IT MARTINI HOUR 17: SWING WITH AGILITY

IT Martini is back, Columbus!  Once again, IT Martini is joining forces with The Path to Agility Conference - and celebrating its third anniversary with IT Martini Hour 17: Swing with Agility at Park Street Cantina on Thursday, May 26th.

It's hard to believe that just three years ago in June 2008, co-founders John Bishop and Aladin Gohar combined forces to produce an event for a couple hundred Columbus IT Pros at Spice.  Fast forward to 2011, when a crowd of nearly 1,000 IT Pros are expected to take over the newly remodeled and renamed space where it all began!

This event is all about the growing influence of Agile across the industry.  The program highlights include:

• 4:30pm: Special Access for the Path to Agility Attendees, to Participate in a Conference Retrospective
• 5:30pm: Registration Opens for All IT Martini Guests, with Executive Icebreaker hosted by Quick Solutions
• 6:15pm: Speed Networking, hosted by Expedient
• 8:00pm: Buckeye Ranch Charity Giveaway & Presentation of the IT Community Choice Award
• All Evening: Voting on DEMOs, Charity Raffle, Refreshments, Networking & FUN

ABOUT IT MARTINI

IT Martini is on a mission: to grow the IT Community in cities everywhere!  Sixteen (16) events have been held across the Midwest to date, in cities like Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Indianapolis.

IT Martini was founded in 2008 by John Bishop and Aladin Gohar, who realized that IT Professionals in Columbus weren't socializing as an IT Community.  They spawned a social event network about leadership, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and FUN.

LEADERSHIP

IT Martini is partnering with two organizations supporting leadership in the Columbus IT Community at IT Martini Hour 17, with these two activities:

•The Executive Icebreaker is an opportunity for those in IT organizational leadership roles to exchange ideas with one another.  If you're registered for IT Martini Hour 17, watch for a special invitation, compliments of Quick Solutions.

•Speed Networking is an opportunity for anyone to demonstrate leadership, by exchanging ideas with IT Pros in Columbus in a timed fashion.  Watch for signs at IT Martini Hour 17 indicating the specific location of this activity, hosted by Expedient at 6:15pm.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

IT Martini hosts early stage 'start-up' companies, who DEMO their products, built by local IT Professionals.  IT Martini has given out fourteen (14) IT Community Choice Awards to a field of over ninety (90) DEMOs.

Your early stage company can participate by applying to DEMO at IT Martini Hour 17: Swing With Agility.