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Technology Association of GeorgiaTAG Sales Strategy Training: Session 3 - Dealing with Turbulence and Closing the SaleAtlanta, GA, USA

SCTE Conference on Emerging TechnologiesWashington, DC, USA

NTCA Telecom Executive ForumSanta Monica, CA, USA

UID Forum Implementation Strategies for Programs and SuppliersDenver, CO, USA

Telecom Council Debrief: CTIA Wireless 2009San Francisco, CA, USA

SCTEChattahoochee Chapter 3rd Annual Cable-Tec GamesWarner Robins, GA, USA

SCTE Greater Chicago Chapter Vendor DayLombard, IL, USA

TechAmerica and Washington Technology CenterWashington’s Innovation Summit 2009Bellevue, WA, USA

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Tech America (AEA)WA Marketing Committee MeetingSeattle, WA, USA

SCTE CCNA4 Discovery: Designing and Supporting Computer NetworksOnline

Atlanta Telecom Professionals Managed Services in Difficult TimesAtlanta, GA, USA

SCTE - Live Learning Cell Backhaul: Testing and Monitoring Best PracticesOnline

AEA - MinneapolisThe Changing Face of Business and Technology Leadership Strategies for an Uncertain EconomyMinneapolis, MN, USA

Alexander Resources Mobile Communications SeminarDallas, TX, USA

Telecom Council Mobile Forum: What’s Next for the Last Mile?San Francisco, CA, USA

AIM Technology Leadership Summit 2009Chicago, IL, USA

NTCA IP Possibilities Conference and ExpoSan Diego, CA, USA

WTS Wireless Telecommunications Symposium 2009Prague, CZ

SCTE Texas Gulf Coast Chapter 1st Annual Cable-Tec GamesCorpus Christi, TX, USA

Washington Technology Part 4 - Microsoft’s World View of Cloud ComputingSeattle, WA, USA

Telecom Council SPIF: April Service Provider Investment ForumSan Francisco, CA, USA

NTCA PR and Marketing ConferenceAlbuquerque, NM, USA

Tech America (AEA) Micro Cap Financial ConferenceMonterey, CA, USA

SCTE - Live Learning CCNA1 Discovery: Networking for Home and Small BusinessesOnline

AEA International HR: Human Resources Networking EventPortland, OR, USA

SCTE Piedmont Chapter 21st Annual Technical ExhibitionWinston Salem, NC, USA

AEA Night with the Chef (Tech CEO Event)Dallas, TX, USA

Technology Association of Georgia “What Makes the Great Ones Great” by Speaker Don JaegerAtlanta, GA, USA

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The Tech&Jobs Expo, in partnership with the Austin Tech-nology Council, is the premier “local” Telecom, Media and Technology industry job expo, which provides authentic pro-fessional networking, career development and educational programs for job seekers. The Tech&Jobs Expo provides employers and job seekers with face-to-face networking opportunities designed to connect the best candidate with the best job, while educating participants on career opportunities within the $5.0 trillion telecommunications industry.

Austin Technology Councils ince 1994, the Austin Technology

Council has been the principal point of connection for companies from the technology industry that rep-

resent a critical mass of businesses in Central Texas. It is their mission to ensure that Austin maintains its world-renowned technology status, and a community that capitalizes on its assets — university-based research, venture funding, a broad array of support services, an entrepre-neurial culture and a rich pool of intellec-tual talent and leadership.

As the leading organization representing technology interests in Central Texas, ATC is solely focused on helping Central Texas’ technology companies get to the next level. Whether it’s creating one-on-one introduc-tions to build connections, offering net-working opportunities to facilitate partner-ships, or building market exposure through sponsorship and advertising, ATC’s commit-ment remains the same. ATC measures its success by the success of its members.

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ATC is focused solely on helping technology firms in Austin grow to the next level. Therefore, because of the organic nature of the organization and the critical role members play in ATC’s evolution, all tech companies in Central Texas should take advantage of membership with ATC. With corporate membership, all company employees benefit from belonging to ATC. ATC’s diversity of programs, services, and resources focus on developing business best practices, and Austin’s emerging technology verticals offer opportunities for all levels of the organization.

