Sunday, February 26, 2012

Weekly News and Agenda for Tuesday 2/28/12

1. AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, 2/28/12:

0700-0800: OPEN FORUM

For our Open Forum we'll do introductions as usual, but with more time to go into greater depth, if you choose, on what's new for you or anything we can help with. So grab some coffee and join us for productive discussion and general networking. We'll focus on topics of interest and any networking needs you might have. As many of our long-time members can attest, our Open Forums are often some of our most productive sessions.

2. UPCOMING TUESDAY PROGRAMS:

2/28/12 (this week): Open Forum.

3/8/12: TBD. If there's a speaker you'd like to invite for this date or any future Tuesday, or if you'd like to lead a discussion yourself, just let me know (panicciaj@aol.com).

3. RESOURCE FOR VETERANS:

Thanks to BizNet member Lindy Blackburn (USMA '69) for passing along the following.

Three Wire Systems LLC provides IT solutions and integrated communications platforms for military veterans’ health and career coaching. Among their programs are three which might be of interest to BizNet members:

a. VA for Vets: VA for Vets facilitates the reintegration, retention and hiring of Veteran employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). We offer career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members. VA for Vets is your gateway to a rewarding career serving our nation's Veterans. The contact for this program is Missy Stevens, at mstevens@threewiresys.com.

b. Support for Veterans Integrated Service Networks 19 and 20 (western U.S). Their contact for this program is Koren Giddings, at kgiddings@threewiresys.com.

c. VetAdvisor. The mission of VetAdvisor is to provide veterans, service members and their families’ holistic coaching services to foster happy, well-adjusted, housed, and employed members of society. We provide these services through an accessible and reliable integrated communications platform.

VetAdvisor® is a highly focused and personalized coaching and screening service designed to support veterans in their reintegration to civilian life. Three Wire has provided VetAdvisor services to the Department of Veterans Affairs since 2007. Coaching is a collaborative process between veterans and their personal coach or a peer support specialist. Working together, specific problems related to the reintegration (e.g. mental health, wellness, occupational, financial) are indentified and a personal plan that creates goals and timelines to address and resolve those problems is developed. Coaching is about achieving the empowerment necessary for veterans to lead a holistically complete life. Coaches do not act as therapists or counselors, and are not designed to replace primary care or mental health providers, but to augment existing services.

VetAdvisor® provides the right care, in the right place, at the right time by allowing flexible scheduling to ensure convenient meeting times, by eliminating any travel time, by offering the privacy of one’s own home, and by providing continued access to a Coach. VetAdvisor® employs an integrated communications platform to help returning service members achieve the empowerment necessary to lead a holistically complete life.

For more information on any of these programs, visit www.threewiresys.com.

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Have a great week.

Joe Paniccia (USMA '84)
BizNet Coordinator
panicciaj@aol.com

Service Academy BizNet of Denver meets weekly on Tuesdays at 0700, in the Marriott Hotel at the Denver Tech Center. From I-25, exit Belleview east, then turn north onto Syracuse Street. While the Marriott lots are paid parking (approx $2-4), you can park for FREE across the street at Garcia's Restaurant (we have their permission). Look for us in the seating area inside the Marriott's coffee shop. RSVP is not required. Dress is casual. Attendance is open to graduates of the federal service academies (USAFA, USCGA, USMA, USMMA, USNA). Our schedule, roster and other information are posted on the web site at www.academybiznet.org

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Agenda for Tuesday, 2/21/12

1. AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, 2/21/12:

0700-0800: OPEN FORUM

Many thanks to the great speakers we've had this past several weeks, and to all of you who participated in our large turnouts of late.

This week we give the floor back to you, with an Open Forum. Grab some coffee and join us for some productive discussion and general networking. We'll focus on your topics of interest and any networking needs you might have. As many of our long-time members can attest, our Open Forums are often some of our most productive sessions.

2. UPCOMING TUESDAY PROGRAMS:

2/21/12 (this week): Open Forum.

2/28/12: TBD. If there's a speaker you'd like to invite for this or any future Tuesdays, or if you'd like to lead a discussion yourself, just let me know (panicciaj@aol.com).


