Global CIO Value Forum: Final Panelist Confirmed

Glomark-Governan has confirmed its final panelist for the Global CIO Value Forum 2008, an event designed to discuss best practices for measuring IT value and IT portfolio management, at the Columbus Hilton at Easton on October 2nd, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio. A list of the final panelists and keynote speaker is listed below:

Keynote Speaker and confirmed panelist:
Steven I. Cooper, former CIO of the Department of Homeland Security and the American Red Cross, Current Partner of Strativest, LLC.
Confirmed panelists include:
Zahid Afzal, EVP & CIO, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
Kristen Blum, SVP & CIO, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Angelo Mazzocco,Chief Information Officer , Progressive Medical, Inc.
Brad Perkins, Vice President of Platform Development, CheckFree Corporation, now part of Fiserv
Robert Richardson, Chief Information Officer, Worthington Industries, Inc.
Guru Vasudeva, Enterprise Chief Technology Officer, Nationwide Insurance
Denise Zabawski, CIO and VP of Information Services, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

The forum, for senior IT executives and CIOs, is designed to discuss best practices for effectively identifying, assessing, and measuring the economic value of technology investments, a crucial element of every company’s IT portfolio management practice.

Glomark-Governan, in collaboration with the confirmed panelists, will discuss experiences and best practices for adopting a standardized technology/project selection and valuation process to consistently and objectively forecast and measure IT value.

The Global CIO Value Forum 2008 –the first of five forums to be conducted in multiple countries – is a “by invitation only” event. If you are a CIO or senior IT Manager and would like to attend, please contact Glomark-Governan at ciovalue@governan.com.
For more information about the Global CIO Value Forum 2008, please visit http://www.glomark-governan.com, or contact the Glomark-Governan headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA, at 614-761-2400.

Glomark-Governan helps enterprises around the world by providing them with the methodology, training, consulting, benchmarking research, and software tools necessary to assess, communicate and measure the economic value of investments in technology and services initiatives. Glomark-Governan has enhanced and refined its Economic Value Creation ( EVC™ ) Methodology for more than a decade.

Avalinx Bets Blackjack Will Win Big on iTunes New App Store

Avalinx LLC, announced the introduction of their new Pro-Series of casino-quality games for the iPhone. The first of the series, 21 Pro: Blackjack is now available on iTunes App Store 

 

Click here for more info: 

http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200808/1219888489.html#bookmark

Columbus $100k Tech Jobs

One of the challenges to building a vibrant tech community is keeping our talent here. A key component to that retention is making exciting positions visible to our community. Here a listing of higher end positions currently available where total compensation packages are >$100k

Field Application Engineer – http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcr92k6t_154g8dknjht

IT Director –  http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcr92k6t_1559cxzbrcr

Sharepoint Director –  http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcr92k6t_156dp82dkwz

Senior Java Developer – http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcr92k6t_157dghkbvfd

Peace Out,

Ben 

TechColumbus ‘Special Event’ Luncheon: Dave Berkus Presents "Ten Technology Trends That Will Shape Your Corporate Future"

For those of you who want to get a view of what the future holds – here is a not to be missed event. Sign up fast as seats are limited.

Peace out,
Ben

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The West Coast has a reputation for creating new technology businesses that send shock-waves around the world. From this cutting-edge marketplace, David Berkus, Past Chairman of Tech Coast Angels, will share his views on the top 10 tech trends affecting business today.

Click here to register : http://www.techcolumbus.org/en/cev/297

Dave Berkus is chairman emeritus/member of the Tech Coast Angels, and has played an integral role in its success. With 300 members across five southern California cities, it is the largest angel group in the nation. Since 1993, Dave has invested in 68 technology ventures, earning an IRR of 97%. Berkus, aka “Mr. Trend”, has been divining the future of technology for fifteen years, presenting his views before CEO workshops, business groups and technology association meetings since 1993. Author of two books and many articles, Berkus asks us to contemplate the tough questions that come from an understanding of these trends, including “How do we remain competitive in this new environment?” and “How do you position to expend your corporate resources most effectively?” Delivered with humor and insight, Berkus’ “Ten Trends” is an audience favorite, a must-attend event that should cause lots of conversation as attendees evaluate the impact upon their own corporate strategies.

