2001 IPMA Annual Report
Annual Report to the Membership
for the year ending December 31, 2001
Table of Contents
- Message From the Chair
- Mission Statement
- Organization and Membership Description
- IPMA Committees
- Board of Directors
- Schedule of Events
- Committee Reports
- Financial Reports
- Membership Roster
- Corporate Sponsors
Message From the Chair: Mary Ellen Bradley
This year has been a busy and productive one for the IPMA. We have focused on our priorities which are to: further the professionalism of the state information technology community; provide networking opportunities for state information technology managers; provide professional development opportunities for the state IT community; provide a forum to showcase state of the art technology; and feature discussion of IT issues and directions.
In March 2001 the new library at Saint Martin's and the new student union at South Puget Sound Community College were opened. The IPMA made pledges totaling $50,000 to support these new buildings. The pledges to both institutions were for $5,000 each year for five years. Our current commitment will continue through 2002 and illustrates our support for information technology education.
The IRS approved our designation as a tax exempt entity in March 2001 retroactive to May 1989. This change will enable the IPMA to provide more opportunities for the IT community.
We also revitalized our Professional Development Committee. Three seminars were provided and included: "Disaster Preparedness - Lessons Learned from the Nisqually earthquake", "No Browser Required: Rich User Interfaces in a Web World" and "Project Management Practices".
The Forum, "Seamless Services Anytime, Anywhere", in May and the Executive Seminar in September continued to assist the state and local government information technology population. Both of these events were well attended this year.
Communications was substantially enhanced this year with an expansion of the listserv list. We also continued to expand use of our web site including implementing on-line event registration for IPMA's increasingly popular professional development events.
This year also brought some changes in the nomination and election process for Board members. These changes were designed to make the nomination process more open to Association members.
I have enjoyed my year as chair of the IPMA and I look forward to continuing to serve on the board in the next year.
IPMA Mission Statement
Improve the State information technology (IT) environment through:
- Professional networking with other state government IT managers and positive influencing of the State's IT agenda.
- Professional development and cultivation of new IT initiatives.
- Financing of activities through money-making activities.
- Leveraging IPMA's corporate structure and resources to provide services to the state IT community.
Organization and Membership Description
Organization
The IPMA is organized as a Washington State Corporation. There are no stockholders. There are 12 members on the IPMA Board of Directors and their term of office is three years. Directors are elected by the IPMA membership. There are four corporate officers who serve on the Board of Directors: the Board Chair, the Vice-Chair, and two Co-Secretary/Treasurers. No compensation is paid to any member of the Board of Directors for services as a member of the Board.
Statement of Membership
Membership in the IPMA is open to all current or retired state employees who are interested in information technology and who support the mission of the organization. Members support the mission of the IPMA by serving on any one of the five standing committees and participating in activities sponsored by the Association. Effective May 11, 2000 annual membership dues were eliminated. There is only one class of membership.
IPMA Committees
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Committee |
Committee Chair |
Phone |
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Budget & Finance |
Doug Tanabe |
360-664-6360 |
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Communications |
Bob Monn |
360-407-6585 |
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Executive Seminar |
Darrel Riffe |
360-902-3472 |
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Forum |
Dennis Laine |
360-438-3225 |
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Professional Development |
Sheryl Hall |
360-586-6396 |
IPMA Board of Directors
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Name / Office |
Agency |
Phone |
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Jim Albert, |
Attorney General's Office |
360-664-0159 |
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Mary Ellen Bradley, Chair |
Dept. of Ecology |
360-407-6670 |
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Thomas Bynum, |
Employment Security Dept. |
360-438-4780 |
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Phil Grigg |
Dept. of General Admin. |
360-902-7452 |
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Sheryl Hall |
Dept. of Labor & Industries |
360-902-4847 |
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Dennis Jones |
Office of Financial Management |
360-664-7695 |
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Dennis Laine |
Employment Security Dept. |
360-438-3225 |
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Mike McVicker |
Dept. of Information Services |
360-902-3129 |
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Bob Monn |
Dept. of Ecology |
360-407-6585 |
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Darrel Riffe |
Dept. of Information Services |
360-902-3472 |
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Doug Tanabe, Vice-Chair |
Dept. of Personnel |
360-664-6360 |
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Shelagh Taylor |
Dept. of Labor & Industries |
360-902-5970 |
Schedule of 2001 Events
IPMA conducted the following events during calendar year 2001:
- Board of Directors meetings - second Thursday of each month, except February.
