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TASSCC Conference
August 9, 2007
InnovaTech hosted a booth at the Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications (TASSC) Annual Conference held in San Antonio, Texas, on August 5-8, 2007. TASSC was extremely well attended. Sean Toon and Angela Dempsey took full advantage of the opportunity to talk about InnovaTech’s capabilities in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence.
Some of the presentations at the conference included:
- General Sessions
- “License to Lead”, Presenter: Don Phillips, Bestselling Author
- “For Your Eyes Only: Sensor Based Networks”, Presenter: Ebrahim Keshavarz, AT&T
- “The Real World is not Enough”, Presenters: Thomas Crab, Novell; Mike Forsyth, Holland & Davis; Chuck Hamilton (Brief & Video), IBM; Jill Valentine, Steelcase
- “The Man with the Golden Gun”, Presenter: Harry Raduege, Deloitte
- “From DIR with Love”, Presenter: Brian Rawson, Texas Department of Information Resources
- Breakout Sessions - Monday Morning
- “There Can be Only One Badge”, Presenter: Ryan Walters, Director of Security Services, Northrop Grumman Corporation
- “Google… More than Just a Search Engine”, Presenter: Weldon Floyd, Extension Specialist-Regional Information Technologist, Texas Cooperative Extension - Texas A&M University
- “Implementing an OpenSource CMS Web Site”, Presenter: Michael Jones, Web Site Team Lead, Texas Lottery Commission
- “Generalizing the Calculating of Large Formulas through Web Services”, Presenters: Diane Harvey, Project Manager, Texas Education Agency Rick Goldgar, Deputy CIO, Texas Education Agency
- Breakout Sessions - Monday Afternoon
- “Developing Wireless Mobility Services”, Presenters: Chad Woolwine, Consulting Systems Engineer, Cisco Systems, Inc. Keith Nelson, Director, Information Technology Services, The University of Texas at Austin
- “Executive Sponsorship: Why you become an Ape in the Corner Office”, Presenter: Gary Gumbert, Chief Information Officer, Health and Human Services Commission
- “The World is not Enough - Bringing Higher Speed Networks to the State Hospitals”, Presenters: Chris Guerrero, Director of IT Operations, Texas Department of State Health Services; Jerry Martin, Senior Account Manager, Calence LLP
- “Working Out Together”, Presenters: Martin Garza, Development Support Services Supervisor, Office of the Attorney General
- Breakout Sessions - Tuesday Morning
- “Security is Forever”, Presenter: Walter Wilson, Assistant Director, Network Security Services, Texas Department of Information Resources
- “Framework - Shaken, Not Stirred”, Presenter: Rose Wheeler, Program Lead, Texas Department of Information Resources
- “Electronic Legal Discovery - The IT Impact”, Presenters: Rudy Montoya, IT Director, Administrative and Legal Division, Office of the Attorney General; David Halpern, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General
- “Disaster Recovery - How to Walk on Water”, Presenter: Lynn McMahon, TXSDU Project Director, Affiliated Computer Services (ACS); Tamara Oliver, Accounting Manager, Harris County District Clerks Office
On a light note, Angela and Sean attended Casino Night and had a blast. The Annual Conference’s motto was “License to Lead” with a James Bond theme.
They make a pretty good Bond and Bond girl…
