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Rick KinnardRick Kinnard
XO Communications
Techxans Dallas Chapter President
 

Pam Terry, Executive Director of Tech ExecsPam Terry
Executive Director Technology Executives Network
pam@techexecs.net
866.761.7770 x 2
 

Anthony Huang, Founder & CEO of Techxans

Anthony Huang
Founder & CEO
Techxans
arh@techxans.org
866.661.0258
 

Founded in 2000, Techxans(www.techxans.org) is the single largest Technology Executives Network with over 13,000+ Information Technology Executive Contacts throughout Texas. The purpose of Technology Executives Network is to focus on promoting the Information Technology Community, featuring "Best of Breed" Resources available to key decision makers, Promote Networking and partnership amongst technology and industry executives, and ultimately serving as the dominate Connections for industry buyers and suppliers. TechExecs is the national chapters of Techxans Association (www.Techxans.org).

 

 

Calendar Chapter Scheduled Dates:  2/20/08   4/2/08   5/14/08   09/24/08   11/5/08   12/3/08  

Next Dallas CIO Speakers Forum
4
  Wednesday, April 2, 2008  -- CIO Speakers Forum Dallas

      Topic:     
 "SECURITY"
                       Enterprise Security Considerations for IT

 
      Date:       Wednesday, April 2, 2008  7:30am - 11:20am

      Location:   BravoTech Office Heritage Square I  
                      4835 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1000 (10th Floor Auditorium)
                      Dallas, Texas 75244  (more directions)
                     
>>  Building is behind the Wyndham Hotel on the northwest side of LBJ and the Tollway
  
4  Agenda:  7:30am - 8:30am      Check-in, Networking & Continental Breakfast
                                                Venue and Breakfast Sponsored by BravoTech

                    8:30am - 8:35am     Welcome & Introduction & Sponsor Recognition
                                                 By Pam Terry, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Techxans
                                                
Favored Solutions is giving away a Golf Putter.

                    8:35am - 8:45am      CIO Panel & Speakers Introduction By Forum Moderator
                                                    Andrew Jackson, President of BravoTech
 
                    8:45am - 9:15am      Jeff Maynard, CEO & CIO, Biometric Signature ID
                                                    "Biometric Signatures to Reduce Identity Theft
"

                    9:15am - 9:25am    - BREAK -

                    9:25am - 10:25am   CIO & Thought-Leadership Panel:
                                          "Security Topics Discussion Panel"

                                           Nathan O. Langston, National Director, Administration
                                                with Boy Scouts of America

                                            Brad Harslem, Former CIO of Coach America

                                            George Hendrix, CTO
                                                  Cordiant Technologies


                                          
 
Jeff Maynard, CEO & CIO of Biometric Signature ID

                  10:25am - 10:45am   All CIO Panel Questions & Answers

                  10:45am - 10:50am   Closing & Thanking Our Speakers

                  10:50am -                Post-Event Technology Executives Networking

4  Free for Industry Professionals & $20 for Sales, Marketing, and Recruiting Professionals;
     Free for Techxans Members & Sponsors (Contact pam@techxans.org for sponsoring member
     discount code)   * Attendees list will be provided at the event.


4  RSVP CLICK HERE


TECHXANS CIO SPEAKERS FORUM  ::  SPEAKERS PROFILE

Nathan O. Langston
National Director, Administration
Boy Scouts of America

Nate has over 25 years in the information technology field. He joined Boy Scouts of America in 2000 as Director of the Information Systems Division. He has been serving as National Director of the Administration Group since April 2006. Nate’s  career in Scouting began over 15 years ago as a volunteer Webelos leader. Nate has also served as Scoutmaster and committee chairman and has been on three Philmont treks as an adult advisor.   Before joining the National Council, Nate’s career experience included 16 years with Conoco Oil in Oklahoma and Texas, and overseas in Dubai and Norway. He also worked as a senior project director for Oracle leading teams in major systems implementation for the State of Oklahoma, the New Orleans School Board, and the State of Michigan. Nate received his Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Oklahoma Christian University and his Masters in computer science from Oklahoma State University.  Nate and his wife, Jamie, have four children; two sons—both Eagle Scouts—and two Venturing daughters. Nate enjoys running, scuba diving, and playing golf.

