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December 2-37:30am-4:30pmSheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention CenterResearch Triangle Park, NC

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Welcome to the CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit

On behalf of The Board of Directors and members of the North Carolina Chapter of SIM (Society for Information Management), our keynote speakers and our esteemed Advisory Council, we would like to welcome you to the 7th Annual CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit. It is intended to benefit CIOs and Senior IT Executives throughout the Carolinas on an annual basis.

This conference is produced by and for the leading CIOs and IT Executives throughout the Carolinas. The conference was developed in conjunction with the Executive Advisory Council members in direct response to the concerns and critical topics of interest from CIOs and Senior IT Executives throughout the region. We are confident you will gain practical solutions to assist you with your business challenges.

At this year’s conference we have the unique opportunity for panel discussions and presentations that state problems and solutions in areas specific to the challenges faced by professionals in this region. You will have the opportunity to meet colleagues and leaders from businesses, government agencies, professional organizations, healthcare and academic institutions throughout the State of North Carolina. This will give you the opportunity to develop relationships and strengthen your business and economic environment through IT solutions.

Established in 1968, the Society for Information Management (SIM) is a not-for-profit world-wide professional association comprised of Information Technology (IT) leaders, including CIO’s, CTO’s, Directors and other key professionals within the IT community. SIM members represent a range of organizations, including business, consulting, and the academic community. SIM provides its diverse membership with the unique opportunity to pool their insights, the result: access to international IT perspectives, continuing professional development opportunities and an elite network of peer resources.

The North Carolina Area Chapter of SIM, working closely with SIM international, fosters management education, best practices and sharing among IT leaders working in the region. We achieve this through periodic meetings, dinners, conferences and company sponsored visits and tours.

THE NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER OF SIM IS ONCE AGAIN PROUD TO SPONSOR THE LARGEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS GATHERING OF CIO’S AND SENIOR IT EXECUTIVES

IN THE CAROLINAS.

Marc Di FranciscoPresident & CEO

CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit

Dennis DanielPresident

North Carolina Chapter of SIM

Ed GallowayConference Director

CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit

IT Solutions for Business ProblemsAgenda

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

7:00AM REGISTRATION – Foyer

7:00AM-8:15AM PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/BUFFET BREAKFAST

8:15AM-8:30AM WELCOMESalon IV Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit

PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONDennis Daniel, Conference Director; President, NC Chapter of SIM;VP ITS, NC Mutual Life Insurance Company

8:30AM-9:30AM OPENING KEYNOTE – “OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: A POWERFUL MODEL FOR Salon IV INNOVATION AND VALUE”

Presented by: Michael Tiemann, VP, Open Source Affairs, Red Hat, Inc.Discussion: For more than a decade open source and Linux have helped to significantly transform the economics of IT. Fueled by an enduring collaborative model, it has had far reaching affects on the value of enterprise computing and innovation. In his talk, Michael Tieman, VP, Open Source Affairs, Red Hat, will draw on the needs of today’s CIOs and map the adoption of open source in the enterprise. As we look ahead, hear how Red Hat is helping customers realize better performance from development to deployment, not just through Linux, but through a deeper open source strategy.

9:30AM-10:00AM BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

10:00AM-11:00AMSession 1 “NEXT GENERATION IT: VIRTUALIZATION FOR DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION – Salon I ACHIEVING ARCHITECTURAL AGILITY AND PROCESS STABILITY WITH VIRTUALIZATION STRATEGIES”

Moderated by: Paul Penny, CTO, Consonus TechnologiesPanelist: Rob McIsaac, Group VP & CIO, First Citizens BancShares Discussion: CIOs and IT leaders are under ever-increasing pressure to rapidly develop and deliver innovative solutions to meet the changing needs and scale of the business. Meanwhile, they are also expected to deliver higher levels of service at lower cost.Achieving these seemingly conflicting objectives require a combination of architecture and process improvements and advancement strategies that enable cost effective Consolidations, Systems Manageability, Service Availability and Business Continuance/Disaster Recovery. In this session, better understand trends and best practices for increasing IT Agility through architectural improvements, while also improving reliability, service levels and business alignment through process improvements. Panelists will share their experiences with evolving IT Architectures and Virtualization strategies.

