Technology Revolution: The Future of Now
Wednesday at 8 AM Pacific/11 AM Eastern
March 20th 2013: Airline Turnaround: Blue Skies Ahead?
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Today’s buzz: Airlines. New technologies are game-changing the data-intensive aviation industry – optimizing internal processes, sharpening competitive differentiation, innovating the customer experience. But is it enough, in time, and which airlines will survive?
The experts speak.
Michael Wm. Denis, InfoTrust Group: “Why pay billions for smart aircraft only to plug them into dumb IT?"
Peter Kearns, Accenture: “Airline industry business benefits related to IT improvements will be negligible unless there is business change involved. You need to change business practices and do so with your
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Eva-Maria Roe
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Eva-Maria Roe leads global solution management for the airline industry at SAP. In this role she is responsible for developing a strategy for the industry, covering a wide area within the SAP portfolio, and working closely with customers and translating their requirements to marketable solutions. She also supports sales opportunities, initiated and now chairs the AirOps user group for airlines, and speaks at industry events and customer engagements. Her main focus in the last few years has been on defining how technology innovations can become enablers for new business processes in the airline industry. Previously, since joining SAP in 1993, Eva worked in various development departments in G
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Michael Wm. Denis
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Michael Wm. Denis is the Vice President of Customer Engagement at InfoTrust Group, a company that provides content and knowledge management solutions for global aerospace, automotive, high-tech and media organizations. He has 24 years of experience in the aviation, aerospace, and defense industries, having held positions in engineering, operations, marketing, sales, and technology. His current research is on the fusion of advanced capabilities, such as prognostics and autonomics, and alternative delivery methods, such as software-as-a-service and business process outsourcing, focused on optimizing the profitability of capital-intensive, cash-flow-sensitive companies. Previously, Denis was a
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Peter Kearns
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Peter Kearns is a Senior Manager in the Supply Chain Management SAP practice at Accenture. Of his 20-plus years of experience in asset management consulting and logistics, more than 17 have involved SAP consulting in the U.S., Norway, Sweden, Singapore, New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada. Peter has focused extensively on mobile assets including rail and air, and has worked with the oil and gas (upstream and refining), mining, and defense industries. Prior to Accenture, he was the Solution Director (Middle Market) for the Optimal Solutions Mining All-in-One SAP solution. Earlier, he worked in the defense industry in aircraft design, structural analysis, and system engineering. He has worke
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