http://www.mesda.com/ac2006/index.aspx The MESDA Annual Conference is Northern New England's premier networking and educational event. MESDA delivers the companies, people, technology and relationships that you need to stay on the leading edge of the IT industry. Please enjoy this podcast, and if you like be sure to join us next year! www.mesda.com jeremy@myvirtualwebstaff.com (jeremy@myvirtualwebstaff.com) en-us Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:49:57 GMT AudioAcrobat RSS Feeder 1.25 Technology 1440 http://jeremyrain.audioacrobat.com/albumart/1007.1489002553.jpg http://www.mesda.com/ac2006/index.aspx 50f4a0eb-94e5-bc2b-0ebd-693e970ae43a
Most recently, Eric led the Semantic Web Initiative for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at MIT. During his work at the W3C, Eric's responsibilities included the architectural and technical leadership in the design and evolution of the Semantic Web. Responsibilities also included working with W3C members to develop global Web standards and conventions that support Semantic Web requirements and to establish liaisons with other technical standards bodies and related industries to ensure compliance with existing Semantic Web standards and collect requirements for future W3C work in this area.

Before joining the W3C, Eric was a Senior Research Scientist at OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. in Dublin, Ohio and the co-founder and Associate Director of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, an open forum engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models.

Eric holds a Research Scientist position at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory where he is a Principal Investigator on the MIT SIMILE project focused on developing robust, open source tools based on Semantic Web technologies that improve access, management and reuse among digital resources.

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SPEAKER:
Chris Bowen, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft's Northeast district
An experienced software architect and engineer, he has held senior positions at companies such as Monster.com, VistaPrint, Staples, and IDX Systems and consulted on web presence and eCommerce projects with others. He specializes in building highly-scalable transactional web systems and creating robust domain-specific frameworks. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Management Information Systems, both from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.]]> Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:50:17 GMT 8df90b7b-e72a-a2ab-3aa3-8900b70bc2e5 Greenpages is an innovative technology service provider and value-added reseller of computing equipment and software based in Kittery, Maine. Its business model relies on extensive use of B2B services. Greenpages integrated a wide range of technologies and developed its own suite of web services offering customers numerous integration points for procurement, accounting, asset tracking, and lifecycle management tasks.

Innovation in a very early stage start up - Foneshow
Foneshow is a two person early stage start up in the mobile media distribution space. Erik will talk about Foneshow and innovation at the very early stage: how to keep an innovative culture as a team grows and adds processes and procedures.

Innovation; sounds good to ME
There's no accounting for taste, but it can be harnessed! Goombah, a dynamic online music recommendation community, connects musicians and audiences in ways that previously happened only by chance or mass-media blitz. This is Web 2.0 on its way to Web 3.0 and it is happening right here in Maine.

SPEAKERS:
Jeff Norris, Partner, Me3 Technology Consultants - GreenPages
Jeff has been poking and prodding data for over fifteen years, and has never met a database he didn't love to hate, with the possible exception of FoxBase (early high-performance knock-off of dBase and predecessor of FoxPro) which he keeps parked in his garage, buffs and polishes regularly, and only takes for drives on perfect summer afternoons.

Erik Schwartz, Co-founder, FoneShow LLC
Erik spent 15 years in Silicon Valley at the bleeding edge of the convergence of entertainment and technology. In the late '80s he was an independent developer of interactive videodiscs and CD-roms. In the early '90s he was employee number 7 at ICTV, a pioneer in interactive television. He was the product manager for the deployment of one of the first video on demand systems that ran on Cox Cable's Omaha, Nebraska system. In early 1997 he went to Yahoo! Inc. where he created the entertainment group. In that role he managed the team that built Yahoo! Movies, Yahoo! TV, Yahoo! Music and Yahoo! Entertainment. Erik personally drove and managed the development of Yahoo! Games, the leading online casual games site.

In 2004 Erik and his family moved to Maine, ostensibly to retire. Retirement lasted until summer 2006 when Erik and a friend founded Foneshow. Erik lives in Bath with his wife and two daughters (although at times it seems like he lives on JetBlue's JFK-PWM flights).

