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Study Group: Generic BPO Services Evaluators (North America)

Council Members in this Study Group: 77

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as IT Services, consumer electronics, wireless devices, software, hardware, information technology, semiconductors, media, cable, satellite, internet, broadband, global positioning systems, advertising, online media, telecommunications, networking, wireless, and data storage, among others.

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David Ziolkowski, COO/CIO, DOCTOR'S MEDICAL CENTER-SAN PABLODavid Ziolkowski

COO/CIO
DOCTOR'S MEDICAL CENTER-SAN PABLO
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David Ziolkowski is COO/CIO of Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo, CA. He is responsible for all hospital operations, as well as all Hospital IT functions. Prior to that, Mr. Ziolkowski was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, NC. He...

Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer, HUDSON VALLEY BANKHoward Bruck

Chief Information Officer
HUDSON VALLEY BANK
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Howard Bruck is Chief Information Officer at Hudson Valley Bank, a commercial bank. He has over 25 years of experience in the information technology sector. He specializes in financial services technology, outsourcing, hosting, databases, ERP, CRM, BI and enterprise systems. He has been associatedwith...

Izak Mutlu

Vice President- Information and Product Security
SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
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Izak Mutlu, CISM, is the Vice President of Information and Product Security at Salesforce.com, a company specializing in customer relationship management software. He is responsible for managing IT security, architecture, design, implementation, and operations. Previously, he was the Chief Information...

Ralph Behar

Senior Director IT
OSI SYSTEMS, INC.
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Ralph Behar is the Sr. Director IT of OSI Systems, Inc, a vertically integrated, worldwide provider of security and inspection systems, medical monitoring and anesthesia systems, and optoelectronic devices and value-added subsystems. He is an acknowledged authority on mini-computers, security, data...

Tushar Hazra, Chief Technology Officer, EPITOMIONETushar Hazra

Chief Technology Officer
EPITOMIONE
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Tushar Hazra is the President, Founder and the Chief Technology Officer of EpitomiOne, a strategic consulting company specializing in enterprise architecture (EA), service-oriented architecture (SOA) deployment, portals, and Web services development, model-driven solution delivery, IT governance and...

Yongmao Frank Chang, Principal Engineer, VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONYongmao Frank Chang

Principal Engineer
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
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Yongmao Frank Chang, Ph.D., is a senior principal engineer and project leader at Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, a company manufacturing analog and mixed signal semiconductor ICs. He specializes in optical system engineering and product specifications definition for analog and digital ASIC products....

Jeanette Plowman, Independent Consultant, Jeanette Plowman Jeanette Plowman

Independent Consultant
Jeanette Plowman
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Jeanette Plowman is currently an independent consultant specializing in HRO BPO outsourcing and employee benefits administration outsourcing. Ms. Plowman provides consulting services on competitive positioning in the outsourcing industry, outsourcing strategies, options assessment, and solution development,...

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Bank Tech Companies - who will be left standing?

September 29, 2009

Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer, HUDSON VALLEY BANK

Mergers: Conflicts Becoming A Core Reality | www.banktechnews.com

7,000 US banks and credit unions represents a lot of customers for the banking technology companies. While banks may be hurting, their technology needs only increases. With so many recent mergers are there too few providers left? Who has the advantage banks or the providers?

OPhone may steal the market in China?

September 22, 2009

China's Lenovo unveils homegrown smartphone | www.google.com

Lenovo has developed a serious contender to the iPhone and will launch it within a month (October 2009) in China, the home market for Lenovo. This article looks at the market ramifications this will have for the iPhone.

Dell/Perot, HP/EDS what's the difference?

September 21, 2009

Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer, HUDSON VALLEY BANK

Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion | money.cnn.com

Dell, buying into the notion that hardware is now a commodity and they have already optimized that business, believes they need to diversify. So they buy a large business/technology consulting firm. Do they now bring any more value to the Perot business?

Is the focus on Apple and their Quality their own doing?

September 21, 2009

Apple sends iPhones into 'Coma Mode' | www.theregister.co.uk

Apple's iPhone users are beginning to see problems with the device. Wether it is hardware, software or both is still uncertain or, does it even matter? This analysis looks at the issue from a market share and positioning perspective.

Apple benefits from convergence and fragmentation at the same time

September 18, 2009

Steve Jobs Takes Aim At Competitors | www.forbes.com

Apple has built a silo eco-system around its iPhone and iPod. In doing so, Apple has been able to quickly solve the biggest problem for any other player who is trying to play the compatible game - user experience. The mobile market has suffered from device fragmentation for some time and Apple hasn't...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Individual/Small Consultancy
  • ERP Software
  • Systems Integrator (SI)

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • Chief Information Officer
  • Director
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Consultant
  • Principal
  • IT Manager
  • Owner
  • President
  • IT Director