Session 2 “UNLOCKING BUSINESS VALUE: A DISCUSSION OF INTEGRATED DATA Salon VI MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO INCREASE COLLABORATION, INCREASE

EFFICIENCY, REDUCE RISKS, AND CONTROL COSTS”Moderated by: Patrick Keaton, Information Management Executive, IBMPanelist: Eric Offenberg, CIPP & Business Development Manager, IBMDiscussion: Integrated Data Management (IDM) provides an integrated, modular data management environment to design, develop, deploy, operate, optimize and govern data, databases, and data-driven applications. Solutions and best practices to enable collaboration and organizational productivity while improving quality of service, cost of ownership, and governance will be discussed.These strategies span applications, databases and platforms from mainframes and open systems to custom, packaged and legacy applications.

Marc Di Francisco

Dennis Daniel

Michael Tiemann

Paul Penny

Rob McIsaac

Patrick Keaton

Eric Offenberg

Session 3 “IT GOVERNANCE: A CASE STUDY FOR THE PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION AT Empire A-B SIEMENS POWER”

Presented By: Greg Turner, VP & CIO, Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc. Panelist: Alan Tope, Board Member, NC Chapter of SIMDiscussion: Beginning in early 2007 and continuing into 2008, Siemens undertook a major initiative to address material weaknesses in its corporate governance and internal control systems. While many compliance programs directly impacted IT systems and controls, there was not a clear mandate coming from Munich that IT had the authority to make compliance related control updates. By mid-2007 it was clear that SPT&D’s already limited IT resources would have to be re-allocated from divisional user requested work in order to support the rapidly expanding role for IT in developing internal control systems.Problems included; lack of effective planning, IT resource allocations and structural concerns. Here about the implementation and evaluation including; things done right, things done wrong and the next steps.

11:00AM-11:30AM BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

11:30AM-12:30PMSession 1 “OPTIMIZING THE VALUE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN ACHIEVING Salon I BUSINESS SUCCESS”

Moderated by: Julie Batchelor, Deputy State Controller, State of North CarolinaPanelists: Robert Terry, Chief of Plans & Implementations, Pope AFB

Kathy Bromead, PMP, Director Enterprise Project Management Office, NC Office of Information Technology Services Michael Collins, PMP, Executive Project Manager, IBM Project Management Center of Excellence

Discussion: Organizations world-wide experience tremendous benefits through successful delivery of projects. Many organizations leverage Project and Program Management Organizations (PMO’s) to standardize project management, execute projects and programs, and implement portfolio management. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to hear how organizations are optimizing the value of PMO’s in achieving business success. Join Julie Batchelor as she leads an interactive discussion: How does your PMO contribute to achieving your organization’s business success? Are you getting the most value from your PMO? Are there opportunities for improvement?

Session 2 “LEVERAGING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IN A DOWN ECONOMY”Salon VI Moderated by: Dan Russell, Vice President, CIBER, Inc.

Panelists: Craig Miller, CIO, Hollywood Video & Movie Gallery Manish Sharma, Principal Consultant Enterprise Integration Practice, CIBER, Inc. Dr. Rick Kochhar, Formerly Wachovia Business Executive Risk Information Strategy

Discussion: In a growing market companies leverage business intelligence / data warehousing to help drive top line revenue growth, measure overall corporate performance and optimize the business operations. In a down economy the business needs change to cost reduction, operational efficiency and customer service. Attend this interactive panel of a business executive, an IT executive and a BI Industry expert to hear from three different perspectives on how to leverage business intelligence to deliver business value during the down economy. Topics for discussion

will include:• Business Executive View – What type of analytics is the business looking for to better manage the business in the down economy?• IT Executive View – How can IT address the need for business intelligence in a shorter amount of time on a limited budget?• BI Industry Expert View – Best practices for delivering affordable BI solutions

