Speakers
Brian Gillooly
Editor-in-Chief, Events
InformationWeek and Smart Enterprise
Brian Gillooly has spent the past 20 years establishing a trusted and significant presence in the business technology community. One of the most recognized personalities in IT media, Brian has built valuable relationships with the most influential practitioners in the technology industry and counts among his closest contacts CIOs from Fortune 50 companies to small businesses.
As the editor-in-chief of events for the InformationWeek Business Technology Network, Brian is responsible for developing a vision that provides both the audience and the client with clarity and insight into today’s most challenging business technology issues.
Previously, as editor-in-chief of Optimize and editor-in-chief of InformationWeek Events, Brian not only engaged the people who help shape the direction of business technology – notables like Jack Welch, C.K. Prahalad, Ralph Szygenda, and Michael Dell – but also shared trusted opinions and ideas through his CIO Nation blog and weekly columns, as well as hands-on insight through presentations at numerous live events and one-on-one meetings.
In his career in event content-generation, moderating, and presenting, Brian has developed a unique rapport with his audiences by eschewing the staid, lecture-style presentation and establishing a comfortable, often fun (but always informative) approach. From July 2007 to July 2008, as VP of member services for nGenera, the Toronto-based think tank founded by renowned strategist Don Tapscott, Brian helped Fortune 500 companies navigate the challenges of the Enterprise 2.0 era.
Peter Hinssen
Chairman
Across Group & Porthus.com
Peter Hinssen is one of Europe's esteemed thought leaders in the field of technology and its impact on business life and society. His focus is on the consumer adoption of technology, on the impact of the networked digital society, and on the fusion between business and IT. Hinssen collaborates with organizations in the areas of IT Strategy, Transformation, Fusion and Coaching, both within Belgium and far beyond.
His most recent book, “Business/IT Fusion. How to transform IT in your organization” (2008) is a best-selling management book in Belgium and the Netherlands, and is rapidly spreading throughout the United States. He is an entrepreneur, lecturer and writer, and co-founder of the Across Group and Chairman of Porthus. Since 2000, he has been an Entrepreneur in Residence with McKinsey & Company.
Before undertaking his activities in the world of venture capital and coaching, Peter worked at Alcatel as Vice President, responsible for the marketing and business development of Alcatel Telecom Software and Services. Previously, he was founder and managing director of Alcatel e-COM, one of the leading Internet and e-commerce consultancy and design firms in the Benelux Region. As an executive faculty member, Hinssen frequently contributes his expertise to London Business School (UK) and TiasNimbas Business School (The Netherlands).
Joe Held
SVP & CIO
Standard & Poor’s
Joe Held, senior vice president and chief information officer for Standard & Poor’s a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, brings more than 20 years of experience in information technology - focusing on business reengineering; business acquisitions/new ventures; application development and information architecture; and technology strategy and implementation. He currently has responsibility for global business systems S&P-wide.
Before joining S&P, Joe was the executive responsible for Investment Technology Services at Hartford Life Insurance, where he established an industry-leading technology service for the Annuity and Mutual Funds lines of businesses. Joe worked at CIGNA HealthCare from 1995 to 1997 as the assistant vice president of Application and Information Architecture and worked in a variety of IT roles for several Aetna Life and Casualty businesses from 1983 to 1995.
Joe has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University and has conducted graduate work at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Trevor Bunker
VP, IT Transformation Group, CA, Inc.
Trevor Bunker leads the IT Transformation team, focused on CA’s largest customers within North America. Prior to his current role, he was VP, Solution Sales for CA IT Infrastructure Management solutions and oversaw the Center of Excellence for this space, delivering demonstrations, proofs of concept, business analysis and escalation capabilities in support of CA’s sales specialists and technical consultants.
Trevor joined CA in 2005 with the acquisition of Concord Communications, Inc., where he spent almost 5 years in various roles, including PreSales Engineer for the SPECTRUM product line, QA Software Engineer and sales positions in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia. While in Sydney, Trevor was also Technical Services Manager, responsible for presales and post-sales activities in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to Concord, Trevor spent 5 years in Operations at PepsiCo.
Trevor attended the University of Southern New Hampshire, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems.
Trevor strives to ensure that the customer’s business issues and strategies are well understood and that the technology implemented successfully addresses the customer’s pain points and helps them achieve their short and long term goals. He believes that true partnership between CA and the customer is achieved through close collaboration toward mutual goals.
