Mark H. Griesbaum joined Cardean Learning Group on 3/17/08 as its Chief Information Officer. Prior to Cardean, Mark was Chief Information Officer at Career Education Corporation from March 2000 – March 2008. Mark's award-winning leadership was recently recognized by Computerworld Magazine, where he was recognized as one of Computerworld's “Premier 100 IT Leaders 2006.” His appointment as CIO of Career Education Corporation marked his first position in the education industry. Mark led a staff of over 220 professionals that work closely with the Presidents and staff at Career Education Corporation's 80+ schools around the world. His group strategically put in place a common worldwide infrastructure and a focused competency on how to integrate new acquisitions, and start up schools into this fast paced growth company's technology. Mark joined Career Education Corporation from Acxiom Corporation, where he managed its two largest outsourcing account relationships – Waste Management, Inc. and Montgomery Ward. Prior to Acxiom, he spent eight years with Heller Financial, most recently as vice president responsible for all infrastructure services. At Heller, Mark re-energized the company's entire financial function, conceiving and implementing a major financial system and process that dramatically reduced the close of monthly financial reporting from 14 days to 2 days. Before joining Heller, Mark spent 12 years at Continental Bank, where he was responsible for all technology support for the bank's cash management products. Extremely critical banking systems were managed by Mark, including those used for transmitting $40 billion in wire transfers each day and managing $40 billion in trust assets. Less   View all posts

Dr. Jones is Chief Executive of the Society for Information Management (SIM). SIM is the professional association for chief information officers and other senior IT executives. Immediately prior to assuming the SIM position, he was an outsourcing consultant and a management professor. His previous senior IT management positions include Senior Vice President, NASD/NASDAQ Stock Market; Vice President, Compaq Computer Corporation; General Manager, McDonnell Douglas Information Services Company; and Chair of the Computer Science Faculty at West Point. He served in the military from second lieutenant to full colonel, including two combat tours in Vietnam. His education includes a post-doctoral fellowship in computer science at Cornell University, both a Ph.D. and MBA in business from the University of Georgia, and a BS in education from the University of Arkansas. He is a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the US Army War College. He is the author and co-author of a number of management and IT articles and an IT outsourcing book by Prentice Hall and recently issued in Chinese. Wendell is frequently invited to speak at conferences. He appeared in a CNBC business special and has been quoted in business publications, including The Economist, Business Week, Investors Business Daily, Wall Street Journal and Fortune. Dr. Jones has consulted to private and public-sector organizations worldwide, including the governments of China and Jordan. With a leading profile as a management practitioner and outsourcing thought leader, he has managed a number of large organizations, including global delivery of outsourcing services for Digital Equipment Corporation and Compaq Computer Corporation with 2400 worldwide employees. He has received a number of industry awards and the military Legion of Merit and Bronze stars. Less   View all posts

Jason Corsello is a program manager for the Business & IT Services Decision Service. He leads Yankee Group's advisory and consulting services as it relates to workforce transformation and business process outsourcing strategies. Jason's current areas of research concentration include human capital management, human resource outsourcing, workforce performance management, talent management and business process outsourcing. Jason is a recognized thought leader in human capital management and business process outsourcing and has been quoted by leading industry trade publications, including Workforce and HRO Today. He is a board member of the Human Capital Institute's Strategic Performance System Thought Leader Panel. Less   View all posts