The IT Summit Seattle 2014 | IT Conference | IT Conferences

Enjoy a delicious cup of coffee while catching up with your IT-professional peers and visiting with our vendors, before beginning your day of education and networking. Sponsored by Dasher Technologies.

Ralph Johnson is the Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer for King County, Washington and President of the Holistic Information Security Practitioners Institute (HISPI) Governance Board. Mr. Johnson’s has been with King County for 23 years serving in multiple IT and management roles. For the past 8 years Mr. Johnson has held the position of Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer in which he oversees information security and privacy issues for the entire county infrastructure. In this capacity he established the information assurance program from policy development to controls selection, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. He has held the position of HISPI Governance Board President since April of 2012 and served as Governance Board Secretary for three years prior to assuming his current role. Mr. Johnson also serves on the Product Review Board for the Trusted Purchasing Alliance of the Multi State – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and is a member of the MS-ISAC’s Education and Awareness Committee and the National Association of Counties (Naco) Cyber-Security Task Force. Mr. Johnson has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Eastern Oregon University and an Associate’s degree in Mortuary Science form San Francisco College of Mortuary Science. He holds multiple certifications in information security, information privacy, network administration and project management.

Diane Burton is the IT Client Services Manager for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and has over 17 years’ experience in the end user support realm of IT. Diane is a highly motivated, dedicated and enthusiastic IT End User Support Manager who enjoys inventive “outside the box” thinking and excellent teamwork. Taking on problems with a sense of urgency and ownership is very important to her and to her team-mates. The recipient of numerous customer service and leadership awards, Diane is committed to delivering the kind of service she expects from service organizations – exemplary. Diane has several IT certifications and serves as the Vice President of Finance for the Seattle Chapter of HDI.

What does it really mean to be codeless? Many organizations get a Service Management solution, then they are stuck with it. It’s difficult to customize the system without hours of expensive consulting. Learn how Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) saved money by choosing an ITSM tool that was flexible enough to customize themselves.

Take a peek into the solution that revolutionized how SCCA IT supports their employees.

Bill Quigley is currently a member of the Office of the CTO at Riverbed. Bill has been involved in the storage networking industry for over 20 years, in capacities ranging from software development to sales engineering, at companes such as Auspex, Rainfinity, Zambeel, Spinnaker Networks, and NetApp. Bill has experience writing, testing and debugging Unix kernel code for TCP/IP, NFS (the Network File System), FTP, and CIFS. He has been involved in systems engineering for products ranging from the first TCP Offload Engine to enterprise-wide storage infrastructure deployments. His experience ranges from small semiconductor startups, software development shops, and motion picture special effects companies on the west coast, to large banks, investment companies, and manufacturing on the east coast. Bill has trained customers in networking and storage, NAS and SAN, enterprise deployment of storage, disaster recovery (including wide-area geographic replication), high availability, and systems for regulatory compliance. Bill is inventor of US Patent #20100050922.

Colm Foley is an award winning and credentialed Sales Manager with double degrees in Marketing & Advertising from Dublin, Ireland and lives in Northern California with his wife and kids. He is the Western Regional Channel Sales Manager for Silver Peak Systems and has a established history of recruiting & training strategic partners, and identifying & closing enterprise opportunities for small and large technology companies.

Silver Peak VRX virtual software makes replication acceleration easy and affordable. As part of the Silver Peak Velocity solution, VRX software combines award winning acceleration technology with flexible pricing to deliver 20x faster replication performance (on average) over any distance.

Best of all – deployment takes less than 20 minutes and requires no networking expertise or assistance.
When Silver Peak Velocity is combined with asynchronous replication solutions from leading storage vendors, the following benefits can be achieved:

Meet Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) – Replicate more data in less time to remote locations.
Replicate more data – With VRX you can protect all data, not just some
Replicate over longer distances – Eliminate distance limitations between source/target devices.
Improve business continuity – Maintain redundant data center(s) for hot failover.
Lower disaster recovery costs – Eliminate costly dedicated networks for replication; avoid bandwidth upgrades.

Enjoy networking with your IT peers over lunch at The IT Summit.

