OC CIO Minutes March12,2015

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

March 12, 2015 meeting

Present:        Jon Hahn, William Zauner, Sean Brown, Jon Grunzweig, Jim Sutter,

Jeff Hecht, Dave Phillips

At the November meeting, we had an active discussion about the OC CIO Round Table.

We agreed to modify the frequency of the meetings to one every other month.  The next meeting will be on May 14 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:          Gartner Group’s presentation on BYOD

John Girard of the Gartner Group made a presentation about a year ago on BYOD.

Jon Hahn thought that his insight on BYOD would be interesting to the group:

 

Today, most (80%?) mobile professionals use 2 or more devices – by 2018 most will conduct all their work on personal smart devices, even if BYOD complicates compliance.  Companies have different approaches to BYOD, from none allowed to a wide range of devices are permitted.  How to manage the diversity is the challenge – see Slide 4.  The mobile police framework is nicely captured on Slide 5.  Of course, who you are and what your function is determines what kind of device is most suitable.

Not all devices are equal, and policies need to be developed to regulate mobility.  Different companies provide a variety of economic incentives to better control usage.

Slides 10-14 describe the variety of policy choices – well worth reading.

The recommendations are listed on Slide 15:

-         Establish polices for all key user departments

          -         Don’t treat all users the same way

          -         Use boundaries set in polices to create a tiered support structure

          -         Tool up! Select mobile defenses.

Jon's slides are at:   http://www.slideshare.net/occio

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.

OC CIO Minutes October 9, 2014

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

October 9, 2014 meeting

Present:        Subbu Murthy, Jeff Hecht, Jim Sutter

Topic:          IT enabled Construction Management

Subbu led the conversation and described his work as consulting CIO at BCCI, a large construction company headquartered in Northern California. He outlined the stages of each project including pre-award, project initiation, project management, and closeout. He then provided his insight into the critical need for intelligent workflow in all construction projects. His charts broke down the role that workflow plays among the various project team members. He pointed out that workflow extends all the way through Field logistics and Implementation and also extends into the work done by subcontractors

Subbu's presentation was very thorough in demonstrating the role that IT plays in ensuring that construction projects are completed on schedule and meet profitability objectives. We had a good discussion about distinguishing generic capabilities (i.e., workflow), from other imbedded capabilities in application suites.

Thank you, Subbu, for a very interesting presentation.

 

OC CIO Minutes August 14, 2014

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Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

August 14, 2014 meeting

Present:        Keith Golden, Sean Brown, Jeff Hecht, Jim Sutter, Jeff Crowell,

                     Dave Phillips

Attendance at the summer months meetings has been a little disappointing, especially when you consider the work each speaker puts into his/her presentation.

Topic:          Future of Intelligent Transportation

Keith listed the milestones in traffic management, from the manual intersection signals in 1868 all the way to today’s widespread use of camera for vehicle detection (see slide 3).  At each major intersection there is independent signal infrastructure, often connected to a traffic management control center, which coordinates traffic movement in both directions.  It is more complicated than one might think.  Keith addressed most of the FAQs for today’s signal systems.  Then he took a look at the future, where vehicles can be assisted, or connected to each other(V2V), or to infrastructure (V2I).  Before long we will see self-driving cars.  There is plenty of motivation – 33,000 people are killed and 2.3M are injured each year on American roads.  Slide 14 lists the vehicle assists now available.  Slide 15 lists the V2V connected features now available.  Slide 16 lists the V2I feature now available. Keith's slides are at: http://www.slideshare.net/occio  .

This was a fascinating presentation – thank you, Keith.

OC CIO Minutes July 10, 2014

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

July 10, 2014 meeting

Present:        Jeff Hecht, David Mann, Sean Brown, Jim Sutter, William Zauner, Keith Golden, Dave Phillips

Topic:          Security in the News

Jeff Hecht selected 3 major security events from the past 12 months on which to focus - the Heartbleed vulnerability

- massive data breaches such as the Target one

- the NSA/Snowden theft.

The Heartbleed bug allows for steeling data usually protected by the OpenSSL/TLS encryption over the Internet.  Not only is data lost but also the encryption keys themselves.  It is estimated that more than 600,000 servers were affected.  You can test your servers to see if your company is affected (see slide 9).

The Target theft resulted in more than 40 M credit/debit numbers being stolen, with massive side affects (see slide 10). Not only was Target affected but many, many other big stores – an estimated 1 in 4 Americans have been affected.  Chip and pin technologies (smart cards) can have a positive affect, but costly to implement.

