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Information Technology Speakers
This seminar is currently being coordinated. If you are interested in hearing a particular topic or have speaker referrals, please call KC Kim at (435) 797-2299 or email kc.kim@aggiemail.usu.edu.
François Ragnet
Managing Principal, Xerox Corporation - Technology Innovation Xerox Global Services
Realizing the “Less Paper Office...”
As Managing Principal, Technology Innovation, within Xerox Global Services, François Ragnet leads a team charged with transferring novel technologies into mainstream Xerox solutions offerings. Current initiatives focus on text-, image-, or feature-based categorization of documents, as well as identifying deeper semantic analyses which will enable “smart document” generation from traditional legacy formats or paper. His team also focuses on enhancing current offerings within the office environment to improve the efficiency of current products and streamline support processes..(More...)
Eric Denna
COO, The RBL Group
It's not about IT any more
Eric is currently Chief Operating Officer of The RBL Group (www.rbl.net). He has worked for Ernst & Young, Price Waterhouse, and Coopers & Lybrand. He was associate professor of information systems at BYU’s Marriott School of Management. After leaving academe he was chief information officer for Times Mirror Corporation, for BYU, and for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has served as a consultant to many organizations and is an experienced presenter at conferences, seminars, and symposia around the world.(More...)
J. Stephen Fletcher
CIO and Executive Director of Department of Technology Services, The State of Utah
IT Best Practices
J. Stephen Fletcher, was appointed by Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. in April 2005 to serve as the state’s Chief Information Officer and Executive Director of the Department of Technology Services. Under his service, the State has consolidated all IT services into one new department to reduce costs, increase services to taxpayers, and more closely align IT with the business needs of the State of Utah.(More...)
Mike Kavis
CTO, MDot Network
SOA and Cloud Computing: Beyond the Myths
Mike’s expertise includes Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy & Planning, Organizational Change Management, Cloud Computing, BPM, SOA, Web 2.0 and Business Intelligence. He is on the Board of Directors of Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession (CAEAP) serving the role of Director of Social Technologies. Mike is also working with thought leaders from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) to help establish standards and raise awareness of risks and issues for cloud computing and mitigation strategies for resolving them.(More...)
Alistair Cockburn
Humans and Technology
Software Engineering in the 21st Century
Dr. Alistair Cockburn was voted one of the "The All-Time Top 150 i-Technology Heroes" in 2007, for his pioneering work in understanding use cases and for co-creating the agile software development movement. He is an internationally renowned IT strategist, expert on agile development, use cases, process design, project management, and object-oriented design. (More...)
Michael Mellor
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, U.S. Goverment - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Transforming a “small” Information Security Program called Medicare
Mike Mellor is the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at the United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Mike holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Information Systems from Utah State University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Idaho State University. Mike is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP).(More...)
William Cook
CEO, Founding Partner , Seven Wonders Learning
Introduction to ITIL® IT Service Management Best Practices
William Cook is CEO and founding partner of Seven Wonders Learning, a training and consulting services company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bill has 20 years of management experience including 6 years as a public sector CIO, 6 years as an IBM Engineer and 3 years as a National Education Manager for Autodesk. (More...)