Web: austintechnologycouncil.org

Key Leader: Alisha Ring, President [email protected]

Sponsors: City of Austin, Austin Energy, Spansion, Advanced Technology Development Facility, Tokyo Electron, Applied Materials

CiO/CTO roundtableManaging CollaborativeSystems in the Large EnterpriseSuccesses and Pitfalls CEO roundtable How to grow in tough times through M&A

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T he Texas State Wireless Association formed in early 2006 and launched its first general meeting in October

2006 with 285 members in attendance. Since the initial meeting, they have incor-porated educational sessions for their memberships as part of their quarterly business meetings. For example, one ses-sion focused on the changing structural engineering requirements of Rev G and

included a panel of experts, including Brian Reese of Ae roSo lu t i ons , Mark Malouf of MEI and Rocky Norman of CFE Telecom. Other

TXWA: Texas stateWireless Association

T he Austin Wireless Alliance (AWA) is a non-profit membership organization whose primary objective is to develop,

sustain, and promote Austin as a global leader in business activity, technical inno-vation, and community participation within the wireless industry. The AWA is a leader in the development and coordination of

Web: austinwirelessalliance.org

Key Executives: Liz Maxfield, Bart Bohn, Erin Defosse

Key Sponsors: Freescale, Texas Instruments, Motorola, Qualcomm, AT&T

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Austin Wireless Alliancethe major strategic wireless ini-tiatives in Austin and the Central Texas region. The AWA is composed of key leaders from all primary stakeholders in Austin, including the business, academic, community, and government sectors.

The objectives of the AWA are as fol-lows: to promote the growth of Austin as a wireless industry center of innovation and excellence; provide a forum for collabora-tion between senior executives, business managers, investors, technology leaders, and academics involved in wireless tech-nology; facilitate growth opportunities for member companies through access to high-tech mentoring and sustained sources of capital; promote education and training for new wireless industry job

Wi-Fi mobile ConvergenceAustin, TXStrengthening the Carrier - Subscriber Connection. Speaker: Edgar Figueroa, Executive Director, Wi-Fi Alliance

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•JeffPeters,President (CFE Telecom) [email protected]

•DaveHarris,VicePresident (Talley Communications) [email protected]

•WhitneyIngram,Secretary (Ericsson) [email protected]

•RickFlynt,Treasurer(C-Mark) [email protected]

•JeffMucci,PublicRelations [email protected]

•DaleShumaker,Director (CFE Telecom) [email protected]

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educational session topics included envi-ronmental issues, WiMax, LTE, Copper Theft and Community Involvement.

To date, the Texas State Wireless Asso-ciation has distributed over $100,000 to a multitude of charities, including the TXWA Keith Harris Scholarship Fund, Kidd’s Kids, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, the American Foundation for Suicide Preven-tion, Toys for Tots, and several statewide community day care centers.

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P CIA is the principal trade association representing the companies that make up the wireless telecommunications

infrastructure industry. Its members include the carriers, infrastructure providers and professional services firms that own and manage more than 120,000 telecommuni-cations facilities throughout the world. Its industry initiatives include: The State Wire-less Association Program (SWAP), The DAS Forum, AWS Clearinghouse, and The Wom-

PCIA:The Wireless Infrastructure Association

Web: www.pcia.com

Key Leaders: •MikeFitch,PresidentandCEO

•ConnieDurcsak,Sr.Director of Industry and Government Relations

•KevinKelly,Director,Finance and Administration

•TimHouse,VPSalesandMarketing

Board Members:

•JamesTaiclet,Chairman (President and Chief Executive Officer, American Tower Corporation)

•MarcGanzi,ViceChairmanand Secretary (Chief Executive Officer, Global Tower Partners)

•ThomasA.(Tam)Murray,Treasurer (Founder and Managing Member, Community Wireless Structures)

•RichardJ.Byrne (Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TowerCo, LLC)

•RobertS.Foosaner (CEO, Foosaner Strategies)

•JohnP.Kelly (Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, Crown Castle International)

•VonyaMcCann (Vice President, Government Affairs, Sprint Nextel Corp.)

