PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 09, 2012 –
IRVINE, Calif. — Celebrating 10 years of hosting networking and educational events for the Southern California business and technology community, TechBiz Connection will host a forum designed to help entrepreneurs benefit from cloud computing on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the law offices of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear in Irvine.
According to Jack Bicer, TechBiz Connection president, the “Cloud” is always-available software and services, delivered to any device on the Internet. “Consumers are using the cloud even if they don’t know it,” Bicer said, “and we have assembled an expert panel that will discuss the pros and cons for entrepreneurs and business leaders to learn why and how your business can benefit from cloud computing.”
The panel moderator is Jeff Reid, CIO of Printronix, who has the global responsibility for information services where cloud/SaaS applications are heavily used, including SalesForce.Com, Concur, Blackline, and Success Factors. He keeps the business and IS worlds aligned, delivering value and technology to help the business be successful.
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• Dave Templeton is CIO of Kelley Blue Book, a position he has held since January of 2008. Mr. Templeton is responsible for driving business value and achieving operational excellence through the innovative use of information technology. Prior to joining Kelley Blue Book, he was CIO at Ascent Media where he implemented a global IT shared services organization supporting 86 business units throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. Templeton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems.
• Joel Manfredo, CTO, County of Orange, is responsible for running an IT service delivery business, delivering 33 distinct services. He markets, sells, invoices and collects revenue monthly with the primary customers being about thirty County agencies and departments. In addition, other direct customers include other government organizations in California.
• Dave Carlson just retired as chief technology officer of IHS, a successful $1.3 billion NYSE company based in Denver. He was there 4 1/2 years during which time the company more than doubled its revenues, acquired a new company on average every 6 weeks, and tripled its annual earnings and cash flow. Carlson has just launched a new consulting practice, Technology Intervention Partners. He holds Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan where he also did post doctoral work in financial policy. He has served as chairman of the Orange County Audit Oversight Committee for the last 14+ years and is a U.S. Army veteran.
• Michael Siersema, CTO/Technical Director, Pacific Region, CSC, currently develops business solutions to challenges facing business and information technology professionals. He has held positions of CIO and CTO and has worked in a multitude of industries, including financial, aerospace, and ecommerce; medical instrumentation, semiconductors, telephony, hi-tech manufacturing, health systems, retail, and distribution. Starting from assembly programmer, applications developer, and system architect he has proven record of expertise and experience in development and implementation of large multi-functional systems from customer facing CRM to back end supply chain systems using computing infrastructures across many technology platforms. His strong technical knowledge of infrastructure design and operations background has led to specializing in designing state-of-the-art green datacenters and greening the desktop environment for businesses worldwide. Siersema gives back to local community as a Public Works commissioner for the City of Huntington Beach and lending his expertise to the boards of Net Sapiens and Forum for Corporate Directors Orange County.
The TBC Forum’s discussion and subsequent question-and-answer session is sponsored by Daly-Swartz Public Relations (http://www.dsprel.com); Haynes and Boone LLP (http://www.haynesboone.com) ; Latisys (http://www.latisys.com); Septium Corp. (http://www.septium.com); Smith Micro (http://www.smithmicro.com); and Knobbe Martens, Olson & Bear (http://www.kmob.com).
Admission to the TechBiz Connection event is $20 prepaid and $40 at the door. For further information and RSVP, visit http://www.techbizconnection.org or e-mail president@techbizconnection.org.
TechBiz Connection (http://www.techbizconnection.org) was created to support Southern California business and technology professionals, companies and entrepreneurs by providing timely education and networking opportunities. The organization focuses on where technology and business intersect; everything a successful high-tech company would want to do.
Contact:
Daly-Swartz PR for TechBiz Connection
Jeffrey Swartz, 949-470-0075
jeffreyswartz@dsprel.com
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