Nashville Technology Council

Technology Nashville 2011 •May 4th at the Nashville Convention Center

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Harry Jacobson, Founder, Tri-Star Technology Ventures

Dr. Jacobson is Chairman of MedCare Investment Funds and is a Principal in TriStar Technology Ventures,
a TNInvestco fund investing in early-stage health care opportunities. He is also a founder and managing
partner of the Health Care Investment Group.
Read full bio here.

Dr. John Doulis, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University

Dr. John Doulis assumed the role of Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Chief Operations Officer
of the Informatics Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in October 2005.  In this role, he is the
single point of focus for the Informatics Center’s efforts to provide the most effective information technology
infrastructure to meet the needs of the diverse operating units that make up the medical center, including the
information systems, software engineering, technological integration and network services.  The scope of
this infrastructure encompasses Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s education, research, and health
care missions.

Read full bio here.

Tod Fetherling, President & CEO, Nashville Technology Council

Katie Roney-Thomas, Community Health Systems

Brian J. Callaghan, CEO, Apex

Marcus Whitney, CTO/Co-Founder, Moontoast

Hunter Williams, Senior Vice President, Strategic Development/Distribution and
Research Operations, SESAC

BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

Hiring and Managing Millenials

Brian Callaghan, Founder and Co-CEO, Apex Systems (Moderator)
Katie Roney-Thomas, IS Human Capital Manager, Community Health Systems (Moderator)
Rachelle Holloman, Belmont University (Moderator)
Matt Lowney, Recruiting Manager, DaVita (Panelist)
Tori Lennon, Healthways (Panelist)

Choosing the Right Platform for Your Business: Security, Scalability, and Interoperability

Kate O’Neill, Founder & CEO, [meta] marketer (Moderator)
Michael Rhoden, Franklin American Mortgage Company (Panelist)
Brian Dailey, Founder, Realm 3 (Panelist)
Chris McPherson, Firefly Logic (Panelist)
Rick Bradley, OG Consulting (Panelist)

Strategic Role of Technology in the C-Suite

Bob Chaput, CEO, Clearwater Compliance (Moderator)
David Houghton, CIO, Advocat (Panelist)
April Marbury, CIO, Take Care (Panelist)
Jeff Fields, CIO, Magazines.com (Panelist)
John Kepley, CEO, Teknetex (Panelist)

The Nashville Post launched their latest edition of In Charge at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center with a large showing of Nashville’s business leaders.  The Technology In Charge list included the following:

• David Black, President & CEO, Aegis Sciences
• Michael Burcham, President & CEO, Nashville Entrepreneur Center
• Ray Capp, Founder & Chairman, ConduIT *
• Bret Comolli, Chairman, Asurion
• David Condra, Chairman & CEO, Dalcon Communication Systems*
• Bruce Doeg, Baker Donelson
• Cliff Duffey, President & CEO, Cybera
• J. Tod Fetherling, President & CEO, Nashville Technology Council
• Darrell Freeman, Founder & Chairman, Zycron
• Bill Grana, President & CEO, Pure Safety
• Paul Griffin, Founder & CEO, Griffin Technology
• David Klements, President & CEO, Qualifacts Systems
• George Lazenby, CEO, Emdeon
• Mark Montgomery, Co-Founder, Echo Music, Claritas Capital
• Gregg Morton, President, ATT Tennessee
• Mark J. Patterson, Managing Partner, Waddey & Patterson
• Linda Rebrovick, CEO, Consensus Point
• Chris Sloan, Shareholder, Baker Donelson+
• Clint Smith, Founding Partner, EMMA
• Will Weaver, Founding Partner, EMMA
• Tom Stephenson, President & CEO, Healthcare Management Systems
• Curt Thorne, President & CEO, MedSolutions
• Jack Waddey, Co-Founder & Senior Attorney
• Marcus Whitney, CTO, Moontoast
• Noel Williams, SVP & CIO, HCA
• Gary Zegiestowsky, CEO, Informatics Corp. of America

Other notables from Techville who were included in other categories:

