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| | Hey, you don't see a headline like that very often! Sorry about that: I must have hit the wrong button while preparing the report with the table of contents and out it went! Yikes, as Darcy would say. At least I did not have some really offensive comment in the report. Tri-Cities Broadband meeting tonight in Batavia
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The May Report: 09/20/2004: Hey, you don't see a headline like that very often! Sorry about that: I must have hit the wrong button while preparing the report with the table of contents and out it went! Yikes, as Darcy would say. At least I did not have some really offensive comment in the report. Tri-Cities Broadband meeting tonight in Batavia
Editor and publisher: Ron May, ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com, 773-525-3944.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Scoop section:
-- Annie Collins: Tri-Cities Broadband meeting Monday night, September 20th, in Batavia
-- Briefly noted, by Ron May
1. READER COMMENTS AND RESPONSES
1a. Laurel Delaney: MEF global meeting was a success
1b. Avi Goldstein: Comments on CPS tech lag
1c. Elliott Black: Great way to start the Jewish New Year
1d. Jaime Chanaga: Former Chicagoan highlighted in article on IT security in CSO online
1e. Scott Heller: Comments on the SmartSignal article
2. OTHER (Events)
2a. Thursday, September 23: MIT-EF satellite broadcast: "Technology and the future Warrior"
2b. Tuesday, September 28: Wheaton Meeting cancellation
2c. Tuesday, Sept. 28: TiE Midwest: John Calamos, CEO of Calamos Funds added to the speaker list for "How Chicago is Re-defining the Futures and Derivatives Markets"
2d. Tuesday, October 19: ITEC-Evanston?s 7th Entrepreneurial Educational Event will explore leadership in the start-up environment
2e. October 25-28: Advanced Linux Data Forensics with Andrew Rosen
3. Companies and Organizations
3a. Dunn Solutions Wins Borland's 'Partner Solution of the Year'
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The Scoop section:
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Annie Collins: Tri-Cities Broadband meeting Monday night, September 20th, in Batavia
[Editor's note: Ron May here. I deliberately left Annie's email list in so that you can see whom she is contacting about Tri-Cities Broadband]
From: "Annie Collins" <anniechick@comcast.net>
To: "Adam@Eprairie" <adam@eprairie.com>,
"Jim Baumann" <jbaumann@dailyherald.com>,
"Gessler, Kurt" <kgessler@dailyherald.com>,
"Virginia Groark" <VGroark@tribune.com>,
"Tamara Jenkins" <tjenkins@scn1.com>,
"Julie Johnsson" <jjohnsson@crain.com>,
"Tona Kunz" <tkunz@dailyherald.com>,
"Email \"Events\" Mark" <calendars@press-repub.com>,
"Ron May" <ron@themayreport.com>,
"Chris Nelson-KCC" <cnelson@kcchronicle.com>,
"Greg Rivara" <grivara@kcchronicle.com>,
"Brenda Schory" <bschory@kcchronicle.com>,
"Dan Shanahan" <batv17@aol.com>,
"Sun Times City Desk" <metro@suntimes.com>,
"Tribune Bureau Chief Terry Brown" <west@tribune.com>,
"Patrick Waldron" <tricity@dailyherald.com>,
"Eric Walter" <walternews@yahoo.com>,
<ewalter@libertysuburban.com>,
"Kurt Wehrmeister" <kwehrmeister@mooseintl.org>,
"Jon Yates" <jyates@tribune.com>,
"Zaha Barbara" <news@examinerpublications.com>,
"'Heath Hixson - KCC'" <hhixson@kcchronicle.com>,
<ESchelkopf@KCChronicle.com>,
<LASmith@Dailyherald.com>,
<gpierce@dailyherald.com>
Cc: <acollins@tricitybroadband.com>
Subject: Fiber For Our Future To Address Batavia City Council
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:40:03 -0500
PRESS RELEASE *************
Contact Annie Collins at 938-7630 for more information
Fiber For Our Future, a citizen's group in the Tri-Cities that strongly
believes that a municipally owned, fiber optic network will bring real
economic development to a community, will be presenting to the Batavia City Council at 7:30 p.m. tonight (September 20, 2004) at Batavia City Hall, 100 North Island Avenue, Batavia, Illinois. Chairwoman Annie Collins and
Treasurer Greg Snider will be on hand to give an overview of the referendum
questions on the November 2, 2004 General Election ballot and the benefits
voting Yes will have for TriCity Residents. Anyone interested is invited to
attend or visit the website of Fiber For Our Future at
www.tricitybroadband.com.
