Bob Boiko

Author of Laughing at the CIO

Author, Founder, Teacher, University of Washington & Metatorial Services

Bob is a recognized world-wide as a thought leader in the field of information management, he has almost 20 years of experience designing and building Web, hypertext and multimedia systems and tools for some of the world's top technology corporations (including Microsoft, Motorola, and Boeing).

Bob has sat on many advisory boards and is the recipient of many awards including the 2005 EContent 100 Award. He is author of two editions of "The Content Management Bible" and the new book "Laughing at the CIO: Leading Information Management in the Information Age". Bob is internationally known for his lectures and workshops.

Bob is an extremely skilled analyst, facilitator, teacher, designer, and architect and has extensive expertise in content and knowledge management, authoring, multimedia design, Web publishing and tool construction. He has undergraduate degrees in physics and oceanography and a graduate degree in human communication.

Favorite pastimes, outside of information management, include hiking, bicycling and snowboarding.

University of Washington & Metatorial Services

Metatorial Services is a micro consultancy based in Seattle, US specializing in content and information management strategy and design. With a range of commercial, governmental, and non-profit clients of every size, Metatorial Services has worked on just about every aspect of information management.

The University of Washington's Information School is a group dedicated to helping shape the emerging electronic information discipline. At the iSchool, Bob has trained hundreds of information professionals and designed programs in content management. Metadata, business analysis, information initiative planning, information architecture, information system design, and public access to information are some of the skills Bob brings to the table.

Tutorial

• Solving your toughest info problems

Keynote

Wednesday, November 7^th: 9.15 - 10.00

Leading with Information

Everyone says we are in the information age. Everyone knows that information is power. Everyone agrees that it one of the key strategic assets of your organization.

So, why do we so often treat information as if it were worthless; simply a necessary evil on the way to other more important goals? Does it have to be this way? If you really believe all this about information, it can lead you naturally to a way to make information powerful in your organization. Furthermore information can become a firm basis for leadership with in an ITC department and at the highest levels of your organization.

I'll discuss some ideas about how to get beyond products and systems to put information in the position it deserves in your organization.

Download

• cmf2007 Slides: Leading with Information   

Links

• CM Forum: Indholdsstrategi - en dag med Bob Boiko (in Danish)
• Seattle 24x7: Content Crusader: Interview with Bob Boiko