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November 2013
Topic: CIO Forum: Technology and Business Challenges, Opportunities, and Futures from the CIO Point of View
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, Networking 5:15 pm – Program – 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Hilton Garden Inn at Innsbrook, 4050 Cox Road, Glen Allen, Virginia
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Program Description:
Knowledge is power and both are focused in the CIO role of most companies. Get a head start on 2014 by finding out what local CIOs know, think, and are planning for the upcoming year.
Please join the members of AITP (Association of information Technology Professionals) as we sit down with some of Richmond's leading CIOs to discuss an array of topics including career advancement, staffing, new technologies, outsourcing, challenges, successes, and allow you to ask your own questions.
Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
The Association of Information Technology Professionals ( www.aitp.org ) was founded in 1951 to provide learning and growth opportunities to data processing managers and staff through networking, chapter activities, conferences, seminars, special interest groups, and several other benefits. Today, AITP offers industry leadership and opportunities for professional development and personal growth to its 7,000 professional and student members in 140 professional and 250 student chapters.
For more information please contact AITP VP Programs at vpprograms@aitprich.org
The Richmond Chapter (www.aitprich.org) provides the local presence and meeting forum to deliver the most tangible benefits associated with AITP. Meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each month (except December).
You may also join the AITP LinkedIn Group to keep informed about programs and other networking opportunities.
Panel:
Richard Wells – CTO, Home Care Delivered
Richard Wells is Chief Technology Officer at Home Care Delivered, Inc. Richard oversees the Distribution and Information Technology departments. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Richard has over 20 years of Technology Management experience. Prior to joining Home Care Delivered, Richard oversaw IT initiatives and operations at such well-known companies as Lawyers Title (LandAmerica), McGuire Woods, Geisinger Health Systems, and Time-Life. He has experience in large-scale health care settings, as well as direct-to-consumer call centers and distribution environments.
Brenna Haley – CIO, Sr. Vice President of Information Technology, Franklin Federal Savings Bank
Brenna Haley is the CIO, Senior Vice President of Information Technology for Franklin Federal Savings Bank. She joined Franklin Federal in 1996 and has over 20 years of experience in the information technology field. She is responsible for IT strategic planning and implementation. She oversees business continuity planning and disaster recovery for the bank. She is a member of the executive team leading the bank’s transition to a public company and on-line checking environment
Since joining Franklin Federal, she has implemented many “firsts” including the Bank’s first document imaging system, checking product with branch capture, web presence, and online banking solution.
She is involved with several IT forums in the Richmond area including various RichTech technology groups and is an active SPCA volunteer. Brenna lives in Richmond, VA with her daughter and various pets.
Patrick Cain – CIO, Virginia Farm Bureau
A 28 year Information Technology professional, Pat is the CIO at the Virginia Farm Bureau. He and his team provide the technology needs for a diverse set of enterprise organizations including two Personal & Commercial Lines carriers, a group of healthcare brokerage and service companies, an agricultural membership organization, and a non-profit educational foundation.
Pat’s experience and expertise include leading large scale system implementations and conversions, enterprise scale data center operations, information security initiatives, enterprise change management processes, technology resource mentoring, and IT to business strategic alignment. In a business and technology environment that is constantly evolving through dramatic change his leadership skills and ability to evolve technology with business is proven and well respected by his professional colleagues.
Pat is a Richmond, VA native and holds a B.A. in Information Systems from Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to joining the Virginia Farm Bureau he spent 16 years in IT leadership at Owens & Minor, the nation’s leading provider of healthcare logistics. He started his career in programming and development at the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Sam Nixon – CIO, Commonwealth of Virginia
Samuel A. Nixon Jr. was appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Commonwealth by Governor Bob McDonnell. He is Virginia's first CIO to be appointed by the Governor under new legislation passed by the 2010 General Assembly. As CIO, he also serves as head of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) and oversees the information technology infrastructure (IT) transformation partnership with Northrop Grumman.
