Phil Zwieg is currently a principal with Z-Sharp, LLC, a personal consulting business that focuses on offshoring, IT strategy, IT measurement, and IT organization. He recently retired as a VP in the Information Systems department at Northwestern Mutual, where he was responsible for all infrastructure and IT operations activities. Prior to joining Northwestern, he was head of the Information Systems organization at We Energies. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his MBA from Marquette University. He has completed work toward his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Mr. Zwieg is on the adjunct faculty of the graduate business school at Marquette University and serves as a facilitator for the SIM Regional Leadership Forum. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Lad Lake, Inc., and has been a member of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and the Wisconsin Chapter for over 20 years, serving in board roles at both the national and local level. He can be reached at pzwieg@wi.rr.com.