The LA Chapter of AITP presents
Is Market Consolidation making you rethink your ERP Strategy?
Should you be?
Consolidation, Migration, Application Retirement, Lessons
Learned
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Thursday, June 23, 2005
At LAX Plaza Hotel,
(Formerly the Ramada Inn)
Networking @ 6:00 pm • Dinner @ 6:30 pm • Program @ 7:00 pm
· Gretchen
Kaufman, Senior Manager for IBM Global Services
· Greg
Geiger, Sr. Manager, Technology Strategy Group for Capgemini
· Ray Owen, Senior Manager,
Our panel
of distinguished experts will help you develop the criteria for an IT strategy
to address vendor consolidation. The
days of numerous vendors for full suite ERP applications, have been replaced by
limited options and more difficult decisions when considering specialized
applications. The challenge for
enterprises that have deployed applications from a vendor that has been
acquired is extremely complex and requires an effective strategy to avoid a
costly mistake. The panel will provide
their first hand knowledge and best practices from their years of experiences
in guiding Fortune 100 to Mid Cap firms through major IT changes.
Discussion items:
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How to prolong or maximize the value of
your current investment
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How to create a competitive vendor
selection process
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Selection criteria for choosing SAP, Oracle
eBusiness, or integrating best in class applications.
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Expectations for pricing, product
development, and upgrade cycles.
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Lessons learned from companies which have
made ERP changes.
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Options and steps to take now if your
current application is going to be phased out.
Panelists
will give short presentations, and then participate in a lively, interactive
Q&A session. Don’t miss this event
if you want to be in the know about the cutting edge as well as proven aspects
of this exciting new technology!
(Biographical details are
on the next page.)
Pre-Meeting Networking at 6:00
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RESERVATION PHONE: (562) 928-5353. Reservations are required! Call by Monday, June 20st, or
respond to aitpla@aol.com, in order to guarantee a
seat at this popular event!
Reservations may be fulfilled by substitute attendance.
Price
Buffet Dinner &
Program: Members of AITP $20, non-members $25, payable by check/cash at the
door. Parking is an additional $5. For more information, contact Roger Lux at 323-930-4053
or visit www.aitp-la.org.
Location
The Holiday Inn Select
(formerly Ramada Inn), 6333
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North on 405: exit Slauson, right on
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South on 405: exit Sepulveda, right on Sepulveda, right on Centinela, left on
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS –
Gretchen Kaufman, Senior Manager, IBM Business
Consulting Services
Gretchen Kaufman is a Senior Manager
for IBM Business Consulting Services.
She brings leadership, strategic focus and knowledge to complex
technology initiatives and specializes in managing the delivery of packaged
enterprise-wide business applications.
Gretchen has been in the consulting industry for 10 years and has
focused primarily on packaged software application design, development, testing
and implementation, process reengineering, client training and change
management. During her tenure at
Arthur Andersen LLP, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting and IBM, Gretchen has managed large, complex, multi-phased engagements and has led
sizeable and diverse consultant and client teams. She has experience in Media and Entertainment,
Architecture, Construction and Engineering, Hospitality, Automotive, Gaming,
Travel and Transportation, Retail and High Technology industries.
One of Gretchen’s most recent projects
received the IBM Stars Award for one of the best project of the quarter in the
Small and Medium Businesses sector. She
was also selected by IBM leadership to help shape project management in the
Business Consulting Services division by participating in a project aimed at
helping practitioners build and refine their project management skills. As a member of IBM Press, Gretchen
participates in a group of authors and reviewers that assess new manuscripts
and consider new topics for future publications.
Greg
Geiger, Senior Manager Technology Strategy Group, Capgemini
Mr. Geiger is a Sr. Manager consultant with Capgemini’s Technology
Strategy Group based in
With Capgemini, Mr. Geiger provides expert guidance in areas of: Technology
Effectiveness Evaluations, Outsource advisory consulting, Operations processes
based on ITIL methodology,
Prior to joining Capgemini, Mr. Geiger provided applications development
and technical project management leadership for Litton Computer Services, a
data center in
Ray Owen, Senior
Manager,
Ray Owen is a Senior Manager for Hitachi Consulting based out of
Ray is
an accomplished technology professional with Masters in Business Administration
focusing on technology and organizational design. Ray brings 17+ years experience with tier one
international professional consulting services organizations (Deloitte
Consulting LLP, Andersen Worldwide LLP, Hitachi Consulting). Ray is skilled in technology operations and
complex program management / governance and has completed multiple full
life-cycle implementations, as project or program manager, with leading ERP
packages including SAP and PeopleSoft / J.D. Edwards. Mr. Owen brings functional and process
expertise in shared services, supply chain, and all back-office processes. Hitachi Consulting,
which is headquartered in Dallas, TX, is the global business and IT consulting
arm of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), the 9th largest IT solutions provider in
the world.