Brad Harslem
Chief Information Officer
Former CIO of Coach America

Brad has been the CIO for three DFW based companies:  Coach America, Concentra and Greyhound Lines.  He most recently held the CIO position at Coach America which is a leading provider of ground transportation services.  Coach was a private equity startup company when Brad joined in 2003 and grew to $400 million in revenue before it was sold last year.  Brad had the unique opportunity to create an entire IT infrastructure from data center to network to application portfolio all of which had to be highly scalable to support the acquisition driven growth model.  He spent the first 17 years of his career at American Airlines in Marketing and in the Sabre division where he was VP of Operations and Applications Development. Brad holds a BS from Cornell’s Engineering College and an MBA from New York University’s Stern Business School.  He was the Keynote Speaker at the 1996 Information Week 500 Conference and served on the Information Week Magazine, Editorial Advisory Board from 1996-1998.  

George Hendrix
CTO
Cordinant Technologies

George has over twenty-five (25) years of technical and management experience in information security architecture and technology. He got his start in the United States Air Force where he was a member of the Defense Communications Agency and after ten (10) years of service, was a member of the of the US Department of Energy’s project to develop and deploy a multi-million dollar, inter-laboratory, secure digital communications network at Sandia National Laboratories. George left the lab to join AscomTimeplex, the inventor of the T-1 Switch, where he served for ten (10) years as Technical Consultant and  Director Multi-national Programs.  Since moving to Dallas in 1993, George has focused on information security applications having held positions at Signio (now Verisign Payment Systems), ServGate Technologies, and prior to joining Cordinant, was Managing Director North America at De La Rue Cash Systems. Over the past several years, George has also been providing consulting work to our state’s schools through Education & Business Associates. EBA is assisting our schools to go paperless by developing processes and procedures to deploy technology that will lower operating cost for the District, protect information in accordance with HIPAA and FERPA, while at the same time make it available electronically through a secure portal.  George lives in Dallas and shares his personal time with Nancy. They are active supporters of the Arts, enjoy traveling and are active members of several professional organizations.

Jeff Maynard
CEO & CIO
Biometric Signature ID (
www.biosig-id.com)
Mr. Maynard is the CEO of Biometric Signature ID and owner of patent pending biometric signature authentication inventions. He has been a visionary in taking robust biometric technology and designing practical applications that work to prevent identity theft and misrepresentation Online. Mr. Maynard has been a serial entrepreneur and corporate executive with expertise in developing successful products and teams in early stage and publicly traded companies.

 

FORUM WELCOME:

Andrew Jackson, President
BravoTech
(www.BravoTech.com)

Andrew Jackson
has spent the last 26 years building and maintaining technical staffs.   In 1996, he co-founded Bravo Technical Resources, Inc. (BravoTECH) an information technology professional services firm.  Over the past ten years BravoTECH has experienced award winning growth with BravoTECH employees performing IT assignments in 36 states in 2007. Andrew received a BSBA in 1980 from Illinois State University. Andrew has been chairman of the Dallas and Forth Worth chapters of the Texas Association of Business, Chairman of the board of the National Kidney Foundation of North Texas and Chairman of the Dallas Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He also serves on the Associate Board of the Cox School of Business at SMU and has been a member of the Dallas Society for Information Management (SIM) chapter since 2002 while serving as co-chair of their 2006 National Conference, SIMposium and on the National SIM Board in 2007 and 2008.
 


Pam Terry, Executive Director of Tech ExecsFORUM WELCOME:
Pam Terry

Executive Director & Co-Founder
Technology Executives Network (Techxans & TechExecs)
pam@techxans.org
866.761.7770 ext. 2

Pam Terry has considerable experience in the technology industry beginning her foray into technology in 1994.  She 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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Anthony R. Huang
Founder & CEO

TECHXANS

*Speaker & Moderator
 
Greg McKown
Chief Information Officer

COMFORT SYSTEMS USA

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Tom Bishop
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Ken Wright, P.E.
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John Dick
CIO

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Piero DePaoli
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Bill Miller
Chief Technology Officer

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MAE

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Steve Bates
Director

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Verizon Wireless

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ABOUT TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVES NETWORK

TECHXANS :: TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVES NETWORK
Year after year, the rapid evolutions in technology is forcing a constant shift in products, solutions people, and even us.  Techxans was formed back in 2000 to become the key "connections" powerhouse providing and facilitating strategic personal connections for our fellow technology executives.   Techxans is made up of a fraternity of men and women technology executives that foster the goal of helping each other succeed within the business community. We do so by advising the Five C's (CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, and CTO) regarding best practices, resources, proven vendors, and advanced solutions that solve their immediate business challenges using a Texas-based solution.  

