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The Advisory Council arranges and participates in a wide range of events. TAC holds regular webinars and regional executive briefings with our Experts and Thought Leaders to address hot issues for IT leaders. TAC Experts also speak and present at affiliate events. Below is a listing of upcoming events.
Upcoming Events
TAC Expert Teleconferences

Telecommunications Cost Management — Inaction Costs You Money

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 4:00 PM EST

Organizations are increasingly required to obtain more value and capability within their existing portfolio of telecommunications services, or in many case working to drive increased output through enhanced services while reducing costs. This management challenge is further complicated due to the limited time and resources organizations have to fully research, understand and report on competitive and market trends.

In this case study webinar, TAC Executive Consultants Rick Derouin and Mark Price — recognized thought leaders in telecommunications cost management — will highlight how telecommunications cost management best practices have been applied at an enterprise client. Hot issues to be addressed include:
  • What are the risks and benefits of undertaking a telecomm cost management project?
    • What is the impact to internal resources of a cost management project?
    • What are the risks if you don’t do a cost management project?
  • How should you assess alternative providers and technologies when analyzing deployed network infrastructure?
    • What process should be used to benchmark current services and cost?
  • What management structures and processes are required to effectively manage telecomm costs?
  • What results can you expect from a telecomm cost management program?
Rick Derouin, TAC Executive Consultant, has more than 35 years of experience in the IT and telecommunications industries, with the past 12 years focused on increasing clients’ business benefits from investments in communications technology and services and ensuring clients need what they have and are paying the best possible price. He has designed and implemented innovative approaches to performance measurement, benchmarking, and alignment of technology for increased communications (voice and data) effectiveness. Mr. Derouin began his career with 10 years at IBM, in the last 15 years of his vendor career he was Senior Vice President of TeleGlobe, Vice President of AT&T Public Sector Markets, World Wide Vice President of Steltor, and Global Vice President of Oracle’s SWAT Team.

Mark Price, TAC Executive Consultant, has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He is an accomplished consultant, writer, and practitioner in this field. Mr. Price began his career with Sprint and AT&T in financial and marketing capacities. He then spent 10 years as a consultant and project manager with large enterprise telecomm carriers. As a consultant, Mr. Price has leveraged his financial and telecommunications background to work with senior management in understanding and implementing cost control solutions.

Teleconference Registration

http://www.tacadvisory.com/teleconf.asp?strEvent=T130129A


Cyber Security — Prevention, Detection, Response and Recovery

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM EST

“There are two types of company — those who know they have been hacked, and those who don’t.”

In this webinar, TAC International principal Jim Noble (former CIO at GM, BP, Merrill Lynch, Time Warner and Philip Morris, and advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security) will discuss the materiality of the risks posed by cyber threats. Jim will provoke debate by justifying his controversial views that many enterprises don’t care, most enterprises don’t know, and almost all enterprises are incapable of effective response. Jim will cite case studies that show the extent of the problem, and then go on to describe approaches for prevention, detection and reaction.

Jim Noble, TAC International Principal, is widely recognized as one of the world’s thought leaders in achieving worthwhile business results from investments in IT. Jim is the only person to have been voted ”CIO of the Year” in both Europe and North America. In 2012, Jim won CIO magazine’s award for the innovative use of technology. Jim has advised governments and heads of state on technology strategy, and helps teach the next generation of IT leaders at Columbia University (New York) and the University of Calgary (Haskayne Business School). Jim was also Dean of the IT Academy at General Motors and BP. His book The CIO’s Secret Playbook is scheduled for publication in 2013.

Teleconference Registration

http://www.tacadvisory.com/teleconf.asp?strEvent=T130212B


World BPO/ITO Forum
The annual World BPO/ITO Forum is an exclusive event for C-suite executives and senior decision-makers from enterprise companies who are currently engaged in strategic global sourcing and/or evaluating new global BPO/ITO service partnerships. The program provides real life insights from a distinguished faculty of outsourcing and offshoring practitioners and global leaders on what works and what doesn’t in a multi-vendor environment.

Attendees at the World BPO/ITO Forum have the unique opportunity to participate in valuable discussions with their peers, and to hear about how successful global sourcing initiatives will further their core business strategies and goals. To ensure a high-quality, peer-to-peer environment, qualified attendees are:
  • CEOs
  • CIOs/CTOs, Direct reports of CIOs/CTOs, or senior most IT executive
  • CFOs, Head of Finance, or senior most finance executive
  • COOs, Head of Operations, or senior most operations executive
  • SVP/VP of Sourcing, or equivalent
within a Fortune 1000 company (non-vendor, non-consultant, non-service provider) having revenues greater than $1B.

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