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Tuesday, 30 May 2006 |
The Dr. Phil of the Data Center. Meet Hugh Taylor
Ten years in advanced technology in the Fortune 500 taught Hugh Taylor that corporate managers and information technology professionals are often in a dysfunctional relationship. In one case, it took 18 aggravating months to install a simple piece of software just because of oppressive security rules imposed by the Sarbanes Oxley Act. From the lead editoral titled "Enron's Legacy" in the May 20, 2006 Wall Street Journal: "Congress, as usual, ran off in panic a whooped through Sarbanes-Oxley, the intrusive accounting law that has cost the U.S. economy far more than predicted by its backers. Sarbox has added hundreds of billions of dollars in compliance costs, and for not clear public gain. Deloitte has estimated that the average large company has lost 70,000 manhours to Sarbox compliance, often by its most senior managers." According to our guest, Hugh Taylor, Sarbanes-Oxley "(is) about making choices. I'd rather find the opportunity to benefit from a challenge than complain about it."
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Hugh devotes himself to helping each side learn to listen and appreciate the needs and complexities of the other's position, a role he refers to as being "The Dr. Phil of the Data Center." Translating techie into English, he makes the critically important subjects of information technology and compliance fun and understandable for corporate managers. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School, Hugh is the author of the books, The Joy of SOX: Why Sarbanes Oxley and Service-Oriented Architecture May Be The Best Thing That Ever Happened To You and Understanding Enterprise SOA.
Hugh established the website, www.agilecompliance.com to serve as a resource for business professionals who need to make sense of the role that technology plays in compliance. Hugh has been a thought leader in the technology field for more than a decade, starting with the development of a revolutionary technique to market digital imaging services to consumers in the mid 1990s. From 1999 to 2002, he was a partner at MediaHippo, a web software company which ranked among Adweek’s top 100 interactive agencies. Taylor writes and speaks frequently on issues related to the role of information technology in business strategy as well as the intersection between compliance and technology.
Prior to working in technology, Taylor was an executive in the television industry, serving as an Executive on ABC and HBO movies. He is the author of The Hollywood Job Hunter's Survival Guide. Taylor made a name for himself as a "Baby Yuppy" in a 1984 profile in New York Magazine that covered his unusual accomplishment of starting a successful printing and graphics firm in New York at the age of 17.
Resources:
The Joy of SOX
SOA Software
Agile Compliance
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