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BlessingWhite, Inc
BlessingWhite is committed to reinventing leadership and the meaning of
work. For almost 30 years they have helped shaped the personal and
professional growth of the top talent of more than 3,000 of the world’s
leading companies. Their processes tackle the challenges of leadership,
communication, culture and values, diversity and career development.
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Abhi Basu
Abhi Basu has over thirty years of experience in the EPC (Engineering,
Procurement and Construction) and Information Technology industries. He has
managed a variety of small to very large projects and programs in a number
of capacities in the EPC and the IS/IT environment.
Abhi has worked on a number of Business Process Re-engineering initiatives
such as revamping the project planning and delivery processes for a very
large program, revamping a procurement and vendor management system,
implementing Executive Information Systems etc. He has developed software
for data extraction and access systems to enhance user access to hundreds of
thousands of engineering drawings for a large geographically distributed
infrastructure program and is assisting in redeploying an asset information
system from legacy to a GIS based system.
Abhi runs a software company developing end user software and providing
custom programming and project management services.
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Ira Brown
Ira Brown Ira Brown is the Executive Vice President, CTO, and co-founder of
Project Assistants, Inc, a Premier Microsoft Project Partner and Solution
Provider specializing in implementation services, integration, training, and
custom software development for Microsoft Project. He has extensive project
management and application development experience, and is recognized as a
leading authority in developing custom solutions for Microsoft Project and
Microsoft Project Server. Ira can be contacted by phone at (800) 642-9259,
or email at
ibrown@projectassistants.com. For more information about Project
Assistants, visit their web site at
www.projectassistants.com.
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Rick Bunker
Mr. Bunker joined Nathanson and Company in February 2002 as a partner
focusing on management consulting.
Rick has over 18 years experience in the computer industry, including
positions as Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of the Internet
Capital Group, President & Chief Executive Officer of Reality Online (a
Reuters subsidiary) and Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer of
SEI Investments.
Other experience includes interim CEO assignments at Xyan.com and
ServerVault, Vice President leading investment management and trading
technology for State Street Global Advisors, Principal Consultant for SQL
Solutions (now Sybase Professional Services), contract programmer for Peat
Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG), Russian Linguist for the US Army Security
Agency and Bouncer for the Rathskeller in Boston, MA.
Rick has broad management, strategy and leadership experience, with focus on
technology, outsourcing and financial services. Rick's key
responsibility with Nathanson and Company is to develop a world-class
consulting practice focused on fast-growth strategy and execution, both for
younger companies and for growth engines within large organizations.
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Sergio Carbone
SC Carbone, Inc. is a computer system consulting company that Mr. Carbone
owns and runs. He has focused on making SC Carbone, Inc. a source for
innovative solutions to real business challenges. SC Carbone, Inc. offers
services including systems development, strategic planning and management,
business analysis, and award winning training and mentoring. Their focus is on N-tier
Client / Server systems. Server platforms supported are: UNIX/AIX, NT/2000,
OS/400, or OS/390. They are experts in building large-scale Internet and
Intranet delivered systems. are even experts in building PDA (CE or Palm OS)
and hand-held (DR-Dos) based systems. A list of technologies routinely used
for solutions are: C++, Java, Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, Visual Basic,and
XML, etc. Everyone at SC Carbone, from the System Engineers to the
Web-Masters to the Network Technicians, is 'top of their game'. Their
clients look to SC Carbone to show them the way, and team with them to
design not just systems but their future.
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Jason Collier
Jason Collier is the founder of CertFX, LLC. A leading provider of
certification practice tests for the IT Industry. Jason has more than seven
years of experience working with the IBM Lotus family of products. He is a
Principal Certified Lotus Professional in Application Development and System
Administration for R4 and R5, IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer -
Lotus Notes & Domino 6 & Lotus Collaborative Solutions and IBM Certified
Advanced System Administrator - Lotus Notes & Domino 6 & Lotus Collaborative
Solutions.
