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Our Next Meeting is
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Point Plaza Suites &
Conference Hotel at I-64 & US 17, Newport News, Va.
Social Hour - 5:30 PM
Dinner - 6:30 PM
Program - 7:30 PM
Members - $18
Spouse/Significant Other - $20
Guests - $20
Students - $14
If you will be joining
us for the speaker and not for dinner, we request a donation of
$5.
For Reservations: Call Digital Applications Inc., at 827-1250 no later
than noon on the Friday preceding the meeting.
OFFICERS
George Koscho, President
382-8909
Jim Pollan, Vice President 865-1400 ext 210
Bill Shumate, Treasurer 827-1250
Jim Moore, Secretary
Alan Sutton, Association Liaison 486-1700
DIRECTORS
Clara Fox, Awards 826-0519
Ed Miller, Newsletter / Website 553-0128
Bill Oshel, Program 249-2846
Steve Tyler, Corporate Sponsorships
Charles Anderson, Student Chapters Liaison
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Region 18 Spring Conference! |
Thanks for attending!
| Mar 6 |
Dinner
Meeting, David Boyer of Odyssey Systems Consulting Group |
| Apr 19-21 |
Region
18 Spring Conference |
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Hampton Roads AITP Merchandise!
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Roads AITP Chapter Store today!
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Contact Us
AITP
The Association of
Information Technology Professionals
c/o Digital Applications Inc
2714 W Mercury Blvd, Hampton, VA 23666
Phone: (757) 827-1250
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May Meeting Preview |
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Our May 1st meeting will feature a presentation by Lee Fairchild.
Lee's presentation is "The Dilon 6800: Technology
Transfer and Entrepreneurship". He will talk about our product, its market and
how it evolved from a research study at a national laboratory to a commercial
product. Lee Fairchild is currently Vice President of Engineering at Dilon
Technologies. He was involved in the company's founding, early fundraising and
the development of the company's product - the Dilon 6800 gamma camera,
primarily used for breast cancer detection. In the ten years since its
founding, Mr. Fairchild has held positions in both marketing and engineering
management. Prior to joining Dilon, he held product management positions at
Lucas Industries, Honeywell and Square D Company. He holds a bachelor degree in
electrical engineering from Georgia Tech and a masters in business from the
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
Please plan on joining us and please bring a friend.
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April
Region 18 Highlights |
The Region 18 meeting was hosted by
the Hampton Roads and Richmond chapters on April 19-20-21 at the
Marrott in Williamsburg. The first day's speakers provided
informative presentations on the IT human resource market,
another on project management using the Agile methodology and
finally a preview of the newest developing technology from
Microsoft. On Saturday, a round table discussion featuring some
of the premier IT leaders in the state discussed the state of
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Chapter Meeting Price
Increase |
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Due to price increases at the hotel, the Chapter Board voted to
up the Dinner Dues from $17.00 to $18.00 for HR members Dinner
meal, starting in January 2007.
An increase in cost for Guest
dinners will be determined at a later date.
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Have You Been Missing? |
If you have haven't
made it to a Chapter meeting of the Hampton Roads AITP lately,
you have been missing a lot!. Take a look back at some of the
great programs and outstanding organizations that have have been
presented at our monthly meetings in the last few years:
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Application
Outsourcing
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Spam Filtering
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Oceanography
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Homeland
Security
- E-Business
- Linux
- Wireless Solutions
- Open Source Database Apps
- Industrial Robotics
- Fingerprint Technology
- Optical Imaging & Computer
Vision Syndrome
- Voice Over IP
- Hypersonic Propulsion
- Computer Security
- Mars Exploration
- Robotic Surgery
- Crygenics &
Superconductivity
- Weather Satellites
- Computer Based Simulations &
Visualizations
- Cyber Crime
- GIS
- Email Security
- Neural Networks
- Space Shuttle
- Home Automation
- Antarctic Exploration
- Disaster Management
- And lots more!
These presentations were brought
to us by many outstanding organizations with regional and
world-wide reputations, such as:
- Oracle
- NASA
- Langley Research Center
- Microsoft
- Ford Motor Company
- NOAA
- Virginia Institute of Marine
Science
- Christopher Newport
University
- City of Newport News
- City of Chesapeake
- Spectrum Inc
- Sentara Medical Group
- Cox Communication
- USS Monitor Center
- Digital Applications Inc
- Virginia Center for
Innovative Technology
- Kaufman & Canoles
- New York Times
- Cisco
- University of Wollongong
Australia
- Dominion Power
- Sun Microsystems
- Red Cross
- And many others!
Our chapter has a strong and
well-deserved reputation for bringing exciting and relevant
topics and speakers to our meetings month after month. A special
thanks to Bill Oshel and all the others who help for their hard
work and tenacity at putting together these great programs!
Don't miss out! Great things are happening each month at
the Hampton Roads AITP Chapter Meeting! |
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