Thursday, January 14, 2010
South Florida Technology Alliance Announces New Leadership for 2010
Fort Lauderdale, Fl - January 12, 2010
South Florida Technology Alliance Announces New Leadership for 2010
SFTA is pleased to announce it’s newly elected Directors for 2010:
Chairman of the Board – Christopher Burgio of Seitlin Insurance and Advisory
President - Kevin Brady of Corporate Services IncVice President – Albert Maggio of Carey Rodriguez Greenberg & Paul
Treasurer – Michael Daszkal of Daszkal Bolton
Secretary – Carolyn Childs of The Lindsay Group Inc
Board of Directors:
David Bates of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.
Anthony Carvalloza of Scripps Florida
Chip Casanave of Data Access Worldwide
Lenny Chesal of Host.net
Christopher Fleck of Citrix
Mark Grossman of Grossman Law Group
Greg Heller of Silverglade Capital Partners LLCJohn Igoe of Edwards Angell Palmer and Dodge
Greg Nordone of ENS Corporation
Tim Orr Blue Wave Communications
Michael Richtberg of BluTech Innovations, Inc.
Chris J Terry of Nextshore LLC
Bob Swindell of The Greater Fort Lauderdale /Broward Alliance, IncDeborah Vazquez of PROTECH
About the SFTA…
With over 11 years of leadership as the region’s most effective technology organization, the South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) promotes the growth, success and awareness of the vibrant South Florida technology community. Through events, networking, programs and education, the SFTA provides south Florida’s technology-related companies, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, governments and related organizations with an active forum to grow the business of technology.
For more information about the SFTA, visit www.SouthFloridaTech.org.
SFTA Contact:
Jackie Fernandez
Executive Director
South Florida Technology Alliance
Jackie@southfloridatech.org
Tel. 954.239.9739
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
eFlorida Roadmap to Florida’s Future
Shaped with the input of a wide cross-section of Florida’s leaders in economic development, business, education, workforce, economic development and other community stakeholders, the Roadmap provides a long-term vision for Florida’s economy and specific policy recommendations to achieve it.
As Florida emerges from the global recession, its future trajectory will and must be different. The Roadmap to Florida’s Future charts the state’s path towards an Innovation Economy built on the principles of sustainable growth and expanding high wage employment opportunities in competitive and knowledge-based industries.
This five-year strategic plan provides 24 sets of policy and business development recommendations on how to make Florida a global economic leader. Explore the Roadmap to Florida’s Future: 2010-2015 Strategic Plan for Economic Development to learn more.
Visit www.eflorida.com/roadmap today!
Jackie Fernandez
Executive Director
South Florida Technology Alliance
954.239.9739
P.O. Box 831046
Miami, Florida 33183-1046
http://www.southfloridatech.org/
http://jackiesfta.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/JackieatSFTA
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
* Get a glimpse of what 2010 holds by hearing directly from Gartner Research and CIOs representing major South Florida-based companies in key vertical industries.
* Learn about the principal technical, business and social concerns on CIO’s minds surrounding Cloud-based initiatives.
* Gain insight on technology trends during the next three to five years and the challenges or opportunities they present for your business.
Sponsored by
Keynote address by
Akshay K. Sharma
Gartner Research
Research Director
Roles and Responsibilities
Akshay Sharma is a research director in the Carrier Network Infrastructure group of Gartner Research, leading the Research Agenda for Converged Infrastructure Worldwide. Current research interests include mobile infrastructure (radio and core), mobile broadband, cloud-based Telco 2.0 initiatives, WiMAX/Wi-Fi, PacketCable, VoIP, IMS, FMC, and trends in core network distributed softswitch architectures.
Panelists Include:
Bill Hicks CIO & SVP of Shared Services of Ultimate Software
Jim Bussey MBA Associate Dean, Administration at St Thomas University
Sergio Garcia, SVP and CIO, Bank United
Doug Cormany, SVP and CIO, Preferred Care Partners
Jackie Fernandez
Executive Director
South Florida Technology Alliance
954.239.9739
P.O. Box 831046
Miami, Florida 33183-1046
http://www.southfloridatech.org/
http://jackiesfta.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/JackieatSFTA