Thursday June 10, 2010
from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Topic:  Data Center Consolidation “Green IT”

CIO Forum / Scholarship Awards Dinner
Networking, Dinner Meeting and Guest CIO Speakers open to the public

Thursday May 20, 2010
from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Location:
Crowne Plaza Baltimore
2004 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

6:00 - 6:45 pm Networking
6:45 - 7:45 pm Dinner, Announcements
                           & Student Scholarships Presented
7:45 - 9:00 pm CIO Forum and Panel Discussion/Q&A

Join us for our BIGGEST meeting of the year!!!!  Our Annual CIO Forum where you will meet the CIOs from three Maryland companies telling you how IT is handled within their organization.  This is a great networking opportunity.

Program:  Cloud Computing and Its Impact on IT Strategy

$37.00 - Members
$50.00 - Non-Members
$37.00 - Students (with ID)

Guest CIO Speakers:

Rick Woodcock - CTO, The U.S. Naval Institute

Richard P. Crane Jr. - President & CEO, GoBeyond IT

John McFadden - former Bethlehem Steel CIO, now on Loyola U Faculty

Three area CIOs discuss Cloud Computing and what it means to their organization, and how it will affect future IT Strategy.

Panel Discussion facilitated by::
Dave Hartman, Principal, Hartman Business Technology

Corporate Sponsorship is available for this meeting

-          $300 Sponsor Benefits

April 2010

Wednesday April 14, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm Lunch Meeting

Topic:  The New Enterprise Desktop

Topic Details: How should you provision desktops now? Many more options than simple computers on desks are available, permitting a fluid mix of desktop and laptop computers, virtual machines, thin clients, mobile devices, and even desktops delivered as a service. What factors drive adoption of newer options such as desktop virtualization and mobile platform? What challenges face adopters, and where things are going in the next few years?

Presented By: Ted Ritter
Senior Research Analyst Nemertes Research

Location:                                Thank you to our Sponsor! GoBeyondIT 
Copeland's Restaurant
10200 Wincopin Circle
Columbia, MD 21044

$25.00 - Members
$35.00 - Non-Members
$25.00 - Students (with ID)

About our Presenter:

February 2010

February 18, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Dinner Meeting

Program:  Using an Outsourced IT Department – What are Managed IT Services?
You will learn how managed IT services can be used as a strategic method, to improve operations for companies with limited or no IT staffing.  Our presenter will define managed services, share common IT support challenges, and share IT best practices.

Location: 
Crowne Plaza Baltimore
2004 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093  

$35.00 - Members
$45.00 - Non-Members
$35.00 - Students (with ID)

About Our Keynote Speaker:

Rich Glenn, Director of Technical Services for System Source

Industry Certifications include –
MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
MASE Master Accredited Systems Engineer
MCNE Master Certified Novell Engineer
CLP Certified Linux Professional
CNI Certified Novell Instructor
CompTia Certifications – A+, Network+, Linux+, Project+ & Server+ 

November 2009

Dinner / Annual Meeting

Thursday November 19, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Networking
Dinner
Election of Officers
Keynote Speaker:
Robert Garrant, Director of Business Intelligence for i4DM
Topic:  Business Intelligence

Bob's remarks will address the business side of implementing
Business Intelligence solutions:
- The commitment and involvement from the business side of the organization.
- The tasks necessary to complete the implementation, with an emphasis on business unit tasks.
- The art of incrementally implementing the solution to improve the likelihood of success.
- Dashboards, scorecards, gauges, thermometers and things that go bump in the night.

Location: 
Crowne Plaza Baltimore
2004 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093               

Members $35.00                                   
Non-Members $45.00
Students $35.00
                                               
About Our Keynote Speaker:

Robert Garrant, Director of Business Intelligence for i4DM
He guides clients through the process of building Business Intelligence solutions, from business cases and KPIs through to the deployment of dashboards and scorecards and in-depth reporting. Bob graduated from West Point and then earned his Masters Degree in Computer Science from Pace University in New York. He served in the US Army, the communications industry, financial services industry and Information Technology companies from very small to very large. As the Director of Business Intelligence, Bob is managing multiple project teams engaged in various stages of implementing Business Intelligence solutions. In this capacity, Bob has worked with clients that range from hospitality, financial services, non-profit to renewable energy industries.

October 2, 2009

AUF ZUM OKTOBERFEST!!

