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Lev Gonick discusses the role of technology in organizations and society with technology leaders. The speaker series is held in room 02 of the Peter B. Lewis Building at 8:00am on select Fridays.
Lee Green
IBM
September 10, 2004
Lee Green is the Director of Corporate Identity and Design for IBM Corporation. He has responsibility for IBM's worldwide product industrial design, identity programs, graphics, packaging and Internet design. Mr. Green has played a pivotal role in recent Branding and Design initiatives including the launch of IBM's e-business identity program, the new Technology Branding program, and the redesign of IBM's desktop, mobile, and server products. He also leads the corporation's efforts in the area of "advanced concept design".
In his 24-year career with IBM he has held numerous design and management positions. Recently, he has launched a new IBM Design Services offering with IBM Technology Group and E&TS. This capability extends Design Services as an IBM offering to customers. In addition to industrial design and human factors, it provides Design Consulting services to help IBM customers consider how they can extend new experiences to their customers and leverage design to differentiate their offerings from their competition.
Mr. Green has an undergraduate degree in design from Temple University and a master's degree in communications design from Rochester Institute of Technology. He has published numerous articles and case studies on a variety of design and identity topics, and has taught design courses and lectured on design at Stanford University, Harvard, MIT, and RIT. He currently serves on the Board of Directors and Advisory Board for the Design Management Institute.
Tom Lucas
The Sherwin Williams Company
September 24
Tom Lucas is Vice President – Information Technology for The Sherwin-Williams Company, a $5.4 billion global leader in the paint and coatings industry. Tom has been with Sherwin-Williams since May 2000.
Prior to Sherwin-Williams Tom was Director of Corporate IT at Morris Material Handling in Milwaukee, WI. Tom began his career as a part-time Inventory Clerk at Marquip, Inc in Phillips, WI. He transitioned through multiple roles before reaching the Director of Corporate IT position. Tom co-founded and co-managed a software development facility in India in the mid 1990’s.
Tom graduated in 1982 from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a degree in Business Administration and is currently a student in Case Western Reserve’s Weatherhead School of Management Executive MBA program. Tom is a member of the Society For Information Management (SIM), the Advanced Practices Council of SIM, and the World Future Society.
J.T. Mullen
The Cleveland Foundation
October 8, 2004
J.T. Mullen, Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for the Foundation's financial management and information systems. A former manager with Arthur Young & Company, he also worked for the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners. Currently, he serves on the Investment Committees of United Way Services, The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Foundation, and the Investment Committee of The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation. He also serves as the treasurer of the Board of Ohio Grantmakers Forum. J.T. holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Cleveland State University.
Tony Scott
General Motors
October 22, 2004
Anthony E. (Tony) Scott is the Chief Technology Officer for GM's Information Systems and Services (IS&S) organization. He joined GM September 1, 1999.
Scott is responsible for defining the information technology computing and telecommunications architecture and standards across all of GM's business globally. He provides leadership in the areas of IT architecture and standards, and emerging technology. His work at GM has included the development of GM’s employee portal (a collaboration between GM, Daimler-Chrysler, AOL, Sun Microsystems, and Workscape), development of GM’s wireless implementation strategy, and directing GM’s involvement in external IT standards bodies and technology consortium organizations. He was named “CTO of the Year – Manufacturing Sector” by Infoworld Magazine in 2001, and is a regular panelist and speaker at a variety of information technology events and seminars.
He joined GM from Bristol-Myers Squibb where he was Vice President, Information Management. Scott also held positions as a Senior Director with Price Waterhouse; Vice President of Engineering with Uniteq Application Systems; and Manager, Worldwide Information Resources with Sun Microsystems.
Scott reports directly to GM Group Vice President and Chief Information Officer Ralph Szygenda. He holds a bachelor's degree in information systems management from the University of San Francisco and a juris doctorate from Santa Clara University.
David M. Pavlich
Yellow Roadway Technologies
Yellow Roadway Corporation
October 29, 2004
As Vice President of Information Solutions for Yellow Roadway Technologies, Mr. Pavlich is a key member of the technology leadership team and guides the management and planning of information technology for the operating companies within Yellow Roadway Corporation. His organization focuses on technologies that support operations and customer service functions for Yellow Transportation and Roadway Express specifically.
Mr. Pavlich began his career with Roadway Express in 1993 and held various management and director level positions before serving as Vice President of Information Solutions for Yellow Roadway Technologies. Mr. Pavlich was named to his current position after Yellow Technologies and Roadway Express Information Systems merged to create Yellow Roadway Technologies under the newly formed Yellow Roadway Corporation.
Mr. Pavlich serves on the Board of Directors for the American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council as well as the Information Technology Advisory Board of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He has a bachelor of science in Computer Science from Kent State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
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