January 18, 2017, Chicago – The Chicago Chapter of CompTIA AITP ( Association of Information and Technology Professionals) is proud to introduce Glenn Schneider, VP & CIO, Discover Financial Services as the key presenter at its first 2018 Chapter Meeting located at the Robert Morris University, Chicago City Center, scheduled for February 1st, 2018 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Mr. Schneider was the recipient of the 2017 CIO of the Year Award – and will address how to “show up and lead the technology transformation” for leading Fortune 500 companies. All industries are facing rapid change in fundamental business models and customer expectations from evolving technology capabilities that disrupt, that create volatility and dynamics that call for new technology frameworks and best of breed methods in all practices to succeed in the new reality. How can technology teams drive results when the rules are constantly being rewritten? The key is to embrace change and begin working in fundamentally new ways. Technology leaders must start “showing up differently” in order to create an environment that inspires creativity and agility. Learn how the CIO at Discover is transforming his technology team to deliver business value and achieve results with speed and flexibility.
About the speaker: Glenn Schneider, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Glenn Schneider is Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, for Discover Financial Services, and a member of the company’s Executive Committee. Mr. Schneider provides leadership for all application development, advanced analytics, infrastructure support, technology operations and cybersecurity. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors for a local Youth Services organization and served on the Board of Directors for the Loretto Hospital Foundation for over five years. Additionally, under his leadership, Discover has been recognized by Computerworld as one of the 100 Best Places to Work in IT and is a 2017 CIO 100 award winner. Glenn was also honored with the 2017 Executives’ Club CIO of the Year award and selected for Computerworld’s Premier 100 Technology Leaders for 2017.
For more information, or to join the meeting contact Justin Nemeth at Email. Or register by going to the sign up page
About CompTIA AITP (http://www.aitp.org/ ) : Founded in 1951, the Association of IT Professionals (AITP) remains one of the largest professional technology associations in the country. In It is the mission of AITP Chicago ( http://www.aitpchicago.com/ ) to provide superior leadership and education in Information Technology. AITP is dedicated to using synergy of Information Technology partnerships to provide education and benefits to our members and to working with the industry to assist in overall promotion and direction of Information Technology. About CompTIA ( http://www.comptia.org/) The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is the leading provider of vendor-neutral IT certifications in the world. With more than 2,000,000 IT certifications issued worldwide, CompTIA is dedicated to helping IT professionals lead the charge in our digitally connected world.
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