Jack Alexander is the former CFO of a $2 billion, publicly-traded market leading company. He is an adjunct professor at Babson College, where he teaches managerial finance and advanced finance electives in the MBA program, including valuation, strategic corporate investments and M&A. Alexander is a frequent speaker on value management and business performance management. He is the author of Performance Dashboards and Analysis for Value Creation, published by Wiley in fall 2006.

Sven Anderson, Senior Financial Systems Analyst has a degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina. He has been working with the American Bar Association for the past 2 ½ years in various sections of the Financial Services Department. Sven currently develops reports and maintains the Clarity 6 Budget and Reporting system, as well as the ABA’s other financial systems.

Raymond Biondo has been CISO of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) since 2006. Mr. Biondo’s responsibilities include information security for the HCSC enterprise and information access regulatory compliance. He is also responsible for overseeing access control, maintenance, and regulatory compliance. He has quickly accelerated the progress of a very large enterprise disaster recovery program as well as developed a complete enterprise business continuity program. He has established a distributed professional disaster recovery function, created dynamic enterprise weekly reporting suite for senior officers and base lined measurable risk. He has established an innovative organization design, which incorporates the non-technology internal business partners in the ITPS decision and development cycle. Mr. Biondo has developed the Information Technology Protection Service within HCSC to become recognized as one of the best protection services in healthcare. Prior to joining HCSC, Mr. Biondo served as a senior vice president at AON Corporation.

Erik Brynjolfsson was among the first researchers to measure the productivity contributions of information technologies, and his research has been recognized with nine “Best Paper” awards by fellow academics. The Founder and Director of several technology-intensive firms, he holds five patents and consults and lectures worldwide on the interplay of digital technologies with economic growth, pricing and intangible assets. Prof. Brynjolfsson was profiled as one of the world’s five eBusiness “visionaries” by BusinessWeek and one of the two most influential business academics by Optimize magazine. His books include Intangible Assets, Understanding the Digital Economy, and Strategies for eBusiness Success. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous academic journals as well as Time magazine’s board of economists and the Academic Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Previously, Prof. Brynjolfsson taught at Stanford Business School and Harvard Business School. He holds a BA and an MS from Harvard University and a PhD from MIT.

Ian Campbell is the Chief Executive Officer of Nucleus Research where he is responsible for managing and directing Nucleus's unique investigative research approach and overall corporate direction. Mr. Campbell is an expert on the ROI and TCO analysis of technology and has written and presented extensively on the importance of matching technology to business organizational objectives. He is noted for his research identifying the human barriers to a successful technology deployment and the strategies that can be employed to maximize user acceptance of new technology. As an expert on technology value, he is frequently quoted in trade and business press and has shared his expertise as a repeat guest lecturer at Stanford University, the University of California at Berkley and Babson College in Massachusetts. Mr. Campbell holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in computer science from Northeastern University and a Masters Degree in business administration from Babson College.

H. James Dallas was named senior vice president and chief information officer in April 2006. He has responsibility for leading the information technology organization and developing and implementing information technology strategies on a global basis. Dallas is also a member of Medtronic's executive committee and operating committee. Prior to joining Medtronic, Dallas was vice president and CIO at Georgia Pacific. During his 22-year career at Georgia Pacific, Dallas held a series of progressively responsible IT positions at the business, group and corporate level. In addition, Dallas was also promoted into a number of operating roles, including general manager of the transportation division and president of the lumber division. Dallas has a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of South Carolina-Aiken and an MBA from Emory University.

Mary Driscoll runs CFO Conferences and CFO Research Services, the executive education and research services arm of CFO Publishing Corp. The latter, a division of the Economist Group, produces CFO magazine, the information source for senior financial executives. CFO is a monthly magazine with separate editions in the US, Europe, and Asia. Ms. Driscoll has served in various positions within the Economist Group for seventeen years. From 1990 to 1996, she was a senior editor of CFO magazine. In that capacity, she developed numerous cover stories on strategy, corporate finance, performance management, and organizational change. During 1997, Ms. Driscoll was Editor of the non-affiliated CFO magazine in Australia during its inaugural year. Ms. Driscoll has written several business books, including Cash Management: Corporate Strategies for Profit (John Wiley & Sons). She has won several awards for investigative journalism in the area of finance. Ms. Driscoll received a BA (honors) in English from the University of Massachusetts and studied accounting and management at Harvard University.

