Home Computer & Internet User Security
    - From a Non-technical Perspective

Lawrence R. Rogers
CERT Program
Software Engineering Institute (SEI)

Larry will talk about Home Computer and Internet User security from a non-technical perspective. He will also give out copies of the Home Computer book draft and the public part of the Survivability and Information Assurance Curriculum (http://www.cert.org/sia).

Lawrence R. Rogers is a senior member of the technical staff in the CERT Program (also the home of the CERT Coordination Center). He has been writing articles for the non-computer professional for several years (see http://www.cert.org/homeusers/) and was the chief architect and main contributor to the CERT Survivability and Information Assurance (SIA) Curriculum (see  http://www.cert.org/sia for more information).  He is currently a member of the Cyber Forensics team and teaches courses on system administration, cyber forensics, and incident handling.

CERT/CC is part of Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute, a federally funded research and development center located in Pittsburgh, PA.

Following is the website where the keyboard grabbing stuff was shown during Larry's presentation. http://lasecwww.epfl.ch/keyboard/
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Lawrence R. Rogers
Senior Member, Technical Staff
Survivability and Information Assurance (SIA)
    Curriculum Development Team
    http://www.cert.org/sia

CERT^* Program
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
4500 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Project Management and Its Role in Consulting

Michael Rapach
Senior Consultant
Celerity IT, LLC

Why would you hire a consultant to manage your projects?  Good question.

Mike Rapach, Sr. Consultant from Celerity IT, will be speaking on what a consultant can bring to the repeated success of your organization's individual projects and your enterprise capability to deliver projects.  He will review the core factors for project success, and give reasons why consulting can help you achieve those for your current projects, and build them into to your organization for future projects.  With the project manager being central to the success of any project, the more you know and understand about the role and how to improve it will help you deliver repeatable business success.

Mike brings nearly 15 years of Information Technology experience in Project and Program Management, Web Development, and IT Strategy to clients with complex IT and Business needs.

Mike was most recently responsible for web strategy and web product development Coventry Health Care.  Previously, as a Project and Program Manager, he has completed over $30 Million in IT projects for several companies in the Healthcare and Financial Services industries.  He has also served as an instructor in Project and Program Management for the University of Pittsburgh Project Management Certificate program.

As President of the Pittsburgh PMI Chapter, Mike has been working to create a true community for project management within Pittsburgh.  Mike has previously served the chapter in several leadership positions over the past 5 years, helping develop the the Local Interest Group programs to include the Healthcare and Financial Services LIGs.  He is also a graduate of the PMI Global Leadership Master Class, and has served on several global PMI committees.

Mike holds a B.S. Degree in Finance from The Pennsylvania State University, and an M.B.A. Degree from Carnegie Mellon University.  He is a Project Management Institute certified Project Management Professional.  He resides north of Pittsburgh with his wife Jennifer.

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December 2008

Monday, December 8 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Holiday Party

January 2009

Monday, January 19 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Sharepoint 101

John Scott/Cold Cypress LLC

Interested in learning why SharePoint Server 2007 is Microsoft’s fastest growing product ever? Want to see how other companies are using SharePoint to meet their business needs? Do you want to learn the differences between Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007? Curious to see how your organization could benefit from SharePoint? Discover the answers to these questions and more at SharePoint 101.

John Scott is a Lead Software Architect with ColdCypress LLC, a leading IT services provider based in Bridgeville PA that specializes in SharePoint solutions, reporting services and custom software development.  John is certified on MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - Application Development and is consistently learning the newest technologies.  John enjoys spending any downtime with wife and two wonderful boys.  John has recently become active in the SharePoint user community.  You can read his SharePoint blog at  http://www.sharepointblogs.com/jscott.  John can be reached at John.Scott@ColdCypress.com.

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February 2009

Monday, February 16 –  5:30pm - 8:30pm

Ask the Dell Experts

Mark Hull & Frank Papciak
Two Experts -- Two Topics

Dell Added-Value in MS licensing from the ASAP merger

Did you know Dell employees are not only at call centers and the mall kiosk? Mark Hull and Frank Papciak are Dell representatives serving the Pittsburgh area.

Mark is certified as a Software Manager in Licensing and Intellectual Property Laws, Microsoft, Novell, VMware, Symantec sales certifications and has spent the last 15 years in the IT Sales Channel at the VAR, LAR and Distribution levels with such companies as Ingram Micro, ASAP Software, and now Dell Computer. He lives in the Philadelphia area but is in town every month. He will explain to us why Dell has become a better choice for your MS licensing purchases as well as edify any licensing misconceptions you might have. Also 23 year veteran of the Pennsylvania Fire Service he states, “Sometimes I can’t tell what’s more dangerous, being in IT sales, or running into a burning building.” I am sure we can all identify with that at some point our careers.

Live Demo and discussion of full featured iSCSI SAN storage solutions

Frank holds the following certifications: MSCE, VMware, Oracle, Clustering technologies (HACMP, VCS, VAX Clustering, Sun Clustering, MC Clustering), and Disaster Recovery….

He has designed and architected numerous mission critical bullet proof and business critical environments for numerous customers. He has spend 29+ years as a Sales Engineer – Systems Consultant, Systems or Product Specialist, Systems Engineer, Solution Architect, Systems Architect, Technology Consultant for three Large Computer Companies. He now specializes in network storage solutions; lower operational costs, replicate for data protection, upgrade your Network Attached Storage (NAS) or Direct Attach Storage (DAS) to a full featured iSCSI SAN. He is an expert on servers, storage, clustering technologies (HA Clustering, Compute Clustering), Intel vs AMD. He will share his expertise with a live demo that will touch on virtualization, automatic Raid configuring, load balancing, volume cloning, snapshot backups, disaster recovery, and anything else you want to ask him. Frank resides here in Pittsburgh.