OUR MISSION STATEMENT & VALUE:
Techxans provides value by recommending strategic and tactical resources local solution partners, and through our network of both Industry & Corporate Technology Executives and Vendor Technology Executives. Furthermore, we consistently deliver our key messages and our presence throughout the US, Canada, and India with over 56,000 Executive Level professionals. 

 
  • We value the participations of our value vendors as sponsors and is the primary information exchange and communications enabler between valued vendors and strategic customers.  We target regional forums and events that facilitate education and knowledge sharing opportunities for the participants involved. We intend on creating a replicate-able model that allows us to extend similar offerings throughout other regions worldwide.

         
     

 
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Techxans Welcomes Our Newest Statewide Sponsor  ::  omNovia 
The omNovia Secure Conference V.3 pioneers the next generation of Internet based conferencing and group collaboration. Without any software installs or upgrades Secure Conference V.3 offers integrated high quality voice, live video, desktop sharing, white board and many other interactive tools allowing you to: Hold meetings with your customers, colleagues or partners in different locations and work on documents /in real-time/ just as you would if meeting in person.  Conduct trainings or meetings for hundreds, even thousands, of attendees, or just a few.   Present your products and services live to potential customers anywhere across the globe.   Incredible gains in productivity come from increased timely communications. Effective trainings and meetings take place in minutes, not days or weeks, with attendees spread anywhere across the world. That adds up to significant reductions in your travel costs and makes Secure Conference a must-have tool for any size organization. For More Info:  www.omNovia.com

Techxans Welcomes Our Newest Statewide Sponsor  ::  XO COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS SERVICES 
XO is the proven provider of telecommunications services for business.  For more than a decade, XO has provided dependable voice, data, converged and managed services to businesses that need a proven, responsive and cost-effective alternative to phone company monopolies and risky startups. We offer one of the broadest portfolios of voice, data and Internet products and services on the market. And we handle more than 10 billion minutes of Voice over IP (VoIP) traffic per year.  XO provides secure online support through the XO Business Center, where you can manage product features, check trouble ticket status, view, download, pay bills, and more.  XO call centers are staffed around the clock in the event of a service issue.  A Proven Network:  XO owns and operates one of the highest capacity IP networks in the industry, delivering data at the fastest speeds available today.  We provide nationwide voice and data services on our secure, private network, which includes more than 3,000 fiber-fed buildings, one million metro fiber miles, and an 18,000 route-mile intercity network.  Proven Solutions:  We provide a broad menu of simple, seamless solutions for business through our popular VoIP bundles, ala-carte, and turnkey, managed service solutions. And we do it all on a single bill with a single point of accountability. All of our standard products -- including our popular XOptions® Flex IP voice and data bundle -- come with a three-month, no-risk satisfaction guarantee.  Proven Performance: XO is financially stable and operationally strong.  Over the last three years, we have improved gross margins by 23%, and reduced debt by more than 40%, giving XO one of the lowest debt levels -- relative to our peers -- in our industry. www.XO.com
 
Techxans Welcomes Our Newest General Corporate Sponsor  ::  BravoTech 
Bravo Technical Resources, Inc. (BravoTECH) is an Information Technology Professional Services firm providing staff augmentation and project services. We specialize in securing highly skilled professionals in the areas of business intelligence, applications development; networking, project management, ERP and helpdesk/ technical support.  BravoTECH meets its clients' changing business requirements through a range of engagement services.  Technical professionals and expert consultants are available as individuals or as project teams and can be secured for short or long term assignments across the United States and overseas.
 

Techxans Welcomes Our Newest General Corporate Sponsor  ::  Atempo  Atempo is the leader in trusted information lifecycle management (ILM) a data management framework that automatically matches the level of data protection and security to information’s value over its lifecycle. Atempo enables customers to meet critical business requirements from the desktop to the enterprise with innovative, award-winning products that encompass data recovery management, storage security, continuous data protection (CDP), non-repudiated long-term archiving and regulatory compliance.
 

 

 


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Since 2000 and every year after that, Techxans and our Technology Executives Network collects toys at our end of the year Holiday Networking Mixer.

The toys collected are given to the Red Cross benefiting a number of families in needs during the holidays.

This year, 2007, the American Red Cross appreciates Techxans member donations and toy drive. The toys collected were given to military families with either mom or dad actively serving during the holiday period.

Both American Red Cross and Techxans Technology Executives Network appreciate your continue support to these small toy drives that have a big & warm impact on the little ones' lives!
 


 
         

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