Johan Eriksson is currently the Global Group Controller for QlikTech responsible for internal and external financial reporting. This includes managing relationships with external auditors for the group. His experience working with multinational public companies has been instrumental in helping QlikTech set up five additional subsidiaries since 2005. Although Johan does not have a background in software, he is a developer of internal finance applications at QlikTech. Prior to QlikTech, he served as a financial auditor at Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young for seven years.

Jane Griffin is a Principal in Deloitte Consulting LLP and serves as the National Service Line Leader for the Information Management practice. Jane has over 30 years of IT experience, with a primary focus on Information Management, Business Intelligence, and Data Warehousing. Throughout her career, Jane has developed and led the BI/DW practice in key consulting firms as she assisted and advised her multi-industry clients in designing, developing, and implementing technology and processes to efficiently leverage information within and between their organizations. She is internationally eminent in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. She authors a monthly column in Data Management Review, a leading industry publication, has published over 150 articles in various trade journals, and is frequently invited to speak at universities and industry/vendor conferences.

Joe Hornberger is Director of the Supply Chain Risk Group with over 20 years experience in the IT and software industry. Mr. Hornberger develops and delivers supply chain strategies for Manhattan Associates in the Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical, Industrial Manufacturing, Distribution and Hi-Tech industries. Previous to Manhattan Associates, Mr. Hornberger held senior management positions at SeeBeyond and i2 Technologies. He served as director of worldwide strategic services and was responsible for the development and execution of supply chain assessment engagements specifically tailored to articulate the value of IT in strategic decisions to C-Level Executives. Mr. Hornberger was a key player in developing the software industry’s focus on customer value. Mr. Hornberger’s extensive business background also includes work as a member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade and as a major account executive at Merrill Lynch. Hornberger earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Banking from the University of Arkansas.

Jonathan Hornby is a Director in Worldwide Marketing for Performance Management at SAS. He is a visionary and thought leader in the field of performance management and currently leads the global marketing direction. His experience comes from a hands-on background within the UK banking sector, followed by extensive travel, dialogue and collaboration with customers, management consultants and respected thought leaders in academia. Hornby led the design and introduction of SAS® Strategic Performance Management – a solution that supports the balanced scorecard – and was responsible for the acquisition of ABC Technologies in 2002 for improved profitability analysis. Between 2005 and 2007, he led both strategy and product management of SAS’ risk solutions, which enabled a deeper understanding of how behavior, culture and communication influences strategic outcomes. He joined SAS in 1996, bringing 15 years of business experience from the banking sector, including activity-based management, process re-engineering, performance analysis and marketing. Hornby is a regular speaker at international conferences and delivers lectures on performance management at the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University.

John C. Kerr is the general manager of Global Quality Systems and Operational Excellence for Whirlpool Corporation. He is directly accountable for processes, systems and tools required to improve the quality and reliability of Whirlpool's broad product offerings sold across the globe. Kerr also leads Whirlpool's Six Sigma program where in the US over 1,500 engineers and suppliers have been trained in the use of analytical and statistical tools to improve quality, reduce variation and eliminate waste in every area the company. Prior to his current assignment, Kerr was General Manager of Quality for North America. He also served as Director of Supply Chain Operations & Strategy where he was responsible for the execution of Whirlpool's three-year supply chain strategic plan and the management of Whirlpool's fulfillment organization supporting one of its largest retail customers. Whirlpool's success in supply chain was recently recognized and published in the October 2004 edition of the Harvard Business Review. Kerr has held various other positions of increasing responsibility. Prior to his supply chain responsibilities, Kerr was the director of Operational Excellence (Six Sigma). He has held various finance leadership positions in manufacturing, product development, global operations and merger's and acquisitions. Kerr holds a master's of business administration and bachelor's of arts in finance from the University of Toledo.

Sam Knox is the research director at CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing Corporation, which publishes CFO magazine. He is responsible for designing and conducting research studies on corporate finance, performance management, information technology, and strategic decision making. Prior to joining CFO Research, Sam worked as a researcher, writer, and product manager for business information publishers, software companies, and professional services firms. He is the former director of research at Harbor Research. Sam has an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management, and works out of CFO's offices in Boston.

Delbert Krause is Director, Product Marketing, Performance Management Solutions at Cognos. Delbert Krause combines his formal education in finance and accounting along with 20 plus years experience in delivering performance management solutions supporting finance, business and IT users. Delbert has worked in a variety of roles enabling customers achieve success across a broad range of solutions supporting performance management, from large international consolidations to enterprise planning and reporting applications. Delbert’s diverse background includes formal training and experience in finance, working directly with customers and consulting, selling, and marketing performance management software solutions. For the past 7 years working with the Performance Management Solutions team at Cognos, Delbert’s current responsibility is to help bring understanding to customers on the benefits of performance management and the role Cognos solutions play in delivering success.

