[TriLUG] NC*SA Monthly Meeting (09/10): Lenovo Overview (By Lenovo CIO and CSO)

[Liyun Yu]

The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators
organization (NC*SA) is next Monday, September 10th, 2007.
Details about the meeting are provided in this note. 
We hope to see you there!

NC*SA Monthly Meeting: Lenovo Overview
7:00 pm Monday, September 10, 2007
MCNC, Building #3
Research Triangle Park, NC (Free Pizza Dinner will be served at the 
meeting)
(Directions at the end of this email)

*Topics and Speakers: *

Part 1  Who is Lenovo?   
Presenter: George Reichert, Vice President, CIO Strategy and Staff

Part 2  Lenovo Transformation   
Presenter: Mary Peuler, Director, CIO Program Management Office

Part 3  Global Security       
Presenter: George Dolicker, Director, Chief Lenovo Security Officer   

BIOs:

Mary Peuler:
Mary Peuler currently works in Lenovo's Program Management Office as the 
operations director. 
Lenovo's Program Management Office, (PMO), is part of the CIO office, 
and drives
business transformation projects for Lenovo's global enterprise.  Her 
current responsibilities
include portfolio management, transformation methodology, financial 
processes,
communications, and vendor contract management. Prior to joining Lenovo, 
Mary Peuler
worked for IBM in Research Triangle Park, NC for seven years in various 
procurement,
supply chain, and business transformation positions.  She also worked at 
Dow Chemical
in Midland, Michigan for five years in various internal consulting, 
sales and operations
planning, and supply chain roles. Mary graduated summa cum laude from 
Penn State
University in Logistics and has an MBA from Central Michigan University 
with
Finance emphasis.

George J. Dolicker:

George J. Dolicker is Lenovo's Chief Information Security Officer, 
directing the global security program for the world's 3^rd largest PC 
manufacturer and its 25,000 world-wide employees.  Prior to Lenovo, he 
was the Global Security Practice Leader at International Network 
Services with eleven years of tenure.  He is a frequent speaker 
internationally on topics including Security Architecture and Program 
Design, Incident Response, Security Training and Awareness, Intrusion 
Detection, Standards and Regulations, Security Audits and Assessments, 
Penetration and Vulnerability Testing, Privacy, and Cryptography. Mr. 
Dolicker holds CISSP and CISA credentials; is certified by the NSA in 
InfoSec Assessments and Evaluations; and is a member of ISSA, ISACA, 
CSI, and InfraGard.
Mr. Dolicker is also a volunteer firefighter, advanced emergency medical 
technician, pilot, and an avid scuba diver.  He lives in the eastern 
Piedmont of North Carolina.

George Reichert:

George Reichert has been with Lenovo for 2 years and serves as Vice 
President, CIO Office.  George is responsible for Lenovo's Global 
Architecture, Security, Contracts, and Communications.  George has been 
in IT for 20+ years with leadership experience across a wide range of IT 
services such as PMO, Application Development and Support, Technical 
Services, and Service Management. He began his career in application 
development and database and system administration. George rose through 
the management ranks at Avnet where he lead a 400+ person global team 
responsible for Avnet's Global IT infrastructure.  After 10 years with 
Avnet, he joined DHL where he led their Merger and Acquisition 
activities.  George graduated from Manhattan College with a Bachelor's 
Degree in Computer Information Systems.  He lives in Cary, North 
Carolina with his wife and three children.

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Our meetings are free and open to anyone with an interest in the topic
of the evening and/or system administration.  We will be providing food
and drink for the evening. If you have any questions please contact the
Steering Committee at:

ncsa-steer at ncsysadmin.org
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http://www.ncsysadmin.org/directions.
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