CIO at Large
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- CIO at Large at Center for Systems Innovation [c4si]
- Past
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- Chief Information Officer at Network Services Co.
- Practice Director at Covansys
- Senior Consultant at Consulting Engagements
- Director of Business Systems Planning at Anixter International
- Manager of Systems Development at Anixter International
- Education
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- Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
- University of Cincinnati
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Michael Hugos’s Summary
- Mentor and thought leader in business and IT agility
- Award winning chief information officer and business innovator
- IT Industry columnist, blogger, and author of several books
- Repeated success in supply chain and business systems development
- Collaborative, multidisciplinary leadership style
- MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management
- Speaker on technology and business strategy
Michael Hugos’s Specialties:
Bold and resourceful use of people, process and technology to deliver business agility and competitive success in a timely and decisive manner
Michael Hugos’s Experience
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CIO at Large
Center for Systems Innovation [c4si]
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
MENTORING & CONSULTING - Working with companies on business agility, IT systems design and supply chain management. Developed supply chain visibility system for 4,500 store restaurant chain. Mentored developers at large software company in creation of global workflow management system. Strategic planning for division of Fortune 500 company and design of systems architecture for rollout of new business unit providing supply chain and procurement services to healthcare facilities.
KEYNOTES & BRIEFINGS – Keynote presentations at seminars and conferences in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Presentations on topics such as: Building the Agile Enterprise; Supply Chains for Competitive Advantage; and Real Time Strategy. Featured speaker at CIO 100 Awards conference New Delhi, India 2007 and Datacenter & IT Operations conference Frankfurt, Germany 2008. Lectures at University of Illinois in Chicago, Loyola University and Northern Illinois University. Published author, see below. -
Chief Information Officer
Network Services Co.
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Wholesale industry)
November 1999 — November 2005 (6 years 1 month)
Network Services was then an $8 billion dollar distribution cooperative serving customers across North America. Drove implimentation of business strategy by agile use of appropriate technology and business processes. Designed, built and and rolled out suite of supply chain and e-business systems that transformed company's business model from old line distributor to value added provider of products, information and supply chain services.
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Practice Director
Covansys
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CVNS; Management Consulting industry)
April 1996 — November 1999 (3 years 8 months)
Covansys was an international management consulting and IT services firm with some 4,200 professionals on staff. I reported to the vice president of our 340-person Chicago office and was responsible for $4.5 million in revenue with 30% of my compensation based on meeting performance objectives. My concentration was in e-commerce and I used the company's onsite, offsite, offshore delivery model to build systems quickly and cost effectively. Large projects usually included programming teams based at the company's offshore development center in India.
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Senior Consultant
Consulting Engagements
(Management Consulting industry)
November 1994 — April 1996 (1 year 6 months)
Over 18-month period, took on short-term assignments with three firms:
* Bricker & Associates, Chicago, IL. - Managed design and development of data warehouse and executive information system. Brought in new client and $430,000 worth of new business.
* HTG Systems, Fort Worth, TX - Firm had enterprise resource planning (ERP) package aimed at midsize manufacturing and distribution companies. Established firm's Chicago office, developed marketing and sales plan, hired and trained salespeople to assist in selling package and related consulting services.
* Checkers Simon & Rosner LLP, Chicago, IL - Assisted CPA firm to grow systems consulting practice and hire and train personnel needed to support growth. Identified target market segments in distribution, manufacturing and financial services industries and defined product and service offerings for segments. Closed in excess of $600,000 worth of new business. -
Director of Business Systems Planning
Anixter International
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AXE; Wholesale industry)
December 1993 — November 1994 (1 year)
Worked with senior management of this then $3-billion international distributor of wiring systems and components for data, voice and video networks to formulate technology plans to support their major business initiatives. Created high level conceptual system designs and budgets for presentation to Corporate Steering Committee that set development priorities.
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Manager of Systems Development
Anixter International
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AXE; Wholesale industry)
November 1989 — December 1993 (4 years 2 months)
Hired by Anixter VP of Worldwide Operations to start up, train and manage a group of business analysts and system designers within existing 100-person information services department. Led project team of business and technical people that successfully designed, built and rolled out multimillion-dollar sales support, order entry, and customer contact management system. System has since been updated with new graphic user interface and is still used by over 1,400 sales people in 140 offices in North and South America, Europe and Asia.
Michael Hugos’s Education
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Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
MBA , Finance and Management Information Systems
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University of Cincinnati
Bachelor of Science , Urban Planning and Design
Additional Information
Michael Hugos’s Websites:
Michael Hugos’s Interests:
Author of Business Agility (2009), author of The Greatest Innovation Since the Assembly Line (2007), author of Essentials of Supply Chain Management 2nd Edition (2006), author of Building the Real-Time Enterprise (2005), co-author of CIO Best Practices (2007), co-author of Supply Chain Management in the Retail Industry (2005), keynote speaker, writing, blogging, mentoring, agile, lean, innovation, business agility, IT agility, business strategy, supply chains, history, global economy, real-time enterprise, agile enterprise, lean enterprise
Michael Hugos’s Groups:
Society for Information Management (SIM)
CIO Magazine bloggers
Forbes.com blog network focusing on business and finance
John Wiley & Sons Author
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CIO Brain Storm
Michael Hugos’s Honors:
CIO 100 Award for Resourcefulness, 2003
CIO 100 Award for Boldness, 2005
InformationWeek 500 Award for IT Innovation, 2005
Computerworld Premier 100 Award for Career Achievement, 2006
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