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Jack Hughes to speak on The Changing Nature of Work
The Changing Nature of Work
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.
Jack Hughes
Founder and Chairman
TopCoder, Inc.
February 10, 2011
The world of work is rapidly changing. The internet will have profound effects on how companies manage a highly diverse, mobile and global workforce. Management models will undergo shifts to meet these new challenges and opportunities. Managers will need to develop new skill sets, measurement and motivation systems to engage these new models of work. Mr. Hughes will discuss these changes and their effects in the context of TopCoder – the world’s largest competitive software development community.
Biography
In November 2000, Jack Hughes founded TopCoder on the premise that talent and skill are the determinant factors in the quality and utility of software — and software has become central to the global economy.
In both his own programming experience and as co-founder and chairman of Tallán Inc., a provider of web-enabled business solutions, Hughes recognized that while successful projects were driven by superior programming skills, the talent was unqualified and largely unrecognized. TopCoder’s mission is to create objective ratings that place high value on the programming industry’s best and brightest, and build opportunity and community for programmers through ongoing programming tournaments and employer connections.
Under Hughes’ tenure as chairman at Tallán, the company was recognized as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America four years in a row by consultancy firm Deloitte & Touche and by Inc. magazine for its outstanding performance. In 2000, CMGI, Inc. acquired a majority ownership of the company.
Hughes holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Boston College. He is Chairman of the Board for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
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.
Michelle Dy-Reyes wins FoxMIS eportfolio contest
FoxMIS announces fall 2010 e-portfolio contest winners
The department of Management Information Systems is proud to announce the recipients of the Fall 2010 e-portfolio winners. This winner is Michelle Dy-Reyes, BBA in MIS/International Business and the runner up is Kevin Kish, BBA in MIS. The winners were selected by a committee chaired by Laurel Miller, Director, IBIT and included Fox School Administration and faculty members. The committee rated each of the 21 eligible submissions and then discussed the results to select the winners. The e-portfolio contest recognizes students that have developed a clear, content filled e-portfolio which showcases their work both at Temple and in the community. Their e-portfolio is a place where they display their work experience as well as their skills for the workplace.
AMIS receives AIS 2010 Outstanding Student Chapter award
AMIS was named a 2010 Outstanding Student Chapter by the Association for Information Systems (AIS), the premier association for information systems. The association’s annual Student Chapter Awards recognize outstanding achievement among more than 3,000 students associated with AIS student organizations worldwide. For more information see http://www.fox.temple.edu/features/amis_award.html.
WordCampPhilly
WordCamp Philly is scheduled to be held at the Fox School on October 30, 2010. WordPress is one of the most heavily used content management and blogging platforms in the world. The Fox School’s Management Information Systems (MIS) department is leading the way in applying these technologies to higher education. WordCamp follows a very informal format and this will be a good opportunity to network with and learn from other WordPress users. More information is available at http://wordcampphilly.com/. Temple University students, faculty, staff, and alumni are eligible for special discount. Please contact ibit@temple.edu for the discount code using your Temple email.
Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure
Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure
Brian T. Herrick
Supervisory Special Agent
Philadelphia FBI
October 7, 2010, 3:30 – 5:30pm
Alter Hall
Open to all faculty and students. For more information and to RSVP visit:
http://www.temple.edu/cs/cyberSecurityseries.html
e-portfolio contest
Submit your entry to the FoxMIS e-portfolio contest! The deadline for entry is Wednesday November 3rd, 2010 at Midnight. The top entries will receive Amazon gift certificates. The winner will be highlighted at a special event. For additional details and contest rules, please visit the Fox MIS e-portfolio site and click on the e-portfolio contest page.
New FoxMIS faculty
The Fox School’s department of Management Information Systems is proud to announce the appointment of E. Carey O’Donnell Jr. and James Moustafello as new faculty.
Assistant Professor of Practice E. Carey O’Donnell Jr. has held a number of Senior Sales and Executive Management positions and has extensive background and success in the formulation and implementation of sales and marketing strategies in the IT industry. Carey was a co-founder of The Cactus Integration Group, a telecommunications deployment company that was launched in August of 1997. In less than three years, Mr. O’Donnell built a sales and marketing organization which delivered over $90 million in annual sales. Carey is a co-founder and principal at Mesa Technical Associates, Inc., a turn-key solutions provider focused on power infrastructure applications for the telecommunications, utility, and data center sectors.
Assistant Professor of Practice and Associate Director of Center for Design + Innovation, James Moustafello is engaged in design, production, research and entrepreneurship. He is co-principal of Intellectual Property LLC, an interdisciplinary research and design studio which integrates architecture, strategy, graphics, product design, and technology. Mr. Moustafellos is also a founding partner of EnA / Elements and Alloys, a new luxury brand of fine jewelry which explores the intersection between design and business thinking, handcraftsmanship and mass production. Mr. Moustafellos’ design work has been exhibited and has won numerous awards and distinctions including Slought Foundation in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, World Gold Council, Jewelers of America, American Institute of Architects and was featured in the exhibition ‘The Un-private House’ at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Interdisciplinary Symposium on Decision Neuroscience
The Fox School of Business at Temple University is pleased to announce the Interdisciplinary Symposium on Decision Neuroscience, September 24-26, 2010. The symposium brings together researchers from multiple disciplines including neuroscience, marketing, information systems, psychology, consumer behavior, and economics, to share research findings and to discuss how neuroscience can inform decision making.
The symposium is hosted by the new Center for Neural Decision Making which examines the neurobiological bases of human behavior, preference formation and decision making. Led by Dr. Angelika Dimoka, the center employs functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in combination with traditional behavioral measures to develop models for human decision-making such as online consumer behavior and system use. For more information, please visit the symposium site at: http://www.fox.temple.edu/conferences/decisionneuroscience/index.html
Joseph C. Spagnoletti to speak on Campbell’s IT vision
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.