Join your IT peers for a complimentary luncheon including assorted sndwiches, salads, and dessert. This is a perfect opportunity to interact with other technology professionals in a relaxed environment.

Bryant Bradbury is the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (D-CISO) and Manager of Information Security Operations for the City of Seattle, Washington. Seattle City government includes public safety, the 4th largest energy utility of its kind in the US, plus water, sewer, garbage utilities, traffic management, administrative, regulatory and operational authorities, all supported by an embedded technology infrastructure. Within the Office of Information Security, Bryant is responsible for city-wide incident response, information security consulting services to users and/or constituents, and he oversees network and application security reviews. He works collaboratively across departments to increase security awareness, and manages the City’s Information Technology Security Operations.

Philosophers and theologians have discussions about our existence on this mortal plane but in these times, existence takes on new characterizations that could include Facebook friends, Google + Social Layers, Tweets, QZone Canary Diamond blogs, Sina Weibo micro blogs, LinkedIn profiles, and Classmates nostalgic content. When those existences are juxtaposed with concerns about the breadth, scope and longevity of personal information on the Internet and how that information is broken down into raw data and then used, we are presented with challenging ethical and privacy dilemmas that are worthy of consideration.

Zubair is a Microsoft MVP, a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and the founder of SeattlePro Enterprises, LLC, an IT training and consulting company. He holds more than 25 industry certifications including MCT, MCSE, MCSA, MCDST, MCITP, MCTS, MCP+I, MCSA 2000/2003: Security, MCSE 2000/2003: Security, CNA, A+, Network+, Security+, CTT+ and CIW. His experience covers a wide range of spectrum: trainer, consultant, systems administrator, security architect, network engineer, author, technical editor, college instructor and public speaker. Zubair teaches various Microsoft products and has written extensively on Microsoft technologies for several years. His specialties include network security, Windows operating systems, Active Directory, SharePoint, IIS, Terminal Services, and Virtualization. His consulting engagements range from troubleshooting and designing networks for small to medium-sized companies to engineering network services for large enterprises with over 30,000 users. He excels in troubleshooting hardware and software problems and his real-world experience is one of his greatest strengths. As a Microsoft-endorsed trainer, he has trained Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) and Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) technicians for years. In addition to writing Professor Windows columns for Microsoft TechNet, he has been involved in writing certification exam questions for Microsoft. Some of his other activities for the past decade at Microsoft include working as a Subject Matter Expert on various projects, teaching train-the-trainer courses, consulting for MCS, writing for TechNet Magazine, speaking at seminars and Webinars, working with ISA Server group, writing white papers and case studies, doing technical reviews of Microsoft Learning courses, etc.

Ralph Johnson is the Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer for King County, Washington and President of the Holistic Information Security Practitioners Institute (HISPI) Governance Board. Mr. Johnson’s has been with King County for 23 years serving in multiple IT and management roles. For the past 8 years Mr. Johnson has held the position of Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer in which he oversees information security and privacy issues for the entire county infrastructure. In this capacity he established the information assurance program from policy development to controls selection, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. He has held the position of HISPI Governance Board President since April of 2012 and served as Governance Board Secretary for three years prior to assuming his current role. Mr. Johnson also serves on the Product Review Board for the Trusted Purchasing Alliance of the Multi State – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and is a member of the MS-ISAC’s Education and Awareness Committee and the National Association of Counties (Naco) Cyber-Security Task Force. Mr. Johnson has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Eastern Oregon University and an Associate’s degree in Mortuary Science form San Francisco College of Mortuary Science. He holds multiple certifications in information security, information privacy, network administration and project management.

William (Bill) Kehoe has served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for King County, Washington and the Department Director of King County Information Technology (KCIT) since August of 2010. Bill is responsible for a department of approximately 450 Information Technology professionals in KCIT with an operating budget of $76M and has responsibility for and chairs the IT Governance and Project Oversight committees in King County. The major initiatives initiated by Bill and his team include: the consolidation of the Executive Branch IT staff and budget into KCIT in July 2011, help desk consolidation of multiple executive help desks to a single King County help desk, the full implementation of a IT service catalog and associated rates, and the implementation of the 2013 – 2014 KCIT budget solely on customer demand and revenue associated with the external customer services and rates.

