Dennis is the CIO of Electronic Arts, where he runs all major facets of the organization’s IT operation. Prior to serving as CIO, Dennis spent time as EA’s IT lead in Europe as well in Asia.
Prior to joining EA, Dennis was a Senior Manager in the Strategy & Operations practice at Deloitte Consulting. He also was a Director at HP, a Manager within the Strategic Information Technology Practice at A.T. Kearney, and a Manager in the Information & Technology Strategy Practice at Andersen Consulting.
Dennis has a BS degree in MIS and an MS degree, also in MIS both from Old Dominion University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
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Among other topics, Vic discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Vic is Chief Information Officer (CIO) for GE’s Global Growth and Operations organization, where he is responsible for leading IT in delivering process excellence, simplification, collaboration, security and compliance in all non-U.S. markets, with particular emphasis on high-growth markets such as China, India, the Middle East and Brazil. Vic is currently based in Hong Kong.
Prior to his current role, Vic served as CIO for GE Corporate and GE’s Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center. Vic has also served as CIO for GE in India and Southeast Asia, where he was responsible for driving the company’s regional strategy in sourcing, IT and the global development centers. He has also held a series of leadership roles in the areas of information management, e-business and corporate security across several GE businesses including GE Aviation, GE Consumer & Industrial and GE Plastics. Prior to joining GE, Vic held IT positions with Keane Inc., Humana Inc., and Colgate Palmolive.
Vic earned his bachelor’s degree in information management and marketing from the University of Louisville and a degree in physics and mathematics from St. John’s University in India. He serves on several Advisory Boards including AT&T Utilities & Field Services, Fairfield University – School of Software Engineering, and works closely with University of Connecticut’s School of Business.
Among other topics, Ben discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Ben Fried is the Chief Information Officer of Google. At Google, Ben oversees global technology systems for one of the premier technology companies in the world and provides technology services for all “Googlers”.
Prior to joining Google, Ben spent more than 13 years in Morgan Stanley’s technology department, where he rose to the level of Managing Director of Application Infrastructure. During his time there, he led teams responsible for software development technology, web and electronic commerce technologies and operations, and technologies for knowledge workers.
Prior to his time at Morgan Stanley, Ben helped design and develop the Decision-Theoretic Scheduler for Heuristicrats Research, under contract to NASA. It was used by NASA scientists to schedule missions for their orbital observatories.
Ben has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Columbia University.
Among other topics, Jo-ann discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Jo-ann is the vice president and chief information officer at BNSF Railways, a class-one railroad that is part Berkshire Hathaway. In her role, she is responsible for delivery of BNSF’s telecommunications services, data center infrastructure, application development, Web presence and all other information technology services.
Prior to joining BNSF Railway in 2006, Jo-ann was director, enterprise network services and technology support services, at Verizon Communications and pre-merger at GTE. In these positions she was responsible for planning, engineering, security and support of their extensive LAN/WAN environment with more than 50,000 infrastructure devices and 200,000 customers at more than 2,000 locations, including both internal and commercial contract customers.
Prior to her time at GTE, Jo-ann spent 13 years at AT&T where she led technology planning, engineering and operations teams.
Jo-ann serves several organizations and chairs various committees, including Railinc Board of Directors, AT&T and IBM’s Customer Advisory Councils, Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber Board of Directors, and TCU’s Neeley School of Business Advisory Council.
Jo-ann has a BA in Business Management and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University, and an MA in Project Management from George Washington University.
Among other topics, Bill discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
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Bill is Executive Vice President of the Business Group at SingTel, Singapore’s largest public-listed company by market capitalization. The Business Group serves SingTel’s domestic and global corporate customers with a full range of Information-Communication Technology (ICT) services.
Bill sits on numerous boards including that of the Workforce Development Agency, he is on the advisory committees of multiple uniiversities, including the Singapore Management University School of Information Systems, and he also has served on a wide array of government committees, including the Economic Review Committee.
Bill was a member of the ICT sub-committee which was part of the Government’s Economic Review Committee (2003), SiTF Councillor (2002/2004), Chairman of SiTF-AAC Internet Data Centre Committee (2001), and executive committee member for Think Tank (1999/2000). Bill received the National Day Public Service Medal Award for his contributions to Singapore’s workforce development in 2007.
Before joining SingTel, Bill was the Managing Director of Cisco Systems’ Advanced Services Group in Asia Pacific. He was responsible for the company’s operations in 13 regional countries.
Bill graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Monash University.
Among other topics, Piyush discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Piyush is currently senior vice-president and chief information officer of Great American Insurance Company and vice-president of its parent company, American Financial Group. He is responsible for creating the vision and direction of Great American’s IT strategy in partnership with leaders within Great American’s business operations who, together, consider current and emerging business trends and the potential of the constantly evolving technology that is becoming an integrated part of the business environment.
