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Michael Iacona's business leadership success was no accident. Rather, his professional and personal achievements are a result of his calculated "game plan." With a goal of becoming a future-focused CIO who drives technology initiatives that make strategic business sense, Michael has proactively acquired 14+ years' cross-industry experience with large multinational companies, founded an Internet start-up and earned dual Masters degrees - an MBA from Columbia Business School and an MS in Information Systems from Pace University. Inspired by business and technological innovation, Michael has focused on the use of emerging technologies to differentiate products, processes and services and continuously seeks out opportunities for improvement.
Currently, Michael oversees all of the technology for TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications LLC. (former Advertising division of Monster Worldwide). As a member of the company's senior management team, Michael is responsible for activities ranging from the design and implementation of infrastructure and internal support, Customer Relationship Management, billing, and workflow management systems to product engineering and high end, high dollar external custom client facing web development solutions. Additionally, Michael contributes to strategic planning for business process re-engineering, change management and training, ensuring that technology initiatives are in line with the company's strategy and vision.
Prior to joining Monster, Michael learned a great deal about Internet start-ups by creating his own, myRebates.com. He acquired knowledge of web technologies and business skills to complement his five years' experience as a software developer for AT&T. While at AT&T, Michael had a chance to work with some of the best software and network engineers, and the company was an excellent corporate training ground.
Michael's career is characterized by consistently meeting new challenges in progressively responsible positions. Keys to his effectiveness are his entrepreneurial passion and results-orientation, and his teams appreciate his dependability and integrity in making tough decisions. Core to his management style, Michael fosters open communication and enjoys coaching team members, capitalizing on their unique talents and leading by example.
Michael grew up interested in computers and sports - eventually combining these interests with computer programming for games and problem solving. With unrealized dreams of playing professional sports, Michael began to apply his competitive mentality to his formal education, fueling his ongoing interest in professional development.
Michael's affable nature and commitment to forward-thinking has fostered his positioning as a valuable industry resource; as evident by recent invitations to speak at industry conferences.
"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."
- Vince Lombardi (1913 - 1970)
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Michael's Events & Articles
July 29th, 2008
Speaker at:
Successful Selling to the CIO
December 6th, 2007
Speaker at:
CIO Executive Summit
May 7th, 2007 - TechCareers
Career Profile:
CIO/TMP Worldwide
March 29th, 2007 - Network World
Management & Careers:
Inside Advice
Nov. 7th, 2006 - Grand Hyatt NYC
Technology Panel Member:
Columbia Business School
Career Night 2006
September 6th, 2006
CIO Magazine
Getting Your Name Out There:
4 Simple Steps to Worldwide Fame
June 14th, 2006
CIO Decisions 2006
MBA Worth The Effort, But
Doesn't Guarentee IT Stardom
June 6th & 7th, 2006 - Carlsbad, CA Speaker at:
CIO Decisions Conference

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Three just-published patent applications hint at the company's future plans. But it could be a while before we see any of the functionality built into iPhones or other Apple devices.
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q&a From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where it's headed.
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