Board member Ted Prodromou delivers a presentation on Twitter at our June meeting.

Looking for a web designer

Our webmaster, Judy Bell is ready to pass the baton after her many years of volunteer service for SofTECH. Though I never met Judy, I have virtually conversed with her on a monthly basis since my involvement with SofTECH a couple of years ago. Her  professionalism, willingness to share her knowledge and lightning quick turnaround of site updates has been instrumental to our success. Thank you, Judy! JBell Designs

Are you interested in helping us give SofTECH a makeover? Our site is hosted by ClubExpress so the ideal person would be someone with html knowledge and design skills who could work within the contraints of the sytem and develop a consistant look and feel for meeting pages, announcements, emails, etc. If you're interested please contact John Melendez.

Our newest board member

I am pleased to welcome longtime SofTECH member, Bruce Marinace, to the SofTECH board as Director of Corporate Sponsorship. Bruce is an independent computer consultant with over 20 years of Information Technology and project management experience. He has worked at leading high-tech companies including Intel, 3Com, Hewlett-Packard, SGI, Lucent Technologies, Entex Information Services, Sprint-Paranet, Montgomery Asset Management as well as a number of startups such as Intuit, Healtheon/WebMD, Click2Send, and Respond.com. Bruce is recognized for developing enterprise-wide complex IT projects for new and established companies. He offers technology-based solutions in the areas of business development, financial operations, and organizational improvement. He has held a number of positions as Project Manager, Systems Consultant, and Business Development. Bruce earned a Bachelors degree in Business Management from Golden Gate University and an Associates degree in Computer Science Programming from Ohlone College.

That's all for now, hope to see you at our next meeting!

John Robert Melendez

SofTECH President

COMING UP

 

The Team Effectiveness “Learning Lab”
An interactive exploration of what drives teams crazy (and what to do about it)

 

May 22, 2013 6:30 pm - 8:45 pm

San Rafael Corporate Center, 750 Lindaro Street San Rafael

 

Register Now 

 

Every team has the capability to achieve extraordinary performance results.
So why do so few ever realize this potential? We know why.

 

An engaging introduction to some of the fundamental challenges associated with how teams make decisions and how they can be overcome. We’ll examine your brain through the lens of neuroscience research to understand its strengths and limitations, then relate it back to specific challenges pertaining to creativity, roles, change, team processes and trust. Instead of a lecture format, we’ll use an experiential “learning lab” approach, allowing you to test some of these theories out for yourself using interactive activities. We’ll wrap up with a creative debrief discussion to synthesize the “Ah-Ha” moments into specific actions to start working on TODAY.

 

Workshop will cover…

• Key insights from “Your Brain at Work” by David Rock
• Group decision making choices and challenges
• Interactive exercises to experience how you actually think under pressure
• Suggestions for transforming your team’s performance effectiveness

 

Jeff Richardson

www.empoweredalliances.com

 

Jeff Richardson has 16 years of experience developing project leaders at Fortune 50 companies, high-tech startups and global universities. Jeff’s engineering and OD background combined with an expertise using experiential teambuiding activities makes his programs highly engaging and technically relevant.

 

As an educator, Jeff was one of the lead designers for Stanford’s Advanced Project Management Program, in addition to designing/teaching project leadership programs at San Jose State and UC Santa Cruz – Extension. Jeff wrote the book on project team startup at a Fortune 50 company in addition to consulting with hundreds of technical teams and teaching leadership skills for project managers at companies like Cisco, Intuit, Texas Instruments, the City of San Jose and Santa Clara County to name a few.

 

Mr. Richardson has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MS in OD & Change Management             

 

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SofTECH is a non-profit trade organization committed to fostering communication and cooperation for business and technology professionals in Northern California's Marin and Sonoma counties. Its goal is to identify and showcase technology leaders and support the technology user community.