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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.
Upcoming Events:
2012 Events
January 19, 2012 - Excalibur Spotlight Event with The Weather Channel
For more information on January's Excalibur Spotlight Event with The Weather Channel please click here .
April 17, 2012 - Excalibur Spotlight Event with Georgia Gwinnett College and Recall
May TBD - Leading Edge Series
September 18, 2012 - Excalibur Spotlight Event with Manheim Digital and InterContinental Hotels
October 2012 - Excalibur Awards
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.
Connect with TAG B&TA!
TAG Business & Technology Alliance Board of Directors
Jeff Clement, Revolution Technologies, jclement@revolutiontechnologies.com, Society Chair
Tony Rushin, Network 1 Consulting, trushin@network1consulting.com, Society Co-Chair
Marlit Hayslett, Georgia Tech Research Institute, marlit.hayslett@gtri.gatech.edu
Ray L.Dicasali, raydicasali@bellsouth.net
Douglas L. Griest, Management Psychology Group, dgriest@mpgpc.com
Tom Horton, Georgia Tech Research Institute, tom.horton@gtri.gatech.edu
David Keating , Alston & Bird, David.Keating@alston.com
Lauren Jones, Technology Association of Georgia, lauren@tagonline.org
Susan E. O’Dwyer, Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, susan.odwyer@hawcpa.com
Jackie Parker, Arketi Group, jparker@arketi.com
Chad Osgood, Premier Logic, cosgood@premierlogic.com
Jeff Hindman, Radiant Systems, jeff.hindman@radiantsystems.com
Scott McCarty, Silicon Valley Bank, smccarty@svb.com
John Krueger, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, jkrueger@gachamber.com
