Events
Hack attack
You probably weren’t aware of this, but the AITP Richmond site was stolen on June 7. If you tried to go to the registration page Sunday evening (which was fortunate), you were directed to a hacker’s site. I worked with our host provider, hostek.com, to get the offending code off our server the next morning. The vendor got a little too carried away, and restored our data as of Saturday evening, so we did lose some registrations, but we didn’t lose anything we couldn’t recover from. Hostek is to be commended for their prompt actions, as this did occur late on a Sunday evening, and we got it resolved first thing Monday morning. Cherian Abraham gets the award for vigilance though, as he was the one that brought this to my attention.
The hacker used a simple trick that I wasn’t aware of, but Cherian figured it out immediately. The hacker used the comments section of the registration page to insert some ASP code (actually Visual Basic) in stream, as if it were part of some normal text. Once I realized this, I changed my code to intercept the use of certain characters in a comment, like an apostrophe, less-than symbol, etc. I tested it, and it seemed to work fine. And wouldn’t you know it, we got hit again about a week later. It didn’t work this time, though because of my code changes.
So, our web site is now a little more secure, and I gained a little knowledge about how to protect a site from hackers.
June meeting summary
This was a panel discussion, with speakers from the University of Richmond (Dr. Jorge Haddock), VCU (Dr. Michael Sesnowitz), and Old Dominion University (Dr. Nancy Bagranoff). Dr. Sesnowitz started things off with the role of our own government in the mortgage bubble collapse, citing quotes from Congressman Barney Frank and Congresswoman Maxine Waters where they made statements that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were in good shape and no crisis was imminent. This was well in advance of the actual explosion. Read more
Should you avoid tweeting that you’ve been laid off?
From TechRepublic: http://tinyurl.com/lvhars.
New web site
We have a new version of the Richmond AITP site. You can access it at aitprich.org/index.php. The extra index.php in the URL is a temporary address, and the URL will revert to just aitprich.org when we go live. Some of the new features are:
- It has a search facility—doesn’t work right now, because of the contention with our current site, but it will once we go live.
- RSS capability—people can get updates via an RSS feed page, like Google Reader.
- Older articles get automatically archived, so we always have old info built into the web site.
- Comments can be added by any of our readers, so we will get feedback on articles and events.
- Administration functionality is built in, so we can assign privileges by email id.
- Anti-hacking protection is built in.
- I’ve integrated the Members and Officers Only pages from our current web site into the new site so we still have the functionality of our database and email list.
Member Access
Officer Access
Officers
President
Herb Sening
Phone: (804) 354-7219
E-mail: President@aitprich.remove.org
Treasurer
Myra Blair
Phone: (804) 225-3062
E-Mail: Treasurer@aitprich.remove.org
Membership Promotion
Chris Farver
Phone: >(804) 264-3946
E-Mail: Membership_Promotion@aitprich.remove.org
Membership Retention
Heather Klesat
Phone: (804) 814-3173
E-Mail: Membership_Retention@aitprich.remove.org
Meeting Participation
Eunice Morrison
Phone: (804) 359-2441
E-Mail: Meeting_Participation@aitprich.remove.org
Meeting Arrangements
Eunice Morrison
Phone: (804) 359-2441
E-Mail: Meeting_Arrangements@aitprich.remove.org
Publications
Terry Barker
Phone: (804) 379-8175
E-Mail: Publications@aitprich.remove.org
Programs
Herb Sening
Phone: (804) 354-7219
E-Mail: Programs@aitprich.remove.org
Community Involvement
Kathleen Soque
Phone: (804) 767-2526
E-Mail: Community_involvement@aitprich.remove.org
Region Director
Craig Kennedy
Phone: (804) 264-3946
E-Mail: Region Director@aitprich.remove.org
Past President
Rick Losco
Phone: (804) 217-6863
E-Mail: Past_president@aitprich.remove.org
Meeting Index
Education is an important part of every regular meeting of AITP’s Richmond Chapter. Programs are varied, reflecting the diversity and interests of our membership. Some programs are technical; most are more general in scope to appeal to a broader audience. Program length is typically 30 to 45 minutes; panel discussions are longer. In some months, we supplement the regular program (shown below) with a 30-minute technical session before dinner and the regular program.
