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Philip
Allega
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Philip Allega has 20 years of experience in financial services, consumer products, retail, government, utilities, and healthcare for both Global and North American organizations and is a sought-after advisor to senior IT leadership teams. He delivers actionable counsel to Global 2000 clients in enterprise planning and architecture strategies to deliver business value on IT investments. Prior to joining META Group in November 1998, Mr. Allega consulted small and medium businesses, served as director of technology planning for Taco Bell Corporation, assisted a startup venture which led to a public offering, and managed development of retail software for insurance and real estate professionals. Mr. Allega holds a BS in business management from the University of Phoenix and an MBA from the University of California, Irvine. Areas of Coverage include: Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Organization, Enterprise Architecture Planning and Process, Enterprise Architecture Value, Enterprise Business Architecture, Enterprise Information Architecture, Enterprise Technical Architecture, Enterprise Solution Architecture, Enterprise Program Management, IT Portfolio Management.
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- Workshop 2: Key Issues in Architecture Management
- Track 4: Certifying Enterprise Architects: A Marketplace Review
- Track 4: The Architect’s Toolkit
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Willie
Appel
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Willie Appel, with more than 24 years of IT industry experience, is an international practitioner, leading authority, and frequent keynote speaker on enterprise planning and architecture, enterprise program management, and IT portfolio management strategies. He has coached enterprise architecture teams and created enterprise architecture deliverables for both government/public - and private-sector organizations in Africa, North America, Asia Pacific, and Europe. Before joining META Group in 1998, Mr. Appel was chief technology architect for the IT division of Nedcor Bank in South Africa; he was co-responsible for technical architecture and directly involved with the Internet/e-commerce architecture, elevating Nedcor to one of the top banks in South Africa. He began his career with the Department of Telecommunications, where he specialized in teletext and telecommunications networks. Mr. Appel received a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Areas of Coverage include: Enterprise Architecture; Enterprise Architecture Organization; Enterprise Architecture Planning and Process; Enterprise Technical Architecture; Program Management.
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James
August
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Jim August is the Chief Technology Architect for MetLife, the largest life insurer in the United States. Jim has over 27 years of diverse experience in the Information Technology industry. He has held technical, sales, marketing and management roles at vendor, consulting and commercial organizations. Currently he is engaged in bringing consistency to the technology and business processes that support MetLife’s businesses while extending those systems to MetLife’s partners, employees and customers through the use of web services technology.
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Frank
Baldinger
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For the last three years Mr. Baldinger has been employed at ING Group Level as Corporate IT staff member (associate) with the main focus on IT-Architecture and Business Alignment on ING Group Level. Mr. Baldinger has been employed as manager in several operating companies of the ING Group in the areas of Electronic Banking, Payment systems on Architecture and System Development tasks since 1988. His main experience was focused on:
- managing a system development group for electronic payments systems,
- an IT-Architecture department for the payments factory of Postbank Netherlands,.
- and program-management of a large organisational Capability Maturity Model upgrade to level 3 (700 system developers).
Mr. Baldinger started in 1973 as an System Integration Engineer for real-time operating systems (EWS) in the telephone branch exchange industry for Siemens AG in Munich. Worked in several areas: design programming, system test, system integration of complex HW/SW real time environments.
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Sally
Bean
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Sally Bean has over 15 years experience in Enterprise Architecture, mostly gained in British Airways. Here she worked on some major architectural projects, including Terminal 5, and helped to champion many successful initiatives to share data and systems more effectively across the organisation. More recently, she has been working as a consultant, helping large organisations in the private and public sector to develop their architecture practice.
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- Featured Presentation: The Inner Game of Enterprise Architecture
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Richard
Buchanan
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Richard Buchanan is a world-renowned expert on enterprise architecture and IT strategy. With 15 years of experience as a practitioner and consultant to Global 2000 companies, he has published numerous articles on topics as diverse as integrated logistics, electronic commerce, component-based software development, competitive intelligence, and financial modeling. Prior to joining META Group in November 1996, Mr. Buchanan was the founder and principal of The Buchanan Group, an analysis and consulting firm responsible for enterprise architectural planning, market studies, competitive profiles, white papers, focus groups, scenario planning, and competitive war gaming. Prior to that, he was an analyst in the Computing Strategy Service of Forrester Research. Mr. Buchanan's experience also includes work at Digital Equipment Corp., where he managed product research and competitive intelligence activities and was a key member of its global strategy planning team. Areas of Coverage include: Enterprise Architecture; Enterprise Architecture Organization; Enterprise Architecture Planning and Process; Enterprise Technical Architecture; Program Management.
