2000 - 2001 Program Year

 

President	Carla Henebry
Past President and Executive Advisor	Charlie Oriez
Treasurer	Ivan Drinks Sr.
Secretary
VP Events	Carol Porter
VP of Education	Tod Sedbrook
VP of Sales/Marketing	Ty Bohannon
Chapter Representative	Elaine Miller
Historian	Suzanne Weston

Subject: AITP President Harold Pool

The Mile High Chapter of AITP regrets to report the passing of its founding president, Harold Pool, early in the morning of Feb 14. Harold started the chapter in October, 1952.

Services will be Sunday, 3pm, at the Columbine United Methodist Church, 6375 S. Platte Canyon, Columbine, CO (just south of Bowles).

At the request of his friends, we are in the process of establishing a memorial fund in his name. Details will be announced when completed.

Past Presidents Night

Scholarship Presentations

2001 - 2002 Program Year

 

President	Elaine Miller
Past President and Executive Advisor	Ty Bohannon
Treasurer	Richard Cross
Secretary	Brenda Hagerman
VP Programs	Kinna McDavid
VP of Membership Services
VP of Membership Recruitment and Retention	Blake Ressmeyer
Chapter Representative	Elaine Miller
Historian	Suzanne Weston

Dinner Meeting Venue: Crystal Rose / Park Hill Country Club / Executive Tower Hotel

then September 25, 2001

 

This meeting, originally scheduled for September 11, 2001, was cancelled and rescheduled for this later date. Here is an interesting succession of emails sent by our President, Elaine Miller, as the astonishing events of 9/11 unfolded:

Date: September 11, 2001, 10:42 AM
Subject: 9-11 Meeting

I am sure that you are all as shocked and horrified by the attacks this morning. We are NOT canceling our meeting tonight. We feel that it is extremely important to have a place where we can gather to talk. If you do not feel that you are able to attend, we will understand but encourage you to join us at this difficult time.

Date: September 11, 2001, 2:07 PM
Subject: AITP 9-11 Meeting

Out of respect for the tragedy that touches ALL of us, we WILL be canceling the AITP dinner meeting this evening. We will notify you within the next few days when we will be able to reschedule with our speakers.

Workshop: Linux Certification, Clifford Rainwater, The I.T.E.C. Company

Linux Certification - Bring your questions on this expanding technology and get an update on the benefits of being Linux certified, as well as Linux in the real world.

Crawford Rainwater, CEO and Consultant, The I.T.E.C. Company. Having a Masters of Science in electrical engineering and a Bachelors of Engineering in electrical engineering, computer science, and mathematics, Mr. Rainwater started down the ranks as an OS/2 and Microsoft consultant. Since then he has worked his way up through various consulting positions during his academic career. About a year ago, he was introduced to Linux and expanded his private IT consultant practice to include Linux education and training, as well as expanded the already existing across the board general IT consulting practice. To date The I.T.E.C. Company is a SAIR Linux and GNU ACE with 3 LCIs out of 50 in the world on staff as well as 10 out of approximately 500 LCAs (who also have MCSE's, CCNA's, and so forth) for consulting. Visit them at www.itec-co.com.

Keynote: XML Overview, Scott Price, CustomerCentrix

XML Overview:

• What is XML?
• XML in Web architecture
• Strategic benefits of XML implementation
• Other XML standards
• Case study - XML applied today
   

Scott Price is the CEO of CustomerCentrix, a company that provides training solutions including LearnCentrix - a learning content management system built on XML architecture. After successfully negotiating the acquisition of his first technology company, an EDI service provider, Scott moved to Colorado and founded CustomerCentrix
 

Networking event at Dave and Busters in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group (RMOUG).

rescheduled to March 27, 2002 due to weather

Keynote: Bridging the Corporate Divide - Aligning IT With Business Goals by Cedric G. Tyler, co- founder of Affinity

With technology's advances and pervasiveness in the corporate environment, you would think there would now be a close, symbiotic relationship between the IT leaders and the business leaders. Well, you'd be wrong. In many organizations, alignment of IT and business goals continues to be a challenge. Mr. Cedric Tyler, of BusinessGenetics, makes a unique and compelling case for a new business modeling methodology with a common language for communication. Internationally respected as a leading expert in business, IT and e- commerce,

Mr. Tyler began his career in IT as an applied researcher at IBM's "showcase" development facility, RESPOND, at North Harbour in the United Kingdom. Here he started work on models and languages that help align business operations and goals. Subsequently, he successfully launched Infomet Pty Ltd. and, in South Africa, Infolab. Both of these companies specializing in the business-to-information technology interface were sold to IBM in the early 1990's. Retaining the rights to the business modeling intellectual property he created, Mr. Tyler eventually found himself in Colorado.

A pioneer in an innovative and practical approach to business process and requirement engineering, Mr. Tyler co-founded a successful group of technology and consulting businesses in the USA (BusinessGenetics in 1999, Affinity Solutions, Momentum Resourcing, xBML Innovations). Cedric is the primary developer of the "break-through" businessGenetics xBML technology, which is a synoptic language to describe business.