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Briefly noted, by Ron May
* Well, that was a first! When was the last time TMR went out with no Table of Contents and a header of "Got go, goo"? I was powerless to stop it. I was taking the email addresses out of Elliott Black's email because I thought they were probably his personal list and I must have hit the wrong button, and oops!, before I could do anything, the report had been sent out! I guess the best way to prevent that from happening again is leave the "To" line blank.
My primary doctor who is an endocrinologist and not a wound care expert has referred me to the folks at Swedish Covenant Hospital (on an outpatient basis) to take care of the infection on my lower left leg. I will probably go there Tuesday.
* I have not seen the latest issue of Chicago Magazine yet which has their list of the top 25 firms in the area to work for, but on Chicago Tonight, Shane Tritsch did mention that Trading Technologies is ranked #3 in their survey.
I recently mentioned them in the context of Denise Bindelglass working there, but looking at their website as I did, it is easy to see that they are expanding. Lots of openings.
* I would like to get this out well before 5pm (it's obviously too late for that), especially since there is a meeting in Batavia on the Tri-Cities Broadband Initiative (See Annie Collins' note). And I have so much to talk about, it is not funny.
Here is a list of the cards I collected at the 2004 Community Wireless Summit in Champaign-Urbana last month. For those of you who are interested, these people form the core of the community wireless movement across the country. There were, of course, many others whose cards I did not get.
Acorn Active Media
Korn/Ferry International
Dennis E. Basara
Client Partner
Sears Tower
233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 3300
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: 312-466-1834
basarad@kornferry.com
www.kornferry.com
Pete Tridish
Tel: 215-727-9620
petri@prometheusradio.org
www.prometheusradio.org
BlackMen Rising
Al Currie
B.O.D President
Black Man Rising Inc.
Tel: 412-321-0525
acurr@blackmenrising.org
www.blackmenrising.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tim Pozar
Technical Director
454 Shotwell Street
San Fransico, CA 94110
Tel: 415-436-9333 x122
pozar@eff.org
www.eff.org
Columbia University
Laura E. Forland
Ph.D., Communications
144 East 7th Street, Apt. E-2
New York, NY 10009
Tel: 212-477-9542
Cell: 646-245-5388
lef45@columbia.edu
Independent Media Center
Zachary C. Miller
Community Webhosting Administrator
Folk Music Coordinator
218 W. Main, Suite 110
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel (Work): 217-265-8458
Home: 217-367-4678
zach@ucimc.org
zach.chambana.net
Dannie J. Gregoire
134 N. Birchwood Ave.
Louisville, KY 40206
Tel: 502-295-2678
dannie@dgregoire.com
www.dgregoire.com
Center For Neighborhood Technology
Bob Lieberman
CEO
2125 W. North Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647-5415
Tel: 773-278-4800 x139
bob@cnt.org
www.cnt.org
Less Networks, LLC
Richard MacKinnon
Founder
Tel: 888-577-4176
rich@lessnetworks.com
www.lessnetworks.com
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas J. Mc Tighe, BA
GIS and Cartographic Specialist
College of Veterinary Medicine
1224 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building, MC-002
2001 South Lincoln Avenue
Urbana, IL 61802
Tel: 217-333-3386
mctighe@uiuc.edu
www.staff.uiuc.edu
WORT
89.9 FM- Madison, WI
Norman Stockwell
Operations Coordinator
118 S. Bedford Street
Madison, WI 53703
Tel: 608-256-2695
normstoc@wort-fm.terracom.net
LICC
Ruth E. Meers
Program Manager
Suite 607
200 W. Broadway
Louisville, KY 40202
Tel: 502-561-5422
ivp@licc.org
www.licc.org
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Paul Smith
Webmaster/ Systems Administrator
2125 West North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
Tel: 773-278-4800
paul@cnt.org
www.cnt.org
Steven Simon
Tel: 312-814-4866
Steven_Simon@ltgov.state.il.us
Valerie Scarlata
Graphic Design
Educational Technology
Web Development
Digital Studios
Tel: 630-416-3951
valscarlata@americaneagle.com
Fiber For Our Future
Annie D. Collins
Chairwoman
9 North Lincoln Street
Betavia, IL 60510
Tel: 630-938-7630
Cell: 630-803-3307
acollins@tricitybroadband.com
www.tricitybroadband.com
Michiana Free-Net Society, Inc.
