Tech, Culture & Economics Columnist and Author

Nicholas Carr writes about technology, culture, and economics. His most recent book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, is a 2011 Pulitzer Prize nominee and a New York Times bestseller. Nick has also authored The Big Switch (2008) and Does IT Matter? (2004). His writings – including columns for many periodicals such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Financial Times – have challenged mainstream thinking.  At TechTomorrow, he will reflect on the impact – positive and negative – of technology on our businesses and in our lives, and will look to the possibilities of the future.

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Executive VP, COO - The Motorists Insurance Group

David Kaufman is a dynamic 25-year veteran of the insurance industry.  He has served as an actuarial manager, vice president of commercial lines, vice president of information technology, and chief information officer.  His recent appointment as Chief Operating Officer is testimony to his strength as a strategic business executive who understands what it takes to lead a 21st century business in the challenging insurance industry.  He will share the key role technology has played in Motorists’ success and the increasing importance of broad business skills across IT organizations.

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MIT Sloan School's Center for Information Systems Research

Jeanne Ross leads the MIT Sloan School's Center for Information Systems Research where she lectures, conducts research, and directs executive education courses on IT management practices. Her research, which has appeared in many journals including the Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine, examines organizational and performance implications of initiatives related to enterprise architecture, IT governance, outsourcing, and business agility. She has guided customized coursework for PepsiCo, McKinsey, Johnson & Johnson, General Electric, Novartis, IBM, Credit Suisse, and many others. She has coauthored three books - IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results, Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution through Harvard Business School Press, and IT Savvy: What Top Executives Must Know to Go from Pain to Gain.  Her talk will speak to the challenges and opportunities facing companies that want to embrace technology for strategic advantage.

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Author, Executive Director and Dean - IT Leadership Academy

Futurist, educator and author, Thornton May brings to TechTomorrow his extensive experience researching and consulting on the role and behaviors of “C” level executives in creating value with information technology. With insights that have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and in his new Book The New Know: Innovation Powered by Analytics, Thornton combines a scholar’s patience for empirical research, a stand-up comic’s capacity for pattern recognition and a second-to-none gift for storytelling to address the information technology management problems facing executives.  As a speaker and as a facilitator of the CIO Value Forum at TechTomorrow, Thornton will tap his own research and the insights of the executive panel to explore the truth of what it takes to drive value across the business.

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2 Time Heisman Winner and President and CEO - The OSU Alumni Association Inc.

An iconic figure in Ohio State history, Archie Griffin thrilled Buckeyes with his exploits on the football field and has spent his professional career serving the university and its accomplished alumni.  He is also known as the only two-time winner of the prestigious Heisman Trophy, symbolic of “The Outstanding College Football Player of the Country.” He was a three-time All American in 1973, 1974, and 1975.  He received many awards and recognitions during his college career.  In 2006, Griffin was listed in NCAA’s “100 Most Influential Student-Athletes” and was appointed to the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Board of Directors.  As Alumni Association President and CEO and through all of his charity work, Archie frequently speaks about leadership, character, and the importance of education and service.  At TechTomorrow, he will share his insights as part of a motivating leadership talk.

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