 Pam Terry
Executive Director Technology Executives Network
pam@techexecs.net
866.761.7770 x 2
Anthony Huang
Founder & CEO
Techxans
arh@techxans.org
866.661.0258
Founded in
2000, Techxans(www.techxans.org)
is the single largest Technology Executives Network with over
13,000+ Information Technology Executive Contacts throughout
Texas. The purpose of Technology Executives Network is to focus
on promoting the Information Technology Community,
featuring
"Best of Breed" Resources available
to key decision makers, Promote Networking and partnership
amongst technology and industry executives, and ultimately
serving as the dominate Connections for industry buyers
and suppliers. TechExecs is the national chapters of Techxans
Association (www.Techxans.org).
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PAST
Houston CIO
Speakers Forum
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Thursday, April 3, 2008
-- CIO
Speakers Forum Houston
Topic:
"Best Practices: Project Management"
Managing User Expectations While Delivering
Successful Results
Date:
Thursday, April 3, 2008 7:30am -
11:30am
Location: BMC Software, Auditorium 2 in Houston
http://www.bmc.com/corporate/bmc_map.html
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Agenda: 7:30am - 8:20am Check-in &
Continental Breakfast
Venue and Breakfast Sponsored by BMC
Software
8:20am - 8:25am Welcome & Introduction By
Techxans
Anthony Huang, Founder of Techxans
8:25am - 8:35am Sponsors Recognition
Pam Terry, Executive Director of Techxans
8:35am – 8:40am CIO Panel & Speakers
Introduction By Forum
Moderator:
Tim McHugh, Regional Director
Oil & Gas, Oracle
8:40am – 9:15am
Ralph S. Jezierski,
Senior
Manager, BMC
"Solving Non-Traditional Business
Problems with
Project Management"
Slides:
9:15am – 9:45am Adrian
Estala, Senior Manager, KPMG
"Best
Practices in Implementing Corporate
Project Management Methodologies and
Programs"
Slides:
9:45am – 10:00am –Break-
10:00am – 11:00am CIO &
Thought-Leadership Panel:
"Best Practices in Project Management -
Managing User Expectations While Delivering
Successful Results”
Jim Bailey, CIO, Grant Prideco
Steve Ramirez, Project Manager, Enterprise
Products Co.
Ralph S. Jezierski,
Senior
Manager, BMC
Adrian Estala, Senior Manager, KPMG
11:00am – 11:15am CIO & Thought
Leadership Panel Questions & Answers
11:15am – 11:20am Closing & Thanking
Our Speakers
11:20am – Post-Event Technology
Executives Networking
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Free for
Industry Professionals & $20 for Sales,
Marketing, and Recruiting Professionals;
Free for Techxans Members & Sponsors (Contact
pam@techxans.org for sponsoring member
discount code) * Attendees list will be provided at the event.
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RSVP CLICK HERE
TECHXANS CIO SPEAKERS FORUM ::
SPEAKERS PROFILE
Jim Bailey
Chief Information Officer
Grant Prideco (www.grantprideco.com)
Jim is a
strategic and transformational CIO with
broad technical and business experience
working closely with senior management to
align IT strategies in support of business
objectives. Leveraging over 18 years
of manufacturing and energy industry
experience, Jim has a proven success record
of transforming IT organizations worldwide,
and improving operational excellence.
As Chief Information Officer of Grant
Prideco, Jim is responsible for transforming
IT into a global organization capable of
scaling with business growth, and providing
technology solutions to the business units
of Grant Prideco. Jim began his career
in 1989 with IBM as a Systems Engineer in
IBM’s Dallas Customer Center. In 1991
Jim joined Schlumberger and relocated to
Houston to take over responsibility for
Schlumberger’s North America Oilfield MIS
Operations group. From there, he moved
into roles of increasing responsibility at
Keystone International, Shell, and Team
Industrial Services before joining Grant
Prideco. In 1989 Jim earned a
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing at the
University of North Texas, and received his
MBA in International Business from
University of Houston in 2000. He is a
member of the CIO Leadership Network, and
Society of Information Managers.
Steven Ramirez
Project Manager of IT Business Systems
EPCO, Inc. (www.Eprod.com)
Steven Ramirez serves as Project Manager
of IT Business Systems for EPCO, Inc. EPCO,
Inc. and its affiliates own significant
equity interests in five publicly traded
partnerships with a combined enterprise
value of approximately $48 billion. The
EPCO family of partnerships comprises
one of North America’s largest midstream
energy networks, providing a variety of
services to producers and consumers of
natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude
oil, refined products, liquefied
petroleum gases and petrochemicals. In
this role he manages IT projects related
to business application implementations,
cross-functional business interfaces and
IT/business process improvements.
Steven received a BBA in Finance from
the University of Houston and an MBA in
Management information Systems from the
University of St. Thomas. Steven is a
certified PMP and is active with
Houston’s local chapter of PMI.
Steven’s previous positions have
included Manager of Procurement, Assoc.
Director of Business Forms Management,
and Management Consultant all with
American General Companies. Steven
currently live in the Houston Heights
with his wife Virginia and daughters
Maggie and Hallie.
Ralph S. Jezierski
Senior Manager
Worldwide Software Consulting
BMC Software, Inc. (www.BMC.com)
As Senior
Manager of Worldwide Software
Consulting, Ralph is charged with
providing the technical expertise as
trusted advisor to our customers and
enable them to understand the value of
Business Services Management (BSM).
