New York Technology Roundtables

Biographies

President and CEO
Edward F. Drohan

Mr. Drohan formed BDS in 1988 to address the needs of Fortune 1000 organizations in identifying and assessing qualified vendors within the information Technology field. His over 25 years of industry experience includes executive and leadership roles with organizations like Bankers Trust Company, Braun Media Services, Granada Computer Services/North America, TRW, Lorne Weil, Inc., Sorbus, Inc. (A Bell Atlantic Company), Telex Computer Products, Inc., Storage Technology Corporation and many other industry leaders.

In addition to his extensive background in Information Technology and professional services, Mr. Drohan has been actively involved in several keep/sell analyses, acquisition searches, restructuring and reorganization, distribution channel development, RFP creation and response analysis, vendor selection and ongoing vendor management. His negotiation skills have led to the establishment of several highly effective Service Level Agreements (SLA) which served as benchmarks for other leading organizations. Throughout his career, Mr. Drohan has been published on several occasions, providing insightful analysis and identifying emerging trends within the Information Technology field. BDS

Steering Committee

Chairman
Jeffrey Block

Mr. Block is the Director of Global Contracts Department for the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Mr. Block has been with PwC since 1976 where, among other achievements, he has created US and Global based procurement structures, developed a global technology acquisition program and a variety of Business to Business (B2B) solutions serving national and global needs. In his current position, Mr. Block is responsible for the negotiation and implementation of global software and hardware contracts for a staff of 170,000 people in over 125 countries.

Previously, Mr. Block was with Citibank, where his assignments included managing and revamping the end-to-end administrative operations in Forms Control, Records Management and Process Analysis and Design. His efforts in Records Management systems design led to the bank receiving the Olsten Award for excellence in records management.

Before joining Citibank, Mr. Block was with Bankers Trust Company where he managed a three year project that redesigned the bank's entire services support structure. As part of this assignment, he introduced a horizontal / vertical computerized monorail delivery systems, used for the transportation of securities throughout a 1000 person banking enterprise.

Mr. Block has been a featured speaker at the Conference Board, American Management Association (AMA), National Association of Purchasing Professionals, the PMA and other prestigious organizations.

Mr. Block attended Queens College in NYC and has an MS from Pace University.

Business Analysts

James P. Flaherty, JD, MBA

Mr. Flaherty has over 20 years of top executive level management experience in Information Technology support services. His experience includes marketing, sales, operations, finance and general management for professional service organizations including: Memorex-Telex Corporation, Novadyne Computer Systems, Inc., MAI Basic Four, Inc., Sorbus, Inc. (A Bell Atlantic Company), Xerox Corporation, and AT&T.

Recent consulting assignments have included the analysis and re-engineering of Information Technology support procedures for a large government agency, RFP creation for an IT outsourcing initiative, helpdesk solution design, statistical and industry trend analysis,