Ernest P. Canali

Ernest P. Canali is a Senior Research Advisor at The Conference Board and Director & CIO of Information Technology and HR Director at Lucent Technologies. Ernest is responsible for global HR business process transformations and supporting technologies for this Fortune 50 company (rev. $36B). Ernest directed the strategic planning, development, deployment, and integration of HR systems worldwide and the move of HR policies and processes to the next level of technological capability. Ernest developed an integrated eBusiness strategy for employee and associate access through the consolidation of systems and the simplification of web processes and Intranet tools. Ernest also developed the single, company-wide Employee OnBoarding strategy approved by Corporate and Regional C-level executives.

Ernest P. Canali has a Bachelor of Science from Manhattan College in Computer Information Systems and Economics. Ernest also has a Six Sigma Green Belt Certification from AlliedSignal, a Systems Engineering Capability Maturity Model (SEI/CMM) from AlliedSignal, and a Project Management Professional (PMI) from the Project Management Institute. Ernest is also certified in Project Management from Price Waterhouse and holds a management information systems degree from Iona College.