Past RMIMA Events

November 11 2010: Desktop Virtualization, Ben Reeser

December 9 2010 : Cloud Computing at Hosting.com

December 14 2010:
RMIMA Party, December 14

View Party Photos

January 13, 2011
Data Loss and Liability of Owners, Officers & Board

February 10, 2011
Move to Agile Role of the BA
and a User Story World

Thursday, March 10, 2011
4 Essentials for Emerging Leaders

Thursday, April 14, 2011
Universal Identity

May 12, Annual Employment Panel

June 21
Annual Joint RMIMA-SIM Dinner Meeting

Black & White Management July 15, 2011

All things Mobile
August 19, 2011

2009-2010

September 10, 2009
Steve Wille
Work Harder, Smarter, Faster

October 8, 2009
Virtualization - Get More Computing Power for Less
Chuck Hellier
CTO-Sun Microsystems

November 12, 2009
Enterprise Architecture - Optimize For the Future
Greg Spahn

December 10, 2009
Agile Development - Myth or Reality?
Jake Calabrese

January 14, 2009
Annual Employment Panel

February 11, 2010
Cloud Computing
Yvonne Carlson

March 11, 2010
The Job Market
Scott Birkhead

April 8, 2010
Green IT
Lyle Ekdahl
Oracle

May 13, 2010
Technology at the Pepsi Center
Rick Schoenhals

June 15, 5:00 pm
Colorado Business Technology
Danger or Opportunity Ahead?
Joint meeting with SIM - Society of Information Managers

2008-2009

September 11 2008
It's What You Don't Say
Michael Cushman

October 9 2008
Twelve Archetypes
Terry Hildebradt

November 13 2008
On-boarding
Lily Ruppe

December 11 2008
Employment Panel

January 8 2009
Going Global
International Forum

February 12 2009
Colorful Leadership
Steve Wille

March 12 2009
IQ and EQ
Diane Watkins

April 9 2009
Early Wins and Negotiation
Bud Cookson

May 2009
Web Collaboration
Yvonne Carlson

June 2009
Field Trip
National Renewable Lab

2007-2008

September 11 2007
3-Filters Management
Larry Nelson

Thursday, September 20 2007
Rockies Baseball Game

Tuesday, October 9 2007
Raising the Bar on Quality
Ben Snyder

Tuesday, November 13 2007
Fuzzy Logic and Complexity
Steve Wille

Tuesday, December 11 2007
Systems Approach to Organization Design
Terry Hildebrandt

Tuesday, January 8 2008
Annual Employment Panel

Tuesday, February 12
Global Virtual Teams
Mike Nims

Tuesday, March 11 2008
Estimating - A Life and Death Issue for IT Managers
Bud Cookson, Ridgline Mgt.

Tuesday, April 8 2008
Merger/Acquisition Survival
Debra Hoffman

Tuesday, May 13 2008
Cheryl White - The science of change

2006-2007

Tuesday September 19 2006
Rick Rokosz
Lockheed Martin
IT Governance:
Taking IT to the Next Level

Tuesday, October 10 2006
Scott Foust
First Data
What New Product Development Needs From IT

Tuesday, November14 2006
Paul Gustafson
Extreme Data
Rethinking the "I" in IT

Tuesday December 12 2006
Annual Employment Panel
View PowerPoint

Tuesday, January 9 2007
Microsoft Vista
Damian Jakubczyk
Steve Miller

Tuesday, February 13 2007
Constructive Conflict
Steve Wille

Tuesday, March 13 International Forum

Tuesday, April 10 2007
RFID
Kevin Price
CEO and founder of AccuCode

Tuesday, May 8
No Meeting

2005-2006

Tuesday, September 13 2005
Paul Russell

Thursday, October 20 2005
21st RMIMA Annual Conference

Tuesday November 8 2005
Open Source
Click here for a copy of the presentation
Paul Gustafson

