Presented by Incremax, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with core expertise in SharePoint, Business Intelligence/Custom Application Development and Unified Communications – all solutions that directly drive productivity and business results.
PROGRAM – 1 hr 15 min Webinar
This webinar puts it all together illustrating how to measure productivity in terms of manpower savings versus project costs; followed by a specific business case for each core area of SharePoint that will show you what “SharePoint all the way to bright” can mean for your business. In these short annotated presentation slides of actual SharePoint implementations and client projects, learn how project investment decisions were made to take “out of the box SharePoint functions” and transform them into solutions that deliver real business results --- by specific job function, whether the user is your own staff, client or business partner.
What you will learn and hear from a former Gartner and Sr. IT Executive as well as SharePoint implementation Sr. IT Managers is:
- How do you quantify SharePoint project productivity and return on investment in both $ and time – John Polo, former Gartner and Kraft Foods SVP/Sr. IT Executive worldwide – an Excel Spreadsheet on determining project ROI will be provided
- What our chosen business cases by key component areas of SharePoint are intended to show you, and how they are all applicable to every SharePoint installation – Kerry Gerontianos, President, Incremax
- Workflow Productivity/Collaboration – combining key functions in SharePoint that streamline business activity and information flow; the business productivity and collaboration “top 5+” user templates and why – Sang Shin
- Portal Management – role-based access to information, key applications and productivity tools that optimize a specific user, project group, division, enterprise job function and responsibilities - Kerry Gerontianos
- Enterprise Search – business and relevance-driven search from multiple sources; unifying the ease of search with the analytical power of business intelligence – BA-Insight
- Performance Management – Enterprise and operational analytics, interactive and visual dashboards delivered in SharePoint Portals; the glue between information analysis, productivity and collaboration – Marcelo Sant’Anna, President, Advus
- Training – Adoption and integration, moving beyond implementation – overview of the types of SharePoint related training needed to move from technical training to introducing users to new ways of getting their job done – Robert Kratzke, SharePoint Training Specialist, NetCom
This webinar will be of particular interest to Architects, Business Managers, owners of SharePoint that have yet to fully utilize its power, or those looking to understand why is this Microsoft tool so powerful in improving productivity, collaboration, information flow – business process improvement allowing companies to seize opportunity and avoid risk.
When? – Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Where? – Microsoft Live Meeting Contact Details will be sent prior to the event
REGISTER NOW: Wednesday May 20
Immediate Need? – Incremax Client Engagement Executives can be contacted directly to address any questions on this topic, or any project consultation. Call Sang Shin, sang.shin@incremax.com 917.859.3421.
OUR SPONSORS
Sponsored by Melillo Consulting (Premier Infrastructure Hardware/Software Provider/Consultancy), Netcom (Largest Microsoft IT Certified Professional Training Company), Advus (Advanced Corporate Performance Management Dashboard and Business Process Management Company), BA-Insight (Advanced Search Solutions), along with Microsoft.
SPEAKER BIOS
Kerry Gerontianos – President & CEO, Incremax
Kerry leads the Professional Services staff at Incremax which includes practice areas in Information Worker/Collaboration, Advanced Infrastructure and Business Intelligence/Custom Development. He is a leader in consulting services with 25+ years of experience in financial services, including expertise in providing hedge fund management firms business-focused IT solutions. Incremax, under Kerry’s leadership has grown to a Microsoft Managed & Gold Certified Partner, a distinction for only a handful of partners in the greater NYC area, focused on Fortune 500 and middle-market clients. Prior to starting Incremax in 1993, Kerry was with Citibank and Morgan Guarantee. He holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Binghamton University.
Rahul Agrwal - Practice Director for SharePoint, Custom Business Solutions & BI, Incremax
Rahul is the Sr. Application Architect and Practice Team Leader for SharePoint and all custom software development projects at Incremax. With 10+ years design, programming, outsourcing and project leadership expertise driving Microsoft technologies, Rahul address both the business and technology requirements for all facets of Microsoft SharePoint including custom development. Seasoned in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle, Rahul is constantly handling multiple projects, multiple clients, demanding requirements and timelines. His key clients include Estee Lauder, Sloan Kettering, Westcom, KPMG, Bear Sterns, Thomson Financial, Principaled Capital Management, New York Road Runners, all requiring excellent technical and business savvy. Rahul holds a Masters Degree in Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Sang Shin - VP, Client Engagement Executive, Incremax
Sang has worked in Professional Services for 15 years as both Managing Consultant and Sales Executive. As Managing Consultant, Sang worked with a national firm responsible for over 40 consultants in the New York / Connecticut territories. His experience includes developing project management and business analysis practice areas for various firms. As Sales and Engagement Executive Sang has been instrumental in bringing together multiple product repeatable solutions like Microsoft, Cisco and value-added products to create high-value client solutions.
