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Jack Hilty CBA
President /
BAA Relationships
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Jack Hilty is a Certified Business Architect CBA with 25 years of enterprise-wide experience in providing overall leadership in the design and development of Information Systems, specializing in business process management, change management, project management, service oriented and enterprise architecture. Jack is the Managing Principal at SentientPoint, Inc. He has developed and teaches professional training courses and is a faculty member at Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies and an instructor, adjunct faculty at University of Chicago Graham School. Jack holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from DePaul University and is a member of the Association of Business Process Management Professionals (ABPMP), and Executives’ Club of Chicago. Contact Jack at: jhilty@sentientpoint.com
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Tom Clancy CBA
Business Architect
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Tom Clancy is an MBA and a certified Business Architect (CBA®), with 25+ years of IT experience, specializing in portfolio strengthening and improved ROI through realignment of legacy business processes to new market demands. Key strengths include quantifiable improvement in financial performance, facilitating key executive partnering relationships, and developing strong participation between business and IT. Tom is currently an independent Business Architecture Consultant after working as a Business Architect at Accenture. Tom holds a BBA in Management of Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, a MBA in Finance from DePaul University, is a Certified Business Architect, and the Business Architect for the Business Architects Association® (BAA™). Contact Tom at Tom.Clancy@Level5Growth.com
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Paul Arthur Bodine CBA
Co-Founder
Educational Services |
Paul Arthur Bodine CBA NCARB is the co-founder of the Business Architects Association® and creator of DePaul University’s accredited Business Architecture program, soon to be celebrating its 10th year! Paul is a licensed building architect, Kellogg MBA, two-time international entrepreneur and Fortune 400 veteran of the dot-com era. Paul provides advisory services to selected clients, and writes and speaks on subjects related to business architecture. Paul volunteers on the Boards of the Bright Promises Foundation, Northwestern University Library and the Chicago Cultural Mile Association.
Contact Paul at: pbodine1998@alum.kellogg.northwestern.edu
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Dan Cerceo CBA
Technology
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Dan Cerceo CBA is a Certified Business Architect® with over 10 years of IT experience focused on improving the user experience and bridging the gap between business objectives and technology. Dan is currently a Director in the Infrastructure Engineering division of comScore, Inc., a leading technology-based market research firm.
Dan holds a BS in Management Information Systems from Saint Xavier University, an MBA from DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, and serves as the Technology Committee Chair for the BAA.
Contact Dan at: dan.cerceo@businessarchitects.org Follow Dan on Twitter: http://twitter.com/dancerceo
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Burt Covnot CBA
Director
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Burton M. Covnot, Ph.D.
SVP, Senior Enterprise Architect
Bank of America
As a senior member of the bank’s Enterprise Architecture Team, Burt Covnot works closely with lead architects in the various Lines of Business (LOB) organizations in workgroup settings to ensure a consistent, enterprise-wide approach to Business Process Management (BPM) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Burt has been with the bank for 10 years. He became a Certified Business Architect in 2008.
Burt Covnot has nearly 20 years of IT management and software development experience in a variety of settings. Before joining Bank of America in 1998, he was a senior software engineer and consultant at a software engineering tools vendor and Y2K consultancy.
Burt has a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology. A B.S. in Computer Science was earned from the University of Oklahoma.
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Mark Goetsch CBA
Past President
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Mark Goetsch, CBA, MS, MSC is an expert in business, enterprise, and social architecture. In this capacity he has experience working with large fortune 100 companies and small entrepreneurial startups. Mark has had roles at the level of executive and as chief architect. Combining a unique structural perspective Mark combines analytical and architectural concepts to provide designs and measured follow through that finds the hidden opportunity within companies and corporations.
Mark is a board member and former president of the Business Architects Association, board member and vice president of accreditation for the Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession, member of the Penn State IST Enterprise Architecture Advisory Group, member of the AITP, IASA, and WWISA. Mark is adjunct faculty in DePaul University’s CDM Graduate School and Professional Program where he teaches courses in E-Commerce and Computational Finance.
Mark is a certified business architect, TOGAF 8 certified, has taken PhD seminars in social network analysis attending conferences at Harvard, ETH in Zurich, and Northwestern University. He has a Masters in Communication Systems and Strategy from Northwestern University and a Masters in Computer Science/Distributed Systems with Distinction from DePaul University.
