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A new aspect of CRITO’s governance structure moving
forward is the CRITO External Advisory Board, whose
mission is to help us further develop the Center, and
in particular, set our strategic direction. This board
is comprised of a distinguished set of experts from
the academic, public and private sectors. The Board
members represent the supply side (CEOs of IT services
firms), demand side (CIOs), investors (private equity
and venture capital) and researchers (academics and
industry).
Board members include: Fran Berman, San Diego Supercomputer
Center, Director; Allen Fazio, Disneyland Resort, Vice
President and Chief Information Officer; John Gantz,
International Data Corporation, Senior Vice President
and Chief Research Officer; Ramesh Jain, UC Irvine,
Bren Professor of Information & Computer Science;
Jim Madden, Accretive LLC, General Partner; Morteza
Mahjour, RBC, Chief Information & Operations Officer;
Jeff Margolis, TriZetto, Chairman and CEO; Mary Jo Morris,
Computer Sciences Corporation, President, World Sourcing
Services; Phaneesh Murthy, iGate Corporation, CEO; Vijay
Parikh, Global Catalyst Partners, Managing Principal,
US & Europe; Shankar Rao, OptumHealth Specialty
Benefits (United HealthCare), Chief Information Officer;
Karen Salem, Global CIO; and Ken Venner (Chair), Broadcom,
Chief Information Officer.
The first Advisory Board meeting took place in September.
We created a charter, reviewed the business models of
other centers, discussed CRITO’s historical and
current research foci, developed a set of performance
metrics and identified research themes.
Based on their areas of interest, members of the Advisory
Board have been participating in small group meetings
with CRITO researchers, fostering discussions, and helping
to identify actionable research studies. The academics
are now working on research proposals based on the discussion
and feedback. At the next Advisory Board meeting, CRITO
researchers will discuss their proposals and the Advisory
Board groups will report on the results of their meetings.
CRITO will continue to develop an innovative and consequential
research agenda. With the involvement of this distinguished
board, we aspire to articulate and execute a powerful
vision and strategy that will ensure CRITO's ongoing
success.
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