John Fisher

Current

• Chief Strategy Officer at NET(net)
• Adjunct Faculty at DePaul University

Past

• President at Rethinking IT, Inc
• Senior Vice President and CIO at SmithBucklin Corporation
• Director and AVP Technical Services Division at CNA Insurance Companies

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Education

• DePaul University
• Northwestern University
• University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• Faculty Website DePaul

John Fisher’s Experience

• Chief Strategy Officer

  NET(net)

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

  NET(net) Inc. specializes in Vendor Contract Lifecycle Management and Optimization Services and is recognized as an Industry Leader, providing a full range of technology consulting services to businesses and governmental entities throughout the United States and the world. NET(net) helps companies review, analyze and optimize their core supplier partnerships and empowers them with professional services designed to help reduce costs, improve quality, mitigate risk and strengthen contractual agreements. NET(net) has a proven history of helping clients optimize information technology investments while enhancing customer-supplier relationships and promoting business partnerships.
  
  As Chief Strategy Officer, John Fisher leads the client services practice area and all strategic initiatives for NET(net), which helps client organizations optimize their technology investments, maximize the effectiveness of strategic technologies and foster decisions that better enable the business of IT.

• Adjunct Faculty

  DePaul University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  June 1999 — Present (10 years 7 months)

  Adjunct faculty in the College of Computing & Digital Media (CDM),

Additional Information

John Fisher’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• Faculty Website DePaul

John Fisher’s Interests:

Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Negotiation, Running IT as a Business, IT Marketing, Networking, Product Evaluation, Software Licensing Optimization, eDiscovery, CIO Role - History and Future, Coaching and Mentoring, Non-Profit Associations, DePaul Alumni Activities, DiSC Behavioral Assessments, Fly Fishing, Motorcycles

John Fisher’s Groups:

SIM, AITP, DePaul CDM Leadership Council, Illinois Technology Association, The Dooley Group Leadership Learning Forum (LLF), i.c.stars, Technology Leaders Association (TLA), Technology Executive Network (TEN), Executives Club of Chicago, DePaul Alumni Association, IT Executive Exchange (ITEE - previously ICE), LEGG, MIT Enterprise Forum - Chicago, Computerworld Premier 100, TEPEE,

•    Association of Information Technology Professionals - Windy City Chapter 147
•    Illinois Technology Association (ITA)
•    American Red Cross
•    Software Procurement
•    MIS Professors
•    Link to Chicago
•    Leadership Think Tank
•    Technology Leaders Association
•    CIO Forum
•    Mergers & Acquisitions Practitioners
•    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
•    Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders
•    DePaul University Alumni Association
•    Chicago Technology Network
•    i.c.stars
•    CIO Exchange
•    Linked 2 Leadership
•    IT Asset Management - Global
•    SIM Chicago
•    CEO/ CIO/COE/COO/CFO/Head/VP/ Director/President Level - Senior Leadership Group
•    SIMposium
•    Mergers and Acquisitions Professionals (MAP)
•    The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
•    Negotiation Specialists
•    The Chicago Convergence
•    Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
•    The Dooley Group - Leadership Learning Forum
•    CNA Alumni Group
•    Negotiation Tips for IT Pros
•    IT Executive Roundtable
•    LEGG Chicago Founders
•    Masters of Digital Assets
•    Continental Bank Alumni
•    DePaul University CDM Leadership Council
•    Society for Information Management - Connect
•    Top Recommended People
•    ChiTAH (Chicago Tech After Hours)
•    Lessons from Leaders
•    International Systems Working Group Alumni
•    DePaul IT Leadership Lab

John Fisher’s Honors:

2002 CIO of the Year Award, Windy City Chapter of AITP;
2003 DePaul University Alumni Champion Award;
2006 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader
2006 Excellence in Teaching Award, Adjunct Faculty - DePaul University

John Fisher’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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