Personal Productivity – Electronic Calendar for the Family

This post was contributed by my incredibly smart wife Sandy Blanquera

– for more articles on Home, Family, Parenting, Health , Home, Self, Living – check out her blog at http://myfabuloushome.blogspot.com/

Tired of missing those important appointments and events within your family? There is good news today for families who want to stay connected. Electronic calendars are all the rage to keep you connected online, and also using mobile devices. Calendar web tools have been around for a while, but today’s tools will even send a text message to your son that he has to be home by 3:30 for his practice. Or, you can keep a family journal complete with photos and all members’ comments. What a great way to start a keepsake. We just started using one that also allows you to upload your Microsoft Outlook calendar into the family calendar to make maintenace simple. It even uses different colors to differentiate family members’ schedules. Check out Cozi and start making your life simpler. http://cozicentral.cozi.com/homepage/.

User Group Spotlight and event – Central Ohio Chapter of the Extreme Programming User’s Group

The Central Ohio Chapter of the Extreme Programming User’s Group promotes the Extreme Programming methodology and to share best practices in iterative project methodologies and frameworks in general. This group is open to anyone (developers, managers, analysts, testers, etc.) interested in learning more about Extreme Programming, Agile, RUP, SCRUM, etc.

click here for more info:

http://www.cardinalsolutions.com/xp/index.html

Next Meeting: August 27th, 2008
Agenda:
11:30-11:45am – Networking
11:45- 12:00pm – XP discussion topic of the month: What is a framework?
12:00- 1:00pm – A Reusable Command Framework Presented by Alan Cline
Location: OCLC Kilgour Building presentation room.

Central Ohio SharePoint User Group (www.COSPUG.org) info

The Central Ohio SharePoint Users Group (COSPUG) is starting a SP Administrator Certification study group.  Rob Roach is organizing and facilitating the group.    The group is open and free of charge.   The first meeting will be Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the Westerville Public Library, 126 South State Street, in Meeting Room B.  Please contact Rob directly if you are interested in participating or need more information about this group.       614-644-0542

************************************************************************************************* The Central Ohio SharePoint User Group (www.COSPUG.org) is a Microsoft-sponsored community group that comes together to explore SharePoint and the applications that work with SharePoint.  The user group is targeted towards end users, administrators, implementers, developers, and anyone who likes to learn about emerging technology.  We meet the third Thursday of every month from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Microsoft office (near Polaris), 8800 Lyra Drive  Suite 400, in Columbus, Ohio.  Everyone who attends the user group meeting, no matter what their level of SharePoint experience, will likely leave having learned something new. Admission is free.  No reservations needed.   For more information, contact Carol Fleming at  614-566-8657    cfleming@ohiohealth.com

Quote to start your Monday morning

“Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt”

Monday Morning Muses – Aug 25, 2008 – on professional development

I’m sitting in my home office listening to the opening and closing of doors as the kids get ready for their first day of school. It’s a cycle that’s repeated year in and year out. In our household we value education as a key to success and options in life. We constantly remind our kids of this fact. If you’re like me most of you also were reminded of this by your parents.

The question at hand is what are you doing to model continuous learning to your kids? Especially in a industry where the half life of relevant knowledge can be measured in years and sometimes months. Ask yourself a few questions:

– What I am I doing to keep myself current in my profession?

– How much time have I spent in the last year investing in myself? How does that compare with the amount of time I’ve spend watching TV?

– What am doing to surround myself with people who stretch my thoughts?

– What are the implications of the answers of the previous questions? It sometimes said that if you’re not moving forward then you’re falling behind.

There are a ton of professional development activities out there. All you have to do is look at the various sources. (techcolumbus website, your professional society website, this blog 😉 ) and get the date on your calendar. Make it a priority, get it on your calendar, commit to a few hours of professional development activities a month.

After all our kids need good education role models and you owe it to yourself to keep growing. Start your new school year today.

Peace out,

Ben

iFund a $100 million investment fund for iPhone apps

The iPhone revolution get some funding help…

…..Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers create fund to invest in start-ups specializing in iPhone applications

click here for more info –
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/technology/22ifund.html?ref=technology