Major DGS Updates Impacting Technology Companies Meeting

With Special Guest Speaker:

CURTIS M. TOPPER, Deputy Secretary for Procurement,
Department of General Services Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

In this role, Mr. Topper oversees more than $3 billion in annual spend on goods and services; the Commonwealth's fleet of approximately 17,000 vehicles; three Capitol-area warehouses; Pennsylvania's federal and state surplus programs and the General Services print shop.

Mr. Topper joined the Department of General Services in 2003 as Manager, Supply Strategies. In this role, Mr. Topper served as program manager and chief strategist for the Governor's Strategic Sourcing Initiative, directing the combined efforts of more than 100 participating inter-agency staff to assess savings opportunities develop sourcing strategies, implement contracts, and redesign the Commonwealth's procurement organizational structure. This initiative has produced 14 contracts that will generate more than $120 million in annual savings, while increasing MWBE participation to more than 25% on those contracts (from an historic average of less than 2%). It is the centerpiece of Pennsylvania's procurement reforms, which were recognized by Governing Magazine as a 'particularly noteworthy management innovation.'

Also including Updates from other DGS Speakers
Update Topics will include:
ITQ Update
T&C Update
Procurement Updates
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Supplier Relationship Management ('SRM') implementation

APRIL 17, 2007

LOCATION: Conference Room at the Technology Council's Office
415 Market Street, Suite 201 Harrisburg, PA 17101

Networking and Registration: 10:30am-11:00am
Program: 11:00am-12:00pm

Host Sponsors: Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania, TechQuest Internship and TechQuest Pennsylvania www.tccp.org, www.tccptechquest.org, www.techquestpa.com

Contact Deborah Kenyon at TechCouncilTccP@tccp.org or by phone at 717.635.2108

ALL ARE WELCOME!