- Board of Directors Annual Planning Retreat - April 5-6 at Quinault Resort, Ocean Shores, WA.
- IPMA professional development events:
- February 24 - e-Government seminar presented by Novell.
- June 28 - "Disaster Preparedness" presented by DIS, GA, DRS, OFM, Cisco, and Qwest
- August 30 - "No Browser Required: Rich User Interfaces in a Web World" presented by Scott Came and Wayne Allen, Logical
- Oct. 25 - "Project Management Practices" (two sessions) presented by Glenn Briskin, Sierra Designs; Joan Waldrop, PMI (morning); Betty Boushey, PMI (afternoon); Garin Pangburn, CPTS; and Diane Vasarkovy
- Executive Breakfast - May 21 at Saint Martin's College, Lacey, WA.
- Forum – May 22-23 at St. Martin’s College, Lacey, WA.
- Executive Seminar - September 17-19 at The Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, WA.
See details of the above events on the IPMA website at: http://www.ipma-wa/com/.
Committee Reports
Business Planning
Committee Chair:
Doug Tanabe (360-664-6360)
Purpose:
The purpose of the Business Planning Committee is to build and foster the long-term business interests of the Association in order to provide the IPMA every possible advantage to pursue its mission.
Accomplishments for 2001:
- The IPMA applied for and was approved as a nonprofit organization by the Internal Revenue Service.
- In 1998, IPMA’s fostered closer links with St. Martin’s College and South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC). Through two pledges totaling $50,000, IPMA was able to support the installation of an Information Services desk in the new St. Martin’s Library and support Local Area Network (LAN) and work station installations for the Associated Students of SPSCC in their new student union building. These investments in the future of our local educational institutions serve to illustrate IPMA’s strong continuing commitment to support our community. The pledges to both institutions were for $5,000 each year for five years. To date, $20,000 has been given to each school. Saint Martin's new library and SPSCC's new student union building were opened in March 2001.
Objectives for 2002:
For the next year, Business Planning Committee has the following objectives:
- Closely monitor and report on the Merrill Lynch Investment Program. Our investment strategy will be reviewed for additional investments during 2002.
- Pursue other opportunities for providing IPMA sponsored events and supporting the information technology profession within Washington State Government.
- Negotiate and manage contracts with private vendors to provide services for IPMA sponsored events.
- Provide the fifth and final $5,000 contributions pledged to St. Martin’s College and South Puget Sound Community College.
- Consider opportunities for supporting capital improvement programs that advance information technology in State Government beyond 2002.
Executive Seminar
Committee Co-Chairs:
Phil Grigg and Darrel Riffe
Purpose:
The purpose of the Executive Seminar Committee is to provide an annual seminar that facilitates communication, networking and the promotion of information technology ideas for all senior state government information systems managers attending.
Accomplishments for 2001:
The 2001 IPMA Executive Seminar was held in September at the Skamania Lodge. Approximately 95 persons attended including representatives of 31 state agencies and IPMA's corporate sponsors. The following presentations were made:
- John Anthony, Associate Director, Gartner Consulting, Seattle
"Leadership, Governance and E-Transformation" - Representative/ISB member Laura Ruderman
"State government - going online rather than standing inline" - Merna DeBolt, Columbia River Gorge Interpretive Speaker
Lucy Mark remembers her son - Bob Fitchitt, Administrator, Legislative Evaluation & Accountability Program (LEAP) Committee
"Better Information for Better Decisions through Statewide Data Coordination" - Michael Ka, Northwest Content Delivery Architect, Network Applicance, Inc.
"Transforming Today's IP Networks into the Knowledge and Service Delivery Platforms of Tomorrow" - Gary Robinson, Acting Director, DIS; Paul Taylor, Deputy Director, DIS; Mike McVicker, Assistant Director of Telecommunications Division, DIS; Mike Curtright, Assistant Director of Computer Services Division, DIS; and Laura Parma, Assistant Director of Interactive Technologies Division, DIS.
"Continuing the Build-out of Digital Washington" - Mike McNulty, Director of Product Support, EMC Field Marketing
"The Benefits of Enterprise Storage" - Boyd Davis, Director, Americas Marketing, Intel Corp.
