“THE WAR FOR TALENT & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY” OCTOBER DINNER MEETING
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Fountain Blue, 2300 S. Mannheim Road Des Plaines, Illinois 60018
5:30 to 6:00PM: Registration 6:00 to 8:00PM: Program
Session I - Intellectual Property Rights violations to include Trafficking in Counterfeit Goods, Trademark Infringement, and Economic Espionage/Theft of Trade Secrets Speakers: Beth Boxwell & Benjamin Ivanovics Dinner
Session II - Future Career Advancement Speaker: Mark Schwiebert
Today’s professional will experience a job change every three to four years. A recent article by KPMG identifies that we are being held to a higher standard. That our performance is no longer financial stability, but building collaboration and relationships within an outside the organization. Being proactive, initialing a collaborative nature of one’s organization, to developing concrete plans to deliver value and investment in future capabilities.
Mark Schwiebert, Global Procurement Director of BP Amoco, has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with us. We will discuss the roadmap one should prepare to move within the organization. That adversity and tenacity are key attributes for one’s career advancement and marketability.
Join us in an exchange of differing perspectives. Engage the speaker and audience. 8:00PM: Adjourn
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS BETH BOXWELL is a Special Agent with the FBI. For over 10 years, SA Boxwell has worked criminal violations to include Public Corruption, Gangs, White Collar Fraud, and Intellectual Property Rights. SA Boxwell is also a Crisis Negotiator. BENJAMIN IVANOVICS is an Intelligence Analyst with the FBI. Having served the Intelligence Community for over 11 years, he has supported a variety of foreign and domestic intelligence operations. He currently provides analysis of fraud trends, criminal networks, and perpetrators as they relate to Mortgage Fraud, Financial Institution Fraud, and Intellectual Property Rights investigations.
MARK SCHWIEBERT is the Head of Procurement for BP’s US Fuels business. He has full end to end (source to settle) procurement accountability for BP’s US Refineries, midstream (Pipeline and terminal infrastructure) and US Retail marketing activity. BP operates procurement in a matrix, center-led structure which includes both category/market facing and business unit facing teams. Total spend is ~$3bn.
REGISTER TODAY at www.ism-chicago.org. Questions? Call (847) 298-1940