The first meeting of the CTO Roundtable was held on February 26th, 2002.
By all accounts, it was a resounding success! We had a significant array
of executive expertise including networking, software, hardware, Internet,
finance, international operations, engineering, and Fortune 500
management. The group's backgrounds ranged from startups to companies such
as APS, WinStar, Compaq, and Sprint - and everything in between.

All in attendance agreed that the group held enormous potential and would
be valuable. Thus, the group is now called Technology Officers'
Association (TecOA) and will hold monthly meetings.

TecOA is a free group open to technology leaders (CTO, CIO, VP, etc...)
from all industries. The group's goal is to provide a forum for technology
leaders to get together and discuss important or interesting issues facing
the unique role of a technology executive in business.

TecOA meetings are specifically designed to provide professional and
personal value to attendees. To assist in this task, each meeting not only
has a topic, but also a *deliverable*. This way, members will actually
leave every meeting with both the knowledge and information provided, and
also a tangible and useful result.

Meetings are always held on the last Wednesday of every month at 4:00 PM.
If you are interested in this group, please subscribe to our discussion
list and mark your calendar for our March meeting. Information is
available at http://tecoa.org.

Who:         TecOA - http://tecoa.org
What:        March Meeting Information
When:        March 27, 2002 - 4:00 PM
Where:       Gold Bar Espresso Coffee Shop - In the "Bank Vault" Room
             South-West Corner of Southern and McClintock in Tempe
             Easy access via 60 or 101.
Topic:       How to articulate the business value of an organization's
             technology leader to the company's non-technology executives.
Deliverable: Elevator-pitch about how a technology leader can add a
             significant positive impact to any company.


-- 
~Jay