Session 3 “WORKSHOP: “IMPROVING YOUR EFFECTIVENESS – A WORKSHOP DEDICATED TO Empire A-B YOUR SUCCESS”

Facilitated by: Alan Guibord, Chairman & Founder, The Advisory Council (TAC) and former CEO, Computerworld, former CIO, R.R. Donnelley & Sons

Discussion: This executive session is designed to be a group learning experience based on career management challenges. This workshop will include a group work session based on actual career situations. Each group will present its findings, followed by open discussion and sharing of ideas. In addition, the actual results of the situation will be presented. Learn from the experts as well as your peers.

Dan Russell

Manish Sharma

Craig Miller

Dr. Rick Kochhar

Julie Batchelor

Kathy Bromead

Robert Terry

Michael Collins

Alan Guibord

12:30PM-2:00PM LUNCHEON KEYNOTE - “HOW DOES MY CMDB HELP IN AN ECONOMIC Salon IV HURRICANE?”

Moderated by: Ian Rowlands, Sr. Director Product Management Metadata, ASG Software Panelist: William S. O’Connor, ASG Regional VP Sales, Southeastern, ASG SoftwareDiscussion: As this year developed, financial storm clouds gathered, and it might reasonably be

argued that we are now in a financial hurricane. Typically when it rains on the enterprise it pours on the CIO! It may be that there are some rays of sunshine however … The CMDB is one technology that may be a key enabler as the CIO seeks to help the business weather the storm and come through stronger. This presentation reviews the background and discusses specific use cases in which the CMDB can support the CIO in addressing key 2009 priorities.

2:00PM-2:30PM DESSERT – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

2:30PM-3:30PM KEYNOTE – “DLP – ANOTHER PIECE IN THE PUZZLE”Salon IV Presented by: David Brown, Principal Consultant, Security Solutions, Forsythe Solutions

Group Discussion: Advances in technology and new regulatory requirements have many organizations considering Data Loss Prevention (DLP) projects. In order to make the most of a DLP investment there are some factors and relationships to other programs that should be considered. This presentation will review the essential pre-purchase steps including requirement definition and business objectives then move on to deployment considerations and integration stages. Connections to related processes such as Data Classification, Incident Management, and even eDiscovery will be examined.When properly selected, deployed and managed, DLP technologies can play a significant role in enforcing policy and become a useful piece in the overall puzzle of a security program.

3:30PM-3:45PM BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

3:45PM-4:45PMSession 1 “SELLING IT PROJECTS TO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM”Salon I Moderated by: Jim Kinney, CIO (Ret.), Kraft Foods, Inc.

Panelists: Paul Johnson, EVP & CIO, BB&TArt McCann, CIO, Highwoods PropertiesVijay Verma, Vice Chancellor for IT & CIO, NC A&T State UniversityCarl Williams, CIO (Ret.), Principal Financial Group

Discussion: This panel will provide an insight into how their organizations determine needs, evaluate suppliers and propose IT projects; the advantages of a solution “specific” project or a system wide implementation. Hear real examples from the CIOs themselves.

Session 2 “BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IN A TOUGH ECONOMY: MINIMIZING YOUR INVESTMENTS Salon VI AND MAXIMIZING YOUR RETURNS”

Moderated by: Kevin Cook, SMSP Server Solution Specialist, Microsoft CorporationPanelists: Ed White, Manager IT, Kaba Ilco Corporation

Steve Morgan, Information Management Architecture, Duke EnergyMartin E. Glasmacher, Jr., President, Voith IT Solutions, Inc., North America

Discussion: Can your organization afford a complete BI solution? The question really should be, can your organization afford not to? In these trying times, making the right business decisions is even more critical for organizations of every size and people in all roles. To make better decisions, you need to have the right information, at the right time and in the right format. See how three local companies are driving business performance through dashboards, scorecards, reporting and analytics leveraging investments they’ve already made in Microsoft’s BI Platform based on SQL Server, and Dynamics CRM and ERP suite.