Don Irmiger
President
P.O. Box 1054
South Bend, IN 46624
Tel: 574-288-4705
don@irmiger.com
Executive Director: Karen Shirk
Tel: 574-280-4850
director@michiana.org
Acorn Active Media
Zach Miller
Senior Programer
zach@acornactivemedia.com
www.acornactivemedia.com
Acorn Active Media
Sascha Meinrath
President
sascha@acornactivemedia.com
www.acornactivemedia.com
Color Technology, Inc.
Darrin Eden
2455 NW Nicolai St.
Portland, OR 97210
Tel: 800-234-4460
Cell: 503-539-2284
dje@colortechnology.com
Iron Systems
Cliff Skolnick
CTO
2330 Kruse Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
Tel: 408-943-8000
cliff@ironsystems.com
www.cliffsystems.com
Peter I. Collins
Information Systems Supervisor
22 South First Street
Geneva, IL 60134
Tel: 630-232-1743
pcollins@geneva.il.us
FreePress
Josh Silvers
Managing Director
100 Main St., P.O. Box 28
Northampton, MA 01061
Tel: 413-585-1533 x21
jsilver@freepress.net
www.freepress.net
FreePress
Russ Newman
Program Director
100 Main St., P.O. Box 28
Northampton, MA 01061
Tel: 413-585-1533 x12
rnewman@freepress.net
www.freepress.net
Matthew R. Rantanen Design
Tel: 619-200-6846
mrr@mrrdesign.com
www.mrrdesign.com
Bill Comisky
Microwave Component & Antenna Design
Tel: 650-279-8269
bcomisky@pobox.com
IXA Interconnected Associates, LLC
Jeffrey Sterling
Entrepreneur-at-Large
425 129th Place NE
Bellevue, WA 98005
Tel: 206-799-2107
sterling@ixa.net
OJC Technologies
David Young
Software Engineer
115 W. Main St., 2nd Floor
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: 217-278-3933
dyoung@ojctech.com
www.ojctech.com
OJC Technologies
Lori Patterson
President
Business Director
115 W. Main St., 2nd Floor
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: 217-278-3933
lori@ojctech.com
www.ojctech.com
OJC Technologies
Bryan Cribbs
Software Engineer
115 W. Main St., 2nd Floor
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: 217-278-3933
bryan@ojctech.com
www.ojctech.com
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Nicole Freidman
2125 West North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
Tel: 773-278-4800 x136
nicole@cnt.org
www.cnt.org
Social Design LLC
Dana Spiegel
123 Bank Street, Suite 510
New York, NY 10014
Tel: 917-402-0422
dana@sociableDESIGN.com
www.sociableDESIGN.com
Tech Superpowers, Inc.
Micheal Oh
252 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: 617-267-9716
oh@techsuperpowers.com
www.techsuperpowers.com
EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center)
Frannie Wellings
Policy Fellow
Public Voice Coordinator
1718 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 200
Washington DC 20009
Tel: 202-483-1140 x.107
wellings@epic.org
www.epic.org
SIU
Sharon Schumacher
Development Specialist
Office of Economic and Regional Development
Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center
150 E. Pleasant Hill Road
Southern Illinois University Mailcode 6891
Carbondale, IL 62901
Tel: 618-536-4451
shumchr@siu.edu
WiFi- Plus, Inc.
Douglas Crawford
V.P. Corporate Development
734 Pearl Road
Brunswick Hills, Ohio 44212
Tel: (office) 708-623-7616
(cell): 847-754-5093
dcrawford@wifi-plus.com
www.wifi-plus.com
Columbia Telecommunications Corporation
Andrew Afflerbach, Ph.D.
