Joe Burton is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in Cisco's Voice Technology Group. His team is responsible for vision, technical strategy and advanced research for Unified Communications at Cisco. During his career at Cisco, Joe has led the development of many of Cisco's Unified Communications products. Joe has also been instrumental in several Cisco acquisitions including Latitude, WebEx, and Securent. Less   View all posts

Stephen Pickett is Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Penske Corporation, a closely-held diversified transportation services company which includes: Penske Truck Leasing Corporation; Penske Motor Group, Inc; Penske Automotive Group, Inc.; Penske Transportation Components, LLC; Transportation Resource Partners, LLC; Penske Performance, Inc.; Penske Racing, Inc.; Penske Racing South, Inc.; and Penske Motorsports, Inc. Penske Corporation and its subsidiaries manage and operate businesses with annual revenues approximating $18 billion and employ 40,000 people at more than 1,700 worldwide locations. Prior to joining Penske Corporation, Pickett spent many years in the automobile industry with OEMs on two continents (American Motors, Volkswagen) and automotive suppliers in North America. He also holds the position of Immediate Past President of SIM, is a member of their Advanced Practices Council and a member of the SIM Detroit board. Established in 1968, the Society for Information Management (SIM) is the premier network for IT leaders comprised of over 3,600 members, including CIOs, senior IT executives, prominent academicians, consultants, and other IT leaders. SIM is a community of thought leaders sharing experiences and rich intellectual capital that can be applied, and exploring future IT direction. In partnership with its 30 plus chapters, SIM provides resources and programs inspired by IT leaders for IT leaders that enable CIOs to further develop the leadership capabilities of themselves and the key and emerging leaders in their organizations. SIM provides the collective voice to advocate policy and legislation on behalf of the IT profession across industries. Less   View all posts