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- Workshop 1: The Core Concepts of Adaptive Enterprise Architecture
- Chair Address: Introduction from the Chairs
- Guru Panel
- Track 4: The Revival of Leadership
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Brian
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Brian Burke is a global thought leader in IT strategy and enterprise architecture. His groundbreaking work in the development of federated architectures has been implemented in hundreds of organizations in both the public and private sectors. He is also a prominent researcher and speaker in the areas of IT portfolio management, IT organizational structures, and business/IT alignment. Mr. Burke has a broad and diverse background in technology and strategy, gained over 19 years in the industry. Prior to joining META Group in 1998, he held senior management positions with responsibility for the development of IT strategy and architecture and the implementation of emerging technologies, including Internet, knowledge management, data warehouse, groupware, client/server, and LAN/desktop technology. Areas of Coverage include: Enterprise Architecture; Enterprise Architecture Organization; Enterprise Architecture Planning and Process; Enterprise Technical Architecture; Project Management.
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Carsten
Christiansen
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Carsten is the Section Manager for Enterprise Architecture Process, IT Strategy and Process for Nordea. He is responsible for establishing an Enterprise Architecture Programme in Nordea (including creating the foundation and establishing the first EA iteration).
He was responsible for a study on “Business and IT Integration Planning”, analysing the options for merging core systems. He has participated in various projects including: Nordea IT Strategy Project, IT Governance project and a Custody Services IT Strategy project. He was responsible for establishing frameworks for the System Consulting unit in Nordea IT Development (including definition of product catalogue, development of consulting skills (professional and personal), and establishment of a knowledge management process).
He previously worked for Unibank and Andelsbanken.
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Martin
Curley
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Martin Curley is Senior Principal Engineer and Global Director of IT Innovation at Intel Corporation managing a network of IT Innovation centres developing advanced IT solutions. Previously Martin held a number of IT Management positions for Intel including Director of IT Strategy and Technology based in Sacramento, California and Fab14 Automation Manager based in Dublin. Martin has also held IT management positions at General Electric in Ireland and Philips in the Netherlands. Martin has a degree in Electronic Engineering and a Masters in Business Studies from University College Dublin, Ireland. Martin is author of “Managing Information Technology for Business Value” published by Intel Press Jan 04.
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Symon
Cusack
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As a Senior Consultant for Popkin Software, Symon has over 5 years experience in delivering all aspects of EA solutions to a broad spectrum of customers within the Government, Defence and Banking sectors. Symon now manages Popkin's Technical Marketing Support Department.
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Simon
Dalziel
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Simon Dalziel is currently working as a Principal Consultant with Architecting-the-Enterprise, providing training and consultancy services. He specialises in Business Architectures, IS Strategy, Data and Repository Management and Enterprise Architectures using TOGAF 8. He is TOGAF 7 and 8 certified.
Simon has been involved in the development of Enterprise Architectures and IS strategies for several major companies and government organisations, including Norwich Union, Reader’s Digest, Railtrack, Scottish Power, The European Commission and the DVO Group.
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Joe
Danielewicz
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Joe Danielewicz is an enterprise data architect at Motorola in Phoenix Arizona. Mr. Danielewicz has worked in Information Technology for 25 years, the last 15 years in data administration and data architecture working on data strategy, enterprise architecture and information quality.
Joe Danielewicz is a past president of the Phoenix Chapter of DAMA, and served as VP of Communications for DAMA International in 1993. Mr. Danielewicz received his BA degree in philosophy from Northeastern Illinois University. Joe Danielewicz is an adjunct instructor at Mesa Community College teaching relational data modeling and database design.
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Nick
Gall
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Prior to joining META Group in 1996, Mr. Gall gained more than 19 years of infrastructure and application design experience with companies such as Honeywell/Bull and BBN. His expertise spans diverse domains, including relational database design, object-oriented design, programming language design, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and Internet architecture. Mr. Gall is a leading authority on middleware, infrastructure planning, technical architecture, and XML Web services. Mr. Gall has also led dozens of workshops for Fortune 500 IT organizations on topics such as adaptive infrastructure, service-oriented architecture, and infrastructure consolidation. As a former intellectual property litigation attorney, he also has deep experience with the legal issues of IT. Mr. Gall received a BA in Philosophy from Yale University, an MS in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and a JD from NYU Law School.