Vice President
5550 Sterrett Place, Suite 200
Columbia, MD 21044
Tel: 410-964-5700
aafflerbach@internetCTC.com
www.internetCTC.com
Common Assets
Heather Stewart
375 Alabama Street, Suite 490
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel: 415-241-2515
heather@commonassets.org
www.commonassets.org
Common Assets
Kari Gray
375 Alabama Street, Suite 490
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel: 415-241-2515
kari@commonassets.org
www.commonassets.org
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1. READER COMMENTS AND RESPONSES
1a. Laurel Delaney: MEF global meeting was a success
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:47:43 -0500
Subject: Fwd: MEF's international focus last night was a success -> from Laurel Delaney
From: Laurel Delaney <ldelaney@globetrade.com>
To: Ron May <ron@themayreport.com>
Hey Ron, didn't know you attended. Sorry about that!
I'll call to catch up.
Laurel
Begin forwarded message:
From: Laurel Delaney <ldelaney@globetrade.com>
Date: Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:52:17 AM America/Chicago
To: Ron May <ron@themayreport.com>
Subject: MEF's international focus last night was a success -> from Laurel Delaney
Dear Ron,
MEF's "Doing Business Internationally" program last night
was insightful and productive. I wish you and more of your readers
had attended. Globalization is a huge movement and one that should
become as easy as picking up a phone or sending an email.
To help people start looking for assistance, they can visit
GlobeTrade.com and click on the new resource guide:
"The World Is Your Market: Small Businesses Gear Up For
Globalization." The actual guide is available for free by downloading
'WorldIsYourMarket.doc.' The Chicago Tribune mentioned it yesterday
in the business section:
GUIDE gives help with global trade (9/13/04)
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... We are not interested in small businesses going global by accident,"
Laurel Delaney, the guide's author and founder of GlobeTrade.com, said in a
press release. ...
And remember, it is not too late to sign up for the virtual workshop I
will be giving November 2 at 10:00-11:00 a.m. CST (USA) on "What It Takes To
Sell To The World." Further information and registration can be found here:
here: http://www.catwalkconference.com/weblaurel.html.
As always, all the best,
Laurel
773-381-1700
New blogger: http://borderbuster.blogspot.com
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1b. Avi Goldstein: Comments on CPS tech lag
Subj: cps technology lag
Date: 9/13/2004 10:05:09 PM Central Daylight Time
From: Avrom.Goldstein@pb.com
To: owner-mayreport@list.themayreport.com
greetings Ron and L'shana Tovah. I see you picked up the Tribs' lead on the CPS's tech nonsense--at the time this was going on I was involved in pitching the Bored of Ed on some muni-leasing alternatives and spent quite a bit of time with the group handling this-- they shared a unique combintation of cluelessness and arogance--additionally, my daughter was attending a shining star of the school system at the time--if you have run out of story ideas-digging into this pig pen will keep you going for ages--your comments on Jim Griffin and Pho were not on your usual mark--no one who knows me reads this-so i am not concerned if you post this!
Avrom Goldstein
ENGINEERING THE FLOW OF COMMUNICATION
312 751 9848
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Ron May here. Avi, I agree with you. I have been going over my tape of Jim Griffin and I think a far better write-up is in order. I made my earlier comments off-handedly and I want to do a systematic rendition of the Griffin argument. Also much of what Griffin says applies to the situation that Mr. Connolly finds himself in with the Open Source IP issues.
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1c. Elliott Black: Great way to start the Jewish New Year
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:10:05 -0500
To: ron@themayreport.com [Editor's note: Ron May here. I was removing the long list of names on Elliott's list when I must have hit a wrong button that sent the report out --- prematurely.]
From: Elliott Black <eblack@embainc.com>
Subject: Great Way to Start the Jewish New Year
Most of you are aware that my significant other has been on dialysis for the past 6 years. She has been on several transplant lists for the past 5-1/2 years. On this past Monday evening, September 13th at 7:35pm she received a call from Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago informing her that they had a kidney for her. Needless to say, we proceeded post haste to Northwestern where we checked in at 11:30pm. Sally was prepped, taken down to the Pre-Surgery area at 6:30 am (today - Tuesday). She underwent the 4-1/2 hour surgery beginning at 8:45am. I am pleased to report that all is well. She is back in her room, groggy but unbowed. They are talking about letting her go home tomorrow. Unbelievable to say the least.