•JeffreyA.Stoops (President and Chief Executive Officer, SBA Communications)

•DavidE.Weisman (President and CEO, Insite Wireless)

The of f icial job board for PCIA

T he State Wireless Association Program (SWAP) is PCIA’s grassroots initiative that works to give the wireless industry a strong, unified voice at the state and local level. There are currently 23 associations covering 33 states. Associations are comprised of

members from all sectors of the wireless industry whose objective is advancement of the industry through advocacy and education. Associations seek to cultivate relationships and exchange ideas between the wireless professionals and the local communities that they serve. For more information, visit swaprogram.net and telecomcareers.net.

en’s Wireless Leadership Forum (WWLF).Headquartered inAlexandria,VA, PCIA

advocates sound public policy for the industry, educates lawmakers about its members’ needs and the importance of wireless infrastructure, and provides a forum for industry information and best practices.

Its mission is to support the infrastruc-ture necessary to make wireless commu-nications and information available at all times and places.

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Looking for rockstar talent? Want in-person meetings with local CIOs and CEOs? Don’t miss the Tele-comcareers Rockstar Tech&Jobs Expo™ — a fresh approach to

building authentic connections among leaders, top talent and peers within the tech, media and telecom (TMT) community. We’re hitting the road with our Global “Get Real” Tour™, bringing industry organiza-tions, industry professionals, CEOs, CIOs, IT Execs, job seekers and hiring managers together through keynote speakers, after hours networking, interactive technology pavilions, functional career workshops, pre-scheduled interviews, and entertain-ment that’s all about one thing — estab-lishing “real” face-to-face relationships.

The Tech&Jobs Expo, in partnership with the Austin Technology Council is the premier “local” Telecom, Media and Tech-nology industry professional networking event, which provides genuine profes-sional networking, career development and educational programs for industry profes-sionals and job seekers alike.

The Tech&Jobs Expo provides face-to-face networking and learning opportunities

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designed to connect the best candidate with the best job, while educating par-ticipants on career opportunities within the $5.0 trillion telecommunications industry.

For over a decade, Telecomcareers has been the # 1 Global Telecom & Wireless Job Board. Founded in 1999, Telecomca-reers experiences over 2 million monthly website page views, over 200,000 mem-bers in their online community, 8,000 – 20,000 daily visitors, over 200 corporate employer customers, and over 70,000 newsletter subscribers.

Telecomcareers is the official job board for US Telecom Association, Tele-phony Magazine, PCIA – The Wireless Infrastructure Association, and the Austin Technology Council.

In 2008, Arden Operating Company acquired Telecomcareers with the goal of providing authentic local and online profes-sional networking opportunities worldwide.

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employers, dozens of industry executives, and over 2,000 attendees will attend each local Tech&Jobs Expo event. CEO and

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AustinCIO leaders will be invited to participate in small group discussions with industry leading companies and speakers. Tech-nology leaders will participate in a panel discussion, while company managers will lead functional career opportunity educa-tion sessions for Sales, Engineering, Opera-tions, Marketing/Digital Media, Service and Support and Talent Acquisition.

MarketingTech&Jobs Expo’s marketing plan

includes television, radio, targeted direct mail and eMarketing campaigns. By partnering with the large number of local, national and global associations, Tech&Jobs Expo will attract qualified professionals and job seekers from the Central Texas Region using “back to the basics” marketing.

SponsorsTelecomcareers’s customers and

partner member organizations represent a crucial component of the program’s suc-cess by lending strong credibility to the event, attracting high quality attendees, and showing their support for the event’s objec-tives. ATC (Austin Technology Council), TXWA (Texas State Wireless Association), AWA (Austin Wireless Association), and PCIA (The Wireless Infrastructure Asso-ciation) are among a few of the partners that help provide strategic direction and critical content for this unique blend of job fair, technology exposition and educa-tion programming. Each partner provided vital leadership in each of their respective areas of expertise.

OpportunitiesOpportunities to participate in Tech&Jobs

Expo include recruiting space, Technology Pavilion, facility panel discussions and career education sessions, CEO Luncheon, CIO Forum and networking after hours.

A limited number of sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are still available. Contact Jeff Mucci, Telecomcareers, (Pro-ducers of Tech&Jobs Expo) at: [email protected] or call at (512) 431-8912. See you there!

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TOP ROCkSTAR CONTeSTJob seekers submit resume for consid-eration. Participants vote on who gets interviewed in advance of each tour stop, job seekers compete for one-on-one informational interviews with top tech, media, and telecom companies through a credentials submission process on tele-comcareers.net. Five top vote-getters will be guaranteed interviews.

