Troux Worldwide Conference: March 28-29, 2012 - Austin Texas
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Industry leading speakers and practitioners
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 Dr. Warren Ritchie Former Chief Information Officer VOLKSWAGEN Group of America |
Dr. Warren Ritchie is the former Chief Information Officer for Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) and was with the Volkswagen Group overall for 23 years predominantly in business strategy roles prior to moving to the Information Technology function. Dr. Ritchie lead the IT department at VWGoA through a transformation that simultaneously improved the day to day operational performance of IT as well as delivered on an expanded role of IT in leading business innovation. He also repositioned the role of IT within the US subsidiary relative to the parent VWAG global IT organization. He holds a doctoral degree in Business Strategy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has a strong orientation towards the use of enterprise architecture to implement business strategy. |
 Jennifer Preston Manager Enterprise Architecture Information Technology Process and Organization (ITPO) VOLKSWAGEN Group of America, Inc |
Jennifer Preston currently heads the Enterprise Architecture practice within the Architecture & Governance organization at Volkswagen Group of America. In this role Jennifer is responsible for supporting the definition of the current and future state architecture across the Business, Application, Technology and Information domains and supporting both IT and the Business to drive implementation plans aligning to their future strategies. As a certified Enterprise Architect, Jennifer has spent the last ten years in the automotive industry utilizing EA as the foundation to drive large change initiatives at Volkswagen Group of America. |
 Angela Yochem Chief Technology Officer AstraZeneca |
Angela Yochem is the Chief Technology Officer at AstraZeneca, working with innovative partners to accelerate business advantage, make a meaningful difference to patient health, and bring value to society. Angela built a track record of driving transformation, profitability and agility in complex environments in senior roles at Dell, Bank of America, SunTrust, UPS, and IBM. Prior to her executive leadership roles, Angela specialized in design and delivery of large-scale distributed systems and solutions to complex integration and convergence challenges. Angela is a published author with Prentice-Hall and Addison-Wesley, a US Patent holder, and is a frequent speaker on technology, diversity and leadership at executive forums and events in the United States and abroad. |
 Sandra L. McCoy Executive Director Information Architecture and Standards Management Kaiser Permanente |
Sandra L. McCoy is currently serving as Executive Director of Enterprise Architecture supporting the Business Architecture, Information Architecture and Technology Standards Management functions within IT at Kaiser Permanente. In that role, her staff supports modeling the business and information for the enterprise, including Health Plan, Care Delivery, Corporate Services, National Facility Services and Outpatient Pharmacy. Within Technology Standards Management, her staff ensures the quality and validity of content in the catalog of standards. Prior to serving as Executive Director, Sandra was a Corporate Services Enterprise Architect, supporting strategic initiatives in that portfolio through the development and usage of architecture models and frameworks. Sandra joined Kaiser Permanente in September 2005. Previously, she was an independent consultant for over 15 years working in various industries such as aerospace, transportation, distribution, recruiting and placement, food services, and mortgage lending. She successfully designed, managed and implemented large scale end-to-end ERP solutions including PeopleSoft, Oracle Financials and SAP. She also has extensive experience in custom solution design, coding and development as well as detailed business analysis. Sandra received her B.S from California State University, Northridge. |
 Mike J. Walker Principal Architect Microsoft |
Mike Walker is a Principal Architect in Microsoft’s Enterprise Strategy & Architecture organization. He is responsible for the creation of strategy, frameworks, methods, guidance, and the delivery of Microsoft’s vision on Business Strategy and Enterprise Architecture. Mike is widely recognized as an Enterprise Architecture industry thought leader. As a practitioner in the Enterprise Architecture space, he has led or held key positions as a Chief and Enterprise Architect in industry segments, such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Government and High Technology. He has been instrumental in the creation of Strategic Planning, Enterprise Architecture Management, and Research and Development. |
 Stuart L. Johnson Senior Manager Enterprise Architecture Tools The Boeing Company |
Stuart Johnson is the Senior Manager, leading The Boeing Company’s Enterprise Architecture Processes and Tools deployment team. In this role he manages both the Enterprise Architecture software roll-out, based on the Troux suite, as well as the Standards Management and Enterprise Architecture processes. Stuart has been with The Boeing Company for over 30 years, holding a variety of positions including HR Systems Chief Architect, Senior Manager of HR Systems Business Intelligence, and management and analyst positions while in the Commercial Division of Boeing Computer Services. He holds BAs from Western Washington University in Economics and Accounting, and a Project Management Certificate from the University of Washington. |
 Troy Colyer Senior Business Architect Operations & Technology The Boeing Company |
Troy Colyer is a Senior Business Architect in The Boeing Company’s Engineering Operations & Technology organization, integrating enterprise computing standards, non-standard waivers, road-mapping, and procurement management systems. He has led technology implementations across the Boeing enterprise including HR, Business Continuity, Commercial Airplanes, Defense & Space, Network Operations, and Business Systems. Troy has a BS from SUNY Geneseo and a MS from Western Washington University. He also holds certifications in TOGAF 9.0, IT Information Library (ITIL v3), Project Management Professional (PMP), and IASA (International Association of Software Architects). |
