[IEEE-bhpjobs] Fwd: [ies_infoclustermaillist] FW: UPDATE: co-presenter coming to the June 24th Informatics Cluster Network meeting

[Esther Lumsdon]

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From: Douglass, Chel <Chel_Douglass at ncsu.edu>
Date: Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Subject: [ies_infoclustermaillist] FW: UPDATE: co-presenter coming to
the June 24th Informatics Cluster Network meeting
To: IES_ClusterMailList at ncsu.edu, ies_infoclustermaillist at ncsu.edu


Cluster Members and guests:



NC State University's IES is pleased to announce that Thomas
Vanderkin, Business Development Manager for Lenovo USA will be
co-presenting with Mr. Ward Valentine of SMA Microsystems of Virginia
at the June, 24, 2008 RTRP Informatics Cluster Network meeting being
held at the RDU Airport Authority Building at RDU.  Mr. Vanderkin will
address the challenges of the global environment in which technical
companies are operating and Lenovo's participation in that market.
The combined presentation will be informative and well worth your
time.  We look forward to seeing you there.





INFO-CLUSTER NETWORK MEETING UPDATE

INFO-CLUSTERS NETWORK MEETING



TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2008

8:30 AM to 9:30 AM; networking/refreshments start at 8:00 AM


RDU AUTHORITY BUILDING, RDU AIRPORT


TRENDS IN THE INFORMATICS INDUSTRY

And the challenges facing small- to medium-size businesses in that industry



H. WARD VALENTINE, JR.



H. "Ward" Valentine, Jr. is an Executive Vice President for SMA
Microsystems of Virginia in Wake County (www.smamicrosystems.com) and
has over 20 years of corporate management experience. He is
responsible for executive level aspects of the company which include
operations, finance and business development.  In the role of
Executive Vice President, Ward is involved with all operational
aspects of the business and escalation issues for SMA's large account
customers including IBM, AIMCO and Lenovo.



In 2007, Ward became a partner in Phoenyx Inc., which is a management
consulting firm operating in both North Carolina and Virginia.
Phoenyx provides its clients expertise in the areas of IT staffing, IT
branding and 8(a) SBA federal contracting.



Ward holds MS degree in MIS from Strayer University.  He also holds a
BS degree in Internetworking Technology.



THOMAS VANDERKIN

Thomas Vanderkin Business Development Manager for Lenovo USA will
address the challenges of the global environment in which technical
companies are operating and Lenovo's participation in that market



Chel Douglass, chel_douglass at ncsu.edu, or by phone at (919) 515-8489.



Please, contact Mike Joyce, michael_joyce at ncsu.edu, for any technical
content questions regarding this meeting.



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