CIO Interviews

Interview with Arnoud Engelfriet, IP counsel at Philips

Arnoud Engelfriet works as intellectual property (IP) counsel at Royal Philips in the Netherlands, specializing in software licensing and Internet IP issues. As secretary of the Philips Open Source Advisory Board he coordinates the IP aspects of the use and contribution of open source software by Philips.
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Interview with Per-Ola Sjöswärd, the Executive IT-strategist at the Swedish National Police

Per-Ola Sjöswärd is the Executive IT-strategist at the Swedish National Police. On his initiative the Swedish Police has adopted a multi-tiered arcitechture built on Java Enterprise Edition and Open Source components. Mr Sjöswärd enthusiatically aims to enhance understanding and adoption of Open Source Software combined with commodity software in mission critical systems.
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Interview with Michael Sorg from neckermann.de

Michael Sorg, head of new media at neckermann.de GmbH is responsible for the e-, m- and t-commerce activities (electronic commerce, mobile commerce, tv shopping) of the company. Prior to joining neckermann.de Michael Sorg worked at Hewlett-Packard. Before becoming head of media at neckermann.de he held positions in marketing, direct marketing, sales, and IT. In 1998 he established the New Media department at neckermann.de.
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Interview with JP Rangaswami, CIO of BT Global Services

JP Rangaswami, CIO of BT Global Services since 2006, is a highly respected voice in the UK IT-industry, a fellow of both the British Computer Society and the Royal Society of Arts. Before joining BT Global Services he was the global CIO of the investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, where he introduced a MySQL-based system. He was named CIO of the year by Waters Magazine in 2003 and CIO Innovator of the year by the European Technology Forum in 2004.
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