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Member Since: 5/8/2014
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Katherine Burger is Editorial Director of Bank Systems & Technology and Insurance & Technology, members of UBM TechWeb's InformationWeek Financial Services. She assumed leadership of Bank Systems & Technology in 2003 and of Insurance & Technology in 1991. In addition to directing the editorial strategy of both brands, Kathy is charged with the creation and development of new products, editorial supplements, special publications and live and online events including BS&T's Executive Summit, I&T's Executive Summit, Webcasts, live custom events and executive roundtables. Kathy is a frequent speaker/moderator at financial services industry conferences, and also has presented at a number of technology company user group and sales force events, as well as numerous Webcasts sponsored by industry leaders. She is a graduate of Carleton College.

Articles by Kathy Burger
posted in February 2001

Things Change?

2/14/2001
For nearly a decade, technology executives have struggled with a challenge more daunting than justifying a budget or mastering a new programming language: the challenge of managing headcount. Early in the '90s, the issue was one of streamlining, reengineering, empowering-a variety of euphemisms that all came down to staff cuts. One insurance company after another went through a very public downsizing, and much of that downsizing occurred in the back office, data center or some other techie habit

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