Company since
January 2006. Prior to
January 2006, Mr. Johnson
served as Director of
Information Services for the
Company since joining P.F.
Chang's China Bistro, Inc. in
June 2002. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. Johnson served
as Director of Information Services for Papa John's
International, Inc.
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Perot Systems
Ranjan Misra is the Director of Business
Development for Perot Systems Corporation. Mr.
Misra is a 27-year veteran of the Information
Technology industry. Having worked for companies
like IBM, EDS (now HP Enterprise Services), and
Perot Systems, he has stayed on the front lines in
helping clients succeed through solutions aligned to
their specific situations. As the IT industry has gone
through quite an evolution, Ranjan’s main focus has
been helping businesses
keep up with the challenges
of technology currency and
relevance. Ranjan is
passionate about improving
the economy by helping
clients through financial
optimization,
Transformation, and IT
Innovation. Throughout his
career Ranjan has been
focused on the client and their
unique needs to help bring together the best solutions
which exactly meet those needs.
In his current role, Ranjan interacts with senior
business executives and IT leaders to determine
precisely what is needed to meet their goals and
objectives. He leads teams of subject matter experts
and specialists to develop solutions by leveraging
industry best practices, strategic partnerships, and
employing best in class processes. Ranjan works with
the clients to develop the business framework to
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deliver those solutions. He has cultivated satisfied
clients across a number of industries including Travel
and Transportation (Airlines, Cruise lines, Car Rental),
Insurance and Financial Services, Retail and
Consumer Packaged Goods, Manufacturing,
Chemicals, Professional Services, State and Local
Government, Education K-12, and Advertising. The
rapid pace of evolution in the IT industry keeps
Ranjan excited about future innovations that further
his ability to deliver value-added solutions to clients
worldwide.
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Ranjan holds a bachelors degree in Computer
Science from Florida International University, and has
attended numerous executive education programs
offered by leading universities.
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SIM, Arizona Chapter
Kevin Sauer is the President of the Arizona Chapter of
SIM and has over 25 years of global experience
working in several different industries with
responsibilities across the US, Asia, Mexico, and
Europe. During this time he
has been responsible for
areas including Information
Technology, Engineering,
Quality Assurance, HSE
(Health, Safety &
Environment) and other areas
within Operations. His
diversified background and
international experience has
enabled him to better
understand the needs of organizations and lead
cross-functional teams to continuously improve
processes that help drive revenue.
Mr. Sauer currently sits on two non-profit Board of
Directors. Previously he was the Vice President,
Chief Information Officer for Merchants Information
Solutions and before that was the Corporate Vice
President of Information Technology for Suntron
Corporation.
Mr. Sauer holds a BS degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Sogeti, USA
Rupa Chenthil is a
Recruiting and
Resource Allocation
Manager at Sogeti
USA. She has been
recruiting in the valley
for the past 6 years.
She is always looking
for IT talents in the
Phoenix market and maintains a good long term
relationship with them for their future career goal.
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Sogeti, USA
Tiffany Nguyenis a Principal
Consultant at Sogeti, USA. She
is also the Information Worker
Solutions Practice Lead for the
company’s Phoenix office. Prior
to specializing in Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server, she
worked on large-scale
international E-Commerce
solutions. Since then, she has
architected and implemented
many SharePoint portal solutions
for clients of all sizes and industries including oil,
banking, constructions, semiconductor, and software
makers. She also frequently works with decision
makers to craft comprehensive IT solutions that help
companies achieve their long-term goals.
Besides working for clients, Tiffany manages her
Information Worker Solutions team which is
comprised of local talented developers. She also
serves as the external voice for the IW practice
including interfacing with partners and clients and
doing presentations at local and national IT
conferences. She also works with the Sogeti
management team to develop and refine practice
strategies, operating, marketing, staffing, profitability...
Tiffany is a graduate of the Master of Science in
Information Management at Arizona State University.
She is also the President and Chief Editor of the nonprofit organization But-Tre that produces the
Vietnamese magazine “But Tre Magazine” (http://
www.buttre.org).
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US Airways
Todd Christy is the Vice
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President, Business
Technology for US Airways.
In this new position,Todd
oversees systems that
support the airline’s
employees and also
manages information
technology support for the
Finance and Accounting,
Human Resources, Revenue Management, Data
Warehouse, Baggage, Cargo and Online Marketing
teams. He leads approximately 150 employees
responsible for the development and delivery of
technology applications for these seven critical
business functions. Todd reports to Senior Vice
President and Chief Information Officer Brad Jensen.
Most recently, Todd held the position of Managing
Director, Technology Delivery. In 2005, Todd was
promoted to Managing Director, Infrastructure and
Security, where he played a significant role in
modernizing the infrastructure for US Airways’ data
centers, airports and network and. He also played a
lead role in the implementation of the company’s new
Human Resource management system, nextgeneration customer Web site and the Employee
Travel Center.
Todd began his career with US Airways in 2001 as
Director, Infrastructure and Security with America
West Airlines. He brought more than 18 years of
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experience in Information Technology to the airline,
including 11 years with Honeywell International.
Christy earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in
Business and Economics from Iowa State University.