2009 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | Public Sector Growth areas for 2009: Solutions for Department of Defense and U.S Intelligence |
| Michael Ruiz, CTO, Net Enabled Operations, BearingPoint | |
| February | IT Outsourcing - Doing business with a 21st Century India |
| Jim Kutz - Managing Consultant and Past Director at Capital One | |
| Gurpreet Dhillon - Professor, Information Security, VCU | |
| Mike Jennings - Sr. Vendor Management Manager, Wellpoint Inc. | |
| March | Delivering High-Impact SOA Solutions: Successful Strategies for Maximizing ROI |
| Kevin T Smith, Author and Sr. Technical Director at ManTech International | |
| April | Local Presence, Global Outlook - An AITP Panel |
| Dr. Van Wood - Professor of International Marketing and Philip Morris Endowed Chair, VCU. | |
| Ranjit Sen, President & CEO, CXI, an International Technology Services firm headquartered in Richmond | |
| Terri Noll, Client Services Manager at Virginia Economic Development Partnership | |
| May | The Googolization of Everything |
| Siva Vaidyanathan - Author/Media Scholar and Assoc Professor of Law at UVA | |
| June | The Right Leader for the Wrong times - A Study in Leadership |
| Dr. Nancy Bagranoff, Dean of the College of Business and Administration at the Old Dominion University | |
| Dr. Jorge Haddock, Dean of Robins School of Business at University of Richmond | |
| Dr. Michael Sesnowitz, Dean at VCU School of Business | |
| July | No meeting |
| August | No meeting |
| September | Cloud Computing – Ready for Prime Time? |
| Scott Zimmerman – Microsoft | |
| Kevin Smith – Mantech |
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| Skip Goodwillie – PlanIT | |
| Rich Jacobs – Verizon | |
| Gary Laverdiere – Hamilton Beach | |
| Louis Gary – Hamilton Beach | |
| October | Cyber Security & Operations: Emerging Threats |
| Michael Ruiz, CTO, NEOS at Deloitte Consulting LLP (moderator) | |
| Manuel Villar, U.S Senate Security Operations Center Chief | |
| David Amsler, CIO at Foreground Security | |
| Steve Werby, Information Security Officer, VCU | |
| Joe Hamblin, Senior Security Engineer, IBM | |
| November | CIO Panel |
| December | No meeting |
2008 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | ITIL: An Introduction |
| Glen Willis, an ITIL Practioner Certified consultant with the PA Consulting Group | |
| February | Identity Theft: Deter. Detect. Defend |
| Special Agent Steven Bowen, United States Secret Service | |
| Stephen Tyler, Capital One, Director: Strategy & Analysis - Customer Fraud Protection | |
| March | Spring CIO Panel |
| Mark D. Willis, Chief Information Officer, VCU Technology Services | |
| Viren Kapadia, Chief Information Officer, Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs | |
| Gene Doody, Chief Information Officer, City of Richmond | |
| Patrick Kaine, Director of Information Services, Virginia Farm Bureau Services | |
| Moderator: Cherian Abraham, Program Chair, AITP | |
| April | Take this job and shove it |
| Joe Svetina, Business Services Manager, Virginia Department of Business Assistance | |
| Ben Fortner, President, The Ascendant Group | |
| Mark Morton, President, Morton Consulting | |
| Susan H. Carter, Chief Executive Officer, Data Blueprint | |
| May | Virginia Secretary of Technology |
| The Honorable Aneesh Chopra, Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia | |
| June | Who do you want on your rope team? |
| Bill McCorey, VP, IBM Global IT Infrastructure Center of Excellence | |
| July | No meeting |
| August | No meeting |
| September | Obama vs McCain - Who's the candidate for technology? |
| Delegate Jeff Frederick, State Republican Party Chairman | |
| Dr. Peter Aiken, VCU | |
| Matthew Wein, Deputy State IT Director, Obama Campaign | |
| Moderator: Herb Sening | |
| October | Technology @ VCU: Noah's Ark |
| Mark Willis, Chief Information Officer | |
| Jeff Nugent, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence | |
| Mike Davis, Technology Manager, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity | |
| Isac Crouch, Lead Technician, G2G Mobile Program | |
| November | CIO Panel |
| William E. McCorey, VP, IBM Global IT Infrastructure Center of Excellence | |
| Scott McKay, CIO, Genworth Financial | | |
| Rob Waddell, Senior Vice President and CIO at Apex Systems, Inc | |
| Moderator: Cherian Abraham, Delivery Manager, Data Concepts | |
| December | No meeting |
2007 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | CIO Forum: 2007 Richmond Information Technology Outlook |
| Rich Pollack -- CIO & CMIO, Hospital Information Systems VCU Health Systems | |
| Rick Mears - Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer Owens & Minor | |
| Scott McKay - CIO and SVP, Genworth Financial, Inc. - Tentative | |
| Bill McCorey - Senior Vice President - Chief Information Officer Circuit City Stores, Inc. | |
| February | Do I Really Need an Information Technology Degree? |