"Macroprocessing and the Extended Enterprise"
Objectives for 2002:
The IPMA will again offer an Executive Seminar. The 2002 event will be held October 2-4, 2002 at Campbell's Resort (Lake Chelan). We expect the seminar to be as successful and well attended as last year's.
Forum
Committee Co-Chairs:
Dennis Laine (360-456-8898) and Mike McVicker (360-902-3129)
Purpose:
Forum is an annual information technology seminar and trade show that has been held in Olympia since 1979. Forum continues to be an effective opportunity for vendors to demonstrate their products, for speakers to share their expertise and knowledge, and for state employees and others to attend free seminars and product demonstrations and to network. It is important to note that Forum is one of the premier technology shows in the Pacific Northwest and the largest to focus solely on the Public Sector.
Accomplishments for 2001:
For the second consecutive year Forum was held at the Saint Martin's College Pavilion in May. Improvements were made over the first year including carpeting the entire pavilion floor and having a single vendor supply telecommunications services to the show floor. Forum 2001 was extremely successful and received high praise from participating vendors and attendees. There were 62 vendor booths and approximately 975 attendees. Having 62 vendor booths in one large room was well received. The Worthington Center facility provided great flexibility for setting up conference rooms and breakout rooms. The Forum 2001 theme of "Seamless Services; Anytime, Anywhere" was very timely and popular.
Based upon feedback from Forum 2000, the Executive Breakfast was changed to an Executive Luncheon, held the day before Forum. Luncheon speaker Secretary of State Sam Reed's presentation on the fate of the state blanket primary election process was well received by approximately 115 attendees.
Objectives for 2002:
The theme for Forum 2002 will be "Silver Anniversary FORUM, 25 years of Service to the State". Twenty-two corporate sponsors have been signed up for this fiscal year. Vendor booth sales will start in January 2002. Keynote speakers have been approached and ideas for the breakout sessions have been identified.
The following objectives have been endorsed for Forum 2002:
- Keep Forum in the Olympia area utilizing the May Tuesday-Wednesday format.
- Manage Forum so that it remains cost effective, realizes at least a 10% profit and meets or exceeds the expectations of attendees and participating vendors;
- Coordinate with St. Martin’s staff to improve on the use of the Pavilion.
- Increase attendance through advertising and marketing to ensure that all public sector information technology employees in the South Sound area are aware of Forum and the benefits of attending Forum.
- Continue the use of IPMA’s web site to recruit vendors and to distribute information to participating vendors and attendees.
- Continue the Executive Luncheon on the Monday before Forum and schedule it as annual event at the Worthington Center.
Communications
Committee Co-Chairs:
Bob Monn (360-407-6585) and Shelagh Taylor (360-902-5970)
Purpose:
The Communications Committee provides IPMA members with information about actions taken by the Board of Directors, special events, seminars, other committee activities, and other items of interest. The Committee maintains the IPMA Internet web site as a means of interacting with IPMA members, sponsors, and others interested in IPMA activities. The Committee publishes the monthly newsletter and maintains the IPMA listserv.
The Communications Committee also is responsible for promoting membership in the IPMA and maintaining the membership roster.
Accomplishments for 2001:
- Prepared IPMA News, IPMA's newsletter, each month. Greater focus was provided on agency projects based on results of a survey of readers conducted in November 2000.
- Published IPMA's 2000 annual report.
- Maintained the IPMA membership database; new members are added via a web form and updates and deletions are made manually.
- Administered the IPMA listserv mailing list. This mailing list was expanded in 2001 through the addition of available e-mail addresses for Forum 2001 attendees.
- Maintained the IPMA web site including:
- Updates of event calendar as needed.
- Web support for Forum 2001, Executive Seminar 2001 (including on-line event registration), and professional development events (including on-line event registration).
- Web support for electronic voting in annual election of Board members.
- Completion of a redesign of the IPMA web site to enhance usability and provide greater focus on IPMA's premier annual events.
- Preparation of a preliminary feasibility study for electronic payments.
- Established an IPMA records archive including past issues of IPMA News.
Objectives for 2002:
- Continue web publication of the monthly newsletter; add periodic feature highlighting past IPMA activities to celebrate IPMA's history of contributions to the IT community.
