The Management Information Systems (MIS) faculty of Metropolitan State University is pleased to host a series of seminars on current information technology topics. The purpose of these seminars is to bring together university faculty, MIS business practitioners and university students in an interactive forum to learn about and discuss current issues in MIS applications. Following the successful seminar series held last year at the Metropolitan State University.
Past Seminars
ITIL - What's it all about, Alfie? (pdf)
ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) is a set of best practices standards for Information Technology (IT) service management. ITIL provides enterprises with a scalable, vendor-neutral approach to improve the quality service through integrated processes. This seminar will introduce ITIL, what is its purpose, where is it going, and who is adopting it. It will also address the emerging relationship between ITIL and existing practices in IT along with the value of ITIL certification.
Defining Service Level Agreements as a basis for IT outsourcing – ITIL to the rescue! (pdf)
In the search for ways to gain control over the increasing reliance on IT, the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is emerging as a best practice for process development. This workshop will show you how to apply the service-oriented approach of ITIL to IT management. It will demonstrate how ITIL can facilitate the alignment to business objectives of the information technologies employed to support them. This workshop also address ITIL’s use in the development of integrated processes that are responsive to business movement, and that enable the creation of external as well as internal Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Participants will also learn about ITIL’s role in the outsourcing of IT.
Presenter Bio: Hugh Pruitt
Hugh Pruitt has over fifteen years in business and, specifically, business IT roles. His experience ranges from principal at Data Integrity in San Francisco, to Vice President of Operations for The REP Company in Minneapolis. He has also been a network and systems engineer as well as a customer service manager and sales executive. Mr. Pruitt holds a BA from Augsburg College, Minneapolis as well as ITIL Foundation Certification.
Introducing business data analysis for supply chain management!(pdf)
Presenter: Dr. Vadim Melnichuk
How do you address supply chain issues like demand forecasting, inventory reduction, or supplier ranking? This seminar will describe some of the business data analysis methods for addressing these and other supply chain management issues. Furthermore the seminar will address issues like the balance between data exploration and data mining, as well as simulation and optimization. The role of data warehousing for supporting the analysis of supply chain data will also be discussed.
Methods & solutions for retail and supply chain data analysis (pdf)
Presenters: Dr. Vadim Melnichuk & Joe Foley, CTO for Cirista
This workshop will describe case studies in order to illustrate solutions for critical retail and supply chain problems. The presenters will demonstrate techniques for data analysis to address challenges like customer retention, identifying cross-selling opportunities, direct marketing, demand forecasting, and optimizing replenishment. The workshop will also address how supplier performance analysis can be approached in a fruitful and productive manner. Participants will benefit from user-friendly software demonstrations to see how real-time data exploration is conducted to “mine” for new business opportunities.
Presenter Bio: Vadim Melnichuk
Dr. Vadim Melnichuk is Sr. Data Analyst at EV3, Inc. Dr. Melnichuk received his Ph.D. in Simulation & Optimization from the Institute for Oceanography, Russia and his M.S. in Applied Math from St. Petersburg University.
Dr. Melnichuk has authored several articles and papers in the field of system analysis, simulation and optimization. He has also taught several classes on data mining, data warehousing and supply chain analytics. He's got more than 20 years experience in system analysis, simulation, optimization, and data warehousing/mining.
Presenter Bio: Joe Foley
Joe Foley has more than 25 years experience in Relational database design, development and implementation as well as extensive work with data exploration and analytics. He designed and developed a new generation database which is which is designed for analytical processing of large volumes of data. Mr. Foley is currently the Chief Technology officer of Cirista, a software company providing analytical systems and solutions for the retail industry.
How to align business and technology visions: An enterprise portfolio management success story
John Ochiagha will present a follow-up ? day workshop on:"How to align business and technology visions: An enterprise portfolio management success story" The session will focus on a real-life execution of the enterprise portfolio management framework, i.e., linking a firm?s technology platform architecture to the strategic business plan, performance measures, and financial plans; in a manner to integrate business and manufacturing/service visions. For a particular portfolio cluster to be referenced, its ROI is measured not only by the cluster?s individual gain, but by its contribution to the portfolio as a whole. The session will outline best practice methods and essential steps to gain and sustain the interest of the leadership team in the firm.
Physiological Computing: Would You Use an Internet-Enabled Toilet?
The integration of technology and the human body is rapidly taking its place in our society. Already, U.S. citizens have GPS-enabled implant chips that track their every movement, bio chips are helping paralyzed people walk, and the government is researching how long an iris scan is still effective once the eyeball is removed. From a business point of view, traditional transaction and financial processing systems will have to integrate with biometric processing systems. And, yes... people are (even as we speak probably) using Internet-enabled toilets.
Dr. Stephen Haag is Chair of the Department of Information Technology and Electronic Commerce in the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business. Dr. Haag is the author of over 40 textbooks. Dr. Haag is also a biometric, anti-cyber terrorism, and biological disaster consultant to numerous agencies within the federal government.
Event requires advance registration (at least 48 hours in advance).
Call 612-659-6500 for convenient phone registration.
For more information about workshops/seminars contact Paula Ball at 612 659-7254 or email at paula.ball@metrostate.edu