| Matthew J. Miller - Assistant Director of Graduate Marketing and Admissions, McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia | |
| Tom Sheehan - Director, MIT Program, Masters of Information Technology, Information Technology Program, Virginia Tech | |
| Rich Redmond, Chair of Information Systems, VCU School of Business | |
| March | IT Accessibility |
| April | IT Project Management Lessons Learned |
| May | SOA Here and Now |
| CapTech | |
| June | Windows Vista: Overview and Local Implementation Views |
| BDPA / AITP Joint Meeting - Microsoft | |
| July | Managing in a Virtual Team: Tools, Tricks and More |
| August | No meeting |
| September | Storage Virtualization |
| CAS Severn | |
| October | The Future of Personal Health Records Technology in Healthcare |
| November | Mid Market CIO Panel |
| December | No meeting |
2006 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | VCU student experience at the Microsoft Imagine Team Competition, Microsoft SQL launch webcast |
| VCU students James Barrett, John Sells, and John McKeon | |
| February | 2006 Career Look Out and Trends Panel Discussion |
| Rich Redmond, Chair of Information Systems, VCU School of Business | |
| Kelly Suter - Talent Acquisition Manager, Wellpoint, Inc. | |
| Jo Gucanac - Director, Business Operations, TEK Systems | |
| Jeremy Deyo - Database Administrator, Virginia Employment Commission | |
| March | Virginia Information Technologies Agency Partnership with Northrop Grumman Update |
| N. Jerry Simonoff, Director of Strategic Management Services, Virginia Information Technologies Agency | |
| April | Sarbanes Oxley Legislation's Impact on Information Technology Departments |
| Al Watts, Director, Applications Development - WellPoint, Inc | |
| Rebecca Wright-Dodson, Technology and Security Risk Services - Ernst & Young LLP | |
| Mike Holdren, Vice President Technology - First Health Services | |
| Rick Gambriel, Chief Information Officer - Cavalier Telephone | |
| May | Use of Information Technology in Education |
| Gary Sarkozie - Director of Technology and assistant professor for the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University | |
| Kim Aldrich - Henrico County Public Schools | |
| Eric Jones - Henrico Count Public Schools | |
| Bill Flairity - Hanover County Public Schools | |
| June | Computer Forensics Live Response Demonstration and Discussion |
| Harlan Carvey - Manager, X-Force Professional Security Services, NorthEast Region, Emergency Response Services | |
| Michael Alexiou - National Manager, X-Force Emergency Response Service (XFERS), Digital Forensic Services, Internet Security Systems (ISS) | |
| July | bayMountain Managed Hosting and Colocation Facility Tour |
| Mike Rydel - bayMountain, Sales Account Executive | |
| August | No meeting |
| September | Velocity Micro Overview - Richmond Personal Computer Manufacturer |
| Ed Schrader - Velocity Micro, Inc. Business Development manager | |
| October | Geographical Information Systems - Practical Applications and Technology Review |
| Lowell Ballard - Timmons Group | |
| November | Between Iraq and a Hard Place |
| Lt. Col. Skip Goodwille - Reservist, 80th Institutional Training Division, The Bank of Richmond, Commercial Lender | |
| December | No meeting |
2005 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | Technology Trends |
| Angela Cook, Robert Half International | |
| February | Managing Client Expectations |
| Delaine Campbell, PMPGroup | |
| March | Philip Morris IT Story |
| Joe Amado, CIO, Philip Morris | |
| April | Financial Planning |
| Ron Stack, Stack Financial Group | |
| May | The Mystery of The Federal Reserve Unraveled, Joint mtg w/PMI |
| Raymond Owens III, Vice President and Senior Economist at the Richmond Federal Reserve | |
| June | Data as a Strategic Asset |
| M. David Allen, Director of Technology at Data Blueprint | |
| July | Securing Your Desktop and Mobile Environment |
| Kelley DuBois, Microsoft | |
| August | No meeting |
| September | Portal Technology |
| Paul Rodi, Dominion | |
| October | How Speech Recognition is Changing Customer Service |
| Jay Gentry, Intervoice | |
| November | CIO Panel |
| December | No meeting |
2004 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | Homeland Security--Behind the Headlines |
| Jack Ritchie, Police Information Manager, City of Richmond | |
| February | A Brief History of SPAM |
| Peter McElhinney, Partner, Sales and Marketing, Synigent Technologies | |
| Dale Kitts, Information Security Consultant for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield | |
| March | Microsoft Spring Training Seminar 2004 |
| Kelley Dubois of Microsoft | |
| April | CRM: Striking the Balance - Strategy and Technology |
| Wayne Brown, IMC Direct, Microsoft CRM Consultant | |
| May | Your career, your future, your choice |
| Doug Pick (CapOne University) | |
| June | Essentials of Security |