We cannot think of a better way to start the Jewish New Year. With all of loss of friends and of their family members over the past several months, goof news is a commodity in much too short of supply. Thank you for your many thoughts and prayers over the past and in the months ahead.
Elliott Black
2511 Windsor Lane
Northbrook, IL 60062-7040
847-272-0210 Fax 847-272-3551
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Ron May here. Elliott, our best to Sally and I hope this will make her life easier and more enjoyable after all these hard and long years of waiting. Please keep us posted on her progress.
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1d. Jaime Chanaga: Former Chicagoan highlighted in article on IT security in CSO online
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 04:08:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jaime Chanaga <chanaga@yahoo.com>
Subject: Just wanted to share with you.
To: ron@themayreport.com
Dear Ron,
On a personal note, as a former Chicago area resident, I wanted to
share with you a recent article that was done on my work. Perhaps you
can be proud of what I've been doing in here--representing the best of
Chicago. I'm proud to have been raised, educated, and worked in Chicago
most (14 years--from 1989 to 2003) of my young 29 years of age.
The article may be found at:
http://www.csoonline.com/read/090104/middle.html
Ron, thanks for the work you do with the May Report--Reading the May
Report keeps me in touch with my beloved city Chicago and what goes on
there. Thanks a million.
Sincerely,
Jaime Chanaga
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1e. Scott Heller: Comments on the SmartSignal article
From: Jsheller1@aol.com
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:22:33 EDT
Subject: SmartSignal Article
To: ron@themayreport.com
Ron,
Looks like something got cut from your article on SmartSignal of 9/20/04.
"One of the Calgary guys said that they want to know when the multi-million
trucks are going to fail, and he was about to say that SmartSignal 'so they
say' with a voice inflection going upward, indicating some doubt."
Something seems to be missing.
Also, at one point you said Conkright was the initial CEO, not the founder. (And I think you are correct re someone else founding it.) Then you later said that Conkright came on board after a number of failed CEO's. Which is it? Inquiring minds want to know.
Thanks,
Scott Heller
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Ron May here. Scott, if I recall correctly, there were a few guys brought in by Churchwell in his usual "CEO on the bench" program ... [Editor's note: Ron May here. If you got the report was that was not ready to go, there was a part of a sentence which I removed that followed this. It was unnecessarily snide and quite frankly, a cheap shot --- my specialty to be sure, but I do try these days to cut some of that out.] I will try to get the names of the initial CEOs for you. Second, I worded it poorly. What the Calgary guy said was that they wanted to know when their trucks would fail and that SmartSignal could offer them with the technology to do that, or "so they say," he said, with an inflection which I took to indicate that he still needed to be sold on the idea somewhat.
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2. OTHER (Events)
2a. Thursday, September 23: MIT-EF satellite broadcast: "Technology and the future Warrior"
THE MIT EF PRESENTS "TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE WARRIOR"
A provocative look at cutting-edge military technologies being developed to safeguard our troops, featuring two speakers on the front lines of this research, Ned Thomas, Director of MIT's Institute of Soldier Nanotechnologies, and Jean-Louis DeGay of the U.S. Army's Future Force Warrior program.
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Broadcast globally live via satellite from the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA
Networking Session - 5:00 to 6:00 pm.
Program - 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Timothy O`Toole's (private room) - 622 N. Fairbanks Court (Fairbanks & Ontario) in Chicago
Admission: $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
Complete details and registration at http://www.mitefchicago.org/
If you have any questions, please contact:
Spencer Maus, Marketing Director
MIT Enterprise Forum - Executive Board
312-397-1960 phone
jsmaus@rcn.com
www.mitefchicago.org
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2b. Tuesday, September 28: Wheaton Meeting cancellation
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:44:44 -0500
To: ron@themayreport.com
From: MEF Headquarters <mef@gss.net>
Subject: Wheaton Meeting Cancellation
We are sorry to announce the Cancellation of our
Tuesday September 28th Wheaton meeting due to
scheduling difficulties.. Our next scheduled presentation
will be in Chicago on October 11th Rosetta Wireless
will be the presenter.Look for that announcement soon.
