SIM NJ 2009/2010 Kickoff Meeting

The Bionic CIO:

Rebuilt to be better, stronger, faster.

Program Description:

Over the last ten years the role of the CIO has experienced a pendulum swing from technology leader to business leader. This shift has prompted countless programs surrounding “What the C-Suite Wants Now”.  CIOs are pressured to reinvent and upgrade themselves with each new trend.  The last two years have compounded challenges demanding severe “budget efficiencies” for sitting CIOs and those seeking their next opportunity.

How do we keep up?  How do we keep pace?

SIM NJ has compiled a panel of four experts – two nationally recognized executive search professionals and two executive coaches – who have agreed to a no holds barred discussion about the current market and how CIOs can develop into a Bionic CIO.  These panelists have worked closely with Fortune 50 CEOs and they have agreed to coach-not coddle our SIM members as to: the importance of navigating change gracefully, what skills and traits are the most critical to develop and display, why succession planning and your team are so important to your career advancement, how to gain external visibility to have recruiters calling you, how to break into the business inner sanctum, and when it’s time to get over yourself or take your toys and go home.

Our discussion will help you to figure out how to reinvent yourself once again and yet remain authentic to who you are.  You will have tactical action items you can begin to implement the very next day and strategic goals to work toward which, if achieved, would put you at the top of your game – a Bionic CIO.

Date:

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Time/Schedule:

5:45P  Buffet Dinner/Networking
6:30P  Chapter Business
7:00P  Panel Discussion
8:00P  Networking
8:00P  Members in Transition Networking

Location:

Madison Hotel, One Convent Rd., Morristown, NJ 07960 | 800.526.0729 | Local: 973.285.8000 |

Moderator/Panel:

Kristen Lamoreaux, Senior Director, Jarvis Walker Executive Search and Founder, of SIM Women.  Kristen has over 13 years experience in information technology executive search and has spent the last seven years with Jarvis Walker. Kristen works closely with corporate clients to recruit, assess and deliver the differentiating IT talent needed to gain a competitive edge in today’s marketplace. Kristen founded SIM Women in 2007 and it is now a thriving networking organization for female CIO’s and their direct reports that focuses on promoting communication, mentorship, leadership and career development of women within information technology. SIM Women currently has over 375 members across the US and Canada.

A few of our panelists include:

Deborah Gordon, President of DGordon Consulting & Coaching Ltd.  Having worked with Jack Welch for years at GE and then as a leader for Deloitte, Deborah understands the challenges and the necessity of change and how it impacts executives.  She offers tremendous depth in dynamic leadership and organization development expertise for both individuals and organizations.

Martha Heller, President of Heller Seach Associates - Heller Search Associates is a retained executive search firm with an industry reputation for identifying and recruiting superior information technology leaders. Martha and her team at Heller Search Associates specialize in helping companies hire CIOs and other IT executives across multiple industries. Before establishing her career in executive search, Martha was co-founder of CIO magazine's CIO Executive Council, a professional organization for CIOs. At the Council, Martha developed programs to improve the IT workforce and to better the standing of the CIO in the executive suite. Prior to this, Martha developed and directed the CIO Best Practice Exchange, a members-only network of CIOs from top-tier organizations. During her seven-year tenure at CIO magazine, Martha wrote a weekly column on IT leadership and led a series of executive events on IT leadership and career development.

Shawn Banerji is a member of the Information Officers and Business and Professional Services Practices within the Technology Sector at Russell Reynolds Associates. Shawn has more than a decade of executive recruiting experience and joined Russell Reynolds Associates in 1999. Based in New York, Shawn recruits chief information and technology officers across a variety of industries, including banking and insurance, publishing and media, as well as process industries such as energy and distribution. Shawn also has extensive experience in the technology and business process outsourcing marketplace. This includes shared/business services search work for large corporations as well as extensive work for private equity investors and their portfolio companies.

Donna Conforti is a certified Executive Coach who works with established and emerging leaders, from the high-potential to the most senior executive, to increase effectiveness and improve business results. Donna’s work with leaders ranges from those in small, emerging companies to the Fortune 50, and spans a broad array of industries. Her clients value her solid grounding in business, sense of humor and her collaborative, pragmatic, results-oriented approach. Prior to launching her coaching business, Donna had a 20 year corporate career with Johnson & Johnson and General Electric. Donna joined Johnson & Johnson as a member of a start-up team to commercialize and launch J&J’s first service business. In subsequent years at J&J, she played key roles in marketing, technology licensing and business acquisitions for the managed care market. At General Electric, Donna held positions of increasing complexity and challenge, including labor negotiations, management development and succession planning, culminating in her responsibility for all regional human resource strategies and services at GE Health Care.

Registration:

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Cost:

SIM NJ Members $65.00, non-member guests $80.00 payable in advance. 
All attendees must be pre-registered and prepaid.   Non-member guests must be accompanied by a member.

Questions:

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