Oktoberfest!                  Baltimore AITP 32^nd Annual Fest

Friday October 2, 2009 from 12 NOON till DUSK

Location:   Patapsco State Park
Hollofield Area, Site #300
Route 40 West (Baltimore National Pike)
(approximately 1.5 miles west of Beltway Exit 15)

Menu: German Sausage (Knockwurst, Bauernwurst, Weisswurst, Bratwurst), Sauerkraut, German Salads, German Style Luncheon Meats, Hot and Sweet Italian Sausage, Oktoberfest Beer and Wine, Pretzels, Sodas, Coffee and Cake.

TRADITIONAL GERMAN MUSIC

This AITP traditional event has been a sellout - FIRST COME (80 only), FIRST SERVED!!       

Register On-Line below.  After registering you have the option to pay online using PayPal.    

You can bring a check with you to the event.

Members $20.00 each
Non-Members $30.00 each
5 or more Non-Members $27.00 each

register here

Proceeds benefit the Baltimore Chapter Scholarship fund.

Sponsorship was available for this meeting 

-          $150 Sponsor Benefits
(1) Receive admission for two representatives
(2) A banner or sign at the event

Wednesday September 16, 2009 from 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Lunch Meeting

Topic: Cyber Security: Then, Now, and Beyond...

Brian K. Elza, PhD
Senior Scientist G2-Inc

Top reasons to regret missing the event:

1. You didn't meet our Sponsors and Members
You may not know the answers to:
2. Can my phone transmit what the microphone picks up... after I turn it off?
3. Is it spelled: Cyber Security, Cyber-Security, Cybersecurity, CyberSecurity or something else?
4. Which do I like more at That's Amore - the Chicken Parmesan, or the Chicken Marsala?
5. Did I miss adding someone important to my personal network?

Location:  That’s Amore Restaurant
10400 Little Patuxent Parkway, #G-1
Columbia, MD 21044
Tel: 410-772-5900
                                               
$25.00 - Members
$35.00 - Non-Members
$15.00 - Students (with ID)

Topic Details:
The presentation will begin with a brief venture through the corridor of time, stopping at key points along the way to discuss the ramifications of various attacks, exploits and vulnerabilities and how they came to affect our culture and the computer industry of today. Then we’ll proceed into the near future touching on some areas presently under exploitation and how that will impact all of us both at work and play. At each point, we’ll discuss the how and why of each event and how some events could have been prevented while others were inevitable.

Cyber Security has evolved as the systems being exploited evolved while perpetrators became more sophisticated, tools and attacks more prevalent and the transition from traditional areas of simple computer network probes and security to more diverse areas like: RFID tags, phones and automobiles.  If it is a “system”, it can be and probably has been exploited.

About our Presenter:
Dr Brian K. Elza grew up in Baltimore MD, and promptly set about moving west-ward as soon as possible. He received his Bachelor's in Physics and Astronomy from Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill in '83, a Masters in Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics in '87, and a Doctorate in Computational Physics in '91 from the University of Oklahoma at Norman, OK and interned at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He successfully made it to the West Coast in '91 as a Staff Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the Defense Science's Division in Livermore California.

In ’93, he returned to the Baltimore-Washington area, to work at Goddard Space Flight Center, where he dealt with such diverse areas as satellite trajectories, telemetry and data analysis, to overseeing the primary Web Pages for the HEASARC (High Energy Astrophysics). In '97, he went to work for the DoD where he specialized in various security related fields. In 2000, he moved to Spyrus Inc and worked on the Public-Key Infrastructure, and Smart-card technology specializing in security and exploits. In 2001, he moved to SAIC and worked at various lettered Agencies in the Washington area on a plethora of projects related to ensuring data security. In 2007, he moved to G2-Inc (http://www.g2-inc.com) which specializes in Information and Mission Assurance technologies, where he has helped G2’s customers gain an understanding of current adversary threats, operations, and the defense of Federal networks.

Thank you to Sponsors of this meeting:

Joint Meeting with AITP Washington D.C. Chapter

Thursday June 11, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
 at That’s Amore Restaurant
10400 Little Patuxent Parkway, #G-1
Columbia, MD 21044
Tel: 410-772-5900
 

Guest Speaker: Ernest W. Wohnig III, PMP of Booz|Allen|Hamilton. 

