Presenters at the 10^th Annual CIO Forum

Keynote Speakers

Vivek Kundra Federal Chief Information Officer

Vivek Kundra is the Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO). He directs the policy and strategic planning of federal information technology investments and is responsible for oversight of federal technology spending. Kundra formerly served in Mayor Fenty's cabinet as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the District of Columbia, responsible for technology operations and strategy for 86 agencies. He has been recognized among the top 25 CTO's in the country and as the 2008 IT Executive of the Year for his pioneering work to drive transparency, engage citizens and lower the cost of government operations. Kundra is also recognized for his leadership in public safety communications, cyber security and IT portfolio management. Before Kundra came to the District, Governor Timothy M. Kaine appointed him Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the first dual cabinet role in the state's history. Kundra's diverse record also includes technology and public policy experience in private industry and academia. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia's Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership and holds a MS in Information Technology from the University of Maryland.

Paul deSa Chief Strategist, Federal Communications Commission

Paul de Sa has been Chief of OSP since joining the FCC in July 2009. Before that, he was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he was a leader in the Telecom/Media, Private Equity and Corporate Finance practices in the United States and Asia. Prior to joining McKinsey, de Sa received a doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford University. He was also a Kennedy Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Presenters

Douglas A. Abel Vice President, Chief Information Officer Anne Arundel Health System, Annapolis, Maryland

Douglas Abel has more than 25 years of experience in information systems across the healthcare industry. His unique background includes holding senior positions at a software vendor, leading healthcare consulting organizations and directing IT at a large academic medical center. As Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Anne Arundel Health System, Abel is responsible for all information management activities including Information Systems, Information Technologies, Telecommunications and Health Information Management.

Prior to joining AAHS, Abel held the positions of Vice President at Cerner Corporation, Senior Director at HCIA, and Director Positions at the University of Maryland Medical System and Ferranti Healthcare Systems. At Cerner Corporation he led large portions of the consulting organization in the deployment of healthcare automation leading to clinical transformation at academic medical centers, IDN’s and community hospitals. While at the University of Maryland Medical System, Abel managed groups including computer operations, help desk and software applications leading the procurement, implementation and support of clinical and financial applications used by the system. Starting his career at Ferranti Healthcare Systems, he was a software engineer and led the development of clinical and financial applications for the healthcare industry.

Abel earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Elizabethtown College and a master’s of business administration degree from Loyola College in Maryland graduating with honors (Beta Gamma Sigma). Abel has served on the Board of Directors for the Northland Chamber of Commerce in Kansas City, Missouri, the First Hand Foundation and the Maryland Chapter of HIMSS. He has served on the Annual Conference Education Committee for HIMSS as well as several committees for CHIME including the Advocacy Leadership Committee.

Larry Fitzpatrick President, Computech Inc.

Larry Fitzpatrick, Computech's President, leads a thirty year old IT application development firm with particular expertise in online auctions, data driven dashboards, and legacy system replacement. His record of successful software delivery and transformational software management has spanned academia and government, commercial software product development, and corporate IT for over 25 years.

Prior to joining Computech this year, he served as Senior Vice President of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). While at FINRA, during a time of substantial change in the financial sector, he created the architecture group, built an application development team of over 500 individuals, and led the delivery of numerous key systems.

Prior to joining FINRA in 2002, Mr. Fitzpatrick consulted to a number of technology firms. Until 1999, he led delivery of commercial software products as Technology Vice President at Open Text Software (OTEX), and as Chief Technology Officer at Personal Library Software. He has specialized in high performance computing and database systems and delivered industry-leading commercial software that has been widely used. He has taught several university courses in database and programming. Mr. Fitzpatrick has a Master’s in Biomedical Engineering (Informatics) from The University of Virginia, and Bachelor of Science in Biology and minor in Computer Science from Georgetown University.

David Horrocks President, CRISP (Chesapeake Regional Information Systems for our Patients)

Prior to joining CRISP, David Horrocks was Senior Vice President for EMR Initiatives in the Developing Enterprises division of Erickson Retirement Communities. Horrocks was responsible for the organization’s several startup ventures seeking to promote electronic medical records and health information exchange. He also served at Retirement Living TV, a startup television network for seniors currently in 30 million homes, where he was responsible for IT, HR, business process improvement, and the network’s web presence.

Horrocks previously served four years as Chief Information Officer for Erickson Retirement Communities, during which time he led the effort to deploy Centricity EMR to all of Erickson’s primary care providers. He subsequently extended electronic medical records to Erickson’s eight Skilled Nursing facilities and Rehab departments. Horrocks spent much of 2006 in a management rotation as the Associate Executive Director of Charlestown Community in Baltimore, which is home to 2,500 seniors.

