SIM - Colorado :

The Society for Information Management (SIM) is a not-for-profit organization of information technology experts, including CIO's, CTO's and emerging IT leaders, as well as key professionals within the IT community, such as academicians and consultants. SIM's mission is to support IT leaders in the greater Colorado area by increasing the knowledge base of members, giving back to local communities, increasing awareness on issues of importance to our local community, developing the next generation of effective IT leaders and establishing a forum to bring together IT professionals across industries.

Next Event

Tuesday February 16th, 2010

Maggiano's Downtown Denver
500 16th Street Mall, Denver
Denver, CO 80202

5:00 pm Cocktails & Networking 5:45 pm Dinner 6:45-8:00pm Keynote Speakers Meeting Adjourns at 8:30 pm and Networking continues until 9:00 pm

Business Intelligence / Performance Management / Data Quality

Keynote Speakers:

Steve Boyer
Vice President/Executive Partner, Gartner Executive Programs

Ida Lau
Partner, VeriPoint LLC

Is this the new “triple threat” for IT in the coming years? If you, like an American Idol, have all three of these will you drive the competitive edge in your industry?

Our focus this year is IT will drive the business recovery. According to Colorado Labor Statistics, IT jobs will represent most of the major job growth in the state through 2012. These are highly educated and trained employees generating a higher share of high quality jobs.

In February we will come together as practitioners to share best practices in Business Intelligence and how will BI DRIVE Business Transformation.

Gartner's assumption is that by 2012, Business Intelligence and Performance management will be pervasive and will be integral to 85% of all business applications and processes (.07 probability).

Come join our discussion no matter where your organization is today. We will share personal best practices and experiences in leveraging BI for a competitive advantage.

How will YOU evolve between now and 2012?

What economic environment challenges will affect BI decisions?
What projects will create the most business value?
How to build a business case for analytics, BI and Performance Management
Build or buy?
How will the technology, products, services and vendor evolve to enable BI?
What are the best practices now to be ready for 2015?
Vendor Landscape
What are the fatal flaws of BI and how to avoid them?

About Our Speakers

Steve Boyer: Vice President/Executive Partner, Gartner Executive Programs
Steve Boyer joined Gartner in November 2007 as a Vice President/Executive Partner in the Western Region Executive Programs Service Delivery organization. As an Executive Partner, Steve works with CIOs across the Western United States, leveraging Gartner products, services and his own experiences to assist them in their roles. He brings more than 40 years of IT management and consulting experiences from a global orientation. He has enjoyed success in financial services, credit card/electronic payment systems, software development, telecommunications, manufacturing, banking and business process optimization/call center industries.

Steve started his career as a programmer trainee at IBM and has progressed through a broad range of increasing responsibilities in management for a number of corporations. He has been associated with organizations that develop and market technology solutions and products as well as leverage technology for competitive advantage Steve is a results oriented leader with visionary abilities that have been successful in leading organizations through critical change. His strength in understanding business opportunities and challenges along with his ability to comprehend and apply leadership, business and technology concepts has had a positive impact on past clients and companies with which he has had a professional relationship.

Steve founded his own consulting company in 2002 and prior to joining Gartner in 2007, was the CIO at StarTek, Inc. where he rebuilt the IT team and refined and improved processes and systems for internal needs along with those for external clients. Prior to StarTek, he held a variety of executive leadership positions at American Express, Visa International, ROLM Corporation, Bank of America and IBM.

Ida Lau: Partner, VeriPoint LLC
Ida is the founding partner in charge of business development and project fulfillment. Her experience and knowledge in executive management is key to crafting analytical solutions for clients in the areas of finance, sales, inventory, manufacturing, and operational management for a variety of verticals. Previous to VeriPoint, she was part of a core team with Countrywide Home Loans from 1995 to 2001. She was tasked with bringing real estate closing services in-house for the entire multi-billion dollar portfolio of companies ultimately heading up one of the subsidiary LandSafe service companies.

Ida's interest in the Colorado technology community has engaged her in a variety of activities. She is co-founder of IfThenRadio.com a podcast on technology and business; serves on the newly formed Vendor Advisory Board for CORHIO; an active member of CSIA, Colorado's Technology Association, (co-chair of the Marketing Committee for C-Level @ A Mile High and a member of the Public Policy); 2009 recipient of Champion of the Year Apex Award; and an advocate and fund raiser for OpenWorld Learning.