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Mid-Market CIO Panel: Tips and Techniques for Improving Vendor Relationships
July 15, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM U.S./Eastern (GMT-4)
We'll highlight relationship priorities and best practices identified in a Council study, and we'll interact with a CIO panel on the approaches they've used to improve strategic vendor partnerships.
Secrets of Successful Vendor Contract Negotiations for the Mid-Market
Sept. 10, 2009, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM U.S./Eastern (GMT-4)
On this free public Council teleconference, Matthew A. Karlyn, attorney at Foley & Lardner in Boston, will share tips on negotiating tactics and new, creative contract terms to help mid-market CIOs make better deals.
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August 04, 2008 — CIO —
Name: Al Tarasiuk
Title: CIO, Central Intelligence Agency (appointed Oct. 1, 2005)
Age: 50
Family: Married with three children
Education: B.S., Electrical Engineering, the New Jersey Institute of Technology; M.S. in Engineering Management from the George Washington University
CIA Career: Joined CIA in 1986 as an electrical engineer developing and implementing radio frequency (RF) systems.
Interesting Facts:
-Born in Brazil to parents of immigrants from Eastern Europe and eventually became a U.S. citizen
-First job after college was as a junior engineer with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, helping broadcast radio signals behind the Iron Curtain
-Served with the CIA's spy division in Africa at one time
-Is regularly polygraphed for his job
-Is in charge of the CIA's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) function
-He's into muscle cars and has a 1971 Chevelle
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