Thank you to all the committees for their leadership and support of SIMposium 09.

SIM VP for Conferences & Seminars and National Committee Chairman
Andrew C. Jackson, President, BravoTECH

SIMposium 09 Conference Chair
Joy Howland

SIMposium 09 Advisory Council

• Larry Argiro, PhD, SVP, Chief Resource Officer, Risk Management Division, Financial Institution Services, Fiserv
• Kevin Campbell, VP and CIO, Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
• Ned Cooper, CFO, Comprehensive Health Services
• Michel Danon, CIO, Sound Transit
• Mike Jones, Former Corporate VP & CIO, Children’s Hospital and Health System
• Jim Knight, Global CIO, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
• Hugh Moore, Owner, HJM Consulting
• John Oglesby, President, CIO Services Group
• Ingvar Petursson, CIO, Expedia, Inc.
• John Polizzi, Senior VP and CIO, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.
• Richard Shay, Chief of Research, PEMCO Insurance
• Caren Shiozaki, CIO, Thornburg Mortgage
• Merv Tarde, CIO, Interstate Batteries
• Ed Trainor, CIO, Amtrak
• Karl Wachs, CIO, Celanese Corporation

Planning Committee

Host & Venue Committee

Kathy Howland, Mircrosoft Premier Sales Executive, DMG
Clare Megathlin, Sr. Solution Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Lorrie Montgomery, Consulting Manager, Hansell Tierney
Jim Ratchford, CIO, Seattle Public Schools

Program Committee

Jeff Barnes, President, Compelevent Solutions
Duane Bedard, Senior Partner, ESage Group
Lisa Goldsmith, Director, Enterprise Collaboration Applications, Providence Health & Services
John Thorp, President, The Thorp Network, Inc.

Marketing Committee

Marcy Knott, Corporate Account Manager, Internap
David Wu, CIO, Point B, Inc.

Sponsorship Committee

Praful Chitnis, Director of Information Technology, Maxon Furniture, Inc.
John Gillem, Client Partner, Slalom Consulting

National Committee

Dave Brown, Boston
Mark Bryan, Portland
Richard Bush, Detroit
Dave Chatterjee, Atlanta
Scott Conlin, Utah
Christi Daigre, Memphis
Joe DeSiena, New Jersey
Marc Di Francisco, Portland
Geoff Endris, Indianapolis
Anna Frazzetto, Fairfield/Westchester
Eric Gorham, St. Louis
Cliff Higbee, Utah (RLF Liaison)
Steve Holland, Dallas/Ft. Worth
Jon Hulen, Seattle
Brian Knapp, Arizona
Jerry Kozik, Northeast Ohio
Molly Mahoney, Central Florida
Shamim Mohammad, Boston
Hugh Moore, Central Florida
Will Olive, Wisconsin
Jennifer Patzold, South Florida
Tom Rubenak, Houston
Nanci Schimizzi, Capital Area (D.C.)
Dr. M. Lewis Temares, South Florida
Mario Tino, Toronto
Jim Tosone, New York Metro
Kristen Valters, Chicago
Jackie Zelman, South Florida