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The Future of Mobile Computing Devices in Global Organizations.

We are assembling an expert panel of 15 participants from the technology industry to discuss the future of mobile computing devices in global organizations. We will dive into the impact the emergence of mobile computing devices will have on the business operations, the growing remote workforce, and how companies will evolve with these advancements in a 4-day online panel.

A desired outcome of this panel is to determine solutions on how to maintain optimal business operations while meeting the rapid advancement of mobile computing devices in global organizations.

A professional facilitator will lead an open & honest discussion. This is a unique opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge, learn from your peers, and gain recognition for advancing innovation. You will also receive a $200 honorarium.

Project Objectives:
- Better understand the needs of the market.
- Explore and map the current mobile computing device landscape.
- Identify future directions.
- Determine a recommended path.

This engagement is expected to launch mid-June.

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Looking to engage experts with experience in, but not limited to, the following:
- C-level Technology and Information Executives
- Senior Management, Information Technology

Applicants
Christine Hade
Omni Channel Brand Marketing & Innovation Executive
I am a C level marketer who follows trends and has led technology evolution within large organizations. I know the type of information that organizations need to have and been on many taskforces designing the future state. I recognize there are emotional and change management implications these types of changes. I am an experienced Currnt panelist and have participated and led several Sprints.
Larry Steinb
Telehealth/Telemedicine/AI Entrepreneur, Speaker and Executive
I am and I have worked as an executive in a multi-national organization where time zones, language, broadband/wifi, and mobile computing have all been issues I have had to deal with while also managing these organizations to maximize success.
Hitesh Mathpa
Technical Director
Hi, I am working in Mobile communications and the impact of mobile computing on Business for the last 10 years. We started our business strategies from SMS only days to 2G, LTE, 3G and now 5G. Few things to mention. 1. I co-founded the first mobile-based media sharing and streaming platform back in 2007 for emerging markets ( APAC). 2. I was the lead strategist and architect for mobile computing for a leading Mapping company to provide Atlas maps on mobile for travelers (with low-cost data plans/ offline plans). 3. I worked for Infosys Research lab for Enterprise Mobile Computing for 3 years and filed 2 patents. I think 5G technology can help various business domains and bring the IoT more closer to day to day usage. Consumers are aware of data speed now and they rely on their devices more than ever. Hence, we need to think beyond mobile and tablets.
Alireza Khosro
Director Government Cloud Solutions at Nokia
My special focus in Nokia is to answer the following question: how Cloud computing technologies can serve governments Digitalization use cases.
Randy Bartel
VP, Security Services at KirkpatrickPrice LLC
As a 25+ year IT veteran, I've pretty much done it all -- help desk to VP and developer to security engineer. For the last 13 years, I've been focused on information security auditing both domestically and abroad. This experience brings a practical "how do IT risks present themselves in daily operations and across IT and business disciplines" approach that isn't very common. When it comes to disruptive technologies, nothing is more disruptive than the move from traditional data center operations to cloud computing in all its forms -- acquiring and migrating to cloud services; implementing a DevOps (or DevSecOps) approach to IT; connecting Cloud to Traditional Data Centers are just a few examples. It's not that this disruption is unique in all of history -- it's just that it's happening to IT now. We can learn from the disruption experienced in other industries such as manufacturing, while considering how the situation is unique to the IT industry at large. Where IT audit (and audit in general) is about identifying and managing risks, many of the risks we're seeing in the provision and consumption of cloud services are similar to -- sharing the same names and even the basic principles -- traditional IT operations risks, but in Cloud they take on a different shape. Managing vendors is a straightforward example, but in this case the vendor is literally holding the keys to the kingdom in that they "own" the IT assets and applications on which the organization relies. We're also starting to see some fruit from the Zero Trust Networking concept put forward by Forrester at the turn of the decade. Although not the only example, Google's BeyondCorp is the most shining example of how we would implement the technical aspects of information security if we didn't put any faith in the network itself. And we're seeing some of these principles make their way into mainstream cloud services like Office365. In summary, if selected for participation, I will bring a unique combination of practical and broad-based operational experience with an experienced IT risk management background to this expert panel.
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The Future of Mobile Computing Devices in Global Organizations.