Michael Siersema is an experienced executive with over 30 years of experience in corporate technology leadership. He has held roles such as Chief Technology Officer at Computer Sciences Corporation, where he managed up to 2,800 resources and delivered solutions to major companies. Throughout his career, Michael has leveraged technology to help achieve key business objectives. He is a thought leader who enjoys mentoring others and sharing his expertise through publications and speaking engagements.
2014 Tech M&A Monthly - Deals Closing GloballyCorum Group
Bolstered by strong public markets, record cash and continuing disruptive technological change, the high volume of Tech M&A deals has carried over into the first quarter of 2014, making for a record spring. Tune in to our Quarterly Report April 10 for field reports from the dealmakers in the M&A trenches on deals closing globally.
Plus, details on the key deals, trends and valuations in the Horizontal, Vertical, Consumer, Internet, Infrastructure and IT Services markets for Q1:2014.
2014 Tech M&A Monthly - Deals Closing GloballyCorum Group
Bolstered by strong public markets, record cash and continuing disruptive technological change, the high volume of Tech M&A deals has carried over into the first quarter of 2014, making for a record spring. Tune in to our Quarterly Report April 10 for field reports from the dealmakers in the M&A trenches on deals closing globally.
Plus, details on the key deals, trends and valuations in the Horizontal, Vertical, Consumer, Internet, Infrastructure and IT Services markets for Q1:2014.
The 10 Most Influential Leaders in Telecom Industry, 2023.pdfCIO Look Magazine
This edition features a handful of The Most Influential Leaders in Telecom Industry that are leading us to a better future
Read More: https://ciolook.com/the-10-most-influential-leaders-in-telecom-industry-2023-november2023/
Business Architecture “A New Way of Thinking” - For Business Executive Leadership
Learning Objective: The Business Architect eXpert seminar is designed for executives and professionals responsible for business transformation and business execution initiatives that include business modeling, process automation, business optimization, cost cutting, value management as well as business oriented transformation projects.
Description: This Business Architecture seminar is uniquely designed to innovate organizations' cross-disciplinary business process improvement, process modeling and value chain management strategies. The seminar is structured to help participants acquire new business modeling competency awareness and introduces a new certification opportunity associated with business architecture projects.
Outcomes: Seminar participants will be introduced to a global certification movement that is introducing a "new way of thinking", working and modeling business transformation initiatives. A clear understanding of emerging trends in value management, process performance management/measurements and strategy modeling will be provided as an outcome of this seminar. A strategy to implement continuous improvement approaches and value-based process modeling will be shared as part of the global movement behind the Leading Practice ‘way of thinking’ - http://www.leadingpractice.com/certification/business-architect-expert/
Tech M&A Monthly: Private Equity Panel - Feb. 2013Corum Group
Private Equity now accounts for 40% of the largest deals, often outbidding the strategic buyers. And with a staggering $1 tillion in uncommitted funds, this trend will continue driving up valuations and impacting the competitive landscape. Is your market on their radar? How can you get direct interest from Private Equity? What about from a portfolio company? Find out from our live panel of leading global PE firms, including Accel-KKR, Riverside and Carlyle.
Global Tech M&A Monthly: Mid-Year Report - July 2013Corum Group
2013 has been a remarkable year for tech M&A so far, marked by record setting deals, landmark transactions and increasing valuations. What markets have benefited the most? Who is best poised going into the second half? The Corum research team will give an in-depth look at the market--deals, trends and valuations 6 technology sectors and all 26 subsectors. Plus, reports from the M&A trenches on deals just completed.
This edition features a handful of The 10 Most Influential Women In Tech, 2022 that are leading us into a digital future
Read More: https://ciolook.com/the-10-most-influential-women-in-tech-2022-novermber-2022/
In this webinar, PK Agarwal, former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the State of California will discuss the challenges of managing the data growth and how an effective data management strategy can help government agencies meet regulatory requirements, help rationalize application infrastructure, cut costs, and improve efficiencies in government data centers
InterVision Systems helps customers build and optimize their cloud and IT infrastructure. Our services include architecture, integration and configuration, installation, maintenance contract renewals, staff augmentation, project management, and managed services.
Innovation and leadership have always been closely linked. Part eight of s+b's "Inside the Mind of the CEO" series is an interview with the chief executive of a multi-industrial producer of intelligent buildings and energy storage solutions. The interview explores how the right leadership can help a company make the transition from an industrial company to one steeped in digital technology-style solutions to customer problems.
