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Alan Guibord, President & CEO of Computerworld To Chair Richmond Events' The CIO Forum - Corporate America.


Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2001

Summit to gather 300+ pre-qualified, invited senior CIOs and

technology executives

Alan Guibord, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of IDG's Computerworld, will chair the conference program of Richmond Events' CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.


(Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization.
 Forum - Corporate America, to be held on board the ocean liner Aurora Sept. 9-12, 2001.

"Alan is the ideal person to chair this exclusive event for senior-level IT executives," said Project Manager Neil Tait. "CIOs want to learn from their peers and Alan, as a former CIO himself, is well placed to keep the program and the speakers focused on the real issues facing today's CIO."

Prior to joining Computerworld, Guibord was CIO at Fort James Corporation where he had responsibility for all IT strategy, spending and implementation, with a budget of more than $200 million and a global staff of more than 800. He successfully led the integration of a $2 billion acquisition and executed an e-commerce strategy to accommodate retail and commercial business. Guibord also has served as Vice President IT for RR Donnelley
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 and Sons, CIO of PictureTel and VP MIS/Administrative Services for Timeplex.

Guibord's impressive resume also includes past membership of several key advisory boards, including Oracle and Microsoft. He also acted as an advisor and guest lecturer at the University of Illinois at Chicago This article is about the University of Illinois at Chicago. For other uses, see University of Illinois at Chicago (disambiguation).

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 of Business, Fordham University Fordham University (fôr`dəm), in New York City; Jesuit; coeducational; founded as St. John's College 1841, chartered as a university 1846; renamed 1907. Fordham College for men and Thomas More College for women merged in 1974.  and Norwalk Technical College. He is a speaker/lecturer at major international technology seminars.

The CIO Forum - Corporate America, now in its second year, already has more than 150 senior IT executives from US corporations confirmed to attend. "We literally convert the ocean liner into a floating business forum and create a distraction-free environment -- perfect for learning and doing business at this strategic level," said Tait.

The CIO Forum - Corporate America provides senior IT executives and CIOs at major North American North American

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 corporations with 2 1/2 days of one-on-one business meetings, executive conferences, keynote addresses keynote address
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 and think tanks. Unlike a typical trade show or conference, the event is by invitation only, and only senior-level decision-makers are invited.

For more information on the Forum, please contact Project Manager Neil Tait at 212/651-8783 or via email at ntait@RichmondEvents.com.

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