From JHarris at aflac.com Wed Jun 2 17:34:00 2010 From: JHarris at aflac.com (Jacqueline Harris) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:34:00 -0400 Subject: [Members] PMI Columbus Chapter Meeting Announcement In-Reply-To: <2E772A5DB3287A4FB5097CD87C51EF4E1B8C761BB4@PCMEXVS11.hq.aflac.com> References: <2E772A5DB3287A4FB5097CD87C51EF4E1B7CEEF291@PCMEXVS11.hq.aflac.com> <2E772A5DB3287A4FB5097CD87C51EF4E1B7CEEF2B2@PCMEXVS11.hq.aflac.com> <2E772A5DB3287A4FB5097CD87C51EF4E1B7CEEF2B3@PCMEXVS11.hq.aflac.com> <2E772A5DB3287A4FB5097CD87C51EF4E1B8C761BB4@PCMEXVS11.hq.aflac.com> Message-ID: <2E772A5DB3287A4FB5097CD87C51EF4E1B8C761C2A@PCMEXVS11.hq.aflac.com> A Friendly Reminder - PMI Columbus Chapter meeting: Thursday 6/3, noon, @ the Columbus Main Library From: Jacqueline Harris Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 4:42 PM To: 'Members at pmicolumbusga.org'; 'board at pmicolumbusga.org' Cc: PMO; IT-BPMO Account Management; ATS-Department Heads Subject: PMI Columbus Chapter Meeting Announcement Good Afternoon Team, Mark your calendars for the next PMI Columbus chapter meeting, June 3rd. Location: Columbus Main Library Auditorium 3000 Macon Road. Lunch (on your own) and networking at 11:30am, the program begins at 12 noon. Our speaker will be Tony Huey 2nd Vice President Aflac IT Division I Atlanta Development Center. "A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words" - How Adequate Requirements Definition Contributes to Project Success [cid:image002.gif at 01CB0278.CD041900] [cid:image003.jpg at 01CB0278.CD041900] Mr. Tony M. Huey, Sr. is a Graduate of Baylor University with a dual degree in Management Information Systems and Business Management. He has over 20 years of business and technology leadership, and IT strategy development and implementation experience. He joined Aflac in 2007 as an officer in their Information Technology Organization. Career Highlights: Three years with Aflac where he currently holds the position of 2nd VP IT-Advanced Technology. Tony is responsible for oversight of application development including the Professional Services Organization, Atlanta Technology Center which includes the Atlanta Application Development Center and the Software Research and Development Center, and Aflac's off-shore development center. Agile and Rapid Development techniques are used to deliver strategic projects to the Business and Operations Support divisions. Key areas of impact are Product Development, Customer Support, Claims Processing, Mobile Applications, the Customer Call Center. Strategic initiatives include portal applications, online claims, or virtual application streaming, policy and policyholder services, and support of the sales and account servicing processes. Nine (9) years in the consulting industry, where Mr. Huey held various senior leadership and executive positions for Provant (PMSI) Project Management, Trilogy Software and BearingPoint. His primary focus was on Application Development and Technical Project Delivery, Program Management and PMO implementations, as well as Vendor Management and Onshore/Offshore Relationship Development. During this nine year stint, Tony's primary focus was consulting with industry leaders in the Investment Banking and Public Trading sectors, Major Insurance, other Financial Services organizations, and Telephony. One (1) year with Atlanta Gas Light as a Senior Manager responsible for developing and implementing processes for their IT Project Management Office. Nine (9) years with BellSouth (pre-AT&T) in various leadership positions, including Director in the IT Strategic Planning organization. His primary focus was in Wireless expansion; and product and services delivery in the Long Distance, Small and Large Business sectors. Live streaming available at: http://apps.attainresponse.com/MediaF5/liveChannel.htm?presenterId=empoweredbychoice at helloworld-com ***** Let's support this month's Aflac speaker ***** Jacqueline D. Harris IT - Project Management Office PMI Columbus Georgia Chapter, VP Publicity & Programs Tel: 706.317.0156 | jharris at aflac.com |aflac.com [cid:image004.jpg at 01CB0278.CD041900] ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, any distribution, copying, or use of this e-mail or its attachments is prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this message and any copies. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Phone 706-985-2150 Fax 334-291-7740 BB 706-577-6598 John.Beckman at WellPoint.com PTO 6/24-7/2 7/16-7/19 This message, including the files attached to it, may contain confidential information that is intended only for the use of the ADDRESSEE(S) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of the information contained in this message, or the taking of any action in reliance upon the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your system. Thank you. ________________________________ From: Srinivasan, Ravi [mailto:srinivasan at bus.msu.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:44 PM To: Beckman, John Subject: RE: PMI's Help - Outsourcing research Dear John, Please see below the description that was provided to PMI's National chapter. I am providing the link to the website that can be used by your membership to answer the survey. I really appreciate your help with the data collection effort. It will immensely help me with my progress in the PhD program. Thank you very much, Ravi Topic: Governing outsourcing engagements in the presence of uncertainty and supplier opportunism Brief Description: Successfully managing an outsourcing engagement is a difficult endeavor. It becomes even more difficult when the supplier acts opportunistically and the project team encounters uncertainty in requirements, resources and technology. The goal of this study is to examine governance mechanisms used by buying firms/ units and recommend appropriate methods to manage an outsourcing engagement under conditions of opportunism and uncertainty. Your participation in this study will enable us to examine effective methods of managing outsourcing projects. Contact: Ravi Srinivasan, Michigan State University, srinivasan at bus.msu.edu Link: http://broad.