Brian Laffey, Director of Financial Reporting and Systems, has over 14 years experience in implementing ERP and reporting systems at various institutions. His job responsibilities at the American Bar Association included project manager for all financial system implementations, enhancements, maintenance, training and security, annual audit, cost allocations, and the approval and distribution of internal and external reports.

Leading the marketing efforts for the Retail Industry within FedEx Corporation, Jose Li is responsible for developing and implementing the corporate-wide marketing strategy and solutions for the Retail industry – enabling retailers to increase customer service levels, maximize investments and improve margins. Jose is part of a strategic Industry Marketing team leading the evolution of FedEx to more of an industry focused, solutions orientation, and transportation services organization. Prior to joining FedEx, Jose managed the supply chain and logistics operations for Jamba Juice, a retail chain of fruit juice stores, overseeing a distribution network that supplied product to 450+ stores. Jose also held various sales, international trade, brand marketing and business development positions with leading companies in the Retail/Consumer Products industry, including Alibaba.com, Nabisco/Kraft Foods, Exxon Mobil, and Goldman Sachs.

Steve McHugh is focused on providing marketing strategy and support for all Business Objects Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) products and solutions. His marketing expertise includes activity-based costing, performance optimization, IT financial management, and public sector costing and performance-based budgeting solutions. His 24 years of software marketing and industry association experience includes active work with the Beyond Budgeting Roundtable (BBRT) and the Consortium of Advanced Management International (CAM-I).

Michael Nuzzo oversees the financial reporting, treasury, financial planning & analysis, and capital accounting activities of Abercrombie & Fitch, Inc. Since assuming this role in February, 2006, Mr. Nuzzo has been active in managing the financial aspects of major corporate initiatives including the Store Refresh project, home office systems investments, and corporate-wide expense optimization. Mr. Nuzzo also chairs an internal committee focused on enhancing A&F’s merchandise supply chain processes. From 2002 through 2005, Mr. Nuzzo was Senior Director, Store Finance & Operations for Abercrombie & Fitch’s four retail store chains: Abercrombie & Fitch, Abercrombie kids, Hollister and Ruehl. Over this time, his responsibilities included: i) leading the development and management of an $800 million yearly expense budget, ii) overseeing the opening of nearly 60 new retail stores per year, and iii) managing the communication of visual presentation direction to stores. In this role, Mr. Nuzzo directed the effort to re-engineer store operations to improve bottom line performance. He oversaw the development of technology and management training solutions in stores that resulted in increased productivity, lower merchandise shrink, and reduced work-force turn-over. Also during this time, Mr. Nuzzo lead the internal work group charged with Abercrombie & Fitch’s expansion of store operations into Canada. In this role, he is focused on establishing the financial, merchandise allocation, and operational infrastructure for this new business. Between 1999 and 2002, Mr. Nuzzo assumed numerous financial and strategic planning roles for Abercrombie & Fitch. His experience with the company encompassed investor relations, financial modeling, and distribution center activities. Prior to joining Abercrombie & Fitch, Mr. Nuzzo was a management consultant with Medimetrix Group (1992- 1996) and William M. Mercer, Inc. (1998 – 1999). He holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics from Kenyon College (1992) and an MBA in Finance from University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1998).

Tim O’Bryan is Director of Global Customer Relations for Cognos in their Innovation Center for Performance Management. Tim has over fifteen years in the financial applications sector helping organizations implement application and business best practices to help these companies maximize their performance management investments. Tim also has experience building performance management solutions for organizations including the design and development of enterprise planning, consolidation and reporting systems. Prior to entering the financial applications sector Tim has worked in various finance and accounting positions.

Chuck Poirier, a partner in CSC’s Supply Chain Solutions practice, is a recognized authority on supply chain management, strategic leadership, e-business techniques and the collaborative use of technology around the world. Poirier excels at developing leading-edge techniques that drive process improvements in major manufacturing and service firms, and his business models are in widespread use across a broad spectrum of industries and markets. His 12 books — several translated into multiple languages — have been distributed globally. His most current efforts, The Wall Street Diet: Making Your Business Lean and Healthy and RFID Strategic Implementation and ROI: A Practical Roadmap to Success, were published in 2006. Prior to joining CSC, Poirier worked in many executive management capacities for Packaging Corporation of America, a division of Tenneco. Previously, he spent more than 20 years with St. Regis Paper Company. Poirier holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial management from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. An international lecturer and author of more than 100 published articles and white papers, he is an adjunct professor at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.