As a special thank you to all of our guests at The IT Summit, our sponsors have arranged for a prize drawing for you, our valued supporters. The prizes are different at every conference, but in the past have included items such as iPods, golf clubs, sporting event tickets, and eReaders.

What better way to wind down after a full day of learning at the conference than with delicious snacks from our cheese and antipasta platters, and a glass of wine or beer? Join us in the Diamond Club for networking in a relaxed environment.

Veeam® Software, an Elite VMware Technology Alliance partner and a Microsoft managed partner, develops innovative products for virtual infrastructure management and data protection. Customers can reduce costs, minimize risks and fully realize the promise of virtualization with Veeam.

Veeam is an international company with global headquarters in Baar, Switzerland; North American headquarters in Columbus, Ohio USA; EMEA headquarters in Paris, France; and APAC headquarters in Sydney, NSW Australia. Veeam has more than 50,000 customers worldwide. The company’s free FastSCP™ tool is used by more than 150,000 VMware professionals, making it the most widely used tool to help manage VMware.

AITP is the community of IT knowledge focused on empowering the IT profession by evolving its members to their full potential as a professional.

It is our goal, our purpose to provide a community network for the IT business professionals to reach their true potential by providing education programs for advancing technology and business skills, leadership development opportunities, networking, peer mentoring and knowledge sharing, and online resources.

AppSense empowers enterprises to liberate employees while providing the appropriate levels of governance and security. The vision is a people-centric world, where technology is a transparent enabler of productivity. AppSense: enabling a world where people can choose how they want to work.

ARMA International is a not-for-profit association serving more than 10,000 information and records management professionals in the United States, Canada, and over 30 other nations. Members include records and information managers, MIS, IT, and ADP professionals, imaging specialists, archivists, hospital records administrators, legal administrators, librarians, and educators. ARMA is the authority on records and information management.

The Puget Sound Chapter of ASIS serves the greater Seattle area and typically meets for lunch on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Other chapters that are nearby include the Olympic Mountain Chapter which normally meets in Tacoma for lunch on the 4th Tuesday of each month.

Cherwell Service Management™, created by Cherwell Software, provides service desk professionals with out-of-the-box ITSM processes, a self-service portal, real-time metrics/dashboards, complete Outlook integration, tablet and smart phone access, codeless customization, seamless upgrades, and social media integration — all at competitive pricing. Available SaaS or On-Premises as a subscription or purchased.

CloudeAssurance platform protects customers by measuring and ensuring cloud service providers’ ability to securely deliver cloud services in accordance with industry cloud best practices, standards and regulatory compliance.

With the global cloud services revenue projected to reach $148.8 billion by 2014 and $241 billion by 2020, Information Security will either become a nightmare or an enabler for cloud adoption….

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Since 1982, Dasher Technologies has helped public, private, and nonprofit organizations implement technology solutions that speed and simplify their operations. As one of the fastest growing system integrators in the country, Dasher has gained a reputation for effortless implementations with relentless follow-through and enduring support. The company’s strong technical expertise and vendor independence allow us to integrate best-of-breed software, hardware, and services into a custom solution that directly impacts the business. The Dasher team is committed to learning about each customer’s business and the unique challenges they face. Their dedication combined with the company’s long-term customers and partner relationships ensure a performance profile that greatly exceeds industry standards. Dasher was recently named the HP 2011 ESSN Portfolio Partner of the Year and is the #1 provider of HP High Performance Computing solutions and HP Open Source/ Linux solutions in the U.S.

Datalink provides best practice-based data center solutions combined with exceptional services and support. Using a consultative and unbiased approach, we deliver unified storage, server, and network solutions that help you improve the business effectiveness of your IT.

Seattle colocation datacenter company, Digital Fortress, is your best solution for redundant, reliable, mission-critical facilities in the Pacific Northwest. Digital Fortress facilities offer high power density, redundant power, cooling and connectivity that scales from single cabinets to large cages.