6:00pm – 6:45pm – Networking
6:45pm – 7:00pm – Sponsor Introductions, Announcements
7:00pm – 8:00pm – Dinner
8:00pm – 9:00pm – Presentation, Q&A

Presentation Details:
Securing the Millennials: Rise of the N-Gen and its impact on Cyber
 – ‘What the arrival of the digital native means for cyber’ 

‘Securing the Millennial’s’, will layout a blueprint of this rising demographic in terms of how they think, work, interact, socialize. This will lead to discussion of the ubiquitous and diverse usage of IT reflected in the demographic group. Finally, we will also look at how this impacts IT Managers/IT Security Managers and their Programs and what they need to know and understand regarding the groups views toward IT usage, security and privacy.

$25.00 - Members
$35.00 - Non-Members
$15.00 - Students (with ID)

CIO Forum
Networking, Dinner Meeting and Guest CIO Speakers open to the public

Thursday May 21, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location:
Crowne Plaza Baltimore
2004 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

6:00 - 6:45 pm Networking
6:45 - 7:45 pm Dinner & Announcements
7:45 - 9:00 pm CIO Forum and Panel Discussion/Q&A

Join us for our BIGGEST meeting of the year!!!!  Our Annual CIO Forum where you will meet the CIOs from three Maryland companies telling you how IT is handled within their organization.  This is a great networking opportunity.

Program:  Meeting IT Objectives In A Challenging Economy
In today’s economy, budgets are tighter and IT departments are asked to do more with less. Each of our speakers will share the ways that their companies adjusted or innovated to meet IT objectives in these challenging economic times, and how they might be preparing for future economic changes, whether positive or negative.

$37.00 - Members
$50.00 - Non-Members
$37.00 - Students (with ID)

Guest CIO Speakers:

George Haynes, Vice President and CIO of Northrop Grumman Technical Services
Brian Miller, VP Information Technology, Revolution, LLC
Tim Kobosko, VP Information Services, Naval Academy Alumni Association

Panel Discussion facilitated by:
Dave Hartman, Principal, Hartman Business Technology

Using Virtual Iron, HP, and LeftHand SANs to Maximize the Business Case for Virtualization.

February 2009

February 26, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Dinner Meeting 

Program:  Role of IT in Innovation and Creating Value
This presentation discusses how companies in different industries have
found innovative ways to work with or better understand their customers
in order to increase the value of their products or services, thus
increasing customer loyalty and differentiation in competitive markets.
This talk discusses several cases in which IT has played a critical role
in supporting this type of innovation by helping companies to understand
customer preferences, empowering customers to contribute to the
company's product or service offering, anticipating future customer
needs and providing insights that foster continuous improvements.

Location: Crowne Plaza Baltimore (Used to be called Holiday Inn Timonium.)

$37.00 - Members
$50.00 - Non-Members
$37.00 - Students (with ID)

About Our Keynote Speaker: Anil Gupta

Experience:
2005 - Current  MICROSTRATEGY, INC., McLean, VA
                      Senior Product Manager
2002 - 2005     SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC., San Mateo, CA
                      Senior Product Manager – Architecture
1999 - 2000     BOOZ-ALLEN & HAMILTON, INC., Rockville, MD
                       Senior Consultant - World Technology Business
Education
2000- 2002      MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Cambridge, MA
                       MBA, June 2002
                       Career Focus: Software Product Management and Consulting
1993 – 1996     GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C.
                       B.S.  Phi Beta Kappa

November 2008

Dinner / Annual Meeting

Thursday November 13, 2008 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Networking
Dinner
Presentation of Business Plan and call for new Leaders
Election of Officers
Keynote Speaker
John Eckenrode (President of CPSI)
Topic: Maryland Computer Services Tax:
How it happened, how it was repealed, and
how we can keep it from happening again.


Location:  Crowne Plaza Hotel
Baltimore North-Hunt Valley
2004 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093
                                                         Print the meeting flyer
Members $25.00                                  to help advertise our event!    
Non-Members $35.00
Students $20.00

About Our Keynote Speaker:

John Eckenrode, President, CPSI

Topic: Maryland Computer Services Tax:
How it happened, how it was repealed, and
how we can keep it from happening again.

John Eckenrode was born and raised in 1953 in Easton, Pennsylvania.  He graduated from high school in 1970 and went to Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. He came to Baltimore in 1975 to work for Bethlehem Steel.

Mr. Eckenrode holds both a BS and MS in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University and a Masters in Business from the Johns Hopkins University.  He has been CDP (Certified Data Processor) and CSP (Certified Systems Professional) certified by ICCP (Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals).  Mr. Eckenrode has 15 years of information technology experience and 19 years of experience in executive, marketing and recruiting roles with CPSI.