Michael is a driving force in Forrester's research focused on the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) professional. As an analyst with more than 14 years of experience, Michael advises clients around the globe on issues pertaining to GRC in complex, distributed, and dynamic business environments. As a leading expert on enterprise risk and compliance at Forrester for more than six years, one of Michael's primary research objectives is to assist clients in developing GRC programs that meet business requirements, protect stakeholder value, and reduce risk exposure to the organization. His research spans risk and compliance on a global basis across three areas: 1) cross-industry and organizational trends and best practices in risk and compliance; 2) technologies aimed to help organizations manage risk and compliance; and 3) professional services firms offering risk and compliance consulting services. His goal is to provide research that assists organizations in building risk and compliance programs that are sustainable, consistent, efficient and transparent by advising them on what other organizations are doing, the technology they are using and the consulting firms to engage. Considered one of the foremost authorities in understanding the broad view and impact of risk and compliance standards, frameworks, regulations, and legislation, Michael has worked closely with large commercial organizations and government agencies. His involvement in government initiatives has included leading roles in defining public policy and legislation on risk and compliance with contributions to US Congressional reports, boards, and committees. Michael currently serves on both the Steering Committee and Technology Council of the Open Compliance and Ethics Group. Michael is a frequent conference keynote on topics related to GRC, and has been quoted extensively in the press around the world.

Stuart Roberts is the North American Head of Trade Sales within Global Transaction Services (“GTS”), part of Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking. A role he has held since January 2005. Prior to this, Stuart was a GTS Relationship Manager for the Technology Media and Telecom industry based in San Francisco for three years. Stuart also worked for GTS in Toronto, covering Western Canadian Corporates and Financial Institutions. Before joining Citigroup in 2000, Stuart was with HSBC in Canada as a Parent Account Manager in the Oil, Natural Gas and Primary Commodities group, a role in which he was awarded “Best Trade Finance Relationship Manager within the HSBC group” on an unprecedented two separate occasions. Stuart began his banking career in the UK in 1992 with the Royal Bank of Scotland in its Corporate and Institutional Banking Division and held assignments in Edinburgh, London, Frankfurt and Barcelona, in Special credit and workouts, Syndicated Loans, Structured Trade and Project Finance as well as FX and Derivatives. Stuart holds a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from Leeds University and a BA in Economic History.

Anand Sanwal is vice president, Corporate Portfolio Management (CPM) and Strategic Planning at American Express and author of Optimizing Corporate Portfolio Management. At American Express, he is responsible for managing and developing the company's CPM effort which is widely recognized as the most ambitious in any organization. In his current role, he also oversees the CFO’s strategic planning group. He began his career at American Express in their venture capital/corporate development group sourcing, analyzing and executing product development, M&A and investment opportunities. Prior to AmEx, Anand did consulting and strategic planning in London, Mumbai and Shanghai. He is a recognized thought leader on Corporate Portfolio Management speaking frequently to companies and research organizations including the CFO Executive Board, Beyond Budgeting Roundtable, Corporate Portfolio Management Association, and Gartner amongst others. He is also the holder of a CPM patent and is the co-chair of the Corporate Portfolio Management Association (http://www.corporateportfoliomanagement.org). He holds a degree in finance and accounting from the Wharton School of Business and a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He can be reached at anand@anandsanwal.com.

Mark is the Executive in Charge of Crowe Chizek and Company LLC’s Corporate Performance Management and Business Intelligence Service Offerings. He has over 17 years of consulting experience in the areas of performance management, cost management, and helping clients improve their overall business productivity and profitability. He has designed and implemented successful programs at clients in the automotive, consumer electronics, food service, insurance, health care, life sciences, utility, and general manufacturing industries. Some of his clients include: Advocate Health Care, Alcoa, Allstate, AM General, AutoNation, Caterpillar, Kimball International, First Energy, Lexmark, McDonalds, Pfizer, and Timken. Mark leads Crowe Chizek’s relationship with leading benchmarking and knowledge management organizations such as APQC. He is a frequent author and presenter in the areas of performance management, return on investment and inventory optimization.

Kevin Silk is a senior member of the management team for the Analytics and Performance Management business unit at SAP. In this role, Silk plays a key role in charting the finance strategy for applications that address the needs of the “Office of the CFO”, from his vantage point of having been in various finance management end-user roles himself. Silk joined SAP in June 2007 following the company’s acquisition of performance management software company OutlookSoft Corp., where he served as vice president of finance. Previously, Silk held senior management positions at Hyperion Solutions, AMICAS and Seavex. He began his career at Ernst & Young. Silk brings more than 20 years of experience working in financial, marketing and business development functions at leading global software and services companies. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Siena College in Loudonville, NY and is a certified public accountant.

