Austin IT Symposium Advisory Board adds one more, Russ Finney, CIO Tokyo Electron
Russ Finney, Vice President and CIO of Tokyo Electron, becomes the latest Advisory Board member for the inaugural Austin IT Symposium.
“We are excited that Russ has decided to join the Advisory Board, his leadership in the local IT community and his experience leading Tokyo Electron’s IT organization will make this first year for the Austin IT Symposium that much better. The first year for any new event can be challenging, but with Andres, Jay and now Russ on board, we are in for an exciting event.” Said Gary Peyton, efm Events.
About Russ Finney
Russ Finney has spent fourteen years as the Vice President & CIO of the US operations of Tokyo Electron, one of the world’s largest semiconductor production equipment manufacturers with a global network of approximately 90 locations in 12 countries in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Russ currently serves on the high tech advisory board of the Austin Chamber of Commerce’s AusTech Alliance. He has also served on the board of the Austin Technology Council. In the past, he served on the National Board of Directors of AITP, and he has been president of both the Houston and Austin AITP Chapters. In 2006, he was named “Austin IT Executive of the Year” by his peers at the annual central Texas Innotech technology conference. Before Tokyo Electron, Russ was an IT Consultant with Ernst & Young. Russ is often quoted in publications such as Computerworld and CIO Magazine.
He is also a frequent industry speaker all over the world and he often gives guest lectures in a university setting. Many of Tokyo Electron’s projects have been noted in industry white papers, and one e-commerce project was the basis of a Harvard Business School case study. Russ is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. As a leading global supplier of semiconductor production equipment, Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) engages in development, manufacturing, and sales in a wide range of product fields. The company also leverages specialized technologies developed for the semiconductor production equipment market to engage in the area of flat panel display (FPD) production equipment.
About ThinOps Consulting
ThinOps Consulting specializes in assisting organizations streamline costs and manage risk associated with IT expenditures with two business units. Business Advisory serves C-level management by assessing where the company is, where the company wants to be, and developing a roadmap to help executive management reach those objectives. Technology Consulting serves IT organizations primarily through virtualization and remote access technologies designed to improve efficiency, lower support costs and ultimately deliver IT as a service.
About efm Events
efm Events, a division of Executive Functions Management, Inc. www.efminc.com is an information technology-focused event management and production company with 18 IT Symposiums across the Midwest and Rocky Mountain Region.
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