Keynote: National Criminal Justice Information Strategy: 1953-2003 by W. Gray Buckley, Colorado Bureau of Investigation

Special Saturday Educational Seminars

HTML will be taught by Charlie Oriez, an AITP member who is a web developer for several non-profit organizations. In 1998 his efforts for the Colorado Association of Non-Profit Organizations won the "Webbie award" for Best Use of the Internet for Advocacy (Expert's Choice). When not designing web sites, Charlie is an adjunct professor teaching web site design and database courses at National American University and the Devry Institute in Denver. To learn more about Charlie and his thirty year career in Information Technology see www.oriez.org.

Cascading Style Sheets: This introduction to Cascading Style Sheets will relate the technology to web page and web site design and maintenance. Participants will explore pre-authored, external, embedded, and in-line style sheets. Advanced applications covered will include replacing HTML tables and JavaScript-like roll-over effects.

Cascading Style Sheets will be taught by Jim Intriglia, an AITP member who has his own consulting, e-business system, and software application development firm. After twenty-three years in Information Technology, Jim's focus today is on cutting-edge technology solutions. He is an adjunct Computer Science faculty member at Arapaho Community College, and previously taught Computer Information Sciences at Denver Technical College. Now Jim is developing Internet- based educational programs for client-companies. For more information about Jim's vast experience see www.JimIntriglia.com.

JavaScript: A brief introduction and history of JavaScript will be followed by a discussion of its advantages and disadvantages. After learning when to use JavaScript (and when to choose something else), practical, hands-on exercises will demonstrate the various elements of JavaScript.

JavaScript will be taught by David Snyder, an accomplished graphics and website designer and developer with a degree in Computer Graphics from Purdue University. He understands visual appeal, ease of use, and technical achievement and specializes in computer illustration, programming, icon design, and page layout. Using his personal network he has learned to seamlessly integrate Windows and Open Source operating systems while exploring cutting edge techniques using JavaScript on the client's web browser. For more detailed information about David and his skill with JavaScript see his personal website at www.snydersweb.com.

Past Presidents Night

Scholarship Presentations

The pre-dinner workshop is on Voice-over-IP. Morgan Mann oversees VoIP telephony system design, configuration, and implementation for Sphere Communications.

Morgan Mann is Director of Sales and Systems Engineers for Sphere Communications, a leading firm providing voice, video, and data communications solutions on broadband networks. As Senior Director of Product Development he provided technical and strategic product management plus global product marketing for Sphericall. Mr. Mann joined Sphere in 1997 after ten years Marine officer in military communications. Mr. Mann holds a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA and is an MBA Candidate through Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Keynote: Evening With a Futurist, Thomas J. Frey
 

"The year is 2050, and you are standing in front of a vending machine. What form of payment will you put into it?" Spend this evening with internationally respected futurist Thomas J. Frey as he discusses the future of technology and its impact on business and society. As Executive Director and Senior Research Engineer for the DaVinci Institute in Louisville, Colorado, Mr. Frey tracks trends and developments throughout the globe for his fascinating, leading-edge presentations.

Mr. Frey is an internationally recognized futurist, designer, author, entrepreneur, and public speaker. A former IBM engineer and high tech innovator for over twenty years, his audio book "Inventions of Impact" takes listeners on an adventure into the world of possibilities. His Inventor Boot Camps were recently featured on Colorado television news. Mr. Frey edits and writes for The DaVinci Institute's Impact Lab Emerging Technology E-Zine and is a contributing writer for The Futurist magazine. For more information see www.davinciinstitute.com, www.impactlab.com, www.inventorbootcamp.com

2002 - 2003 Program Year

 

President	Kinna McDavid
Past President and Executive Advisor	Elaine Miller
Treasurer	Richard Cross
Secretary	William Stegen
VP Programs	Ben Johansen
VP of Membership Services	Larry Krupicka
VP of Membership Recruitment and Retention	Blake Ressmeyer
Chapter Representative	Elaine Miller
Historian	Suzanne Weston

Dinner Meeting Venue: Executive Tower Hotel

Kinna McDavid, President

Keynote: Bridging the Corporate Divide - Aligning IT With Business Goals by Cedric G. Tyler, BusinessGenetics

Past Presidents Night

Scholarship Presentations

"Passion isn't an event, it's a process", asserts Karen Van Cleve. "The end result of this process is a feeling, not a fact." Karen will highlight the principles that contribute to passion - what it is that passionate companies have that others don't. She will also share lessons learned from when companies wrongly applied these principles.

Ms. Van Cleve has hosted an internet-based talk show on VoiceAmerica entitled Passion in the Workplace. She is active in the Denver Coach Federation, the International Coach Federation, Coachville, CoachU, and technology-based professional organizations. Both Karen's B.S and M.B.A. are from the University of Colorado. For more information see www.LiveWellCoaching.com

The Mile High Chapter of AITP is hosting a picnic at 5 p.m. in the Platte River Rendezvous under the Rockpile. After dinner and networking we will adjourn upstairs to the Rockpile for the game against the San Diego Padres at 7:05 p.m. Friends and family are welcome.