- Publish the 2001 IPMA Annual Report.
- Work with other IPMA committees to support IPMA events; provide marketing communications for these events and support on-line event registration.
- Support the annual on-line election process for Board members.
Professional Development
Committee Chair:
Sheryl Hall and Dennis Jones
Purpose:
The purpose of the Professional Development Committee is to provide educational and networking programs for the membership and the IT community. The Committee works with IT vendors and state agencies to provide programs at no cost or minimal cost to the IT community. The Committee also may sponsor selected formal training events to be provided on a fee basis.
Accomplishments for 2001:
The Professional Development Committee provided three seminars during 2001. The 2001 program was as follows:
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Date |
Topic |
Presenter |
| June 28, 2001 | Disaster Preparedness | DIS, GA, DRS, OFM Cisco, Qwest |
| August 30, 2001 | No Browser Required: Rich User Interfaces in a Web World | Scott Came and Wayne Allen, Logical |
| Oct. 25, 2001
(Two sessions were held to accommodate demand.) |
Project Management Practices | Glenn Briskin, Sierra Designs Joan Waldrop, PMI (morning) Betty Boushey, PMI (afternoon) Garin Pangburn, CPTS Diane Vasarkovy |
Seminar participants have rated the sessions very highly and wish them to be continued. Feedback for improvements focused on the comfort of the facility (hard chairs, tight quarters, too hot, too cold).
Objectives for 2002:
The Professional Development Committee has the following objectives for 2002:
- Seven seminars in the current half day format are planned as follows:
|
Date |
Topic |
Presenter |
| Jan. 23, 2002 | "I Can't See the Forest through the Trees" -- Windows 2000 Multi-Agency Single Forest | Netdesk DIS, GA, OFM, DOP |
| Feb. 20, 2002 | Project Management - A Review of Methodologies | (To be announced) |
| Mar. 20, 2002 | Mainframe Extensions (Web, Client/Server, other) | Milestone Technology DIS Digital Government Applications Academy |
| Apr. 17, 2002 | Building a Security Program | (To be announced) |
| June 2002 | (To be announced) | (To be announced) |
| August 2002 | (To be announced) | (To be announced) |
| October 2002 | (To be announced) | (To be announced) |
- Evaluate alternative facilities. The committee will evaluate the costs and benefits of holding seminars at a location other than Saint Martin's. The primary objective would be to have more comfortable seating and better temperature control.
- Evaluate and implement practices that will result in fewer "no-shows". We have aimed for 50 participants per seminar, we have usually registered over 55 and have had 40 - 45 actually attend. We would like to come closer to the target of 50 attendees.
- Evaluate the feasibility and value of a "for-fee" seminar that would utilize a paid presenter and perhaps be of longer duration.
Financial Reports
IPMA Account Balances |
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(Includes unrealized gains) |
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As of 12/31/2001 |
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Account |
Balance |
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ASSETS |
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Cash and Bank Accounts |
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Merrill Lynch MM |
43,426.34 |
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Total Cash and Bank Accounts |
43,426.34 |
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Other Assets |
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Pre-Paid Taxes |
1,861.00 |
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Total Other Assets |
1,861.00 |
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Investments |
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Investments |
89,160.43 |
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Total Investments |
89,160.43 |
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TOTAL ASSETS |
134,447.77 |
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LIABILITIES |
0 |
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OVERALL TOTAL |
134,447.77 |
Summary Statement of Income and Expenses |
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01/01/2001 through 12/31/2001 |
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Category Description |
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INCOME |
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Executive Seminar |
64,030.00 |
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Forum |
81,800.00 |
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_Divinc |
2,817.52 |
| Long-Term Capital Gain Distribution |
302.36 |
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TOTAL INCOME |
148,949.88 |
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EXPENSES |
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Administration |
27,869.48 |
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Communications |
544.70 |
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Executive Seminar |
51,135.52 |
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Fall Forum |
45,405.18 |
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Professional Development |
931.42 |
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TOTAL EXPENSES |
125,886.30 |
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TOTAL INCOME - EXPENSES |
23,063.58 |
Notes:
- The long-term capital gain distributions were from various mutual funds and were reinvested in those funds, thus increasing the total shares of each held.
- About $12,000 of the income shown above was the result of less activity in the Professional Development program than was budgeted.