Tuesday, December 13 2005
Annual Employment Panel

January 10 2006
Meeting Cancelled due to logistics

February 14 2006
Why SOA?
Service Oriented Architecture
Bannon Bednarcyk, IBM

March 14 2006
Balanced Scorecards: Download Presentation

April 11 2006
Order From Chaos
Steve Wille
Great-West Life

Friday, May 5 2006
Field Trip
Colorado Transportation Management Center, Golden

2004-2005

September 14 2004
Open Source
Patty Laushman
Uptime Group

October 12 2004
Meta Data
Bonnie O'Neil
Westridge Consulting

November 9 2004
Model Driven Architecture
John Miner, Compuware

December 14 2004
Annual Employment Panel Discussion

January 11 2005
Organizational Change Management
Randy Somermeyer

February 8 2005
Biz Talk
Kevin Kraus, Microsoft

March 8 2005
Abstract vs. Concrete Thinking
Steve Wille

April 12 2005
Human Friendly Information
Searching Unstructured Data
Michael Chang

May 2005
When C.R.A.P. Happens
Dick Cochran

2003-2004

September 9, 2003
Open Source Software

October 14
Offshore Debate

November 4
Maturing Software Industry

December 9
Annual Employment Panel

January 13
Software Lifecycle

February 10
Intellectual Property
Peter Kinsella

March 9
Microsoft InfoPath

April 13
Frontier Airlines
Jennifer Larson - IT Manager

May 11, Annual Conference
PAYBACK: Will the real ROI Please Stand up?
Keynote Speaker: Robert Tipton, author of Untangling IT

2002-2003

September
Are you ready for open source software?
Is open source software ready for you?

October
Java/C# Shootout
Rob Williams - Denver Java Users Group (DJUG)
Joe Mayo - Microsoft Visual Studio Users Group

November 12
How Safe Is Your Network?
White Hat Technologies

December 17
Annual Employment Panel
Where are all the jobs?

January 14
Thriving On Conflict
Bill Kuehn and Ramone Yaciuk
Tough Teams

February 11
Wireless Enterprise Mobile Solutions:
Is there a Business Value?
Steve Milroy

March (conference rescheduled)

April 8
Tablet PC - Is it More Than a Toy?
Steve Milroy

19th Annual Conference
Thursday, May 15, 2003

2001-2002

September 11
Voice/Data Convergence
What ever happened to free voice services?
Dave O'Callagahn
Cisco Systems
Operations Director/Mountain States

October 9
Preview of Windows XP
Carl Dubler, Microsoft

November 13
CIO Roundtable - When the world is crashing in around you and you still have work to get done...
Jeff Richardson, CIO, The Colorado Commission on Higher Education.
Geoff Cooper, CIO, Sunrise Medical
Greg Hagerl, Chief Technology Officer, Lewan and Associates

December 11
Annual Employment Panel

Where are all the jobs?

January 8
Broadband
We built it, will they come?
Joseph Bagan

February 12
e-Sourcing
The answer to all your problems?
Carita Watson, Director of IBM Global Services

Annual Conference

April 9
Is Project Management an Asset?
Hal Lunka, President of the Project Management Institute Mile Hi Chapter

May 14
IBM Executive Briefing Center in Boulder.

2000-2001

September 14
Digital Dashboards
Corporate Portals

October 10
Virtual Teams
Click here to see notes from the panel

November 14
The Business of Wireless

December 12
Employment Panel
Click here to see notes from the panel

January 9
Data Availability, The Heart of eBusiness

February
Finding Quality in e-business
Pete Dignan, ProtoTest
click here to see speaker notes

Annual Conference March 15, 2001
At the University of Denver Ritchie Center
7:00 a.m. through lunch

April 10
e-Law

May 8
Pepsi Center Tour

1999-2000

September 14
The Wireless Industry – Past, Present and Future
Dallas Bolen

October 12
Smart Web Marketing
Christopher Ryan

November 9
Bring your data warehouse to the Web
Brenda Moncla, Sysix
View Presentation (PowerPoint file)

December 14
Employment Panel

January 11
e-engineering -
the primordial soup
Tony Hartman

February 8
Good, Bad and Ugly
Technology's Impact on an Organization
Joe Baldwin

March 16
Annual Conference
More Information

April 11
Merrill Lynch
field trip

Friday, May 12
Ocean Journey
Tony Moreno, Director of Information Technology
Meeting at Ocean Journey

