WESTMINSTER, MD. On June 21st, Carroll Community College IT CareerPaths students participated in a network troubleshooting exercise at InfoPathways. IT CareerPaths is a continuing education program for high school students interested in Information Technology Careers. InfoPathways set up six laptops with common configurations errors for the 17 students to resolve. Thom Bethune guided students through the process.

Wesley Combs, 2009 graduate of the IT CareerPaths program, joined InfoPathways Team. Wesley studies Computer Science at CCC.

Clinical Trials & Surveys Corp. (C-TASC) announced today it has hired Jose Gallo, Ph.D. as senior director of biometrics consulting. In this position, Dr. Gallo will lead C-TASC’s consulting team as it works with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to address all biometric issues associated with clinical trial submissions. This will include providing standard contract research organization (CRO) activities plus support for Phase IV trial work, post submission-related work and the communication of trial results.

5/26/2010 High Street Partners (HSP), the leader in international business services, today announced the opening of its latest Regional Operations Center, in Miami, Florida. The new office will serve as a support hub for clients requesting services throughout Latin America. The firm is also actively recruiting for several key positions.

3 May, 2010 - Annapolis, MD: High Street Partners (HSP), the leader in international business services, today announced a $6M Series B round of financing led by institutional venture capital investor Sigma Partners. The funding round also included Baird Venture Partners and existing investor SVB Financial Group. HSP will use the proceeds to accelerate development of its technology platform and aggressively scale its sales and marketing operations in the US and Europe.

Clinical Trials & Surveys Corp. (C-TASC), a clinical trials solutions company, announced today that its president, Dr. Bruce Thompson, was awarded the 2010 Innovation in Clinical Research Award from the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP). Dr. Thompson was recognized Monday, April 26 at the ACRP 2010 Global Conference & Exhibition in Tampa, Florida. ACRP is a global association comprised of more than 20,000 individuals in over 60 countries dedicated to clinical research and development.

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For more tips and suggestions on how to elevate your elevator speech, please click here for a short video message specifically to GBTC members from Dave Sherman himself.  

Take One Digital Media is the winner of a 2010 Telly Award for its production of "Kayla’s Voice", a documentary on one non verbal girl’s journey to learn how to communicate with autism.

Light Industries Technology Solutions Launches CRM-Learn.com to provide a way for executives and management to quickly get information for advancing Customer Relationship Management technology, technology trends, and how to get the most from CRM. Complimentary customizable session topics include Cloud Computing, Social Media & CRM, Web Integration, CRM Dashboards and more. Visit www.CRM-Learn.com.

CSO Breakfast Club (csobreakfastclub.com) is pleased to announce a partnership with the Greater Baltimore Technology Council (gbtechcouncil.org) and the UMBC Center for Cyber Security Training (umbctrainingcenters.com) to hold a lunchtime Cyber-Threat Security Briefing beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday April 13, 2010 at the UMBC Training Centers in Baltimore, Maryland.

The event will feature an hour-long briefing by US Federal Officials on the current state of cyber-threats to US businesses and critical infrastructure, followed by a luncheon.  Reports from the Federal Government and data security industry experts have shown that foreign government-sponsored attacks against US computer systems have increased significantly. 

The briefing will be presented to CSO Breakfast Club members, who are information security executives from prominent Fortune® 1000 companies, large universities, large healthcare systems and other organizations in the north eastern US, and to GBTC member companies and other interested information security professionals.  It will be simulcast over the web so that it is available to anyone interested in the topic.

CSO Breakfast Club Founder and CEO Bill Sieglein is excited to be leading this important event.  “With Maryland’s focus on cyber security and our club’s members’ active interest in this topic, the briefing is a timely and important step in helping commercial organizations understand the implications of current and potential threats to their critical information.”  The CSO Breakfast Club members are responsible for protecting their organizations’ vital information assets as well as the Nation’s critical infrastructure against these cyber threats.  The CSO Breakfast Club represents an important link between Maryland’s cyber initiative and the private sector.

Greater Baltimore Technology Council Executive Director Steve Kozak sees direct relevance to his members.  “The threat briefing will provide our members a valuable perspective on this critical topic as they continue to develop and use products and services to counter the many threats to our governmental and private assets.”  GBTC represents more than 300 companies focused on technology development in the greater Baltimore area. 

Vice President of UMBC Training Centers Kent Malwitz is pleased to host the event.  “Partnering with CSO Breakfast Club and GBTC on this important briefing fits perfectly into our focus on leading cyber security education in the mid-Atlantic area.” Building on UMBC’s designation as a National Center of Excellence in Information Security and Assurance, UMBC Training Centers delivers high quality non-credit Information Security training programs to develop new skills and prepare for valuable industry and professional certifications.

For more information, contact Tim Satterfield, CSO Breakfast Club (tim@csobreakfastclub.com), Jennifer Gunner at Greater Baltimore Technology Council (jenniferg@gbtechcouncil.org), Christina Wiegand, Cyber Security, UMBC Training Centers (cwiegand@umbctrainingcenters.com).

To register to attend, click here.