Speaker Biograghy: Michael has been Deputy Director General of Information Systems at the IAA for almost two years. Before the IAA role he spent almost eight years at Microsoft Israel, where he was responsible for the projects and professional services that Microsoft conducted in Israel. Before Microsoft Michael worked for customers in the public sector. In his career he has performed a variety of roles, from programmer to systems analyst, project manager and head of unit of project managers. He has also managed large software units. He has worked on projects in many areas: logistics, human resources, health, procurement & budget, education, GIS, and more. He has managed hundreds of professionals and dozens of projects simultaneously, all across the country, with more than 20,000 customers and budgets of more than US$20m.


Day 1 - 15 March
Session: Technology: Systems Integration & Automating Business Processes

16:55 - 17:20 - IT strategic planning – the airport industry versus other verticals
Synopsis: The presentation will discuss the process and outcomes of the strategic plan for the IT of the Israel Airports Authority, and will compare the different emphases for developing strategic plans for airports versus other verticals. The main issues that will be analysed will be the different priorities between the verticals: for the airport industry it starts from security and safety as a first priority through operational challenges to financial stability; in other verticals, the first priority is the finance issues through operational issues targeted at profit.

Audience will learn:

• A glimpse of the IAA's IT strategy plan
• The method implemented to create the IAA's IT strategy plan
• The emphasis and highlights of the IAA's IT strategy plan
• Is the methodology to create an IT strategy for the airport industry different to that of other verticals?
• The distinctions between the different markets/verticals