2009-M-DD Sacramento TechExecs CIO Panel Forum & Tech Showcase

(PANELIST)

Bruce Brown
CIO
Instaware

(FEATURED
PRESENTER)

To Be Announced

Anthony Huang
Founder

TechExecs Network 

(CIO PANELIST)

Ben Graham
CIO
MARTA 

(CIO PANELIST)

Kathy Lamb
VP & CIO
Ames Taping Tool Systems

(CIO PANELIST)

Bjarke Ormstrup
Director, IT
PBD

(CIO PANELIST)

Barb Kunkel
CIO
Troutman Sander

- AGENDA -

8:00am - 8:30am    Check-in, Continental Breakfast, Table Showcase 
                           & Executives Networking
                             Venue & Breakfast Host Strayer University 
                                                              & Strategic Sphere Corp.

8:30am - 8:45am     Welcome by Strategic Sphere Corp by Dr. Kambiz Khadem
                                         and Sandy Hofmann, Atlanta Chapter Hononary Chair

                              Inspire Me Program & TechExecs College Chapter Updates

                              Sponsors Recognition & Program Introduction
                              DeLois Babiker, Atlanta Chair Chair TechExecs
                             
9:00am - 9:30am     FEATURED PRESENTER
                              "To Be Determined"
                                       To Be Announced

                                
9:30am - 10:00am   FEATURED PRESENTER
                              "To Be Determined"
                                       To Be Announced

                              SPECIAL RECOGNITION:  DISPLAY TABLE SPONSORS
                       

10:00am - 10:30am   BREAK - TABLE SHOWCASE & NETWORKING

10:30am - 11:30am   CIO & Thought-Leadership Panel

                                Sandy Hofman, CIO-in-Residence, ATDC, MODERATOR
                                

11:30am - 11:45am   Closing, Recognition & Thanking Our Speakers
                                POST-EVENT: TABLE SHOWCASE & NETWORKING

NOTE: This Event is Free to Non-Vendor IT Professionals and current TechExecs Sponsors and Paid Members.  Attendance is limited for Sales, Marketing and Recruiting Professionals who are current members or sponsors.  Please contact Pam Terry (pam@techexecs.net) to qualify for attendance to the CIO Panel Forum. * Attendees List will be provided at the event.
 

RECOGNIZING OUR PARTNERS & SPONSORS

 PANEL & SPEAKER BACKGROUND:

CIO PANELIST

Bruce Brown, CIO
Instaware

Bruce Brown worked for thirty years in telecom and information technology implementing operating ERP, Billing, HR and Business Intelligence systems.  Recently retired after five years as the CIO at T-Mobile USA in Seattle, he began his career at Southern Bell / BellSouth in Atlanta.  After working in multiple departments and managing teams in Operator Services, Billing and Collection and Telephone Fraud Management, he moved into the cellular side of the business supporting systems for BellSouth Cellular, one of the predecessors of today’s AT&T.  Next, Bruce spent four years building new cellular businesses in New Zealand, Germany, Israel and Argentina.

After eighteen years with BellSouth, Bruce left the company to help move LHS, a billing system software company, from Germany to the U.S taking it public.  The company was ultimately sold to Schlumberger.  In 1998, he became the head of I.T. for Powertel, a start-up wireless telephone company serving the Southeast.  In May of 2001, the company was acquired by Deutsche Telekom AG to form T-Mobile in the US.   

Bruce and his family returned to the metropolitan Atlanta area in February of 2007.  He operates a right-of-way acquisition and property investment firm and an investment advisory for venture partner funding.  Since August of 2007, Bruce has served as the CEO of Instawares, LLC a venture funded Ecommerce Company that sells commercial equipment and supplies to the restaurant industry.

Anthony Huang
Founder & CEO
Techxans | TechExecs :: Senior IT Executives Network
arh@techexecs.net
866.661.0258
As a well known industry icon, Anthony Huang has been a successful entrepreneur with a solid track record of having started and sold four profitable business ventures. Along with two other individuals, Pamela Terry and Laura Ramey, Anthony Huang launched the Techxans organization back in 2000.  Techxans.org has sustained the ups and downs of the Information Technology industry for the past 7 years and continues to strive and grow in size and capabilities.  In 2001, Techxans reached national and international attention for helping to launch EnronX.org which was the largest Ex-Enron contact site and was mentioned on the front page of The Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine.  In January 2007, Techxans formed Techxans InterActive Broadcast providing Internet TV broadcasting, strategic online advisory services for Techxans Corporate Members & Sponsoring companies.  Prior to Techxans, Anthony Huang was the CEO of Rexton InterActive Consulting that led the market in providing strategic web consulting for over 100 major clients across 23 different industries. Anthony also served as the CIO for 2 healthcare ventures.  Anthony began his career with Apple Computers and Ernst & Young and was a recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1998 with The Greater Houston Partnership.  He has been a speaker at numerous conferences including InformationWeek, Gartner Group Midsize Enterprise Summit, and Red Herring Venture Forums. Anthony graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Management Information Systems and lives in Sugar Land with his wife and two children.

Pam Terry
Sponsorship Chair
TechExecs Network :: Senior IT Executives Network
pam@techexecs.net
866.497.4070
Pam Terry began her foray into technology in 1994 and has a proven track record in sales and marketing in data, voice, collocation, IT consulting, application development, ecommerce, and technology training.  She was most recently an Account Executive with Time Warner Telecom, a Major Accounts Consultant in the Business Division of Time Warner Cable and VP of Marketing for ERGOS Technology.  During her tenure in the industry, Pam had the pleasure of co-founding Techxans with Tony and even created the “Techxans” name.   Prior to Pam’s technology industry experience, Pam was Executive Director of the Galleria Chamber of Commerce and previously provided marketing consulting in the accounting firm industry.  Throughout her career, Pam has been involved in community and trade organizations, having obtained Accreditation in Public Relations from the Public Relations Society of America, and serving on the boards of several charitable and membership groups such as the American Organ Transplant Association and the Association of IT Professionals.  Pam is currently serving as Regional Director of Powerful Women International, a women’s empowerment membership group.  Pam brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in association management and technology to her role as Executive Director of Techxans and Tech Execs.  Originally from Brownsville, Texas, Pam has been in Houston since 1971.   

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