| Kelly Dubois, Microsoft | |
| July | Wireless communication |
| Ron Carpenter, The Bill Police | |
| August | Creating Professional Synergy |
| Sylvia Wright | |
| September | Search Engine Marketing: It's About Making Your Website Work for You |
| Mary E. Archer | |
| October | How are 9-11, the Northeast blackout and Gaston related? All required the existence of a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan |
| W. Martin Myers, MBCP, Senior Manager - Risk Advisory Services | |
| November | CIO Forum |
| Lyn McDermid, Dominion Virginia Power | |
| Carole Miller, Overnite Transportation | |
| Brent Cannady, Synigent Technoligies | |
| December | No meeting |
2003 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | Integration of Enterprise Applications |
| Dave Reickmann, Director of Enterprise Applications, Dominion Resources | |
| February | Wireless Convergence and Personal Productivity |
| Nhat Pham President and Founder, BeamSync | |
| March | Enterprise Architecture |
| Troy Collison Director of Networking and Data Center, Gamble Hill Systems | |
| April | Law Enforcement's New Frontiers How Bytes Help Take the Bite Out of Crime |
| Sergeant A.H. HarperCommander Computer Operations Henrico County Police Dept, | |
| May | The Value Equation - Achieving the Right Returns in an IT-centric Company |
| ric Davis Senior Vice President of Technology Services, Capital One | |
| June | IT Consolidation in Virginia State Government |
| George Newstrom, Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia | |
| July | Technology and Education |
| James Hickman, Advanced Technology Coordinator, J. Sargeant Reynolds | |
| August | Distance Medicine (offsite at Virginia Biotechnology Park) |
| Brett Harnett, OrbitalMed | |
| September | Fiber Speed Without Fiber Cost |
| Kevin Smyth, Barre Y Lane, LLC | |
| October | Offshoring |
| John Brighton, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield | |
| November | CIO Forum--Robert Mattauch (moderator), VCU |
| Bert Hardy, S&K | |
| Donald Jones, Luck Stone | |
| Karen Lankford, Southern States | |
| Wayne Luck, Cadmus | |
| Kathyrn Monday, University of Richmond | |
| December | Christmas Social |
| Hugh Goldthorpe, Owens & Minor |
2002 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | Outsourcing an Enterprise Help Desk |
| Ingrid Vijsma, Help Desk Manager, Bell Tech Logix | |
| February | How Owens & Minor became Information Week's Technology Innovator of the Year |
| David Guzmán, CIO, Owens & Minor | |
| March | Web Development with Java |
| Don Denoncourt, Lecturer and Independent Consultant | |
| April | Technology in Virginia Government: A Legislator's View |
| Sam Nixon, IT Professional and Member House of Delegates | |
| May | The Future of Windows |
| Mark Minasi, Author and Technical Columnist | |
| June | Who Are You? (presented as part of Annabel Lee cruise) |
| Dr. Wally, Author and Columnist | |
| July | Legal Developments in Information Systems |
| Robert L. Brooke, Intellectual Property Lawyer | |
| August | Richmond Chapter 50th Anniversary Celebration, Jefferson Hotel |
| September | The Future of EDI and the Impact of XML-Based Technologies |
| Boyd Burton, President, Connective Commerce Corporation | |
| October | Rapid Response to 9/11 Using Microsoft .NET |
| John Keefauver, .NET Business Development Manager, Ajilon Consulting | |
| November | Practical Application of Technology to Drive Business Results-The Carmax Story |
| Mike Dolan, CIO, Carmax (joint meeting with BDPA) | |
| December | Board meeting only |
2001 Presentations
| Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|
| CEO/CIO Panel Discussion: Key Skills for Long-Term Success in Information Technology |
| Making Money in E-Commerce |
| Sun's Vision of the Future |
| Data Mining: Transforming Operational Data Into Strategic Value |
| High Tech Gadgets |
| Intelligent Software and the Internet |
| Defending Yourself and Your Business from High Technology Crime |
| VCU's IS Programs and the Department's Relationship with the Richmond IS Community (including tour) |
| Innovations in Wireless Technology |
| IT News at Newport News Shipbuilding |
Who we are
The Association of Information Technology Professionals was founded in 1952 to provide learning and growth opportunities to data processing managers and staff through networking, chapter activities, conferences, seminars and special interest groups. Today, AITP offers industry leadership and opportunities for professional development and personal growth to its more than 5,000 professional members across all disciplines and to its 6,000 student members. The Richmond Chapter provides the local presence and meeting forum to deliver the most tangible benefits associated with AITP. With nearly 100 members representing over 60 local organizations, the Richmond Chapter is an excellent forum for networking, informal discussions, educational seminars, and exchange of ideas.
Meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each month (except December), at the Sheraton Richmond West, 6624 West Broad Street. The usual format is a social time and heavy appetizers beginning at 5:15, meeting announcements at 6:00 and a program immediately following. The meetings usually adjourn by 7:15. Guests are welcome. Average attendance is 30 to 45 members and guests.
| Mailing address | AITP, Richmond Chapter |
| P.O. Box 26044 | |
| Richmond, VA 23260 |
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Hack attack
You probably weren’t aware of this, but the AITP Richmond site was stolen on June 7. If you tried to go to the registration page Sunday evening (which was fortunate), you were directed to a hacker’s site. I worked with our host provider, hostek.com, to get the offending code off our server the next morning. The vendor got a little too carried away, and restored our data as of Saturday evening, so we did lose some registrations, but we didn’t lose anything we couldn’t recover from. Hostek is to be commended for their prompt actions, as this did occur late on a Sunday evening, and we got it resolved first thing Monday morning. Cherian Abraham gets the award for vigilance though, as he was the one that brought this to my attention.
The hacker used a simple trick that I wasn’t aware of, but Cherian figured it out immediately. The hacker used the comments section of the registration page to insert some ASP code (actually Visual Basic) in stream, as if it were part of some normal text. Once I realized this, I changed my code to intercept the use of certain characters in a comment, like an apostrophe, less-than symbol, etc. I tested it, and it seemed to work fine. And wouldn’t you know it, we got hit again about a week later. It didn’t work this time, though because of my code changes.
So, our web site is now a little more secure, and I gained a little knowledge about how to protect a site from hackers.
June meeting summary
This was a panel discussion, with speakers from the University of Richmond (Dr. Jorge Haddock), VCU (Dr. Michael Sesnowitz), and Old Dominion University (Dr. Nancy Bagranoff). Dr. Sesnowitz started things off with the role of our own government in the mortgage bubble collapse, citing quotes from Congressman Barney Frank and Congresswoman Maxine Waters where they made statements that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were in good shape and no crisis was imminent. This was well in advance of the actual explosion. Read more
Should you avoid tweeting that you’ve been laid off?
From TechRepublic: http://tinyurl.com/lvhars.
New web site
We have a new version of the Richmond AITP site. You can access it at aitprich.org/index.php. The extra index.php in the URL is a temporary address, and the URL will revert to just aitprich.org when we go live. Some of the new features are:
- It has a search facility—doesn’t work right now, because of the contention with our current site, but it will once we go live.
- RSS capability—people can get updates via an RSS feed page, like Google Reader.
- Older articles get automatically archived, so we always have old info built into the web site.
- Comments can be added by any of our readers, so we will get feedback on articles and events.
- Administration functionality is built in, so we can assign privileges by email id.
- Anti-hacking protection is built in.
- I’ve integrated the Members and Officers Only pages from our current web site into the new site so we still have the functionality of our database and email list.
Member Access
Officer Access
Officers
President
Herb Sening
Phone: (804) 354-7219
E-mail: President@aitprich.remove.org
Treasurer
Myra Blair
Phone: (804) 225-3062
E-Mail: Treasurer@aitprich.remove.org
Membership Promotion
Chris Farver
Phone: >(804) 264-3946
E-Mail: Membership_Promotion@aitprich.remove.org
Membership Retention
Heather Klesat
Phone: (804) 814-3173
E-Mail: Membership_Retention@aitprich.remove.org
Meeting Participation
Eunice Morrison
Phone: (804) 359-2441
E-Mail: Meeting_Participation@aitprich.remove.org
Meeting Arrangements
Eunice Morrison
Phone: (804) 359-2441
E-Mail: Meeting_Arrangements@aitprich.remove.org
Publications
Terry Barker
Phone: (804) 379-8175
E-Mail: Publications@aitprich.remove.org
Programs
Herb Sening
Phone: (804) 354-7219
E-Mail: Programs@aitprich.remove.org
Community Involvement
Kathleen Soque
Phone: (804) 767-2526
E-Mail: Community_involvement@aitprich.remove.org
Region Director
Craig Kennedy
Phone: (804) 264-3946
E-Mail: Region Director@aitprich.remove.org
Past President
Rick Losco
Phone: (804) 217-6863
E-Mail: Past_president@aitprich.remove.org
Meeting Index
Education is an important part of every regular meeting of AITP’s Richmond Chapter. Programs are varied, reflecting the diversity and interests of our membership. Some programs are technical; most are more general in scope to appeal to a broader audience. Program length is typically 30 to 45 minutes; panel discussions are longer. In some months, we supplement the regular program (shown below) with a 30-minute technical session before dinner and the regular program.