When our founders started Equinix, they envisioned a place where the information-driven world could grow and thrive.
As the company looks forward, we remain dedicated to the advancement of the information-driven world. This means that we will:

    – protect, connect and power the digital economy;
    – constantly strive to evolve and share our industry insights with our customers;
    – continue to make necessary investments to expand and scale to our customer’s needs;
    – act upon industry trends that will affect our business and the businesses of our customers;
    – cultivate a rich interconnected ecosystem of the top networks, carriers, ISPs, and business partners in the world.

GBH Communications is a leading provider of conferencing, collaboration and unified communications products. Since 1986 our sales and support teams have dedicated themselves to providing our clients customized solutions to fit their exact needs, budget and timeline. With three corporate offices and over 15 satellite locations we provide superior quality, award winning support to customers regardless of location or time zone. By merging the expertise of our sales and support teams with advanced product solutions from partners including Polycom, Plantronics, LifeSize, Jabra, and Easynet we are able to provide complete solutions that improve communication and productivity while increasing employee morale through more effective collaboration. GBH and TechShield Services, our technical support division, offers clients their robust support solutions including project design, installation, and 24/7 technical support services. These premier services have been rated at 98% for customer satisfaction by an independent research group.

GCSIT’s consultative methodology quickly adapts to your IT and decision environments. We cut deployment time and increase efficiencies by helping you plan, implement and support scalable solutions designed for your specific needs and requirements. And we do this without adding to your current IT resource load.

We are a Pacific Northwest-based leader in enterprise mobility solutions. Utilizing best in breed industry resources and knowledge, we specialize in enterprise WLAN designs and deployments; ruggedized mobile devices; and Auto-ID/RFID technology. Dedicated to improving productivity and operational efficiencies for our customers, we are here to extend your mobile enterprise.

The Holistic Information Security Practitioner (HISP) Institute (HISPI) is an independent certification organization consisting of volunteers that are true information security practitioners, such as Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), Information Security Officers (ISOs), Information Security Managers, Directors of Information Security, Security Analysts, Security Engineers and Technology Risk Managers from major corporations and organizations.

The HISPI certification approach prides itself on ensuring that an educational foundation provided by information security training is the corner stone of the HISP certification and the Institute as a whole.

Don’t stop at IT security certification alone. IT certification is important but full security training for a business’s IT Security team is what will make you stand out from the competition. The security certification available through HISPI will show your commitment to the process.

International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) is the independent non-profit professional association for the growing field of business analysis. Our goal is to create greater awareness of the BA profession by defining what is business analysis and working towards recognition of the value of the business analyst role. IIBA® can help your business do business better, to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace and enable your organization to succeed.

ImageSource is a recognized leader in consulting, strategic analysis and rapid application deployment of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions. Utilizing expert teams and a broad portfolio of world leading ECM technology, we improve critical business processes that leverage the management of data, documents and integration with legacy software systems.

The King County Department of Information Technology (KCIT) is the central information technology (IT) organization for the government of King County. The county has established four goals that illustrate the long-term values it has regarding use of technology to serve the public and the county agencies:
     •Efficiency
     •Public access and customer service
     •Transparency and accountability for decisions
     •Risk management

KRP is a complete unified communications solutions provider delivering open standards-based technologies which can integrate to or replace legacy systems to offer a wide range of added functionality for voice and data communications.

We have been providing advanced interaction management solutions to our customers since 1998; our unified communications solutions can range from feature-rich IP PBXs to full-fledged contact center solutions.

Leviton is the smart choice, providing the most comprehensive range of solutions to meet the needs of today’s residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Leveraging more than a century of experience, Leviton helps customers create sustainable, intelligent environments through its electrical wiring devices, network and data center connectivity solutions, and lighting energy management systems. From switches and receptacles, to daylight harvesting controls, networking systems, and equipment for charging electric vehicles, Leviton solutions help customers achieve savings in energy, time and cost, all while enhancing safety.

PMI is one of the world’s largest not-for-profit membership associations for the project management profession. Our professional resources and research empower more than 700,000 members, credential holders and volunteers in nearly every country in the world to enhance their careers, improve their organizations’ success and further mature the profession.

