Speakers Bureau
Do you need to find a dynamic and knowledgeable speaker with a contemporary, practical and success-oriented message? Transition Partners is pleased to offer a group of experts who can connect with your audience through their real-world experiences. With many major accomplishments in IT and business as senior executives of Fortune 100 companies, they are eager to share their knowledge and lessons learned with your group.

Our speakers have deep experience in non-profits and industries including Advertising, Airlines, Associations, Communications, Consulting, Direct Marketing, Education, Entertainment, Financial Services, Food Services, Healthcare, Hospitality, Human Resources, Insurance, Manufacturing and Distribution, Pharmaceuticals, Publishing, Retail, Social Services and Travel and Transportation.

Our speakers have been featured at over twenty venues including:

Featured Speakers

		Tom Pettibone - IT Management Expert Tom is the Founder and Managing Partner of Transition Partners. He's an expert in achieving organization transformation, aligning IT and business strategy, project assessment and correction, and organization effectiveness assessments.Tom holds an MBA from The Wharton School and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University. He has been featured in many current business magazines and is a popular speaker for forums such as SIM Conferences, Conference Board, Business Week Forum, Information Week Conference, E&Y Best Practices Forums and Financial Executives Institute.
		Dennis Conley – Sourcing Futurist Dennis is a Senior Business and Information Technology executive and transformation leader with over 20 years of broad corporate, consulting and outsourcing experience. Dennis holds a BS in Chemistry from the University of Maryland. An accomplished speaker, Dennis regularly presents on a variety of business, technology and sourcing issues.
		Mike Glynn - Process Redesign Specialist Mike is a results-oriented Information Technology executive with over 25 years of experience in Sourcing, General Management, IT Services, Project Management and Management Consulting. He is highly skilled in delivering services such as IT assessments, Sourcing, Process Reengineering, and IT Strategy. Mike received his BS in Computer Science from Kansas State University and holds a MS in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He enjoys sharing his experiences with audiences in presentations, panel discussions and in one-on-one advisory sessions. Mike has spoken to many groups including Project Management Institute (PMI), The Conference Board, University of Michigan, Kansas State University and several conferences on World Class Manufacturing.
		Joe Izzo, Turnaround and Sourcing Authority Joe is a leading Information Technology consultant with expertise in delivering business results through technology. He's worked with more than 150 companies — encompassing more than 30 years — in the development of IT Strategies; Business Process Reengineering; Organizational Effectiveness; Systems Architectures; Outsourcing; establishment of IT Executive Steering Committees; and centralized, decentralized and dispersed computing strategies. He's well known for activities in the turnaround management of IT organizations. He and his staff were directly responsible of the management and turnaround of more than 25 IT organizations. Joe is author of the book, "The Embattled Fortress, Strategies for Restoring Information Systems Productivity." He's a former member of the Society for Information Management's (SIM) "Partners in Leadership Award" Selection Committee and The Conference Board; and past Chairman of SIM's Southern California Chapter. Joe is an engaging public speaker who captivates audiences with presentations on Turnaround Management, Strategy, Sourcing and other technology issues.
		Gwyn Myers, Ph.D. – Organization Expert Gwyn focuses on attaining practical business benefits and productivity gains through positioning and leveraging technology. Her thorough understanding of the corporate environment has been demonstrated during engagements to establish strategic direction, re-engineer business processes, develop flexible support structures, negotiate vendor contracts, mitigate business risks associated with technology failure, and facilitate major change through turnaround management. Gwyn holds a PhD in Executive Management from Claremont Graduate School; an MBA with an emphasis in Quantitative Analysis, an MS in Education and a BS in Business from the University of Southern California. She is a high-energy speaker, speaking on topics including Governance, Turnaround Management and Taming the Technology Dragon.

Most Requested Topics

• Outsourcing Project Initiation Through Contracting
• How Vendors Can Win More Business and How Customers Can Be More Effective
• Outsourcing Strategy, Approach and Process
• Sourcing Advisory – Why Use a Third Party Advisor?
• Sourcing - a Tool to Achieve CIO Objectives
• Assessment – Establish a Baseline When You Assume a New Role
• IT Alignment with Business Strategy
• Governance – a Mechanism to Communicate with the CEO & CFO
• Lean Organizations
• Taming Runaway Projects
• Taming the Technology Dragon – a Business Perspective
• Mergers & Acquisitions – Integrating IT Systems & Infrastructure
• CIO Advisory – a Personal Sounding Board

In addition to our collection of most requested topics, we can tailor a speech specifically to your audience.

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