Prior to joining Erickson, Horrocks was with Visalign, an IT consulting firm, where he focused on infrastructure technology and economic analysis of IT projects. He also spent five years as a technologist and department manager for AbiliTech, a nonprofit company providing technology services to people with disabilities.

Horrocks holds a BS in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. He and his wife Amy live in Maryland and are raising six children.

Cheryl Jones joined CRISP with more than eight years experience in the clinical and operational aspects of the healthcare industry. Prior to joining CRISP, Jones was employed by Erickson Retirement Communities. Her roles included serving as a Six Sigma internal consultant and a Senior Business Analyst, reporting to the executive team. She was also responsible for the administrative management of the 170-bed skilled nursing and assisted living facility at one of Erickson’s largest campuses.

Earlier in her career, Jones spent nearly two years as a healthcare consultant with BearingPoint (now Deloitte). She completed projects at several hospitals across the United States, focusing on revenue cycle optimization and other financial issues. Serving as a BearingPoint consultant, Jones was instrumental in assisting the CDC with the Hurricane Katrina After Action Report.

Jones holds a BA in Psychology from Spelman College and an MBA and MHA from the University of Florida. She has a background in human resources and has received her PHR certification.

Dr. Jamshed J. Irani Chairman of the Executive Committee, Tata Quality Management Services and Director, Tata Sons Ltd.

Jamshed J. Irani is a well-known personality in the iron and steel industry who was honored in 2007 by the President of India who conferred on him the award of Padma Bhushan for his services to trade and industry in the country.

He began his career in 1963 as a senior scientific officer at BISRA, Sheffield, where he rose to the position of head, physical metallurgy division. On returning to India, he joined The Tata Iron and Steel Company (now Tata Steel) as assistant to the director, research and development. He was appointed general superintendent in 1978, general manager in 1979, president in 1985 and managing director in 1992. After holding the CEO's office for almost a decade, he retired as managing director of Tata Steel in 2001. Presently, he is a director on the board of Tata Steel.

Besides Tata Steel, Irani is a director on the boards of several companies including Tata Motors, Tata Teleservices, BOC (India), Electrosteel Castings, Repro India and HDFC. He is chairman of Tata Refractories, TRF and Kansai Nerolac Paints. In 1993, the University of Sheffield conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Metallurgy. In 1997, Queen Elizabeth II conferred on him honorary knighthood (KBE) for his contributions to Indo-British trade and co-operation.

Irani obtained his master's degree in geology from Nagpur University in 1958. Thereafter he obtained an M.Met. and a PhD from the University of Sheffield, UK.

Jason Karas Founder, Carbonrally.com

Jason Karas is the founder of Carbonrally.com a year-old website that motivates people to reduce energy use and CO2 emissions through competitive game play. Recognized as a TIME Magazine best website of 2008, Carbonrally has attracted individuals and teams from universities, high schools, corporations, and other communities across the country. Prior to Carbonrally, Karas created a radical product development approach for European mobile carrier Orange. Through his program at Orange, Karas cut development times in half and shepherded 7 innovative products from concept through customer deployment. Karas received a Masters in Environmental Economics and an MBA from Duke University in 1997. Through Carbonrally, he is realizing his longtime goal to connect these two disciplines in a new venture. He lives in Boston with his family.

Dr. Sean Khozin, MD, MPH Founding Member, Practicing Physician, Hello Health

Sean Khozin is a founding member and practicing physician at Hello Health. Hello Health physicians use email, instant messaging, and video conferencing to communicate with their patients, in addition to seeing them in the office. Their proprietary web-based technology enables a patient-centric environment powered by social networking tools to connect and share information with healthcare providers. The technology is also a fully integrated electronic medical record and practice management system.

Khozin's background encompasses a broad range of bench-to-bedside activities. He has conducted public health research on disease prevention and infection control, and basic science research at the Laboratory of Cell Regulation and Carcinogenesis at the National Institutes of Health where he worked alongside a team of world-class scientists on the development of novel therapeutic targets for breast cancer. He has also worked with biotechnology companies in support of bringing innovative pharmacotherapies to the market and has conducted comprehensive evaluation of large, multicenter clinical trials as a member of the Integrated Scientific and Ethical Review Board at St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers in New York City.