Bob Swerdlow, VP of Engineering, Goombah
Bob Swerdlow is Chief Architect and one of five founders of Emergent Music LLC, a two-year-old Maine high-tech startup. He has been involved in a wide range of markets and products, including programming languages, office applications, language translation, and collaborative filtering systems. Special interests include human factors, system architecture, and software reliability. After moving from Boston to Maine in the late 1980's, Bob is encouraged by the continuing growth of Maine's high-tech industries.]]> Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:02:02 GMT 3a9cd6ae-9676-f49c-5e4a-985e4ce8de4f
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Bob Familiar, Architect Evangelist for Microsoft's Northeast district.
He has been working in the software industry for 22 years, the past 11 with Microsoft. Bob' passion is in object oriented analysis and design, distributed computing, service orientation and user experience. He also holds a patent on Object Relational Design.]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:59:08 GMT 3f96dd3a-7fca-03bc-5863-636a17492a0d
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John McGrath, Founder, Squirl
John McGrath founded the Portland-based cataloging tool and a social platform Squirl in January of 2006, after he was given a collection of 3,000 vintage 45rpm records and couldn't find a place to catalog them online. He seized the opportunity to create such a place—and figured there was probably other pent-up demand for such a product. He and business partner Steve de Brun immediately began working together on the idea, expanding it to encompass other things that can be collected, like books, stamps, coins, wine, action figures, autographs, antiques, sports cards, toys and more. After a brief career as a journalist, John moved over to building web sites in 1996. He's worked as a developer for Columbia University, Starmedia Networks, Vignette, Dow Jones, and most recently the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Tim Spaulding, Founder, LibraryThing, a social cataloging and social networking site for bibliophiles.
LibraryThing began in August 2005 as a fun side-project; it has grown rapidly since then, to nearly 90,000 users, who have cataloged more than 6.4 million books. Before LibraryThing, Tim was a graduate student in Greek and Latin, and worked for Houghton Miflin and as a freelance web developer and web publisher. He grew up in Cambridge, MA. LibraryThing is located in Portland. Tim was recently named by MaineBiz as one of "Ten people shaping the future of Maine's economy." LibraryThing has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, PC Magazine, PC World, and more.]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:53:35 GMT 6f545afa-cae0-7975-2a39-6f29401feb23
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Beth Loring, Director, Bentley Design and Usability Center
Beth Loring has 20 years of experience consulting on product design and usability, with expertise in the areas of user needs assessment, user interface design, usability evaluation methods, and ergonomics. She has both designed and evaluated consumer products, web sites, software applications, and medical devices. Beth has also been a visiting faculty member in Bentley's Information Design and Corporate Communications department since 2001. Before joining Bentley, Beth was a Principal Research Scientist at the American Institutes for Research, and before that she spent five years as the human factors team leader at IDEO Product Development in Boston. Beth holds an M.S. in Engineering Design from Tufts University and is a Certified Human Factors Professional. She has published extensively on usability and is co-author of a case study in "Understanding Your Users: A Practical Guide to User Requirements" (Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2005). She has received design awards from IDEA/Business Week and ID Magazine. Beth is past chair of both the New England Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Greater Boston SIGCHI.

Gessica Silverman, Senior Consultant, User Experience: Molecular
For nearly a decade, Gessica has developed and contributed her expertise in user experience strategy, information architecture and user information design. Within these fields, she specializes in the niche areas of interaction design for consumer and b2b web sites and web-based applications; in particular she yields a deep knowledge of rich internet applications and guided selling as it relates to the customer experience and the user dialog. She has provided this unique insight to countless projects for renowned brand name companies in the retail, healthcare, and financial services industries. During her tenure with Molecular, Gessica has led many high-profile Web projects and contributed her expertise to many prominent companies including PerkinElmer, Fidelity, Boston.com and Polymedica.]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:45:37 GMT a2a54017-ffa3-55a1-6b86-d672c8416cce
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Steve Krug, Advanced Common Sense - Author, Don't Make Me Think
After a decade writing computer manuals, in 1989 Steve Krug moved up the food chain to usability testing and interface design so he could fix the problems instead of explaining them. Since then, he's evaluated and improved interfaces for a wide variety of clients, primarily in online services and the Web, including Apple, AOL, Netscape, the late, lamented Excite@Home, BarnesandNoble.com, Lexus.com, and Circle.com (originally Interactive Bureau). His consulting firm, Advanced Common Sense ("just me and a few well-placed mirrors") is based in Chestnut Hill, MA.He currently spends most of his time reviewing existing sites and new designs, conducting usability workshops, and helping clients resolve thorny interface problems. His book, "Don't Make Me Think," has sold over 150,000 copies.]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:41:58 GMT ad29e86e-8c81-2f21-3d54-1d31985beff8
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Tim O’Connor, Senior Staffing Research Specialist, UnumProvident
Prior to joining UnumProvident Tim worked as a Corporate Recruiter at Sovereign Bank in Boston Metro for three years and as a Contract Recruiter for Citizens Bank for the previous two years. Tim got his start in Recruiting in 1999 at Robert Half in Downtown Boston. Tim uses modern recruiting technique, such as Linkedin, Google, Yahoo, and Live to network with and recruit passive talent in the marketplace. He has earned both his (CIR) Certified Internet Recruiter and a (CDR) Certified Diversity Recruiter. Tim and his family currently reside in Steep Falls, ME.]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:57:02 GMT 8e245a14-373a-2ad7-8a88-a2a7ed6d6e7a
Innovation also means being at the forefront of the ever changing compliance landscape – both legally and technologically. Jon Stanley will discuss Legal and Regulatory Trends in Information Security and Their Impact on Business and Technology.

SPEAKERS:
Pauline Huntington, IT Systems Manager, Historic MapWorks
She has over 8 years of experience in large-scale web development, database management, and programming. Mrs. Huntington studied graphic design at Portland School of Art (now MECA), and formerly served in the capacity of Automated Litigation Support for the United States Department of Justice. Pauline is now in her senior year at Southern Maine Community College majoring in Computer Technology, and is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society where she has been seated as the Vice President of Scholarship for the Alpha Chi Nu chapter.

Jon Stanley, PA, Law Office of Jon Stanley
Jon Stanley is a graduate of University of Maine Law School as well as a graduate of the Strathclyde Law School, UK, where he received a Masters of Law in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law. His Masters Dissertation was on civil remedies and the United States Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. His practice focus includes, among other areas: regulatory concerns for business entities, information security, privacy, cybercrime, cyberspace insurance, and intellectual property issues. Mr. Stanley recently completed a project for the Japanese Government examining the potential liability issues raised by downstream viruses, and information security system breakdowns. He has also been hired as Director of InfoTech Legal Research for a California company, eLCHEMY. He has spoken numerous times at the American Bar Association Annual Meeting, the Maine Bar Association Annual Meeting, the Computer Security Institute Annual Conference, and the RSA Annual Conference. Mr. Stanley is a resident of Cape Elizabeth.]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:53:10 GMT 08e3dd48-c7bd-63fe-1e9d-bbc3cc6653d1
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Todd Dewitt, Chief Technology Officer, Oxford Networks
Mr. DeWitt started with Oxford Networks in the spring of 1999 as Manager of their ISP Network. In 2001 it became clear that the strategy for Oxford Networks would not be that of the traditional ILEC. Oxford Networks would need to expand it's serving territory, develop a better broadband product, and offer Cable TV services. Mr. DeWitt was then named Chief Technology Officer and tasked with finding the technology to make this strategy happen.

In 2003, Oxford Networks delivered on this strategy in the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine with a “pure IP”, Fiber-to-the-Premise Network. These cities, traditionally served by Verizon and Adelphia, now have the option of a true “triple play” service provided end-to-end by a local company.

Mr. DeWitt continues researching product improvements and newer technology to keep Oxford Networks at the forefront.]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:47:50 GMT ea05cea2-12f1-fada-561a-f6dcbc3a1dbc
* MySpace: a “Virtual Community”
* Myspace Profiles what are they?
* Other Social Networking Websites
* The ease of joining virtual communities

We’ll discuss activities of the Maine Computer Crimes Task Force and investigate some of the ramifications of joining networking sites. SPEAKER:
Inez Dudley, Detective, Maine Computer Crime Task Force
Det. Dudley is a 21 year veteran of law enforcement. She is has been involved with the Maine Computer Crimes Unit since its inception in 1999.

Dudley received her training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia, International Association of Computer Examiner’s in Fla and training in automated forensic tools Encase and Access Data.

Dudley is currently an investigator with the Office of the Attorney General and Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit.]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:42:55 GMT cf2656ea-a956-163c-12d1-47e3ceb22458
SPEAKER:
David Jacquet - Owner/Network Engineer
http://www.rymarc.net]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:33:44 GMT d76229d4-0cb7-7016-9e28-71b00423fad5
Ted Demopoulos
Principal: Demopoulos Associates
Ted Demopoulos' professional background includes over 25 years of experience in Information Technology and Business, including 15 years as an independent consultant. Ted has helped start a successful information security company, was the CTO at a "textbook failure" of a software startup, and has advised several other startups. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and other business events, author of What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting: Real-Life Advice from 101 People Who Successfully Leverage the Power of the Blogosphere, coauthor of Blogging for Business, and the principal of Demopoulos Associates. Ted also has an ongoing software concern in Hong Kong, The Arial Group, an Enterprise Risk Management solutions provider.]]> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:46:38 GMT