IAOP Chapter: New York

Next meeting scheduled for September 15!

The next meeting of the IAOP New York Chapter, chaired by Michael Latchford of PA Consulting Group will be held on September 15, 2009. This meeting will be coordinated with the event host, Paul Hastings and the planned topic is "Outsourcing within Financial Services." 

Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details!

IAOP Members:  To register for the upcoming meeting, please email our chapter coordinator at amanda.corbett@outsourcingprofessional.org

If you are not as yet a member of IAOP and would like a guest pass for this meeting, please request a Guest Pass.

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Most recent meeting held June 4, 2009!

The most recent meeting of the IAOP New York Chapter, chaired by Michael Latchford of PA Consulting Group, was coordinated with the meeting host Mayer Brown LLP and held on Thursday, June 4, 2009 at the Mayer Brown LLP offices on Broadway in New York.

The meeting featured presentations on "Trends in Pharma/Life Sciences Outsourcing: Sourcing Successes and Strategies in the Life Sciences and Healthcare Industry" delivered by Chris Nuttall of PA Consulting Group and "Capturing the Value in Pharma Sourcing/Life Sciences Sourcing: Maximizing the Opportunities and Managing the Risks," delivered by Paul Roy of Mayer Brown LLP. The presentations were followed by a lively panel discussion, moderated by Rebecca Eisner of Mayer Brown LLP, on "The Future of Outsourcing in Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences Sector" and featured panelists from across the industry, including Jordan Cohen, Senior Director of PfizerWorks from Pfizer Inc; Julia V. Santos, Director of Worldwide Strategic Outsourcing from Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc; Richard Slater, Director of Finance from Novartis; Paul Roy, Partner from Mayer Brown LLP; and Chris Nuttall, Partner from PA Consulting Group.   Discussion centered around the specific challenges to the industry and identified opportunities where outsourcing can play a unique role in assisting customers. 

Meeting held - May 5, 2009:

A meeting of the IAOP New York Chapter chaired by Michael Latchford of PA Consulting Group was held on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at The Cornell Club, 6 East 44^th Street, New York, NY.

The meeting was coordinated with the event host Loeb & Loeb LLP and featured a joint presentation on the topic of "Outsourcing in Today's Economy" delivered by Scott Lever of PA Consulting Group and Kenneth Adler of Loeb & Loeb LLP.  The presentations were followed by a lively panel discussion focused on the topic of “Revisiting Existing Agreements for Renegotiation Opportunities” featuring panelists from all three areas of the sourcing industry: advisor, provider and customer.  Panel members included:  Steve Semerdjian, partner with Loeb & Loeb LLP, Edmond Cunningham, senior partner with PA Consulting Group, and Krishnan Rajagopalan, global head of life sciences BPO with Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Meeting held – September 18, 2008

The September meeting of the IAOP New York Chapter, chaired by Michael Latchford of PA Consulting Group, was coordinated with the IAOP Global Human Capital Chapter and held on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at the Kirkland & Ellis LLP New York Office, Citigroup Center, 153 East 53^rd Street, New York, NY. 

The meeting featured a presentation entitled “Building the Outsourcing Professional’s Skill Portfolio” delivered by Michael Corbett, Chairman of IAOP, and Kurt Kohorst, AVP Outsourcing Programs of Safeco Insurance.  Next, a panel discussion led by Lori Blackman of DNL Global and co-chair of the Global Human Capital Chapter addressed “Human Capital Disparity and Constraints in the Outsourcing Market”.  Panel members included:  Julia Santos, director of worldwide strategic outsourcing at Johnson & Johnson and co-chair of the Global Human Capital chapter, Allan Schweyer, executive director at the Human Capital Institute, Smriti Krishna, vice president human resources at Genpact, and Neil McEwen, managing consultant at PA Consulting Group.

Participants learned about the Career Mapping Materials plus how one organization used them to build their outsourcing professionals’ skill portfolios!  In addition, they listened to the experts as they discussed human capital in the outsourcing marketplace!

Meeting held Wednesday, June 18, 2008

The IAOP New York City Chapter, chaired by Michael Latchford of PA Consulting Group, held its June meeting on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at the Yale Club.

The meeting agenda was the following:

8:00am to 8:30am: Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:30am to 8:40am: Welcome & Introductions - Michael Latchford, PA Consulting and IAOP NY Chapter Chair
8:40am to 8:50am: "The Transition Challenge" - Scott Lever, PA Consulting and Panel Moderator
8:50am to 10:00am: "Managing the Successful Transition to Outsourced Services" Panel Discussion
10:00am to 10:30am: Networking

The roundtable discussion, led by Edmond Cunningham and Scott Lever, featureda unique and comprehensive perspective of the outsourcing industry. The panelists for our “Managing the Successful Transition to Outsourced Services” Panel Discussion included: Donald Mones, Vice President, Global Outsourcing Planning & Strategy at McGraw-Hill, David MacDonald, Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, David Perko, formerly Service Delivery Manager atTeradyne, Jeff Richards, Transition Program Office Head at ACS
Edmond Cunningham, Senior Partner at PA Consulting Group.