Prior to his appointment as CIO, Sam served nine terms beginning in 1994 in the Virginia House of Delegates representing central and northeast Chesterfield County. He served as chair of the House Republican Caucus from 2008 until his appointment as CIO.
Sam has more than 25 years of private sector IT business experience. He was senior consultant with CapTech Ventures, an IT and management consulting firm based in Richmond, where he utilized his skills in project management, business process re-engineering and change management for Fortune 100 clients.
A native of Martinsville, Sam is a graduate of James Madison University and holds a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing. He and his wife, Carol Gibbs Nixon, originally from Dinwiddie, have one son, Johnathan, who attends Christopher Newport University and is in the President’s Leadership Program. Sam is an avid photographer and motorsports fan. He serves on the St. Francis Hospital Community Advisory Board and is a life member of the Chesterfield Jaycees.
Diane Schnupp – CIO, CapCenter
Diane Schnupp is the Chief Information Officer at CapCenter, a residential mortgage lender located in Richmond. She has experience with IT strategic planning, team leadership, collaboration, supplier management, and project/portfolio management. Prior to working at CapCenter, Diane led teams in Marketing Automation and Project Management at a Fortune 500 financial institution and was CTO for a national insurance broker. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science in Information Systems from VCU.
Guest Panel
- Richard Wells – CTO, Home Care Delivered
Richard Wells is Chief Technology Officer at Home Care Delivered, Inc. Richard oversees the Distribution and Information Technology departments. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Richard has over 20 years of Technology Management experience. Prior to joining Home Care Delivered, Richard oversaw IT initiatives and operations at such well-known companies as Lawyers Title (LandAmerica), McGuire Woods, Geisinger Health Systems, and Time-Life. He has experience in large-scale health care settings, as well as direct-to-consumer call centers and distribution environments.
- Brenna Haley – CIO, Sr. Vice President of Information Technology, Franklin Federal Savings Bank
Brenna Haley is the CIO, Senior Vice President of Information Technology for Franklin Federal Savings Bank. She joined Franklin Federal in 1996 and has over 20 years of experience in the information technology field. She is responsible for IT strategic planning and implementation. She oversees business continuity planning and disaster recovery for the bank. She is a member of the executive team leading the bank’s transition to a public company and on-line checking environment
- Patrick Cain – CIO, Virginia Farm Bureau
A 28 year Information Technology professional, Pat is the CIO at the Virginia Farm Bureau. He and his team provide the technology needs for a diverse set of enterprise organizations including two Personal & Commercial Lines carriers, a group of healthcare brokerage and service companies, an agricultural membership organization, and a non-profit educational foundation.
- Sam Nixon – CIO, Commonwealth of Virginia
Samuel A. Nixon Jr. was appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Commonwealth by Governor Bob McDonnell. He is Virginia's first CIO to be appointed by the Governor under new legislation passed by the 2010 General Assembly. As CIO, he also serves as head of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) and oversees the information technology infrastructure (IT) transformation partnership with Northrop Grumman.
- Diane Schnupp – CIO, CapCenter
Diane Schnupp is the Chief Information Officer at CapCenter, a residential mortgage lender located in Richmond. She has experience with IT strategic planning, team leadership, collaboration, supplier management, and project/portfolio management. Prior to working at CapCenter, Diane led teams in Marketing Automation and Project Management at a Fortune 500 financial institution and was CTO for a national insurance broker. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science in Information Systems from VCU.
- Joy Hatch – Vice Chancellor for Technology, Virginia Community College System
Joy Hatch has over two decades of experience in higher education, and is the vice chancellor for information technology services at the Virginia Community College System. She is actively pursuing initiatives designed to support the Chancellor's vision - Achieve 2015 - and is developing long-term technology-based plans to foster innovation and high performance across Virginia's Community Colleges. She is also focused on providing a world-class information technology and telecommunications environment to support students, faculty and staff across the state. Virginia's Community Colleges include 23 colleges on 40 campuses located throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, and serves over 400,000 students in credit courses and workforce training programs and services each year.