Our next Wheaton meeting will be on Tuesday October 26th
Jerry R. Mitchell
President
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2c. Tuesday, Sept. 28: TiE Midwest: John Calamos, CEO of Calamos Funds added to the speaker list for "How Chicago is Re-defining the Futures and Derivatives Markets"
From: "Gurnani, Anjali" <agurnani@lisletech.com>
To: "'ron@themayreport.com'" <ron@themayreport.com>,
"'ronaldmay@aol.com'"
<ronaldmay@aol.com>
Subject: September 28th, New Speaker Added, TiE Midwest
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:57:44 -0500
Hi Ron,
Please update and note the newest announcement.
Thanks
Anjali
******************************************
TiE Midwest is pleased to announce a special speaker event on Tuesday, September 28, "How Chicago is Re-defining the Futures and Derivatives Markets" co-sponsored by Summit Partners!
Come hear John Calamos, CEO of Calamos Funds kick-off the evening. Calamos Funds is one of the newest IPO's about to hit the market. John's market perspective is regularly featured on CNBC, and he will share his views on our featured companies and the current investment climate.
Chicago has long been regarded the pioneer in the futures and derivatives markets with flagship institutions such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). Today, two young entrepreneurial companies are emerging as leaders -- thinkorswim and optionsXpress. They are redefining the market with innovative technology and highly creative products. Their vision and promise are validated by impressive revenue growth, high industry visibility and support from large venture capital investors.
We are featuring the number 1 and number 2 funded companies in Chicago in 2004. In addition, don't miss a great networking opportunity to meet with local entrepreneurs, investors and industry executives. We will have representatives from Summit Partners, Installshield, Fieldglass, Sarvega, NetRegulus, MK Capital and many many others.
Don't miss the opportunity to hear our speakers tell their stories and explain their impact on the trading industry!
Speakers
John Calamos, CEO Calamos Funds (http://www.calamos.com)
The Naperville mutual fund company filed a registration statement for an IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 2. Calamos aims to raise $100 million in the offering. Assets under management at Calamos tripled to $32.3 billion since 2002, as the strong performance of some of its funds attracted investors. Revenues soared 85% to $162.4 million last year and net income nearly tripled to $67.3 million. In the first six months of this year, revenues more than doubled to $139.5 million and net income also more than doubled, to $57.1 million, compared with the year-earlier period. Calamos branched out recently from convertible bond funds into conventional equity mutual funds. Both its Growth and Income and Growth funds have top five-star ratings from Morningstar Inc. of Chicago. Calamos' Growth Fund returned 7.4% in the three-year period ended June 30, vs. a negative 0.7% for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in the same span, according to Morningstar.
Tom Sosnoff, CEO thinkorswim
thinkorswim (www.thinkorswim.com), was founded in 1999 and has been serving option traders globally since 2001. Headquartered in Chicago, Ill., with an office in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., the company supports retail and institutional stock and option traders through its own trading platforms. thinkorswim has revolutionized the option industry by teaching and executing complex, non-directional option strategies with single-click functionality that has now become the industry standard. thinkorswim is widely recognized as the premier option software for execution, professional analytics and real-time position management. As one of the largest providers of option order flow to U.S. exchanges, thinkorswim is continually pushing the industry to deliver products that benefit the customer whether they are hedging, speculating, or enhancing returns. The company received $22.5 million from Technology Crossover Ventures on Aug 19 2004.
David Kalt, co-founder & President optionsXpress
OptionsXpress (www.optionsxpress.com), a subsidiary of optionsXpress Holdings, Inc., was named the top online securities brokerage by Barron's in 2003 and 2004 and the top discount securities brokerage by SmartMoney in 2004. With licensed investment professionals and a suite of proprietary, innovative tools and features, optionsXpress helps investors educate themselves on the options, stock and fixed income markets, evaluate possible investment opportunities and then quickly execute suitable portfolio strategies. OptionsXpress was named "Favorite Options Site" by Forbes Best of the Web in its most recent review of the category (2002).
"The Best Online Broker" and "4-? Stars" by Barron's March 8, 2004 and March 10, 2003, based on Trade Execution, Ease-of-Use, Range of Offerings, Research Amenities, Portfolio Analysis & Reports, Access/help and Costs. "Best Discount Broker" by SmartMoney 8/1/04, based on Commissions and Fees, Customer Service, Mutual Funds, Trading Tools, Research and Banking Amenities. Forbes "Favorite Site" and "Best of the Web" March 8, 2002 (the most recent such review) based on Ease-of-Use, Range of Offerings, Research Amenities, Access and Costs. The company received a minority investment of approximately $90 million from Summit Partners on Jan 20 2004.
