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The IT Summit -- Denver -- May 30, 2007

Event Location

Colorado Convention Center
700 14th Street
Denver, CO 80202

On May 30, hundreds of the sharpest minds in the world of information technology will gather at The IT Summit, the annual IT conference in Denver, CO.

• Les Squires, President, Colorado Internet Keiretsu
• Tim Magner, Director, United States Office of Education Technology
• Dr. Brian Chess, Chief Scientist, Fortify Software
• Lt. General Michael W. Peterson, Chief of Warfighting Integration and CIO, United States Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
• Jim Lindauer, Deputy Director, Information Technology Services, Jefferson County Colorado
• Joe Schwecke, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
• Rick Bauer, Technology Director and Interim Executive Director, Storage Networking Industry Association

Early conference attendees include

• Lieutenant General Michael W. Peterson, CIO, United States Air Force
• John Crain, CTO, ICANN
• Bajinder Paul, Deputy CIO for IT Operations, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Ricardo Jenez, Director of Engineering, Google
• Doug Merrell, CIO, First National Bank of the Rockies
• Tim Magner, Director, United States Office of Education Technology
• Brett Mueller, CIO, Colorado Department of Revenue
• Gail Coury, Director of Global IT Security, Oracle
• Paul Lewin, CIO, Colorado Department of Corrections
• Joe Bajek, Director of IT, University of Colorado Hospital
• Mike Whatley, Deputy CIO, Colorado Department of Natural Resources
• Rob Jakoby, CIO, Red Robin
• Andreas Terler, CIO, Century Casinos
• Kyoko Day, Board of Directors, Asia & Pacific Internet Association
• John Robinson, VP of IT, Catholic Health Initiatives
• Bill Randall, Director of MIS Infrastructure, Red Robin
• Joel Boymel, Senior Manager of Information Systems, Array BioPharma?
• Stephen Swanson, CTO, Colorado Department of Human Services
• Jeffrey Gengler, VP of IT, Rock Bottom Restaurants
• Aaron Wishon, CIO, Colorado Department of Labor & Employment
• Marsha Bohannon, CIO, Jeffco Public Schools
• Gerald Smith, Deputy CIO, Colorado Department of Labor & Employment
• William Weeks, CIO, Key Equipment Finance
• Mike Lani, CIO, Rio Blanco County
• Joe Schwecke, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
• Steve Prolic, Director of IT, Denver Community Federal Credit Union
• Karen Spruce, CIO, Denver Housing Authority
• Mark Scherer, Director of IT, Flatiron Construction Corp.
• Michael Richardson, CIO, Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
• Bob Roper, CIO, Colorado Judicial Department
• Brian Hnath, VP of IT, Fellows Energy
• Anne McGihon?, State Representative, State of Colorado
• Jim Taylor, Corporate IT Manager, Westmoreland Coal
• Charles Boyle, Deputy CIO, Colorado Department of Public Safety
• Roy Horvath, Systems & Infrastructure Manager, Fort Lewis College
• Heidi Hollenbeck, Sr. Director of Voice Operations, Comcast
• Rick Malinowski, CIO, Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration
• Mary Ellen Chope, Director of IS, Frontier Refining & Marketing
• Jim Lindauer, CIO, Jefferson County
• Skip Flewelling, Application Director, Colorado Department of Human Services
• Mike Nicholson, Director of IT, Adams State College
• Bill Ferguson, CTO, Colorado Department of Health
• Jeralin Quintanilla, Director of Restaurant Systems, Red Robin
• Rita Pollock, Director of IT, Arapahoe County
• Craig Goellner, CSE Systems Director, Colorado Department of Human Services
• Emily Taylor, President, ISACA Denver
• Terry Barber, Director of IS/GIS, Routt County Colorado
• Mohamed Lotfy, Faculty Chair in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Networking, and Mathematics, Regis University School for Professional Studies
• Rina Delmonico, President, REN Consulting
• Brian Morrow, Director, Office of Information Systems, Colorado Department of Local Affairs
• Phil Farley, Director Education Industry, IBM
• Dr. Jeffrey Van Baalen, Dean, Computer Science Program, University of Wyoming
• Marc Fine, IT Manager, Colorado Department of Oil & Gas Conservation
• Sharon Bennettt, President, Association of Contingency Planners
• Mark Hernandez, CIO, Time Warner Telecom
• Dr. Srini Ramaswamy, Chair, Department of Computer Science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• Chris Puccio, Director of IT, City of Boulder
• Kevin Beach, Director of IT, Adams County
• Joe Ahern, Deputy CIO, State of Wyoming
• Kale Gilmore, Director of IT, City and County of Broomfield
• Barbara Groth, UETA Project Manager, Colorado Secretary of State
• Brian Balay, CIO, Colorado Department of State
• Sue Wyman, Past President, Denver Telecom Professionals
• Andy Baer, CIO, Comcast
• Mike Ross, VP OSS Integration/Service, Comcast
• Scott Rice, VP Billing & CRM, Sprint-Nextel

Conference supporters include:

• Advancing Colorado
• Colorado Rural Development Council
• ISSA
• Cyber Security Industry Alliance
• Storage Networking Industry Association
• Computing Technology Industry Association
• Denver Telecom Professionals
• Information Systems Audit and Control Association
• American Society for Industrial Security
• Colorado Internet Keiretsu
• Information Science & Technology Center
• Association of Contingency Planners
• Colorado RFID Alliance
• TechStars?
• Colorado State University
• University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
• Regis University
• University of Wyoming
• University of Colorado Hospital
• Wyoming Business Council

Full conference admission is $149.

If you are interested in attending, please register at http://theitsummit.com/2007events/denverregister.html

If you are interested in speaking, sponsoring, or exhibiting, please contact Brian Wilson, Director of Marketing & Sales at bww@paramountworldgroup.com and +1 541-385-9644 or Abe Homan, Event Director at ajh@paramountworldgroup.com or 503-625-5337.

If you are interested in joining one of the CIO Roundtables, please visit http://theitsummit.com/2007events/denveragenda.html and click Click here to apply to participate

See you at the conference!

Wes Sherman
Paramount World Group
15532 SW Pacific Hwy, C-1B #306
Tigard, OR 97224

1(503) 625-5300

+1(610) 885-7452 - fax
wss@paramountworldgroup.com
http://www.theitsummit.com