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December 9, 2003
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Annual Employment Panel
Where are all the jobs?
Each December we bring together a panel of courageous
people to tell us what they see in Colorado employment trends. Then, we
ask them to
predict the next year. Back in the late 1900s, the year before a shortage
of technology workers showed up in the market, the RMIMA employment panel
predicted a shortage of mainframe programmers, in addition to other
technologies. In December, 2000 the panel predicted a softening of the market
in 2001. That was an understatement, but they saw it coming. Our
panel moderator will read last year's predictions for 2003 and compare them to
reality. Finally, we will ask panelists to look into their crystal balls
and predict technology employment for 2004 in Colorado.
Richard Martinez,
Sr. Director, Human Resources, Sun
Microsystems
Rich Martinez is the Sr. Director, Human Resources for Sun Support
Services. In this capacity Rich partners with the Sr. Vice President of
the business and his leadership team to set the HR Strategy for Support
Services, a business comprised of 6,500 employees in over 50 countries
delivering over $3B in services. Rich has held this position for over 3 years
during which time Support Services has transitioned from 3 independent
geographies to a global delivery organization with a common Vision, Mission, and
Values.
Prior to joining Sun Rich spent his career in the
Oil Industry with Total S.A. and Mobil Corp. At Total, Rich was the Director of
Human Resources and Labor Relations for Total's U.S. subsidiary headquartered
out of Denver. At Mobil, Rich held a variety of Sr. HR positions at the
Corporate, Division, and field level in manufacturing, logistics, R&D,
finance, marketing, and sales organizations.
Rich holds a Bachelors of Science in Business
from California Polytechnic University, Pamona and holds professional
certifications from the American Compensation Association and the Human
Resources Certification Institute.
David Suson
Founder and President of
ProlianceGroup
Our primary focus is as an executive
search firm, focused on finding and placing top sales and management talent in
hi-tech companies across the US. www.proliancegroup.com
Jeff Sherrard
Deputy State CIO and Chief Architect
Jeff Sherrard is Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief Architect for
the State of Colorado. He is responsible for assisting state CIO Leroy
Williams with the implementation of the statewide information technology
strategic plan and for driving information technology architecture standards
as part of the strategic plan.
Sherrard most recently served as Chief of
Strategic Technology for the State of Colorado, Department of Labor and
Employment, in charge of the technology re-systemization program for
unemployment insurance benefits and taxes. His previous positions include
Vice President of First Data Corporation/Western Union; Director of
Engineering at US WEST Dex Internet Group; Vice President and CTO of
MoneyZap; Manager of New Initiatives at CTA Inc., Advanced Information
Systems Division; Technical Manager/Systems Engineer at Martin Marietta's
Advanced Automation Technology Division; and Software Design Engineer at
Texas Instruments. Sherrard holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Colorado.
Ken McDonald
Senior Associate, Sequel Venture Capital
Prior to working at Sequel, Ken was Director of Product Management for the
Oracle Store, Oracle's vehicle for selling software and services online,
which is one of the largest e-commerce sites on the Web today. Ken has also
helped start two companies, Topica and Open Horizon, and has worked at Booz-Allen,
Intel, and Dun & Bradstreet Software. B.A., Dartmouth College;
M.B.A. Stanford University. http://sequelvc.com/people/ken.html
Panel Moderator: Carl Mather
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