Event
Tuesday April 28, 2009 — WiTT Meeting
Time: 4:30 pm - 6 pm
Topic: "Here and Now: How the USA can improve relevancy in the global IT market”
Speakers:
Ben Bryant
President of Cook Systems International
Jeff Brittain
Senior Vice-President of Client Services and the Executive Director of CollegeCareerCorps®
The need to attract young, sharp and talented I.T. professionals is becoming a growing concern for many companies. Yet enrollment in computer related majors throughout the country is down nearly 70% over the last nine years.
What is the future role of an IT professional in the US? What can colleges and universities do to prepare the workforce of the future? Why are young people not being attracted to I.T.? What can businesses do to help?
Cook Systems has been researching these issues for the last five years. Having partnered with 30 educational institutions across the nation, Cook Systems has developed an approach to return students to IT. Cook’s team will provide a more in-depth look into the “perfect storm” that will occur in the next few years as well as offer creative ideas that are being used to change this disturbing trend.
Please join us for this exciting, informative session that will help you learn more about these workforce issues and how you and your company can get involved now to start preparing for the future.
Mr. Ben Bryant:
Ben Bryant is currently President and an owner of Cook Systems International. Ben is a member of the University of Memphis Board of Visitors; Co-Chairman of the Information Technology committee, and a member of The University of Memphis Research Foundation Board. He is also on the Fogelman College of Business and Economics Advisory Board and its MIS Advisory Council. In 1999, he was a recipient of the University of Memphis Distinguished Alumni Award for Achievement. Ben also serves on the Board of Trustees of Christian Brothers University and the School of Business Dean's Advisory Board.
Previously, Ben dedicated himself to SCB Computer Technology, Inc. (founded as Seltmann, Cobb, and Bryant), where he worked to build the firm from a small, three-person operation in 1976 to a company comprised of over 1,200 in 2000. In 1998 SCB was named to Forbes’ list of the 200 Best Small Public Companies.
Mr. Jeff Brittain:
Jeff Brittain is the Senior Vice-President of Client Services and the Executive Director of the CollegeCareerCorps® at Cook Systems International where he is responsible for directing the delivery of services for over 200 professionals and for the oversight of Cook’s CollegeCareerCorps efforts across the nation. Jeff has 21 years of IT experience, including over 10 years with Accenture.
Mr. Brittain has served over 100 corporate and governmental entities in more than 40 states and 15 countries. Jeff has been a featured speaker for the Tennessee Department of Economic Development and a member of the Executive Board for the Memphis Technology Council. Jeff is currently the Chairman of the Computer Science Advisory Board at the University of Memphis.
Location: Take Care Health Systems, 205 Miller Springs Court, Franklin, TN 37064
Follow the signs to the “B”training room. Phone: 615-468-5500
Directions from: NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BNA)
1 Terminal Drive # 501, Nashville, TN 37214
To:
TCHS CORP OFFICE – FRANKLIN
205 Miller Springs Court, Franklin, TN 37064
T: 615-468-5500
Start out going SOUTH
Turn LEFT to take the DONELSON PIKE NORTH ramp toward I-40
Merge onto DONELSON PIKE
Merge onto I-40 W via the ramp on the LEFT toward KNOXVILLE
Keep LEFT to take I-24 E via EXIT 213A toward CHATTANOOGA/MEMPHIS I-440 W
Merge onto I-440 W via EXIT 53 toward MEMPHIS
Merge onto I-65 S via EXIT 5 toward HUNTSVILLE
Take the TN-96 exit, EXIT 65 toward FRANKLIN/MURFREESBORO
Turn RIGHT onto MURFREESBORO RD / TN-96
Turn LEFT onto S ROYAL OAKS BLVD
Turn LEFT onto CREEKSTONE BLVD
Turn RIGHT onto MILLER SPRINGS COURT
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