Financial services firms struggle more than other industries to digitize their products and services, often failing to digitally transform themselves as quickly as other organizations. Facing new competition from more digitally savvy technology businesses, finserv firms are looking for new, better ways of doing digital transformation and addressing risks in their businesses.
In this presentation, moderated by Ian Lowe, VP Marketing at Crownpeak, Eric Feige, Managing Director at VShift, shares real-world examples of how a practical, next-gen approach to digital transformation accelerates growth in financial services, while tackling risk head-on.
The presentation covered three important keys to mitigating risk :
• Updated governance models: Addressing who owns the client and who owns digital to accelerate progress
• Decoupled digital technology: Overcoming speed-to-market obstacles presented by monolithic software and IT approaches
• Culture change tactics: Changing behaviors throughout the organization
Tech M&A Monthly: 10 Ways to Increase Your Company's ValueCorum Group
If you’re looking at taking advantage of today’s strong M&A market, what can you do to make sure you’re bringing the most valuable company possible to market? There’s no easy trick to building a valuable technology company, but there are specific things that owners and executives can do to maximize that value when preparing for an exit, whether this year or farther down the road. June 9, hear from Corum’s global team of dealmakers for their perspectives as both M&A advisors and CEOs themselves--what they’ve seen drive real value in actual transactions, and how companies like yours can put these best practices to use.
The 10 Most Influential Leaders in Telecom Industry, 2023.pdfCIO Look Magazine
This edition features a handful of The Most Influential Leaders in Telecom Industry that are leading us to a better future
Read More: https://ciolook.com/the-10-most-influential-leaders-in-telecom-industry-2023-november2023/
Business Architecture “A New Way of Thinking” - For Business Executive Leadership
Learning Objective: The Business Architect eXpert seminar is designed for executives and professionals responsible for business transformation and business execution initiatives that include business modeling, process automation, business optimization, cost cutting, value management as well as business oriented transformation projects.
Description: This Business Architecture seminar is uniquely designed to innovate organizations' cross-disciplinary business process improvement, process modeling and value chain management strategies. The seminar is structured to help participants acquire new business modeling competency awareness and introduces a new certification opportunity associated with business architecture projects.
Outcomes: Seminar participants will be introduced to a global certification movement that is introducing a "new way of thinking", working and modeling business transformation initiatives. A clear understanding of emerging trends in value management, process performance management/measurements and strategy modeling will be provided as an outcome of this seminar. A strategy to implement continuous improvement approaches and value-based process modeling will be shared as part of the global movement behind the Leading Practice ‘way of thinking’ - http://www.leadingpractice.com/certification/business-architect-expert/
Tech M&A Monthly: Private Equity Panel - Feb. 2013Corum Group
Private Equity now accounts for 40% of the largest deals, often outbidding the strategic buyers. And with a staggering $1 tillion in uncommitted funds, this trend will continue driving up valuations and impacting the competitive landscape. Is your market on their radar? How can you get direct interest from Private Equity? What about from a portfolio company? Find out from our live panel of leading global PE firms, including Accel-KKR, Riverside and Carlyle.
Global Tech M&A Monthly: Mid-Year Report - July 2013Corum Group
2013 has been a remarkable year for tech M&A so far, marked by record setting deals, landmark transactions and increasing valuations. What markets have benefited the most? Who is best poised going into the second half? The Corum research team will give an in-depth look at the market--deals, trends and valuations 6 technology sectors and all 26 subsectors. Plus, reports from the M&A trenches on deals just completed.
This edition features a handful of The 10 Most Influential Women In Tech, 2022 that are leading us into a digital future
Read More: https://ciolook.com/the-10-most-influential-women-in-tech-2022-novermber-2022/
In this webinar, PK Agarwal, former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the State of California will discuss the challenges of managing the data growth and how an effective data management strategy can help government agencies meet regulatory requirements, help rationalize application infrastructure, cut costs, and improve efficiencies in government data centers
InterVision Systems helps customers build and optimize their cloud and IT infrastructure. Our services include architecture, integration and configuration, installation, maintenance contract renewals, staff augmentation, project management, and managed services.
Innovation and leadership have always been closely linked. Part eight of s+b's "Inside the Mind of the CEO" series is an interview with the chief executive of a multi-industrial producer of intelligent buildings and energy storage solutions. The interview explores how the right leadership can help a company make the transition from an industrial company to one steeped in digital technology-style solutions to customer problems.
Financial services firms struggle more than other industries to digitize their products and services, often failing to digitally transform themselves as quickly as other organizations. Facing new competition from more digitally savvy technology businesses, finserv firms are looking for new, better ways of doing digital transformation and addressing risks in their businesses.
