a. 2008 FAO Practitioner of the Year-North America a. Sam Borghese, CEO, Catalina Restaurants b. George Bryan, Vice President, Financial Services, Office Depot c. Jake Farkas, Director Financial & Accounting BPO, Trinity Industries d. Jay Hughes, Vice President & Controller, Unilever USA e. Fillippo Passerini, Chief Information & Global Services Officer, P&G f. Dusty Profumo, EVP and CFO, Church's Chicken g. Tom Waller, Head of Global Procurement & PMO, Electronic Arts b. 2008 FAO Advisors of the Year a. Bob Cecil, EVP & Mark Toon, CEO, Equaterra b. J. Ross Docksey, Partner, Sonnenschein c. Phil Fersht, Research Director, AMR Research d. Karen Ikeda, Partner, Global Finance & Accounting Practice Leader, TPI e. Michel Janssen, Managing Director & Wayne Mincey, President, The Hackett Group f. Barbara Melby, Partner & Akiba Stern, Partner, Morgan Lewis g. Ben Trowbridge, CEO and President, Alsbridge h. Atul Vashistha, CEO, neoIT c. 2008 FAO Influencer of the Year a. Ravi Aron, Assistant Professor, Information and Operations Management, University of Southern California b. Mark Dzialga, Managing Director, General Atlantic Partners c. Rachel Stormonth, Research Director, Nelson-Hall d. Jane Siegel, Director Carnegie Mellon IT Services Center, Carnegie Mellon University d. 2008 FAO Provider of the Year-Large Enterprise a. Michel de Zeeuw, Vice President, Ritesh Idnani VP and Global Sales Head, Amitabh Chaudry, CEO, Infosys b. Gary Budzinski, EVP, HP c. David Kaminski, Vice President Finance & Accounting, Cap Gemini d. Tiger Tyagaragan, Executive Vice President, Genpact e. Donniel Schulman, General Manager, Global Finance & Administration Solutions, & Chris Gattenio, Vice President, MBPS Asset Strategy & F&A Program Management, IBM e. 2008 FAO Provider of the Year-Middle Market a. Clarence Schmitz, CEO, OPI Global b. Ashok BIldikar, President, Caliber Point Business Solutions c. Jeff Bizzack, President, Mid-Market Services, Accenture f. 2008 FAO Provider of the Year-Selective Process a. Leon Busch, President & CEO & Robert Stasik, EVP, Head of Payments Solutions & Investor Services Sector, SourceNet Solutions b. Randolph Altschuler, Co-President & Joseph Sigelman, Co-President, Office Tiger (An RR Donnelley Company) c. Gregg Mylett, President, Corporate United d. Carl Guarino, CEO, ICG Commerce e. Chris Stone, CEO, Northgate/Arinso f. David Andrews, CEO, Xchanging g. 2008 FAO Thought Leader of the Year a. Wayne Mincey, President, The Hackett Group b. Akiba Stern, Partner, Morgan Lewis c. Clarence Schmitz, CEO, OPI Global d. Dr. Christian Baader, VP BPO Strategy & Market Development, SAP e. Tiger Tyagaragan, President, Genpact f. Amitabh Chaudry, CEO, InfosysAbout Crossing Media, FAO Summit & FAO Today FAO Summit and FAO Today are properties of Crossing Media, the global leader in B2B Conference, Content and Community media in the HR, Finance and Accounting and Corporate Responsibility professions. Crossing Media magazine titles and online properties include FAO Today (faotoday.com), HRO Today (hrotoday.com), HRO Europe (hroeurope.com), CRO Magazine (thecro.com). Its conference titles include CRO Conference, HRO World Europe, FAO Summit, RPO Summit. It manages communities including the HRO Association, The CRO and Finance Forum, in North America and Europe. More about Crossing Media can be accessed at crossingmedia.com.
Contact Information: Media Contact: Jay Whitehead Publisher FAO Today JWhitehead@CrossingMedia.com 732-476-6160 ext 104