Business Intelligence / Analytics / Big Data Strategies: Chicago
Strategies to help leverage full value from your design and implementation of an effective Business Intelligence framework.
April 12, 2018
9:00am-5:00pm
7 CPE / 0.7 CEU / CISSP / 7 PDU Credits Awarded
Conference location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont (O’Hare) Illinois
Overview
Data is the lifeblood of every business, but to empower the organization, it needs to be used carefully and strategically. How can IT leverage BI initiatives to become a stronger partner and ally to business units? What pitfalls should be avoided?
What You Will Learn
In this one day conference attendees will learn:
- Digital Business: Using Transformative Analytics to Drive Value
- How to Develop an ROI for Business Intelligence and Analytics Projects
- Modernizing Business Intelligence for Data-Driven Decision Making
- How to Evolve Your BI and Analytics Architecture
- How Do We Make Big Data Work in Our Company
- How to Partner with the Business to Best Leverage Business Intelligence for Operational Benefit (panel discussion)
Conference Program
8:00am – 9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am-10:00am: Digital Business: Using Transformative Analytics to Drive Value
Rick Skriletz, Global Managing Principal, RCG Global Services
Digital business and digital transformation are ‘top of mind’ in C-suites today. Customers’ engage with businesses digitally and physically, which creates rapidly changing customer behaviors and expectations. Businesses need to respond quickly when customer expectations change in order to remain competitive. Sensing changes in business circumstances, establishing new courses of action, and driving better outcomes is the new business cycle. Transformative analytics are those that operate in this environment and successfully drive business value.
In this session, Rick Skriletz, Global Managing Principal of RCG Global Services, will describe the challenges faced when undertaking a digital business transformation, what must be done to be successful, the essential role of automation, and how to develop transformative analytics to drive business value.
Skriletz
10:00am -10:30am: Refreshment Break
10:30am-11:30am: How to Develop an ROI for Business Intelligence and Analytics Projects
Steve Sarsfield, Director, Product Marketing, Vertica
In the technology world, we know that success in analytics is often defined by access to more data with less down-time, and delivering more accurate analytics at faster speeds. However, executives and business users need to understand the costs, benefits, and return on investment (ROI) before making an initial technology investment and hiring supporting staff and resources. They want the benefits of analytics in a language they will understand. A well-understood and clearly defined business case that can show tangible value makes it easier to get business buy-in. In turn, you can transform your analytics team into a trusted business partner and an essential resource in the organization, not just a cost center.
In this session, Steve Sarsfield, author of the Data Governance Imperative and key lead of the Vertica product team, will offer you advice on how to define and track ROI when delivering your new analytics project. By joining, you’ll learn specific metrics that you can track to show impact to three key areas: revenue, efficiency and compliance. Steve will also discuss the tips and tricks that he has learned from leading data-driven organizations teams who have successfully tracked ROI.
Sarsfield
11:30am-12:30pm: Modernizing Business Intelligence for Data-Driven Decision Making
Chris Balcer, Director, Neudesic Chicago
Traditional business intelligence is now being quickly modernized with the introduction of predictive and prescriptive analytics on big data sources. Expanding datasets is causing us to rethink not only ingestion and processing principles, but how we maximize and deliver the data to our organization for value. Join Neudesic for a fresh look at traditional versus modern data approaches as we discover the impact and opportunity presented when we embrace the shift to advanced analytics, AI and deep learning.
Balcer
12:30pm – 1:30pm Luncheon
1:30pm-2:30pm: How to Evolve Your BI and Analytics Architecture
Rick Skriletz, Global Managing Principal, RCG Global Services
New technologies are everywhere but your current architecture still holds tremendous value. The key is to determine how new technologies should be implemented in your existing architecture.
In this session, content that will be covered includes:
- Disruptive trends for BI/Analyics/Big Data
- What a modern extended architecture looks like
- How the pieces fit together
- What your organization can gain in the real world
Skriletz
2:30pm – 3:00pm: Refreshment Break
3:00pm-4:00pm: How Do We Make Big Data Work in Our Company
Richard Olejniczak, Former 2VP Strategic Capabilities and Analytics, Trustmark Insurance
In this breakout session, Rich will provide guidance to teams on how to make big data work.
Attendees will breakout into smaller groups and learn from each other as to how they accomplish this feat.
Olejniczak
4:00pm-5:00pm: How to Partner with the Business to Best Leverage Business Intelligence for Operational Benefit (panel discussion)
Moderator:
Tom Nolan, Account Executive, NxtTeam
Panelists:
Mike Jennings, Senior Director, Global Data Architecture, Global Enterprise Architecture, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Satya Yenugula, Senior Director of Business Intelligence & Data Management, Enlivant
Alonso Arteaga King, Director IT- Information Services, Global Information Technology, Chamberlain Group
Don Fleschut, Chief Data Officer, Ryerson
and other professionals from IT/BI departments
IT’s role is changing considerably. They are both trying to reduce costs and at the same time help drive new business models for the enterprise. Many IT leaders now feel that business intelligence and analytics will help their organizations become more competitive.
In this session attendees will learn from several IT BI executives as to how they are working closely with the business to achieve the desired results.
Jennings Yenugula Arteaga King Fleschut Nolan
Conference Price: $289.00 per person
Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.
Exhibits
As is always the case at CAMP IT Conferences events, the talks will not include product presentations. During the continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and the luncheon break you will have the opportunity to informally meet representatives from the following sponsoring companies, who have solutions in the area of the conference.
CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS
