Upcoming Presentations

Fall, 2013

To view a list of past Tribune presenters and their topics, click here.

The MSIT Tribune is a series of talks given by MSIT students and other Chicagoland professionals about current topics in business and/or technology. Special thanks to Stephen Li (MSIT 2005), founder of the MSIT Tribune Series.

 

Recent Presentations

MSIT Tribune Presentation, June 1, 2013

"Effective Presentation of Information and Ideas". Presented by Naveed Asem (MSIT Class of 2013), Slalom Consulting Solution Architect. Naveed's Bio and Presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, April 20, 2013

Presented by Demetrios “Laz” Lazarikos, Chief Information Security Officer, Sears. Read Bio and Presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, April 13, 2013

"I Took a Walk On the Wild Side: My Journey & the Lessons I Learned – From the Business to Information Technology and Back to the Business." Presented by Catherine Brune, Allstate. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, March 2, 2013

"What’s Your Boss Really Thinking … And What Should They Be Thinking About?" Presented by Neil Novich, ex-CIO Ryerson/Grainger Board. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, February 16, 2013

"Utilizing Technology to Improve Net Interest Margin…" Presented by Carlos Minetti, Discover. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, January 19, 2013

“The Psychology of Technology". Presented by Phil Le-Brun, Senior Director of Worldwide Retail Technology for McDonald’s Corporation. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, January 12, 2013

“"Career Services at Northwestern". Presented by Laurence v Jackson III, Northwestern Career Services Office. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, November 17, 2012

“IT as a Game Changer”. Presented by Piyush Singh, Senior VP and CIO, Great American Insurance Company. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, October 6, 2012

"What Chief Executive Officers want in their Chief Information Officers". Presented by Bob Gariano (MSIT 2006). Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, May 19, 2012

Presented by Naveed Asem (MSIT 2013), Business Intelligence Consultant at Slalom Consulting. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, May 5, 2012

Presented by Fred Hoch, President at Illinois Technology Association. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Spring Industry Advisory Board Conversation, April 21, 2012

"A Conversation with MSIT Industry Advisory Board Members". Presented by MSIT Industry Advisory Board. Click here for the Industry Advisory Board.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, April 7, 2012

Presented by Adam Goodman, Director, Center for Leadership, Northwestern University. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, March 24, 2012

Presented by Mike Tainter, National Director of IT Service Management at Forsythe Technology, Inc. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, February 25, 2012

"Reflections from the Hot Seat". Presented by Rajeev Chopra, Obama 2012 Campaign CIO. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, February 11, 2012

"To Build or to Buy IT Applications?". Presented by Socrates Ponnusamy (MSIT 2013). Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, January 21, 2012

"The Business Benefits of Google Apps". Presented by Mitch Greenwald, Founder of Cloudbakers.com. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, January 14, 2012

David Pessis (MSIT 2009) and Bill Burnett, Co-Founders of FIPPEX. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, November 12, 2011

Dr. Andrew Kumiega, Director of Quality, Infinium Capital Management. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, November 5, 2011

Mike Marasco, Clinical Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, October 15, 2011

"Networking for IT Professionals". Presented by Leroy Williams, IT Manager, Abbott Labs. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, October 1, 2011

"Cleansing Data: Whose Role Is It Anyway?” Presented by Naveed Asem (MSIT Class of 2013), Decision First Technologies Business Intelligence Consultant. Click here for bio.

MSIT Spring Alumni Connection Series, May 21, 2011

"Finding the Next Great Opportunity: Experiences from Alums on Job Hunting, Working with Recruiters, and Networking". Presented by Jeff Carey (Class of 2005), Sohail Malik (Class of 2010), Chris Oehlerking (Class of 2006) and Abby Young (Class of 2010). Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, May 14, 2011

"Divya Narendra", CEO and Co-founder of SumZero; Co-founder of ConnectU, 2004 Harvard Undergrad, Current JD/MBA Candidate at Northwestern. Divya will discuss entrepreneurship in general, social media, and how to come up with good ideas. Click here for details and bio.

MSIT Spring Industry Advisory Board Conversation, April 30, 2011

"A Conversation with MSIT Industry Advisory Board Members". Presented by MSIT Industry Advisory Board. Click here for the Industry Advisory Board.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, April 23, 2011

"SDLC". Presented by Larry Dribin, President of Pearl Street Group. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Spring Alumni Connection Series, April 16, 2011

"Advice from Alumni Hiring Managers on How to Stand Out From the Crowd". Presented by Brett Bernstein (Class of 2001), Jibran Ilyas (Class of 2009) and Julian Koh (Class of 2001). Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, April 2, 2011

"The Problem with Best Practices: Are They Enough?", Presented by Andrew White, Manager of Enterprise Systems at Nationwide Insurance. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Spring Alumni Connection Series, March 26, 2011

"Marketing the MSIT: Alumni Share Their Promotion Experiences after the Program", Presented by Ted Gaty (MSIT 2003), Aon Hewitt Chief Information Officer, Benefits Administration; David Greenfield (MSIT 1998), Greenfield Labs Consultant; and Jorgen Hesselberg (MSIT 2007), NAVTEQ Lead Product Owner. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, March 5, 2011

"Social Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in the Corporate Environment". Presented by Jim Steger, Principal, Co-founder of Sonoma Partners. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, January 29, 2011

"Measuring the True Cost of Outsourcing". Presented by Scott Leslie, Evidant CEO. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, January 15, 2011

"MSIT Alumni Connection", Presented by Daniel Smereczynski (MSIT 2006), VP at First Analysis. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, November 6, 2010

"The Talent Wars", Presented by Thy Nguyen, Associate Director of Cooperative Engineering Education, McCormick Office of Career Development. Click here for presentation and bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, October 16, 2010

"Career Resources at Northwestern". Presented by Kamilah McCoy, University Career Services Assistant Director for Engineering and Science. Click here for presentation and bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, October 9, 2010

"What the CIO Needs to Know about Talent Management - Running IT Like a Business with a Focus on Talent Management".  Presented by Bob Dean, Learning and Talent Development Executive. Click here for presentation and bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, May 8, 2010

"Relationship Capital: Accounting for Your Success". Presented by Rob Peters, Computer Sciences Corporation Principal Banking Leader, Global Application Services. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, April 24, 2010

"Leveraging LIDAR in Next Generation Mapping Technologies". Presented by Alwar Narayanan, Director of Emerging Technologies at NAVTEQ. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, April 17, 2010

"ITIL– What Is It and Why Should You Care?". Presented by Cathy Kirch, Process Architect at Allstate. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, February 27, 2010

"A Conversation With Threadless". Presented by Charles Stephens, VP of Operations, Cam Balzer, VP of Marketing at Threadless. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, February 20, 2010

"Crowdsourcing". Presented by Jorgen Hesselberg (MSIT 2007), NAVTEQ Software Project Manager. Click here for bio and presentation.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, January 23, 2010

"Measuring Business Impact by Mapping to Business Activities and Channels". Presented by Scott Leslie, CEO of Evidant. Click here for bio.

MSIT Tribune Presentation, January 16, 2010

"CisionPoint: 2009 CODiE Award-winning SaaS Application". Presented by Scott Thompson (MSIT 2010), IT Senior VP of Cision. Click for bio and presentation.