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Investment Governance: The Key to Proving and Improving the Value of IT to the Company
Rich Murphy
Executive Brief: As global economies waver and management and stakeholders across companies become increasingly involved in and concerned about sound investment management, smart IT leaders leverage Investment Governance methodologies to prove the value of their organizations -- and to improve the value they drive. |
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The Business Case for Portfolio Management
Rich Murphy
Executive Brief: Considering a new IT investment now may feel like a daunting task but gaining an understanding of the cost to run the business versus change the business is absolutely critical during turbulent economic times. Find out how knowing the breakout of those spends will enable you to make profoundly different business decisions with a substantial and positive impact on the bottom line and contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization. |
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Be Bold with Smart New IT Investments: 5 Valuable IT Investments for Difficult Economic Times
Rich Murphy
White Paper: Learn how visionary IT leaders combine spending cuts with strategic new investments to overcome current challenges and prepare for the post-financial crisis market. Read on to learn 5 valuable IT investment steps to take now for great rewards in the future. |
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Getting Your Voice Heard: CIOs Can Be a Strategic Partner in Key Business Decisions
Brad Rable
Executive Brief: With an efficient portfolio management process in place, CIOs have the vantage point to see all portfolios across business lines and the projects within them. The CIO can bring department executives together to view each other's initiatives and reports to help determine which project or portfolio of projects should be the highest priority. Thus, the CIO becomes an integral part of the decision-making body and a leader who brings change that is the difference between surviving and thriving. |
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 Rich Murphy, Planview Executive in Residence, is a financial and management authority specializing in cost control, running IT as a business, and operational efficiency.
Previously, Rich was a Managing Director with Deutsche Bank for 10 years, where he held the position of CFO for Global Technology and Operations and Support Divisions.
In this role, he oversaw a €6B budget that encompassed 23,000 employees responsible for more than 4,000 software applications; he controlled those functions responsible for processing, settling, and reconciling the bank’s business transactions; he ran the organization managing the bank’s data center, network, desktop support, and telecommunication functions; and was over Support for all cost areas, including legal, compliance, audit and global management.
Rich joined Deutsche Bank in 1998, after a 16-year career at AT&T where he held a variety of financial and operational leadership assignments. Experience prior to this includes a four-year auditing career with Price Waterhouse, where he earned his CPA certificate.
Rich earned his Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, in Accounting at Villanova University in Pennsylvania in 1979, and attended Carnegie Mellon University’s Executive Education program in 1991. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants.
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 Brad Rable, Planview Executive in Residence, is a performance-focused and visionary IT leader with more than 20 years' experience driving change through the innovative use of technology.
A holistic business strategist known for building success with focused business acumen, structured global solutions, and proven effi ciencies, he is a recognized subject matter authority in areas including enterprise project management, IT financial management, and global IT delivery.
Previously, Brad served as Senior Vice President of Program Management for USAA, a Fortune 200 fi nancial services company serving 6+ million United States military members and their families. Responsible for executive leadership for IT projects, he led a US $500M, 3,000+ global software developer organization executing more than 400 projects per year, returning in excess of US $1B of tangible value to USAA. Prior to this, Brad was USAA's Senior Vice President of Information Technology, in which position he held led successful implementation efforts for many USAA strategic technology efforts. Before joining USAA, Brad held progressive leadership positions with the United States Air Force, Computer Data Systems, and Robbins Gioia.
Brad earned his Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Bowling Green State University in 1988, and his Master of Arts in Computer Information Resource Management from Webster University in 1993.
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 Guy Kawasaki's newest book, Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition (Portfolio, Penguin Group), was released on October 30, 2008.
Reality Check is his all-in-one guide for starting and operating great organizations -- ones that stand the test of time and ignore any passing fads in business theory.
Mr. Kawasaki is a founding partner and a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures and he is a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. He is also the co-founder of Alltop.com, an "online magazine rack" of popular topics on the Web -- the success of which is attributed to social networking tools such as Twitter.
Guy Kawasaki is a founding partner and entrepreneur-in-residence at Garage Technology Ventures. He is also the co-founder of Alltop.com, an "online magazine rack" of popular topics on the Web.
Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Mr. Kawasaki is the author of nine books including The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way.
Guy Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
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