Jeanne W. Ross Peter Weill Wanda Orlikowski Espen Andersen ...

Jeanne W. Ross
Director and Principal Research Scientist,
MIT CISR
Jeanne’s research examines performance
implications of enterprise architecture
initiatives, IT governance, and new IT
management practices. Jeanne shares her
work in executive education programs at MIT Sloan as well
as a variety of public IT management forums. She has coauthored
three books and published in Sloan Management
Review, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal,
and MIS Quarterly Executive. Jeanne is a co-founder of MIS
Quarterly Executive and served as its editor in chief.
Peter Weill
Chairman, MIT CISR and
Senior Research Scientist,
MIT Sloan School of Management
Peter researches the role, value, and
governance of IT. He is a popular
presenter to executive audiences and has
published widely including award winning books, case
studies and journal articles. His work has appeared in
Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review and
The Wall Street Journal. Peter has co-authored five books
published by the Harvard Business School Press, including
the best-selling IT Governance: How Top Performers
Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results and IT Savvy:
What Top Executives Must Know to Go from Pain to Gain. In
2008, Ziff-Davis and eWEEK.com recognized Peter as #24 of
the “Top 100 Most Influential People in IT.”
Wanda Orlikowski
Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Management,
Professor of Information Technologies
and Organization Studies
Wanda researchers organizational change
associated with information technology,
with a particular focus on work
practices, communication, collaboration, and culture. She
has examined the use of groupware tools in organizations,
and the social and technological aspects of working
virtually. Her work has appeared in numerous journals,
including Organization Science, MIS Quarterly, and Sloan
Management Review. She is currently studying the role and
implications of social media for knowledge production and
distributed work.
Espen Andersen
Visiting Scholar, MIT CISR, and
Associate Professor,
Norwegian Business School
Espen researches, writes, teaches, talks
and consults on technology and strategy
issues—in particular, the effect of
increased access to information on organizations and
business models, as well as competitive use of IT;
telecommunications strategy; the impact of IT in the media
and transportation industries; and technology evolution.
Back home in Norway, he very actively participates in the
public debate on technology’s societal impact.
Martin Mocker
Research Scientist, MIT CISR
Martin researches IT strategy, complexity,
and related issues, and works with MIT
CISR’s European sponsors. He is currently
on leave from ESB Business School,
Reutlingen University, Germany, where he
is a professor of business administration and information
systems. Previously, Martin worked as an Engagement
Manager and consultant at McKinsey & Company.
John Mooney
Associate Professor, Graziadio School
of Business and Management,
Pepperdine University, and
Research Affiliate, MIT CISR
John’s current teaching and research
interests include business executive
responsibilities for IT and information management, cloud
computing, and IT-enabled business transformation. He is a
member of the editorial boards of MIS Quarterly Executive,
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, the eService
Journal, and the Journal of Global Responsibility. John has
been honored with a number of teaching, research, and
service awards.

Anne Quaadgras
Research Scientist, MIT CISR
Anne’s research focuses on driving
value from information use via new
ways of working, and the role of
information technology and
management practices in supporting
that use in organizations. Her academic and
consulting background includes extensive work on
decision-making processes, prioritization, and project
portfolio management, as well as problem
management in distributed operational work.
Peter Reynolds
Research Scientist, MIT CISR
Peter’s research focuses on digital
strategy, digital innovation,
organizational design, and IT-based
business transformation. He also
manages MIT CISR sponsor relations
in AsiaPac. Peter is on the editorial board of the
Journal of Information Technology (JIT). He is a
former senior IT executive in financial services and
engineering.
Hüseyin Tanriverdi
Associate Professor,
Red McCombs School of Business,
The University of Texas at Austin,
and Research Affiliate, MIT CISR
Hüseyin focuses on complementary
IT and business capabilities that
enable firms to achieve superior financial
performance in corporate diversification moves;
mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs and splitups;
outsourcing and off shoring initiatives; and
adoption and deployment of complex IT innovations.
His publications have appeared in top information
systems journals such as Information Systems
Research and MIS Quarterly, and top management
journals such as Academy of Management Journal
and Strategic Management Journal.
Stephanie Woerner
Research Scientist, MIT CISR
Stephanie’s research studies the
impact of IT reuse and total firm
digitization. As part of this research,
she manages the CISR research
surveys that collect IT financial data
and performance metrics. Her previous work focused
on the effect of distributed collaboration on work and
communication practices.

Special Guests
Christopher Perretta
Executive Vice President and
Chief Information Officer,
State Street Corporation
Christopher (Chris) is executive vice
president and chief information
officer (CIO). In this capacity, Mr.
Perretta is responsible for State Street’s information
technology businesses globally and the strategic
direction and management of State Street’s
information technology organization, which includes
more than 5,300 employees and contractors around
the world. He oversees global technology
infrastructure, application development, and systems
architecture for all of State Street worldwide.
Prior to joining State Street, Chris was the chief
information officer for General Electric Commercial
Finance. Previous to this he served as CIO for the
North American Consumer Financial Services unit and
chief technology officer for GE Capital. Prior to his
tenure at General Electric, he was an associate
partner at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture),
where he dealt in both the industrial and financial
services practice areas. He also spent more than five
years leading the development of various technology
initiatives in Europe.
Mr. Perretta holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree
in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins
University and Syracuse University, respectively.
James S. Phalen
Executive Vice President and
Head of Global Operations,
Technology and Product
Development,
State Street Corporation
James is executive vice president
and head of Global Operations, Technology &
Product Development. He is a member of State
Street’s Management Committee, the company’s
most senior strategy and policy-making team.
Previously, Mr. Phalen was head of State Street’s
international operations for investment servicing and
investment research and trading. In this role, he
oversaw strategy, operations and business
development for State Street’s investment services
and investment research and trading outside North
America. He was also formerly chairman and chief
executive officer of CitiStreet, one of the largest
global benefits delivery firms in the country.
Before joining CitiStreet, James spent eight years in
senior roles at State Street. Prior to this, he was
president and chief operating officer of Boston
Financial (BFDS), a joint venture of State Street and
DST Systems, Inc.
Mr. Phalen is a director of Boston Financial Data
Services and the Boston Medical Center. He holds a
degree from Boston College and graduated from the
Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He also
attended the Executive Development Program at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School
of Management.