1998-1999

September 15^th
Steven Wille
Chaos Theory, Revisited

October 13^th
Dr. Richard Hackathron
Farming the Web

November 10^th
Brian Mouty
Year 2000

December 8^th
Employment Panel
Ken Kozar,
Norbert Carr
Jan Hanbery
Michael McDonnell

January 12^th
Java and HTML tools that Bill Gates does not want you to know about

March 11
Annual Conference
The Information Technology Revolution: What's Next?
Click Here for More Information
View Presentations:
Political Animals: Why do they get ahead? J. Gordon Till, TCI
Skills Shortage Neal Grunstra, CEO, Mindbank
Skills Shortage Neal Grunstra, CEO, Mindbank #2
Distributed Technology Don Appleton, CEO Dacom

April 13^th
E-Commerce
Steve La Bossco

May 11^th
^{Tour Colorado Department of Transportation}
^{Golden, Colorado}

1998

January 13, 1998
John A. Neff
Optoelectronic Computing

February 10, 1998
Kirby Slunaker
VP-CIO Visa USA
Java Chip Cards

1998 Annual Conference
Thursday, March 12, 1998
The Net Changes Everything

April 14, 1998
Dennis Lemieux
General Manager, ANIXER

2011 Board

Randy Evans

President

president@rmima.org

Chas Bollow

Vice President
Colorado Staffing & Solutions
720-530-3303

chas.bollow@rmima.org

Carol Kapaun

Ambassador Chair
303-438-8650

ambassador@rmima.org

Linda Gallagher

Secretary
TechCom Plus, LLC
303-450-9076

membership@rmima.org

Steve Wille

Treasurer and Webmaster
Great-West Life
303-737-1371

webmaster@rmima.org

Brian Vickery

Public Relations

public.relations@rmima.org

Rachelle Salem

Corporate Relations.

corporate.relations@rmima.org

Yvonne Carslon

Past President

past.president@rmima.org

2010 RMIMA Board

Randy Evans

President

president@rmima.org

Colette Hanley

Treasurer
The Broe Group
303-859-7853

treasurer@rmima.org

Carol Kapaun

Ambassador Chair
303-438-8650

ambassador@rmima.org

Cindy Gibson

Secretary
Gibson Group LLC
303-951-4228

secretary@rmima.org

Chas Bollow

Vice President
Colorado Staffing & Solutions
720-530-3303

chas.bollow@rmima.or

Debby Howard

Public Relations Chair
Gibson Group LLC
303-951-4228

public.relations@rmima.org

Steve Wille

Webmaster
Great-West Life
303-737-1371

webmaster@rmima.org

Yvonne Carslon

Past President
University of Denver
303-871-3084

past.president@rmima.org

Linda Gallagher

Membership Chair
TechCom Plus, LLC
303-450-9076

membership@rmima.org

Jonita LeRoy
Honorary Board Member

David Smith
Honorary Board Member

2009 RMIMA Board

Yvonne Carlson President president@rmima.org University of Denver

Colette Hanley Treasurer treasurer@rmima.org

Steve Wille Webmaster steve.wille@rmima.org Great-West Life 720-934-7667

Michael Eskine Ambassador Chair ambassador@rmima.org erskinem@mscd.edu

Jonita LeRoy Public Relations and Communications pr@rmima.org Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade 303-892-3862

Jason Wyman Past President jwyman@teksystems.com

David Smith International Advisor representing Canada advisor@rmima.org Trade Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada 303-626-0664

2008 RMIMA Board

Yvonne Carlson	President	president@rmima.org	University of Denver
Colette Hanley	Treasurer	treasurer@rmima.org
Michael Armour	Secretary	secretary@rmima.org	Highlander Technologies	720-838-6300
Steve Wille	Webmaster	steve.wille@rmima.org	Great-West Life	720-934-7667
Michael Eskine	Ambassador Chair	ambassador@rmima.org	erskinem@mscd.edu
Jonita LeRoy	Public Relations and Communications	pr@rmima.org	Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade	303-892-3862
Jason Wyman	Past President	jwyman@teksystems.com
David Smith	International Advisor representing Canada	advisor@rmima.org	Trade Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada	303-626-0664

