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  .

 

OC CIO Minutes July 11, 2013

Southern California/Orange County CIO Breakfast Round Table

                                July 11, 2013 meeting

Present:        Joel Manfredo, Sean Brown, Jon Grunzweig, Jeff Hecht, Jim Sutter, Jeff Reid, Keith Golden, Jeff Crowell, Dave Phillips

The following is a list of topics and speakers July through October:

7/11/13         Technology Business Management         Joel Manfredo, Acies Consulting

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:          Technology Business Management

Joel Manfredo introduced the What, Why, and How of TBM by listing Gartner’s 10 Top Trends for 2013, and the critical tech trends for the next 5 years (Slide 3).  The basic question is will IT exist in 5 years time?  The most important things a CIO can do is to understand the business needs, and actively measure business satisfaction.  TBM means running IT as a business within a business.  The TBM Council’s mission is to collaborate, educate, and benchmark.  Joel’s slides are very rich in content and touch on the framework, disciplines and index (Slides 10-16).  The primary driver behind TBM is to free up resources to enable innovation.  The CEO’s hierarchy of IT needs is shown on Slide 18, which also shows the CIO’s innovation sweet spot.  Slide 22 shows the process by which one determines the right level of IT operational spending.  This is followed by several slides on transparency, service pricing, catalog and costing.  The last slide gives more information on the TBM Council.

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