 Michael Brands Business Architecture and Demand Management Vodafone Germany |
Michael Brands is the head of Business Architecture and Demand Management within the Enterprise Business unit of Vodafone Germany. In this role, he uses Business Architecture to implement an enterprise business strategy that aligns with IT strategy and helps to steer IT investments in the Enterprise Business Unit. Previously, he was head of IT Architecture and responsible for the architecture of Vodafone Germany’s BSS application landscape and for developing IT Target Architectures to meet business needs and drive IT consolidation. Prior to that, he led several projects in the area of traffic telematics at Mannesmann Passo. Michael holds a degree as Dipl.-Ing. Telekommunikationstechnik. |
 Jason Scarlett, PMP, CEA Chief Architect CPS Energy |
Jason Scarlett is the Chief Architect for CPS Energy, the nation’s largest municipally owned electric and gas utility. He was responsible for the creation of the Enterprise Architecture Program at CPS Energy and continues to guide the evolution of the IT Governance process within the utility. Jason holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and a Master of Science in Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He also holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) credential and is a Certified Enterprise Architect (CEA). |
 Todd Sicard Enterprise Architect Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota |
Todd Sicard is currently an Enterprise Architect at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota where he has worked since 1993. For the first 12 years he focused on applications and databases that consumed analytic data (such as underwriting). Prior to spending two years implementing Troux, Todd had been the Enterprise Data Architect and working to understand, manage, and leverage Blue Cross' data assets. |
 Adam Tyczka Senior Consultant Battle Resource Management, Inc. (BRMi) |
Mr. Tyczka has over 10 years of experience with several Federal government agencies and commercial companies through software development and enterprise architecture initiatives. Most recently, he led the development of the Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Program that established a practical, distributed process for managing enterprise information in support of the Department of Homeland Security US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Mr. Tyczka graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) with a Bachelor’s of Science in Information Technology. |
 Charlie Betz Research Director, IT Portfolio Management Enterprise Management Associates |
Previously, Charlie spent 6 years at Wells Fargo as VP and Enterprise Architect for IT Portfolio Management and Systems Management. He is the author of the recently published 2nd edition of Architecture and Patterns for IT: Making Shoes for the Cobbler's Children. |
 Jennifer Yang Vice President Battle Resource Management, Inc. (BRMi) |
Ms. Yang manages the Homeland and Border Security Practice Area for BRMi. She is a business process renewal and IT strategy subject matter expert. She has worked with several Federal government agencies and commercial companies to improve their operations through “smarter” IT investments. She currently supports the Department of Homeland Security, specializing in IT and EA governance. Previously, she supported the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) to develop Federal IT investment management policies, mature the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), and analyze the annual Federal IT budget. Ms. Yang graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and she received a Master of Arts from Johns Hopkins University. |
 Russ Conway Director of Enterprise Architecture Cisco Systems, Inc. |
As Director of Enterprise Architecture at Cisco, Russ Conway is leading the establishment and rollout of a federated EA practice across Cisco’s operations. Bringing disparate strategic planning functions together under a common framework and methodology has been a key focus for Russ in order to develop and drive integrated roadmaps. In doing so he has developed accountability models, qualification guidelines and a community structure to gain critical mass and sustain the practice. Previously Russ has held a number of architecture and strategy roles within IT at Cisco and prior to that Applied Materials. Russ received his MBA from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor’s of Science (MIS) from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. |
 David Frederick Information Strategist & Enterprise Architect Global Information Services Caterpillar, Inc |
David Frederick is an Enterprise Architect in Global Information Services at Caterpillar, Inc. He is currently responsible for driving the enterprise information strategy, engagement with transformation initiatives, and is working to improve visibility to Caterpillar’s information assets for architectural and strategic planning purposes. Dave has over 25 years of experience at Caterpillar including IT Manager and Global Product Owner positions. Dave is a graduate of Illinois State University with a degree in Computer Science and Math. |
 Mark Zielinski Enterprise Architect Strategic Planning & Architecture Caterpillar Inc. |
Mark Zielinski is Caterpillar Inc.’s Enterprise Architect for the Business Process domain within the Strategic Planning and Architecture organization. In this role Mark is responsible for the support of Caterpillar’s business process taxonomy, with ties to its application portfolio. Inclusive in his role is that of strategy owner for Troux within the enterprise, which is being utilized to support multiple business process transformations. Mark has been with Caterpillar for 38 yrs, with broad IT experience within its corporate Service Parts Management and Logistics IT Services at both the enterprise and Cat dealership level. He has previously held responsibility for IT services to Caterpillar’s North American heavy-duty diesel engine engineering and manufacturing organization. |
 Troy Thompson VP of Business Integration and Enterprise Architecture USAA |
