MIS Research Center Seminar Series
8:30 AM - 11:15 AM
1st Floor Auditorium, Carlson School of Management

Abstract

Yes, IT involves computers, software, and services, but good IT synthesizes these elements with a concentration on how your organization can best meet its goals. Increasingly, the IT department is the hub of any company-and companies expect IT managers to accomplish a variety of tasks with limited resources. IT management requires a broader mix of skills and expertise than any other business career. To be successful, the IT leader has to understand evolving technologies, master advanced business concepts, sell IT investments to senior management, manage complex projects, and motivate a staff of highly intelligent, but often challenging individuals.

After a brief introduction on the challenges of today's CIO/IT Manager, the following topics will be discussed:

• IT Infrastructure as a corporate asset
• Information systems, the core business of your IT department
• Human Resources, to outsource or not to outsource, that's the question
• Financial Resources, the lifeblood of your IT organisation
• About business and IT processes
• Projects: improving efficiency and effectiveness and innovation
• Organisation or finding the right balance between centralisation and decentralisation
• About Strategy and Business Alignment

You will get this information first hand, from an experienced veteran Jan De Sutter who will give you “survival tips” that have proven to work, not only on paper but in his own environment. The seminar is based on his bestselling book “The Power of IT – Survival Guide for the CIO”

Biography

Jan De Sutter, a former electronics engineer, project leader, and IT manager, is currently the Chief Financial Officer of a well-known international organization. He was named "IT Manager 2000" by the Belgian IT Magazine DataNews for the outstanding quality of his work.

He is a seasoned expert who has already mastered the many skills the IT leader needs to develop. He acquired this experience during a career of over 25 years in various functions in IT and management.

Jan has presented numerous lectures and seminars all over the world. He is the author of the book "The Power of IT - Survival Guide for the CIO" (ISBN 1-59457-867-2) a much-utilized resource in company libraries, business management courses, and the personal collections of those who not only want to get IT done, but who also want to do IT right.

Contact Information

Jan De Sutter
Mont, 126D
B-7890 Ellezelles
Belgium (Europe)
Tel. +32 68 543914
email: contact@the-power-of-it.com
http://www.the-power-of-it.com

The Power of IT - Survival Guide for the CIO