President and founder of CPSI, John Eckenrode has vast experience as an employee and contractor, having progressed through the ranks from programmer to project manager.  Mr. Eckenrode started CPSI’s parent company, Innovative Data Processing, Inc., in 1985.  In 1990 Mr. Eckenrode changed roles from professional consultant to full time executive, marketing and recruiting roles for the firm. 

Mr. Eckenrode is the NACCB DC Chapter President.  NACCB is the National Association of Computer Consulting Businesses.  Mr. Eckenrode in addition was very active with the recent lobbying efforts to support the repeal of the Maryland State computer services sales tax.   He co-founded MCSA, the Maryland Computer Services Association, and is co-chair of the NACCB Maryland Tax Coalition.

October 2008

Oktoberfest! proceeds benefit Scholarship Fund

Friday October 3, 2008 from 12 noon to dusk

Location:  

Patapsco State Park
Hollofield Area, Site #300
Route 40 West (Baltimore National Pike)
(approximately 1.5 miles west of Beltway Exit 15)

Members $20.00 each

Non-Members $30.00 each
5 or more Non-Members $27.00 each 

September 2008  "Melting Pot" Networking Session

Wednesday September 17, 2008 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Location:  

Members were admitted for FREE
Non-Members were charged a fee of $10.00

CIO Forum and Scholarship Awards Dinner

Thursday May 15, 2008 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
at Crowne Plaza Baltimore (used to be Holiday Inn Timonium)

6 - 7 pm Networking
7 - 8 pm Dinner, Scholarship Awards & Announcements
8 - 9 pm CIO Forum

Join us for our BIGGEST meeting of the year!!!!  Our Annual CIO Forum where you will meet the CIOs from three Maryland companies telling you how IT is handled within their organization.  This is a great networking opportunity.  We will also be giving out our annual Scholarship Awards to deserving students. 

$25.00 - Members
$50.00 - Non-Members
$25.00 - Students (with ID)

Guest CIO Speakers: 

Josh Lippy, CIO, America's Remote Help Desk
Dr. Peter Murray, VP & CIO, University of Maryland Baltimore
Marita Ventura, , BillMeLater

 

 

 

Josh Lippy
Chief Technology Officer
America's Remote Help Desk

Presenting

The Virtual Support Center: Quality of life = Quality Support

Josh Lippy is the co-founder of America's Remote Help Desk (ARHD) and has been the CTO for seven years. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Josh worked for Acosta, a food broker, designing, building, implementing and managing a LAN network and creating WAN environments with other offices throughout the country and later performed network implementation and consulting services for an outsource solutions provider. Today, Josh functions as the CTO of ARHD. He designs and utilizes the proven technology to match the specific business needs of ARHD's clients. He specializes in all facets of network security, which includes firewalls and network protection relating to the Internet. Josh designs large scale multi-platform email environments with a specialized focus in Microsoft Exchange. Additionally, he has customized a cutting edge service delivery platform that defines the Help Desk process and procedures for a complete Help Desk solution. He has built over 70 network systems and continues to combine his business knowledge with technical expertise

 

 

 Dr. Peter Murray, Ph.D.
 Vice President & CIO
 University of Maryland Baltimore

 

 

Dr. Peter J. Murray is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the University of Maryland Baltimore. Dr. Murray began his tenure at UMB on January 14, 2002. He oversees the Center for Information Technology Services (CITS). CITS is the central information technology organization for the University which develops and maintains mission-critical enterprise systems and technologies, e.g., human resources, payroll, finance, student, e-mail, research, teaching and learning, network infrastructure, web, telecommunications, etc. Dr. Murray is also responsible for overseeing and coordinating campus-wide information technology, including policies, committees, and the overall strategy for the University.  Network World Magazine published an article in January 2006 about Dr. Murray and his accomplishments at UMB. The article explains his efforts and goals on how he created a collaborative IT culture within the campus.

 

 

Marita Ventura
Vice President, Head of the Program Management Office
BillMeLater

Marita is an executive leader with over 25 years experience in leading technology organizations.  As the Head of the Program Management Office, Marita’s office is the central point for planning, coordinating, and controlling the many facets of the organization’s technology initiatives.