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Have a great week.

Joe Paniccia (USMA '84)
BizNet Coordinator
panicciaj@aol.com

Service Academy BizNet of Denver meets weekly on Tuesdays at 0700, in the Marriott Hotel at the Denver Tech Center. From I-25, exit Belleview east, then turn north onto Syracuse Street. While the Marriott lots are paid parking (approx $2-4), you can park for FREE across the street at Garcia's Restaurant (we have their permission). Look for us in the seating area inside the Marriott's coffee shop. RSVP is not required. Dress is casual. Attendance is open to graduates of the federal service academies (USAFA, USCGA, USMA, USMMA, USNA). Our schedule, roster and other information are posted on the web site at www.academybiznet.org

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

A Poem - by Richard

This poem is published with verbal permission of Richard Adams, USMA 1967.  For more of Richard's work, visit his website: http://richardbarlowadams.com/


The following was penned against the backdrop of fall and spring reunion weekends at West Point when returning members of the Long Gray Line venture out in the early morning hours onto the Plain and Trophy Point before the Alumni Review, and in that time remember… 

                                       In Their Eyes
                            Richard B. Adams, USMA 1967 

                Ere cloaking Hudson mist gave birth to pensive early dawn
                And warming sun imbued the day with color’s magic wand
                Some walked the quiet of that time recalling what had been
                When younger then, they too were called, a country to defend

                So much the same, the sight and sound and scent upon the wind
                Roused memory of former times, sweet chapters deep within
                When first the Corps assembled there uncertain what to be
                Til men of worth and men of faith saw clear its destiny

                Three hallowed words would cross their lips, a motto ever be
                The first was DUTY, selfless love, to serve a nation free
                Then HONOR next, a guarding shield against the tempter’s sting
                And COUNTRY followed, sacred trust, of which they’d often sing

                The river’s might, the circling hills, beneath God’s brilliant arch
                Called forth to mind those harried times when they, too, formed to march
                When shoes and brass were made to shine and belts the purest white
                Were donned on black trimmed coats of gray, beneath a dress hat bright

                Behind them lay so much of life since first they wore the gray
                When light their step and clear their eye, they savored each new day
                Those happy times of West Point years, when bonds for life were made
                Til oaths were sworn and forth they went their mettle to be weighed

                Still on they walk on legs grown old, with eyes that strain to see
                But gaining strength with every step infused by history
                By classmates gone whose deeds on earth live on in mind and heart
                Remembered friends in marbled stone who bravely did their part

                What’s that they hear upon the Plain, but sound of fife and drum
                As turn they all to join a class whose time to march has come
                And march they do with heads held high before the grateful throng
                And with them wait for freedom’s band to call the new guard on

                The granite walls release their hold and free the waiting Corps
                Young men and women marching forth to martial music score   
                They pass the Line, their span of years, as eyes look right to see
                And in their eyes catch full a glimpse of who they’ll one day be

                All sense a spirit in the air, a bond across the stage
                As eyes grow moist and hearts beat fast uniting all in age
                The young march off and leave the plain, the stirring music dies
                But those who stay, inspired so, renew their lifelong ties

                God grant them mercy in your will, the Black and Gold and Gray
                To find a servant’s resting place when comes the final day
                With family, friends, The Long Gray Line, eternity to share
                Immortal life by heaven’s grace with all who gather there


Sunday, February 12, 2012

Weekly News and Agenda for Tuesday 2/14/12

1. AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, 2/14/12:

0700-0730: INTRODUCTIONS & ASSISTANCE

During roundtable introductions we invite you tell us what's happening in your world these days, with special focus on anything we might be able to help with, such as referrals, advice, job search assistance, or any other networking needs. Chances are good that someone in the group can help directly, or refer you to someone in the network who can.

0730-0800: PROGRAM/SPEAKER

Author and BizNet member Rich Adams (USMA '67) will share some of the stories behind his recent award-winning book - The Parting - A Story of West Point on the Eve of the Civil War.

