When: Wednesday, November 01, 5:00 p.m.

Where: 7220 Wean Hall

Rick Kotermanski, Chief Technology Officer
Brian Gray, Associate Technical Consultant

SUMMA TECHNOLOGIES Tech Presentation

Abstract:
Moving Beyond the Hype about Service Oriented Architecture...

...join a team of Summa Consultants to learn about the buzz and reality surrounding SOA and how it may affect your career and its future impact on IT. The session and discussions will include:

• SOA - what it is and is not
• Tracing CMU's roots in defining the foundation for SOA
• How corporations and product vendors view SOA and enterprise architecture
• Emerging industry trends, fads and reality
• Real world issues driving SOA strategy within the industry
• Open discussion time for your question and answers

  Rick Kotermanski, Chief Technology Officer, has over 20 years of experience in the architecture, management, design and development of successful mission-critical application and product development projects. Prior to joining Summa Rick held management and staff development roles at IBM and Transarc corporation.

  Brian Gray, Associate Technical Consultant, graduated last May from the Information Systems program at Carnegie Mellon and was recently added to the consulting staff at Summa. While at CMU, Brian developed a corporate Web site for a new software company and studied abroad at Singapore Management University. At Summa, Brian has already hit the ground running, teaming with Senior Consultants on several projects. From leading requirements gathering efforts with clients to building a conceptual prototype for an innovative lead initiation feature for one of the largest providers of private post secondary education in the U.S, he has already made a significant contribution to the Summa and with its clients.

  About Summa
  Summa Technologies, Inc., a company specializing in providing superior IT consulting services and customized commercial-grade software development. Summa's areas of expertise include: Architecture, design and implementation of large scale custom and commercial web applications and portals Designing and deploying complex integration and SOA solutions Leading companies in the development of strategies for implementing new technologies.

  Their mission is to help companies overcome the technology challenges they face today and plan for the future.

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