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April 28: Former Southwest Airlines CEO Howard Putnam Confirmed to Speak at CIOsynergy Chicago

CIOsynergy Chicago, which will be held on April 28, 2011 at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago is proud to announce the keynote address of Howard Putnam, former CEO to Southwest Airlines.

The event, which is sponsored by Comcast Business Services, Level3, Angel.com, Acxiom, & Sendmail among others is already playing host to a plethora of CIOs and IT leaders from organizations across Chicago including City of Chicago, Pepsi, Bel Brands, Career Education Corp, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Miller Coors, Allstate, Feeding America, Sidley Austin, AON, Playboy, Tribune Company, Jones Lang LaSalle, WellPoint, and First American Bank among others.

Nepal Patel, principal, North America at CIOsynergy commented, "Leadership and Management skills are very different but equally important; we see many effective paths to attaining key management skills but find effective leadership skills take a more fine tuned approach. The role of the CIO requires an effective leadership model that will incubate a team of forward thinking innovators who can effectively leverage technology to support the goals of the business and its many facets. Who else better to guide these aspiring leaders then world renowned CEOs to the likes of Steve Forbes, Jimmy Wales, and Howard Putnam, all of whom have shared their recipes for effective leadership to 100s of CIOs and IT leaders through CIOsynergy."

Sharing strategies, successes, failures, and lessons learned are an important part of the continual education of an effective IT leaders, the speed of innovation is a key challenge that every IT leader must be prepared for. The CIO panel at CIOsynergy looks to explore the path of 5 local CIOs, bridging the gap between industry and size they examine new technologies, implementation methods, successful processes and essential preventative measures to counter the cyber terrorism and digital theft.

For more information visit 'http://chicago.ciosynergy.com'.

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