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Ian
Gardiner-Smith
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Ian is currently the head of IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture at Wintethur Insurance in Switzerland
Ian's two and a half decade career in IT started developing software in both the aeronautics and graphics arts industries. His designs in graphics systems contributed to queen's awards won by Crosfield Electronic. In 1990 Ian led a team that designed a series of groupware and messaging systems that subsequently won a Swiss chamber of commerce award for innovation in 1994.
From 1994 he held several design and architecture positions at Credit Suisse and in 1998 he was appointed the chief technology adviser post in the Credit Suisse Group, providing analysis and consultancy on IT issues to the executive board and leading cross-organisation groups in key IT policy areas.
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John
Good
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John Good leads the BBC’s enterprise architecture team where he has been principal architect for 2 years. He is a member of the Technical Strategy team responsible for defining the BBC’s overall technology vision and defining strategies for its delivery. The development of the technology architecture is part of the strategy for this delivery. John has 16 years experience of design, architecture and delivery experience in the public sector, logistics management and broadcasting industries.
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Adrian
Grigoriu
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Adrian has about ten years recent experience in mobile telecommunications and ten in IT Business analysis, architecture, software, programming and hardware/electronics design.
He currently works for Vodafone UK as Senior Manager, Emerging Technologies and Technology Strategy, formerly System Consultant and Architect for the introduction of 3G, Service Delivery Platform Lead Architect. Specified an Enterprise Architecture framework and its value proposition.
He has worked in roles as Senior Manager and Team Leader, Product and Offer manager, Enterprise/Network/Systems/Software/Hardware Architect and Designer, Principal Research Scientist. Companies worked for include Lucent, Bell Labs and Nokia Sydney
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- Track 1: The Business Case for Architecture
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Denis
Hageman
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Denis has
a PhD in Nuclear Physics. He has over 25 years experience in Information
Technology from which 3 years in Telecommunications and 20 years in Banking.
For the last 15 years Denis has been active in IT Strategy and Architecture.
He has been responsible for various Corporate Architecture initiatives
within ABN AMRO globally.
He is currently Chief Architect for ABN AMRO Real in São Paulo
Brazil.
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Peter
Haine
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Peter Haine has worked in Systems and Enterprise Architecture
as a consultant, and in major corporations, for over 20 years. He has
been responsible for project and architecture delivery in public and private
sector organisations globally, including GlaxoSmithKline, the MOD, Pilkington
Glass, Rolls Royce and Associates, the Post Office, and English Heritage.
He also pioneered a Masters programme in Information Systems at Coventry
University and has delivered executive and practitioner seminars with
James Martin’s organisation and also with Codd and Date and Savant.
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- Featured Presentation: The Inner Game of Enterprise Architecture
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Stewart
Hayden
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Stewart Hayden is an independent consultant specialising in Enterprise Architecture, corporate governance processes and software development process optimisation. Before becoming an independent consultant he performed senior technical and management roles for a number of leading systems integrators and development tool vendors. For the last couple of years Stewart has been assisting Inland Revenue to implement strategic governance of change initiatives (utilising the Enterprise Architecture model) and ensuring integration with associated software development (controlled using the Rational Unified Process).
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Judith
Jones
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Judith is the co-founder of Architecting-the-Enterprise, the world leader in TOGAF training, certification and consultancy practice. Judith is also the work leader of the next release of TOGAF and a major contributor to the development and certification for TOGAF Versions 7 and 8.
Judith is a Chartered Engineer and spent 20 years with ICL developing global competitive business and organisations to deliver systems integration strategies and process technology before leaving in 1994 to develop her own practice and consultancy in business re-engineering and IT Programme Management. An advocate of an engineering approach to building business engines and developing quality people skills to deliver first class performances, Judith has pioneered the development of Enterprise Architecture methods and skills in the last 10 years. Judith is TOGAF 7 and 8 certified
Through Architecting-the-Enterprise Judith and her team provide consultancy and training globally in major Business initiatives and Enterprise Architectures for major blue chip organisations throughout the world.
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Sadie
Legard
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Sadie Legard is the Global Architecture Methodology Manager at British American Tobacco where she is responsible for the Architecture Improvement Programme encompassing: methodology, toolset, training, communication, governance and architecture management.
Sadie has over ten years experience in the areas of strategy formulation, enterprise architecture and service-oriented architecture. She also worked as a researcher at UMIST on a number ESPRIT research programmes where she completed her post-graduate studies.
