Session
Tuesday, June 18, 2002

"Networking for IT Professionals"

Already restructured, downsized, right-sized IT Professionals, as well as those concerned about their future, can learn how to improve their networking skills by attending the Networking for IT Professionals seminar. Hosted by the Minnesota Information Professional Society (MnIPS), this event will showcase IT staffing professionals and networking experts that will share their tips and techniques on how to survive while searching for that next opportunity. In addition, we will hear success stories from individuals who have found jobs recently.

MnIPS dinner meeting will not follow this seminar. The next dinner meeting will be September 17^th, 2002

Report on the Session

Sylvia Wiebe filed the following report on this Networking seminar.

1. Tech-Pro's John Belich was the main speaker sharing his insights on how to prepare for and conduct oneself in an interview.

2. Enrgi's Joe Perzel spoke on 30-second elevator speeches.

3. Robert Half's Chris Beaver provided his view on interviewing and networking.

After the speakers' presentations, attendees were asked to present their own 30-second elevator speech. The attendees then broke up into small groups where the aforementioned speakers and Mn Workforce Center's Dave Cady worked with each segment to help folks perfect their speeches. An attendee commented that "The MnIPS organization has one of the best networking groups they have ever attended in this area".

We would also like to ask any MnIPS member (that can) to attend the Networking Seminars on July 16th and August 20th, also at the Bloomington Holiday Inn. Since our main goal is to provide networking opportunites it is important for members to be present for networking with and mentoring the attendees. Both seminars are scheduled during 3:30 - 5:00pm, followed by a social hour of networking opportunites until 6:00pm. If you could attend any part of the July 16th or August 20th events, it would be most appreciated.

It was a great meeting, lots of fun, and very exciting. Please consider attending the next event, particularly to network with the attendees.

P.S. We gained 5 new members combined from the June 17 Golf outing and the June 18 Networking training event. We also have 5 new people interested in MnIPS volunteering from the last Networking Training event.

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Session
Tuesday, July 16, 2002

"Selling Yourself in the Changing IT World."

Already restructured, downsized, right-sized IT Professionals, as well as those concerned about their future, can learn how to improve their networking skills by attending the Networking for IT Professionals seminar. Hosted by the Minnesota Information Professional Society (MnIPS), this event will showcase IT staffing professionals and networking experts that will share their tips and techniques on how to survive while searching for that next opportunity. In addition, we will hear success stories from individuals who have found jobs recently.

MnIPS dinner meeting will not follow this seminar. The next dinner meeting will be September 17^th, 2002

Session
Tuesday, August 20, 2002

"Networking for IT Professionals"

Already restructured, downsized, right-sized IT Professionals, as well as those concerned about their future, can learn how to improve their networking skills by attending the Networking for IT Professionals seminar. Hosted by the Minnesota Information Professional Society (MnIPS), this event will showcase IT staffing professionals and networking experts that will share their tips and techniques on how to survive while searching for that next opportunity. In addition, we will hear success stories from individuals who have found jobs recently.

MnIPS dinner meeting will not follow this seminar. The next dinner meeting will be September 17^th, 2002

Post-Session Follow-up

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Pre-Dinner Session
Tuesday, September 17, 2002

"Anticipatory Thinking: Preparing for Your Future"

• Panel Question 1:  (5-7 Min Each) How has "anticipatory thinking" affected your lifestyle & livelihood?

• Panel Question 2:  (4-6 Min Each) What difference has your actualizing or leveraging  "anticipatory thinking" made upon your community?

• MnIPS participants' challenge questions (written)

• Wrap-Up:  (2 Min Each) Life's "lessons learned" as actionable distilled insights!

Panel

Bruce Glasrud  combines his Masters degree in Community Leadership and Development from Springfield College, Mass., with over twenty years experience in community-serving organizations. 

He is President of Third Sector Horizons, specializing in linking nonprofit and public sector organizations with the possible impacts of science and technology and in crafting anticipatory management strategies to address those impacts. 

Bruce has been the creator and featured author of the Future Trends column in Nonprofit World Magazine since 1998.  He is currently President of the Minnesota Futurists chapter of the World Future Society.

Additional bio at cybercrimefighterforum.com/speakers.htm and  www.wfs.org/ftwinter00.htm

Dr. Kurt Linberg is dean of the School of Technology at Capella University, is responsible for curricula, faculty, administration, academic operations, student retention, strategic planning, and corporate alliances.