- $10,000 will be allocated for the payment of the 2002 pledges to St. Martin’s College and South Puget Sound Community College.
IPMA Membership Roster
| Name | Organization |
| Albert, James | AGO |
| Alexander, Tina | SPSCC |
| Althauser, Nick | DSHS |
| Andersen, Jim | . |
| Andersen, Julie | DOR |
| Anderson, John | DIS |
| Arnis, Michael | L&I |
| Babayan, Brad | VA |
| Barbour, Kerry | DSHS-Div. of Voc. Rehab. |
| Beatty, Bonnie | DIS |
| Bilhimer, Steven | DOR |
| Bloomberg, Alvin | DNR |
| Boatright, Thomas | AGO |
| Bohl, Ed | WSL |
| Boisvert, Marlene | WSP |
| Borst, Nancy | DRS |
| Bossio, Rose | DRS |
| Bradley, Mary Ellen | Ecology |
| Brauer, David | DSHS |
| Brede, Sandy | OIC |
| Bremer, Linda | GA |
| Bright, John | DNR |
| Brock, Jon | Cascade Center for Public Service (UW) |
| Brown, Art | Parks |
| Bynum, Thomas | ESD |
| Calisch, Lance | DIS |
| Carignan, Ron | OFM |
| Chase, Don | DNR |
| Chiechi, Steve | DIS |
| Christensen, Denise | DSHS-ISSD |
| Clark, Mike | OFM |
| Clemens, Paul | DIS |
| Coates, Phil | . |
| Cohen, Jeanette | DSHS-ISSD |
| Cole, Lynn | OFM |
| Collier, Barbara | L&I |
| Collins, Lourdes | DIS |
| Cook, Daron | OMWBE |
| Cotey, Cliff | |
| Cotey, Sunny | |
| Craig, Mary | Services for Blind |
| Culp, Jim | WSDOT |
| Curtright, Mike | DIS |
| Darling, Bob | DOH |
| Daugherty, Carol | DOP |
| Dean, Ken | Ecology |
| DeLoria, Bruce | DIS |
| Deshaye, Robert | DIS |
| Desselle, Stephen | DOR |
| Diseth, Veronica | WSDOT |
| Dobson, David | DOP |
| Donahue, Clare | |
| Dotson, Jim | L&I |
| Edwards, Bob | Center for Information Services |
| Eidson, Darrel | WSP |
| Erickson, Paul | DSHS-ESA |
| Everson, Brian | WSP |
| Fannin, Daniel | |
| Felt, Constance | GA |
| Flanagan II, John | |
| Foronda, Vladimir | Commission on Judicial Conduct |
| Fortier, Amy | DIS |
| Fortier, Mark | OFM |
| Foulkes, John | DOL |
| Francis, Bradley | ESD |
| French, Penny | WSL |
| Gorsky, Bruce | OFM |
| Gott, Cliff | DIS |
| Grigg, Phil | GA |
| Grover, Reid "Skip" | DSHS-ISSD |
| Gunn, James | DRS |
| Haley, John | ESD |
| Hall, Sheryl | L&I |
| Halloway, Ron | DOH |
| Halsey, Chip | OFM |
| Hammond, James | DOH |
| Haskett, John | DSHS-DDD |
| Hawkins, Sadie | OFM |
| Heins, Marie | ESD |
| Heiser, Ed | Public Employment Relations Comm. |
| Hernandez, Kelly | DIS |
| Hill, Andy | AGO |
| Hinsch, Robert | WA State Workforce Training Board |
| Holm, Jeffrey | DIS |
| Huff, Wendy | DSHS |
| Jakobitz, Allen | Military Dept. |
| Jessup, M.S., Michael C. | DSHS-AASA |
| Johnson, Barbara | DOC |
| Johnson, Debra | TESC |
| Johnson, John | WSDOT |
| Johnson, Mark | Centralia College - T&CS |
| Jones, Dennis | OFM |
| Jones, Lori | OFM |
| Jones-Hook, Jackie | WSDOT |
| Kawamura, Keith | GA |
| Kentfield, Marla | OST |
| Kim, Soung | OIC |
| Koch, David | DIS |
| Kosoff, Darlene | DIS |
| Kretzler, Michael | UTC |
| Laine, Dennis | Retired |
| Landers, Kelly Ann | DSHS-CA |
| Langen, Susan | DSHS-ISSD |
| Lanouette, William | L&I |
| Lee, James | State Investment Board |
| Lee, Shirley | AGO |
| Lehuta, Dan | DSHS-MAA |
| Leonard, Oliver P. | WSL |
| Lichtenstein, Karen | DSHS |
| Lipp, Dan | BIIA |
| Longwell, Paul | WSL |
| Luedtke, Dean | IAC |
| Mae-Richardson, Linda | TESC |
| Mann, Peter | ESD |
| Marcelia, Andy | DOL |
| Marshall, Shannon | DRS |
| Martin, Samuel | DIS |
| Martin, Tom | WSL |
| Matheney, Jeff | DSHS-DDD |
| May, Julius | DSHS-ESA |
| McVicker, Michael | DIS |
| Means, Tom | Gambling |
| Metsker, Kay | DIS |
| Monn, Bob | Ecology |
| Morris, Don | OFM |
| Murdoch, John | . |
| Muskopf, Fran | DOH |
| Naughton, Richard | DOH |
| Nelson, Ted | Communications Technology Center |
| Neuhauser, Renia | DSHS |
| Nguyen, Hien | DSHS |
| Norris, Terri | Lottery |
| Novak, Sharon | OFM |
| O'Brien, Bill | WSDOT |
| Oyetuga, Ariyo | ESD |
| Paavola, Lee | SPSCC |
| Palmer, Clark | WSP |
| Parma, Tom | DIS |
| Parsons, Dan | WSP |
| Paul, Lonnie | DSHS-ESA-DMOS |
| Paulsen, Jeff | DSHS-AASA |
| Perera, Emanuel | DOH |
| Pickens-Rucker, R. Kathy | Corrections |
| Pierson, Kim | Ecology |
| Piper, Paul | DIS |
| Price, Don | Corrections |
| Prows, Denise | DRS |
| Putnam, Dale | WSP |
| Reams, Susan | WSL |
| Richardson, Brian | GA |
| Richardson, Curtis | DOC |
| Rider, David | Military Dept. |
