A presentation titled "The CPA and IT: A Chief Information Officer Perspective" was delivered to USF's The Accounting Circle Conference. This is a conference sponsored by major consulting companies that takes place once a year in Tampa, Florida.

You can find information about the conference here.

A presentation based on The Practical CIO book was delivered today to the Tampa Bay Technology Leadership Association and was well received by the association members. TBTLA membership consists of senior IT executives from the Tampa bay area. You can find more information about TBTLA here.

Kenny MacIver and James Lawrence are recommending "The Practical CIO" book in the Global Intelligence for the CIO blog. Post describes the publication as a Global CIO Masterclass and provide a short but excellent review of the book. Access the Global Intelligence for the CIO blog by clicking on image below.

I Magazine a UK publication ran an excerpt of "The Practical CIO" on the August, 2010 issue. Read the article by downloading it here: 

The Art of the Deal.pdf (394.85 kb) [Downloads: 441]

Visit the CIO Talk Radio to listen to Building an Externally Focused IT Team, featured in this week's show.  Sanjou Aul was the show host and guest participants were Merv Tarde, VP, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Interstate Battery of America, Inc and José Carlos Eiras.

May 15, 2010 issue of the CIO magazine gives a staff pick "thumbs up" for The Practical CIO book.

Webcasts titled "The Practical CIO Series" sponsored by Resources Global Professionals were broadcasted on the months of March, April and May 2010. Webcasts included the following Practical CIO topics:

• Successful IT Leadership
• IT Cost Reduction and IT Cost Effectiveness
• IT Teaming and Governance

A seminar on IT Teaming and IT Governance plus IT Cost Reduction and IT Cost Effectiveness will take place in Tampa, Florida on June 9, 2010 with the participation of CIOs and IT Executives from the Florida West Coast.

A seminar focused on IT Cost Reduction and IT Cost Effectiveness took place on May 6 in Washington, DC. Participated in the event CIOs and IT executives from private enterprises and also from the public sector.

A seminar on IT Teaming and IT Governance that included IT Cost Reduction and IT Cost Effectiveness was held in Dallas on May 6. 2010. Event was sponsored by Resources Global Dallas office.