The Shasta Technology Association will be displaying at the Nor-Cal Business Expo on Saturday June 27th at the Redding Convention Center. If you would like your marketing materials or business cards to be a part of our booth, please let us know. For more information call Rob McDonald at 356-5248.

“Find Your Company’s Secret Pot of Gold”

Could your company be losing money paying for services they are no longer using or don’t know exist? Think telephone bills are your only communication expenses? That is just the tip of the iceberg. Learn tips and insight into reducing and managing your monthly communication expenses.

DIANE BROWN

Doug Milhous and Lew Schmitt will describe the courses and programs at Shasta College related to computer networking and systems support. Particular emphasis will be on Microsoft and Cisco networking. The presentation will include an update on related industry certifications.

Doug Milhous is in his 11th year of teaching CIS classes at Shasta College. He primarily focuses on Cisco networking and relational databases. Prior to coming to Shasta College Doug worked for Citizens Utilities in an IT support role with wide ranging duties and responsibilities.

Speaker: Dave Scott (D.H. Scott & Company)

Dave Scott’s family arrived in the Redding area in 1851. Dave graduated high school, and got his AA at Shasta College before getting his BS at the University Nevada Reno. Dave worked for the National CPA firm of KPMG in San Francisco, Gandy, Scott & Company in Redding and later founded DH Scott & Company LLP

Speaker: Kristene Fortier

Kristene Fortier works from her home office in Northern California developing online college courses for Knowledge Delivery Systems, based in New York City.

Part 2 of a 2 Part Series:
Kiss, Bow or shake hands, How to handle the cultural aspects of doing business in foreign countries.

See the previous posting for details on Pablo's two part series.

Part 1 of a 2 Part Series:
Kiss, Bow or shake hands, How to handle the cultural aspects of doing business in foreign countries.

In this series of 2 lectures we will review the cultural orientation and business practices of a number of European, Latin and Asian countries, with emphasis on how different cultures process information, their negotiation strategies, values systems as well as business entertaining do’s and don’ts.

October 17th Redding will be host to Steve Friesen
7:00 am Community Room (East side of City Hall)

Steve Friesen is a Senior Program Manager for Microsoft working in the Hotmail Division. He has worked for Microsoft for 11 years. Seven years were spent as a Quality Assurance Engineer and Program Manager in the Macintosh Business Unit focusing mainly on Entourage.

Steve's last four years have been spent in webservices in Hotmail focusing on Quality of Service, system performance and protocols.

The technology behind the new S.E.T.I. project at the Berkeley Radio Observatory in Hat Creek will be one of the subjects covered in Break Out sessions at the Shasta Technology Fair, Friday October 3rd at Simpson University. Garrett Keating will be speaking on the satellite array, and the technology that will help us find ET if they exist.
Dan Morrow of Optest, will address Home Base to Home Run speaking about the challenges of exponential growth in a technology based business.
Mobile computing, and office interconnectivity will be other subjects covered by the Break Out Sessions.

Speaker: Anna Bengtsson

Topic: Anna will be reporting on the Venture Island Competition

Anna Bengtsson is the Executive Director of the Smart Business Resource Center in Redding , CA . She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, is a Certified Workforce Development Professional and a California Accredited Consultant. Anna leads an award winning team of thirty dedicated professionals and has been employed in the field of workforce development for twenty years.