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Webcast: In the Google Apps Cloud: How to Achieve Your Business Objectives

Dec 3rd, '09, 1 - 2 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)

Join Council member Brent Hoag, Director, Global IT, at JohnsonDiversey, as he discusses the adoption of Google Apps which has helped meet four corporate goals; sustainability, simplification, increased employee productivity and global collaboration.

Webcast: Collaboration Initiatives: Benchmarks & Best Practices

Dec 15th, '09, 4 - 5 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)

Join Council members Ruth Thorpe, VP & CIO at the U.S. Pharmaceutical Operations of Sanofi-Aventis, and Gary Kuyper, CIO at Bethany Christian Services, as they speak about their collaboration initiatives and experiences in how and why they chose the social networking and collaboration tools they are using and their business goals for collaboration, and facing culture change challenges.

Data Overview: Collaboration Initiatives Field Guide: Benchmarks & Best Practices

This appendix to the Council Field Guide provides an analysis which discusses benchmarks for collaboration IT implementation costs, adoption rates and payoffs. The overview identifies top IT and business goals and satisfaction rates for collaboration initiatives as well as best practices and lessons learned for implementing collaboration IT.

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The 2002 CIO 100 Honorees

Ace Hardware Corp.Pg. 82Hardware, lawn and garden retailerOak Brook, Ill.www.acehardware.comIntegrated franchised retail stores with customer loyalty and service programPaul Ingevaldson, ...

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August 15, 2002 — CIO —

Ace Hardware Corp. Pg. 82
Hardware, lawn and garden retailer
Oak Brook, Ill.
www.acehardware.com
Integrated franchised retail stores with customer loyalty and service program
Paul Ingevaldson, Senior VP of IT
Jay Heubner, Director of Application Development
Frank Murphy, Manager of Retail Technology Products
FY01 revenue: $2.9B
Employees: 5,093

Amazon.com Inc. Pg. 56
Online retailer
Seattle
www.amazon.com
Effective gathering and use of customer data
Richard L. Dalzell, CIO and Senior VP of Worldwide Architecture and Platform Software
FY01 revenue: $3.1B
Employees: 7,800

American Airlines Inc.
Commercial airline
Fort Worth, Texas
www.aa.com
Collaborative effort to integrate TWA systems and improve customer service, financial tracking and project management technologies
Monte Ford, Senior VP and CIO
FY01 revenue: $19B
Employees: 118,400

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Health care
Little Rock, Ark.
www.arkansasbluecross.com
Internal and external facing systems provide greater access to information
Joseph S. Smith, VP of Private Programs and CIO
Robert Heard, VP of Infrastructure Management
FY01 revenue: $910M
Employees: 2,200

Autobytel Inc.
Online automotive marketing company
Irvine, Calif.
www.autobytel.com
Extensive sharing of data between manufacturers, dealers and customers
Jeffrey Schwartz, President and CEO
Gary Leek, VP and CTO
FY01 revenue: $71M
Employees: 261

AutoTrader.com LLC
Online classifieds
Atlanta
www.autotrader.com
Extracts vehicle listings and images from many sources; installed online auction listing management tools
Brad Mohs, Senior VP and CTO
Stan Green, VP of Business Solutions
Greg Easterly, General Manager of Auctions
FY02 revenue: $110M
Employees: 500

Barton Malow Co.
Architecture and construction management
Southfield, Mich.
www.bartonmalow.com
Internal users receive e-mail, voice mail and faxes in a single electronic inbox
Phil Go, CIO
Lori Howlett, Senior VP
FY01 revenue: $1.2B
Employees: 1,800

Best Buy Co. Inc.
Consumer electronics
Eden Prairie, Minn.
www.bestbuy.com
Integrated point-of-sale, online and inventory management systems
Marc D. Gordon, Executive VP and CIO
FY01 revenue: $15.3B
Employees: 90,000

Boise Cascade Office Products Corp.
Office products
Itasca, Ill.
www.boiseoffice.com
Web portal integrates knowledge needed for all customer contacts, including e-commerce, field and telephone sales, and customer service
Christopher Milliken, CEO
Gary Massel, VP and CIO
FY01 revenue: $3.5B
Employees: 13,000

BP PLC Pgs. 40, 66
Oil and gas
London
www.bp.com
Unified systems after several large-scale mergers
John Leggate, Group VP and CIO
Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, VP and CTO
FY01 revenue: $174.2B
Employees: 107,200

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co.
North American railroad
Fort Worth, Texas
www.bnsf.com
Customized CRM tool; provided single data entry point to manage and prioritize work orders; placed all HR and employee data online
Gregory F. Fox, VP of Technology Services and CIO
Craig Hill, VP of Mechanical and Value Engineering
FY01 revenue: $9.2B
Employees: 40,000

Cabot Corp. Pg. 74
Chemicals
Boston
www.cabot-corp.com
Established improvement team to unify and manage core business processes
Kennett Burnes, Chairman and CEO
Craig Bickel, VP and CIO
Peter Smith, Director of Business Process Improvement
FY01 revenue: $1.7B
Employees: 4,500

CalPERS (California Public Employees’ Retirement System)
Retirement benefits administrator
Sacramento, Calif.
www.calpers.ca.gov
Reduced CRM costs by deploying customer self-service systems; established connectivity for all enterprise systems
Jack Corrie, CIO
James H. Gomez, Deputy Executive Officer
Revenue: NA
Employees: 1,600

Cargill Inc. Pg. 56
Distributor
Wayzata, Minn.
www.cargill.com
Invested in high-end integration tools