The Snowden action revealed that mass surveillance programs are conducted by the NSA, affecting both US citizens and foreign nationals.  It has raised many concerns, including the threat of insider theft.  Side 19 lists a number of actions that might form part of your defense in depth. Jeff's slides are at:  http://www.slideshare.net/occio .

Jeff lead a very interesting discussion and he lists many interesting links to much more information in his appendices.

Jeff – this was a great presentation, as usual.

 

OC CIO Minutes June 12, 2014

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

June 12, 2014 meeting

Present:        David Mann, Sean Brown, Jim Sutter, Jeff Hecht, Jeff Crowell,

Dave Phillips

Topic:          Mobile Security

David Mann is the new CIO at ATMECS and he shared with us a brief description of the company (see slides 3-6).  ATMECS is a technology solutions partner whose focus includes applications development, systems integration, and database solutions. The name ATMECS stands for Aspire, Think, Manage, Engage, Create, Succeed.

Mobile security is no longer one point of control – it involves people (users, employees, contractors, customers, partners), data (structured and unstructured), and all kinds of devices.  David shared with us various statistics on mobile search and its threats and challenges. The biggest increase in loss of and theft of mobile devices is in SF!  When thinking about mobile security strategy, you have to consider mobile device management and security, application management, data protection, virtual desk infrastructure, risk management, always on VPN and trusted execution environment.  He had a slide for each of these issues, and ended with a Gartner Magic Quadrant for 2012 and 2013, showing the top 3 vendors for each.  I recommend you read the slides for more information. They're at:  http://www.slideshare.net/occio 

Great presentation - thank you, David

 

OC CIO Minutes April 10, 2014

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

April 10, 2014 meeting

Present:        Sean Brown, Byron Cheng, Krishna Marella, Jeff Reid, Keith Golden, Joel Manfredo, Jeff Crowell, Dave Phillips

The topics and speakers for meetings through August 2014 are listed in Attachment A.

Topic:          Legal Challenges of Cloud Computing

Sean Brown introduced our guest speakers - Byron Cheng from the local Costa Mesa office of Deloitte and Krishna Marella, by phone, from the San Jose office. Their presentation is attached and it contains a good summary of the discussion.  Cloud computing is a major force in IT and it continues to drive a major shift in IT architecture, sourcing and service delivery.  It is maturing but there are still major issues such as security, privacy, governance and risk.  Who owns the data? Where does it reside? Who backs it up? Where? How is it handled after termination? Etc. etc.

This was the essence of our discussion and the slides provide a solid basis for the exchange, with Byron and Krishna trying to get their input into the lively exchange of experience and opinion.

Thank you, Byron and Krishna, for agreeing to participate in an excellent session.

 

OC CIO Minutes February 13, 2014

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

February 13, 2014 meeting

 

Present:        Jeff Crowell, Jim Sutter, Sean Brown, William Zauner, Ashwin Rangan, Joel Manfredo, Jeff Reid, Jeff Hecht, Dave Phillips

The topics and speakers for meetings through August 2014 are listed in Attachment A.

Note the change for March.

 

Topic:          3D Printing

          “3D printing will change the world!”.

Jeff Crowell did a good job of persuading us that this might happen in the not too distant future. 3D printing was first developed in 1984 by Charles Hull and named SLA – stereolithography – an additive manufacturing or printing technology used for producing models, prototypes, patterns and production parts.  There are a wide variety of 3D printers in use today. Slide 5, 6 shows how it works – each scanner/printer can scan, print, copy and fax.  3d printing is experiencing multidimensional growth (Slides 9-13). Gartner says there was 75% growth in 2013 – by 2016 enterprise 3D printers will cost less than $2,000.  There are many advantages to 3D printing – lower cost for a new business by reducing product development time, production costs, energy costs, material costs, inventorying carrying costs, etc.  Major players in this game are Autodesk, Stratasys, 3D Systems DDD, Dassault, Shapeways.  Within 10 years there will be one in every house (?).  There are negatives e.g. 3D printed guns, counterfeiting, drugs on demand, intellectual property losses.  There are endless uses in medicine, paleontology, archaeology, building construction, etc.  The potential is amazing.  Look at Jeff’s slides and appendices. They are at:   http://www.slideshare.net/occio .

 

Jeff also showed us a number of slide shows, which helped our understanding of the current uses and potential. Great presentation.

