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Agenda 

• Welcome Address
• Keynote Address by Allen Brown, CEO and President, The Open Group
• Business Analysis and the Business Analyst: In the Field and From the Perspectives of a Consultant by Gina Shwalm
• Service Management and It's Importance in Business by Gary Van Poperin
• Break out Session
• Chapters Introduction
• Don’t Call It EA if It Isn’t EA!:  Holistic EA for a Tightly Integrated Enterprise by Tim Westbrock and George Paras, EAdirections
• Inbound Learning: Improve your BPM competency with Social Media by Dr. Andrew Makar

 Presentations

Key Note Address by Allen Brown, President and CEO, The Open Group

We are honored to have Allen Brown, President and CEO of The Open Group providing our Key Note address to the AOGEA Michigan Chapter.  (Allen Brown's Biography)

Business Analysis and Business Analyst : In the field and from the perspectives of a consultant by Gina Schwalm, Managing Partner and Founder, Lighthouse Consulting Partners

As a consultant in both project management and business analysis and mostly in the IT world, Gina will be sharing her experiences of how business analysis and the business analyst role is implemented in various organizations or how those organizations are attempting to transition their organizations to accepting a more formal process.  Although she can’t “name names”, she will provide some examples of what she has seen out in the field from various industries, levels of maturity in business analysis processes, and challenges these and many other organizations currently face.

Gina Schwalm, Managing Partner and Founder, Lighthouse Consulting Partners: Gina [Eugenia] Schwalm is a Managing Partner and Founder of Lighthouse Consulting Partners, has been a consultant for almost 20 years and before that a manager in IT at a telecommunications company. She has been in various roles throughout her career;  Project Manager, Business Analyst, Trainer, Facilitator, Release Coordinator, Developer, Systems Analyst, Tester, Risk and QA Manager. Gina is a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) and Project Management Professional (PMP).  In her work life, she loves the balancing of consulting and training.  At a personal level, Gina loves to play golf and looks forward to her monthly family and friends game night.

Don't Call it EA if It Isn't EA!:  Holistic EA for a Tightly Integration Enterprise by Tim Westbrock and George Paras, EAdirections

Most organizations that claim to be practicing “enterprise” architecture are really just doing “IT” architecture (ITA).  As vocal advocates for EA and coaches to EA teams, what leads us to make such a statement?  Our research and client observations reveal that most organizations have limited their scope to IT elements like infrastructure, data and applications.  That’s OK in and of itself and it is a step up for many organizations, but that’s not EA.  Most currently accepted definitions of EA define it to be about creating a business strategy driven future state for the enterprise. EA must include Business Architecture to achieve that goal.  Is your EA practice really doing “enterprise” architecture?  If not, what’s missing?  

Join George Paras and Tim Westbrock for a gripping discussion on the dynamics of Enterprise Architecture as it evolves from an IT-oriented discipline into a necessary part of a compelling and successful business transformation effort.

George S. Paras, Managing Director, EAdirections:  Mr. Paras is a widely recognized mentor/coach, speaker, author, and thought leader in Strategy, Enterprise Architecture (EA), Portfolio Management, Organization and Governance.  His unique mix of experience, creativity and insight combined with a pragmatic approach has made him a highly sought-after mentor trusted by senior IT Leaders from every industry and business segment.  His clients rely on him for sensible advice on introducing, implementing, refining and sustaining these core management disciplines.  Mr. Paras is Managing Director at EAdirections, which he co-founded and operates with industry thought leader Tim Westbrock.  Previously, he led the EA research area and provided IT Leadership coaching in his position as Director of the Enterprise Planning and Architecture Strategies group at META Group.  He has also served as Vice President of Strategy at Troux Technologies, as the Senior Enterprise Architect at United Airlines, and held multiple leadership roles at IBM and several Silicon Valley start-up companies. He served as Chairman of the long-running Enterprise Architectures Conferences (EAC), is a charter member of the SIM EA Working Group, and has co-authored chapters in two books, the “SIM Guide to Enterprise Architecture” and “Coherency Management”.  He is also currently Editor-in-Chief of Architecture and Governance Magazine.

Tim Westbrock , Managing Director, EAdirections: Tim Westbrock is a leading authority on IT leadership, enterprise architecture (EA), enterprise portfolio management, governance, and organizational issues related to enterprise level planning. He started EAdirections with George Paras from the META Group in 2006.  He has worked with 300+ companies in various industries and the public sector to mentor them in their approach to enterprise architecture, including Procter & Gamble, Province of Ontario, State of Ohio, American Express, Sprint, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida, Eli Lilly, La-Z-Boy, McGraw Hill, and Nationwide Insurance. He has advanced the state of the art of EA processes and was the driving force behind META Group’s EA research agenda and METAmethod – a best-practice transformation method for EA development. As a dynamic speaker, Mr. Westbrock is a frequent lecturer and educator at industry events and workshops. He has over 20 years experience in the IT industry as an analyst, consultant and architect. Before joining META Group, he was the chief architect for Anthem, Inc., responsible for driving its enterprise architecture strategy. He began his career with Andersen Consulting, specializing in methodology, project management, and assisting clients with legacy-to-client/server migrations. He has a B.S. in Applied Science for Systems Analysis from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and lives with his wife and children in Cincinnati.

Service Management and It's Importance in Business by Gary Van Poperin

  An introductory overview of Service Management through the eyes of real practitioners at the working level.  The who, what, when, why and how of the importance of bringing IT best practices to bear in the complex world of competing business agendas and business needs.  Managing IT from a service perspective across the entire customer base of IT and not just the IT organization.

 Gary Van Poperin: Gary Van Poperin is a seasoned business professional working with clients across the business spectrum, helping them  to gain greater efficiencies and economies in   managing  and operating  their IT/MIS business units, through industry best practices in service management.  His experience spans over 35 years of military and Fortune 100 businesses.  Experiential attributes include strategic vision and thinking, innovation, mentoring, high performance/low maintenance team building (forming, storming, norming and performing), collaboration, productive change and most of all, ethical and compassionate leadership with integrity.  

Inbound Learnding: Improve your BPM competency with Social Media by Dr. Andrew Makar

In today’s environment, who has time for training?  Over the past few years, Dr. Makar has been using social media to improve his professional competency without having to spend a nickel! Instead of browsing countless websites searching for the “good stuff”, he has leveraged social media tools to send the valuable information from trusted sources. This presentation provides an overview on how you can learn about business process analysis, interact and connect with subject matter experts in your field without spending a lot of time or money.  Stop hunting for the information and let the experts send it to your for free by leveraging social media tools.

The presentation is tailored to business process management professionals interested in improving their Business Process Analysis, BPM, and Enterprise Architecture competency.  However, you’ll also find the techniques useful in both your professional development and extra-curricular activities.

Dr. Andrew Makar is an IT program manager with delivery experience across projects, programs and portfolios in Automotive and Financial Management industries. He is an enthusiastic leader who effectively translates project management theory into practical application. In addition to his IT management role, he is an author, instructor, and lecturer on a range of project management topics including PMO management, ERP implementation, application portfolio management and infrastructure management.

He frequently publishes on Gantthead.com (www.gantthead.com) and additional published works have appeared in Projects@Work and Software Test and Performance Magazine. He is also an adjunct professor at Lawrence Technological University and Davenport University. When he isn't working, writing, or teaching, he's found playing with his kids and learning the occasional card trick or two. He can be reached at andy@tacticalprojectmanagement.com.