2003 - 2004 Program Year

 

President	Kinna McDavid
Past President and Executive Advisor	Elaine Miller
Treasurer	Richard Cross
Secretary	William Stegen
VP Programs	Ben Johansen
VP of Membership Services	Larry Krupicka
VP of Membership Recruitment and Retention	Blake Ressmeyer
Chapter Representative	Elaine Miller
Historian	Suzanne Weston

Dinner Meeting Venue: Executive Tower Hotel

Studies show that outstanding employees typically contribute up to 40% more results than other employees. Lloyd will discuss the formula to develop performance Champions.

Lloyd helps organizations break the 80/20 human performance rules by teaching them how to predict, identify, select and organize individuals into effective teams with the highest probability of job success for themselves and their organization. Lloyd is active in his community as a Rotarian, an associate member of TEC (The Executive Committee), a member of the Workplace Solutions Advisory Board for Aurora Community College, a SCORE counselor and a member of the Auromira Executive Advantage Team.

PowerPoint Presentation

Executives are finding out that going wireless is often a requirement in remaining competitive; is your competitive edge at risk? Path Finder CG is a wireless and mobile data solutions firm supporting enterprise clients with device deployment, carrier activation and project management. Path Finder CG guiding objective is to design and deliver mobile and wireless data solutions to enterprise customers, thereby improving efficiency and profitability by providing the services, software, hardware, and the support necessary to extend existing and future business applications from the desktop to any wireless device.

M. Troy Wood, a Vice President with Path Finder CG, is currently in charge of U.S. Sales and Marketing for the firm. As a founding member of Path Finder CG, Troy has played a key role in determining the direction of the firm. His vision, persistence and determination have helped to develop Path Finder CG into an industry leader. As the Vice President of Sales, Troy has played a vital role in the acquisition of industry leading clients. His knowledge of mobile solutions has assisted these clients in successfully determining and implementing those technologies which best suited their needs both now and in the future.

Mr. Caplan will present an analysis on the convergence of information and communication technology in the delivery and administration of healthcare services including a discussion of opportunities and implementation challenges for providers, administrators, patients, and payers.

Mr. Caplan, a long time Colorado based healthcare economist, strategic planner, marketing consultant and adjunct faculty instructor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Graduate School of Business, formed MediSecurity in 2001 to provide privacy and security training to rural hospitals and physician practices.

Mr. Caplan served as Executive Director of the High Plains Rural Health Network (HPRHN), a three state, federally funded nonprofit telemedicine project and was Vice President of Marketing & Provider Relations for Managed Chiropractics, one the nation's largest chiropractic provider networks with over 2,800 doctors in 40 states. Before entering the healthcare industry, Mr. Caplan was an economic development consultant and an environmental planner working for several county and state agencies. Mr. Caplan holds graduate degrees in Urban Planning and Economics and has completed post-graduate research in public administration.

The Microsoft .NET Framework is a platform for building, deploying, and running Web Services and applications. It provides a highly productive, standards-based, multi-language environment for integrating existing investments with next-generation applications and services as well as the agility to solve the challenges of deployment and operation of Internet-scale applications.

Keynote: Collin Reese, Colorado Bureau of Investigation

With technology reaching into every part of our daily lives, criminals are also taking advantage of computers, the telephone systems and other hi-tech devices. Since its inception, the Major Crimes Unit has been called upon to support cases involving murder, child molestation, racketeering, computer intrusion and every type of theft and fraud imaginable. As computers take a prominent place in the lives of our community, so too will the criminals rely on computers to carry out their activities.

Agent Reese brings a varied service background having served with the Denver Police Department in the Computer Help and Information Planning (CHIP) Bureau, the Littleton Police Department and eleven years under three Presidents in Washington, DC in the White House - West Wing. He is currently president of the Colorado Association of Computer Crimes Investigators.

Past Presidents Night

Scholarship Presentations

In today's world, there are four generations working together in the workplace. Each of these groups is affected by Information Technology and has a differ set of viewpoints and approaches to work and their fellow professions. This fun-filled evening presentation will not only cause one to reflect on their own beliefs and value systems but will also bring you to evaluate the beliefs and values of your co-workers, peers and even neighbors. The presentation concludes with an evaluation of how we all need to adapt our methods and attitudes in the workplace to create a harmonious working relationship that is "results" oriented.

Coors Field Networking Event, Colorado Rockies vs. the Boston Red Socks!

2004 - 2005 Program Year

Board of Directors

President	Ben Johansen
Past President and Executive Advisor	Kinna McDavid
Treasurer	Richard Cross
Secretary	William Stegen
VP Programs	Matthew Agren
VP of Membership Services	Larry Krupicka
VP of Membership Recruitment and Retention	Blake Ressmeyer
Chapter Representative	Elaine Miller
Historian	Suzanne Weston

Dinner Meeting Venue: Executive Tower Hotel

Workshop: Data casting with Jim Schoedler, CTO, Rocky Mountain PBS

Data casting combines broadcast television with data transmission technology and offers an alternative to videoconferencing using traditional T1 technology. It offers the most efficient and cost-effective method for delivering high bandwidth, real-time video and audio to multiple receive locations within the television station coverage area.

