2008 CIO Boot Camp Presentations

Keven W. Marier is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of IP Video Security Magazine (IPVS). In a year since its launch, IPVS has over 20,000 subscribers, offers award winning content, and is accelerating the adoption of IP video security. Mr. Marier has nine years of enterprise IT consulting, management and technology instructor experience, with an emphasis in technology infrastructure and convergence of voice, video, and data networks. Prior to establishing IPVS, his consulting practice led to the successful acquisition and deployment of 40 million dollars of technology over the past five years. He is an accomplished technical college instructor, has taught over 250 students and lead over 4,000 hours of lecture and hands-on-training classes. Mr. Marier attended the University of St. Thomas and the Control Data Institute. He holds several technical certifications.

Thornton May is the Futurist, Executive Director and Dean of the IT Leadership Academy, a center focused on educating and assisting multiple generations of IT leaders. He is to CIOs what Jane Goodall was to large apes - friend, advocate and insightful observer. As a trusted advisor, he works to help Chief Information Officers understand the rules, roles and 'wrongs' of the increasingly complex post-digital economy. Working with colleagues at UCLA, UC-Berkeley, Arizona State, The Ohio State University and Florida Community College of Jacksonville [63,000 students] Thornton has been party to the heavy lifting associated with crafting the most innovative, make-dreams-come-true and operationally relevant 'curriculum' for technology management now available [e.g., what needs to be known/what lessons need to be learned/what behaviors need to be 'exfoliated']. His research at the Nolan Norton Institute, the Management Lab at Cambridge Technology Partners and Toffler Associates codified the career rules-of-engagement for the contemporary CIO. His presentations are among the most humorous and highest impact in the industry. Thornton is a knowledge nomad in perpetual motion spending time with 'persons of interest' performing 'acts of significance'. Thornton lives in Maine with his wife of 23 years and a high-attitude Norfolk Terrier named Jackson. He can be reached at tamay@fccj.edu.