Chairman’s Summary:  March 19, 2008

On Wednesday, March 19th, theIAOP NY Chapterheld its first meeting of 2008 with an event chaired by Michael Latchford of PA Consulting Group that focused on the topic of 'Innovation in Sourcing'. Giving credence to the ever-growing demand for more innovative means to deliver services and enhance outsourcing partnerships, the 3-hour event included both a presentation and a panel discussion on the topic as well as a forum for networking, bothbefore and after the event.

The featured presentation, “Innovation in Sourcing”, delivered byKrishnan Rajagopalan, Ph.D. fromPA Consulting Group provided an overview and insights into how companies, particular those oncustomer-side, can utilize innovative techniques in developing their sourcing strategy and engaging the marketplace in a manner that provokes service providers to respond with their own innovative solutions.

Following this dynamic presentation, Doug Plotkin, Partner with PA Consulting Group moderated a panel discussionthat included representatives from all three outsourcing perspectives — customer, vendor and advisor —all whom shared personal experiences and insights on the topic ofinnovation. The panel itselfincluded the following

Lisa Abe, Partner with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Anthony D’Ambrosi, Senior Vice President, IT Sales and Marketing with ACS
Pavan Kumar M, Chief Technology Officer with Satyam
Ashish Malhotra, Director, Global Resource Strategy with Citi Markets & Banking Technology

The agenda for the eventwas as follows, and the material presented can be found in the IAOP Knowledge Center, Firmbuilder.com by following the Chapter Presentations link

8:00-8:40: Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:40-8:45: Welcome & Introductions by Michael Latchford, NY Chapter Chair
8:45-9:30: "Innovation in Sourcing"presentation
9:30-10:50: "Innovation in Sourcing" panel discussion
10:50-11:00: Closing Remarks from by Michael Latchford, NY Chapter Chair

Please join us at our future events, scheduled in each of the remaining quarters of 2008.  As mentioned above the next meeting is scheduled for June 19, 2008.

Mark your calendars – here are the planned meeting dates for the rest of 2008: September 18, and December 11.  Details to follow!

Chairman’s Summary:  Meeting held –September 13, 2007

The September 13 meeting of the IAOP NY Chapter focused on the Financial Services industry, and involved a panel discussion of several financial institutions and advisors on the topic of 'Accelerating Growth Through Outsourcing & Offshoring'.

Panel Members included:

John Stone, Managing Consultant at PA Consulting Group (moderator)
Nigel Howard, Partner at Mayer Brown
Andrea Kirk, Vice President of Credit Derivatives at Goldman Sachs
Michael Morandini, Vendor Mgmt & Outsourcing Lead for Fixed Income IT at UBS
Peter Nag, Director of Smith Barney Technology Group at Citigroup

Recognizing that outsourcing is more about a complex change and transformation program than a mere transaction and/or cost reduction exercise, the Moderator, John Stone from PA Consulting Group, utilized PA's Change Framework during the roundtable discussion that organized the various topic questions around the framework's core principles: Making it Essential, Making it Ready, Making it Happen and finally, Making it Stick.

After providing their own overview of outsourcing and offshoring of services within financial institutions, the panelists then engaged in a lively and thought-provoking discussion around the various topics, providing their own insights into how their companies, and the industry as a whole, as approach the topic at hand.

The event was well received by those in attendance, and we look forward to the next event in latter Q4 or early Q1 2008.

Chairman’s Summary – May 9, 2007

In cooperation with the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), PA Consulting Group held New York's second Chapter meeting on May 9th at the Yale Club of New York City. Chris Nuttall of PA Consulting Group led a panel discussion on How to Create and Sustain Successful HR Outsourcing Deals. The panel included: David Wilson of PA Consulting Group, Stephen Nordahl of Millbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and David Kinnear of DDC HRO. The panel focused on successfully employing outsourcing as a management tool for improving HR’s performance. They gave a wealth of real-life experience covering three perspectives: advisor, vendor and client.

Inaugural Breakfast Meeting – Chairman’s Summary

In cooperation with the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), PA Consulting Group held New York's inaugural Chapter meeting on March 7th at the Yale Club in New York City. IAOP Chapter meetings focus on sharing knowledge, expertise and insight on the practice of outsourcing.  PA’s Doug Plotkin, and Elise Andreas from Pfizer gave a presentation titled, "Negotiating Winning Outsourcing Deals."  Hsiu Mei Wong led the meeting’s welcome and wrap up discussions. There were a great deal of open dialogues and exchanges from over forty industry executives, providers and advisors from the surrounding tri-state area including Michael F. Corbett, Chairman of IAOP. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 9, 2007.