This should be a good interactive night of information not to be missed!

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March 2009

Monday, March 16 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Innovating on a Budget

Ellen Wieckowski

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Innovating on a Budget
Educational institutions as well as for-profit organizations face the pressure to constantly provide more technology services while controlling costs.  In higher education the consumer is more technically savvy than the general population, adopts new technology more quickly, and has high service level expectations.  This presentation explores the effectiveness of traditional and non-traditional strategies to fund and deliver technology services at a cost-constrained university.

Ellen Wieckowski is the Chief Information Officer for Robert Morris University, a private university named for one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.  RMU is located in Moon Township, Pennsylvania and has about 5000 undergraduate and graduate students.  Prior to this Ellen was Vice President for Information Technology at Spang & Company, and spent over 20 years at PPG Industries where her last position was Director of Information Technology for a $1 billion business unit.

 

Ellen has a BS degree from Youngstown State University and an MBA from Duquesne University.  She is on the governing board of C-CUE, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the use of technology in higher education, a member of the Advisory Board of the PghTech Women Network, and a member of the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education Information Technology Services Committee.

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April 2009

Monday, April 20 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

ITT Tech
Student-run Meeting

Breaking into IT via Data Center Operations
Albert Vignoli, Director of IT Operations
Matthew Patnesky, Analyst/Technical Specialist

Albert and Matthew will discuss the following:

• Data Center Operations roles: Operations monitoring, Help Desk, Print, Physical Environment Support
• Collaborative relations various tech groups; stepping stone to other tech areas
• Entry into IT via data center operations
• Data centers and physical infrastructure and support

Albert Vignolini
Director IT Operations

Over 38 years of technical experience in Operations, System Support, Telecommunications, Voice, Data, Servers and Desktops, Technical Staff Management, Systems Design, Technical Support and Financial Planning & Management with the past nine plus years in a Director role.

Matthew Patnesky
Analyst/Tech Specialist

22 years in Data Center Operations as Operator (System Monitoring, Job Scheduling, Print Support, Tape Library/Backup Support), Help Desk, Analyst/Tech Specialist (Current)

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May 2009

Monday, May 18 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Ron Grattopp
Partner Solutions Advisor
Microsoft

Ron Grattopp will present the new Windows 7 desktop operating system from Microsoft. The presentation will be a combination of some slides followed by a live demo. The demo will be based on either the latest beat release or Release Candidate 1, depending on the latest build available.

Ron Grattopp is a Partner Solutions Advisor and presenter for the Microsoft TS2 Team (TS2 does partner-focused live technical sales seminars across the US) based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Formerly with MicroAge and ComputerLand, Ron joined Microsoft in 1997, and has been with the TS2 team since 2003. Prior to joining TS2, he spent over 5 years as a Systems Engineer/Technology Specialist for Microsoft’s South Central District doing technical sales presentations for accounts across the customer spectrum, from small businesses to major enterprises, and even education and government. He has worked with Microsoft operating systems since the mid-1980’s (and even remembers working with Windows v1.x using a PC with extended and expanded RAM), and became an MCSE/MCT in 1995. Ron’s primary technical focus is around the Windows platform; including all the server and desktop OS’s as well as Active Directory, Terminal Services, Group Policy, Security, and Management. And FYI, in a life prior to that even, he did time in the USAF as a fighter pilot and jet trainer instructor and has traveled to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Catch his blog at http://ts2blogs.com/blogs/ronaldg/default.aspx.

 

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In a related event, please join Microsoft IT Pro Evangelist John Baker for a Windows 7 Loadfest in the Microsoft Pittsburgh office on June 17th. This is a free event where you can bring your laptop or desktop and work with the Microsoft pros to have the latest Windows 7 beta loaded onto it. Click on the link above for details and to register.

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June 2009

Wednesday, June 10 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Making Social Media Work for You

Justin Siebert
President, Direct Online Marketing

Blogging, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter....  Come learn about the latest tools the internet has to offer and how you can use them effectively to discuss environmental education and promote your organization or school. Get answers to your questions and look at real world examples during this interactive presentation. Click here for Justin's presentation.

Justin Seibert is the President of Direct Online Marketing™ (DOM), a full service internet marketing firm that specializes in paid search marketing , search engine optimization, social media, and blogging.  DOM’s clients come from a range of public and private sectors, including financial, sports, legal, industrial, entertainment, political, economic development, health care, retail, and federal government. Seibert founded the company in 2006 upon returning to West Virginia from a director level role at a private financial company in Los Angeles. 

Seibert carries online marketing certifications and distinctions from, among others, Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft. He regularly discusses internet marketing at a variety of venues and has been featured or quoted in publications such as Advertising Age, the Pittsburgh Business Times, the State Journal, and TEQ magazine. He and his family live in Triadelphia, WV. 

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August 2009

Saturday, August 8 - 8:00 Tee Time

Annual Scholarship Golf Outing

Butler's Golf Course, Elizabeth, PA

Join us for our annual scholarship golf outing. Provides scholarships to worthy students with a computer-related course of study in local schools.

Full details on the Golf Outing Page including a sign-up form and vendor sponsorship information - three levels - $25, $100, $200.

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