is a management consulting organization specializing in temporary CIO services, presentations, seminars and assessments for aligning information technology to business needs. In “Mapping Information Technology to Your Business,” Fred Mapp draws on his years of experience as an information technology executive at major global companies to explore strategies that organizations can use to build business value from its information technology investments.

Examples of his expertise are: Creating successful partnerships with key business partners and building alignment. Learning how to share your vision with employees and develop objectives, strategies and metrics. Choosing the right technology and applications. Recruiting and retaining the right team of people. Managing costs and inefficiencies of the data center and building the road to being “Being Green”. Managing the outsource decision making process.

My “Seven Initiatives Framework” outline some fundamental principles for extracting more value from IT organizations and positioning IT as a true enabler of business success.