The MIT Sloan CFO Summit
Agenda
The MIT Sloan CFO Summit will open with a continental breakfast and networking at 7:30 AM.

7:008:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast  
8:00 Welcome
Richard Schmalensee, John C. Head III Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management
8:309:00 KEYNOTE:
David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
9:0010:30 PLENARY PANEL:
Fit In, Stand Out: Keys to CFO Leadership Effectiveness in Business and Life
Blythe McGarvie, President, LIF Group (moderator)
Larry Best, CFO, Boston Scientific
Bob Blakely, CFO, MCI
Biggs Porter, Acting CFO, Raytheon
10:3011:00 Coffee Break and Networking  
11:0012:00 TRACK I:
Information Technology and the Future of Financial Reporting
David Davis, CAO, SAS
Kim Petrone, Director, FASB
Kevin Rhodes, CFO, Edgewater Technology
Michael Duffy, President & CEO, OpenPages
TRACK II:
Going Public or Going Private
Richard Kimball, Partner, Nutter McClennen & Fish (moderator)
Chuck Abdalian, CFO, Coley Pharmaceuticals
Rick Darer, CFO, Unica
Paul Flanagan, CFO, Vista Print
Elisabeth Robert, President, The Vermont Teddy Bear Company
  TRACK III:
Achieving Financial Excellence for Non-Profits
Mary Ellen Morris, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (moderator)
Allan Bufferd, Treasurer, MIT
Ann E. Carlson, EVP, Sovereign Bank
Mark Kerwin, CFO, Museum of Fine Arts
David Kirshner, CFO, Children’s Hospital
12:001:30 Lunch
Luncheon Keynote: Bill Koch, Founder, The Oxbow Group
 
1:302:30 TRACK I:
How Guidant Survived Sox 404 (a Case Study)
TRACK II:
Audit Committee & CFO Relationships post Sarbanes-Oxley
Frank Edelblut, President, Control Solutions (moderator)
Bob Hult, CFO, Mercury Computer
D’Anne Hurd, Audit Committe Chair, Data Translation and Vaso Active Pharmaceuticals
Ellen Richstone, Chief Financial Officer, Sonus Networks and Board of Directors Members, American Power Conversion
Joe Tibbetts, CFO, Novell
  TRACK III:
Achieving Financial Excellence in International Operations
Craig Martin, Director, Association of Financial Professionals (moderator)
Alain Crozier, Corporate VP and CFO for Sales, Marketing and Services Group, Microsoft
Matt McKenna, SVP of Finance, PepsiCo
Dr. Shan Nair, President, Nair-Co
Doug Johnson, SVP & CFO, Black Duck Software
2:303:00 Coffee Break and Networking  
3:004:00 TRACK I:
Rhodes Furniture: Turnaround Case Study
Francis D. O’Connor, Senior Vice President and Director of Portfolio, Wells Fargo Retail Finance
Robert J. Duffy, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Paul Ferdinands, Partner, King & Spalding
Joel H. Dugan, CEO/President/CFO and Secretary, Rhodes Inc.
Michael L. Pizette, Managing Director, Back Bay Capital
TRACK II:
The Top Line: A CFO’s Role in Sales & Marketing
Bill Aulet, Senior Lecturer, MIT Center for Entrepreneurship (moderator)
Bill Beech, Principal, REL Consultancy
Rip Haak, CFO Enterasys
Charles Kane, CFO, Aspen Technology
Paul Lacy, CFO, Kronos
  TRACK III:
Innovative Solutions to Control Employee Benefits
Thomas Kochan, Prof., MIT Sloan (moderator)
Charles Baker, CEO, Harvard Pilgrim
Ken Bettenhauser, President & Treasurer, HR Knowledge
Karen Walker, CFO, Boston Communications Group
Paul Thomson, VP of Human Resources, Otis Elevator
4:154:30 Break  
4:305:30 OVERTIME: The Business of Football
Michael Holley, Author, “Patriot Reign” and Host of “Dale and Holley” on WEEI (moderator)
Jack Mula, Chief Administrative Counsel, New England Patriots
Randy Vataha, Partner, Game Plan LLC
Andy Wasynczuk, Lecturer, Harvard Business School (former COO of NE Patriots)
Kim Williams, SVP of Finance and New Business Ventures, National Football League
5:307:00 Cocktail Reception and Networking  

This event is part of a three event CXO series produced by the MIT Sloan School of Management and the MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston. Please refer your marketing colleagues to the MIT Sloan CMO Summit (www.mitcmo.com) and your IT colleagues to the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium (www.mitcio.com).

Register Now! For more information about the event or to learn about sponsorship opportunities contact event co-chair Jeremy Seidman (Jeremy.seidman@sloan.mit.edu).

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