As Chief Technology Officer and Director of Network Engineering Jim Schoedler has focused on completing the digital conversion for three Rocky Mountain PBS television stations (KRMA-Denver, KTSC-Colorado Springs, KRMJ-Grand Junction) while also maintaining and renewing the existing technical facilities. Mr. Schoedler is currently a manager of the Denver section of Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and Chairman of the Denver chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE). He has been involved in television engineering for over 30 years.

Keynote: Not Sourced! Self-Help for IT Professionals Searching for Relevance and Employability with Bob Tipton, CEO, RS Tipton, Incorporated

We have all heard the terms: out-sourced, right-sized and off-shored. Bob Tipton suggests that for the 2004-IT Professional, the real issue is one of being Not Sourced. Bob brings over 25 years experience in the Information Technology field and the entertaining style of a professional speaker to a topic which is timely and controversial in a less than perfect economy. CEO of RS Tipton Incorporated, an I.T. consulting and organizational effectiveness business, and author of Untangling I.T.: 25 Years of Lessons in Effective IT Leadership, Bob will provide his view of what the I.T. organization of the future will look like. Bob will have copies of his book available for purchase and autograph. Bob can be reached at www.rstipton.com.

Don't miss this opportunity to

• Understand a day in the life of a product marketing manager, a product manager, a program manager, and an engineer
• Refine your product planning process
• Define ways to collaborate successfully
• Leave with practical ways to work with product management and marketing in your upcoming planning cycles

Blair Koch, President of BEK Enterprises, www.bekteam.com, is a seasoned product marketing and management executive with extensive experience implementing new product initiatives, defining market requirements, developing product road maps, analyzing competitive landscapes, creating marketing positioning, developing sales tools, identifying partner requirements, and leading all aspects of "whole product delivery" globally

Keynote: "VOIP Regulations: Impact to Businesses and Consumers" by Travis Burnette of Level 3 Communications

In February of 2004, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) began the process of determining the level of regulation for the Voice Over IP, one of the newest and growing areas in telecommunications. The direction and results of the FCC actions may have far reaching outcomes for businesses, technology and consumers.

Travis Burnette of Level 3 Communications will summarize the issues and current status. Level 3, www.level3.com, is an international communications and information services company and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. The company operates one of the largest communications and Internet backbones in the world.

Disaster Recovery is more than off-site storage. Come hear the experts from Via-West, a co-location and business continuance solutions provider, update the common wisdom on strategies.

Keynote: "RFID - the Next Technology Revolution?" by Mark Richtermeyer, the Founder and Managing Partner of The Spitfire Group

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, current and expected uses, and issues within implementations, will be presented at the November meeting. Potential uses for RFID technology, the implications associated with product/patron identification and the value that can be derived as the market matures will be reviewed.

Mark Richtermeyer is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Spitfire Group responsible for ensuring excellence in client delivery and operational efficiency. Mr. Richtermeyer has over fourteen years of leadership experience in enterprise consulting serving clients in the emerging business sectors and the Global 1000. As a pioneer in electronic commerce, Mr. Richtermeyer developed the first online automotive reservation system in the travel industry. Mr. Richtermeyer has extended his passion for emerging markets to RFID and serves as the Treasurer for the Colorado RFID Alliance, an organization founded to research, educate and communicate developments in the industry. Additionally, Mr. Richtermeyer has provided strategic, business critical, consulting services to companies in the manufacturing, distribution, retail, travel, telecommunications, hospitality, entertainment and high technology sectors.

Kasper Van Wijk received his doctorate in Geophysics from Colorado School of Mines in 2003. Dr. Van Wijk is an assistant research professor in the Geophysics Department. 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:30 p.m.

Keynote: Cyber and Business Ethics

Interest in the topic of business ethics has seen a re-emergence of interest in what is corporate and personal responsibility. Dr. Seawell brings a wide background in law, politics and theology to this key topic. Dr. Buie Seawell is the clinical professor for the Law and Ethics department within the Daniels College of Business of the University of Denver. In 1999, he was awarded the IPE Excellence Award, Professor of the Year, at Daniels College of Business.

From September 1977 to August of 1980, Dr. Seawell was the Director of the Colorado Office of Energy Conservation within the Gov. Richard Lamm administration. Additionally, Dr. Seawell has written, produced and directed over 50 PBS-TV regional television programs on the environment, politics, and public policy. Dr. Seawell teaches in University College's Enrichment Program at the University of Denver.

Keynote: "Managing Stress" / Martha Warner

1. Why are we particularly susceptible to stress?
2. Can we recognize the symptoms?
3. How do we manage our stress and learn to lead more serene lives?

Martha Warner has a BA and an MA in English Language and Literature. Over the years, she has taught in her field at 5 different colleges and is currently adjunct faculty at Community College of Aurora. For practical experience, she has worked as a business administrator, business owner, and realtor. In 1986, Martha began her own consulting and training business, providing communications and business skills training to public and private sector organizations nationwide. Her primary client has been Graduate School, USDA, a career-development organization headquartered in Washington, DC. She also provides speaking services for clubs, organizations, and conferences around the country. Her primary avocation is writing fiction.

Ross Wehner, Staff Technology Writer for the Denver Post, will share tips on what makes technology items of interest to a non-technical audience. Mr. Wehner is an author and former travel writer having published Moon Handbooks Peru after spending five years as a freelance writer in South America.