Event Details
Organization: TiE - Midwest
Event Name: How Chicago is Re-Defining the Futures and Derivatives Markets
Date: September 28, 2004
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and networking
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Program
Location: Please note our new location for all TiE Midwest events in 2004
Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP
191 North Wacker Drive
Suite 3700
Chicago, Illinois 60606-1698
Fee: TiE Midwest Members: no charge, Students: no charge, Non-Members: $20.00
Parking: Parking for event attendees is available for $7. You must use the parking garage at Lake and Wacker.
To register please go to http://www.tie-midwest.org
For further information contact
The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE) - Midwest
Email: info@tie-midwest.org
http://www.tie-midwest.org
or call Anjali Gurnani, Executive Director of TiE Midwest, at (630) 353-1900 x21
About TiE-Midwest
TiE is an organization of industry professionals who share the common interests of promoting and fostering entrepreneurial efforts. The members of TiE come from a variety of corporate and academic backgrounds and are united in their efforts to provide a dynamic and vibrant environment in which entrepreneurs can share their experiences and draw from a common pool of knowledge and experience. Based on the success of TiE in other regions of the US, the TiE Midwest chapter was launched on November 13, 1998 drawing overwhelming response from all over the Midwest.
Over the past six years many notable individuals (i.e. executive management from companies like McKinsey, Microsoft, Merrill Lynch, Exodus, Novell and IBM), from all walks of professional life, have helped enrich the experience of our membership through their insight and guidance.
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2d. Tuesday, October 19: ITEC-Evanston?s 7th Entrepreneurial Educational Event will explore leadership in the start-up environment
To: ron@themayreport.com
From: Bret Johnson <bretj@northwestern.edu>
Subject: Next ITEC Evanston Event
ITEC-Evanston presents an
ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATIONAL EVENT
?Leadership for Start-ups?
3 Successful Entrepreneurs and a Venture Capitalist Share Their Insights
Tuesday, October 19 / 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Hilton Garden Inn Evanston, 1818 Maple Ave.
Leaders at technology-based start-up companies need to possess traits common to all leaders, including the ability to engender trust and communicate a vision of company direction. Yet, they must also possess a unique skill set in order to lead in such a dynamic environment. Picking the right people a good management team - is critical for long term success. Conversely, the wrong person in a high level position can be disastrous for start-up. The discussion will focus on which leadership skills are particularly valuable at each developmental stage of the start-up company, as well as how to identify, recruit and select key management personnel.
ITEC-Evanston?s 7th Entrepreneurial Educational Event will explore leadership in the start-up environment. Professor William White, former CEO of Bell & Howell, will lead a lively panel discussion of just what it takes to be a great leader in a technology-based start-up.
Panelists:
Hank Adams, CEO, Sportvision, Inc.
Jai Shekhawat, CEO & Co-Founder, Fieldglass, Inc.
Howard Tullman, President, Kendall College
Bret Maxwell, Managing Partner, MK Capital
Cost: $15 per person (Students $5 with University ID)
Reservations: Contact Mary Kelly
(847) 491-7600
mary-kelly@northwestern.edu
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2e. October 25-28: Advanced Linux Data Forensics with Andrew Rosen
From: "Dennis Portney" <dportney@SecurityForensics.com>
To: <ron@themayreport.com>
Subject: Shorter, plain text version for release -
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:00:26 -0500
Hopefully this works better. Thanks.
Advanced Linux Data Forensics with Andrew Rosen - Chicago - October 25th 28th - 2004
Contact: Dennis Portney at Security Forensics, Inc. at 773-343-6335.
Visit SecurityForensics.com for syllabus and course pricing.
Security Forensics, Inc. has collaborated with Andrew Rosen, the U.S. Government's lead forensic investigator in the Enron case, the creator of SMART for Linux, the Founder of ASR Data and Guidance Software s first application Expert Witness (the foundation of the Encase application) and the foremost expert on Linux Data Forensics in the world. As a partner of Security Forensics, Inc., Andrew will be teaching this course and will bring his real world experiences into the classroom. His experience is extensive and date back to the beginnings of Computer Forensics..