He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences from Walden University where he focused his studies on understanding how to better manage creative endeavors like software development. He has an MS in Software Engineering from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Applied Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin. He is also the inventor of 3 patents and 9 patent disclosures involving innovative and mission-critical implementations of information technology in the medical and education fields.

Kurt currently serves at the President of the Minnesota Information Professionals (MnIPS) organization, Vice Chair of the national Society of IT Education, and a member of the Minnesota Futurists.

Additional bio at www.eyp.ph/onthescene/070102/itecc.html and www.learningcommunity.capellauniversity.edu/~klinberg/kurt_capella_mentor.htm

Roger Rydberg is Chair of Minnesota Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility; past Chair of the Twin Cities ACM, SIGBDP, and has been involved in countless other Twin Cities computer organizations.

Current member of both Minnesota Futurists & MnIPS, Roger has over 35 years of experience with General Mills in information technologies.

His job functions have included software development, maintenance, auditing, end-user computing, corporate information planning, capacity and performance measurement, information reporting, and community computing. Extending these functional skills are strong leadership, community involvement, communications, and a long history of successful mentoring.

Lawrence Seiberlich Ph.D AIA is nationally certified architect and a charter member of the American Planning Association. He has served as the exam review official for the Minnesota Architectural Registration Board and is the founder and CEO of Special Environments Group Inc. an architectural and planning firm based in Minneapolis and has designed approximately 700 projects for such clients as Cargill, Northwest Airlines and Marquip International.

Dr. Seiberlich's education includes degrees in Sports Science and Studio Art, Architecture, Future Studies/Education and Anticipatory Anthropology. Until recently, he was a member of the faculty of the University of MN. He has held positions at several colleges and universities teaching courses in various areas such as Architecture, Engineering, Anticipatory Thinking, Environment-Behavior Design, Art, Sports Science, Ethno-medicine and martial arts. He has coached college football and was a scout for the NFL.

Larry is currently the Vice President of Development, and researcher, for Mindsong Inc., a research and development organization creating an alternative communications technology – Biological Communication.  He is also the CEO of The Rown Group, a spin-off of Mindsong, engaged in developing applications for the Mindsong technology in areas such as security, critical performance alert and training, and the detection of potential deviant behavior and deception.

Brian K Toren is presently on the Community Faculty at MetroState University. Classes include:

• Understanding and Using the Internet
• Introduction to Microcomputer Applications.

Brian became an associate of Earl C. Joseph at Anticipatory Sciences Inc (ASI) upon retirement from Unisys in 1990. As an associate he consulted with companies and assisted with midrange and long-range planning. Organizations with which ASI consulted included Methodist Hospital, the University of Wisconsin at Menominee and the Selby Community Development Corporation among others.

Before retiring, Brian worked for Sperry Corporation (now Unisys Corp.) for 34 years. Management experiences included managing a Sperry Univac site at the Anti-ICBM Site at Kwajalein, Marshall Islands and the National Aviation FAA Experimentation Center (NAFEC) at Atlantic City, New Jersey.  He was also project manager for several projects that addressed the implementation of telecommunications equipment and services in the US, Canada and Australia.

Additional bio at www.briantoren.com.

Earl Joseph Appreciation Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, September 17, 2002

"GRID Computing and Bio-Applications"

At the present, there is no agreed upon definition for Grid versus Cluster computing. Both will be highlighted with leading edge configurations and Bio-applications.

See Grid Computing Web Links below.

Earl C. Joseph, Sr.

A Futurist and management consultant since 1957, Earl C. Joseph, Sr. is President (Retired) of Anticipatory Sciences Incorporated & Advanced Energy Technology Company. Earl was with Sperry Univac for 32 years as a computer scientist including, 20 years as a staff scientist/futurist. Earl directed and managed large, complex computer and communications projects and performed the system design, logic design, programming and manufacture of a number of computers.

Earl received a degree in mathematics from the University of Minnesota in 1951. Earl currently serves as a Walden University Professor (Management Department), a Metropolitan State University Community Faculty Member and instructs an innovative graduate program for the University of St. Thomas. Earl also remains active as an adjunct professor and a visiting lecturer at the University of Minnesota, designing and teaching graduate level courses on alternative futures. He has designed and taught hundreds of university-level courses in the areas of computers, business, management, marketing, advertising, entrepreneuring and future studies. He has shared his insights at all education levels; K-12, college and graduate.   In 2001, Earl received the "Community Connections Award" from Normandale Community College.

Active in the computing community, Earl is the former Futurist-In-Residence at the Science Museum of Minnesota; a distinguished visiting lecturer for the IEEE Computer Society; lecturer for AITP (DPMA) , ACM and ASM (now MnIPS).

