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Dennis Strong, CIO, McCoy’s Building Supply joins Advisory Board for Austin IT Symposium
Dennis Strong, Senior Vice President and CIO of McCoy’s Building Supply has signed on as part of the Advisory Board for the inaugural Austin IT Symposium. Dennis is a big part of the regional IT community as part of the Austin AITP (Association of Information Technology Professionals) chapter, the Texas State University AITP chapter, and supporting the larger business community through the McCoy College of Business Administration on the Texas State University campus.
“We are very excited to have Dennis as part of this group. Dennis has been with McCoy’s every step of the way as they have embraced technology to make the leap from manual cash registers to the integrated network and supply chain in place today” said Val King, with event sponsor ThinOps Consulting. “Dennis also understands the fundamentals of the business that his IT organization serves and as such, has earned additional oversight responsibilities for the Marketing and Merchandising groups within McCoy’s.”
About Dennis Strong
As Senior Vice President and CIO of McCoy’s Building Supply, Dennis leads the information services group guiding every technology initiative the company undertakes. Dennis continues to leverage technology to improve the retailers business, driving business process improvements throughout the company and into the hands of McCoy’s most important partner, the customer. In addition to his technology responsibilities, he also holds oversight responsibility for both the Marketing and Merchandising departments.
Prior to joining McCoy’s Building Supply in 1997, Dennis was Vice President of Information Technology for McLane Company leading data, security, communications and operations support of 16 distribution centers, 4 domestic manufacturing divisions and 3 international distribution centers.
He was named 2009 AITP Private Sector Information Technology Executive of the Year, most recently leading McCoy’s Building Supply past many retail giants to #1 in Specialty Retailing and #26 overall on the InformationWeek 500 in 2010.
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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TASB CIO, Eric Hungate joins Advisory Board for Austin IT Symposium
Eric Hungate, CIO of the Texas Association of School Boards has become part of the Advisory Board for the inaugural Austin IT Symposium and is spearheading the effort with Val King of ThinOps Consulting, an event sponsor, to establish a scholarship program for students pursuing IT careers.
“Eric opened our eyes to the fact that the overall number of IT jobs is increasing, but the number of students being trained for IT careers is decreasing. As part of the Austin IT Symposium we want to give back to some of the high school and college level programs that are preparing students for IT careers. Lehman High School in Kyle, Texas which is sponsored by the Texas State University AITP chapter is a great example of the types of programs we want to encourage” said Val King, ThinOps Consulting.
About Eric Hungate
Eric Hungate is Chief Information Officer (CIO) of The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB). He is responsible for the discovery, development, and delivery of quality information technology services and solutions to optimize the operational effectiveness and performance of TASB.
Prior to TASB, Mr. Hungate worked in IT management and consulting for over 25 years with positions at Ernst & Young, the Robert Mondavi Winery, Fireman’s Fund Insurance, Union Oil, and Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. He has taught Strategic Analysis at the University of Texas, McCombs Graduate School of Business, and has provided project management consulting for large scale ERP software litigation.
Mr. Hungate earned his undergraduate degree in business management at the University of San Francisco and masters in business administration at St. Mary’s College of California. He is a certified with both the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and with the Information Systems Audit and Control Association’s (ISACA) Certification in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT).
Eric was voted Austin’s 2009 IT Executive of the Year – Public Sector, by the Austin Chapter of the National Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) and is a recipient of Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2010.
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.
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.
Andres Carvallo joins Advisory Board for Austin IT Symposium as Chairman
Today Andres Carvallo, recent Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Grid Net and former CIO of Austin Energy has joined the Advisory Board for the inaugural Austin IT Symposium as board Chairman.
“Andres is part of the fabric of the Austin IT community. It is great to have him on board as a part of this event. We are looking for executives with deep experience that have made a difference in their own organizations and that are comfortable sharing those stories as part of this event. We are off to a good start with Andres and Jay” said Val King with event sponsor, ThinOps Consulting.
About Andres Carvallo
Andres is a well known visionary, author, speaker, and operations expert with 25 years of experience in the energy, wireless, computer and software industries. Andres is a board member of the Utilities Telecom Council’s Smart Networks Council and an energy and technology advisor to The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Kansas, and The University of California Los Angeles.
Andres was the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Grid Net, a leading real-time smart grid software platform provider. Prior to Grid Net, Andres was for seven years the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Austin Energy, where he was responsible for the utility’s technology vision, planning, development and operations. While at Austin Energy, Andres defined and started promoting the term “Smart Grid” on March 5, 2004, he is the father of the first Smart Grid fully deployed in the U.S., he became the premier Smart Grid industry thought leader, and led a comprehensive and highly lauded technology transformation company-wide.
Prior to Austin Energy, Andres was CEO, EVP, and VP at four other start-ups, President & General Manager at Philips Consumer Communications, General Manager at Digital Equipment Corporation, General Manager at Borland, Product Manager at SCO, and Product Manager for Windows at Microsoft. His successes have been recognized with 22 industry awards, including being named 2009 CIO of the Year by Energy Central. He is also the co-author of three books: Information Technology Leadership, CTO Best Practices, and The Advanced Smart Gird. Andres received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas with a concentration in Robotics and Control Systems. Andres has also completed executive management programs at the University of Idaho, Stanford University, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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.
ThinOps Becomes Founding Sponsor of Inaugural Austin IT Symposium
“We are very excited about working with efm Events to bring an event like this to Austin. We are committed to do everything we can to make this event successful for the Austin technology community.” said Tom Moreno, President and CEO of ThinOps Consulting, Inc.
The Inaugural Austin IT Symposium is designed specifically for CIO’s and their executive management teams. This event will provide an unprecedented opportunity for the region’s IT leadership to gather and explore new ways to maintain a competitive advantage in a global economy, and allow collaboration across the region’s Information Technology population.
“The focus of this event is to connect IT executives together, provide an opportunity to meet their peers, and expand their depth of knowledge so ultimately they can be more effective at delivering value for the organizations they serve. It is a natural extension of goals we strive for in our Business Advisory practice.”
The Symposium will feature interactive breakout sessions with regional executives and industry leaders addressing the convergence of IT with other business imperatives. Exceptional keynote speakers and a CIO panel discussion on the latest IT trends will also be featured.
About ThinOps Consulting, Inc.
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.
