Mike Kail, Vice President of IT Operations of Netflix

• How IT can no longer run as a silo, and that IT needs to understand business strategy and be aligned with other parts of the organization, particularly with marketing and product functions at Netflix
• How current IT organizations need broader communication skills, as IT is no longer a cost center to the CFO, but needs to interface and integrate with marketing, products, and other parts of the organization
• How Netflix attempts to remain on the bleeding edge of technology, and how being located in Silicon Valley and maintaining contact with venture capitalists helps in this regard
• How IT needs to avoid saying no, and adopt the posture of saying yes or figuring ways to solve problems by having an “IT as a service” mentality
• How the multitude of devices used in the workplace leads to the convergence of data to the cloud, and the subsequent challenges in ensuring data security
• Eye on Trends: Social and mobile, and how they will enable seamless collaboration anytime at anyplace

Mike Kail’s Biography