John Polo - Principal, Business Strategy / Company Advisor, Incremax - Advus
John is Senior IT and Business Executive with 25+ years leading companies such as Kraft Foods North America, Perkin-Elmer worldwide, Gartner and its clients worldwide, in the use of technology to drive business results. He is a widely recognized for work in the area of business/IT metrics and IT governance to help companies understand how technology can be used to grow revenue, manage risk, control costs and build highly flexible workforces. John has the unique perspective of the CxO and Gartner worldwide analyst. He is President of Strategic Directives, www.strategicdirectives.com and currently works with investor-led product companies to fund and launch start-ups worldwide – many integrate or leverage the Microsoft product set. John holds an Associate’s of Science Degree in Computer Science from Norwalk State Technical College and a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Business & Communications from the University of Connecticut.
Marcelo Sant’Anna, President & Principal/Advanced Analytics, Metrics, Visual Dashboards - Advus
Marcelo is the President of Advus, a business consultancy focused on helping global companies transform core business functions through the use of Advanced Analytics, Metrics, Visualization and Software Innovation. Over 18 years, Marcelo and Advus have developed a well-proven approach to business problem solving that offers agility and efficiency through the application of quantitative methods to business management. Marcelo will cover the topic of Corporate Performance Management which encompasses Operational Excellence and Risk Management as presented in the form of highly interactive visual dashboards delivered in the SharePoint and Web 2.0 environment. Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio, Brazil; Doctorate of Science in Software Engineering with Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio, Brazil; Post-graduate Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management (Executive Economics).
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About Incremax
Incremax is a business-focused technology consultancy that excels at delivering incremental asset value from technology investments. With Practice Areas leveraging Microsoft Solutions in Information Productivity/Collaboration, Advanced Infrastructure and Custom Development/ Business Intelligence, we have the breadth and expertise to build a people-ready business to cut costs, win customers, and create new innovative business opportunities.
Incremax is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Managed Partner that has been helping Fortune 500 and middle-market clients gain a timely and competitive advantage since 1993. For more information go to www.incremax.com.
About Melillo Consulting
Melillo Consulting is a business and technology systems integrator providing end-to-end solutions that ensure business integrity for enterprise-level customers. From design through deployment, Melillo teams with customers to align their business and IT objectives, and architects and implements the corresponding IT solutions addressing computing infrastructure, business continuity, enterprise management, and security.
For more information, contact Melillo at 1-800-TEAM-MJM or visit www.mjm.com
About Netcom
NetCom Information Technology, headquartered in New York City's Empire State Building, is one of the top technology training centers in North America. NetCom provides authorized training solutions from industry leaders like Adobe, Autodesk, Check Point, Cisco, Citrix, CompTIA, EC-Council, IBM, INTEL, ITIL, Microsoft, Oracle, PMI, Linux, SOX and more. Recently honored as Microsoft's 2007 Learning Solutions Partner of the Year, NetCom is an authorized testing center for Sylvan Prometric and VUE. We are a NY & NJ Workforce Training Provider and a Licensed School registered with the New York State Department of Education.
For more information, visit www.netcominfo.com.
About Advus
Advus is a strategic consulting company that specializes in the delivery of Corporate Performance Management (CPM) and Business Process Management (BPM) solutions that improve visibility to key operational information, and lead to more agile business processes required in every core business function, and across the whole enterprise.
By combining knowledge of Microsoft products, information management, defining key performance indicators that expose profit opportunity while managing risk, and the use of advanced visualization technology, we create powerful interactive visual solutions (Performance-Watch™ Visual BI Dashboards) that positively and productivity change the way executives, staff and customers create a sustainable competitive advantage. For more information, go to www.advus.com
About BA-Insight
BA-Insight is the leading enterprise information access company, unifying the ease of search with the analytical power of business intelligence. BA-Insight’s premier product, Longitude, helps people quickly find and analyze relevant information across the entire enterprise independently of format or location. Leading global firms like British American Tobacco, Bechtel Engineering, General Dynamics, and Time Warner rely on BA-Insight products to deliver actionable insight to their staff.
For more information call +1 914.220.8395 or visit www.ba-insight.net