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Welcome
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• SCQAA-SF (www.scqaa.net) chapter sponsors the sharing of information to promote and encourage the improvement in information technology quality practices and principles through networking, training and professional development.
• Networking: We meet once in 2 months in San Fernando Valley.
• Check us out on LinkedIn (SCQAA-SF)• Contact Sujit at [email protected] or call 818-878-0834
About SCQAA-SF- A Not-for Profit Organization
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Membership Benefits:• Excellent speaker presentations on advancements in
technology and methodology • Networking opportunities • PDU, CSTE and CSQA credits • Regular meetings are free for members and include
dinner
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Membership Policy• Recently revised our membership dues policy to better
accommodate member needs and current economic conditions.
• Annual membership is $50, or $35 for those who are in between jobs.
• Please check your renewal with Cheryl Leoni. If you have recently joined or renewed, please check before renewing again
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Kim TerryCIO
Where does my time go?
• Established in 1988, Independently Owned• Guthy-Renker is today one of the world's largest
direct response companies• Sales of more than $1.5 billion per year• US and International locations• Multi channel
• Internet, telemarketing, direct mail, and retail channels
About Guthy-Renker
Organization • Right Structure
o Management, Technical Leaders, Technical Staff
• Proper Staffing Levelso Especially for Projects
• Empowering peopleo Managers without enough authority to get their resultso Hiring practices that can get in the way of performance
Planning & Budgeting• Proper budgeting
o Actual spend trackingo Adjustments as the year progresses
• Presenting and justifying IT investmentso Typically CapEx Projects
• Potential new acquisitions / mergerso Riskso Strategies
Relationships• Fostering good interpersonal relationships
between my direct staff members
• Bubble up issues from anywhere in the organizationso Internal customer’s needso Staffo Executives
Things I Pay Attention To
• Strategic Architectural Decisionso Revenue generation possibilitieso Cost savings / efficiency
• Contractual Obligations• Key Initiatives
o Difficulto Politicalo Scope
IT Team Activities• Analyzing Products / Solutions• Determining Technical Practices
Tablet Trends 2013: The Untethered Enterprise
No More Ugly Enterprise Apps!
Solve Integration Challenges
Applying Analytics to Risk Management
Best Practices for Disaster Recovery Scenarios
8 Essential Characteristics of the Enterprise IT Cloud
Are Your Tools Slowing You Down?
CEB IT ROADMAP BUILDER A Smarter Way To Make Technology Decisions
Three Strategic Reasons for Moving to Cloud ERP
How to Talk to your CIO
• Focus ono Decisionso Resultso Key thought points – “knowing your stuff”
• Toss outo The process you are going through
• Holding Meetings, Analyzing Stuffo Information that requires explanation
• “40% of our servers use tape backup today”o Details because you think someone would want to know
• “Included are 10 pages of appendix that you can read later”
Discussion