Prior to his time at Great American, Piyush was CIO of RLI Insurance. Prior to that, Piyush spent time as a consultant at Price Waterhouse in Jamaica, as a banker at ANZ Banking Group in India, and he started his career in IT as a consultant with Citicorp Overseas Software Limited (COSL) also in India.
Singh holds a master’s degree in computer applications from University of Delhi as well as an M.B.A. from Bradley University. He has also attained the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation and attended the Advanced Executive Education program conducted by AICPCU at the Wharton Business School.
Among other topics, Joe discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Joe is the CIO at Toronto-based metals mining company HudBay Minerals. In that capacity, Joe supports more than 1,400 employees, with the majority of them in Flin Flon, a long time mining community in northern Manitoba where copper and zinc ore are extracted from a mine a mile underground.
Prior to his time at HudBay, Joe was the Head of IT at Direct Energy Home & Business Services. His past experience also includes time as a Senior Consultant at Keane Canada, as a Senior Analyst at AT&T Canada, and as an Analyst at ScotiaBank.
In 2011 Joe received a Computer World Premiere Top 100 Leadership award. In 2009 he was named a Top 25 CTO by CW Magazine and was recognized by the magazine for a Top 100 IT Project.
Joe has an Engineering diploma from St. Mary’s University and a Technology diploma from The Information Technology Institute.
Among other topics, Michael discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Michael Del Priore is the Vice President and Global CIO of Church & Dwight. In this role, Michael is responsible for leading the Information Technology function globally by developing the IT strategy and delivering the capabilities required to achieve the company’s strategic objectives.
Prior to his time at Church & Dwight, Michael was Vice President and Global Head of Commercial Operations IT for Roche Pharma. Michael was hired to build a new global organization to support Pharma commercial activities at Roche including Affiliates, Strategic Marketing, and the Life Cycle Teams. In addition, Michael functioned as the IT Region Head for North America.
Prior to joining Roche, Michael held a series of IT leadership roles in divisions of Philip Morris (Altria) where he provided IT leadership to Corporate functions as well as international and domestic businesses. Michael began his career as a Consultant at Andersen.
Michael holds a BS degree in Management Information Systems from the State University of New York at Albany, and an MBA in Corporate Finance From Pace University.
Among other topics, Harvey discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Harvey Koeppel is Executive Director of the Center for CIO Leadership. In this capacity, Harvey sets the Center’s strategy and directs internal and external operations. He also serves as Chairman of the Center’s Advisory Committee.
From May 2004 through June 2007, Harvey served as the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Citigroup’s Global Consumer Group (GCG). In that role, Harvey set the strategic direction for the GCG’s operations and technology and actively supported the development and growth of the operations and technology community across all GCG lines of business globally. Harvey served as the Chairperson of the Offshore Program Office Steering Committee and provided strategic input to GCG’s offshore and outsourcing practices. He additionally provided executive oversight to the Information Security and Data Protection programs for the Group.
Prior to taking on the CIO role, Harvey provided consulting services to CitiFinancial, Citibank and other Citi affiliates from 1986 to 2004. He was heavily involved in supporting the planning and integration of many of Citi’s major acquisitions, including Travelers Insurance, Associates First Capital, European American Bank and Golden State Bank.
Harvey has a distinguished record of IT innovation in the financial services industry. He designed the first graphical user interface for the NASDAQ trader workstation. He was the architect and designer of FxNet, a software program that revolutionized the way large financial institutions manage settlement risk within FX portfolios. He was also a primary contributor to the development of the Maestro platform at CitiFinancial, the online interface between customers, the sales force and the back office, which fundamentally changed the loan sales and approval process and significantly streamlined branch workflow. Harvey is the named inventor on the Citibank patent of the “Recommendation Engine”, a software component that advises sales and service staff about products and services to discuss with clients based upon their financial goals and objectives.
Harvey holds Bachelor degrees in Psychology and Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh.
Among other topics, Greg discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Greg is the CIO of the Terex Corporation, a Forune 500 company which is the third largest Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Construction Equipment. Terex Corporation operates in four business segments: Aerial Work Platforms, Construction, Cranes, and Materials Processing. Terex also offers a complete line of financial products and services to assist in the acquisition of equipment through Terex Financial Services. Terex employs 16,000 team members globally, with 50 manufacturing facilities throughout the globe.
Prior to joining Terex, Greg spent nearly 16 years at Ford Motor Company, where he held various senior level IT positions in the Engineering and Manufacturing organizations.
Greg has a BA in Philosophy and Medical Ethics from Michigan State University.
