Russ Bostick has spent the better part of his career working on two key issues important in almost any company: IT portfolio management and business alignment.

A veteran who has worked in three different industries–retail, airline, and insurance–Bostick consistently has helped companies choose the right technology and align it with their business strategies. In his current role as executive vice president and CIO at Conseco, Inc., Bostick and his team are focused on helping the company simplify its systems environment to operate more efficiently and cost-effectively.

"Once you pick a platform, it's not always important how long it will last but rather how long it will stay within the company, which could be longer than it will last," Bostick says. "You need to be very thoughtful about how you approach a company's portfolio of technologies in terms of its usefulness."

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