{"624416":{"#nid":"624416","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Impact Presents: \u0022Getting and Giving Meaning to Careers\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFran has had four parallel business careers: The first as a senior executive and head of technology at 5 Fortune 500 companies and as a CEO and COO of two midsize companies. the second as a board member of eight midsize and emerging market companies. the third as an angel investor in over 30 companies And the fourth as an author mentor and speaker.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFran spent much of his early career with AT\u0026amp;T, including projects with Bell Laboratories, the telecommunication company\u0026rsquo;s research and development wing. \u0026nbsp;He also served as Managing Director and CIO of Salomon Brothers, president and CEO of Network Management Inc., and president and COO of Telic Corporation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDramis joined BellSouth in December 1998 as executive VP and CIO where over a 9 year period his organization was heralded as one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s top technology groups. Prior to BellSouth he worked at\u0026nbsp;CIO Strategy, Inc., a Virginia-based information technology-consulting firm he founded. While at CIO Strategy he served as transitional CIO at Coopers \u0026amp; Lybrand, Citibank, NASD, and Bankers Trust. Utilizing a proprietary methodology he developed he led major technology transformation efforts at each of the firms.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDramis has been recognized as one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s top executives for his leadership and innovativeness in technology. Over the course of his career, he has received, many leadership awards, including:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECIO Magazine\u0026#39;s CIO 100 Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECIO Magazine\u0026#39;s Top 100 Leaders for the Next Millennium\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EComputerworld\u0026#39;s Premier 100 IT Leaders\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2016 CIO Lifetime Achievement Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his career as a board member he has served on the \u0026nbsp;public boards of\u0026nbsp;Netezza, Advocent, Ditech Networks and the private boards of\u0026nbsp;UsOncology, RealOps, Catavolt, Nanolumens and \u0026nbsp;Damballa;\u0026nbsp;serving as chairman of the latter three.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his career as an angel investor he serves as an advisor of two venture groups and is a limited partner in the Seraph Super Angel group.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his final career Fran gives \u0026nbsp;keynotes, presentations and seminars on leadership. He is a frequent speaker at university undergraduate, graduate and EMBA sessions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFran has authored three books: The \u003Cem\u003ECIO Handbook\u003C\/em\u003E that details his unique methodology for aligning technology with the strategic direction of the organization; \u003Cem\u003ECreating an Intentional Business Life,\u003C\/em\u003E that outlines his mentoring process in helping individuals chart a career path to a fulfilling business and personal life; and \u003Cem\u003EThe Four Secrets of Retention\u003C\/em\u003E, that shares the techniques to retain people in today\u0026rsquo;s competitive marketplace.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFran also spends a considerable amount of time on his mentoring process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFran received a Master of Science degree in Advanced Management from Pace University in New York City and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe lives in Atlanta Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Impact Presents: \u0022Getting and Giving Meaning to Careers\u0022"}],"uid":"34556","created_gmt":"2019-08-13 20:46:30","changed_gmt":"2019-09-10 19:22:54","author":"msato9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-09-11T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2019-09-11T18:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-09-11T18:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-09-11 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-09-11 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-09-11 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"624413":{"id":"624413","type":"image","title":"Fran Dramis","body":null,"created":"1565728567","gmt_created":"2019-08-13 20:36:07","changed":"1565728567","gmt_changed":"2019-08-13 20:36:07","alt":"Fran Dramis","file":{"fid":"237770","name":"fran dramis.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fran%20dramis.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fran%20dramis.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11093,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fran%20dramis.jpg?itok=QRQNXVuY"}}},"media_ids":["624413"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/index.html","title":"ILE Home"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/impact\/index.html","title":"Impact Home"}],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"181993","name":"Fran Dramis"},{"id":"3532","name":"impact"},{"id":"11914","name":"IMPACT Speaker Series"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}