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In this session you will learn how Ball Corporation has developed a culture where IT is helping to drive the business. Leroy Williams will share the journey his IT department has taken to make this happen. Strategies in portfolio management, technology enterprise architecture, capabilities maturity models, and technology roadmaps within a Global Technology Operation will all be covered.

IT has a great opportunity to become a center of excellence for alignment, collaboration and innovation in most organizations; however, few organizations truly capitalize on IT’s value.  This robust discussion will include the inhibitors for IT’s evolution and what CIOs can do to become transformative change leaders in an organization.

In this session learn how IT at Lincoln Trust Company changed its role from an order taker to a solution provider and valued partner. Starting from business statements such as “I would fire all of IT if I could”, learn how IT used marketing techniques to transform to the recent business statement “Your IT team is fabulous”. Using this unique combination of techniques, IT was able to gain business support for a BI and BPM programs which has transformed the way the business operates and has earned Lincoln Trust national recognition, including the 2009 Gold award winner of the “Global Award for Excellence in BPM & Workflow” representing North America.

The Sports Authority is a national full-line sporting goods retailer with over 450 stores.  This presentation will walk through Store Operations business drivers for a business intelligence solution and benefits realized.  IS operational efficiencies and benefits will also be covered.

Vail Resorts is the leading mountain resort company in North America, operating 5 of the top-ten most visited ski resorts in the country. The Company specializes in destination-based travel at iconic locations, employing nearly 15,000 seasonal and year-round employees during peak periods. Over the past year, Vail Resorts has leveraged social media to transform communication with both employees and customers. In a business where our employees are passionate consumers of our products and the experiences we provide are naturally and enthusiastically shared with family and friends, social media has proven to be a great evangelistic tool. In this session, we will discuss some of Vail Resorts social media strategies and tactics, successes and challenges, governance and policy, current applications and future plans, while highlighting the role of the IT organization throughout the transformational process.

This session will use Denver as a case study for making collaborative decisions about where to invest your limited IT capital dollars.  The participants will see some of the tools and lessons learned in creating a multidisciplinary IT Investment Council to support the IT budgeting and capital planning process.  See how you can have your customers help reinforce the idea of Enterprise Architecture.