Charles A. Bremer is Vice President, Information Technology, Ameren Corporation. He assumed the position of Vice President, Information Technology in 1993 and added the responsibility for the newly formed Ameren Services Center in 2005. Prior to that time he directed Technical Services. He assumed the Technical Services title in 1988 after serving as Vice President, Supply Service. Charles joined Union Electric Co. (now a part of Ameren Corp) in 1966 as a student engineer and joined the Legal Department as an attorney in 1973. In 1982, he was named director of Supply Service. Charles has been active in a number of utility industry organizations, including service on the Research Advisory Committee of the Electric Power Research Institute, and is currently on the Electric Energy Institute's Technical Advisory Group. He is active in a number of civic and charitable organizations and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association and the St. Louis Metropolitan Bar Association. Charles is an initial board member of Enporion and has been actively involved in the organization of this exchange. Less   View all posts

Bill is a third-generation Missourian – born, bred and educated in the Show-Me State. Bill was appointed state CIO in 2009. Prior to being appointed as state CIO, Bill served as Assistant Attorney General. During his 18 year career at the Attorney General's Office, Bill obtained broad experience, working in all but 2 divisions. He was recognized nationally and internationally for his work encouraging the implementation of next generation technology in animal agriculture. Bill was also lead counsel in the Taum Sauk Disaster litigation, a disaster caused in part, by faulty programming logic unearthed by the AGO team. Throughout his tenure, Bill championed the use of leading technologies and was the first lawyer in state government with a desktop computer. He also was one of the pioneers in using technology to persuasively present non-computer evidence at trial and simply as an out-of-court advocacy tool. Less   View all posts

Doug Ross is vice president and chief technology officer at Western & Southern Financial Group (Western & Southern), based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ross joined the organization in 2005 with his current role, reporting directly to the chief information officer at Western & Southern. Prior to joining Western & Southern, he served in technology leadership roles at Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. He also led development of mass-market consumer software packages as the chief technologist at Alpha Software Corporation. Less   View all posts