Fox IT Symposium Panelists

Enterprise Systems: Can They Deliver Value in the Long Term?

Rahul Argade
Solution Architect
Microsoft

Mr. Argade has over 18 years of experience in information technology. He has formulated numerous integrated business and technology strategies for his clients companies. Through these models, he has helped both startup and established clients realize value from emerging technologies. Working for startup clients, he has focused business and marketing plans while developing technology strategies. For traditional clients, he has developed strategies to re-cast company processes and operations into an extended-enterprise technology context. At Microsoft Corporation he has been working on NextWeb strategies and implementations to drive different business models.

At Microsoft he is now a lead architect for the Web Solutions team. Recently at Microsoft he led managed a consulting practice that focused on the communications sector, consisting of Global Telecom, Cable, Wireless, Media and Entertainment Companies.

He began working as a researcher on mathematical models -- computational fluid dynamics, non-steady state heat conduction, and plastic/elastic deformation modeling -- at MCNC Supercomputing center in RTP, NC after receiving research grants from public and private consortia. During his time at a national supercomputing center, where the first web technology was invented, he was introduced to the Internet. He and two partners founded Kinetics, Inc., an ISP and web consultancy in 1995. He developed built a network backbone, credit card processing systems for the web and web sites for many clients including, Wachovia, Universal Studios, and MCI (now Verizon Business). He later sold Kinetics to SmartOnline , where he was CTO. He formulated and implemented a software as a service (SaaS) strategy for the company. This company later went public in 2002.

After working with his startup, Mr. Argade joined MCI Systemhouse (now a part of AT Kearney/EDS). He led the Internet Strategic Consulting practice, creating service offerings and delivering projects to enable the digital supply chain). Customers included Nike.com, GM, Arrow, Proctor and Gamble, Arrow Electronics, MCI/Verizon, Boise Cascade, Toyota Motor Corporation, Volvo, and Egon Zehnder International (EZI). He also worked with Vint Cerf's (the so-called father of the internet) IP engineering team to build out the European internet backbone. After his work at MCI, he was VP and Managing Director of Global Operations for Fujitsu Consulting. While at Fujitsu, he also served as CTO of Redundant Networks, a hosting company later sold to Springboard.

From a technology standpoint, Mr. Argade has completed many technology strategies for Global 1000 clients in many market segments, including Financial Services, Consumer Products, Catalog and Distribution, Telecommunications, and Manufacturing. As a technology strategist, he has formulated plans and ideas of incorporating new technologies, e.g. Distributed Object Technologies for N-Tier systems, high available and high performance network architectures, social networking, computer telephony, and multi-channel web retailing.

Mr. Argade attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied Applied Sciences and Mathematics, and Biomedical Engineering as an undergraduate and graduate student.

Mr. Argade presently resides in the Washington DC Area with his Wife Stacie, his two Sons Matteo and Nikhil, and his cat.

Harold Hambrose
CEO
Electronic Ink

Harold Hambrose established Electronic Ink in 1990, in order to introduce Design's concern for the human experience with form to the technology industry. As a Graphic Design major at Carnegie Mellon University, Harold recognized that a burgeoning software industry was focused more on features and functions than on how usable these products were in the hands of human beings. Hambrose's influence in his industry has pushed technology and technologists to be more conscious of the human experience with software products. His unique approach to the design and build of digital products, and an unwavering concern for the user of computer-driven products and services has attracted industry leaders and landmark projects to Electronic Ink.

Harold received his BFA degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 1989. As a pioneer in user-centered system development, Harold contributed to the design of the first public access banking machine for Citibank Corporation, the first computerized patient record for First Data Corporation- Health Systems Group and the user interface for IBM's OS/2. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Economy League and a member of the Advisory Board for the Antionette Westphal College of Media, Arts & Design at Drexel University. Harold has been the recipient of numerous awards including, most recently, Philadelphia Business Journal's "40 Under 40" and the 2005 Alumni Merit Award at Carnegie Mellon University. Harold lectures extensively in the US and Europe on the importance of Design and consideration for the end user in the creation of business systems, and has spoken at conferences including: Chair of Internet World Conference Usability Workshop, London, England; International Conference on Computer Human Interaction (ACM-CHI); and IBM Interact.

William P. Lawson
VP and CIO
AMETEK, Inc

William P. (Bill) Lawson is Vice President and Chief Information Officer for AMETEK, Inc. He served as Director of Strategic Planning and Information Technology for AMETEK from 1992 to 1997 and has led the initiative to develop business solutions to AMETEK’s management needs since 1994. He was elected to his current position in 1997.

Bill joined AMETEK in 1991as Director of Business Systems for its U.S. Gauge Division. Prior to AMETEK, he held management positions with Tektronix and NCR Corporation.

