2006-05-17

Insourcing, Co-Sourcing, and Rural Sourcing.

Our Panelists

Mark Griesbaum, CIO
Career Education Corporation

Dennis Conley, Managing Director
Transition Partners

Kathy Brittain White, President
Rural Sourcing, Inc.

MODERATOR
Mike Glynn, SIM Chicago Chapter Board

Mr. Mark Griesbaum is the current CIO of Career Education Corporation (CEC) in Hoffman Estates, IL.  Mr. Griesbaum has a distinguished, 27-year career in technology, primarily in the financial services industry.  His award winning leadership was recently recognized by Computerworld Magazine as on of their “Premier 100 IT Leaders 2006”. Mr. Griesbaum joined CEC from Acxiom Corporation, where he managed their two largest outsourcing account relationships. Prior to Acxiom, he held key positions in IT at two major financial institutions.  Mr. Griesbaum was recently featured as a recent guest on CIO Talk Radio speaking on the topic of Co-Sourcing. He received his Masters of Business Administration in Finance from DePaul University, Chicago, IL and his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Management from the University of Dayton, Dayton Ohio.

Mr. Dennis Conley is a Managing Director with Transition Partners, a national management consultancy headquartered in Reston, Virginia.  He is a senior business and information technology executive and transformation leader with over 20 years of broad corporate and consulting experience.  His extensive background and experience covers such areas as outsourcing, organization development, and business and strategic planning. Over his career, Mr. Conley has assisted on over 20 business process and information technology sourcing transactions valued at $5 billion.  Prior to Transition Partners, Mr. Conley previously worked for a major systems integrator as CIO and Vice President. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland.

Dr. Kathy Brittain White is the founder and president of Rural Sourcing, Inc. (RSI), a Jonesboro, Arkansas-based company that is developing information technology employment in rural areas in the U.S. using the global outsourcing model. Dr. White was executive vice president and chief information officer at Cardinal Health, Inc., before starting RSI in 2003. Previously, she held executive positions with two other corporations and also was an associate professor of information technology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. White currently serves on the board of directors of Mattel, Inc. and Novell, Inc., and is a technology advisor to Southern Capitol Ventures. She has formerly been recognized as a Forbes Top 25 American's Businesswomen, a Top 100 CIO, and a top 10 CIO in the United States. She holds a Bachelors and an MBA from Arkansas State University and a doctorate in business from University of Memphis.