PMI’s worldwide advocacy for project management is reinforced by our globally recognized standards and certification program, extensive academic and market research programs, chapters and communities of practice, and professional development opportunities.

Riverbed delivers performance for the globally connected enterprise.

With Riverbed®, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery, without fear of compromising performance.

When organizations consolidate IT and move to cloud environments, the distance created between users and their data often results in high-latency and reduced bandwidth. Riverbed WAN optimization, network performance management, and cloud storage solutions enable enterprises to overcome these drawbacks. At Riverbed we make it easy to understand, optimize, and accelerate IT, so that organizations can build a fast, fluid, and dynamic IT architecture.

SeattlePro Enterprises, LLC offers onsite IT training and consulting solutions across United States. Our quality instructors are known nationwide for their training expertise. Our instructors spend approximately 50% of their time on consulting engagements which provides real-world experience that translates into a richer learning opportunity for our students.

For its IT consulting projects SeattlePro utilizes a unique approach called Mentored ConsultingSM. This hands-on approach is designed to allow knowledge transfer between SeattlePro’s consultants and the client’s staff. We prepare a firm time-line and setup a reporting process so you know where your project stands every step of the way. From the start-ups to the Fortune 500 companies, SeattlePro has a proven record of success.

Silver Peak software accelerates data mobility between data centers, branch offices and the cloud, which helps your company:

    •Consolidate data centers and quickly migrate data to new locations
    •Backup and recover more data across the WAN
    •Centralize servers and storage without impacting application performance
    •Collaborate in real-time using voice, video, and virtual desktops

Silver Peak also increases visibility and control of the WAN and lowers ongoing bandwidth, making our data acceleration solution strategic to both your top and bottom lines.

Seattle IT Pro User Group (SITPUG) was founded in 2008 to serve the greater Seattle area Information Technology (IT) community. The User Group was formerly known as Windows Networking User Group. In October of 2012 the user group was re-launched branded as Seattle IT Pro User Group. We bring IT professionals together from various Puget Sound businesses to collaborate on Microsoft Windows technologies.

SITPUG is primarily focused on Microsoft networking technologies, such as Windows Server 2012/2008/2003, Windows 8/7/Vista, Active Directory, Cloud Computing, Forefront, Office 365, Exchange, Internet Information Server, ISA Server, Lync Server, Mobile/Wireless, Scripting, SharePoint, Small Business Server, SQL Server, System Center, Virtualization, Windows Phone, etc. Our goal is to provide useful information to IT professionals so that they can better install, configure, deploy, maintain, support, manage, troubleshoot and secure Microsoft products and utilities. The topics covered include servers, clients, software, and hardware. We also cover other areas of interest, such as Microsoft certification and training. Covering a broad range of subject matter ensures that a vast majority of IT Pros can benefit from the topics covered in our monthly meetings.

With a strong foundation in the enterprise and telecommunications networking industries, our team is comprised of industry leaders and visionaries, sharing a proven history of entrepreneurial successes. The team has collaborated on multiple occasions to pioneer new opportunities, managing technology projects, and delivering multiple successful industry initiatives from conception to widespread, profitable adoption.

Collectively, the team has a rich legacy of success at world-class companies including Grand Junction Networks, Packet Engines, Alcatel, NCR, World Wide Packets, and Linux Networx, among others.

As a global leader in cloud security, Trend Micro develops Internet content security and threat management solutions that make the world safe for businesses and consumers to exchange digital information. With more than 20 years of experience, we’re recognized as the market leader in server security for delivering top-ranked client, server, and cloud-based security solutions that stop threats faster and protect data in physical, virtualized, and cloud environments.

Vicon® Industries is an industry-leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of video systems and components used for security, surveillance, safety and control purposes. Celebrating over 40 years in business, the company is unrivalled in experience developing video surveillance technologies. Vicon systems are employed worldwide in high-profile, enterprise-scale installations by a diverse range of customers, including governments, Fortune 500 companies, private and public institutions, and global transit and commerce hubs.

As one of the oldest and largest statewide technology trade associations in North America, we’re passionate about promoting Washington as a desirable place to start and grow successful technology companies amid a strong and connected community. WTIA isthe place to connect to Washington’s technology industry