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On Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. EST

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Enterprise Content Management: A Key Compliance Component

As regulatory and legal compliance requirements continue to escalate, companies are finding that managing content (documents, records, Web content, emails) has become a key corporate governance ingredient. Senior managers, auditors, regulators and other stakeholders are all demanding immediate access to information, transparent, traceable transactions and processes, and up-to-date, communicable policies and procedures. The fragmented information repositories and legacy databases of the past decade no longer serve the rapidly changing needs of the marketplace.

While content management implementations succeed or fail at the same rate as other large IT projects, increasing compliance requirements are “upping the ante” on these initiatives.

Learn from industry experts about best practices that can not only provide companies a compliance platform but a competitive weapon.

Speakers:

• Ara Trembly, Senior Technology Editor, National Underwriter

Ara Trembly is the Senior Editor, Technology, of National Underwriter and has been a writer, marketing professional, and public speaker on technology for business since 1982.  He has written for a wide range of business and technology publications, including Computer Decisions, Beyond Computing, PC Today, Office Systems, and many more.  He has spoken before the Business Technology Association, ASCnet, the AMS User Group, ACORD, and IASA, among others.
 

• Judy Johnson, Vice President, Patni Computer Systems, Inc.

Judy Johnson is Vice President and Principal Solution Architect in the Insurance Business Unit at Patni Computer Systems. Johnson brings over 20 years of business, technology and management experience to Patni. She is recognized throughout the insurance industry as a thought-leader on creating business value through advanced technology solutions and will use this expertise to enhance Patni’s service offerings.

Prior to joining Patni, Johnson was Vice President of Insurance Strategy for Sapiens Americas, a division of Sapiens International Corporation N.V. At Sapiens, Johnson was responsible for spearheading and managing the strategic direction of the company's North American Insurance Solutions Practice, as well as overseeing the introduction of the company's "Insight" product suite.

Prior to joining Sapiens, Johnson served as Vice President of Insurance Industry Strategies at META Group, where she was instrumental in creating the Property & Casualty division of the practice and strongly supported clients around reinsurance and financial services issues as well. She led the development of strategic business and technology frameworks for effective planning, e-business implementation and technology selection. Johnson has worked on Wall Street and has also held senior consulting and information systems management positions at MetLife, AIG, Swiss Re-Insurance Company and American Re-Insurance Company. She holds a US patent in document management processes.

• John R. Logan, President, Obian, Inc.

In addition to being president and founder of Obian, John is a noted author and business-technology industry thought leader.  For over 30 years, John has specialized in applying advanced technology solutions to solving major management challenges.

Obian is the premier supplier of Collaborative Program Management (CPM) software.  Obian’s software is used by managers to effectively lead critical management programs in areas such as compliance, government contracting, global outsourcing, alliances, risk management, corporate transformation, and more.

John started and remains non-executive chairman of Aberdeen Group, a highly regarded business-technology market research and consulting firm.  During his 12 years leading Aberdeen Group John was internationally recognized as one of the world’s preeminent strategist in anticipating how new technologies will change both existing business operations and information systems practices.

John’s groundbreaking book, Evolution Not Revolution: Aligning Technology with Corporate Strategy to Increase Market Value (McGraw-Hill 2002) is the mandate for how corporate executives must proactively leverage IT to obtain above average business returns and sustainable competitive advantages.

John holds a BSE in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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