Campbell’s IT Vision and Organizational Impacts

The Fox School’s Institute for Business and Information Technology in collaboration with the Management Information Systems department presents the Fox IT distinguished speaker series, featuring talks by leading professionals on essential business technology topics.

Joseph C. Spagnoletti
Senior Vice President
Chief Information Officer
Campbell Soup Company

October 13, 2010

The IT function in organizations is rapidly changing. IT roles are changing from technology to process – blurring lines with other functions. IT leader roles are shifting from traditional technology support to business process, portfolio management and change management. Campbell Soup and Joe Spagnoletti are leading the charge into this new much more enhanced and different role for IT in the organization. Learn best practices and change strategies from one of the most forward thinking IT leaders in industry.

Biography
Joseph Spagnoletti leads Campbell’s global information technology function, providing IT strategy to help Campbell meet its business goals. Since he joined Campbell in 1997 as Director-IT, Food Service, Joe has held several positions of increasing responsibility in global sales and marketing, supply chain, and research and development. Most recently, he was Vice President-IT for Campbell North America, where he successfully led several key projects, including the implementation of a trade management system and oversight of North American SAP implementations. Previously, Joe spent seven years as an Information Technology Director with medical technology company Becton Dickinson, responsible for the medical device and acute care businesses. He began his career developing and implementing financial systems for a New York City software development firm. Joe earned his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Albright College. He serves on the Cooper Health System’s Audit/Ethics Committee. In 2004, he was recognized with Campbell’s Influence with Honor leadership award. 

Registration and attendance
Attendance is free on a space available basis for qualified industry and academic professionals. For more information, please contact ibit@temple.edu.