A MEGA Webinar Series

Application Portfolio Rationalization: A BlueCross BlueShield Case Study
Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 1:00pm ET

Please take a moment to consider the following:

• Is your architecture good? Is it great?

• How do you determine where to invest your IT budget?

• Which technologies should you keep? Which should you cut?

• What process are you using to understand the impacts of the above decisions?

• Is your current strategy producing the greatest return on your investment?

In this Webinar, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield will present a case study reviewing their approach for Application Portfolio Rationalization using MEGA. Excellus BlueCross BlueShield will also provide an overview of the Rationalization effort and discuss enterprise architecture usage within their organization.

Topics:
• What is Application Rationalization?
• Baseline and Future State Planning
• How Excellus is currently leveraging its enterprise architecture

About the Speakers:

Scott Hendler is the Migration Strategy Lead on the Skills and Architecture Transformation Team at Excellus BCBS. His responsibilities include developing strategies to migrate and use new technologies by Application Developers, as well as, assist in long term portfolio and application planning. Scott has been employed by Excellus for 11 years, 10 years in IT.
Over the past 16 years, he has worked in the government and healthcare industries. Scott has a Masters Degree of Public Administration from Rockefeller College, State University of NY at Albany.

Eric Stephens is an Enterprise Architect with Excellus BCBS. Eric has responsibility for SOA initiatives, Enterprise Architecture practices and tooling, and supports customer service solutions. He has nearly 20 years of IT experience in healthcare, insurance, and government systems. Eric also held an adjunct teaching position from 1996 – 2006 concurrent with his responsibilities at Excellus. He holds the Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE designation and received his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University.

- Live Q&A following the presentation
- Join us on September 27th for a free Webinar event
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