July Meeting

Wayne Washburn
COO of SMBology, Inc.

User Experience in Software Design and Implementation

Wayne Washburn will be discussing the importance of properly accounting for the user experience in software implementations. This includes both interface design as well as how to adopt technology appropriately to encourage user adoption/buy in.

Mr. Washburn has over 25 years experience in a variety of software companies along with significant management experience in the tax, financial, process and project management industries. Overseeing SMBology’s development and infrastructure teams, Wayne implements and strengthens organizational processes/methodologies to ensure that each team is working efficiently and effectively while delivering quality solutions to clients. Moreover, Wayne focuses on client communications and retention, making certain both the client and SMBology achieve successful end results.

CIO Forum at the Global Tech Tour

The Austin AITP chapter sponsored the CIO Forum at the Tech, Media and Wireless Industry Day this past Wednesday (Jun 24, 2009).

Moderator: William Hurley, Chief Architect of Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc.

Panelists

• Dr. Jim Keeler, Chief Technology Officer, Wayport (an AT&T company)
• Sam Coursen, Chief Information Officer, Freescale
• Russ Finney, Vice President, Information Systems, Tokyo Electron
• John C. Dupree, Vice President, Enterprise & Federal, Sprint Nextel

Austin was one of twenty stops on the Global Tech & Jobs Tour designed to provide companies
and industry professionals with local, authentic networking, learning and customer/talent
acquisition opportunities.

Disruptive Innovations - May meeting

Is your company focused on the right things? Could a new technology invalidate your business model? Tyron Stading, founder of Innography, will share with us some of the things he has learned about disruptive technologies in his business and the businesses he works with. Tyron has worked for IBM as a worldwide industry solutions manager in the telecommunications and utilities sectors, and worked at startups focused on mobile communications and network security. He has published multiple research papers and filed over two dozen patents. Tyron has a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University and an MS in Science and Technology Commercialization from The University of Texas at Austin.

Texas State AITP Dinner

Texas State AITP is proud to announce the beginning of a new tradition to celebrate all those who have helped to make our chapter one of the best in the nation. We are starting an annual Alumni Dinner, and we invite you to be part of this wonderful event. We hope that this will give our AITP/Texas State CIS/CS alumni, our current Texas State CIS/CS students and faculty, and all the professionals that have aided our chapter a chance to come together for an evening of fun, food, and shared memories. Russ Finney will be speaking to us that evening about the future of technology, and Saltgrass is sure to provide a wonderful ambience on the patio over the river. Be a part of our very first Alumni Dinner, and mark your calendars now for the evening of April 15.