September 29, 2005
IT Outsourcing
Our speaker Robert Kramkowski will give a presentation on IT Outsourcing from an objective and open-minded perspective. Questions will be distributed in advance to each table to ponder and discuss over dinner since there are advantages and disadvantages to IT Outsourcing. Within our professional group we have many diverse opinions about the short and long-term impacts and issues as they relate to the company, work force, economy, community, privacy, security, etc. After the formal presentation Robert will lead a discussion of the questions provided to each table and then open the floor to ad-hoc questions and comments. Please join in, as professionals, in this thought-provoking program.
Our Speaker
Robert Kramkowski
Robert Kramkowski has over twenty-five years of experience in business and information technology across several different industries, the last eleven of which have been in consulting, both with one of the "big five" consulting firms, and more recently as owner and founder of Innovative Strategic Solutions. ISS focuses on helping organizations exceed their goals by challenging conventional thinking.
His experiences include:
- Helping organizations develop and implement a program management office (PMO)
- Assisting organizations in developing business and IT strategic plans
- Documenting, defining, and implementing IT and business processes
- Developing and implementing IT architectures
- Developing and implementing organization and governance models
- Developing large-scale sourcing strategies
- Providing rapid assessments of organizational and technical effectiveness
- Managing a technical support group for both internal and external customers
- Managing distributed data center/computer operations
- Managing a leading-edge technology lab
- Application of program/project management principles primarily on large, logistically complex programs
The industries in which Mr. Kramkowski has had specific experience include aerospace and defense, consumer goods manufacturing, food service, financial services, pharmaceuticals, health care, and federal and state government. This diverse background allows him to provide clients with insights to achieve business objectives by applying "lessons learned" from many different projects and industries. Mr. Kramkowski’s clients have included the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Aramark Corporation, Alcoa, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Illinois, Campbell Soup, Anheuser-Busch Corporation, and Tricon Global.