2007 RMIMA Board


Jason Wyman President	Colette Hanley Treasurer	Michael Armour Secretary	Michael Eskine Ambassador Chair	Yvonne Carlson Vice President	Steve Wille Webmaster

Jason Wyman	President	jwyman@teksystems.com
Yvonne Carlson	Vice President	yvonne.carlson@du.edu	University of Denver
Colette Hanley	Treasurer	colette1790@hotmail.com
Michael Armour	Secretary	michael.armour@rmima.org	Highlander Technologies	720-838-6300
Steve Wille	Webmaster	steve.wille@rmima.org	Great-West Life	720-934-7667
Michael Eskine	Ambassador Chair	erskinem@mscd.edu	erskinem@mscd.edu
Jonita LeRoy	Public Relations and Communications	Jonita.LeRoy@state.co.us	Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade	303-892-3862
David Smith	International Advisor representing Canada	David.B.Smith@international.gc.ca	Trade Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada	303-626-0664

2006 RMIMA Board

Sandra Songailaite President sandra.songailaite@rmima.org Sunrise Medical 303-218-4984

Yvonne Carlson Vice President yvonne.carlson@rmima.org Sunrise Medical 303-218-5075

Patty Laushman Treasurer patty.laushman@rmima.org The Uptime Group, Inc 303-757-4611

Michael Armour Secretary michael.armour@rmima.org Highlander Technologies 720-838-6300

Steve Wille Webmaster steve.wille@rmima.org Great-West Life 720-934-7667

Bill Hubbell Marketing Chair bill.hubbell@rmima.org Microsoft 303-519-9555

Bob Curfman Ambassador Chair bob.curfman@rmima.org Curfman & Associates 303-722-3117

Margarita Gallego Membership Chair margarita.gallego@rmima.org infOASIS, Inc. 303-949-0474

Chic Fries Honorary board member chic.fries@rmima.org eDenverRealty.Com 303-378-7144

Jonita LeRoy VP of Public Relations and Communications Jonita.LeRoy@state.co.us Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade 303-892-3862

Mark Eagle Member at large mark.eagle@rmima.org 21^st Century Schoolhouse 303-873-6237

David Smith International Advisor representing Canada David.B.Smith@international.gc.ca Trade Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada 303-626-0664

Jean-Marie Willis Administrative Assistant jeanm.willis@rmima.org 303-699-8900

2003 Board

FUNCTION

NAME

COMPANY

PHONE

FAX

E-MAIL

President

Saul Pliuskonis

XLT Services, Inc.

303-550-3099

pliuskon@xlt-services.com

Past President

Carl Mather

EDP Recruiting Services

303-694-2222

303-694-0132

carl@edp-recruiting.com

Publicity

Vacant

At Large

Margarita Gallego

InfoASIS, Inc.