Keynote: “Open Source in Business”

The number of applications that run on Linux and the number of companies looking to Open Source Software as an alternative to the high cost of business operations continues to grow. Patty Laushman, co-principal in The Uptime Group, a Linux consulting firm based in Denver, will give an update on the current and future of this technology.

Malicious attacks have become increasingly advanced; worms and viruses can propagate more quickly and evade detection more effectively. This presentation describes how a defense-in-depth strategy can help protect various components of a computing infrastructure from malicious attacks, including client computers, servers and networking devices. We will talk about how to implement an effective outbreak control and recovery plan, and how to identify, contain and remedy the effects of malicious software Fred Pullen is a technical specialist with Microsoft, presenting to large audiences nationwide. With more than fifteen years of IT experience as a consultant and managing consultant, Fred presents regularly on topics such as security and infrastructure. Fred has been an independent consultant, systems administrator for HON Industries, systems and telecommunications analyst for Complex Plastics, Director of Systems Integration and Programming for LogicData, and Director of Consulting Services for GE Access, to name a few roles. In addition to Microsoft certifications (MCP, MCSA, MCSE, MCSE: Security), Fred completed his Executive MBA at the University of Denver in 2003.

Keynote: Learning without Limits: IT Education Goes Online / Mohamed Lofty and Tina Parscal of Regis University

Technology has impacted the ways in which individuals live, work, and learn. The ubiquity of information technology (IT) in the modern workplace along with the expansion of the technology sector within the global economy has driven an increase in the demand for educated and qualified information technology professionals. Online learning has witnessed extensive growth in the last decade and the IT curriculum is no different. The role of online learning in IT education will be explored and the framework for evaluating the quality of online courses.

Mohamed Lotfy is Regis' School for Professional Studies Faculty Chair in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Networking, and Mathematics. Mr. Lotfy have BS in Electrical Engineering, BS in Management, MS in Electrical engineering (computer graphics), and is finishing his Ph.D. in Computer science (computer graphics). Mr. Lotfy is finishing his 24th year in academia. Mr. Lotfy is a member of ACM since 1991 and IEEE since 2003. Mr. Lotfy has been awarded the Excellence in best teaching practices and the Excellence in teaching award from Regis University.

Tina Parscal is the Resident Faculty and Assistant Director of Distance Learning in Regis University’s School for Professional Studies. She has worked in higher education for fifteen years and ten years as an online educator. She holds a BA in Psychology and Sociology, a Master of Social Sciences with an emphasis in adult learning, and is a doctoral candidate (ABD) in instructional design. Prior to coming to Regis University in 2003, Ms. Parscal was the academic dean of the International School for Information Management where she launched an online master degree in information technology.

Past Presidents Night

Scholarship Presentations

What happens when requirements and design are not understood before they are signed? What happens when there is inadequate interaction among developers and the business team? Some would call these situations normal; others would see it as symptomatic of something bigger. The big problem is we don't all think alike and this gets in the way of effective communication. Steve Wille will suggest some simple rules for creating multiple "translations" to solve the communications barriers and speak a different language.

Steve is currently head of a software development team at Great West Life. He has held senior IT management positions at Reliance Insurance, Guaranty National Insurance, Cahners Publishing, and Diners Club/CitiGroup. Prior to joining Great-West, Steve took a three year sabbatical to read, write and teach the management side of software project management. Workshops he co-authored are offered by Tough Teams, Systemation, and TeamSkills Institute. Steve is a Colorado native, has a BSBA from the University of Denver and an MBA from Regis University. He has contributed work at www.toughteams.com/papers.

In addition to the lively keynote presentation by Steve, we had several other special features, all of which are traditional for our May meeting:

• Honoring of our Past Presidents
• Presentation to the Harold M. Pool Scholarship winner
• Presentation of 2005/2006 Board Members

2005 - 2006 Program Year

Board of Directors

President	William Stegen
Past President and Executive Advisor	Ben Johansen
Secretary	Tom Thumser
Treasurer	Kinna McDavid
VP of Programs	Ben Johansen
VP of Publicity and Marketing	Patty Laushman
VP of Membership Services	Larry Krupicka
VP of Membership Recruitment and Retention	Blake C. Ressmeyer
Chapter Representative	Elaine Miller
Historian	Suzanne Weston
Webmaster	Richard M. Cross

Dinner Meeting Venue : Park Hill Country Club

Remembering Charlie Oriez…

By Elaine Miller, Chapter Liaison, Mile High Chapter, Denver

Charlie Oriez was passionate about AITP holding a dual membership in the Mile High Chapter of Denver and the Southern Colorado Chapter in Colorado Springs, the Sierra Club and the Democratic Party.  Charlie died on September 7, 2005 at age 52 after a four-plus year battle with lung cancer caused by second hand smoke.

I have known Charlie since he joined the Mile High Chapter in 1989 where he volunteered to serve as a member of our Legislative Committee and was a contact for public relations which I was responsible for as a V.P. and newsletter editor.  It took until 1995 to convince him to join the Board as our Student Chapter V.P. because of his long-time involvement with the Sierra Club where he was founding chair of the South Platte Regional Group. 