Ian Rowlands

William S. O’Connor

David Brown

Jim Kinney

Art McCann

Paul Johnson

Carl Williams

Kevin Cook

Steve Morgan

Ed White

Martin E. Glasmacher, Jr.

Vijay Verma

Session 3 “THE BUSINESS BENEFITS (MONETARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL) OF ‘GREEN’ IT”Empire A-B Moderated by: Dave Pickens, Principal Field Technologist, Sun Microsystems

Panelist: Bruce Douglas, VP Professional Services, Sun MicrosystemsDiscussion: Fact: power consumption in the datacenter doubled between 2000 and 2005. Today, 25 percent of the average IT budget is consumed by energy costs alone. Some analysts say infrastructure power usage will soon cost more than the hardware itself. Learn how ‘green computing’ can help businesses reduce their power consumption, environmental impact, and energy costs while raising efficiency and increasing ROI. At this session, you’ll hear case studies of how Sun has helped leading business enterprises transform their technology infrastructure into

industry-leading, energy-efficient and environmentally responsible data centers that create competitive advantage.

4:45PM EXECUTIVE RECEPTION Salon V Admittance by Conference Badge or VIP Pass Only, Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres and Beverages

Dave Pickens

Bruce Douglas

IT Solutions for Business ProblemsAgenda

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

7:30AM REGISTRATION – Foyer

7:30AM-8:45AM PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/BUFFET BREAKFAST

8:45AM-9:00AM WELCOMESalon IV Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit

PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONEd Galloway, Conference Director; President, Galloway & Associates, Inc.

9:00AM-10:30AM OPENING KEYNOTE – “STRATEGIC BUSINESS VIRTUALIZATION – CREATING AN Salon IV ADAPTIVE ENTERPRISE”

Presented by: Jack Wilson, Enterprise Architect, Asst. VP, Amerisure Mutual Insurance CompanyDiscussion: Virtualization is more than just a concept limited to hardware or software. It is a concept of removing all physical barriers to conducting business. Great strides have been made in terms of virtualizing servers and workstations and this has been a very important development. The question now becomes how wide and deep can we extend the concept of virtualization within an organization and how can it provide a competitive business advantage. Amerisure will be considered as a case study as a company that made the metamorphosis from a typical complex, inflexible, physically limiting infrastructure to a streamlined, flexible and agile virtual infrastructure. We’ll consider the phases and reach of the virtualization of the workstations, servers, mobile notebooks, softphones and information assets (documents, video, audio). This is reality not just theory and we’ll discuss lessons learned and suggestions for making this critical transition in any

organization.

10:30AM-11:00AM BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

11:00AM-NoonSession 1 “LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT – IT’S PERSONAL”Salon 1 Moderated by: Jim Lamoin, Regional Leadership Forum Facilitator

Panelists: Heidi Musser, VP, Enterprise Simplification Program, Blue Cross/Blue ShieldMike Longest, VP, Application Development, First Citizens BankJohn Schulte, Dir., Network Services & Telecommunications, Martin Marietta MaterialsJon Meyer, VP, Business & Technology Solutions, First Citizens Bank

Session 2 “ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0”Salon VI Moderated by: Lee M. Mandell, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Center for Public Technology, School of Government, UNC

Panelists: Dr. Shannon Tufts, Director, Center for Public Technology, School of Government, UNC Todd Nicolet, Associate Dean for IT School of Government, UNC

Discussion: What is the potential of the next generation of web technologies to transform the enterprise, or, at least, to add real value to both public and private organizations? This session will explore both the fundamental concepts and tools of Web 2.0 and provide lots of real-world examples of Web 2.0 in action. If you’re interested in the web as a platform for greater participation, collaboration, productivity, and creativity, then this session will provide the overview you need to proceed. All this good news will then be balanced by an assessment of the risks and challenges in making Web 2.0 actually work in the enterprise.