BACkSTAGe PASSeS(Invitation Only)Prescheduled one-on-one interviews with pre-screened candidates. Top Rockstars and participating companies will meet in one-on-one informational interviews, while other attendees get the chance to network with their peers, sponsors and educators. Sponsors review the candidates and select those they’d like to meet with (onsite) during event hours.

DISCOveR YOuR STReNGThS WORkShOP (Rockstar Registration and Fee Required)Job seekers will hear from Dr. Courtney McCashland, CEO Talent Mine (talentmine.com) and learn how to assess strengths and leverage on the job and during inter-view process along with the impact of job and culture fit assessments.

keYNOTe PANeL DISCuSSION Survival Guide: Capital, M&A and Talent (Rockstar Registration and Fee Required)Keynote speaker will kick things off and will talk about Capital, M&A and Talent. Then, our panel of wide-ranging TMT experts will add their opinions on this hot topic and encourage the audience to do the same.

CeO ROuNDTABLe LuNCheON (Invitation Only)Keynote panelist/speakers and local industry executives discuss challenges associated with building great teams during good times and bad, M&A and during capital raising periods.

CIO TeChNOLOGY FORuM(Invitation Only)Four non-competing companies will have the opportunity to present their value propo-sitions to Austin area CIOs and IT Executives.

JOB eXPO (All Access)Here is your opportunity to get up close and personal with dozens of tech, media and telecom companies looking for local “rockstar” talent. Special pavilions planned for International; Wireless Infra-structure; Diversity/Women; and Gaming/Digital media.

TEChnoLogy PAvILIon(All Access)Can you hear and see me now? The infor-mation highway is in our living rooms, at our fingertips – anytime and anywhere. Telecomcareers’ Tech&Jobs Expo puts you in the center of cutting edge telecommuni-cations technology.

BehIND The MuSIC(Rockstar Registration and Fee Required)In Career Opportunities education sessions, participants will engage in functional small group dialogue facilitated by line managers. Functional Groups include Sales, Mar-keting/Digital Media, Engineering/Program-ming Field Operations, Customer Service/Tech Support, Engineering, etc. Interested in being a speaker? Contact Jeff Mucci at Telecomcareers at (512) 431 8912 or E-mail at [email protected].

AFTeR hOuRS NeTWORkING(Rockstar Registration and Fee Required)Featuring live music and a Guitar Hero “Smackdown” Rockstar Contest. Corpora-tions are encouraged to sponsor their own Rockstar Guitar Hero. Participants bid for one of eight slots. Donations will go to The First Tee charity (thefirsttee.org). Audi-ence votes for winners in each bracket. Don’t worry — what happens at the Rock-star Tech&Jobs Expo stays at the Rockstar Tech&Jobs Expo. Guitar Heroes Wanted!

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A ustin is most certainly an energetic retreat from the ordinary. It’s a city that is internationally known as a high-density haven for technology

and creative professional brainpower fueled by an array of targeted programs and institutions.

Austin is globally recognized for the great quality of life and dynamic high-tech economy. Austin is a wireless hub with major design centers and headquarters for the top four wireless semiconductor com-panies. Billions of chips manufactured or designed in Austin power millions of mobile phones and wireless devices. It’s the top city in the country in terms of broadband pene-tration and third in terms of wireless access.

The talent pool may be the most ener-getic, innovative and educated in the world. Nearly 39% have attained a college degree or higher, compared to the national average of 27%. Here, the best and brightest lead many diverse tech companies.

Local Businesses Technology is a significant part of Aus-

tin’s economy. There are 3,400 companies in the tech sector, from large Fortune 500 companies to smaller tech startups. All together these companies employ 18% of the private sector workforce and 34% of the private sector payroll.

In 2007, more than 2,100 patents were assigned to inventors in Austin. IBM’s pro-cessor technology, designed in part in Austin, power the Sony Playstation, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Revolution. Freescale, headquartered in Austin, produces i.MX multimedia applications processors that bring high performance video and graphics to innovative portable mobile devices and 3D gaming.

Nintendo, NCsoft, Sony, Blizzard, CRE8, Aspyr, Amaze Entertainment, Trinigy, Heat-wave Interactive, Kings Isle, Bioware and Critical Interactive Mass are all located in Austin. With one of the most vibrant game development communities in the world, as well as a role in expanding the platforms available for interactive entertainment, Austin is a premier region for the new era in enter-tainment, communications and collaboration.