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3ERC7oilYQAEvxW&SVID= ________________________________ From: Beckman, John [mailto:jbeckman at bcbsga.com] Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:02 AM To: Srinivasan, Ravi Subject: RE: PMI's Help - Outsourcing research Please forward your information and we will pass it on to our membership. Good Luck! John Beckman, PMP WellPoint, Inc. Phone 706-985-2150 Fax 334-291-7740 BB 706-577-6598 John.Beckman at WellPoint.com PTO 6/24-7/2 7/16-7/19 This message, including the files attached to it, may contain confidential information that is intended only for the use of the ADDRESSEE(S) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of the information contained in this message, or the taking of any action in reliance upon the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your system. Thank you. ________________________________ From: Srinivasan, Ravi [mailto:srinivasan at bus.msu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:08 PM To: Beckman, John Subject: PMI's Help - Outsourcing research Dear John Beckman, My name is Ravi Srinivasan and I am a PhD student in The Eli Broad School of Business at Michigan State University. I am currently working on my dissertation which examines effective methods of managing outsourcing engagements. As part of the dissertation process, I am collecting responses from project managers who are currently involved (or were recently involved) in an outsourcing engagement. I have been working with Brianne Bangma (PMI's research coordinator) from the national chapter of Project Management Institute for the last few months. Since the number of responses at the national level has been less than desired, she mentioned that it would be beneficial if I work with the local chapters of PMI to increase the number of people who are responding to my survey. If possible, I would like to provide you with a brief write-up and a link to the survey to be sent to your membership. Above and beyond the fact that this research examines an important area to your membership, each respondent will be entered into a raffle to win one of three iPads and I will provide a detailed executive brief of the findings to any respondent who indicates that he/she would like a report. I would really appreciate if you can assist me in the data collection process. I look forward to working with you and provide my insights from my dissertation to your membership. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Ravi Ravi Srinivasan PhD Candidate Department of Supply chain management The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management The Eli Broad College of Business Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1122 Ph: 517-432-6446 Fax: 517-432-1112 Email: srinivasan at bus.msu.edu CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or otherwise be protected by law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or otherwise protected by law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. 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Location: Columbus Main Library Auditorium 3000 Macon Road. Lunch (on your own) and networking at 11:30am, the program begins at 12 noon. Our speaker will be Mitzi Oxford Development Director for the American Red Cross, West Central GA Chapter. Mitzi is a familiar face to many from her days in television weather forecasting. Today, she still appears on camera to advocate for people with disabilities and on behalf of the lifesaving work of the American Red Cross, where she serves as Development Director. As the mother of a double amputee, Mitzi has a unique perspective and compassion for the 50,000+ plus people with disabilities in our community. She has served for the past 9 years as Chairperson for the Mayor's Committee for Persons with Disabilities. When plans were proposed to build the Columbus Public Library, Mitzi led the way in advocating for a porte-cochere to be built to accommodate disabled visitors during inclement weather and ensured support of the Mayor's Committee for the library's accessible services, including the C.L.A.S.S. program. During her tenure, she facilitated an adaptive sports program for the Muscogee County School District. This program has given students with physical disabilities a level playing field with their able-bodied counterparts. Adaptive sports instills in children with physical disabilities, confidence and improvement in skills which can carry over to the classroom, resulting in better students. Mitzi has been recognized for her work as an advocate for people with disabilities by the state of Georgia. In 2004, she was presented with the Aspire Award for her commitment to enhancing the quality of life for children with physical disabilities. Her leadership skills with the Mayor's Committee have also brought recognition to the city from the Georgia American Legion for efforts to raise awareness for people with disabilities and in making Columbus a more accessible place to live and visit. In 2008, Mitzi was presented the Dr. Jack Hughston Humanitarian Award for her continued efforts in making Columbus a more accessible community and a better place to live. Mayor Jim Wetherington presented her the award, along with previous Mayors Bobby Peters and Bob Poydasheff, under whose leadership she has served. Most recently, Mitzi was honored with the Outstanding Citizen Leadership Award by the Chattahoochee Better Way Foundation for her role in helping change and better the lives of people with disabilities in our community. Her compassion and leadership through the local Red Cross have also served the community well. Mitzi works tirelessly in a fundraising capacity to ensure that Red Cross is always there to offer Help and Hope when it's needed most - supporting First Responders, going door-to-door following tornadoes, and carrying out the mission begun by Red Cross founder Clara Barton, of serving military families in Columbus, Ft. Benning, and around the world. Mitzi was recently recognized by Command of the Warrior Transition Battalion for support of wounded warriors and her personal devotion to establishing an adaptive sports program. She was recognized in April 2010 by the Columbus Consolidated Government as one of the most influential women in the city. She was also recently honored as one of the most influential women in Columbus by the Minority Chamber of Commerce. As a cancer survivor, Mitzi lives to seize every minute of every day and inspires others to do the same. Jacqueline D. 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