Khozin received a Bachelor of Science degree in Neurobiology and Physiology from the University of Maryland at College Park and attended medical school at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He holds a Masters of Public Health degree from George Washington University and did his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at New York Medical College, St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City.

Bipin Patel CIO, ProQuest

Bipin Patel joined ProQuest as CIO in April 2007 and is responsible overseeing product development, internal systems, and infrastructure operations for ProQuest and Dialog. He is a member of the ProQuest executive management group. ProQuest was ranked #27 in the 2009 InformationWeek 500 listing of the most innovative technology organizations in the nation.

Previously he was with Ford Motor Company for 25 years. He was the Director of Ford’s North America IT Business Operations where he was a member of the Ford Americas Operating Committee. He oversaw Information Technology for Product Development, Manufacturing, and Marketing, Sales, and Service operations. Prior to that appointment, he was responsible for the creation of Ford’s off-shore centre Chennai, India. Previous responsibilities have included the launch of the global intranet/collaboration platforms, and driving a common global Accounting process and system. Patel has also served as IT Manager for Asia Pacific Operations overseeing IT strategy for the region, and in a variety of IT positions in Ford of Europe.

Patel, a British citizen, was born and schooled in Tanzania. He has a B.Sc. (Honours) in Maths from University of Greenwich in London, UK.

Premal Shah President, Kiva

Premal Shah leads Kiva.org – a website that lets you make micro-loans to low-income entrepreneurs. Kiva raises over $1 million each week for the working poor in +50 countries and was named as a Top 50 website by TIME magazine in 2009. Prior to Kiva, Shah spent 6 years at PayPal.  During a sabbatical from PayPal in 2005, Shah volunteered in India at a women's cooperative and began to develop the internet microfinance concept. He returned to Silicon Valley and connected with a like-minded team to turn the idea into reality and bring it to scale.  Shah has been invited to speak at the Clinton Global Initiative and his honors include being named one of Fortune magazine's "40 under 40" and a Young Global Leaders selection by the World Economic Forum.  Shah graduated with an Economics degree from Stanford University.

Smith School Presenters

Dr. Ritu Agarwal Professor & Robert H. Smith Chair in Information Systems

Ritu Agarwal is the Robert H. Smith Dean's Chair in Information Systems and founder and director of the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business. She has published more than 75 papers on information technology in journals such as Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Communications of the ACM, Journal of Management Information Systems, Decision Sciences, IEEE Transactions, and Decision Support Systems. Her current research is focused on the use of IT in healthcare settings, technology-enabled transformations in the auto-retailing and printing sectors; and appropriate strategies for the management of IT human capital. She received her PhD from Syracuse University.

Dr. G. “Anand” Anandalingam Dean, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Anand Anandalingam is the dean and Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. His research focuses on telecommunication networks, and electronic markets' design, economics, industry analysis, strategy, and policy. He also works on global information systems strategy. Anandalingam has published more than 75 papers in refereed journals, and has guest-edited volumes on electronic markets for Management Science, and on hierarchical optimization for Annals of Operations Research. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science). Anandalingam serves on the editorial board of Telecommunications Systems, and Networks and Spatial Economics, and as the associate editor of Operations Research. His PhD in operations research is from Harvard University.

Dr. Il-Horn Hann Associate Professor of Information Systems, Co-director of DIGITS

Il-Horn Hann is associate professor of information systems at the Robert H. Smith School of Business and co-director of the Center for Digital Thought and Strategy (DIGITS). Hann teaches Managing Digital Business Markets at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. His research interest is in the intersection of IT and markets; recent projects include price competition in electronic markets, pricing in Name-Your-Own-Price markets, and online privacy. Another research interest of his is open source software. Hann's papers have been published in Management Science, Journal of MIS, and Communication of the ACM. He has served on the editorial board of Information Systems Research and is currently on the editorial board of Management Science. He received his MA and PhD from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Siva Viswanathan Associate Professor of Information Systems, Co-director of DIGITS

Siva Viswanathan is associate professor of information systems at the Robert H. Smith School of Business and co-director of the Center for Digital Thought and Strategy (DIGITS). Viswanathan’s research focuses on emerging issues related to online firms and markets, and on analyzing the competitive and strategic implications of new information and communication technologies. His current research examines the growth of online information intermediaries, and their potential to disrupt traditional business models and transform the competitive landscape in sectors such as auto-retailing, financial services, and advertising, among others. Viswanathan’s research has appeared in top academic journals including Management Science, Information Systems Research, Journal of Marketing, and Decision Support Systems. He is also an active participant in international conferences and industry forums. He received his PhD from New York University.