Austin is also driving the build-out of a wireless future where voice, data and creative media converge on open wireless and computing platforms. The University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest wire-less research centers in the country. Qual-comm, Nokia, Silicon Laboratories and AT&T are also part of the Central Texas engineering cluster for wireless chips, net-works and software.

Associations like the Austin Wire-less Alliance (AWA) and the Digital Media Council within Skillpoint Alliance work to develop, sustain and promote Austin as a global leader in business activity, technical innovation, and community participation.

Regional Funding InitiativesAs part of an economic development

strategy, funding for start-ups is essential to growth. The Austin Chamber of Commerce is involved in several programs that facili-tate funding for small, technology-based companies. The Austin Chamber houses the Central Texas Regional Center for Innova-tion and Commercialization (CenTex RCIC), which is the local coordinating body that facilitates Texas’s Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). Austin is also home to the Cen-tral Texas Angel Network (CTAN), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing quality seed-stage investment opportunities which will help emerging companies grow in the Central Texas region. These groups have extensive experience with high-tech startups and early stage companies.

During the past decade, Austin has been among: best places to live; most recession proof; fastest growing cities; the nation’s best-read; most computer-literate cities; and the most fit cities in the U.S. Austin is the Human Capital.

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You don’t just start a business at 20 and take it public without garnering some exceptionally valuable tips along the way. So

whether you are running a company or looking for a job, or just want to learn a thing or two, Michael R. Budagher’s remarks are a thought-provoking read. Michael, although currently retired, is the founder and developer of many com-panies including Specialty Teleconstructer. Specialty Teleconstructer was taken public under Michael’s leadership and ultimately purchased by American Tower Corporation (AMT), a leading operator of wireless communication.

Mr. Budagher built his company with the employee in mind. “It was about empowering employees. Many people speak about empowering employees but they don’t give them the right tools and they don’t allow them to fail. Making a mistake is okay, it is how they handle their mistake and how they grow and learn from the mistake that is important.”

After starting his company he real-ized over time, with traditional perfor-mance reviews in place, that a perfor-mance review was too subjective. If the foreman was having a great day and an employee had had a great week, it was

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a great review. Likewise, when a person who traditionally did a top notch job was in the penalty box during the week of per-

formance reviews, his performance review was negative. After removing this metric, Michael imple-mented a rigorous training schedule in which an employee could choose to participate. He empow-ered his employees to decide where they went in the company. It is impor-tant to note that Mr. Buda-gher holds employees who are content and per-

forming well at their current position as equally valuable members of the company.

Integrity was one of The First Tee values most important to him. Michael feels that many of the problems facing large companies today stems from the lack of integrity at the top of the company. If the company leaders have the utmost integrity, it trickles down to every single employee and reinforces that the leadership has the company’s best interest at heart, not his or her own. If leadership sets the bar exceptionally high for themselves, it greatly helps to insure a company culture of integ-rity, honesty and hard work.

As far as retaining and attracting employees, Michael said, “It all goes back to the human element. People want to

be recognized for their contribution and appreciated. Money doesn’t motivate, nor does it make your employees stick around. If you have done a good job hiring someone whose personality fits your cor-porate culture, and who had a light in their eye during the interview, you’ve got yourself someone who is going to perform and is going to positively contribute to the work environment. A hiring candidate with potential and the right personality far out-weigh someone who looks good on paper.”

The only thing standing in the way of Michael from harnessing his entrepreneurial spirit and growing another business is that he wouldn’t consider running a company until he had spent a few weeks doing every single job. His employees have always known that he would never ask them to do something he hasn’t done, nor something he wasn’t willing to do himself.

Michael, who just celebrated his fif-tieth birthday, is someone you’d wish would come out of retirement just so you could work for him! Keep your resume posted just in case he does, you’ll want to be one of his first hires!

ian GillotPresident of IGR

Alisha RingPresident of Austin Technology Council

jim welchVP NA Gov’tMotorola

•Honesty: the quality or state of being truthful

•Sportsmanship: observing the rules of play, and winning or losing with grace

•respect: to feel or show deferential regard for esteem

•Confidence: reliance or turst, a feeling of self-assurance

•responsibility: accounting for one’s actions

• Perseverance: to persist in an idea, purpose or task, despite obstacles

•Courtesy: considerate behavior toward others

•Judgement: the ability to make a decision or form an opinion

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