In this presentation, moderated by Ian Lowe, VP Marketing at Crownpeak, Eric Feige, Managing Director at VShift, shares real-world examples of how a practical, next-gen approach to digital transformation accelerates growth in financial services, while tackling risk head-on.
The presentation covered three important keys to mitigating risk :
• Updated governance models: Addressing who owns the client and who owns digital to accelerate progress
• Decoupled digital technology: Overcoming speed-to-market obstacles presented by monolithic software and IT approaches
• Culture change tactics: Changing behaviors throughout the organization
Tech M&A Monthly: 10 Ways to Increase Your Company's ValueCorum Group
If you’re looking at taking advantage of today’s strong M&A market, what can you do to make sure you’re bringing the most valuable company possible to market? There’s no easy trick to building a valuable technology company, but there are specific things that owners and executives can do to maximize that value when preparing for an exit, whether this year or farther down the road. June 9, hear from Corum’s global team of dealmakers for their perspectives as both M&A advisors and CEOs themselves--what they’ve seen drive real value in actual transactions, and how companies like yours can put these best practices to use.
Tech M&A Monthly: 10 Ways to Increase Your Company's Value
Siersema_Michael_Bio
1. MICHAEL R. SIERSEMA
Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex (817) 201-5811 michael@siersema.com
EXECUTIVE BIO
Michael Siersema is a dynamic executive with over 30 years’ experience in corporate technology leadership,
strategic business and technology consulting, practice management, the military and community
leadership. In his most recent role as Chief Technology Officer at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC),
Michael was responsible for managing up to 2800 resources and collaborating with IBM, Oracle and
Microsoft to deliver high-impact solutions to Mattel, AT&T, Toshiba, Disney, Boeing Raytheon, Toyota,
DirecTV, Black & Decker, BHP Billiton Petroleum and Southern California Edison, to name a few.
Michael has always been passionate about leveraging technologies to achieve key business objectives. After
earning a degree in Business Administration with a minor in Electrical Engineering, he was hired by Lear
Astronics as Engineering Program Manager. He moved into Information Technology and left to become
CIO for Yokohama Tire in the mid-90s. He then transitioned to PriceWaterhouseCoopers as a
telecommunications engineering lead. He left to return to IT with Tatum CIO Partners, a professional
services company providing middle-market companies and large corporations with CIOs to manage their
IT functions. As the Managing Partner in Los Angeles, Michael led the region to land the highest-paying
and most profitable engagements in company history. After this success, Michael harnessed his
entrepreneurial spirit to establish his own technology consultancy where as CEO leading 27
executives/consultants; he reduced technology risk for companies ranging from NASA and Los Angeles
Department of Water and Power to mid-market businesses, hospitals and government agencies.
In 2007 Michael joined Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) as a Technology Director and steadily
progressed over 7 years to Market Solutions Director and Chief Technology Officer of the Pacific Region.
His reputation as a trusted advisor, big picture visionary, pioneer and change agent produced dramatic
bottom-line results for both CSC and their prestigious clientele. Michael’s impressive achievements at CSC
included creating a new line of business, Business Process as a Service (BPaaS), that yielded $21M over 5
years, introducing cloud computing solutions, and securing a $400K contract to design a “green” data
center.
As a forward-thinking, inquisitive and venturesome individual, Michael thrives on challenge and is the “go
to” person for tackling the most complex assignments. Through decisive and assertive leadership, Michael
spearheaded multiple technology transformations and business turnarounds, and grew annual revenue in
CSC’s highly competitive Los Angeles market from $8M to $50M during a recession. He loves to win and
his confidence is inspiring to others. By introducing his extensive network of business and technology
contacts to the CSC sales force, they were able to generate $40M in new business within 30 months.
Giving back to the community is paramount to Michael and in his spare time, he provides pro-bono
business and technology consulting services to local organizations. He has served on the Board of Directors
for the City of Huntington Beach Public Works Commission, Forum for Corporate Directors, TechAmerica
and Web Wise Kids. Earlier in his career, Michael proudly served in the US Air Force.
2. Michael is a thought leader who enjoys sharing his opinions on work-related problems through speaking
engagements, mentorship and publications. He has authored a book, “Intelligent Evolution: Origins of
Business Technology” and was a founding member of the Orange County Business Development Non-
Profit, Internet Professionals and University of California-Irvine Executive MBA Mentorship Program. As a
member of the Dean’s Council at Chapman University, Michael was a driving force in upgrading the IT
curriculum to better prepare students for the commercial world. He has also coached executives from
Women in Technology International, one of which became COO for a major IT organization.