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US Airways
Troy Fernwalt is currently
the Managing Director of IT
Architecture for US Airways.
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Troy’s team is currently
developing solutions for the
airline’s ancillary revenue
initiatives. They are
developing a Services
Oriented Architecture (SOA)
strategy including the
Enterprise Message Hub project. The Enterprise
Message Hub consists of central enterprise services,
an enterprise service bus and operational data stores
which are the heart of the airlines future strategic
technology direction.
Troy started his airline career with America West
Airlines in 1988 as a front line employee working in
Airport Customer Service, Reservations, Inflight and
the Training department. He has held a variety of IT
leadership roles with America West and US Airways
including Senior Manager IT Strategic Planning,
Senior Manager Airport Automation, Director of Sales
and Marketing Technology, Managing Director of
Airport and Reservations System Technology and the
Managing Director of Airline Operations Architecture
and Systems Development.
He was the Program Director for a variety of critical
strategic projects including:
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• Reservation System Migration – As a result of
the US Airways and America West merger,
moved the company to a single reservations
system (EDS Shares). The project migrated 6
million PNRs and 9 million electronic tickets.
This 14 month project included a new interface
to a flight operations system and an automated
reissue tool. The project was delivered 3 days
early and $1M under budget with a total outage
time of less than 2 hours.
• americawest.com/usairways.com Site Re-write
– Complete system rewrite to an MS .NET
platform.
• Internet and Frequent Flyer migration – Moved
US Airways/America West onto a single Web
site and frequent flyer platform.
• Airport Technology – In-house developed most
of US Airway’s airport technology including self
service kiosks, gate readers and Flight
Information Display systems.
Troy holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a
Master’s degree in Computer Information Systems
from Arizona State University. He has been a
Computer Information Systems Adjunct Professor at a
local college since 1995. He has served on the
following Boards/Committees:
Star Alliance – Project Management Advisory
Group (PMA)
Star Alliance – Architecture Advisory Group
Paradise Valley College Business Advisory
Board
Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Central Arizona –
Board Member
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UT Medicine San Antonio/
University of Texas School
of Medicine San Antonio
Michael Walter is
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the Chief Technology
Officer and EMR/PM
Technical Director for
UT Medicine San
Antonio/University of
Texas School of
Medicine San Antonio.
He has direct oversight
over the Project Management Office, DBA,
Development and Interface teams and provides the
technical direction and vision for information
technology within UT Medicine as a whole. Michael
has been influential in developing business continuity
and disaster recovery while directing a tripling of the
UTMSA production technology footprint as part of
their first Electronic Medical Records deployment. He
comes to UT Medicine with over 20 years of IT
experience in the healthcare, financial, construction
and biotechnology industries.
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VanDerBosch Doors
Michel Hanet is CIO and founder of
VanDenBosch Doors. Before creating this
company in 2005, he was CIO of Prudential
Real Estate and Relocation in Scottsdale.
Before moving to Arizona in 2002, he was
Divisional CIO at Prudential Financial in New
Jersey. Prior to that he was Vice President of
Information Systems at the Chase Manhattan
Bank in New York from 1986 to1997 where he
established himself as a trading floor
technology innovator. Mr. Hanet has a M.B.A.
from Louisiana State University and a M.S.
Electrical Engineer from the State University of
Ghent in Belgium. He lives in Fountain Hills
with his wife and two children.
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The Organizers
Julie Smith David is an
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Associate Professor in the
W. P. Carey School of
Business at Arizona State
University, the Director of
the Center for Advancing
Business through IT
(CABIT), and the Editor-inChief of the AAACommons.
She gained industry
experience as an Andersen Consultant and
then as the Director of IT for one of her clients.
Since returning to academics, she has built
upon those experiences by performing
research focused on enterprise applications
(both traditionally delivered and those offered
as services), their design, and how they can
provide value to companies adopting them.
Chris Hemming graduated
from Brigham Young University,
Idaho and worked as a Senior
Vice President for a privately
held telecommunications
software firm based in Las
Vegas. In 2007, Chris became
business partners, with Jay
Allen, founder of CXO. He and
Jay currently host over 80
private lunches a year with
Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 executives.
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With many thanks to the industry leaders!
• Arizona Governor’s Office, Gail Ulan
• Catholic Healthcare West - Information Technology,
Kelley Moore
• CDI, Suchindran “Chat” Chatterjee
• CDI, Robert Kleier
• Conseco, Russ Bostick
• CXO Member, Fawn Medesha
• CXO Member, Alexis Megeath
• CYTEC, Mike Cuendet
• Enopoly.net, Eric Olsen
• Fender Musical Instrument, Michael Spandau
• Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold, Bertrand
Odinet
• Head/Penn Racket Sports, Tony Caesar
• Intel, Joshua Cork
• Medicis, Ralph Loura
• Meritage Homes, Chris Filandro
• Mesa (City of), Alex Deshuk
• P. F. Chang’s, John Johnson
• Perot Systems, •
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SIM - Arizona Chapter, Kevin Sauer
Sogeti, Tiffany Nguyen
Sogeti, Rupa Chenthil
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