2009 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | Public Sector Growth areas for 2009: Solutions for Department of Defense and U.S Intelligence |
| Michael Ruiz, CTO, Net Enabled Operations, BearingPoint | |
| February | IT Outsourcing - Doing business with a 21st Century India |
| Jim Kutz - Managing Consultant and Past Director at Capital One | |
| Gurpreet Dhillon - Professor, Information Security, VCU | |
| Mike Jennings - Sr. Vendor Management Manager, Wellpoint Inc. | |
| March | Delivering High-Impact SOA Solutions: Successful Strategies for Maximizing ROI |
| Kevin T Smith, Author and Sr. Technical Director at ManTech International | |
| April | Local Presence, Global Outlook - An AITP Panel |
| Dr. Van Wood - Professor of International Marketing and Philip Morris Endowed Chair, VCU. | |
| Ranjit Sen, President & CEO, CXI, an International Technology Services firm headquartered in Richmond | |
| Terri Noll, Client Services Manager at Virginia Economic Development Partnership | |
| May | The Googolization of Everything |
| Siva Vaidyanathan - Author/Media Scholar and Assoc Professor of Law at UVA | |
| June | The Right Leader for the Wrong times - A Study in Leadership |
| Dr. Nancy Bagranoff, Dean of the College of Business and Administration at the Old Dominion University | |
| Dr. Jorge Haddock, Dean of Robins School of Business at University of Richmond | |
| Dr. Michael Sesnowitz, Dean at VCU School of Business | |
| July | No meeting |
| August | No meeting |
| September | Cloud Computing – Ready for Prime Time? |
| Scott Zimmerman – Microsoft | |
| Kevin Smith – Mantech |
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| Skip Goodwillie – PlanIT | |
| Rich Jacobs – Verizon | |
| Gary Laverdiere – Hamilton Beach | |
| Louis Gary – Hamilton Beach | |
| October | Cyber Security & Operations: Emerging Threats |
| Michael Ruiz, CTO, NEOS at Deloitte Consulting LLP (moderator) | |
| Manuel Villar, U.S Senate Security Operations Center Chief | |
| David Amsler, CIO at Foreground Security | |
| Steve Werby, Information Security Officer, VCU | |
| Joe Hamblin, Senior Security Engineer, IBM | |
| November | CIO Panel |
| December | No meeting |
2008 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | ITIL: An Introduction |
| Glen Willis, an ITIL Practioner Certified consultant with the PA Consulting Group | |
| February | Identity Theft: Deter. Detect. Defend |
| Special Agent Steven Bowen, United States Secret Service | |
| Stephen Tyler, Capital One, Director: Strategy & Analysis - Customer Fraud Protection | |
| March | Spring CIO Panel |
| Mark D. Willis, Chief Information Officer, VCU Technology Services | |
| Viren Kapadia, Chief Information Officer, Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs | |
| Gene Doody, Chief Information Officer, City of Richmond | |
| Patrick Kaine, Director of Information Services, Virginia Farm Bureau Services | |
| Moderator: Cherian Abraham, Program Chair, AITP | |
| April | Take this job and shove it |
| Joe Svetina, Business Services Manager, Virginia Department of Business Assistance | |
| Ben Fortner, President, The Ascendant Group | |
| Mark Morton, President, Morton Consulting | |
| Susan H. Carter, Chief Executive Officer, Data Blueprint | |
| May | Virginia Secretary of Technology |
| The Honorable Aneesh Chopra, Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia | |
| June | Who do you want on your rope team? |
| Bill McCorey, VP, IBM Global IT Infrastructure Center of Excellence | |
| July | No meeting |
| August | No meeting |
| September | Obama vs McCain - Who's the candidate for technology? |
| Delegate Jeff Frederick, State Republican Party Chairman | |
| Dr. Peter Aiken, VCU | |
| Matthew Wein, Deputy State IT Director, Obama Campaign | |
| Moderator: Herb Sening | |
| October | Technology @ VCU: Noah's Ark |
| Mark Willis, Chief Information Officer | |
| Jeff Nugent, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence | |
| Mike Davis, Technology Manager, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity | |
| Isac Crouch, Lead Technician, G2G Mobile Program | |
| November | CIO Panel |
| William E. McCorey, VP, IBM Global IT Infrastructure Center of Excellence | |
| Scott McKay, CIO, Genworth Financial | | |
| Rob Waddell, Senior Vice President and CIO at Apex Systems, Inc | |
| Moderator: Cherian Abraham, Delivery Manager, Data Concepts | |
| December | No meeting |
2007 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | CIO Forum: 2007 Richmond Information Technology Outlook |
| Rich Pollack -- CIO & CMIO, Hospital Information Systems VCU Health Systems | |
| Rick Mears - Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer Owens & Minor | |
| Scott McKay - CIO and SVP, Genworth Financial, Inc. - Tentative | |
| Bill McCorey - Senior Vice President - Chief Information Officer Circuit City Stores, Inc. | |
| February | Do I Really Need an Information Technology Degree? |
| Matthew J. Miller - Assistant Director of Graduate Marketing and Admissions, McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia | |
