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The theme of this year's event is "Project Management - Leveraging Technology to Drive Success in a Complex Global Environment" and features keynote speakers Oakland County Executives L. Brooks Patterson and Deputy County Executive Phil Bertolini.
The PMI® GLC Annual Spring Symposium is a great opportunity for area project managers to enhance their professional skills and network with peers.
Annual Symposium attracts around 500 attendees and professionals from project team members through executives attend the event.
PMPs earn 8 PDUs!
L. Brooks Patterson is serving his
fifth four-year term as Oakland County Executive after winning re-election in 2008
by another large electoral margin. As the chief elected official in one of America’s
most affluent and progressive counties, Mr. Patterson presides over a nearly $780
million dollar recommended annual budget for FY2011 and a county workforce of nearly
4,000 full and part time benefit eligible employees.
During the 18 years of the Patterson administration, Oakland County government has earned respect from Wall Street for its solid tax base and sound financial policies by attaining and maintaining a coveted AAA bond rating, which only three dozen of the nations 3,200 counties have received.
Automation Alley, southeast Michigan’s premier high-tech consortium which Mr. Patterson founded in 1998, now boasts a membership roster of more than 1,000 companies. Automation Alley has received recognition from two Presidents. President George W. Bush bestowed the President’s “E” Award for excellence in exporting and President Barack Obama invited Automation Alley to take part in a White House jobs summit. Read More..
Oakland County Executive
L. Brooks Patterson appointed Phil Bertolini as Deputy County Executive/CIO for
Oakland County in January 2005. Prior to that, Bertolini served as Oakland County’s
Director of Information Technology. He began his career with Oakland County in 1988
with the Equalization Division.
Bertolini is a vocal advocate for enterprise solutions in government, cross-boundary
resource sharing, and inter-jurisdictional cooperation. He has overseen the development
of unique government technology programs and created successful models that can
be implemented by other governments interested in improving operations while containing
costs. Bertolini has traveled extensively to speak about eGovernment best practices
and has authored a growing collection of resources to help other organizations modernize
IT within today’s rapidly changing technology landscape. He has promoted his philosophy
of “Build it once, pay for it once, and everybody benefits” to many other government
agencies, including those within the U.S. and others as far off as Australia and
Dubai.
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