Earl’s life of living and advocating future-thinking has also been a life of attempting to help companies, organizations and individuals overcome tunnel vision, inertia and resistance to change. At the leading edge of computerization, Earl has also been at the leading edge of the battle with Luddites and others who would impede our progress.  Acutely aware that future-thinking is not a skill routinely taught in our educational systems, Earl has long been concerned with the need to propagate that as a valued leadership expertise.

Earl’s latest vision is to create a sustainable scholarship fund with global reach that supports "Future Thought Leadership" programs to expand and continue his legacy. Despite suffering a recent stroke that has impaired his eyesight, this vision remains 20/20.

For more on Earl's vision, see this link.

Grid Computing Web Links

Web Services Journal: Grid Computing: Electifying Web Services
Article by Dirk Hamstra, Sept 12 , 2002
sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=347

Reuters: Computer Grids Promise Leap in Computing Power.
Article Sept 1 , 2002
www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1396225

ZDNet: Tech Update: Security / Grid computing boosts hacker network.
Article by Wayne Rash March 11, 2002
techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/ main/0,14179,2854156,00.html

ZDNet: Tech Update: Enterprise Hardware / Autonomic computing: How we manage the complexity.
Article by Dan Farber, May 15, 2002
techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/ main/0,14179,2865367-3,00.html 

ZDNet Australia: News & Tech: Enterprise: IBM's Bullock: Straight to the source
IBM Managing Director and CEO Philip Bullock takes the hot seat to field questions regarding Web services, Grid computing, and where IBM Australia is headed.
www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/ story/0,2000025001,20265273,00.htm

CFO.com E-Commerce: IT Infrastructure: Is Grid a Lock?
Article by Scott Leibs, October 01, 2001.
www.cfo.com/Article?article=5235

IBM News: IBM to build world's most powerful computing grid
Article, October 26, 2001.
www.ibm.com/news/us/2001/08/092.html

IBM Events: Grid Computing: Advancing e-business into the future.
Presentation by Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Vice President, Technology and Strategy, IBM Server Group
wwww-1.ibm.com/servers/events/grid.html

Grid Computing Planet.
Portal site.
http://www.gridcomputingplanet.com

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Pre-Dinner Session
Tuesday, October 15, 2002

"Make it Happen Before Lunch - Cutting to the chase for getting into the organization of your choice."

Already restructured, downsized, right-sized IT Professionals, as well as those concerned about their future, can learn how to improve their networking skills by attending the Networking for IT Professionals seminar. Hosted by the Minnesota Information Professional Society (MnIPS), this event will showcase IT staffing professionals and networking experts that will share their tips and techniques on how to survive while searching for that next opportunity. In addition, we will hear success stories from individuals who have found jobs recently.

Our speaker with the great topic this month, Peter Simpson, specializes in processes improvement and technology. He has participated in engagements involving the review of existing data processing installations, systems and office automation feasibility studies, development of systems plans, and the design and development of computer systems. Peter also gives seminars for clients on integrated office systems. He has worked with small, medium and large organizations as well as government and non-profit agencies in various roles to include consulting and management. Peter has a Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine University in 1976.

MnIPS social hour and dinner meeting will follow this session.

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Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, October 15, 2002

".NET and J2EE: War of the Frameworks"

The cost of developing, delivering, maintaining, and supporting IT systems is growing. At the same time, organizations are demanding more and more from IT resources and personnel. The network economy is pushing organizations to build systems that incorporate legacy applications, automate processing between business applications or business partners, and give customers the innovative on-line services they demand. If such demands are to be met, seamless interoperability between applications within organizations and between their business partners is a requirement.

Seamless interoperability between heterogeneous systems is the "holy grail" of the IT architecture world. In pursuit of this "holy grail" it is increasingly evident that the greatest cost IT departments face is not the cost of the systems themselves but the "glue" that holds them all together. To respond to these imperatives, the software vendors in both cooperative and unilateral initiatives have developed "enterprise frameworks".

Enterprise frameworks are modularized, component-based systems that specify standards, protocols, services, API's, application models and, in some cases, server platforms for developing and integrating multi-tiered applications. Over the past few years, vendors have positioned themselves mainly around one of two camps: Microsoft, which recently released the .Net framework, and all other software vendors, most of whom have moved their offerings to the J2EE (Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition) standard. IBM, BEA, Sun, Oracle, and most open source offerings are built upon the J2EE standard. However, simple as it may seem this is not a one front war. Software vendors, open-source initiatives, standards communities, and consortiums are weaving an intricate dance to position themselves with the right technology offerings at the right time in the hopes of setting the standards to which their proprietary or favorite platforms are most applicable.

