Cloud Journey & Lessons from the Field

Cloud Journey & Lessons from the Field
This interactive session will include ITMA members talking about their experience as they take the journey to cloud/hybrid infrastructure. Each leader of the conversation will focus on one or two areas to explain the lessons learned. The presentation content will brief and focus on the key points with the intent to drive conversation and Q&A with the audience.

• Line of Business Applications - CRM, SLATE (CRM tool), Learning Management Systems (LMS), Sales Force (PaaS)
  
• How is data quality? Single truth? Data integration approach? Data Governance structure?
  
• What would you do differently? How to live well in a hybrid world. Living into SaaS. 
  
• Hybrid Environment, now what?
  
• Options - cold line storage, more options in the cloud to help reduce costs.

Agenda

8:00 - 8:30 | Registration & Networking

8:30 - 8:45 | Welcome & Introductions

8:45 - 9:00 | Kevin McCormick, Sr. Manager Corporate Memberships, International Institute of Business Analysts (IIBA)
    
9:00 - 9:15 | Joe Thiry, Business Solutions Rep, IT Sector,
West Michigan Works! West Michigan Tech Talent

9:15-  9:45 | Tim Osbeck, Sr. Director Infrastructure & Operations, Meijer
  
9:45 - 10:15 | Jay Keller, Global Vice President Information Services, CIO, Our Daily Bread Ministries 

10:15- 10:30| Break

10:30 - 11:00 | French Williams, IT Manager, Royal Technologies
 
11:00 - 11:30 | Randy Moon,  Manager, IT Security, Steelcase

11:30 - 12:00 | Lunch & Conversation

Map & Parking
Please note the special parking instructions. Parking is free, but you must print a copy of the Special Parking Pass and place in your windshield.

Map to Davenport's Sneden Center