Welcome Remarks

• Gene Hall
• CEO
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• Peter Sondergaard
• SVP, Research
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• Ken McGee
• VP & Gartner Fellow
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• Anthony Bradley
• Research Director
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• Partha Iyengar
• VP & Distinguished Analyst
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• Mary Mesaglio
• Research Director
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• Daryl Plummer
• MVP & Gartner Fellow
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• Cisco Emerging Technologies Group, HP Labs, Sun Labs and Xerox Labs
• Tuesday, April 8, 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
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Innovator Interviews

Don't miss these stimulating keynote exchanges between top innovators who are driving change with next-horizon technologies. On the main stage, Gartner analysts will ask how they drive innovation, why they choose the initiatives they do, and how they measure their successes and failures.

Our Innovator Interviews include:

• Tom Peck
• CIO
• MGM Mirage
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  Tom Peck joined MGM MIRAGE in March 2006 where he leads MGM MIRAGE's corporate information technology (IT) group. He has operational and strategic responsibilities for all technology supporting the company's 70,000 employees across 17 global mega-resorts and numerous other investments. MGM MIRAGE features well-known brands such as the Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand Paradise in China, and numerous others. As CIO, he is responsible for aligning and executing initiatives that drive growth and innovation, cost-out and competitive advantage. These initiatives cross hotel, casino and banking, food and beverage, retail, supply chain, corporate and entertainment. A high-energy, results-oriented leader, Tom has nearly 20 years of experience in information technology, financial management and Six Sigma.
  
  Prior to MGM MIRAGE, Tom spent eight years with the General Electric (GE) Company. He joined GE in 1998 as an internal IT consultant (Six Sigma Black Belt) at GE Client Business Services, Inc in Fort Myers, FL in support of GE's shared services organization. Tom later served in various technology management roles supporting a multitude of functions including IT Quality, Strategic Sourcing, Latin American Systems, Sales and Marketing, Mergers and Acquisitions, ge.com, Corporate Initiatives Group and much more.
  
  Most recently Tom served as EVP and Chief Information Officer for NBC Universal's global entertainment business units - Television, Universal Pictures, Home Video, Studio Operations and Theme Parks and Resorts.
  
  

• Aldo Manzini
• EVP and CAO
• MGM Mirage
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  Aldo Manzini is Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for MGM MIRAGE. In this capacity, he oversees multiple corporate departments providing significant administrative support to the company's operations and corporate endeavors. The departments reporting to Aldo include Human Resources, Information Technology, Procurement, Purchasing, Risk Management, Call Operations, Loyalty Marketing, Advertising and Public Affairs.
  
  Aldo joined MGM MIRAGE in 2007 after an accomplished tenure with the Walt Disney Company. Serving as the company's Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning, he led corporate development and strategy in Consumer Products, Theme Parks and Corporate Alliances. From his strategic planning position, Aldo touched many areas of Disney's global business interests, including specialty retail, cruise line and theme park resort operations, integration of publishing operations, development of new avenues in electronic media, and both the development and financial restructuring of overseas operations. He is an experienced competitor on the global business playing field. Aldo speaks several languages and worked overseas in Europe and on recent development projects in Asia.
  
  After graduating from Oxford University in 1984, Aldo went on to receive his Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business in 1988.
  
  

• Craig Mundie
• Chief Research and Strategy Officer
• Microsoft
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  Craig Mundie assumes responsibility for Microsoft's research and incubation efforts as well as guiding the intellectual property and technology policy efforts. During his tenure he has worked to develop comprehensive technical, business and policy strategies for Microsoft on a global scale. Additionally he has worked with government and business leaders across the globe to address the technology and policy issues of security, privacy, telecommunications regulation, intellectual property and software procurement standards. Over the years he has served and continues to serve a number of roles both in and outside of Microsoft advising on technology development.