This talk will explore the technologies, the vendors, and the business climate that has led to this war of the frameworks.

Brian Hase, Halley's Fifth, LLC.

Brian Hase is co-founder and vice-president of Halley's Fifth, a locally-based technical services company founded in April of 2001. Halley's Fifth specializes in e-commerce development using agile methods in Java application server environments. Halley's Fifth works with firms such as Target, Imation, and Minnesota Public Radio. Before founding Halley's Fifth, he was Director of Consulting Services at Systems Consulting Group of St. Paul. He led practices focused on the IBM platforms, WebSphere and Domino.

Mr. Hase began his IT career as a programmer analyst working in mainframe environments. In the late 80's, he moved to desktop and client-server application development using Visual Basic and Smalltalk. In his career he has had the opportunity to explore many diverse areas of information technology ranging from groupware to object-oriented databases (OODBMS). His current interests are in agile development methodologies, enterprise frameworks, and the newest abstraction of object-oriented or component-based systems, web services.

Mr. Hase received his undergraduate degree in 1984 from Augsburg College in Minneapolis. In 1998, the degree of Master of Science in Software Engineering was conferred upon him by the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.

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Pre-Dinner Session
Tuesday, November 19, 2002

"Networking for IT Professionals"

Already restructured, downsized, right-sized IT Professionals, as well as those concerned about their future, can learn how to improve their networking skills by attending the Networking for IT Professionals seminar. Hosted by the Minnesota Information Professional Society (MnIPS), this event will showcase IT staffing professionals and networking experts that will share their tips and techniques on how to survive while searching for that next opportunity. In addition, we will hear success stories from individuals who have found jobs recently.

MnIPS social hour and dinner meeting will follow this session.

Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, November 19, 2002

"Learning Objects: Applying OO Techniques to Online Courses"

University course production and delivery is expensive, but particularly so in the on-line context (up to $20,000 per course) where technology meets "traditional" views of course production and course content selection and delivery. Efforts by the Department of Defense and other universities in an international scope are attempting to reduce costs of course production and improve the process of course delivery through object oriented reusability concepts and the latest in Internet technology. This presentation will discuss how the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) and the organizations developing it are addressing these issues through the use of today's technologies of XML, access to distributed learning objects and delivery of these objects through Learning Management Systems. It will also touch on the integration of this technology with instructor mediated course delivery. This dinner meeting presentation will be of interest to IT professionals that support academic/training initiatives, faculty, as well as technical professionals looking to see an application of object oriented design/programming.

Jack Krichen, Capella University

Mr. Krichen has over 25 years of software engineering experience in several industrial areas including medical device development, energy management systems, operating system development and electronic provisioning systems. He has held leadership roles as a project manager or team leader in many software development projects in these areas and has also served as a systems architect and technical developer. His main areas of expertise are object oriented analysis, design and development and Java based technology. He is a regular participant in the OOPSLA (Object Oriented Programming Systems Languages Analysis) conference. He enjoys trying to analyze and improve the software development process. Mr. Krichen has been teaching and developing web development courses for Capella for three years and holds the position of Faculty Director of Information Technology for Capella.

Mr. Krichen holds a Masters in Software Engineering from St. Thomas University and a Bachelor’s degree in both Psychology and Physics from the University of Wisconsin. He has also studied biomedical engineering at Marquette University. He has three patents awarded in the areas of medical product development. He is currently pursuing his PhD in education with a specialization in teaching and learning from Capella University.

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Pre-Dinner Session
Tuesday, January 21, 2003

"Networking for IT Professionals"

Already restructured, downsized, right-sized IT Professionals, as well as those concerned about their future, can learn how to improve their networking skills by attending the Networking for IT Professionals seminar. Hosted by the Minnesota Information Professional Society (MnIPS), this event will showcase IT staffing professionals and networking experts that will share their tips and techniques to find a job or stay current with events and technology

MnIPS social hour and dinner meeting will follow this session.

Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, January 21, 2003

"Home Security and Social Engineering"

This will be a non-technical talk (for the most part) about home security, especially in ‘always on’ scenarios (DSL and Cable). It will give practical advice on the risks to the home user.

