2.  Technology professional with 19 years experience in integration, project management, custom application development, visual production and corporate training.  AIIM Certified Enterprise Content Management Practitioner  Currently Director of Marketing Operations & Lead SharePoint Architect for Skechers USA, a global footwear manufacturer  Principal Enthusiast at my blog SharePointStrategist.com  Vice Chair of SPUGS.org; local Women in SharePoint organizer  12 Years as a content management specialist for legal and government industries

3.  Community Organizers: Kris Wagner and the SPSChicago team  Sponsors: For their financial support  SharePoint Saturday Leadership: Michael Lotter and others  Community: For embracing the event!

4. Knowledge Increase technical and business solution skills Opportunity Meet key national leaders and local peers Inspiration Find new ways to solve existing issues

6. Repeatable Quantifiable Actionable Contagious

7. Strategy Hard Savings Risk Mitigation Key Capabilities Efficiencies

8. Find / Nurture your executive sponsor and birds-of-a-feather Select a project that has a positive impact on key individuals Measure your results; ask for feedback; stay neutral Get Involved! Blog, tweet and attend user groups Build a team – they will make you successful – include a nay-sayer Invest in yourself through continued education Change Agent