Current projects include a rollout of Lotus Instant Messaging system with a
capacity of 150,000 users and QuickPlace deployment for the enterprise.
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John Crowley
John Crowley’s IT career has spanned 28 years. Starting as a programmer in
1975, John has held a number of technical and product responsibilities in
the database and application development field. John holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Computer Science. He is a past speaker at Common. He is
currently Business Development Manager for Discovery Solutions
International, an iSeries ISV.
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Dean Curtis
As the Technical Sales Director at Pumatech, Dean Curtis manages the
worlwide technical field sales team. The team’s responsibilities include
supporting retail, enterprise and technology licensing opportunities as well
as partner relations. He came to Pumatech in 1999 as a member of the
technology licensing team supporting the eastern United States. Prior to
coming to Pumatech, Mr. Curtis spent two years at Oracle as a Sales
Consultant. At Oracle he was responsible for supporting mobile computing
initiatives across the company. Before joining Oracle, Mr. Curtis spent four
years as a teacher in the Baltimore County Public Schools. He is a graduate
of The Ohio State University.
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Gunars Foldats
Gunars has 20 years experience in Information Technology, working within
diverse industries including Hotel/Casino, Human and Veterinary Healthcare,
and Retail. With a similarly diverse application background in his
consulting experiences Gunars has had the opportunity to integrate systems
and business functions in marketing, distribution and sales. Currently,
Gunars is a software architect, responsible for IBM/Lotus software sales and
Content Management software at Weidenhammer Systems Corporation.
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Fred Gamache
Fred has worked in the Philadelphia area on the S/38 and iSeries for the
past 18 years, the last 14 years as a consultant. He has previously spoken
at DVCUG meetings and December seminars on iSeries topics including SQL,
Open Query File, CL Programming, and Net.Data. He has published several
articles in Midrange Computing and News/3x magazines on iSeries
topics. Fred's expertise is in RPG and CL application development,
iSeries system administration and upgrades, along with Visual Basic, VB.Net
and ASP.Net programming and web application development. He uses SQL every
day in the applications he develops for his clients.
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Darryl Johns
Darryl Johns is an iSeries and e-business consultant with IBM. He is
a 20+ year veteran of IBM and has dedicated most of this career to the midrange
and desktop technologies and was one of the pioneers in connecting these
two.
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Pete Massiello
Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400 since 1989, focusing on
systems management and technical services. He has held numerous technical
positions before becoming a partner in OS Solutions International, Inc. Pete
has a BS in Computer Science from Hofstra University, and an MBA from the
University of New Haven. He is President of the Fairfield CT AS/400 User
Group (FASUG), a member of the COMMON Board of Directors, and a frequent
speaker at local user groups.
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Thomas Mattus
Tom is Vice President of Sales and Marketing with PCI Global Inc and is
responsible for worldwide sales and strategic planning. Prior to PCI, Tom
was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at MoneyTrac, a financial services
program from The Travelers Insurance Company. In addition, he has held
senior sales and marketing positions with American Express and Zenger?Miller
Inc.
Tom sells training programs but has also delivered Project Management
training to Johnson & Johnson, Dun & Bradstreet, CPC/Best Foods and others.
He has also conducted a variety of PM workshops and presentations at the
ASTD International Conference, ADTD Midwest Training Conference, the
Organizational Research Council and Electric Council of New England. He has
published several articles in Human Resource Executive and Project
Management Institute Magazine.
Tom earned a Bachelor of Science degree, in Economics and Business, from
Widener University and an M.B.A from Lehigh University. He is a member of
the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), PMI and the Sales
& Marketing Executive Club.
Tom resides with his wife and two children in Belle Terre, NY. His major
sources of entertainment include doing work breakdown structures (on his
checkbook) for scheduling games and practices for two basketball leagues for
which he is assistant coach, running in circles with the family dog, hitting
a small white ball down an open fairway, and driving his co-workers, spouse
and children crazy with "humorous" jokes.