 

OC CIO Minutes January 9, 2014

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

January 9, 2014 meeting

 

Present:        David Mann, Sean Brown, Jon Hahn, Jim Sutter, Jeff Hecht, Joel Manfredo, Jeff Crowell,, Dave Phillips

The topics and speakers were selected for meetings through August 2014 – see Attachment A.

Topic:          Agile & SCRUM

David introduced the value proposition for Agile & SCRUM - improved sales efficiency, enhanced customer experience and increased staff loyalty. It is process driven, which provides a focus. Having a process is important for many reasons - time to market, productivity, efficiency and quality. People don’t follow complex processes so it has to be simple, customizable and scalable. David described a SCRUM as an Agile process. It’s not about rushing things; it is iterative, full customer involvement, frequent releases and focused on delivery.  It is not chaos.  It is dependable in terms of scope, time, cost and quality (see slides 16-23). It depends on defining milestones, deliverables, and teamwork.  I recommend that you read the attached slides.  Find them at: http://www.slideshare.net/occio .

 

Thanks to David, we had a productive and interactive meeting.

Schedule for the meetings through August 2014:

DATE           INTRODUCTION                                    TOPIC

                   

9/12/13	Jeff Hecht, Word & Brown	BYOD
10/10/13	Keith Golden, Econolite	Evolving role of the CIO
11/14/13	Jeff Crowell, uGovernIT	IT Governance – Demand, Project, Service Mgmt.
12/12/13	Hicham Semaan, Quickstart	Microsoft update
1/9/14	David Mann, Financial Payment Sys	Agile & SCRUM
2/13/14	Jeff Crowell, uGovernIT	3-D Printing
3/13/14	Sean Brown, RJT Compuquest	Legal challenges for Cloud computing
4/10/14	Joel Manfredo	Salesforce update
5/8/14	David Mann, Financial Paymnt Sys.	Mobile security
6/12/14	Jon Hahn	Gartner Group update on BYOD
7/10/14	Jeff Hecht, Word & Brown
8/14/14	Keith Golden, Econolite	Intelligent Transportation

 

OC CIO Minutes November 14, 2013

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

November 14, 2013 meeting

Present:        Jeff Crowell, Jim Sutter, Sean Brown, William Zauner, Jeff Hecht, Jeff Reed, Dave Phillips

The following is a list of topics and speakers through December:

11/14/13       IT Governance                                       Jeff Crowell, uGovernIT -

                               Demand, Project Portfolio, Service Portfolio Management

12/12/13       Microsoft update                             Hicham Semaan,                       Quickstart                               

Topic:          IT Governance – establishing key processes in the SMB client space

Jeff started his presentation by describing the CIO’s view of IT Governance. The 3 competing, concurrent activities are:

-       responding to normal service and project requests,

-       contributing to strategic initiatives to increase revenues,

-       and do more with less. 

There are frameworks for IT Governance (CoBIT, ITIL, COSO, CMM)) but it depends on the maturity of the company. Check Jeff’s slides 7 – 21, and his case study. You will need a process to rank competing projects, and how they relate to the business strategy.  The case study results point out the need for executive leadership, a realistic grasp of what can be done in a given timeframe, and a willingness to outsource some functions.  There is a need for portfolio management using strategic objectives and correlation matrices.

This presentation led to a lively discussion. Jeff’s handout includes many slides as part of an Appendix, which he did not have time to cover in the meeting. His slides are at:
http://www.slideshare.net/occio .

 

Thank you, Jeff, for a very good presentation on an interesting topic. 

OC CIO Minutes October 10, 2013

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

October 10, 2013 meeting

Present:        Keith Golden, William Zauner, Sean Brown, Jeff Crowell, Jim Sutter

 

The following is a list of topics and speakers through December:

10/10/13       Evolving role of the CIO                          Keith Golden, Econolite

11/14/13       IT Governance                                       Jeff Crowell, uGovernIT

-       Demand, Project Portfolio, Service Portfolio Management

12/12/13       Microsoft update                                    Hicham Semaan, Quickstart                               

Topic:          Evolving role of the CIO

Keith Golden introduced the topic – “The Ever Evolving Role of the CIO”.   He described the context – the changing demographics, the economic outlook, and the technology trends.  Keith outlined the “50 Years of IT Leadership” and characterized the 4 classic CIO types.  He, then, projected the future environment and the CIO paradox.  Keith took us through the writings of Martha Heller and a significant discussion ensued.

Finally, Keith outlined future skill sets a CIO must consider developing and constantly refining.  He urged CIOs to “forge the right relationships – to do it all the time….not when you need to.”  His slides outline the 9 traits of the CIO of future.

