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itSMF South Florida

presents

2012 Kickoff Event

State of the IT Service Management Industry

Featuring Eveline Oehrlich, Forrester

with a special update about itSMF USA from

Robert Sterbens, itSMF USA Past President, Current Board Member

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 

8:30 AM – 11:45 AM
(Breakfast will be served)

 

Where:  
Signature Grand
6900 West SR 84, Davie, FL 33317

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So now that you and your company are on the First, Third, or maybe Sixth year of your IT Service Management and Continuous Process improvement initiatives – how are you doing?

What has changed in this industry? Where are we as an industry?

Please join us on Wednesday, April 4th 2012 as we share our current position of prominence - and promise - as IT Service Management professionals and as we continue our mission to connect, educate, and leverage the advancement of the Service Management principles.

With great new 2011 survey results from our National itSMF Board, and research results from our Forrester specialist, we will provide a fresh perspective on the State of the IT Service Management industry, and a hopeful outlook for ITSM professionals and their employees.

Featured Speaker: 

 

          Eveline Oehlich, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research 

Eveline Oehrlich is a principal analyst at Forrester Research, serving Infrastructure & Operations professionals. With more than 20 years of experience working with IT organizations in the definition and development of IT service delivery processes, her current research focuses on the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), the implementation of IT service management from a holistic or partial perspective, business service management (BSM), and many other aspects of IT operations. Eveline came to Forrester from Hewlett-Packard, where she served as director of competitive intelligence and value delivery chain program manager in the HP OpenView organization. She has a master’s degree in computer information systems from Colorado State University.

 

Eveline will be Followed by:

State of the itSMF USA, a chapter update by Robert Sterbens

itSMF USA Past President (2011)

This organizational update is a great way for you to learn more about the International organization that serves as an umbrella for IT Service Management professionals worldwide! Bob will update us on the activities of our National chapter and its plans for 2012. As immediate Past President, Bob still serves on the board, to provide advice and continuity to our current Chapter President, Doug Tedder.

 


 

itSMF USA's South Florida LIG thanks the vendors below for their financial support for this month's meeting: 

 

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itSMF South Florida News:
itSMF So. Fla. LIG supports Covenant House!
itSMF USA South Florida LIG donates 250 duffle bags to Covenant House!  Each year, Covenant House reaches hundreds of kids in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando via street outreach, crisis shelters, transitional housing projects, and aftercare, making Covenant House Florida one of the largest private agencies serving runaway and homeless youth in the state of Florida.  On behalf of the itSMF South Florida LIG Board, "we are thrilled that our group was able to participate and help such a wonderful cause".


 

 

itSMF USA South Florida LIG elections are now Complete!

Welcome the new 2011-2012 Board.

These are some of the most sought out Practitioners in South Florida, dedicating their time to increase ITIL awareness and bring to you the best quality ITIL related events and learning sessions that you can find in South Florida.

 

2011 - 2012 Leadership

Emron Goolcharran - President
Bayview Financial    

Glennys Farrell - Vice President
Mercantil Commercebank

Angela Polania - Administration
Elevate Consulting

Phyllis Drucker - Program Chair
Linium & co-founder SoDoIT.pro

Naresh Samlal - Membership Chair
N-ProIT 

Vijo Menon - Communication Chair
Broward Health

Sean Mahabir - Vendor Advisory Board Chair
C&L Group 

Paul Ostwick - Website Chair
IT Prophets, LLC 

Jamie Varasso - Events Chair
Consultis