Toronto Area SIM Inaugural Meeting

September 26th 2006,
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Toronto Board of Trade, Downtown Centre
(First Canadian Place)

Fee: Members: FREE Non-members: $80

AGENDA
5:30 - 6:15 pm Reception & Dinner
6:15 - 6:30 pm Introductions
6:30 - 7:00 pm Rod Hamilton: "The Future of IT Leadership from a CIO Perspective"
7:00 - 7:30 pm Phil Zwieg: "Supply and Demand Crisis for IT Leaders"
7:30 - 8:00 pm Round Table & Networking

SPEAKERS
Rod Hamilton is a Toronto-area CIO who joined Hygeia Corporation in September 2000 after spending 21 years at KPMG. At Hygeia he is responsible for all aspects of technology, including strategy, development and ongoing support. His efforts have been directed at applications of web technology since 1995; this remains the primary technology in use at Hygeia. With clients scattered around the globe, use of highly available web applications has been pivotal to Hygeia's client service strategy. As recognition of Hygeia's commitment to technology-business alignment and agile development, Hygeia was named by CIO magazine as one of the "Agile 100" in 2004 and has also been named to the CIO Innovative 100 in 2006.

Phil Zwieg is currently a principal with Z-Sharp, LLC. He previously served as a Vice President in the Information Systems Department at Northwestern Mutual, where he was responsible for all infrastructure and IT operations activities. Previous responsibilities included heading up applications and support activities for all home office business domains, as well as architecture and security functions. Prior to joining the Northwestern, he was head of the Information Systems organization at WE Energies. He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his MBA from Marquette University. He has completed work towards his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is on the adjunct faculty of the graduate business school at Marquette University; has served on the Executive Technology Review Committee and the IS Strategy Advisory Board for the Milwaukee Public School System; and is a member of the Board of Directors of Lad Lake, Inc. Zwieg has been a member of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and the Wisconsin Chapter for over 20 years, serving in many capacities, including past president. He is currently the Vice President for Advocacy and Communities of Interest on the SIM National Executive Board.