Sessions

Ron Kifer		EVENTS
Group Vice President and CIO, Applied Materials
As Group Vice President and CIO of Applied Materials, Ron Kifer has responsibility for Global Information Services strategy, planning, operations, infrastructure, and development. Mr. Kifer joined Applied Materials in May of 2006 with the charter to transform that organization’s IT capability to world class status. Mr. Kifer has more than 30 years of IT leadership experience across a variety of industries. Before joining Applied, he held regional CIO responsibilities within DHL Express for Europe as well as multi-regional responsibility for the Rest of World organization (U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Emerging Markets). Prior to this, Mr. Kifer held executive IT leadership positions in software engineering, program management, and operations within the aerospace, financial services, insurance and transportation arenas. Mr. Kifer earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of the State of New York and a Master of Arts in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix. In addition, Mr. Kifer holds multiple professional certifications as a Project Management Professional, Prince 2 Practitioner, and Stanford Certified Project Manager. Mr. Kifer is an internationally recognized authority on project, program and portfolio management and frequent contributor to industry publications on IT methodology and best practices. He is a member of CIO Magazines editorial advisory board, the CIO Executive Council and Microsoft’s High Tech Customer Advisory Board. .

SESSIONS