Charlie Feld is Founder and CEO of The Feld Group—based in Dallas, Texas—Feld built a team of information technology executives that enabled dramatic results in Fortune 500 companies through the transformation of their own IT organizations. The Feld Group was acquired by EDS in 2004, which was subsequently purchased by Hewlett-Packard in 2008. In September 2008, Feld retired as a senior executive vice president and member of EDS’ Executive Committee.  The Feld Group was re-launched as a Leadership Development firm in 2009.

 

Feld has garnered accolades from numerous sources, including Business 2.0 and Computerworld magazines. He has also been featured in InformationWeek and CIO magazines, which placed him among its “5 Top CIOs” in 2001. In 1997, Feld was named “One of the 12 Most Influential IT Executives of the Past Decade” by CIO magazine and Computerworld named him as one of “25 IT People to Watch in 1998.” His articles on IT leadership topics have appeared regularly in Computerworld Executive Suite, Harvard Business Review, and CIO magazine.  He has received several industry awards, including the Smithsonian Award for Technology Excellence and the Carnegie Mellon Award for Innovative Technology.  In addition, The Feld Group’s work has been the subject of multiple case studies appearing in the Harvard Business School, MIT and McKinsey Quarterly.

 

Charlie Feld earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the City University of New York, Hunter College.

 

 

 
Tarek ElHadidi is vice president and chief information officer (CIO) for Freescale Semiconductor. He is responsible for the discovery, development and delivery of quality information technology services and solutions that optimize the operational effectiveness and market performance of Freescale. Tarek joined Freescale in April 2011.

 

Prior to Freescale, Tarek served as senior vice president and CIO of the Haldex Group, a provider of proprietary and innovative solutions to the global vehicle industry. Tarek joined the Haldex Group in April 2007.

 

Before that, Tarek served in a number of senior management positions during his 14 years with the ABB Group. He began his career with ABB at the Research and Development facility in Raleigh, North Carolina. He also served as vice president of Information Systems for Business Unit Transformers in Zurich, Switzerland. His last position with ABB was as vice president and CIO for ABB China and North Asia.

 

Tarek earned his master’s and doctorate degrees in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Production Engineering from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. He is married with two children.

 

 

 

Theresa Meadows, MS, RN, is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Cook Children’s Health Care System.   Cook Children’s Health Care System, based in Fort Worth, Texas, is a national award-winning, not-for-profit, integrated health care system comprised of seven companies. She leads a team of 150 staff with initiatives that include deploying business intelligence, advanced clinical systems, and enterprise resource management.

 

Theresa has 15+ years of experience leading efforts for incorporating information systems as a mechanism for facilitating process improvement and efficiency.  Prior to joining Cook, Theresa was the National Director for the McKesson Community of Excellence for Ascension Health Information Services. In that role she led the strategic direction for clinical information solutions that cross care settings for 10 facilities within Ascension Health.

 

Meadows’ has a master’s degree in healthcare informatics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is a certified Health Informatics Professional.