This Advanced Linux Data Forensics course is a hands-on intensive course, intended for anyone performing activities that will require the acquisition of digital media and content. Advanced Linux Data Forensics will train you on how to perform audits and Forensic Investigations using SMART for Linux. By learning the methodology, and the intellectual process of Linux Data Forensics, the student is enabled to perform the practice of post-mortem analysis, data and network acquisition across the enterprise, mounting images, creating a case and methodically processing the evidence while preserving the integrity of the forensic process. Moreover, this course will train you on the advanced conceptual understanding of using Linux Data Forensics to capture the essence of forensic theory, in addition to, performing methods based analysis on all Windows, Linux, Macintosh and UNIX systems. Linux Data Forensics is platform independent and can collect forensic data on many operating systems, file systems and storage-devices (please visit SecurityForensics.com to review the course syllabus).
Included in Training:
One License of SMART for Linux
Lifetime Support for the SMART for Linux Application
Use of a Computer for all hands on labs
All required course material
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3. Companies and Organizations
3a. Dunn Solutions Wins Borland's 'Partner Solution of the Year'
Award
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:02:05 -0400
From: "eReleases Newsbureau" <newsbureau@ereleases.com>
To: "Ronald May" <ron@themayreport.com>
Subject: PR: Dunn Solutions Wins Borland's 'Partner Solution of the
Year' Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dunn Solutions Wins Borland's 'Partner Solution of the Year'
Award
Skokie, Ill.-Based Information Technology Consulting Firm
Earns Top Software Development Honor
SKOKIE, Ill., Sept. 16, 2004 -- Contrary to what many
businesspeople think, creative and cost-effective software
still is being written in the United States. For big
companies. For aggressive firms that understand the value
of serving their customers better and faster. And for
organizations that want to work closely and efficiently with
their software development partner.
Dunn Solutions Group, a Skokie, Ill.-based information
consulting firm, recently was honored by Borland Software
Corporation for its expertise - and success - in designing,
developing and deploying a global, web-based solution for
one of the world's largest financial services companies.
This award, Borland "Partner Solution of the Year," was
presented September 12, 2004, at the BorCon(TM) Awards at
the Borland Conference in San Jose. Calif.
Borland Software Corporation is a recognized leader in the
software development industry, and provides the software
tools that application developers use to align and organize
their teams, technology and processes.
The financial services company is a diversified worldwide
travel and financial services company with offices and
locations around the world.
The application developed by Dunn Solutions Group gives the
financial services company and its partners worldwide an
improved online tool for selling pre-paid products, which
include travelers checks, travel cards, gift cards and
credit cards. The company's sales locations include banks
and financial institutions, exchanges, travel agencies,
grocery stores and company-owned offices around the world.
The solution, which had to be integrated with several IT
infrastructures and work in 12 languages, was developed to
generate additional business and make transactions easier
and faster to conduct. And it has. The solution exceeds
the capacity and functionality of the previous system, and
gives the company the ability to provide benefits that go
far beyond its travelers checks program, expand its product
offerings and extend its products to more financial
institutions and retail organizations.
The solution is now deployed to 10 different countries, and
handles tens of thousands of simultaneous users and hundreds
of thousands of transactions every day. Today, when
customers buy one of the company's pre-paid products
anywhere in the United States and Europe, the transaction is
conducted using ExpressPass.
"It's a tremendous honor to receive Borland Partner Solution
of the Year," says Bill Dunn, president/CEO of Dunn
Solutions Group. "It's gratifying to win it for an
application that has helped change the way our client sells
its products. And I think it shows that IT does matter,
that U.S.-based developers still do great work, and that an
intelligent application has the power to transform the way a
company does business."
Dunn Solutions Group is a full-service information
technology consulting firm, with headquarters in Skokie,
Ill. (Chicago), and regional offices in Raleigh, N.C., and
Bloomfield, N.J. For more information about Dunn Solutions
Group, go to http://www.dunnsolutions.com.
Contact:
Tim Green
Marketing Manager
Dunn Solutions Group
847-673-0900, x109
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