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Matt Pammer appointed 2013 Executive-in-Residence

Pammer, MBA ’02, is currently the vice president of information systems in North America for AstraZeneca. In this position, Pammer is responsible for creating and executing the information-systems vision, strategy and operating plan in support of business throughout North America and Latin America.

“I am honored to be selected Executive in Residence and to engage with the prestigious programs and community of the Fox School’s Institute for Business and Information Technology and Department of Management Information Systems,” said Pammer, who joined the Fox IT Advisory Board in June 2012.

In both work and his service to the community and Temple, Pammer’s priorities are investing in people, delivering business value and improving services. Before joining AstraZeneca in 1993, Pammer worked in the advanced systems group at Accenture, where he consulted across several industries including banking, insurance, healthcare and pharmaceuticals.

The IBIT Executive in Residence program is intended to facilitate interaction among Fox faculty, students and industry leaders. In 2013, the initial year of his appointment, Pammer will engage with faculty and students on topics and projects of mutual interest, promote the activities of IBIT, the Department of Management Information Systems and the Fox School of Business, and spend at least three full days on campus.

“We are very excited to further engage Matt into the Fox School’s IT community and look forward to leveraging his expertise,” said IBIT Director Laurel Miller.

Pammer’s appointment was formally announced at an April 22, 2013 ceremony in Speakman Hall.

Thirteenth Annual Fox IT awards – Registration is now open!

Registration for the Thirteenth Annual Fox IT awards is now open!

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Temple University’s main campus

FOX IT LEADER AWARD
Suja Chandrasekaran, Vice President of Enterprise Information Management
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

FOX IT INNOVATOR AWARD
Aleem Walji, Director of Innovation Labs
The World Bank

FOX IT AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
Atish Banerjea, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
NBCUniversal, Inc.

The reception will also feature awards for students, administrators, and faculty.

To attend, register online by April 02, 2013 at http://ibit.temple.edu/itawards

Joseph C. Spagnoletti appointed 2012 Executive-in-Residence

Joseph C. Spagnoletti, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Campbell Soup Company has been appointed “Executive-in-Residence” at the Fox School’s Institute for Business and Information Technology for the 2012 year. Mr. Spagnoletti was selected for his dedication to students and higher education. As part of the appointment, Mr. Spagnoletti will be spending several days through the year interacting with Fox School students.

As part of his induction ceremony on September 26, 2012, he spent a full day at the school mentoring students and providing input on strategy to the Temple AIS student organization. He is also continuing to contribute significantly to the new BBA in MIS curriculum, which is partly modeled after Campbell Soup’s IT services group. The curriculum emphasizes business process, innovation, and partnerships.

Biography

Joseph Spagnoletti was appointed Campbell’s Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in August 2008. He leads the company’s global information technology function, providing IT strategy to help Campbell meet its business goals.

Since he joined Campbell in 1997 as Director-IT, Food Service, Joe has held several positions of increasing responsibility in global sales and marketing, supply chain, and research and development. Most recently, he was Vice President-IT for Campbell North America, where he successfully led several key projects, including the implementation of a trade management system and oversight of North American SAP implementations.

Previously, Joe spent seven years as an Information Technology Director with medical technology company Becton Dickinson, responsible for the medical device and acute care businesses. He began his career developing and implementing financial systems for a New York City software development firm.

Joe earned his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Albright College in Reading, Pa. He serves on the Campbell Soup Foundation, the Cooper Health System’s Audit/Ethics Committee, Global Management Board of GS1, the Temple University Fox School of Business Advisory Board and the Board of Governors of the Academy of Food Marketing at St. Joseph’s University. In 2004, he was recognized with Campbell’s Influence with Honor leadership award.

Joe’s interests include vintage automobiles, motorcycles, snowboarding and surfing.

Other recent achievements:

2010 & 2012 Computerworld Top 100 Places to Work in IT
2010 SAP Education Best Practices Award
2011 Temple Fox School of Business IT Leader of the Year Award
2012 Top 50 Distinguished CIOs

Fox IT Career Fair on October 10, 2012

The FOX Information Technology Career Fair is scheduled for October 10, 2012 (11-3pm). Employers can conduct interviews and network with the high performing students and graduates of the nationally ranked FOX information technology programs.

The event will feature students affiliated with the Fox School’s Department of Management Information Systems, ranked top 20 in the U.S. by U.S. News and World Reports for its undergraduate programs and top 25 in the U.S. for graduate programs.

For more information visit:

http://ibit.temple.edu/careerfair

The event will feature more than 250 students interested in internships and full-time positions from the following programs:

Bachelor of Business Administration – Majors in Management Information Systems
Bachelor of Business Administration – Minors in MIS
Bachelor of Business Administration – Minors in Digital Marketing
Bachelor of Business Administration – Minors in Digital Entrepreneurship
Master of Science in IT Auditing and Cyber-Security
Master of Business Administration – Information Technology Management
Master of Science in Healthcare Informatics

Merck, Campbell Soup Company, Lockheed Martin, Electronic Ink, JP Morgan Chase, LiquidHub, Deloitte, GlaxoSmithKline, Urban Outfitters, Cigna, AstraZeneca, Vanguard, Dow Chemicals are already scheduled to participate.

The Business Value of Big Data: Potential, Reality, and Success Stories – September 27, 2012

Temple University is organizing a conference in fall 2012 titled “The Business Value of Big Data: Potential, Reality, and Success Stories.” The conference will engage industry and academic experts to discuss (a) the potential of big data and the controversies related to its definition and value, and (b) best practices and exemplars for applying big data to transform how we view the world around us. For example:

Fraud detection: Analyzing structured and textual data to detect patterns of fraud
Customer trends: Integrating enterprise and social data to identify customer behavior patterns and new sales opportunities
Safety and compliance: Analyzing archived product use data to identify threats to safety and ways to encourage compliance
Media impact: Modeling the effects of new and traditional media on tangible outcomes

The conference is being organized by Temple’s Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT) and its partners including LiquidHub and Merck. The conference committee includes faculty from the Fox School of Business and senior corporate executives from LiquidHub, Merck, Pfizer, Accenture, and Transaction Network Services.