Under his direction we developed our Chapter website at www.denveraitp.org in co-operation with the student chapter at Colorado State University who originally donated the space on their server.  Two years later we moved to site our own domain and ISP and Charlie became the first volunteer chapter webmaster.  He was part of the successful team to attend the AITP National meeting to bid on the 1998 National Meeting in Winter Park, Colorado and served on the logistics committee for the meeting.  He served as chapter President in 1999-2000.  He was elected Region 4 Secretary in Winter Park in 1998 and subsequently served as President in 2000-2001.  He attended every National Meeting of the Members since 1997. 

Charlie was the architect of the Dave Sanders/Columbine Memorial Scholarship which the Mile High Chapter awards to a Columbine senior who is planning to major in I.T. Charlie had no kids but Columbine High School was in his neighborhood and he was passionate about remembering the only teacher who was killed at Columbine, who was respected and loved by the kids, and who was killed in the halls by the shooters because he was helping kids get out of the building.  Dave Sanders was the computer lab/technology instructor for the school.  This fund is self-perpetuating and administered for the Mile High Chapter by the Foundation for Information Technology Education.  The annual interest provides the amount of the scholarship.  Charlie has been the chairman of this committee since its inception including this year as well.

He served as Chair of the National Legislative Committee and set up the Yahoo Groups for that committee and for Region 4 to facilitate communication.

He regularly contributed articles to the Information Executive on privacy and stopping spam. 

He was awarded his Individual Performance Award at the Gold level by the Mile High Chapter in 2003.

Professionally, Charlie was a systems engineer, most recently with Ciber, Inc., and taught at the Denver campuses of DeVry and National American University.  He held a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the State University of New York.  He received his Master of Science in CIS in 2002 from the University of Denver.

In 2004, Charlie was awarded the Susan E. Miller Award for outstanding contributions to the environment by the national Sierra Club.  He was a long-time activist in the Colorado Sierra Club, serving at various times as vice chair of the state organization, Colorado representative to the National Council and chair of several state committees.  The website he designed for the Sierra Club won a “Webby Award” in 1998 from the Colorado Association of Non Profit Organizations for best use of the Internet for advocacy (expert’s choice category).

Charlie had an innate understanding of communication skills, mentoring and the motivating fellow members and friends to accomplish more than they realized they could.  He had an incredible sense of humor and joy in living that taught all of us how to value life and friends.  When he was diagnosed with cancer in 2001, he scheduled his wake a month later so that he would be there to share it with us.  He was a man who lived well, was well loved and will be remembered well and missed greatly.

Tax-deductible memorial donations in Charlie’s name may be made to the Dave Sanders / Columbine Scholarship on the Scholarship page of this web site. 

 A memorial fund has been established to benefit the South Platte Group of the Sierra Club in Charlie's name. Tax-deductible checks, made payable to the Sierra Club Foundation, may be mailed to Mike Mueller, Treasurer, 6700 South Glencoe Street #208, Centennial, CO 80122.

Keynote: "International IT Employment and Security" - John Jackson, CNA, MCP, Vice-President, CompuBase Intl.

With a decade of experience in the shared resources environment and numerous far-reaching consulting engagements, Mr. Jackson has become familiar with a multiplicity of interconnected environments. He has the ability to communicate complex connectivity concepts and procedures in an easy to understand manner.

Currently, Mr. Jackson is stationed in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where he oversees computer security access controls administration for one of the world's largest oil companies.
 

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Our keynote and workshop topics tonight will be "IT CAREER SUCCESS", and "DOES YOUR IT JOB MOTIVATE YOU?". These are issues that, more than ever, become important in navigating in today's fast paced and uncertain world. Attendees will be able to participate in, and benefit from, the ongoing research of on predicting IT career success. The presenters, and researchers, are: Dr. Donald A. Carpenter, Dr. Denise R. McGinnis and Professor Gayla Jo Slauson, members of the Computer Information Systems Program at Mesa State College.

Donald A. Carpenter is Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado. He has taught for twenty-five years after a ten year career in the IT industry in Colorado Springs. He has consulted to over 200 businesses. He holds a BS from Kearney State College, an MBA from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Carpenter’s research interests are in improving CIS education, information requirements determination, decision support systems, and meaningfulness of IS work. He has published over thirty works including chapters in books, articles in several journals and conference proceedings, training videos and decision support systems.

Denise R. McGinnis is an Emeritus Professor of CIS at Mesa State College. She has over 25 years of teaching experience and over ten years of database management and business information systems consulting. Dr. McGinnis has published articles in journals and proceedings and presented at numerous conferences. She was the President, International Business Schools Computing Association; a member of the EDSIG National Board of Directors for the AITP; Director of the National Review Panel, who created the ICCP Information Systems Exit Exam for the Center for Computing Education Research; and faculty advisor of the MSC Student Chapter AITP for 9 years. During her tenure at MSC, she received two outstanding teaching awards.

Gayla Jo Slauson is an Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems at Mesa State College, and has taught business information systems for fifteen years. Prof. Slauson has presented numerous conference papers and has authored articles, book chapters, study guides and test banks. She has received several awards for outstanding teaching and service.

