Sponsor: HP
Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner
Speakers: Dane Anderson, Sean Kenny, Robb Rasmussen, Jim Stabback
Type: Video (32 minutes)
Today's bloated application portfolio is the 1000-pound gorilla in the room. According to Gartner, application portfolios are growing at an annual rate of four to seven percent. And as portfolios expand, so do the maintenance and support costs.
But even as application sprawl puts a huge strain on budgets, there's too often inadequate information to manage the portfolio effectively. This lack of visibility and control over the application portfolio inhibits your ability to meet internal and external customer needs, and prevents you from investing for the future.
But how do gain real visibility and control of your applications?
To guide you in your journey towards better management of your applications, we've brought together a panel of experts to get you thinking about what this could mean for your business.
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About Dane S. Anderson, Managing VP, Gartner
Dane Anderson manages the IT Outsourcing and Support Services analyst team within Gartner's Technology and Service Provider Research organization. Previously, Mr. Anderson held the position of a research vice president at Gartner and focused on the IT services and outsourcing marketplace, with specific orientation on infrastructure and application outsourcing. He has worked with service provider clients in analyzing and creating execution plans and strategies for the markets they serve, as well as user buying and adoption patterns and plans. Mr. Anderson has also assisted user/buyer clients in navigating through all phases of the sourcing life cycle.
Mr. Anderson joined Gartner in April 2005 with the acquisition of Meta Group, where he was program director, outsourcing and service provider strategies, for one year. Before that, he spent five years with Perot Systems in various areas, including human resources, corporate strategy, competitive analysis and global sales. Before entering the private sector, he served in the U.S. Army in various leadership roles for more than 10 years. During his military tenure, Mr. Anderson's primary focus was on task organization (organizational structure, strategy, and tactical/operational planning and execution) for battlefield logistics support, including command, control and communications.
About Sean Kenny, VP & GM, Business Process Outsourcing and Global Healthcare for HP Enterprise Services, Hewlett-Packard
Sean Kenny's responsibilities include driving the business growth, strategy and investments required to support the BPO and the healthcare business around the world.
Reporting directly to Senior Vice President and General Manager Joe Eazor, Kenny drives the strategy and performance of the company's BPO services.
Before his current position, Kenny served as vice president of Business Transformation Outsourcing Services, for EDS, now HP, where he spearheaded global efforts to grow the transformational applications and business process outsourcing business.
Prior to joining EDS in 2005, Kenny was global leader of Capgemini's healthcare practice, where he led the North American sales and marketing organization. He also held a position at Ernst & Young, where he was responsible for growing the Global Healthcare practice.
About Robb Rasmussen, VP & GM, Best Shore® Services, Hewlett-Packard
Robb Rasmussen is vice president and general manager of Best Shore Services for HP Enterprise Services. He is responsible for leading the business unit's offshore and nearshore services, and evolving the global delivery model for Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing (ITO), Applications and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services. He also has oversight of the relationship between MphasiS and HP.
Prior to this role, Rasmussen was vice president and general manager of Applications Services for HP Enterprise Services, and was responsible for the business unit's global applications services business.
With more than 20 years of experience, Rasmussen has held a variety of strategic leadership roles at HP. He was formerly the HP Services Business Operations leader supporting the implementation of Technology Solutions Group strategies through significantly improved operation, technology, and business process management. Prior to that, Rasmussen was vice president of Portfolio, Marketing & Alliances for HP Services.
Prior to joining HP, Rasmussen held a number of executive leadership positions within EDS' Consulting Services unit and Strategic Alliances.
Rasmussen holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management.
About Jim Stabback, CIO, Bank of Queensland
Jim Stabback joined the Bank of Queensland in September 2008 as Group Executive - IT & Operations. In this role, he oversees the strategic focus of the Bank's IT platform and its service delivery, along with the Bank's important outsourcing relationships with EDS and Fiserv.
Jim has over 20 years experience managing large scale operations, technology and service delivery management in the financial services and telecommunications industries. He has been involved in some of the largest projects in banking telecommunications, as well as having extensive experience in running large back office processing operations and has previously managed the EDS outsourcing relationship for CBA.