Marc Di Francisco

Ed Galloway

Jack Wilson

Lee M. Mandell

Todd Nicolet

Dr. Shannon Tufts

Jim Lamoin

John Schulte

Heidi Musser

Jon Meyer

Session 3 “REDUCING COST AND COMPLEXITY WITH VIRTUALIZATION”Empire A-B Moderated by: Ric Noble, Manager, North America Channels, Red Hat, Inc.

Discussion: Are you searching for how to simplify your IT infrastructure? Are you trying to determine how “virtualization” can provide a solution to many of your needs? Understand how decisions focused on virtualization technology allow you to deliver more to your customers, provide IT operational flexibility, all while gaining control over your costs. This session will provide an interactive discussion on defining virtualization, how to evaluate where it fits, how to consider alternatives, all the while providing flexibility and security.

Noon–1:30PM LUNCHEON KEYNOTE – “KNOWING THE HEALTH OF YOUR LINUX ENVIRONMENT: Salon IV BEST PRACTICES FOR OPTIMIZING YOUR DATA CENTER FOR WINDOWS AND USE LINUX ENTERPRISE”

Moderated by : Frank Curran, Director of Business Development, Black Duck SoftwarePanelists : Josh Dorfman, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Novell

Brent Phillips, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Greg Lamm, Director IT, Connexion Technologies

Discussion: In today’s business environment, organizations need the highest levels of IT performance. More and more companies are considering the business risks of running mission critical, data center applications on a self-supported Linux operating systems. The cost of downtime can be tens of thousands to millions of dollars per hour. In today’s fast-paced environment, organizations need the highest levels of performance in their IT systems to maintain a competitive advantage. The cost of downtime can be tens of thousands of dollars to millions of dollars per hour. More and more companies are now considering the risks of running mission critical, data center applications on a self-supported Linux operating system. Managing your environment in this way could pose regulatory, financial, productivity and security risks to business operations. Self-supported operating systems can undermine the integrity and stability of your IT infrastructure. Microsoft and Novell’s Interop Ability partnership, now featuring Black Duck Software, can help you get your Linux infrastructure under control. Join us for an informative discussion that will help your

organization: • Minimize the risks of self-supported Linux and to help organizations get their Linux infrastructure under control. • Automatically analyze the existence and use of self-supported Linux operating systems along with any associated security vulnerabilities within an organization. • Identify the critical information necessary to make informed decisions about their use of self-supported Linux and the risks involved.

1:30PM-2:00PM DESSERT – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

2:00PM-3:00PM CLOSING KEYNOTE PANEL - “C PANEL: IT’S ROLE IN BUSINESS”Salon IV Moderated by: Stephen Crawford, VP IT, Amarr, Inc.

Panelists: Marv Isles, CEO, Böwe Bell & HowellJoe Cooper, COO, First Citizens BankChuck Musciano, CIO, Martin Marietta Materials

Discussion: Four “C” level executives offer their views on the role IT plays in their respective organizations. Hear different perspectives in different industries and the effects that IT makes in the day to day operation and the long term growth.

3:00PM-3:30PM FINAL DRAWINGS AND REFRESHMENTS

3:30PM CONFERENCE ENDS

Frank Curran

Brent Phillips

Josh Dorfman

Greg Lamm

Stephen Crawford

Chuck Musciano

Marv Isles

NC Chapter

Conference DirectorsConference Directors Dennis Daniel Ed Galloway

President President NC Chapter of SIM Galloway & Associates

Executive Advisory CouncilExecutive Advisory CouncilPaul Johnson George Bakolia Chuck Musciano

