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.