Workshop: Does Your IT Job Motivate You

Motivated employees are more productive. People draw motivation from many sources, including their jobs. Are you motivated on your job? The presenters will administer a short survey to assist the participants in determining their personal motivation levels. They will discuss how to measure whether one’s job motivates her/him them properly. They will discuss other factors that are part of the assessment of job satisfaction.

Keynote: Predicting IT Career Success

Are there predictors of future success in IT jobs? Could such predictors be used to screen prospective IT employees? Could such predictors be used to recruit high school students into college IT programs? The presenters will provide a summary of their ongoing research on predicting IT career success. Their presentation will include factors that have been used in the past as indicators, results of current student data collection and analysis, and implications of the current research. They will also discuss how you and your employer can participate in future aspects of the study.

Workshop Speaker: Harold Wong, Microsoft Senior Technology Specialist

"Sneak Peek” at Microsoft’s® new operating system, Vista® (formerly “Longhorn”).  Harold Wong will review with us the exciting advancements Microsoft has made with the new version’s visual richness, reliability, usability, and security that will increase users’ confidence in the technology and greatly enhance their productivity.  He will cover new and more efficient ways you will be able to organize and find your documents and data, as well as review how to keep users connected to people, information, and devices through Windows Vista communication, mobility, and networking features.  Harold will present why Windows Vista a great operating system solution for your company PCs.

 Harold Wong is a senior technology specialist with the TechNet Presenter Team. He spent his first five years with Microsoft as a field systems engineer concentrating on Microsoft Windows, Exchange Server and Microsoft Live Communications Server. Outside of work, Harold enjoys golf and eating lots of sushi. 

Keynote Speaker: David Mahon, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Cyber Crime Division

Special Agent Mahon will provide an overview into the FBI's cyber mission and will talk about identity theft prevention, computer security, and the new computer forensic center recently established in nearby Castle Rock, Colorado. There will be a question and answer session at the end of this presentation.

David Mahon has been with the FBI for more than 30 years, and, since June of 2002, has been the Supervisory Special Agent of the Cyber Crime Program and the Crisis Management Coordinator for the Denver Division.

The mission of the Cyber Crime Program is to investigate those federal violations in which the Internet, computer systems, or networks are exploited as the principal instruments or targets of terrorist organizations, foreign government sponsored intelligence operations, or criminal activity and for which the use of such systems is essential to that activity.  As the Crisis Management Supervisor, Mr. Mahon coordinates Command Post and Joint Operation Center operations during critical incidents and major investigations.

Mr. Mahon entered on duty with the FBI in 1975 and was initially assigned to the FBI National Academy Unit and National Executive Institute.  In 1978, after completing Special Agent training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, he was assigned to the Organized Crime Squad in the Pittsburgh Division. In 1983, he was assigned to the San Juan Division to work Terrorism and White Collar Crime in the Caribbean and South America.   In 1991, he was transferred to the Denver Division and assigned to investigate White Collar Crime matters.  Since June of 2001 he has been the Supervisory Special Agent for the White Collar Crime Squad in the Denver Division.

Mr. Mahon received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from the University of Scranton in 1975.

5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Integrated Alliances, LLC

presents

IA Holiday Celebration 2005

at the Supreme Court Nightclub - Adams Mark Hotel

1550 Court Place, Denver

• Meet great people!

• Win great prizes!

• Enjoy a delicious buffet!

• Dance to great music!

• Relax at our Mini SPA corner!

• Meet B2B Exhibitors & Celebrities!

Come join the celebration at this fabulous B2B Networking and Technology Event!

In association with: The Rockies Venture Club (RVC), Association of Information Technology Professions (AITP), Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)

Click here for the flyer with full details.

This is your chance to get free one-on-one resume feedback from recruiting professionals. Bring a current copy of your resumé and prepare to learn to apply the secret tips of recruiters who screen hundreds of resumés per week.

Keynote: A Colorado Technology Success Story, C. David Moll, CEO, Webroot

Dave will talk about one of Colorado’s biggest technology success stories: Webroot. Founded in 1997, Webroot provides best-of-breed anti-spyware solutions that protect personal information and corporate assets from online and internal threats. Because of it’s great success in fulfilling it’s mission to: “Foster peace-of-mind through leading privacy, performance and protection software solutions for individuals and enterprises around the globe”, it now employees 275 employees in offices worldwide, creating innovative privacy, performance and protection products and services for millions of customers in 223 countries, ranging from enterprises to small businesses and home users.

C. David Moll started in the technology sector with EDS and Ernst & Young, working on large-scale technology solutions. Subsequent to that, he took on a series of responsibilities with early stage technology companies, such as Matchlogic and DataPlay, which led to his current role at Webroot. He became CEO of Webroot in 2002, and has since become a leading advocate for personal privacy on the Internet. Earlier this year, he was honored by Ernst & Young with the Entrepreneur of the year award in the emerging growth category. David has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

• The legal and environmental issues (quick review)
• Privacy - FACTA HIPAA and Graham Leach Bliley
• Controls - Sarbanes Oxley
• Asset Tracking and Tools - Asset tags serial numbers and barcodes
• Best practices:
  • Redeployment
  •  Investment Recovery/Resale - different channels
  • Donation
  • Employee Sales
  • Recycling (Export vs. Demanufacturing)
• Asset Retirement Program Options

Dag is currently working on Expose with the Denver Post - we purchased 20 hard drives in the secondary market and have uncovered credit card and social security numbers as well as intellectual capital and email. The angle on the project is: IT managers spend a lot of time and resources on preventing security breaches from getting in - while there are worse things going on - as it relates to letting private information out.