303-949-0474

1-877-883-1296

margarita.gallego2@gte.net

Secretary

Don Kirkpatrick

Colorado Department of Transportation

303-757-9607

303-757-9667

don.kirkpatrick@dot.state.co.us

Membership

Mary Ellen Chope

Frontier Oil

303-714-0112

303-714-0163

mchope@frontieroil-den.com

Web Master

Steve Wille

Tough Teams

303-507-1184

steve@toughteams.com

At Large

Katie Ptacek

MindBank

303-623-4700, ext. 15

katie.ptacek@mindbank.com

At Large

Mark Bowden

Software AG

303-470-2076

303-470-2165

mark.bowden@softwareagusa.com

At Large

Randy Evans

Sunrise Medical

303-218-4461

303-928-5470

randy.evans@sunmed.com

Facilities

Chic Fries

Regis University Keller Williams Realty - DTC

303-378-7144

303-932-1612

cfries@mho.net

Treasurer

Fritz Hesse

J. D. Edwards

303-334-4481

303-334-4764

fritz_hesse@jdedwards.com

Conference Chair

Vacant

Program Chair

Michael Ruck

AT&T Solutions

303-265-8217

mruck@att.com

At Large

John Kirkpatrick

Sunrise Medical

303-218-5056

303-218-4592

john.kirkpatrick@sunmed.com

Ambassador

Bob Curfman

Curfman & Associates

303-722-3117

None

bobcurfman@cs.com

At Large

Candace Winkle

720-747-6069

303-796-8241

winkle-flanigan@att.net

At Large

Brooke Wittenburg

PeopleSoft

303-765-4559

None

brooke_wittenburg@peoplesoft.com

Scholarship

Ryan Niemann

Experio Solutions

720-344-5900

303-285-4663

rniemann@experio.com

Administrative Assistant

Jean-Marie Willis

303-696-0442

Same, but call first.

jmwillis08@attbi.com

2002 RMIMA Board

FUNCTION

NAME

COMPANY

PHONE

FAX

E-MAIL

President

Carl Mather

EDP Recruiting Services

303-694-2222

303-694-0132

carl@edp-recruiting.com

President Elect

Saul Pliuskonis

XLT Services, Inc.

303-550-3099

pliuskon@xlt-services.com

Publicity

Michelle Jones

303-985-1871

Same, but call first.

mjones-JQH@home.net

Treasurer

Margarita Gallego

InfoASIS, Inc.

303-780-7316

303-398-7001 03-949-0474 (Cell)

margarita.gallego2@gte.net

Secretary

Don Kirkpatrick

Colorado Department of Transportation

303-757-9607

303-757-9667

don.kirkpatrick@dot.state.co.us

Membership

Mary Ellen Chope

Frontier Oil

303-714-0112

303-714-0163

mchope@frontieroil-den.com

Web Master

Steve Wille

Citicorp Diner�s Club, Inc.

303-649-2404

303-649-2761

steven.f.wille@citicorp.com swille@rmima.org

Conference Chair

Katie Ptacek

MindBank

303-623-4700, ext. 15

katie.ptacek@mindbank.com

Conference Co-Chair

Mark Bowden

Software AG

303-470-2076

303-470-2165

mark.bowden@softwareagusa.com

Conference Co-Chair Sponsors

Randy Evans

Global Commerce Systems

303-463-3189

303-583-5147

rsevans@csn.net

Conference Co-Chair � Facilities

Chic Fries

Regis University Keller Williams Realty - DTC

303-378-7144

303-932-1612

cfries@mho.net

Conf. Co-Chair Speakers

Fritz Hesse

J. D. Edwards

303-334-4481

303-334-4764

fritz_hesse@jdedwards.com

Facilities and Education

Peter Ladanyi

Bullfrog Technologies

303-843-2694

303-543-5093 (Pager)

pladanyi2@hotmail.com

Program Chair

Michael Ruck

AT&T Solutions

303-265-8217

mruck@att.com

At Large

John Kirkpatrick

Sunrise Medical

303-218-5056

303-218-4592

john.kirkpatrick@sunmed.com

At Large

Bob Curfman

Curfman & Associates

303-722-3117

None

bobcurfman@cs.com

At Large

Candace Winkle

720-747-6069

303-796-8241

winkle-flanigan@att.net

At Large

Brooke Wittenburg

PeopleSoft

303-765-4559

None

brooke_wittenburg@peoplesoft.com

Administrative Assistant

Jean-Marie Willis

303-696-0442

Same, but call first.

jmwillis08@home.com

2001 Board

FUNCTION

NAME

COMPANY

PHONE

FAX

E-MAIL

Chair

Brooke Wittenburg

PeopleSoft

303-765-4559

None

brooke_wittenburg@peoplesoft.com

Publicity

Michelle Jones

303-985-1871

Same as phone number but call first.

jonesnelan@rmi.net

Secretary

Don Kirkpatrick

Colorado Department of Transportation

303-757-9607

303-757-9667

don.kirkpatrick@dot.state.co.us

Membership

Mary Ellen Chope

Frontier Oil

303-714-0112

303-714-0163

mchope@frontieroil-den.com

Web Master,

Steve Wille

Citicorp Diner�s Club, Inc.

