Emerging Technologies Seminar
Spring Term 2006-07

(All EMTM students, alumni and invited guests are welcome to attend ETS lectures. For prospective students interested in a selected topic or session, please inquire with the Admissions Office: 215-898-2897 or emtm-admissions@emtm.upenn.edu.)

Friday, March 23, 2007
> Business and Technical Prospects of Renewable Energy
(Executive Panel Discussion)

Friday April 6, 2007
> The Economics of IT, Governance and Compliance for Entrepreneurs' Ventures
((David Cass and Zachary Jasnoff)

Friday May 4, 2007
> The Slender Thread: Security Technology Action Items and Trends
(Mark Cohn and Nicholas D. Evans, Unisys)

Friday, March 23, 2007

Business and Technical Prospects of Renewable Energy
Executive Panel Discussion

This panel brings together specialists from industry, venture funds and academe to discuss opportunities and challenges of alternative energy sources. They will review both the technical and business aspects of renewable energy. Students will have the opportunity to join the conversation and question the panelists.

Topics and Panelists: (Read more about the panelists and their talks.)

1. Introduction to the Role and Expected Future
   of Renewable Energy
   Noam Lior, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Penn Engineering; Editor-in-Chief, ENERGY — The International Journal; Regional Editor for North America and Europe, Energy Conversion and Management Journal
   


2. Wind Power
   Mathew Olive, Commercial Account Manager, Gamesa Wind, North America
   


3. Solar Electric Power for the 21st Century
   Allen M. Barnett, Executive Director, Solar Power Program; Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware.
   


4. From Biomass to Advanced BioFuels
   Robert (Bob) R. Dorsch, PhD, Director, Biotechnology Business Development (Retired), DuPont BioBased Materials
   


5. "TRF Sustainable Development Fund: Incentive Financing for Clean Energy Market Development"
   Robert G. Sanders, Managing Director, Energy Group, and Fund Manager, Sustainable Development Fund, The Reinvestment Fund (TRF)
   

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Friday April 6 and 20, 2007

The Economics of IT, Governance and Compliance for Entrepreneurs' Ventures
David Cass, EMTM'06, JPMorgan Chase
Zachary Jasnoff, EMTM'06, PRICE Systems

IT project decision making by entrepreneurs continues to be based on reactive responses to presumed needs, inadequate risk-versus-value assessments, and over-optimistic projections of business outcomes. Entrepreneurs in high technology ventures must successfully deal with challenges of planning, coordinating, and managing concurrent IT projects and ongoing operations. In most organizations however, entrepreneurs lack visibility into spending and performance at the individual project level, let alone enterprise wide. Whatever business case is made to launch a project usually occurs at an ad-hoc level and rarely includes the necessary factual details to ensure accurate estimates, and increases IT spending without consideration of overall enterprise objectives or priorities. Employing non-biased performance measures, benchmarks, and models reveal the true risks and benefits of portfolio of ongoing operations, in-process projects and new initiatives. We will also take a brief look at the global regulatory environment and its potential impact to start ups. In addition, today's complex regulatory environment causes entrepreneurs to overlook key regulations that can directly impact their business or their customers if they are not properly adhered to.

• The Challenges of Compliance Oversight and Operational Risk for New Ventures
• How Can Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Impact Your Organization?
• Developing Your Core TCO Organizational Capabilities
• Managing IT Investments with Unbiased Performance, Measures, Benchmarks, and Models

David Cass, EMTM'06, Vice President, GTI Risk at JPMorgan Chase & Co., has extensive experience in IT risk assessment, risk management, risk mitigation, and developing security policies and procedures. He has played a key role in leading and building corporate information security organizations in the financial sector, and has worked previously at UPS, The Interpublic Group, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. His experience includes infrastructure planning & design, disaster recovery and business continuity planning. Cass holds numerous technical certifications in IT Security, Infrastructure Planning and Design, Network Engineering, and Project Management, and is a Microsoft Certified Technical Trainer. A recognized subject matter expert in Information Security, he has served on the teaching staff of the Chubb Institute and the curriculum advisory board for the Lincoln Technical Institute, and addressed the 22nd International Monetary and Trade Conference at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, which focused on the importance of IT Security for Global Business.

Zachary Jasnoff, EMTM'06, is Director of Development Projects at PRICE Systems, LLC, a Mt. Laurel, NJ-based firm that provides advanced modeling software and expert professional services to government agencies and corporations throughout the United States and around the globe. An acknowledged expert in affordability management, Jasnoff's career spans more than 20 years, beginning with the U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO), where he was responsible for independent audits and investigations on a wide variety of major defense acquisition programs. He expanded his career in parametric lifecycle estimating while serving in various positions at Boeing, PRICE Systems (mid-1990's) and Lockheed-Martin. Most recently, he served as Vice President/Director of Business Resiliency at JPMorgan Chase, where he managed a staff responsible for developing new models for measuring resiliency, value at risk and Total Cost of Ownership. In addition to his EMTM degree, he holds an MBA from American University and BA from Villanova University.

While in the EMTM program, Cass and Jasnoff were part of a team that developed intellectual property in the field of resiliency for the financial sector.

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Friday May 4, 2007

The Slender Thread: Security Technology Action Items and Trends
Mark Cohn & Nicholas D. Evans
Unisys

Join tech security luminaries Nick Evans and Mark Cohn for a primer on the security action items and trends that are transforming the way people do business across the globe. Explore specific technology examples of the impact of security on both public and private sectors.

Learn about topics including e-passports (everyone will have one by 2015), personal identification and credentialing, multi-factor authentication, and universal id cards. Discuss the impact on business, global visible commerce, travel, trusted e-commerce, off-shoring and protection of client data.

This evening will focus on both big-picture trends and practical applications through large-scale information networks.

Nick Evans and Mark Cohn have spent years working on the technology of security and related issues. Currently they both work for Unisys, the lead contractor for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration and other major security programs for both government and commercial entities around the world.

Nick Evans is Vice President & General Manager, Enterprise Security Initiatives. With twenty years of experience, he lays out key aspects of solution delivery in a wide variety of industries. His clients have included 3M, Abbott Labs, American Airlines, American Family Insurance, AT&T, Atlantic Health System, Baylor, Best Buy, and Boeing. He is the author of several business-oriented books on emerging technology and IT strategy including titles from Financial Times Prentice Hall ("Business Innovation & Disruptive Technology: Harnessing the Power of Breakthrough Technology... for Competitive Advantage" and "Business Agility: Strategies for Gaining Competitive Advantage through Mobile Business Solutions"), Microsoft Press, and Powersoft Press.

Mark Cohn is Vice President of Engineering with responsibility for the vision and architecture for the Unisys enterprise security strategic initiative and architectural support to major public sector engagements in defense and domestic security. In addition, Mark is responsible for directing R&D and solution development, global solution visibility centers, and leadership of the subject experts in personal identification and credentialing, biometrics, transportation and border security. Since joining Unisys in 1985, Mark has served successfully in a broad range of engineering and management positions. He has been technical advisor and executive of interest for Unisys with the DOD Counterintelligence Field Activity, program manager for the Transportation Security Administration Registered Traveler pilot program and principal architect for the Department of Homeland Security US-VISIT Exit system.

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