Dag Adamson is currently President of LifeSpan Technology, an I.T. asset retirement firm with offices in Boston, Denver, and San Diego with over 20 processing facilities around the U.S. Dag has over 15 years experience developing business solutions based on innovative technologies. Prior to founding Lifespan, he was the U.S. director of Keyware Technologies, a multinational biometrics software firm based in Brussels. Before Keyware, Dag founded Newton Online Business Solutions, a profitable Internet integration company. He has also held sales and management positions with AT&T and NCR. Dag has a BS EE cum laude from Worcester Polytechnic and an MBA cum laude from Carroll School of Management at Boston College. Dag has two young children Max and Sam in Grand Junction. He is an active pilot and skier.

Keynote: Add Significant Value To Your Organization Through Vendor Contract Lifecycle Management, Ted Pilling, from NET(net), Inc.

In today’s global economy, as companies look to IT to better add value to their organization, CIO's are moving their organizations to a global single source model resulting in improved vendor contract lifecycle management. Ted will discuss how this allows IT to maximize their strategic value, financial effective, and contractual strength. This in turn results in:

• Lowering costs

• Mitigating risk

• Improving quality

• Maximizing agility

• Governing compliance

• Building better partners

Ms. Culjak will speak about RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, current and expected uses and issues within implementations. She will also cover potential uses for RFID technology, the implications associated with product / patron identification and the value that can be derived as the market matures will be reviewed.

• General Introduction and Overview of RFID
• Latest Developments in RFID
• Lessons Learned from RFID
• Real examples of RFID uses and business value
• How to determine if your organization will benefit from RFID
• Steps to implementation when your organization is ready

About Phaedra Culjak:

Ms. Culjak is the founder and President of Culjak Consulting, Inc. She has worked in the Agri-Food industry providing supply chain logistics, asset management, inventory management and tracking/tracing solutions for more than 8 years. As Director of Business Development for AgInfoLink, she provided solutions across the food supply chain utilizing various technologies including RFID, Barcodes, Wifi, Bluetooth, WLAN, VPN, and integration with existing systems.

Featured Event

Friday, May 12th, 2006

The Mile High Chapter of the Project Management Institute is offering AITP members a significant discount at their 2006 Rocky Mountain Project Management Symposium featuring a leadership breakfast with Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani!

Click here for a flyer with full details of this event, including information about how to get the discount when you register.

“There will be a broader demand for people who are versatile in a variety of different areas than those who are continuous specialists in only one area. I believe that this trend will gradually raise the bar for IT workers: It may, in fact, even turn them into business IT professionals instead of just technical folks.” Dianne Morello, Research Vice President, Gartner

Source: John Edwards, Technology Writer, “Rise of the Machines - By 2010, will technology have terminated most IT jobs?”, CIO Magazine Dec 15, 2003 Issue

The role of the IT professional has changed from technical specialist to business manager focusing on innovations that matter for the business. The IT Pro must recognize that information technology (IT) has become far more than a means of automating existing processes and increasing productivity. Rather, as a prime stimulus for business innovation and an enabler of competitive advantage—and must position themselves as key participants in a process that develops business and IT strategies in concert.

The redefining the IT professional from IT Pro to IT Biz Pro brings a need to enhance our business skills and steer our careers down the right path of the new IT industry – to become the next generation of IT leaders.

Deborah Lovell is owner of On Your Market, a Marketing Consulting Group, and prior to launching her own company in 2004, she was the Business Development Manager for Tamer Partners Corporation, a corporate training company, where she launched leadership and team building programs for enhancing employee performance. Her expertise includes 25 years experience in relationship management, sales & sales management, and business channel development in the telecommunications and information technology industries. In addition to serving as President of AITP Dallas, she serves as Vice President of AITP Region 3. Deborah also serves as Director - Dallas District of the American Teleservices Association - South Central Chapter, and is a member of Call Center Networking Group, an association focused on customer service and customer loyalty in the contact center industry and the Dallas Press Club.

Special Summer Event

For AITP Mile High Members ONLY:

Microsoft Technical Preview: Featuring Vista, Office and Exchange

This is a Culminis partner event and not a public event.

Microsoft® is making a special appearance in Denver, CO on June 20, 2006, to give a presentation to Culminis partner members (plus a guest) about technical details of the upcoming releases of Vista, Exchange and Office. Microsoft experts will be giving in-depth technical presentations and demos and there will be Q&A time. In addition, they will be providing refreshments and raffle prizes.

Each user group member, with one guest, is invited. Please RSVP to the email address below. If you are not a member, see the information below about the special member sale expiring May 31st. Join now and take advantage of this special offer from Culminis and Microsoft.

Meeting RSVP messages or questions should be sent to: dinners@denveraitp.org