| Ridgeway, Amy | HCA |
| Ridout, Christy | DSHS-ISSD |
| Riffe, Darrel | DIS |
| Robbins, Ron | Lottery |
| Robinson, Gary | DIS |
| Rosmond, Kathy | OFM |
| Rummig, Vicki | OFM |
| Santy, Bruce | L&I |
| Schenck, Ginny G. | L&I |
| Schmidt, Allen | OFM |
| Schoenholtz, Pam | College |
| Schwarzkopf, Wolf | DSHS-MAA |
| Scroggins, Michael | Communications Technology Center |
| Seale, Mike | L&I |
| Seitz, Karl | Lottery |
| Selix, Doug | OFM |
| Seymour, Ron | DFI |
| Sharp, Jeff | OST |
| Shepherd Sr., Glenn | SAO |
| Singleton, Lynn | Salmon Recovery Office |
| Smith, David G. | Corrections |
| Smith, Jane | Ecology |
| Smith, Larry | Pierce County Library System |
| Smith, Luther | DSHS |
| Smith, Scott | DIS |
| Smith, Susie | SAO |
| Soiza, Anne | L&I |
| Specht, John | DIS |
| Squires, Greg | |
| Stewart, Debbie | Ecology |
| Strickland, Clyde | DOP |
| Stringer, Wade | Corrections |
| Strozyk, Ed | SPI |
| Tamayo, Peter | DSHS-CA |
| Tanabe, Doug | DOP |
| Tapanila, Glen | DIS |
| Taylor, Shelagh | L&I |
| Tenney, Betty | DIS |
| Tollefson, Roland | CWU |
| Vane, James | DIS |
| Vonderscheer, Eric A. | L&I |
| Walk, Bob | DIS |
| Wilhelmi, Debra | IAC |
| Williams, Valerie | DIS |
| Wilson, Phil | DSHS-ISSD |
| Young, Ed | Ecology |
IPMA Corporate Sponsors
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IPMA thanks the following Corporate Sponsors for their support: |
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Cisco provides connectivity tools for the smallest home network to the networks that make up the Internet. Contact Paul Murdoch for more info. |
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Compaq Computer Corporation is a computer technology company that designs and manufactures personal computers, file servers, storage area networks and other computer technology. Contact John Stewart for more info. |
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Reseller of networking hardware, support, maintenance & installation as well as cabling installation. Contact Lem Putnam for more info. |
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Kevin Flick |
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At EMC, we build the world's most robust, secure and trusted information storage infrastructures. Our storage systems, software, networks and services ensure fast, round-the-clock access to all of the information businesses, government agencies and individuals must have to prosper in the Information Economy. To EMC's customers, EMC is the caretaker of the world's information. EMC today extended the reach of the world's most trusted information storage technology from the data center's core to the network's edge with the introduction of groundbreaking new networked storage systems and software. The new world of networked storage strengthens EMC's lead in helping organizations unite and generate value from all their information, regardless of location or connectivity method. The new solutions bring network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SANs) into a unified network, while extending enterprise-level high availability to the mid-tier NAS market. Contact Judy Duning for more info. |
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First, We Build Relationships ? Then, We Build Solutions. At Gateway, we build ongoing relationships with our government clients by providing customized solutions to meet the evolving technology needs of your agencies. We are here to help you every step of the way ? starting with a thorough assessment of the unique needs of your agency, through building systems tailored to meet them, to providing training and services to keep your department productive. From hardware, software and networking, to extended service and support, training and financing, Gateway offers a comprehensive technology solution. Contact Bruce Armga for more info. |
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Bill Ross |
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Mike Andritch |
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Logical eBusiness Solutions is a full-service development organization with capabilities that include B2B (Business-to-Business), B2C (Business-to-Consumer), G2P (Government-to-Public) and G2G (Government-to-Government) web development, eCommerce integration, database development, content design and development, strategic planning, legacy-to-web integration and traditional systems integration. Contact Cameron Anderson for more info. |
