IAOP Chapter: Southern California

Next Meeting planned for July/August 2009!

The next meeting of the IAOP Southern California Chapter, chaired by Nick Owen of PA Consulting Group, will be collaborated with the Legal Outsourcing Chapter, chaired by Mark Ross of LawScribe, Inc.  Program details are in the works for a meeting in July or August of 2009.

Stay tuned for more details!

IAOP members wishing to attend the upcoming meeting please email  the chapter coordinator at amanda.corbett@outsourcingprofessional.org

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

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Most recent meeting held March 24, 2009

The most recent meeting of the IAOP Southern California Chapter, chaired by Nick Owen of PA Consulting Group, was held on March 24, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Universal, 333 Universal Hollywood Drive in Universal City, California.

Nick introduced Martin Keaney, Director of Sourcing from Wellpoint, and Krishnan Ethirajan, PricewaterhouseCoopers, for a discussion regarding “Sourcing in Healthcare and the Implications of HIPAA.”  Presentations of leading practices were followed by a structured panel discussion.

Meeting held October 9, 2008

The latest meeting of the IAOP Southern California Chapter took place on October 8, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at The Island Hotel, 690 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA.

Chapter chair Nick Owen of PA Consulting moderated a panel discussion entitled “Explore the Evolution of China’s IT Services Sourcing Market.” The distinguished panel of executives included J. Douglas Winter, CEO, and Jeanne Beyer, VP Global Business Development, Objectiva Software Solutions (an EMC company); David Raber, CTO of Paciolan (a division of Ticketmaster); and Dan Duan, strategic planning analyst, Volt Information Sciences, Inc.

 
This interactive two-hour discussion brought together industry analysts, key experts on the China market, end-user executives and your peers who shared insights on the best practices and challenges of business integration and risk mitigation.

Meeting held June 19, 2008

A meeting of the IAOP Southern California Chapter, chaired by Nick Owen of PA Consulting, took place on Thursday, June 19, 2008 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the LA Music Center, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, adjacent the Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles.   

The topic for the chapter’s first meeting in 2008 was “Innovation in Sourcing.” A formal presentation, delivered by Scott Lever of PA Consulting, followed by a panel discussion focused on using global sourcing as an effective tool for realizing business strategic goals.  The panel included George Kimball, Partner of Baker McKenzie; Jeff Davis, Managing Partner of Verizon Business; and Kyle Moody, COO of RED Digital Cinema.  Each of these panelists works extensively in the sourcing space and shared their insights on development and innovation.   Hors d’oeuvres were provided during the evening.

Following is a snapshot of the evenings agenda:

6:00  to 6:30 pm – Registration & Networking
6:30 to 6:40 pm – Welcome & Introductions
6:40 to 7:30 pm – “Innovation in Sourcing” – Scott Lever
7:30 to 8:00 pm – “Innovation in Sourcing” - Panel discussion
8:00 to 8:30 pm – Questions, closing remarks, next meeting

Chairman’s Summary – Inaugural Meeting:

Thank you for joining us at the inaugural meeting of the IAOP Southern California Chapter that was held on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 chaired by PA Consulting Group, and hosted by The Center for Telecom Management and The High Tech Association at USC Marshall School of Business.
The meeting included information on:

Finding the Sweet Spot on Developing and Delivering Premium Online content: Build, Buy or Partner?

Next Generation Networks and convergence technologies have changed the dynamics of Communications, Media and Entertainment ecosystem by ushering in new services, applications and go to market approaches. In order to succeed, businesses need to find their sweet spot on leveraging core capabilities and obtaining competences through acquisition, sourcing, building or partnership. Further, they need an integrated ecosystem strategy that addresses the following questions:

What characteristics do end-users seek in content they are willing to pay a premium for? How do you build the right capabilities into your offerings?

• What are the costs and benefits of sourcing (i.e., building, buying, partnering or a combination) the desired capabilities?
• Does the delivery medium (whether wireless or wire line) affect the optimal approach to delivery?
• Who are the key content development and delivery players in the ecosystem?
• What are the revenue models?
• How do you pick the right partners?
• How do you manage relationships?

How do you know when to exit/end partnership?

About CTM:
The Center for Telecom Management (CTM) is an industry-sponsored Center of Excellence within USC's Marshall School of Business, focused on the Network Digital Industry. Founded in 1985, CTM bridges the academic and business worlds in the NDI, and offers a unique resource of ideas, people, and knowledge to advance the emerging business ecosystem created by the convergence of new digital technologies, products, services and content distributed over broadband and wireless networks.

About HTA:
The High Tech Association provides students with opportunities to learn from and network with Marshall alumni, faculty and successful leaders in high technology industries. The HTA also works with Marshall faculty and industry experts to enhance students' understanding of the strategic implications that the widespread dispersion of technology -- in its many forms -- has had on business.