Eliminating "Us And Them"

Steve Romero is the IT governance evangelist at CA Technologies, Inc. His mission is to help enterprises realize the full potential of their IT investments for strategic and competitive advantage. In this capacity, he acts as a strong advocate for the customer, speaking around the world to users, prospective clients, industry organizations and IT luminaries to identify and communicate IT governance best practices. Romero is an innovative, passionate IT professional with more than 30 years of experience working in almost every area of IT. For the past 15 years, his career has focused on helping large enterprises transform their IT organizations from cost centers to strategic assets. Steve is a recognized expert in IT governance, project and portfolio management (PPM), and business process management. He is a certified Project Management Professional, a certified Information Systems Security Professional, ITIL Foundation-Certified, a Certified Process Master, and a Certified Computing Professional. Romero s extensive technical and IT leadership background began in the U.S. Navy, before joining Pacific Bell, where he founded numerous groundbreaking governance processes. He then joined Pacific Technology Consulting to establish and lead the technology project management consulting practice. Romero worked at Charles Schwab and the California State Automobile Association, where he led the establishment of formal process management and IT governance processes. Romero is a member of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and the Project Management Institute (PMI). He is a San Francisco chapter committee member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and a past president of the Information Technology Service Management Forum (itSMF) San Francisco Local Interest Group. He is a board member for the Center for Electronic Business at San Francisco State University, and is a regular guest lecturer for its master's degree program.