Speaking
From time to time, I’ve been fortunate enough to speak publicly about some of the things my team is working on – or about innovation trends in general. Below are links and information about some of my recent presentations.
Secure 360
May 2011 – St. Paul, MN
Inside Target’s Global Crisis Management Strategy
How does a $70 billion global corporation successfully prepare its leaders for today’s crisis management challenges? In this presentation, Target’s leader for Crisis Management will provide an overview of preparedness, monitoring, response, and recovery. Topics covered will include Target’s Corporate Command Center, cross-organizational crisis collaboration, crisis communication, business continuity, and global intelligence. Case studies of several incidents will be shared as well.
College of St. Scholastica
December 2009 – St. Paul, MN
Crisis Management & Strategic Issues
Guest lecture in strategic management class on crisis management at Target and other large corporations
University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management
October 2008 – Minneapolis, MN
Innovation in Assets Protection
Guest lecture in class on Strategic Innovation Management focused on the development of Internet Protocol Video, Video Analytics, Remote Monitoring, and other related video projects at Target.
New England Organized Retail Theft Conference & Symposium
September 2008 – Worcester, MA
Trends in Security Technology
Closing keynote presentation on technology used in Target’s Assets Protection program, including IP Video, Remote Monitoring, Video Analytics, Investigation Centers, Segway / T3 Motion, and other related efforts.
International Organization of Black Security Executives
May 2008 – Minneapolis, MN
Be Different
Retailers continue to innovate and evolve – yet Loss Prevention departments appear to be lagging behind. A look at some innovations undertaken by Target’s Assets Protection team and some of the lessons we’ve learned trying to create an innovation culture inside Target.
Annual Loss Prevention Conference, Retail Industry Leader’s Association (RILA)
May 2008 – Dallas, TX
Smart CCTV – An Overview of Video Analytics
Many retailers store hundreds or thousands of hours of video in their locations that are never seen by human eyes. This presentation will focus on the utilization of video analytics to help retailers gain additional value from their video surveillance systems for both loss prevention and other organizations across the corporation. Topics will include business value development, system architecture, analytics examples, and an overview of the analytics marketplace.
Co-Presented w/ Pete Jankowski, Chief Technology Officer, Video Surveillance, Cisco Systems
FIATECH 2007 Member Meeting
September 2007 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Safe & Secure by Design
A look at how Target has utilized public/private partnerships & technology to help protect their facilities
Secure360
May 2007 – St. Paul, Minnesota
Colliding Priorities – Security innovation in a convergent world
In today’s world, when the world of IT and physical security are converging, how do organizations learn to work together internally and continue to innovate? In this presentation, hear one corporation’s example of managing through a major convergence effort and the lessons they learned along the way.
International Organization of Black Security Executives
April 2007 – Orlando, Florida
Trends in Security Innovation
A discussion of recent trends in security innovation – including IP video, blogs, wikis, social networking / social media, reputation management, and how to be prepared for what’s coming.
Minnebar
April 2007 – St. Paul, Minnesota
Innovation in a Convergent World
In today’s world, when the world of IT and physical security are converging, how do organizations learn to work together internally and continue to innovate? In this presentation, hear one corporation’s example of managing through a major convergence effort and the lessons they learned along the way.