Application Development Trends & Strategies
Chicago, IL | May 14, 2008
Join us as we explore the top trends and successful application development strategies for the Enterprise. New application development strategies and technologies hold big promise for advancing the enterprise, from increased agility and business process alignment to improved customer service -- all while holding down budgets. Join us as we discuss:
- Top trends in Application Development Tools & Strategies
- Leveraging Component Applications in a Web Services environment to create a more agile enterprise
- Open Source collaboration and web services environments
- Leveraging application investments for resale to other companies and reusing tools built by other IT organizations
- The Evolution of the User Experience with newer 2.0 technologies
- Exploring the benefits of 2.0 Internet based tools as a way to improve business processes and the customer experience
- How area companies are achieving cost savings while continuing to invest in critical projects.
Call for Sponsors:
Sponsorships available for this seminar. Contact Tina Sieben at 847-837-3900, x2.
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Agenda |
Event Logistics |
| 1:00 |
Welcome & Introductions |
 Early Bird Rates end May 2
$95 Members
$125 Nonmembers
Regular Rates start May 3
$125 Members
$150 Nonmembers
May 14, 2008
1:00–5:15 PM
Union League Club
Main Lounge
65 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL
Professional Business Casual Attire Required |
| 1:30–1:55 |
Application Development Trends in the Enterprise
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Doug Wilson, Managing Partner, Breakthrough Technologies
Doug leads software product development at Breakthrough where he works with a broad array of startups, entrepreneurs, nonprofits and business organizations interested in deploying leading-edge technologies to create world-class software products and systems. At Breakthrough, Doug and his team constantly challenge themselves and their clients to create and leverage innovative software solutions. They have spent the last four years aggressively developing innovative custom solutions based upon open source applications, frameworks and services. |
| 1:55–2:20 |
Custom Application Valuation & Exchange
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Peter Wokwicz, Chairman, Code Exchange, Inc.
Mr. Wokwicz has been Acting CIO at several companies, from NYC based financial institutions to Silicon Valley dot-coms, helping these companies through challenging and strategic phases. During his career at Deloitte Consulting, Alpine Consulting, Tatum and Code Exchange, Mr. Wokwicz has led cutting-edge IT strategy/consulting practices where he has directed the successful implementation of over 370 applications and constructed over 70 IT environments while managing the business, process and strategy changes around these initiatives. |
| 2:20-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45–3:10 |
The Evolution of User Experience
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Corey Miller, Senior Consultant, Magenic
Corey is a professional designer and software developer with extensive experience in multimedia, web & windows based applications. A pioneer in Flash and Silverlight development, he uniquely combines design sensibility with rock-solid Microsoft .NET development skills. Recently, he was instrumental in developing a Silverlight business application (the first of its kind) for a major railroad company. Corey is highly active in the designer/developer space and has served as a presenting speaker at numerous community events including CNUG and MADNUG. |
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Anthony Handley, User Experience Specialist, Magenic
Anthony’s mission is to create great digital experiences. With over 15 years experience in interactive design and creative direction, he has created work for clients such as Accenture, The AOA, Comcast, Cunard Cruise Line, Mitsubishi and United Airlines. He has a passion for clean, user-centered design and has extensive experience developing innovative solutions with Microsoft and other leading technology platforms.
In his spare time, Anthony evangelizes the value of compelling user experiences as a presenting speaker at technology events around the country, including Microsoft’s Boston ReMIX ‘07, DevCares, Chicago .NET Users Group and TechFuse08. |
| 3:10–3:35 |
Reusing COBOL Components in a Web Services Environment
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Irving Abraham, Field Solutions Director, Micro Focus
Irving joined Micro Focus 19 years ago as manager of the European UNIX technical support team. Previous roles include Development Manager, Project Team Leader, Systems Analyst, and Programmer in languages ranging from COBOL to IBM Assembler and covering a wide spectrum of applications. He managed the technical support team for 8 years, was product manager for UNIX/Linux products, and most recently developed initiatives to address customer requirements and provide feedback to engineering teams to extend and refine the Micro Focus Application Modernization Solution. |
| 3:35-4:00 |
Break |
| 4:00–4:50 |
Keynote Panel: Application Development Strategies & Trends
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Moderator: Scott Radeztsky, Ph.D., Principal
Engineer, Chief Technologist, Americas Systems Engineering, Sun
Microsystems
Scott's responsibilities include close ties with other industry CTOs, and representing Sun's technical community to Sun's Engineering and Sales leadership. In over 9 years with Sun, Scott has worked exclusively in customer facing organizations, focused on helping customers solve business problems using architecture and systems approaches. He is the author of the Sun Blueprint Book N1 Grid: Preparing, Architecting and Implementing Service-centric Data Centers. |
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Aleks Buterman, Head of Technology Strategy & Planning, Lincoln Financial Group
Aleks leads Technology Strategy & Planning within Lincoln Financial Group’s Enterprise Architecture, where he is responsible for determining technology strategy and delivering common technology components to support adoption. He previously served as the Chief Architect for Lincoln’s Employer Markets Division, where he led a strategic effort to merge multiple business entities with service-oriented architecture approach. Prior to Lincoln, Aleks held positions at Caremark, Dean Witter/Discover Financial Services, and Allstate Insurance. |
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Scott Jackson, Sr. Application Development Manager Consumer e-Banking, Metavante Corp.
The Metavante Consumer e-Banking software is leveraged by over 200 financial institutions with over 2 million users in North America. Prior to his work at Metavante, Scott led a successful implementation of a global portal services platform with both internal and external facing application portals utilized by business units world-wide. Scott has worked as an application developer, analyst, project manager, solution architect, and consultant. His industry experience includes manufacturing, employment services, and financial services. |
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Anthony L. Abbattista, VP Technology Solutions, Allstate Insurance Company
Abbattista joined Allstate in 2003 and has responsibility for enterprise technology strategy, information services, technical architecture, technology governance and infrastructure.
Previously, he was a senior partner at DiamondCluster International, where he was managing director of its global competency organization. He also spent eight years at Andersen Consulting in its emerging technology group, where he was an associate partner. Abbattista has extensive expertise in the design and implementation of high-performance architectures, the execution of technical strategy projects and management of complex implementation projects. |
| 4:50-5:00 |
Closing Remarks |
| 5:00–5:45 |
Meet the Speakers Networking Reception
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