Courtesy: Harwell Thrasher
March 19, 2010
"Utilizing Technology to Your Competitive Advantage in the NFL"
Danny Branch
Senior Vice President, IT
Atlanta Falcons
100 Galleria Parkway
Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30339
770-952-6000
Agenda:
11:30AM to Noon - Networking
Noon to 12:30PM - Lunch
12:30PM to 1:30PM - Speaker
Meeting Fee (includng lunch): No cost to Atlanta SIM Members paid in full or to their qualifying invited guests. All attendees must pre-register. Attendance is limited to qualified senior IT professionals.
Both SIM Atlanta Members and Non-Members, please pre-register via email at mark@pyramidci.com
SIM Atlanta Reports Robust Growth in Membership and Attendance
Dear Members and Friends:
As the 2008-2009 year comes to a close, I am delighted to report some very encouraging numbers on two key performance metrics.
1. The Chapter membership has increased by almost 100% during the past year.
2. Monthly meetings are consistently drawing a full house -- 80% or more of our members are regularly attending Chapter meetings and events.
We take great pride in the thought provoking and intellectually stimulating discussions at our monthly meetings. In a cordial and plush setting, a select group of senior IS practitioners come together to share ideas and practices on important IS issues. The interaction formats range from the traditional single speaker presentation and panel discussions to the more innovative debates and audience-as-the panel session.
I am also pleased to report on the growing popularity of the annual CIO Forum and Executive Summit , our capstone knowledge sharing event of the year. Over a period of two days, through keynote sessions and panels, numerous IT management topics of interest -- data quality, information security, measuring and communicating the business value of IT, deduplication of technologies, and data center management -- were discussed.
The annual SIM Atlanta Technology Exchange and Golf Outing is another significant event that combines knowledge share with fun and charity. The net proceeds go to TechBridge, the non-profit technology service provider.
Hope you will take the time to read our first Annual Report and Newsletter that highlights the many value creation activities and offerings of this non-profit organization. You will also enjoy the following articles contributed by two of our members.
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Should CIO's Worry About Using Open Source Code?
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Be in the Top One Percent of a Job Search
Thanks again for your strong support.
Sincerely,
Dr. Dave Chatterjee
Chairman