Haywood Solomon is president of HFS North America, a division of The HAVI Group. Mr. Solomon was hired by HAVI to integrate two of its Divisions - HPR Partners and Link Logistics into a single functioning entity. Prior to joining HAVI, Mr. Solomon was Senior Vice President of Bunge Corporation and General Manager of Bunge Foods Group. Mr. Solomon started his career at Proctor & Gamble as a technical supervisor, where he oversaw the successful start-up of a new green field food manufacturing plant in Greenville, NC. The initiative involved recruiting, staffing and training personnel - to designing processes, controls and SOP’s. In 1980, he left P&G to help launch a new company, Bunge Foods Corporation (BFG), a commercial shortening and oil company, where he held the position of plant manager in Chattanooga, TN. In that same year, BFG acquired the Swift Edible Company and Mr. Solomon lead the integration effort to incorporate the facilities, operational procedures and people into the Bunge organization. Mr. Solomon also held a variety of sales and general management positions throughout his career with Bunge Foods Corporation. Mr. Solomon is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management.

Anita Tilley is IBM’s Financial Management Practice Area Leader for the Distribution Sector. This practice provides leading innovations for the finance function. She focuses on helping her clients drive enhanced profitability, reporting integrity and improved process efficiency. Ms. Tilley co-authored the booklet “Piecing Together the Performance Puzzle”, which provides helpful pointers in linking strategy, metrics, forecasting and reporting processes. Working within Finance, Ms. Tilley has delivered web-enabled analytical and executive reporting solutions, reshaped stagnant planning and reporting processes, reduced the financial close cycle time, and deployed data mining and cost saving techniques through financial shared services. Leveraging her career in various aspects of Finance, Marketing and Information Technology, Ms. Tilley drives organizations toward practical solutions for today’s business environment.

Dr. Stephen Timme is President of FinListics® Solutions and is an Adjunct Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. There he teaches in the Executive Masters in International Logistics and at The Logistics Institute. FinListics Solutions helps clients identify potential areas of opportunities utilizing the FinListics ValueMANAGER ON-LINE and links the impact of business process change on specific financial metrics and overall financial performance. FinListics Solutions services have been provided throughout the world for clients like Citigroup, Coca-Cola Co., Colgate Palmolive, Disney, FedEx, Georgia-Pacific, Hershey Foods, IBM, Lowe's, Microsoft, United Parcel Service, Wal-Mart, and YRC. He has authored numerous articles in publications like Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Supply Chain Management Review, and CSCMP Logistics Comment. Dr. Timme recently authored the chapter “Financial Management,” in the Handbook of Global Supply Chain Management, Sage Publications, 2007.

Mr. Weismantel is currently a Marketing Director with Microsoft in the company’s Office Business Applications division, where he is responsible for the group’s messaging and positioning of its business intelligence portfolio of products. Prior to joining Business Objects, Mr. Weismantel was a Senior Director of Corporate Marketing with Business Objects, the leading provider of business intelligence and performance management solutions in the marketplace, where he was responsible for the company’s performance management marketing operations. He has also held leadership positions at Manugistics, Inc., The Vista Technology Group, a leading provider of CRM solutions to the Retail and CPG markets, Baxter Healthcare, and its subsequent spin-off of Caremark International, where he was the Manager of Corporate Finance in the company’s merger’s and acquisitions group. Mr. Weismantel is a member of the American Marketing Association, and is a CPA in the State of Illinois. He has a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Mark A. Zorko, joined Del Global Technologies Corp. as the Chief Financial Officer in 2006. Since 2000 he has been a CFO Partner at Tatum, LLC, where he has held financial leadership positions with public and private client companies. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Zorko was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer for Network Services Co., a privately held distribution company. His prior experience includes Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Comptronix Corporation, a publicly held electronic systems manufacturing company, corporate controller for Zenith Data Systems Corporation, a computer manufacturing and retail electronics company, and finance manager positions with Honeywell, Inc. Mr. Zorko began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Zorko served in the Marine Corps from 1970 to 1973. Mr. Zorko is on the Board of Directors for St. Alexius Medical Center and the audit committee for Opportunity Int’l, a micro-finance development organization. He has served as a director of Guardian Technologies International, Inc. Mr. Zorko earned a BS degree in Accounting from The Ohio State University, an MBA from the University of Minnesota, and completed the FEI’s Chief Financial Officer program at Harvard University. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and completed its Certificate of Director Education.