Welcome to the 2005 MIT CFO Summit, the premier CFO event bringing together 500 senior decision makers in a day of networking, spirited discussions and informative discourse concerning today’s business and financial issues. Presented by the MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston, in association with the Boston Business Journal and the Massachusetts Society of CPA’s (MSCPA), this event promises to offer sponsors and participants alike the opportunity to learn from and network with financial visionaries from academia, industry, venture capital and government in an event full of lead generation, learning and networking opportunities.

Early Registration Deadline is October 1st!

Some of the featured discussions at this year’s event include:
Welcome Address:

• Richard Schmalensee, John C. Head III Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management

• Larry Best, Chief Financial Officer, Boston Scientific
• Bob Blakely, Chief Financial Officer, MCI
• Bill Koch, Founder, The Oxbow Group
• Blythe McGarvie, President, LIF Group
• Biggs Porter, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Raytheon
• David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States

• Chuck Abdalian, Chief Financial Officer, Coley Pharmaceuticals
• Bill Aulet, Senior Lecturer, MIT Center for Entrepreneurship
• Charles Baker, CEO, Harvard Pilgrim
• Ken Bettenhauser, President & Treasurer, HR Knowledge
• Allan Bufferd, Treasurer, MIT
• Ann Carlson, EVP and Managing Director, Sovereign Bank
• Alain Crozier, VP and Chief Financial Officer, Microsoft Sales & Marketing Service Group
• Rick Darer, CFO, Unica
• David Davis, VP and Chief Accounting Officer, SAS
• Michael Duffy, President & CEO, OpenPages
• Robert J. Duffy, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
• Joel H. Dugan, CEO/President/CFO and Secretary, Rhodes Inc.
• Frank Edelblut, President, Control Solutions
• Paul Ferdinands, Partner, King & Spalding
• Paul Flanagan, Chief Financial Officer, Vista Print
• Rip Haak, Chief Financial Officer, Enterasys
• Michael Holley, Author, “Patriot Reign” and Host of “Dale and Holley” on WEEI
• Bob Hult, Chief Financial Officer, Mercury Computer
• D'Anne Hurd, Audit Committe Chair, Data Translation and Vaso Active Pharmaceuticals
• Charles Kane, Chief Financial Officer, Aspen Technology
• Mark Kerwin, Chief Financial Officer, Museum of Fine Arts
• Richard Kimball, Partner, Nutter McClennen & Fish
• David Kirshner, Chief Financial Officer, Children's Hospital
• Thomas A. Kochan, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Paul Lacy, Chief Financial Officer, Kronos
• Craig Martin, Director, Association for Financial Professionals
• Matt McKenna, SVP Finance, Pepsi
• Mary Ellen Morris, Finance Manager, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
• Jack Mula, Chief Administrative Counsel, New England Patriots
• Shan Nair, President, Nair-Co
• Francis D. O’Connor, Senior Vice President and Director of Portfolio, Wells Fargo Retail Finance
• Kim Petrone, Director, FASB
• Michael L. Pizette, Managing Director, Back Bay Capital
• Biggs Porter, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Raytheon
• Kevin Rhodes, Chief Financial Officer, Edgewater Technology
• Ellen Richstone, Chief Financial Officer, Sonus Networks and Board of Directors Members, American Power Conversion
• Elisabeth Robert, President, Vermont Teddy Bear Company
• Pat Scannell, Senior VP & CFO, Netezza
• Joe Tibbetts, Chief Financial Officer, Novell
• Randy Vataha, Director Gameplan LLC
• Karen Walker, Chief Financial Officer, Boston Communications Group
• Andy Wasynczuk, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School
• Kim Williams, SVP Finance and New Business Ventures, National Football League

• How Guidant Survived Sox 404 (a Case Study)
• The Role of the CFO in Sales & Marketing
• CFO and Audit Committee Relationships post Sarbanes-Oxley
• How Rhodes Furniture Effected a Turnaround (a Case Study)
• Innovative Ways to Control Employee Benefit Costs
• Financial Excellence for Non-Profit Organizations
• Achieving Financial Excellence in International Operations
• Going Public or Going Private
• Information Technology and the Future of Financial Reporting
• The Business of Football

Register today. We sold out last year’s event and expect this year’s to sell out quickly.

This event is part of a three-event CXO series produced by the MIT Sloan School of Management and the MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston. Please refer your marketing colleagues to the MIT Sloan CMO Summit (www.mitcmo.com) and your IT colleagues to the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium (www.mitcio.com).

Register Now! For more information about the event or to learn about sponsorship opportunities contact event co-chair Jeremy Seidman (Jeremy.seidman@sloan.mit.edu).