by Steve Earle | Apr 6, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
Join the CIO Council and learn about the trends that are shaping the future CIO.
The State of the CIO event provides a forum for an open exchange of ideas, collaboration on issues of mutual importance, leveraged vendor relationships, and focused community involvement


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Speakers:
Keynote: Manuel D. Medina, Medina Capital
Manuel D. Medina is the founding and managing partner of Medina Capital. Medina has more than 30 years of experience as a highly successful businessman with expertise in areas including technology, finance, international business, and government contracting.
Panel Moderator: Gary Beach, Publisher Emeritus, CIO Magazine
Gary Beach brings more than 30 years of information technology publishing experience to his role as publisher emeritus of IDG’s CIO magazine.
Paul Martine
CIO, Citrix Systems
Paul Martine is the V.P. of Operations & CIO of Citrix Systems, a position he has held since 2007
Benny Lago
Senior VP and CIO, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd
Benigno “Benny†Lago brings twenty years of IT experience to the role of Senior VP and CIO of the newly expanded Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd
Debbie Kartcher
CIO, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
As the chief information officer for the nation’s fourth-largest school district, Karcher plans and directs its information technology strategy
Joel Steigelfest
CIO, Cross Country Home Services
As the chief information officer at CCHS, Joel Steigelfest leads all aspects of the company’s information technology disciplines
Ronaldo Montmann
VP Information Technology, Broward Health
Ronaldo is responsible for the day-to-day management of application systems, technology infrastructure, telecommunications, data security, and customer service
Agenda:
By-Invitation only CIO Breakfast (Vendor Sponsored)
7:00 am – 7:30 am   Registration for “By-Invitation CIO Breakfastâ€
7:30 am – 8:30 am   Breakfast and Networking
General Session:
7:30 am – 8:30 am   Sponsor Setup
8:30 am – 9:45 am   Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits and Networking
9:45 am – 10:00 am   2015 CIO Council Kick-off
10:00 am – 10:30 am   Key-note Address
10:30 am – 10:45 am   Sponsor Introductions
10:45 am – 11:30 am   Panel Discussion & Q&A
11:30 am – 12:00 pm   Raffle (sponsor give-aways) and wrap-up
by Steve Earle | Apr 6, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
Join Mark Hinkle @ FLUX.ORG for a crash course in Cloud Computing Architectures. This crash course is designed to give an overview of cloud computing architecture and the open source software that can be used to deploy and manage a cloud computing environment.
Topics to be discussed in this session will include virtualization (KVM, LXC, and Xen Project), orchestration (Apache CloudStack, Eucalyptus, Open Nebula, and OpenStack), and storage (GlusterFS, Ceph, and others). The talk will also provide insight into how to deliver Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and what technologies can be used to compliment this evolving cloud computing paradigm.
Systems administrators and IT generalists will leave the discussion with a general overview of the options at their disposal to effectively build and manage their own cloud computing environments using free and open source software and understand the capabilities and benefits of a host of technologies.
by Steve Earle | Apr 6, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
DIGITAL EXPERTISE FOR INNOVATIVE STARTUPS AND COMPANIES THAT THINK BIG
Startup Marketing Conference is the only digital and lean marketing education event for startups and innovative marketing teams that is focused on growth. Join a community of data-driven and innovative entrepreneurs who will learn the fundamentals of rapid growth and digital marketing best practices in just one day
3 World-Class Keynotes from industry thought leaders, award winning authors, and big-brand innovation teams.
8 interactive sessions on the most cost effective ways to drive substantial growth for your company covering best practices, new trends in digital and lean marketing, and growth hacking.
Growth Hacking Tactics for 2015: hands-on workshop for startups and data-driven marketers
Unparalleled networking opportunities with serial entrepreneurs, lean marketing mentors, growth hackers, investors, and professionals.
FEATURED GROWTH MARKETING EXPERTS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Aaron Kahlow, morning keynote: Founder and CEO, Online Marketing Institute
Cassandra Clark, Social Media Manager, Discover
Zack Onisko, Head of Growth and Marketing, Creative Market (Autodesk)
Neville Medhora, Author, Keynote Speaker … & more
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by Steve Earle | Apr 6, 2015 | Marketing, Newsletters
Join the MSBISF for an evening with Brian Knight. Brian will discuss creating actionable intelligence with Power Query.
The Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group of South Florida (MSBISF) is dedicated to helping BI professionals advance their career through free educational, training, and networking opportunities offered every second Wednesday of each month. Membership is free of charge and the group meets at the Carl DeSantis building at Nova Southeastern University campus in Davie, Florida. For more information, please contact David Ortiz at dortiz@allegient.com or Marilyn Rousseau at sqldudette@gmail.com.