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Marconi Communications is a global telecommunications and networking company using Optical Networking and Deep Fiber Access Technologies for integration of voice, video and data over a single fiber to provide single platform, turnkey networking solutions. Contact Melody Whalen for more info. |
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Software Development Company. Contact Al Cabraloff for more info. |
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Nortel Networks delivers complete communication and networking solutions based on award-winning best-in-class products. Nortel Networks is ushering in the efficiencies and economies of the second wave of e-Government. We deliver comprehensive solutions that leverage the high-performance optical internet to provide Customer Relationship Management solutions and multimedia contact centers to enable seamless, personalized government-to-public experiences. By unifying voice, video, and data together over reliable high-performance e-Government networks, we help federal, state, and local governments deliver multimedia applications and superior service anywhere in the world. Contact Alan Rich for more info. |
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Rick Hendrickson |
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Sierra Systems is a full service systems integrator providing information technology and eBusiness project planning and management, analysis, development, and implementation resources to solve critical business problems. Contact Glenn Briskin for more info. |
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Software AG offers a full suite of e-business integration and enterprise systems software that extend and support billions of mission-critical transactions daily for some of the world's largest organizations. Software AG's products and services leverage existing IT investments by connecting customers' legacy and packaged applications with the newest e-business processes and applications thereby enabling customers to access their information from the heart of the enterprise to the desktop. Contact Dan Webster for more info. |
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Starling Consulting is a full service information technology firm specializing in the design, development and installation of custom web, client/server, and mobile wireless applications. Since our beginning in 1982, we have provided superior enterprise computer systems, innovative software solutions, and expert network services while exceeding the quality, integrity, and service expectations of our clients in government, business, and education. Contact Greg Starling for more info. |
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Verizon is one of the world's leading providers of high-growth communications services. Verizon companies are the largest providers of wireline and wireless voice and communications services in the United States, and leading providers of data services. Verizon also is the world's largest provider of print and on-line directory information. Verizon has wireline and wireless operations in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and its global presence - including its directory businesses and FLAG, the world's longest undersea fiber-optic cable - extends to 40 countries. Contact Ken Simon for more info. |
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Xerox is a global company dedicated to providing solutions that simplify your work and make you more productive. Xerox offers products and services that can help your Department/Agency improve its business processes, lower costs, increase clock speed and share crucial knowledge. These products and services make it easy for you to turn paper information into digital information, and vice-versa; to view, organize and share information in the form of digital documents; to send documents on networks throughout the office or around the world; and to print, publish, and copy them onto paper. Contact John Rastetter for more info. |