• Bobby Frist, CEO,HealthStream
  
• David Bohan, Chairman & CEO, Bohan Advertising
• Herb Fritch, Chairman & CEO, HealthSpring
• Larson Douglas Hudson, Chairman & CEO, Simplex Healthcare
• Ralph Shultz, President & CEO, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
• Janet Miller, Chief Economic Development & Marketing Officer
• Mayor Karl Dean, Metro Nashville Government
• Jesse Register, Superintendent, MNPS
• Randy Lowry, President, Lipscomb University
• Bob Fisher, President, Belmont University
• Mike Shmerling, Chairman & CEO, Xebec Management
• Townes Duncan, Managing Partner, Solidus
• Ron Samuels, Chairman, President & CEO, Avenue Bank
• Dave Ramsey, Radio/TV/Author
• Rob McCabe, Chairman, Pinnacle Financial Partners
• Clayton McWhorter, Founder & Chairman, Clayton & Associates
• Stuart McWhorter, Managing Director, Clayton & Associates
• Sid Chambliss, Executive Director, Nashville Capital Network
• Joe Cook, Principal, Mountain Group Capital
• Vic Alexander, Chief Manager, Kraft CPAs
• Wayne Smith, Chairman, President & CEO, Community Health Systems
• David Vandewater, President & CEO, Ardent Health Services
• Leigh Walton, Member, Bass Berry Sims
• Chris Ferrell, CEO, SouthComm
• Tim Dubois, VP & Managing Executive, ASCAP
• Pat Collins, President & CEO, SESAC
• Jody Williams, VP, Writer Publisher Relations, BMI
• Ellen Lehman, Founder & President, CFMT
• Bert Mathews, President, Mathews Company
• Bob Bernstein, Founder & Owner, Bongo Java
• Tom Cigarran, Chairman, Nashville Predators, Chairman Healthways
• James Wright, Chairman & CEO, Tractor Supply
• David Ingram, Chairman & President, Ingram Entertainment

*Indicates Past President of Nashville Technology Council
+Indicates Incoming Chair, Board of Directors, Nashville Technology Council
Indicates Current Member, Nashville Technology Council

The Nashville Technology Council today announced the release of its Q1 2011 Technology Hiring Trends Report.  In partnership with Vaco Technology, the report was created to provide insights into the needs of the Middle Tennessee’s technology job sector and show the growth of what has become a pivotal portion of the local and regional economy.

Research concludes that over 925 technology related jobs are available in the Middle Tennessee area.  The report was generated from public job postings from large job portals (i.e. CareerBuilder, Monster, etc.), specialty technology sites (i.e. Dice), and local employer sites.  The total number of open positions was down 13% from Q4 results in Middle Tennessee.

“Vaco Technology continues to see a high demand for technology talent in Middle Tennessee” said Jerry Bostelman, Founder of Vaco.  “Technology consultant job placements are up 108% over this time last year and our permanent placements for 2011 are up 71%.  This is great news for the local economy and demonstrates the strength of our business community and our local technology talent.”

The highest number of openings came from enterprise health care technology companies: Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Community Health Systems (CHS), Vanderbilt, and Deloitte. Core industries that are offering the majority of technical jobs in Middle Tennessee are government, healthcare, startups, and professional services.

The most prevalent technology position title advertised this quarter is .Net Developer.  Analyst positions were rebounded to Q3 2010 levels, but management positions experienced a decrease this quarter.  In addition to job openings, the report also illustrates programming languages that are required in the today’s tech industry.  .Net is still the greatest programming need in the Middle Tennessee area, with Java positions being a close second.  Open Source technologies fall just behind these skill sets.

J.Tod Fetherling, President and CEO of Nashville Technology Council, commented, “Local efforts are beginning to pay dividends as we increase the total number of tech students in college and high school and re-train displaced workers from other industries.”

To view the full report, click here.

While PPACA (federal health reform), the HITECH Act and Stage 1 and 2 criteria of the meaningful use program are advancing the integration of healthcare technology, global healthcare reform is being driven by the healthcare companies utilizing technology and the companies investing in and developing those technologies.

Join us as executives of public and emerging HIT companies and venture capitalists discuss how they are responding in the wake of healthcare reform, how innovators are taking the costs out of the system, the way they are using technology to solve business issues, where investment dollars are going, expectations with respect to HIT service providers, and what the future of HIT holds for Tennessee business.