Based in suburban Philadelphia, AMETEK is a leading global manufacturer of electric motors and electronic instruments with annual sales approaching $1 billion. AMETEK has operations in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: AME).

Charles D. Wallace
Chief Technology Architect
Rohm and Haas Company

Charles D. Wallace is Rohm and Haas Company’s Chief Technology Architect and Director for the Global IT Infrastructure group, a position he has occupied since 2005. He is responsible for over 300 IT professionals charged with developing and executing the processes for IT strategy, architecture and governance, with the primary goal of marrying business need to IT services. Those services are presented in an IT roadmap of projects and programs used to implement technological innovations, technology lifecycle changes and business/IT strategies.

Charles has been with Rohm and Haas since 1992, and has held positions of increasing responsibility since joining the company. At various times he has served as an AS/400 security consultant, managed operational support areas for AS/400, Mainframe, NT servers, Unix, DB and infrastructure applications, and managed infrastructure, deployment and site readiness for end-user access to all computing platforms as well as high-availability hosting of all ERP related applications (SAP, Manugistics, CRM, Hyperion). Immediately prior to his current combined role he was Corporate IT Chief Technology Architect.

His career also includes several years as an IT consultant in the banking, retail and manufacturing industries. Charles completed his Executive MBA at Villanova University, and has participated in professional workshops and certification programs at M.I.T., Duke University and Wharton School of Business.

Outside work he is an active supporter and board member of a number of NGOs, contributing his time and talents in particular to United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and to NPower. Inside the organization Charles is the 2007 United Way Campaign Chair, he Co-Chairs the AALN and is a participating member of the Chairman’s Diversity Council.

Charles was recently named one of the Top 50 Under 50 African-American MBA’s for 2007. The top 50 winner’s will be featured in the upcoming Summer issue of Black MBA Magazine. In order to qualify for this nomination, you must hold a position as president, general manager, executive vice-president or senior vice president at a publicly traded company and/or international corporation with gross revenues of at least $500 million.

Roger Wilson
Vice President
Campbell’s Soup

Roger Wilson was appointed Vice President IT, SAP, in July 2007. He has overall responsibility for the deployment of SAP globally for Campbell. This is a multi-year, multi-stream program of work that covers all of Campbell’s core processes and business units. SAP will replace hundreds of legacy applications across the Campbell world and Roger is also responsible for establishing and governing the benefit realization program to deliver the business value of the investment.

Since joining Campbell in 2003 in the Asia Pacific division, Roger was influential in developing the regional transformation journey across three key programs of work;

• Outsourcing of the Logistics capability to a regional 3rd party logistics provider
• Implementing and integrating SAP for the region’s Order to Cash processes with Trade and Operations planning systems
• Integrating Campbell's Australian Snackfoods and Biscuits operating units into a "One Australia" business team

Previously, Roger was a Management Consultant in Cap Gemini’s Consumer Packaged Goods team where he worked with various clients in the U.S. and Asia Pacific from 1996 to 2003. He started his career in Supply Chain with Unilever in the U.K. in 1987.

Roger earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemical engineering from Imperial College, London.

Munir Mandviwalla
Executive Director
Institute for Business and Information Technology

Associate Professor Munir Mandviwalla, founding chair of the Management Information Systems department, and Executive Director, Institute for Business and Information Technology, Fox School of Business, Temple University holds a BSc in Systems Engineering from Boston University, a MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, and a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the Programs in Information Science at Claremont Graduate University. His current research interests include communication technologies, globalization, and the use of prototyping for theory development. Dr. Mandviwalla’s teaching focuses on information systems management.

Dr. Mandviwalla has published more than 40 articles in scholarly journals and international conferences. His most recent work in 2007 includes identifying and defining the concept of municipal wireless networks (forthcoming in Communications of the ACM). He is currently working on a case study of global integration by analyzing the global IT implementation strategy of a major pharmaceutical company. His publications have appeared in Management Information Systems Quarterly, ACM Transactions on Computer Human Interaction, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Decision Support Systems, Small Group Research, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, and Information Systems Journal. His work has been supported by grants of more than $2 Million from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Bell Atlantic, IBM, Microsoft Corporation, CIGNA Corporation, Advanta Corporation, Lotus Development Corporation, and Lilly Endowment, Inc. In 2000, IBM selected him for their Faculty Partnership Award in recognition for contributions to E-Business teaching and research. In 2002, The Claremont Graduate University recognized him with their Alumni Hall of Fame award.

As executive director of the Institute for Business and Information Technology, Mandviwalla leads a full service institute that engages with industry at multiple levels including research and human capital development, and provides faculty and students with funding, scholarships, contacts, and professional development. As the founding chair of the department of Management Information Systems, Mandviwalla leads the research and teaching activities related to information systems for the Fox School of Business.