Wednesday, January 21, 2015

OC CIO Minutes January 8, 2015

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

January 8, 2015 meeting


Present:        Keith Golden, William Zauner, Susan Howington, Devin Hornick, Joe Desuta, David Mann, Sean Brown, Esther Delurgio, Jon Grunzweig, Rich Hoffman, Joel Manfredo, Dave Goff, Subbu Murthy, Dave Phillips

At the last meeting, we had an active discussion about the OC CIO Round Table. The attendance at this one was a healthy 14, which is good. We agreed to modify the frequency of the meetings to one every other month.  The next meeting will be on March 12 at 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. CIOs can invite their “rising stars” (a member of their group with the most promise) to one meeting a year.

Topic:          Self Promotion and Career Development

William Zauner and Keith Golden invited Susan Howington, Power Connections, and Devin Hornick, KORE 1, to share their ideas with the group. 

Susan has presented to the group in the past.   She challenged the members to define their reputation – both with people you know and digitally, with people you don’t know.  Her message is that you need your own unique brand - your character, attitude and persona.  Her presentation (see attached) included several slides to help you get started on developing your brand.

Devin focused on the projected hiring explosion in 2015, and how to attract and/or retain the talent that you are searching for, or want to retain – by being flexible.  Companies will use mobile and social media to attract talent.  The hottest skills include anything Cloud, and SAP and Microsoft tools experience.  He listed some of the clients. Don’t loose touch with the salary ranges, and the differences.  His slides include lots of ideas, including paying for education, flexible work options and schedules.

This was a very interactive session and many different ideas and approaches were shared.


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