| Tom Sheehan - Director, MIT Program, Masters of Information Technology, Information Technology Program, Virginia Tech | |
| Rich Redmond, Chair of Information Systems, VCU School of Business | |
| March | IT Accessibility |
| April | IT Project Management Lessons Learned |
| May | SOA Here and Now |
| CapTech | |
| June | Windows Vista: Overview and Local Implementation Views |
| BDPA / AITP Joint Meeting - Microsoft | |
| July | Managing in a Virtual Team: Tools, Tricks and More |
| August | No meeting |
| September | Storage Virtualization |
| CAS Severn | |
| October | The Future of Personal Health Records Technology in Healthcare |
| November | Mid Market CIO Panel |
| December | No meeting |
2006 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | VCU student experience at the Microsoft Imagine Team Competition, Microsoft SQL launch webcast |
| VCU students James Barrett, John Sells, and John McKeon | |
| February | 2006 Career Look Out and Trends Panel Discussion |
| Rich Redmond, Chair of Information Systems, VCU School of Business | |
| Kelly Suter - Talent Acquisition Manager, Wellpoint, Inc. | |
| Jo Gucanac - Director, Business Operations, TEK Systems | |
| Jeremy Deyo - Database Administrator, Virginia Employment Commission | |
| March | Virginia Information Technologies Agency Partnership with Northrop Grumman Update |
| N. Jerry Simonoff, Director of Strategic Management Services, Virginia Information Technologies Agency | |
| April | Sarbanes Oxley Legislation's Impact on Information Technology Departments |
| Al Watts, Director, Applications Development - WellPoint, Inc | |
| Rebecca Wright-Dodson, Technology and Security Risk Services - Ernst & Young LLP | |
| Mike Holdren, Vice President Technology - First Health Services | |
| Rick Gambriel, Chief Information Officer - Cavalier Telephone | |
| May | Use of Information Technology in Education |
| Gary Sarkozie - Director of Technology and assistant professor for the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University | |
| Kim Aldrich - Henrico County Public Schools | |
| Eric Jones - Henrico Count Public Schools | |
| Bill Flairity - Hanover County Public Schools | |
| June | Computer Forensics Live Response Demonstration and Discussion |
| Harlan Carvey - Manager, X-Force Professional Security Services, NorthEast Region, Emergency Response Services | |
| Michael Alexiou - National Manager, X-Force Emergency Response Service (XFERS), Digital Forensic Services, Internet Security Systems (ISS) | |
| July | bayMountain Managed Hosting and Colocation Facility Tour |
| Mike Rydel - bayMountain, Sales Account Executive | |
| August | No meeting |
| September | Velocity Micro Overview - Richmond Personal Computer Manufacturer |
| Ed Schrader - Velocity Micro, Inc. Business Development manager | |
| October | Geographical Information Systems - Practical Applications and Technology Review |
| Lowell Ballard - Timmons Group | |
| November | Between Iraq and a Hard Place |
| Lt. Col. Skip Goodwille - Reservist, 80th Institutional Training Division, The Bank of Richmond, Commercial Lender | |
| December | No meeting |
2005 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | Technology Trends |
| Angela Cook, Robert Half International | |
| February | Managing Client Expectations |
| Delaine Campbell, PMPGroup | |
| March | Philip Morris IT Story |
| Joe Amado, CIO, Philip Morris | |
| April | Financial Planning |
| Ron Stack, Stack Financial Group | |
| May | The Mystery of The Federal Reserve Unraveled, Joint mtg w/PMI |
| Raymond Owens III, Vice President and Senior Economist at the Richmond Federal Reserve | |
| June | Data as a Strategic Asset |
| M. David Allen, Director of Technology at Data Blueprint | |
| July | Securing Your Desktop and Mobile Environment |
| Kelley DuBois, Microsoft | |
| August | No meeting |
| September | Portal Technology |
| Paul Rodi, Dominion | |
| October | How Speech Recognition is Changing Customer Service |
| Jay Gentry, Intervoice | |
| November | CIO Panel |
| December | No meeting |
2004 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | Homeland Security--Behind the Headlines |
| Jack Ritchie, Police Information Manager, City of Richmond | |
| February | A Brief History of SPAM |
| Peter McElhinney, Partner, Sales and Marketing, Synigent Technologies | |
| Dale Kitts, Information Security Consultant for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield | |
| March | Microsoft Spring Training Seminar 2004 |
| Kelley Dubois of Microsoft | |
| April | CRM: Striking the Balance - Strategy and Technology |
| Wayne Brown, IMC Direct, Microsoft CRM Consultant | |
| May | Your career, your future, your choice |
| Doug Pick (CapOne University) | |
| June | Essentials of Security |
| Kelly Dubois, Microsoft | |
| July | Wireless communication |
| Ron Carpenter, The Bill Police | |
| August | Creating Professional Synergy |
| Sylvia Wright | |
| September | Search Engine Marketing: It's About Making Your Website Work for You |
| Mary E. Archer | |
| October | How are 9-11, the Northeast blackout and Gaston related? All required the existence of a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan |
