Sixth Annual BITS/American Banker Financial Services Outsourcing Conference

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Conference Chairperson

Catherine A. Allen
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Santa Fe Group

For more than 30 years, Catherine Allen has been an outstanding leader in technology strategy and financial services and a luminary in business innovation. Catherine has won accolades from industry, government, academia, business groups and the press for her success in fostering innovation, promoting new technologies, and bringing stakeholders together to address common challenges. Catherine served as the Founding CEO of BITS from its inception in 1997 through her departure in May 2007.

Keynote Presenter

Austin Adams
Retired CIO
JPMorgan Chase

Austin Adams retired in 2006 as Executive Vice President and Corporate Chief Information Officer of JPMorgan Chase, the 3rd largest bank holding company in the world. He was responsible for technology and operations, managing almost 28,000 employees and a multi-billion dollar budget. He assumed that role upon the merger of JPMorgan Chase and Bank One Corporation in July 2004.

Keynote Presenter

Ron Kifer
Group Vice President and CIO
Applied Materials

As Group Vice President and CIO of Applied Materials, Ron Kifer has responsibility for Global Information Services strategy, planning, operations, infrastructure, and development. Mr. Kifer joined Applied Materials in 2006 with the charter to transform the organization’s IT capability to world-class status. Mr. Kifer has more than 30 years of IT leadership experience across a variety of industries. He previously held regional CIO responsibilities with DHL Express for Europe as well as multi-regional responsibility for the Rest of World organization (U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Emerging Markets). Mr. Kifer has held executive IT leadership positions in software engineering, program management, and operations within the aerospace, financial services, insurance and transportation industries.

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