Roundtables are peer-to-peer events allowing executives with similar functional areas an opportunity to share ideas, best practices and fellowship. Roundtables are formed by ITA members. Participating individuals gain direct access to practical, technical and business-related information in specific subject areas through regular meetings. Roundtables are open to all individuals from ITA member companies. Non-members are welcome and encouraged to participate in roundtables for a short period to get a feel for the association and its activities. Pre-registration is required to attend all roundtables. Check out the current schedule of events to find an upcoming rountable and register.
ITA ROUNDTABLES
Business Intelligence Roundtable
(Meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 8:00 a.m.)
The world is becoming increasingly competitive. It’s no longer a luxury to leverage corporate data as a strategic asset if every-thinning margins and competitive advantages are to be maintained and improved. Businesses are increasingly investing in business intelligence and enterprise data warehousing (BI/EDW) as the infrastructure which allows them to leverage corporate information to make better strategic and operational decisions. The BI Roundtable is a monthly forum designed to bring business and IT leaders together to discuss issues, collaborate on strategy and solutions, and work together toward a common goal: better use of data and information technology to drive business performance.
Chair: Jeff Block, Capstone Consulting, Enterprise Solutions Omaha
Chief Executive Officer Roundtables
The CEO Roundtables offer ITA industry member CEOs an executive-only forum to share their experiences with other chief executive officers of member technology companies. The Roundtable provides an opportunity to foster business development, share experiences and expertise, and develop mutually beneficial relationships. Roundtables give CEOs unique access to the information they need to grow their companies as well as foster their own professional development.
Chief Executive Officer: Emerging Companies (Downtown)
(Meets the first Thursday of every month at 8:00 a.m.)
Chairs: Peter Meyers, User Effect, Inc. and Marcel Skacel, Managing Partner, XenoWize
Chief Executive Officer: Under 50 Employees (Northern Suburbs)
(Meets the fourth Wednesday of every month at 7:30 a.m.)
Chair: Brad DeSent, Apex Consulting Group
Co-Chair: Kevin Hogan, Computer Professionals, Inc.
Chief Financial Officer Roundtable
(Meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 8:00 a.m.)
The CFO Roundtable brings together chief financial officers to discuss timely issues that are important to them. The Roundtable addresses investor relations, current tax and accounting issues, ratios, real estate and legal issues. Meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 8:00 a.m. and will not meet in July or August.
Chair: Steve Brown, Stratego Consulting
Cloud Computing Roundtable
(Meets bi-monthly on the third Thursday of the month at 9:00 a.m.)
Cloud computing offers great efficiency, cost savings, automation and scalability opportunities for businesses. At the same time, many challenges confront the technologists who design, implement and manage platforms and applications across the cloud. Addressing both the challenges and opportunities of this quickly evolving field, the Cloud Computing Roundtable is a forum where technology executives come together to explore their concerns, challenges and experiences. The group meets bi-monthly in downtown Chicago on the third Thursday of the month at 9:00 a.m. We welcome business and IT professionals who are responsible for shaping the future of the cloud within their organization.
Chair: Chris Kabat, MPS Partners
Co-Chair: Bill Topel, MPS Partners
Human Resources Roundtable
(Meets on the fourth Thursday of every month at 9:00 a.m.)
The Human Resources Roundtable is a forum for technology HR professionals to be exposed to industry experts, share their experiences, and generate ideas to be a successful in the world of HR. The roundtable will provide the ability to foster active conversation on how to enhance your role in your company's success, develop planning and communication strategies, and lead in a way that demonstrates your HR value proposition.
Chair: David O'Brien, Infogix, Inc.
Vice-Chair: Jeff Wilson, HUB International
Legal Advisory Roundtable
(Meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 8:30 a.m.)
The Legal Advisory Roundtable is a forum for ITA members and other business principals and professionals to discuss with experienced counsel the effects and intricacies of corporate transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, angel, venture capital and private equity financings, and software licensing transactions. The Roundtable provides an opportunity to discuss with senior partners of the law firm of Connelly Roberts & McGivney LLC, who specialize in such corporate transactions, various aspects and terms of those types of transactions, including understanding, analyzing and negotiating letters of intent in merger and acquisitions transactions, term sheets involving equity financings, structuring those transactions and software license agreements. The Roundtable brings together sophisticated corporate attorneys with ITA members and other business principals and professionals to assist the participants in better understanding these types of major transactions and the affect on their businesses.
Chair: Michael S. Roberts, Connelly Roberts & McGivney LLC
Vice-Chair: Catherine McGivney, Connelly Roberts & McGivney LLC
Marketing Roundtable
(Meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 8:30 a.m.)
The Marketing Roundtable brings together marketing professionals from a wide variety of companies to share techniques and discuss tactics for competing successfully in today's marketplace.
Chair: Kelly Muldoon, SilverKey Technologies
Mobile Visionary Roundtable
(Meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 8:30 a.m.)
Mobile has emerged as an essential component in a company’s marketing and business enterprise strategy. The Mobile Visionary Roundtable offers a forum for Illinois Technology Association members to engage in active networking and interactive, high-gain, topical discussions regarding mobile marketing and technology.
Our community focuses on networking to get people in touch with the mobile technology experts and resources out in the world. We live in a global society with limitless networking opportunities. We are quickly growing to become a virtual and global mobile visionary network.
Chairs: Raymond Reinhardt, CEO, Cuddlephish and Tim Cascio, Managing Partner, GS Marketing Group
Sales Roundtable
(Meets the first Wednesday of each month at 12:00 p.m.)
The Sales Roundtable provides software professionals of both large and small member companies an opportunity to discuss sales strategies and best practices needed to successfully compete in today’s marketplace. Topics include lead generation, training, presentation skills, and more. Meets on the first Wednesday of every month at Noon and will not meet in June, July or August.
Chair: Judith Gethner, Zanon Group
Software as a Service (SaaS)
(Meets the last Thursday of each month at 8:30 a.m.)
The software industry is going through a watershed moment in its history right now as the traditional industry gives way to the software as a service industry. It promises to make much of what you know about the industry obsolete. Join fellow members as we discuss how companies are addressing business models issues such as transition to a service, customer acquisition, customer service, new revenue models and much more!
Chair: Jim Tremmel
Women's Roundtable
(Meets the last Tuesday of each month at 8:30 a.m.)
The ITA Women's Roundtable offers ITA members a forum to network and share their experiences with other women members from the technology community. This monthly Roundtable provides an opportunity to foster business development, share experiences and expertise, and develop mutually beneficial business relationships.
Chair: Tammi Franke, Fitzgerald & Hewes LLP
For questions concerning ITA Roundtables or to get involved in a leadership role, please contact ITA Headquarters. To register to attend a Roundtable, begin at the ITA Calendar.
(Note: All Roundtable dates and times are subject to change. Please reference the ITA website calendar for upcoming dates and times and always check up to the last minute for changes.)
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