Troy Thompson is the VP of Business Integration and Enterprise Architecture within the Enterprise Transformation Office. He has accountability for business integration and enterprise architecture. Prior to his current role, he was in the Financial Advice and Solutions Group where he lead operations for the Life and Investment company. Prior to joining USAA, Troy was employed at Genworth Financial where he served in various roles focused on profitably growing and funding its life insurance business. Troy is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and is trained as a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma. Troy holds Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Texas. |
 Amy Crockett Senior Business Architect Enterprise Transformation Office USAA |
Amy Crockett is responsible for defining Enterprise Architecture models and delivering Enterprise Architecture services to key stakeholders across the enterprise. Amy has also held the position of Senior Enterprise Strategy Advisor and Lead Systems Analyst/Programmer. Prior to joining USAA, Amy worked as a Research Analyst at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). She helped develop the TxDOT Intelligent Traffic System in San Antonio, the heads up display for the US Air Force A-10, and many other projects. Amy holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from Park University. |
 Michael Pemberton Enterprise Architect Enterprise Transformation Office USAA |
Michael Pemberton is responsible for defining Enterprise Architecture models and delivering Enterprise Architecture services to key stakeholders across the enterprise. Prior to joining USAA, as a consultant Michael delivered enterprise business architecture services to customers across the globe including The Hartford, Lincoln National Life Insurance, Barclay's Bank, Swedish Postal Authority, and U.S. Space Command. Michael launched the Business Architecture team at Nielsen Media Research and led his team to define their unique, world class business architecture metamodel. Michael holds a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from Colorado State University. |
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Michael Gout Lead Technical Architect USAA |
Michael’s responsibilities and focus over the last few years include institutionalizing Technology Portfolio Management at USAA. Michael has over 23 years of experience at USAA delivering high quality, high value, and cost effective Information Technology solutions. |
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Natalia Dunaeva Director of Operational Excellence USAA |
Natalia has over 10 years of experience leading teams that are responsible for identifying, designing, and delivering business process and technology solutions throughout the enterprise. Natalia holds an MBA from UT Austin, an M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science from Texas State, and is certified as an Enterprise Architect from the E.A.C.O.E. |
 Thomas Irlbacher Software Engeering Fiducia IT AG |
Thomas Irlbacher (Dipl. - Ing FH), is Head of department for software engineering at Fiducia IT AG. He deals mainly with software development methods, standards and tools. Especially the object-oriented and java based development is in his focus. For the software engineering environment his department provides for a round about one thousand software developer the method and tooling, starting at the architecture with EAM, using MDA (modell driven architecture) with al lot of generators and ending by build an deployment for java and cobol. |
 Curtis Lupton Director of Federal Services Portfolio Management, & IT Strategic Planning Practice Auxis |
Curtis is an experienced Senior Enterprise Architect in support of various projects within the Enterprise Architecture, Portfolio Management, and IT Strategic Planning Practice. Curtis has experience with a variety of projects including government agencies: USCIS, EPA, USPTO, Workforce Central Florida, US Mint, FBI, Army Netcom, CIFA, United States Air Force, United States Marines and commercial companies: Shula’s Steakhouse, DHL, and Hard Rock Café International. Curtis has filled the role of governance lead, technical lead, architect, report writer, information data modeler, process modeler, data modeler and EA repository integrator. Curtis has overseen technical teams in order to streamline the development and deployment of strategies for repository development, Enterprise Investment governance, Enterprise Architecture technical development, data integration and client presentation of enterprise information through web based solutions. Curtis has experience in a variety of toolsets to both collect and disseminate information to a wide range of users |
 Jesse Ponnock Auxis |
Jesse is an expert in the integration of technology into business environments. He has weathered support in various projects involving EA strategies and implementations. Specialties include portal based solution and data analysis through the Troux environment, developing SharePoint systems, and BIRT reporting. Jesse has experience under the roles of technical advisor, architect, EA systems planner, EA systems integrator, programmer, report writer, information data modeler and process modeler. |
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Colin Scott Vice President - Architecture IT Enablement Center Fidelity Investments – Fidelity Technology Group |
Dr. Colin Scott is a Vice-President of Architecture in Fidelity's Corporate Technology Group based in Boston, Mass. He is currently responsible for the introduction, promotion and application of Business Capability Modeling within Fidelity. In his career he has held strategic architecture leadership roles in Reuters and Andersen Consulting. |
 Marc Georg Director of Practice Consulting Troux |
Marc Georg has been with Troux for over six years. Marc and the Practice Consulting team are responsible for providing best practices guidance via the Troux Accelerator Methodology and he has led dozens clients to success by focusing on delivering rapid customer value and sustainability through stewardship and governance. Prior to Troux, Marc worked at Clarity, SAP and Netscape, holds an MBA from Thunderbird and is PMP certified. |
Please check back often as we confirm additional speakers.
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