From 2001 though 2007, Marita was the Company’s Chief Technology Officer.  Marita is credited with successfully building and scaling the Bill Me Later technology infrastructure and software.  Under her leadership she led the hard-core engineering efforts of Bill Me Later’s push-button simplicity, lightening-fast transaction processing, and 99.99% availability.

Marita's prior positions include: Vice President and Senior Technology Officer at First USA/Bank One's Chevy Chase Credit Card Division; Vice President of Strategic Systems Development at Citibank; and Principal Management Consultant at StarSoft, Inc.  Throughout her tenure she has successfully managed numerous large-scale payment and credit card systems development projects, Internet implementations, and IT strategy projects.

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VISTA Adoption Event

Thursday May 15, 2008 from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
at Crowne Plaza Baltimore (used to be Holiday Inn Timonium)

Come learn why you want to adopt Vista into your office.

"Melting Pot" Networking Session

Thursday April 10, 2008 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Location:  Bertucci's White Marsh
(8130 Corporate Place, Baltimore, MD 21236 410-931-0900)

Join us for our next Melting Pot Networking Event! 
Meet friends, new friends, talk about IT. 
Enjoy appetizers, some pizza and drink (cash bar).

 NOTE:  Registration is required (walk-ins will be charged additional fee). 

With Pre-Registration:
Members are admitted for FREE
(If you are a new member, please bring your email confirmation with you).
Non-Members will be charged a fee of $10.00

Walk-ins - Registration rec'd after 5:00 pm Wed, April 9, 2008:
Members pay at the door - $5.00
Non-Members pay at the door - $15.00
When paying at the door, cash or check only please.

A portion of the proceeds will go towards our annual Scholarship Fund.

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THIS EVENT WAS SPONSORED BY:

www.answerquest.com

 

"Melting Pot" Networking Session

Wednesday February 20, 2008 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Join us for our next Melting Pot Networking Event!  Meet friends, new friends, talk about IT.  Enjoy appetizers, some pizza and drink (cash bar).

Members are admitted for FREE!  (If you are a new member, please bring your email confirmation with you).

Non-Members were charged a nominal fee of $5.00 (a portion toward our yearly scholarship award).  Payments not accepted online.

Location:
Sandler Training
Training Center
The Meadows, 16 Green Meadow Drive, Suite G103, Timonium, MD 21093
 

Directions:
I-83 North, Exit 16 A
Right onto Timonium Road
Left onto York Road
1/3 mile, look for the Baltimore County Savings Bank, past the Old Ames Shopping Center Once you see the bank Right onto Green Meadow Drive
1 block down, left into office building--it's chocolate colored and says, "Long & Foster"
Basement/ground floor, immediately off the elevator

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THIS EVENT WAS SPONSORED BY:
Certified CIO

"Melting Pot" Networking Session

Wednesday January 16, 2008 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

at Bertucci's White Marsh (8130 Corporate Place, Baltimore, MD 21236 410-931-0900)

Many guests joined us for our Melting Pot Networking Event!  Met friends, new friends, talked about IT.  Enjoyed appetizers, some pizza and drink (cash bar).

Members were admitted for FREE! 

Non-Members were charged a nominal fee of $5.00 (a portion toward our yearly scholarship award).  Payments not accepted online.  Cash or check only please.

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THIS EVENT WAS SPONSORED BY:
 America's Remote Help Desk
www.arhd.com
 

"Melting Pot" Networking Session

Wednesday November 14, 2007 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Location: The Playbook Sports Bar
                 6700 German Hill Road
                 Baltimore, MD 21222

Join us for our next "Melting Pot" Networking Event! Meet friends, new peers, talk about IT. Enjoy appetizers, some food and drink (cash bar).

Members and non-members are admitted for FREE thanks to the sponsor.

This event will be shared with another organization the Sponsor is associated with so bring PLENTY of business cards!

October 5, 2007 from 12 noon to dusk (Annual Business Meeting starts at 2 pm)

Location:  

Patapsco State Park
Hollofield Area, Site #300
Route 40 West (Baltimore National Pike)
(approximately 1.5 miles west of Beltway Exit 15)

Cost: Members - $20   Guests - $27

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Oktoberfest Sponsors

Mainline Information Systems

Annual Golf Tournament to benefit Scholarship Fund

CANCELLED

September 20, 2007 from 6 pm to 9 pm

Location:  Timonium Holiday Inn

Cost: Members - $30   Students - $30    Non-Members - $40  (Cash Bar)