| W. Martin Myers, MBCP, Senior Manager - Risk Advisory Services | |
| November | CIO Forum |
| Lyn McDermid, Dominion Virginia Power | |
| Carole Miller, Overnite Transportation | |
| Brent Cannady, Synigent Technoligies | |
| December | No meeting |
2003 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | Integration of Enterprise Applications |
| Dave Reickmann, Director of Enterprise Applications, Dominion Resources | |
| February | Wireless Convergence and Personal Productivity |
| Nhat Pham President and Founder, BeamSync | |
| March | Enterprise Architecture |
| Troy Collison Director of Networking and Data Center, Gamble Hill Systems | |
| April | Law Enforcement's New Frontiers How Bytes Help Take the Bite Out of Crime |
| Sergeant A.H. HarperCommander Computer Operations Henrico County Police Dept, | |
| May | The Value Equation - Achieving the Right Returns in an IT-centric Company |
| ric Davis Senior Vice President of Technology Services, Capital One | |
| June | IT Consolidation in Virginia State Government |
| George Newstrom, Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia | |
| July | Technology and Education |
| James Hickman, Advanced Technology Coordinator, J. Sargeant Reynolds | |
| August | Distance Medicine (offsite at Virginia Biotechnology Park) |
| Brett Harnett, OrbitalMed | |
| September | Fiber Speed Without Fiber Cost |
| Kevin Smyth, Barre Y Lane, LLC | |
| October | Offshoring |
| John Brighton, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield | |
| November | CIO Forum--Robert Mattauch (moderator), VCU |
| Bert Hardy, S&K | |
| Donald Jones, Luck Stone | |
| Karen Lankford, Southern States | |
| Wayne Luck, Cadmus | |
| Kathyrn Monday, University of Richmond | |
| December | Christmas Social |
| Hugh Goldthorpe, Owens & Minor |
2002 Presentations
| Month | Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|---|
| January | Outsourcing an Enterprise Help Desk |
| Ingrid Vijsma, Help Desk Manager, Bell Tech Logix | |
| February | How Owens & Minor became Information Week's Technology Innovator of the Year |
| David Guzmán, CIO, Owens & Minor | |
| March | Web Development with Java |
| Don Denoncourt, Lecturer and Independent Consultant | |
| April | Technology in Virginia Government: A Legislator's View |
| Sam Nixon, IT Professional and Member House of Delegates | |
| May | The Future of Windows |
| Mark Minasi, Author and Technical Columnist | |
| June | Who Are You? (presented as part of Annabel Lee cruise) |
| Dr. Wally, Author and Columnist | |
| July | Legal Developments in Information Systems |
| Robert L. Brooke, Intellectual Property Lawyer | |
| August | Richmond Chapter 50th Anniversary Celebration, Jefferson Hotel |
| September | The Future of EDI and the Impact of XML-Based Technologies |
| Boyd Burton, President, Connective Commerce Corporation | |
| October | Rapid Response to 9/11 Using Microsoft .NET |
| John Keefauver, .NET Business Development Manager, Ajilon Consulting | |
| November | Practical Application of Technology to Drive Business Results-The Carmax Story |
| Mike Dolan, CIO, Carmax (joint meeting with BDPA) | |
| December | Board meeting only |
2001 Presentations
| Meeting topic and speakers |
|---|
| CEO/CIO Panel Discussion: Key Skills for Long-Term Success in Information Technology |
| Making Money in E-Commerce |
| Sun's Vision of the Future |
| Data Mining: Transforming Operational Data Into Strategic Value |
| High Tech Gadgets |
| Intelligent Software and the Internet |
| Defending Yourself and Your Business from High Technology Crime |
| VCU's IS Programs and the Department's Relationship with the Richmond IS Community (including tour) |
| Innovations in Wireless Technology |
| IT News at Newport News Shipbuilding |
Who we are
The Association of Information Technology Professionals was founded in 1952 to provide learning and growth opportunities to data processing managers and staff through networking, chapter activities, conferences, seminars and special interest groups. Today, AITP offers industry leadership and opportunities for professional development and personal growth to its more than 5,000 professional members across all disciplines and to its 6,000 student members. The Richmond Chapter provides the local presence and meeting forum to deliver the most tangible benefits associated with AITP. With nearly 100 members representing over 60 local organizations, the Richmond Chapter is an excellent forum for networking, informal discussions, educational seminars, and exchange of ideas.
Meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each month (except December), at the Sheraton Richmond West, 6624 West Broad Street. The usual format is a social time and heavy appetizers beginning at 5:15, meeting announcements at 6:00 and a program immediately following. The meetings usually adjourn by 7:15. Guests are welcome. Average attendance is 30 to 45 members and guests.
| Mailing address | AITP, Richmond Chapter |
| P.O. Box 26044 | |
| Richmond, VA 23260 |
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