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Tricia Steege
Tricia Steege, CEO of Transformation Strategies, supports individuals and
organizations by helping them co-create solutions that transform cultures to
meet aggressive business objectives. Her key passion and belief is that by
providing environments which inspire the human spirit, individuals are
unleashed to contribute and accomplish their best.
Incorporating one of key value of hers that gaining individual commitment
begins with intentional engagement, Tricia uses a “whole systems” approach
that propel her clients and their key stakeholders to embrace the
“Possibilities of Transformation” resulting in changed mindsets and
behaviors which contribute to bottom line revenue. Key expertises include
virtual team performance, organization change planning and implementation,
leadership development and strategic event design and facilitation.
She holds a M.Ed in Human Resources Education, Boston University and a
Organization Development degree from National Training labs and is adjunct
faculty for the Penn State University Change Management curriculum.
Clients include Unisys, Lockheed Martin, CIGNA, John Hancock, and Fleet
Bank. Published articles include McGraw Hill Team Development Sourcebook,
“What are Your Teams Needs?”. Her latest publication, “How Mature are Your
Virtual Team Work Processes” is due for publication by McGraw Hill in 2004.
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Joanne Tesar
Joanne Tesar is a Senior Consultant with Weidenhammer Systems Corporation.
Ms. Tesar has 21 years experience in the IBM mid-range arena including 9
years at Weidenhammer. During the last five years, Ms. Tesar has
concentrated on development of Iseries Web applications and is an IBM
certified for e-business technologist and an IBM certified for e-business
solution designer.
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Calvin Sun
Calvin Sun specializes in helping information technology (IT) professionals
and organizations improve their performance. In particular, he helps IT
professionals improve their ability to communicate and work with internal
customers and each other. His work has been featured in numerous
publications including Computerworld, Smart Business, The Washington Post,
The New York Times and Philadelphia Business Journal. His clients include
senior IT executives of major companies and utilities such as York
International, Playtex Products, Arizona Public Service, Public Service
Company of New Mexico, Atlanta Gas Light, Piedmont Natural Gas Company, PJM
Interconnection, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Potomac Electric Power
Company.
Calvin is the author of a 1997 article on e-mail etiquette for Entrepreneur
magazine. His speaking engagements include Front Lines conference 2002, the
Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), TransITech 2003
executive information technology conference, Connection 2003.
Before starting his own practice, Calvin worked for IBM for several years.
He started as a programmer at the Santa Teresa Laboratory in San Jose and
eventually became an AS/400 systems engineer and later a market support
representative in Philadelphia. He then joined KPMG Peat Marwick as an IT
consultant and manager, where he led the development of an AS/400-based
application for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. He holds a
B.A. from Haverford College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania.
Calvin has studied extensively about the Titanic. He has written and
published articles about the subject, visited and photographed the 150
victim graves in Nova Scotia plus others in the United States, delivered
lectures, and has interviewed two sons of a Titanic survivor. His article on
the Nova Scotia victim graves appeared in the October 1999 issue of American
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Frank Tonn
Frank Tonn began his Lotus affiliation in 1994 in Munich, Germany, at
CompuNet, a Lotus Business Partner. His background is that of a
mathematician; he received a Diploma in Mathematics from the University of
Cologne. At CompuNet he soon specialized as a Lotus Notes application
developer. In 1998 he moved to Lotus Professional Services in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. By now a System Architect, he became an expert in Domino - SAP
R/3 Integration. On his next move, to Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA in 2000,
Frank joined the Advanced Collaboration Group in the Worldwide Technical
Sales Team at Lotus Software headquarters and worked as Advisory Software
Engineer for Lotus Workflow. Since 2003 he supports the IBM Sales Team in
the New York region as a Certified Senior IT Specialist, providing product
related technical expertise to Business Partners and Customers through
presentations and proofs of concept.
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