Special Events at PASS Summit

Professional enrichment at PASS Summit stretches beyond just outstanding seminars presented by top-drawer community speakers. Meeting like-minded professionals and sharing special interests are key to the complete Summit experience. Come connect, share, and learn with your peers - we would love to see you there!

Welcome Reception & Quizbowl

Monday, November 8, 2010
6:30pm-8:00pm
Welcome Reception

PASS Summit 2010 will kick-off on Monday, November 8 with the always-fun Welcome Reception and annual Quizbowl game.

Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) Lunch - Sponsored by DELL

Tuesday, November 9, 2010
11:45am-12:45pm

Unite with MVPs, SQLCAT architects, and your peers at this informal and interactive lunch. Share your knowledge, stimulate new ideas, and gain insights. There will be at least 50 different topics and tables for the best lunch 'n learn going!

Exhibitor Reception - Sponsored by DELL

Tuesday, November 9, 2010
6:00pm-8:00pm

Eat, drink, and see all the latest new solutions and add-ons to set your SQL Server and BI implementations on fire!

WIT Luncheon and Panel Discussion

Wednesday, November 10, 2010
11:30am-1:30pm

Join us for the 8th Annual Women in Technology Luncheon and Panel Discussion, organized by the PASS WIT Virtual Chapter. Everyone is welcome! The event will include discussion from the audience. Lunch will be served.

Recruiting, Retaining & Advancing Women in Technology: Why does it matter?

Increasing the role of women in technology has a direct impact on the women working in hi-tech, but the effects can go far beyond that. How do female tech workers influence innovation and product development? How do men benefit from having more women working in technology? Can the presence of women in tech affect a company’s bottom line? What does it mean for women and their families when they have access to hi-tech jobs?

WIT Panelists

Nora Denzel
Senior Vice President and General Manager - Employee Management Solutions, Intuit

Nora Denzel is Senior Vice President and General Manager for Intuit’s Employee Management Solutions division, which provides easy-to-use payroll and other management services for more than 1 million small businesses. With more than 20 years experience in the software industry, Nora is responsible for creating and delivering the division’s strategy, development and sales efforts.

Before joining Intuit, Nora was Senior Vice President of Hewlett-Packard's global software business, where she led the division to double-digit growth and profitability. She began her career as an engineer at IBM and advanced quickly to executive positions during her 13-year tenure.

She serves on the board of directors for Overland Storage Inc. and the Anita Borg Institute, which provides resources and programs to help recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in high-tech fields. Nora earned her bachelor’s degree in computer science from the State University of New York and a master’s in business administration from Santa Clara University.

Tom Casey
General Manager, SQL Server Business Intelligence, Microsoft Corp.

Tom Casey is responsible for managing the overall strategy, design, development and delivery of SQL Server business intelligence technologies. The foundation of Microsoft’s end-to-end business intelligence solutions, SQL Server delivers an innovative business intelligence platform with integrated analytics, including online analytical processing; data mining; extract, transform and load tools; data warehousing; and enterprise reporting functionality. This comprehensive, integrated approach helps organizations worldwide seamlessly build and deploy robust business intelligence applications at all scales with low total cost of ownership.

Casey joined Microsoft in 1996 and spent the first six years of his tenure delivering Microsoft’s database replication technologies and the mobile edition of SQL Server. Before Microsoft, Casey worked as a database applications and systems developer at a few small startup companies. Casey has a business degree with an emphasis in management information systems from the University of Arizona.

Denise McInerney
Staff Database Administrator, Intuit

Denise McInerney has been an organizer of the PASS Women In Technology luncheon and Panel Discussion since 2004. She founded the WIT Virtual Chapter to create opportunities for women within PASS to meet and network and provide a forum for discussion of issues pertinent to women working in technology. She currently serves as the WIT VC Co-chairperson.

Denise has over twelve years experience as a SQL Server DBA. Denise's focus is design and performance tuning OLTP databases that support web-based applications.

Denise has been an active PASS volunteer since 2003. She served on the Program Committee for four years, including one year as Program Committee Manager. Denise was the recipient of the PASSion Award in 2007.

Stacia Misner
Principal, Data Inspirations

Stacia Misner is a consultant, educator, mentor, and author specializing in business intelligence solutions since 1999 with more than 25 years of experience in information technology. She is the author and co-author of eight books about business intelligence. Her most recent books include Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Step by Step and Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2. Stacia provides consulting and custom education services through Data Inspirations and writes about her experiences with BI at blog.datainspirations.com.

Chapter Lunch

Thursday, November 11, 2010
12:00pm-1:00pm

Connect with community leaders in your geographical area, and find SQL Server events and learning opportunities happening right in your back yard! Meet and eat with PASS Chapter Leaders and your peers who can help you become more involved in your local SQL Server community. Join us on Thursday for some great networking opportunities.

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