EVP & CIO CIO VP ISBB&T State of North Carolina Martin Marietta

Bob Larimer Bob Brinson Art McCannVP IS CIO Dir. IT Operations

Boddie-Noell Enterprises NC Dept of Corrections Highwoods Properties

Mike Taylor Bill Willis Mark Paxton CIO Deputy CIO CIO

Pitt County State of North Carolina NC Dept. of Transportation

Ryan Draughn Lisa Sipe Vijay VermaCIO CIO Vice Chancellor IT & CIO

NC League of Municipalities Global Knowledge Network NC A&T State University

Ron Ridge William Golden Jim WestVP IT & CIO CIO Director Systems

Böwe Bell & Howell NC Dept. of Treasury Consolidated Diesel

Stephen Crawford Lenny Superville, Ph.D. Larry ConradVP IT CIO Vice Chancellor & CIO

Amarr, Inc. NC Office of the State Auditor NC State University

Bob Morrison William Shook Tim Ammons Mgr. Applications EVP CTO

Lord Corporation Strategic Technologies eCast Corporation

Barbara Weaver Shannon Tufts, Ph.D. Carl WilliamsCIO & Director Professor SVP & CIO (Ret.)Guilford County UNC School of Government Principal Financial Group

Jim Kinney Henry Schaffer Gray CassellCIO (Ret.) Special IT Projects Director Director IS

Kraft Foods, Inc. NC State University Town of Kernersville

Bob Cottrell Don Gillett Greg MarrowDirector IT Division Director IT CIO

Employment Security Comm. ElectriCities of NC NC Central University

Ben Holder Michael Basham Randy ConeCIO Director ITS Supt. Patient Financial

Marsh Furniture Company City of Wilson WakeMed

LTC Lionel Earl Jon Meyer Nancy Lowe Inspector General’s Office VP Bus. & Tech. Solutions CIO Pope AFB First Citizens Bank State Dept. of Justice

Julie Batchelor Tim Gabel Greg Turner Asst. State Controller VP Survey & Computing Sciences VP & CIO NC Office of the State Controller RTI International Siemens Power Trans. & Distrib., Inc.

Alan Best Michael Jensen Dan Russell VP Infrastructure Svcs. Director IT VP Business Development Stratapult Rho, Inc. CIBER

William Pappas Dr. Lee Mandell Robert Terry SVP & CIO Adjunct Professor Chief of Plans & Implementation Alliance One UNC School of Government Pope AFB

Ben McLawhorn Earl Bunting Steve Woody Risk Mitigation Svcs. Mgr. Director ITS Assoc. CIO Office of the State Controller City of Jacksonville Duke Translational Medical Institute

John McCarley LTC Bradley Barnhart Rick Leggett SVP IT Commanding Officer President, Triangle Chapter BB&T 43rd Comm. Sqdrn. – Pope AFB BDPA

Marc Hoit, Ph.D. Chris Romano Alan Tope Vice Chancellor, IT Director IT Financial Chair University of NC Ward & Smith, PA NC Chapter of SIM

Rex Wilder Jimmy Derrick IT Director Manager of Information City of Greenville AlphaVax, Inc.

The CIO Forum and Executive IT Summit wishes to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of our Conference

Directors and our esteemed Executive Advisory Council. Without their dedication and commitment to develop

this conference for CIOs and Executive IT Professionals, this Forum would not be of the caliber it is today.

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In today’s competitive environment you need the highest levels of performance to maintain your edge. The cost of downtime can be tens of thousands of dollars per hour, to millions on the high end. Self-supported Linux, which poses significant financial, productivity and security risks, is making its way into the data center. This can undermine the integrity of your IT infrastructure. Microsoft and Novell, leading suppliers of IT infrastructure, and Black Duck Software, leading provider for finding and identifying Linux and open source software, are teaming up to help you minimize the risks of self-supported Linux and to help you get your Linux infrastructure under control. The unique value provided by this program comes from the technology and service leadership of Microsoft, Novell,

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