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Next Leadership Summit
"Leading Agile Adoption" The APLN Fall Leadership Summit 18 October 2007 Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia This Summit was a huge success. Thanks to the Sponsors and the Richmond Local Chapter Organizing Committee! Our keynote speaker have made his slides available for you:
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Join us at the historic Jefferson Hotel. Opened in 1895, it is one of only 27 hotels to carry both the Mobil Five Star and the AAA Five Diamond ratings. The Jefferson is a member of both Preferred Hotels and Resorts Worldwide and Historic Hotels of America. Be sure to ask for the APLN Summit hotel rate discount when you reserve your room! The Richmond Region boasts more than 400 years of history including the second successful English settlement, the site of Patrick Henry's famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech and the former White House of the Confederacy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Morning Keynote: Niel Nickolaisen
CIO and Director of Strategic Planning, Headwaters, Inc. 
Niel Nickolaisen has held technology executive (CIO) and operations executive (COO) positions in large- and medium-sized enterprises, typically in turnaround roles. He is expert in the rapid/adaptive selection, implementation, and deployment of enterprise business applications, analysis tools, and systems. He has developed a strategic and tactical alignment model that results in significantly improved returns on technology and business initiatives (by both improving the benefits and reducing the costs and risks).
Named IT Executive of the Year at the 2004 Gartner Research Mid-Sized Enterprise Summit, writes for CIO Leaders Magazine and Cutter Consortium. This work provides the foundational theories and practices of the Institute for Collaborative Leadership co-founded by Nickolaisen. He has recently co-founded Accelinnova, a consortium of leadership consultants and thought leaders to assist companies in developing cultures of collaboration and innovation. Afternoon Keynote: Israel Gat Vice President, BMC’s Distributed System Management 
Israel Gat is the head of BMC’s Distributed System Management – a business unit that is 100% “Scrummed”.
His executive career has spanned some of the world’s top technology companies, including IBM, Digital, Microsoft, EMC and BMC.
Digital’s NetView, EMC’s Cellera, Microsoft’s MOM 2000 and the BMC Performance Manager are some of the products he brought to
market during his tenure with these companies. In addition to his experience with industry giants, Israel is also well versed
in growing smaller companies and has held advisory and venture capital positions for companies in new, high-growth markets.
Israel holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Sciences from the Israeli Institute of Technology and an MBA degree from Clark University. He lives in Austin, TX with his wife and thirteen year old son. > Sign Up Today! Click Here! Executive Panel: "What's Keeping You Up At Night?"We are pleased to announce our distinguished list of panelsits:
The SummitThe program, for novice to expert agile leaders who are interested in learning more, educates through a tutorial and experience track in parallel with discovery in think tank breakout sessions that build on each other as the day progresses. The one-day APLN Leadership Summit format provides:
> Join Us! Click here! For more information, contact Michele Madore, the APLN Fall Leadership Chair. Richmond Leadership Summit Committee
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