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Jonathan Kass was appointed to the position of chief information officer at VPI Pet Insurance in November of 2005. As CIO, Kass is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic information technology (I.T.) programs designed to enable and support VPI's growth and profitability objectives. Kass possesses nearly 20 years of information technology and computer engineering experience. He most recently served as senior director of I.T. for Pacificare Behavioral Health (PBH), where he performed I.T. management over the largest single new client implementation in PBH history, representing 20% growth in membership and a significant increase in the complexity of the business.

Whilst at the BBC, Euan pioneered the use of weblogs, wikis and online forums to enable staff to work more collaboratively across the organisation. Euan also worked on the BBC’s award winning leadership programme, gaining experience in how to engage and inspire people with the possibilities of social computing as a business tool. He is now independent advisor on social computing for business, and a well known writer, thinker and public speaker. His unique experience enables him to provide inspiration on this wired-up world of work and strategies for how business can prepare themselves for the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies.