Cloud Computing Program - May 20, 2009

The MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas ended it's 2008/09 program calendar on a strong note with an all-star panel-discussion on the implications of Cloud Computing for businesses of all sizes. The program was held on Wednesday, May 20th at the Renaissance hotel in Greenway Plaza, and attended by over 100 members and guests.

MITEF-TX Executive Committee member Roberta Kowalishin, who is VP & CIO for the Houston Chronicle, moderated a panel consisting of Mark Settle, CIO of BMC Software; Scott Petry, Product Management Director for Google Enterprise; Bill Hodak, Principal Product Manager at Oracle Corporation; and Dave Levitt, Regional Sales Manager for Salesforce.com ... further information about this event, including twelve photos, can be found in Glenn Jenkinson's article below.
Both Kowalishin and Settle attended MIT; Roberta has her MBA from the Sloan School, while Mark received both his bachelor's and master's degrees at the Institute, prior to earning his PhD at Brown.

The MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas operates on a twelve month season that runs from July 1st to June 30th. Our last event of the year will be purely social in nature: a networking meeting on the evening of June 17th at Hotel Za Za ... we hope to see you there. Our program calendar for next season will commence in September; if not on our mailing list, please check back at the "Events" portion of this website for more information later in the summer.


Check out Glenn Jenkinson's review and photos of May's Cloud Computing program

Alternative Energy Flagship - January 29th

Thanks to all who attended our panel discussion concerning Alternative Energy, and non-carbon renewable sources for supplying the electric power grid. With over one hundred registrations, we hope you found the networking opportunities to be as interesting as the panel discussion itself.

Our panelists' PowerPoint presentations can be found below.

Cris Eugster, Chief Officer for Sustainable Growth, City of Houston - Moderator:
City of Houston Initiatives

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Michael Skelly, successful wind-power entrepreneur who co-led the team that built Horizon Wind Energy into an enterprise with hundreds of employees in a dozen states:
Wind Power

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Dr. Richard Haut, Sr. Research Scientist at HARC and Principal Investigator for Houston Solar Initiative:
Solar Power

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Michael Hansen, Managing Director and Principal of Buffalo Jump Energy Corporation, providing capital and development support into the Renewable Power and Renewable/Alternative Fuels arenas:
Investment Perspective

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