Keith consulted a number of experts in preparing the presentation.  Very interesting input came by way of executive search professionals whose practice focuses on CIO placements. 

Terrific presentation and lively discussion.  Keith's slides are at:
http://www.slideshare.net/occio .

OC CIO Minutes September 12, 2013

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

September 12, 2013 meeting

Present:        Jeff Hecht, Jim Sutter, Sean Brown, Jennifer Curlee, Jon Grunzweig, Jon Strittmater, Keith Golden, Jeff Crowell, Dave Phillips

The following is a list of topics and speakers through December:

9/12/13         BYOD                                                    Jeff Hecht, Word & Brown

10/10/13       Evolving role of the CIO                          Keith Golden, Econolite

11/14/13       IT Governance                                       Jeff Crowell, uGovernIT

-       Demand, Project Portfolio, Service Portfolio Management

12/12/13       Microsoft update                                    Hicham Semaan, Quickstart                               

Topic:          BYOD

 Slides are at: http://www.slideshare.net/occio
 

Jeff Hecht stated the basic issue – getting the balance right between expanding mobility and controlling the risks.  There is a growing demand from employees (and executives) to use their own devices, which they are familiar with, to access corporate assets.  Many of these devices are not supported by the IT department, and trying to support all the varieties is costly.  Having the employees buy their own devices appears attractive at first glance.  There are concerns about corporate data security, device control, and backups. Employees don’t trust the company to look after their personal data.  There are many security concerns – see slide 5, but 2/3rds of the companies are going ahead with trying to support BYOD anyway.  Many vendors state that they have solved the problems but Jeff was not so sure.  See slides 9-13.  The goal of a BYOD program is to monitor, control and protect devices, applications, networks, and data.  You can’t avoid it, so draft a pilot policy and make sure the executives are with and behind the program.  Be ready to communicate the essence of the program, and to update regularly.  It might pay to audit your company to see where you are on controlling the effects of BYOD.

Thank you, Jeff, for a great presentation and discussion.

 

OC CIO Minutes August 8, 2013

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

August 8, 2013 meeting

Present:        Jim Sutter, Julie Hubbard, Sean Brown, Jon Strittmater, Jennifer Cheng, Keith Golden, Jon Grunzweig, Jeff Crowell, Dave Phillips

We welcomed Julie Hubbard (Edwards Lifesciences), Jon Strittmater (Mindspeed), and Jennifer Cheng (Studio C Multimedia) to their first meeting. The following is a list of topics and speakers through October:

8/08/13         Internet of Things (IOT)                          Jim Sutter, Peer Consulting

9/12/13         BYOD                                                    Jeff Hecht, Word & Brown

10/10/13       Evolving role of the CIO                          Keith Golden, Econolite      

Topic:          Internet of Things

Jim Sutter defined IOT as a network of uniquely identifiable objects in a Internet-like structure. It was born between 2008 – 09, and now there are twice as many connected devices as there are humans on this planet, and this will double by 2015. Lou Gerstner, CEO IBM, forecasted this in 1995.  Check out the July 22 article in InformationWeek.  Check out Jim’s slides 7 & 8 for the most basic representation and list of enabling technologies.  Jim’s slides are worth reviewing in detail.  You will find that the IOT will be useful in many verticals such as security, transportation, health care, utilities, manufacturing, supplies and facility management (slides 16/17).  If you are worried about your yacht, use this to monitor whilst you are away!  Microsoft has updated Windows OS for IOT.  GE has expanded its use of IOT.  There are many examples of the use of IOT paying off. 

 
We asked those present to share with us how they are using IOT.  Julie said that Edwards is very much engaged in using IOT to track devices, to do machine visioning for surgical devices to understand root causes and improve response times.  The iPad is the hand-tool of choice. Sean said that he has worked with global pharmaceutical companies who track all products at a more granular level than substance.  Keith said that Econolite is experimenting with using it to control vehicles at intersections, in place of lights.  It won’t be long before Google will drive the car! Jon sees lots of potential in buildings, but it won’t happen until it becomes code.  Jeff worked for GE in the ‘80s when they were experimenting with lights out buildings for control purposes rather than monitoring.  Jim closed the meeting with a reference to a home for cats in Colorado, equipping old Victorian houses to track all aspects of cat care!

Good presentation and discussion – thank you, Jim.  Jim's slides are at: http://www.slideshare.net/occio  .