TAG Business & Technology Alliance

Mission

The Business and Technology Alliance of TAG is focused on addressing the challenges of today's fast paced marketplace by bringing together business leaders and technology innovators to address key business issues. Our mission is to foster business innovation through the exploration of technological advancements and the ways in which these technologies can help corporations in all industries to solve complex problems and be more competitive.

Background & Membership

B&TA was organized in 1981 and is the most tenured of the many technology industry trade associations in Georgia. Its consistent mission has been fostering innovation. In 1998, B&TA became a founding society of the Technology Association of Georgia.

B&TA’s members and meeting attendees is made up of a broad cross-section of Atlanta’s business and technology community: executives and mid-level managers from Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs from early stage companies, key service providers and other individuals with an interest in advancing technology in Georgia.

B&TA’s focus is “making technology work.” Membership in the Alliance is an excellent way to meet others with similar business interests and professional challenges. Our members and speakers help you think innovatively and outside the box, enhancing your leadership skills. Corporate decision makers find new ways to overcome barriers to innovation…and entrepreneurs have a new channel to promote their technologies.

Programs

In addition, B&TA hosts an annual community service event, utilizing member talents to help others.

Reservations are needed at least 48 hours in advance.

Materials from our IT in Healthcare Event:
IT & Competitive Advantage for the Healthcare Industry
Wireless LANs in Healthcare: Benefits, Risks and the Keys to Success
Secure Wireless Management
Improving Patient Safety with Wireless Technology

Benefits

Benefits from participation in B&TA include:

• Meeting others with similar business interests, issues and professional challenges.
• Exposure to information and ideas that allow executives and entrepreneurs to think innovatively and “outside the box” and enhance leadership skills.
• Opportunity to gain broader perspective on key business issues.
• Exposure to new business opportunities.

Membership in B&TA allows participation in other TAG activities.

Interested? Join our mailing list - make sure to check off the Business & Technology Alliance affinity group.

TAG Business & Technology Alliance Board of Directors

Mike Adkinson, TechLinks, mike@techlinks.net

John Bacon, IP2BIZ, jb@ip2biz.com

Tom Barnes, Merging Channels, tom@mergingchannels.com

Cindy Cheatham, Georgia Tech's Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), cindy.cheatham@atdc.org

Cigdem Delano, Morehouse School of Medicine

Karen R. DeRuyter, IBM, kderuy@us.ibm.com

Ray L.Dicasali, EZ Prints, rdicasali@ezprints-inc.com

Ned Ellington, Enterprise Innovation Institute /GTRI ned@gatech.edu

Douglas L. Griest, Management Psychology Group, dgriest@mpgpc.com

Marlit Hayslett, Georgia Tech Research Institute, marlit.hayslett@gtri.gatech.edu

Tom Horton, Georgia Tech Research Institute, tom.horton@gtri.gatech.edu

Barbara Martin, Technology Association of Georgia, barbara@tagonline.org

Dan McDade, PointClear, dan.mcdade@pointclear.com

Susan E. O’Dwyer, Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, susan.odwyer@hawcpa.com