Software Consulting provides a critical
function at BMC Software to understand
the needs of our customers, and to then
define and demonstrate our value-based
solution to address their challenges.
The intent of the BSM strategy is to
provide solutions that will enable
customers to link their IT resources
tightly to business objectives and
manage these resources based on business
priorities by providing a “whole view”
of their business and IT operations.
Ralph also led the Software Consulting
efforts at BMC. Previously, Ralph was
Manager of Business Applications in BMC
Software’s Information Technology
business unit where he led critical
corporate implementations around Sales
Force Automation and other key business
applications. Prior to BMC Software,
Ralph worked in the Information
Technology organizations for several
large organizations, in the Retail and
Oil & Gas industries. In addition to
his technology experience, Ralph
graduated from the University of Houston
with a BBA in Management Information
Systems. BMC Software is a
leading global provider of enterprise
management solutions that empower
companies to automate their IT and prove
its business value. Delivering Business
Service Management and Service
Automation, BMC solutions span
enterprise systems, applications,
databases and service management. For
the four fiscal quarters ended December
31, 2007, BMC revenue was approximately
$1.7 billion. For more information,
visit
www.bmc.com.
Adrian Estala, PMP
Senior Manager
KPMG (www.KPMG.com)
Adrian Estala is a Senior Manager at KPMG
with over ten years of experience in the IT
Project Management, IT Security and IT Audit
fields including more than eight years of
experience specifically related to
supporting KPMG clients. His client service
spans across the utilities, retail,
healthcare, and oil & gas industries. He is
a certified project manager. Prior to
joining KPMG, Mr. Estala was a Project
Manager supporting the design and
implementation of large-scale voice and
secure data networks with Nortel Networks.
After Nortel Networks, Adrian worked with
France Telecom in Brest, France, while
serving as the Project Manager for an IPv6
engineering research initiative at L’Ecole
Nationale Superior des Telecommunications de
Bretagne. Adrian holds an engineering
degree from Texas A&M University.
Forum
Moderators
 Tim
McHiugh
Oracle, Oil & Gas Business Unit
Oracle (www.Oracle.com)
Tim McHugh is has 15
years of Energy Industry experience in
enterprise business applications, software
technology, consulting, and outsourcing
services. A successful track record in all
aspects of the selling and delivery of
professional services, and outsourcing,
including strategic planning, business
development, account management, partner
management and vertical marketing. Tim
currently is the Regional Manager for
Oracle’s Oil and Gas business unit. Prior
to Oracle, Tim was a Sr. Manager with
Deloitte Consulting’s Enterprise
Applications practice where he focused on
ERP implementations.
 Pam Terry
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Technology Executives Network (Techxans &
TechExecs)
pam@techxans.org
866.761.7770 ext. 2
Pam Terry has considerable experience
in the technology industry beginning her foray into
technology in 1994. She has a proven track record
in sales and marketing in data, voice, collocation,
IT consulting, application development, ecommerce,
and technology training. She was most recently an
Account Executive with Time Warner Telecom, a Major
Accounts Consultant in the Business Division of Time
Warner Cable and VP of Marketing for ERGOS
Technology. During her tenure in the industry, Pam
had the pleasure of co-founding Techxans with Tony
and even created the “Techxans” name. Prior to
Pam’s technology industry experience, Pam was
Executive Director of the Galleria Chamber of
Commerce and previously provided marketing
consulting in the accounting firm industry.
Throughout her career, Pam has been involved in
community and trade organizations, having obtained
Accreditation in Public Relations from the Public
Relations Society of America, and serving on the
boards of several charitable and membership groups
such as the American Organ Transplant Association
and the Association of IT Professionals. Pam is
currently serving as Regional Director of Powerful
Women International, a women’s empowerment
membership group. Pam brings a wealth of knowledge
and expertise in association management and
technology to her role as Executive Director of
Techxans and Tech Execs. Originally from
Brownsville, Texas, Pam has been in Houston since
1971.
FORUM WELCOME:
Anthony Huang
Founder & CEO
Techxans
arh@techxans.org
866.661.0258
As a well known industry icon, Anthony
Huang has been a successful entrepreneur with a solid
track record of having started and sold four profitable
business ventures. Along with two other individuals,
Pamela Terry and Laura Ramey, Anthony Huang launched the
Techxans organization back in 2000. Techxans.org
has sustained the ups and downs of the Information
Technology industry for the past 7 years and continues
to strive and grow in size and capabilities. In
2001, Techxans reached national and international
attention for helping to launch EnronX.org which was the
largest Ex-Enron contact site and was mentioned on the
front page of The Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine.
In January 2007, Techxans formed Techxans InterActive
Broadcast providing Internet TV broadcasting, strategic
online advisory services for Techxans Corporate Members
& Sponsoring companies. Prior to Techxans, Anthony
Huang was the CEO of Rexton InterActive Consulting that
led the market in providing strategic web consulting for
over 100 major clients across 23 different industries.
Anthony also served as the CIO for 2 healthcare
ventures. Anthony began his career with Apple
Computers and Ernst & Young and was a recipient of the
Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1998 with The Greater
Houston Partnership. He has been a speaker at
numerous conferences including InformationWeek, Gartner
Group Midsize Enterprise Summit, and Red Herring Venture
Forums. Anthony graduated from the University of Texas
at Austin with a BBA in Management Information Systems
and lives in Sugar Land with his wife and two children.
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