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Gareth Lloyd, is the co-founder and CEO of glue:. Prior to forming glue:, Gareth was the Commercial Director for the UK operation of the Baan Company, where he helped shape their strategy and developed the sales and marketing organisation that took the Baan UK ERP business from $14m revenue in 1996 to $50m in 1998.
Previously, Gareth held a number of sales and operational management positions at major IT organisations, IBM and Dun & Bradstreet Software (formerly MSA) working at CIO/CFO/IT Director level on helping their clients shape their IT strategy and ongoing systems infrastructure investment plans.
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Chris
Mendes
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Chris Mendes, a Senior Manager with 26 years experience in Information Technology development including 6 years as a Freelance Consultant. Extensive knowledge of both project and enterprise development gained in large organisations: Strategic Information Systems Planning; Information Architecture Design & Development (Business, Technical & Data); Business Systems & Data Analysis; Data Management; Structured & Object Oriented Analysis and Design; Computer Aided System Environment (CASE) & System Development Life Cycle integration. A proven track record of success within market sectors such as distribution & mail order, insurance & financial. Previous organisations include Fidelity Investments Limited, Civil Aviation Authority, Abbey National Limited and Texaco UK Limited.
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Martin Op ‘t Land is a Certified Enterprise Architect at Capgemini Netherlands. He worked for 20 years in Management Consulting and Information Technology, especially in the areas of Financial Services and Public. Mr. Op ‘t Land regularly advises on reshaping of organizations and aligning to business strategy, like in Shared Service Centers and Business Process Outsourcing.
Martin Op ‘t Land is responsible for Capgemini’s part in the Master of Architecture of the Radboud University Nijmegen. He received his MSc degree in Mathematics from Leiden University. Currently he is pursuing PhD-research in the area of Organization Engineering. Recently he published on the use of Architecture in the shaping of Shared Service Centers.
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Martin
Owen
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With over 14 years of experience, Martin has played a key role in elevating Popkin Software to the leader’s position in the Enterprise Architecture tools and services market.
Martin has experience of many methodologies and industry standard practices and has a wide range of programming, development and project management skills.
Martin was involved in the development of the Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) with the BPMI.org and has developed a framework which allows Popkin’s customers to model design and implement web services architectures. Martin is an accredited TOGAF 8 consultant and a Zachman associate.
Martin manages a team of consultants who are experts in a range of methodologies, standards and tools. His team successfully delivers projects to tight deadlines time after time.
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- Track 3: The Rise of Enterprise Architecture
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Michael
Platt
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Michael Platt is an Architect at Microsoft UK specialising in Enterprise Architecture. He has extensive experience in Architecting Enterprise Applications and Enterprise Architecture for large multinational Enterprises. He has been with Microsoft for 10 years in a number of strategy and consultancy roles, most recently he set up the Enterprise Architecture Group at Microsoft Corporation in the US before returning to head up Enterprise Architecture in Microsoft UK.
Michael has some 30 years of experience in the IT industry with IBM and Microsoft in research, design, development, pre sales and consultancy positions including a rec. He has an Honours Degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering and a number of published dissertations and patents.
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Robert
Rencher
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Robert Rencher is a Sr. Systems Engineer at the Boeing Company responsible for managing the definition and implementation of the global technical infrastructure in support of Commercial Airplane eBusiness initiatives at the Boeing Company. Recent successes include the deployment of a world’s largest aerospace Internet portal (www.myboeingfleet.com) enabling customers and partners of the Boeing Company secure access to digital content and services. Robert also chairs the technical working group responsible for establishing enterprise database technical standards for the Boeing Company.
Robert has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, spanning all aspects of system design and operational support including: database administration, application architect, data resource management and strategic IS planning.
Robert’s participation
in the industry includes teaching the Enterprise Data Integration course
at the University of Washington and publishing papers at several industry
conferences.
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John
Zachman
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John A. Zachman is the originator of the "Framework for Enterprise Architecture" which has received broad acceptance around the world as an integrative framework, or "periodic table" of descriptive representations for Enterprises. He is not only known for this work on Enterprise Architecture, but is also known for his early contributions to IBM’s Information Strategy methodology as well as to their Executive team planning techniques.
Mr. Zachman retired from IBM in 1990, having served them for 26 years. He is Chief Executive Officer of the Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement (ZIFA), an organization dedicated to advancing the conceptual and implementation states of the art in Enterprise Architecture. He also operates his own education and consulting business, Zachman International.
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