Contact Mark at: mark.goetsch@businessarchitects.org
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Norman Kwong CBA
Past President,
Nominating Committee
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Norman Kwong currently serves as a Board Director for the Business Architects Association®. He has held the roles of President and Vice President of Marketing on the executive board of directors for the Business Architects Association®. He is also one of the founding members of the organization and has served as Nominating Committee Chair. Norman works in the retail/distribution industry, specializing in Business Strategy and Planning and Project/Program Management. He has extensive experience in both business and technology management in the corporate and entrepreneurial arenas. He has founded two successful businesses: a telecommunications training and consulting company and a Tennis Academy . Norman holds a BS in Business Information Decision Sciences from the University of Illinois, an MBA in E-Business Strategy from DePaul University 's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, and is a Certified Business Architect (CBA).
Contact Norman at: norman.kwong@businessarchitects.org
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David Martin CBA
Member Services |
David Martin has more than 20 years of software development and project management experience in the financial trading industry, currently with the Options Clearing Corporation in Chicago. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA in MIS from DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. David has been a Certified Business Architect (CBA) since 2007. and is the Director of Membership Services for the Business Architects Association and
Contact David at: david.martin@businessarchitects.org
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Mueed A Mohammed CBA Marketing & Communications
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Mueed A Mohammed is a entrepreneur and currently Serves as Co-Chair of Marketing and Communication for the Business Architects Association. He is a Certified Business Architect (CBA) with Excellent business analysis skills with an ability to understand and translate business associated challenges with an IT solution. Mueed has over 8 years of experience of progressively challenging successes in Business Architecture, Business Analysis and Project Management in Marketing, Finance, Health Care industry with extensive Knowledge in Analyzing and managing complex IT projects with a cross-functional team of engineers, account managers, and sales support.
He has a Bachelors of engineering degree in electronics and communication from Gulburga University, India and a Master of Science in Information Systems from Depaul University.
Contact Mueed at : mueed.mohammed@businessarchitects.org
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Shawn Parkes CBA
Relationship Services
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Shawn Parkes is a certified Business Architect (CBAR) with an extensive Business Architecture and Program Management background in Healthcare, Insurance, Supply Chain and Information Technology. Shawn’s career expands both corporate and consulting environments including seven years in Business Architecture consulting. His core expertise is in business architecture evaluation/reconstruction, supply chain program management, structuring and managing high-risk technology initiatives and information technology delivery.
Shawn is the Sr. Director of IT Governance for ARAMARK Corporation’s Healthcare division and is currently Co-Chair of the Relationship Services Committee for the Business Architects Association.
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Antonette "Toni" Ragusa CBA
Communities Services
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Toni Ragusa is a CBA with an extensive background in Property and Casualty Insurance and Information Technology. Toni's success has been both internal to the companies to which she has contributed and external to clients and customers by providing:
- Thought leadership in the areas of business and emerging technologies
- Value-added and innovative solutions to reduce costs and drive profitability
- A proven ability to tactically lead projects through the project
life cycle while managing multiple, diverse projects
- Solid technological understanding and business acumen to assimilate, implement, and integrate systems that form the underpinnings of the insurance industry
- A flexible and customer-focused mindset that enables a company to build and maintain profitable relationships with its clients and penetrate a highly commoditized marketplace
Toni is the managing partner at 9dots Technology and the current Communities Services Chair for the Business Architects Association.
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Dave Tilson CBA
Director
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David Tilson is a DePaul MBA and founding member of the Business Architects Association, serving on its Nominating Committee. Dave works as a project manager and business development specialist for a Chicago-based technology consulting firm. Dave's experience includes working as a consultant with Washington Mutual, PwC Consulting and Ernst & Young in the financial, telecom and manufacturing industries. Dave is a member of the National Eagle Scouts Association, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Buena Park Neighborhood Association and the DePaul MBA Association.
david.tilson@businessarchitects.org
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Keith Leust CBA
Director
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Keith Leust's bio is coming!
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Jennifer Provenzano
Corporate Affairs / Treasurer |
Jennifer Provenzano, CBA, CMI, CPA, is a tax operations professional with Jefferson Wells. For over ten years she has performed consulting engagements with Fortune 500 companies primarily focusing her business architecture design skills towards managing transactional taxes. She enjoys helping clients find and utilize best practices that process data more efficiently and effectively. Often the best strategy is implementing a tax software solution whereby Jennifer assists by designing mapping configurations that better align the software with her client's overall business environment and profit strategies.
Jennifer holds a BBA in Accounting from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a MS in Taxation from DePaul University.
jennifer.provenzano@businessarchitects.org
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Miriam Manahan
Communications
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Miriam Manahan, CBA was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. After she graduated from nursing school in Manila, she moved to USA and became a critical care registered nurse in Chicago. Mimie joined the Sales and Marketing division at Merck Pharmaceuticals in 2000. She had multiple job roles in sales and marketing while pursuing graduate degrees (MBA, MSMA and MEB).
mimie.manahan@businessarchitects.org
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Scott Harris
Chicago Chapter President
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Scott Harris's bio is coming
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