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Please join us for our next evening meeting on February 11, 2010 at the Burlington Marriott for an evening of networking and a briefing on Leading a Virtual Workforce.
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Our next Sharpen The Leadership Saw Roundtable takes place on April 20, 2010.
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Our Next Evening Meeting
Our Next Meeting:
Thursday, February 11, 2010
(Registration, Networking and Dinner – 5:30-6:45 PM, Welcome – 6:45-7:00 PM, Presentation – 7:00-8:00 PM)
Location: Burlington Marriott
Topic: Leading a Virtual Workforce
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Cognizant, a global IT Services firm with over 68,000 employees operating in 28 different countries, uses an onsite-offshore model to deliver IT services to its global client base. This inherently requires Cognizant to operate in a highly virtual manner, assembling teams across multiple continents and time zones to deliver services to its clients. Mark Greenlaw, CIO, will discuss Cognizant’s view on the changing nature of work, and will share some best practices on how IT leaders can effectively manage their own virtual teams. He will also discuss a very important role IT leaders can play within their organization: enabling other executives to be more effective virtual leaders and communicators.
Mark Greenlaw, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Cognizant, is responsible for setting and executing an information technology strategy for Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services. He oversees a team of more than 950 IT professionals who manage Cognizant’s global enterprise applications and infrastructure. Prior to joining Cognizant, Greenlaw held technology executive and consulting positions with Adams Harkness (now Canaccord Adams), Oracle Consulting, Keane, Nervewire (acquired by Wipro), and Computer Sciences Corporation. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. degree in Operations Management from the College of Business Administration.
Our Next Sharpen The Leadership Saw Roundtable
Our Next Meeting:
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
(Registration – 1:30 PM, Program – 2:00-5:30 PM, Dinner – 6:00 PM)
Location: To be announced
Speaker: To be announced
Book: Justice: To be announced
This program is offered to all current SIM members and all former SIM RLF graduates who are interested in evolving as a leader. Through discussions of carefully selected books and through speakers who are IS/IT leaders, the roundtable offers you the opportunity to improve your fundamental understanding of “leadership”, and your own personal brand of it. We read one book in advance, discuss the book and another topic, and listen to a guest speaker who is an IS or IT leader like you.
Registration details:
The cost to attend the SLS Roundtable session is only $50, which includes dinner out following the afternoon meeting. To attend, please register and pay via credit card online by Friday, January 15th.
For questions, please contact our SLS Roundtable Facilitator Katrina Sorrentino (ksorrentino@irobot.com)
About Boston SIM
For over thirty years the Boston Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM) has been the meeting place for information technology executives, leading IT consultants, academicians, and senior business executives who play key roles in the use of information technology in their organizations. Boston SIM offers a collaborative exploration of best practices, trends and lessons learned for those who shape and influence the management and use of it. Join Boston SIM and collaborate with us in the management revolution that is changing the way the world communicates, educates, and conducts business. Membership in this chapter of an international organization puts you in the middle of a global community that is harnessing the power of knowledge, information, and technology. SIM International is an international organization for top information executives. It helps IS leaders to develop their management techniques for the strategic use of information and computing technology. SIM has over 25 local chapters, and 2,500 members from more than 500 major organizations.
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