On Thursday, June 10 at 5:00 p.m., join Jason Weiss, CTO, VelocityEHD, and Cora Carmody, Globally Recognized CIO. and moderator Ellen Barry, Principal. the EBarry Group, for a discussion on:

WHAT AGILE LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE

For many, Agile Leadership offers new ways of thinking, interacting, and organizing. Please join our expert panel as they discuss how an agile leader has the skills to assess risk, set direction and to act quickly to meet any changing environment – and at the same time develop others’ to do the same.

Thursday, June 10, 2021
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. (Panel Discussion)
6:00 – 6:30 p.m. (Neworking)

This event will take place via ZOOM.
There is no cost to attend, but RSVP is requested.

Presenters:

Jason Weiss is Chief Technology Officer at VelocityEHS. He has been developing software professionally for over 30 years, has code in production in 10 different languages at last count, and has taught embedded systems, systems architecture, and the C programming language at the University of Illinois. Jason's background includes leading R&D and Technology for Maestro Health, serving as president of Serious Apps, and serving as Chief Technology Officer for PayFlex. His expertise spans enterprise architecture, infrastructure, and software development, including the architecture and development of e-commerce systems and b2b platforms. Jason received a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois and has an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Cora Carmody is a globally recognized CIO, having been appointed as the first CIO of Litton PRC (now part of Northrop-Grumman Information Technology) and most recently as the CIO of Jacobs Engineering. Prior to becoming a CIO, Cora held various positions (programmer, systems engineer, program manager, and others) in projects benefiting the U.S. intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, and other customers. In 2002, Cora founded the Technology GoddessesTM program to mentor girls (K-12) in all aspects of technology – which led Jacobs to receive the Inaugural “Engaging Youth in IT” Award from Computerworld and the CIO Executive Council, June 2013.

Cora has an M.S. degree in Computer Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University and B.A. and M.A. degrees in Mathematics from the Johns Hopkins University. Her work is cited in The Leadership Challenge, 5th edition, by James Kouzes and Barry Posner; The U.S. Technology Skills Gap, by Gary Beach; and numerous articles and interviews. She is a frequent speaker on many IT topics such as leadership, IT strategy, STEM, and enterprise architecture.

Ellen Barry, Principal, EBarry Group. Ellen leads a small women owned IT consulting business, The EBarry Group, after spending over 10 years as CIO for the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority. The Authority owns and manages McCormick Place, Navy Pier and the Hyatt McCormick Place Hotel. Along with overseeing the traditional responsibilities of IT, Ms. Barry has been successful in implemented revenue generating initiatives by insourcing the delivery of Internet and Technical Services to Exhibitors, Show Management and Meeting Planners for convention and meeting planning events; installing revenue generating wireless services throughout McCormick Place and Navy Pier which allow for over 8000 concurrent users within the facility; and implementing a gigabit circuit to “next generation networks” including Internet2 and other next generation networks.


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