"Social Engineering" is a huge part of home security and Dick will spend some time on it. If a hacker can get you to come to their web site and register, for example, there is a good probability that you will register with the same user name and password you use at work and at home. Some targeted emails come with tempting offers, and the next thing you know a hacker is logging in to your network at work or your PC at home.

Executing a file on your home computer can be disastrous. If a hacker can convince you to double-click, they own your computer.

Dick will also talk a bit about the emails (mainly from Nigeria) convincing people to send thousands of dollars and travel thousands of miles, and the consequences of those trips, as well as Morpheus, Gnutella and other peer to peer file sharing systems. These represent a huge problem from both a security and liability perspective, and will be especially relevant to people with teenagers.

Dick Bonneville, PC Solutions, Inc.

Dick has been in the data processing / data communication field since 1979. He has held various positions during his career including Network Manager, Sr. Security Analyst and Corporate Security Officer for a financial services firm. He also spent some time as a Field Engineer and an Application Engineer in industrial process control applications.

He is currently Director of Network Services / Security Services for PC Solutions, Inc. in Minneapolis, a full service hardware, software and network / security services firm.

Dick graduated from the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul in 1977 and holds the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification.

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Pre-Dinner Session
Tuesday, February 18, 2003

"Networking for IT Professionals:
Preparing for the Introductory Interview
Practicing the Interview -- Role Play"

Already restructured, downsized, right-sized IT Professionals, as well as those concerned about their future, can learn how to improve their networking skills by attending the Networking for IT Professionals seminar. Hosted by the Minnesota Information Professional Society (MnIPS), this event will showcase IT staffing professionals and networking experts that will share their tips and techniques to find a job or stay current with events and technology

Contacts: John Harley 763-593-5582, inbox100boukah.com or Joe Perzel at
jperzelenrgi.com

MnIPS social hour and dinner meeting will follow this session.

Post-meeting Follow-up

How to Interview Handout

Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, February 18, 2003

"A Practical Framework for Software Measurement and Analysis"

This presentation describes a framework intended to help measurement planners accomplish three goals:

• Integrate measurement efforts across the organization
• Ensure that all important perspectives and potential users of measurement have been considered in the measurement planning process.
• Facilitate communication by defining a consistent set of terminology and basic concepts.

David N Card, Software Productivity Consortium

David N. Card is a Fellow of the Software Productivity Consortium. During 15 years at Computer Sciences Corporation, Mr. Card spent six years as the Director of Software Process and Measurement, one year as a Resident Affiliate at the Software Engineering Institute, and seven years as a member or manager of the research team supporting the NASA Software Engineering Laboratory. Mr. Card is the Editor-In- Chief of the Journal of Systems and Software. He is the author of Measuring Software Design Quality (Prentice Hall, 1990), co-author of Practical Software Measurement (Addison Wesley, 2002), and co-editor of ISO/IEC standard 15939:2002, Software Measurement Process. Mr. Card is a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality. He has received many awards for his professional activities from CSC, NASA, NSF, and IEEE.

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Presentation Content

Pre-Dinner Session
Tuesday, March 18, 2003

"Networking for IT Professionals"

Already restructured, downsized, right-sized IT Professionals, as well as those concerned about their future, can learn how to improve their networking skills by attending the Networking for IT Professionals seminar. Hosted by the Minnesota Information Professional Society (MnIPS), this event will showcase IT staffing professionals and networking experts that will share their tips and techniques to find a job or stay current with events and technology.

Contacts: Sylvia Wiebe at swieb53hotmail.com or Joe Perzel at jperzelenrgi.com

MnIPS social hour and dinner meeting will follow this session.

Post-meeting Follow-up

How to Deal with Transition Handout

Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, March 18, 2003

"Telecommuting"

John Sanger, Tele-Commuter Resources, Inc

President and Founder of Tele-Commuter Resources, John has worked to create an environment in which telecommuting is understood and incorporated into policy making discussions as well as strategically applied by employers to achieve their specific business objectives.

John's career has evolved from the bricks and mortar of his architectural training to his years as a planning consultant dealing with land use and regulatory concerns. Seeking an integrated systems approach to strategic planning he developed MIS systems for several years prior to establishing TCR which encapsulates this broad experience in its goal of "Building Stronger Communities through Technology".

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Pre-Dinner Session
Tuesday, April 15, 2003

"Networking for IT Professionals"

Already restructured, downsized, right-sized IT Professionals, as well as those concerned about their future, can learn how to improve their networking skills by attending the Networking for IT Professionals seminar. Hosted by the Minnesota Information Professional Society (MnIPS), this event will showcase IT staffing professionals and networking experts that will share their tips and techniques to find a job or stay current with events and technology

Contacts: Sylvia Wiebe at swieb53hotmail.com or Joe Perzel at jperzelenrgi.com

MnIPS social hour and dinner meeting will follow this session.

Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, April 15, 2003

"The Business of Blood – the American Red Cross perspective"

The American Red Cross is one of the best known and respected humanitarian organizations in the world. Headquartered in Washington DC, this global organization works internationally with other Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations to assist people in need, works nationally to collect and distribute nearly half of the US blood supply, and works within local communities to help prepare and respond when disasters strike. Whether the disaster is a local house fire, national as the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, the American Red Cross is there to provide aid and support. The technological and business infrastructure required to deliver such services and manage the immense inventory of blood for our nation is rarely discussed. A look beyond the humanitarian deeds and into the business of the American Red Cross, focusing on the challenges of managing nearly half of the US blood supply.

Tom Meyer, American Red Cross

Tom Meyer is the current chairman of the American Red Cross – North Central Blood Services (NCBS) board of directors. As part of the volunteer leadership of the Red Cross NCBS, Tom supports staff efforts to increase blood donor collections, supply hospital clients with the blood their patients need, and participates in national strategic planning efforts focused on managing the highest quality blood supply humanly possible. Tom is founder of Meyer Consulting Services, LLC and has over 25 years experience in the insurance, investment and financial services businesses. He is an actuary, a graduate of Cretin High School and the University of St. Thomas and is a native Minnesotan. Tom and his wife Roxanne currently live in Woodbury, have four grown children and two grandchildren all living in the greater twin cities area.

Why an Assessment

IT Security – Where's the Value

Risk Management – Practical Threat Management

Personal Security & CCTV

Corporate Security Basics

Organizational Security – When People are involved

Status of Homeland Security and Law Enforcement

How and When to Utilize Biometrics

VPN and other Tools

The seminar will conclude with an All-Star Q & A Panel made up of Corporate, Academic, Futurist and Government members

MnIPS Booth
at Strictly Business Solutions Expo
Wednesday May 14 to
Thursday May 15, 2003

MnIPS will have a booth at the Strictly Business Solutions Expo Wednesday, May 14th and Thursday, May 15th. MnIPS needs volunteer help at the booth to meet attendees, explain they should become a member of MnIPS, and invite them to join.  Please volunteer for booth time periods starting at 9:30AM and going to 5:30PM on either day by contacting:

Sylvia Wiebe 952-345-8720 or email at swieb53hotmail.com.

If you can't volunteer, stop by and chat while you are touring the show.

Strictly Business is the premier IT technology show in the upper midwest.   Over 800 exhibits including industry leaders such as IBM, Novell, Apple Computer, EDS and more will be featuring the latest in technology. Various sections on the expo floor will include network security, telephony, digital media, e-business, and more.   For more information on the Strictly Business Solutions Expo, view their website at http://www.strictlyebusiness.net/strictlyebusiness/mpls/index.po

Pre-Dinner Session
Tuesday, May 20, 2003

"Networking for IT Professionals"

Already restructured, downsized, right-sized IT Professionals, as well as those concerned about their future, can learn how to improve their networking skills by attending the Networking for IT Professionals seminar. Hosted by the Minnesota Information Professional Society (MnIPS), this event will showcase IT staffing professionals and networking experts that will share their tips and techniques to find a job or stay current with events and technology

Contacts:Sylvia Wiebe at swieb53hotmail.com   or Joe Perzel at jperzelenrgi.com

MnIPS social hour and dinner meeting will follow this session.

Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Joint Meeting with Northwest Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals

"Trends Impacting IT Applications for Manufacturing"

New business practices and information technologies directly impact the nature of ERP systems for manufacturers. This seminar reviews several trends impacting an ERP system, including customer-oriented strategies, lean manufacturing, e-commerce, supply chain management and advanced scheduling.

Dr. Scott Hamilton

Scott Hamilton is an internationally known ERP consultant and researcher, and has designed several influential ERP packages. Dr. Hamilton is an internationally recognized speaker on ERP and supply chain management. He has consulted world-wide with over a thousand manufacturing firms, conducted several hundred executive seminars, taught MBA courses at four universities, and helped design several influential ERP systems. He co-authored the APICS CIRM textbook, "Managing Information: How Information Systems Impact Organizational Strategy", and recently release the book "Maximizing Your ERP System". He can be reached at ScottHamiltonPhDaol.com or (612) 963-1163.