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What do March Madness and the Mayor of Techville have in common? You can’t win without the other.  That’s right, this year, the Mayor of Techville will be decided on the hard court.  On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, we will gather at the Flyer Saucer with all of our laptops, iPads, and smart phones to fill out our brackets.  It is winner takes all.  Bragging rights for the next year.  John Anderson of XO has served as Mayor this past year and is running for re-election.  The contest is open to everyone in Techville, so please get ready.  Who will be the Mayor of Techville?

Register Here, It’s Free!

We would like to thank Apex Systems for sponsoring this event.

As Mayor of Techville, you will win the following package:

1. Free upgrade on the Techville map
2. Picture on the NTC Website and in the NTC Membership Newsletter

A recent blog post by Ray Wang in the Harvard Business Review had an interesting article about the four personas of the next-generation CIO.  How will the next generation of leaders manage and govern the IT department?

In the article, Wang discusses four attributes and budget assumptions for the CIO.

1. Chief “Infrastructure” Officers focus on cost reduction, and account for 65% to 70% of the overall IT budget. Most of this CIO persona’s projects prioritize keeping the lights on and managing legacy environments. Disruptive technologies such as virtualization and cloud will play a key role in cost reduction. These infrastructure officers tend to focus on the technology side and internal-facing activities.

2. Chief “Integration” Officers connect internal and external ecosystems. With 5% to 10% of the overall budget, this CEO persona must bring together a hodge-podge of business processes, data, systems, and connection points with legacy systems and newer cloud-based approaches. Projects touch external systems and often address post-merger integration environments. These integrators tend to focus on the technology side and both internal and external activities.

3. Chief “Intelligence” Officers empower the business with actionable insights. Representing between 10% and 15% of the overall budget, this CIO persona must improve business-user access to information. A key theme includes placing the right data to the right person at the right time on the right interface. These intelligence officers tend to focus on the business side and internal facing activities.

4. Chief “Innovation” Officers identify disruptive technologies for pilot projects. Investing 5% to 10% of the overall budget, this CIO persona must drive innovation on a shoestring. Typically from business backgrounds, these leaders move fast, fail fast, and move on. They tend to focus on the business side and external activities.

I think this could also be viewed as the CIO and CTO.  In most organizations, the CIO has responsibility for Infrastructure and Integration.  The CTO will focus on Intelligence and Innovation.  Are we driving to four leaders in IT?

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/03/the_four_personas_of_the_next-.html

MNPS and T3 Initiative of Nashville Technology Council Brings Region Together

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 4, 2011) – FirstCamp 2011 will be held today Friday, March 4, 2011 from 9:00AM – 1:00 PM at the Martin Professional Development Center.  The event is free and open to high school students in the Middle Tennessee area who are interested in technology.  Schools from Davidson, Williamson, and Rutherford will be in attendance.

FirstCamp 2011 is an education “unconference” designed to engage high school students with the technology community by allowing them to present and discuss their ideas. In addition, we will bring thought leaders from the community to help guide and develop their ideas. The event has tripled since the inaugural year and will host nearly 300 students in its second year.

“This event demonstrates our successful partnership with businesses and non-profits to create transformational strategies in Information Technology and Data at MNPS.” said John Williams, Vice President, Technology, Metro Nashville Public Schools.  “In 2011, we will continue to grow our relationship with students as partners through technology events like FirstCamp.”

There will be three tracks for high schools students to present their ideas:

1. Business/Technology
2. Coding/Mobile/Application Development
3. Design/Animation

“We must have an active and engaged pipeline of high school students and college graduates to meet the current and future workforce demands for technology workers,” said J. Tod Fetherling, President/CEO for the Nashville Technology Council.  “The Nashville technology industry has over 1,000 open positions with 56% higher than the average salaries.”

Martin Center
2400 Fairfax Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212
For more information, visit http://www.firstcamp.net

This week is all about thought leadership.  Yesterday, we were fortunate to watch many segments from the TED2011 live in Nashville.  Another first.  Great speakers and really thought provoking ideas were presented.

On Friday, we will hold the second FirstCamp, which will serve to introduce High School students across the region to technology.  We have students at the high school and college level speaking this year.  We are combining the student presentations with young tech leaders from our community who are doing outstanding creative and technical work in their own right.

If you have ideas about how you can help increase the thought leadership in our community, let us know.