303-649-2404

303-649-2761

swille@rmima.org

Conference Co-Chair � Facilities

Chic Fries

Regis University Keller Williams Realty - DTC

303-378-7144

303-771-1116

cfries@mho.net

Conference Chair

Katie Ptacek

MindBank

303-623-4700,

katie.ptacek@mindbank.com

Conference Co-Chair

Randy Evans

Global Commerce Systems

303-463-3189

303-583-5147

rsevans@csn.net

Facilities

Saul Pliuskonis

XLT Services Inc.

303-252-5581

303-252-5582

pliuskon@xlt-services.com

Program Chair

Candace Winkle

720-747-6069

303-771-5774

winkle-flanigan@att.net

Chair Elect

Carl Mather

EDP Recruiting Services

303-694-2222

303-694-0312

carl@edp-recruiting.com

At Large

Bob Curfman

Curfman & Associates

303-722-3117

None

bobcurfman@cs.com

At Large

John Kirkpatrick

Sunrise Medical

303-218-5056

303-218-4592

john.kirkpatrick@sunmed.com

Administrative Assistant

Jean-Marie Willis

303-696-0442

jmwillis08@home.com

Treasurer

Margarita Gallego

InfoASIS, Inc.

303-780-7316

303-398-7001

margarita.gallego2@gte.net

Association Liaison

Chuck Goodwin

RTM Associates (Home)
Server Mgmt & Design (Work)

303-980-9545H 303-221-3733W

1-503-905-9693 (Fax-H) 303-503-6077 (Cell)

chuckgoodwin@mindspring.com

1998 RMIMA Board

Function	Name	Company	Phone	Fax	E-mail
President	John Kirkpatrick	Somatogen	541-3343	444-3013	kirkpajo@baxter.com
Publicity	Tom Gray	AXYN Technologies	988-6975	988-2653	tomgray@ix.netcom.com
Secretary	Don Kirkpatrick	Colo. Dept Transportation	757-9607	757-9667	don.kirkpatrick@dot.state.co.us
Speaker coordinator	Brooke Wittenburg	Information Builders	770-4440	770-4482	brooke_wittenburg@ibi.com
Treasurer	Mary Ellen Chope	Frontier Oil	714-0112	714-0163	mchope@frontieroil-den.com
Conference	Tony Hartman	D. Appleton Company	771-8041	771-8046	thartman@dacom.com
Conference	Katie Ptacek	Mindbank Consulting Group	623-4700	623-2342	kptacek@mindbank.com
Director	Candace Winkle	Sysix Technologies	925-7700	771-5774	cwinkle@sysix.com
Membership	Doug Moran	Jacobs Engineering	860-2901	860-2952	doug.moran@jacobs.com
Director	Saul Pliuskonis	XLT Services Inc.	252-5581	252-5582	pliuskon@xlt-services.com
Director	Randy Evans	Global Commerce Systems	583-5047	583-5147	rsevans@csn.net

1997 RMIMA Board

Function

Name
Company
Phone

Fax

E-mail

President John Kirkpatrick Somatogen 541-3343 444-3013 jkirkpat@aol.com

Publicity Marcy Stretchberry Performance Group 759-4706 759-9846 mstretchberry@performancegroup.com

Speaker
coordinators Steve Wille Cahners Publishing 470-4706 470-4546 swille@rmima.org

Brooke Wittenburg Information Builders 770-4440 770-4482 brooke_wittenburg@ibi.com

Membership Bill Ross Currier Professional Services 757-8810 758-6388 bross@currierprof.com

Treasurer Mary Ellen Chope Frontier Oil 714-0112 714-0163 mechope@plinet.com

Conference Tony Hartman D. Appleton Company 771-8041 thartman@dacom.com

Director Phil Kastelic DMW Group 978-1400 pkastelic@DMWGroup.com

Director Doug Moran IHS 858-6027 doug.moran@ihs.com

Director Susann Trojan Skybird Professional Services 730-7200 strojan980@aol.com