Rich talked about the book during one of our Tuesday meetings last month, but it left many of us yearning to hear even more about this great story of an incredible time in our nation's history. Some highly respected reviewers have suggested that it be made into a feature film someday. For more information on The Parting, please visit the website for the book, at http://richardbarlowadams.com/

Here's an excerpt from the website:

"As we enter the sesquicentennial years of the Civil War, we are reminded of the most heart-wrenching time in our nation's history when the nation was divided and families and friends, including West Point cadets, had to decide their allegiance, and having decided their allegiance would fight one another for four long years in a war that would take more than 620,000 lives. The Parting is a story that enters upon the eve of that history."

2. UPCOMING TUESDAY PROGRAMS:

2/14/12 (this week): Rich Adams (USMA '67) -- see above.

2/21/12: TBD/Open Forum. We have some speakers tentatively lined up in the coming weeks, but at the moment this date is still open. If there's a speaker you'd like to invite for 2/21 or any future Tuesdays, or if you'd like to lead a discussion yourself, just let me know (panicciaj@aol.com).

3. JOB OPPORTUNITY - SALES/ACCOUNT MANAGER (Denver):

BizNet Member Terence Andre (USAFA '87) is with TiER1 Performance Solutions. He writes:

We have continued to grow our base of operations in Denver and are in the process of further building out our team there. Right now we are specifically looking for a strong account manager who can help us further develop new clients. The ideal person has some background in learning, change, talent or knowledge management and has sold in Denver to large companies at a senior management level, particularly in the HR space. Below is a link to a full job description. If you know anyone that’s a fit, please have them submit their resume and/or contact me and reference Academy BizNet.

http://www.smartrecruiters.com/TiER1PerformanceSolutions/499189-sales-account-manager-denver-co-

Thanks,
Terence
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Terence Andre, Ph.D.

TiER1 Performance Solutions
Managing Director, Denver/Colorado Springs Office
o: 859-663-2114 | d: 859.916.7541 | m: 719-213-4205
e: t.andre@tier1performance.com
www.tier1performance.com | blog.tier1performance.com

4. JOB OPPORTUNITIES - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSULTANT (nation-wide):

This item comes to us via other grad networks. Recruiter Bridget Vun (Kronos, Inc) writes as follows:

Kronos's Professional Services organization is looking to add permanent full-time consultants nation-wide, to our multiple Practices. ERP/Software Applications implementation experience with external customers is highly desired.

These are permanent full-time positions with competitive salary, bonus, and additional benefits.

Please pass this link and my email address to anyone who may be interested: http://www.kronos.com/careers/current-openings.aspx / bridget.vun@kronos.com

Thank you and I look forward to speaking with you,

Bridget Vun
Recruiter
Kronos Inc.

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Have a great week.

Joe Paniccia (USMA '84)
BizNet Coordinator
panicciaj@aol.com

Service Academy BizNet of Denver meets weekly on Tuesdays at 0700, in the Marriott Hotel at the Denver Tech Center. From I-25, exit Belleview east, then turn north onto Syracuse Street. While the Marriott lots are paid parking (approx $2-4), you can park for FREE across the street at Garcia's Restaurant (we have their permission). Look for us in the seating area inside the Marriott's coffee shop. RSVP is not required. Dress is casual. Attendance is open to graduates of the federal service academies (USAFA, USCGA, USMA, USMMA, USNA). Our schedule, roster and other information are posted on the web site at www.academybiznet.org

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Grad Has Job Opening for Sales/Account Manager (Denver)

BizNet Member Terence Andre (USAFA '87) is with TiER1 Performance Solutions. He writes:

We have continued to grow our base of operations in Denver and are in the process of further building out our team there. Right now we are specifically looking for a strong account manager who can help us further develop new clients. The ideal person has some background in learning, change, talent or knowledge management and has sold in Denver to large companies at a senior management level, particularly in the HR space. Below is a link to a full job description. If you know anyone that’s a fit, please have them submit their resume and/or contact me and reference Academy BizNet.

http://www.smartrecruiters.com/TiER1PerformanceSolutions/499189-sales-account-manager-denver-co-

Thanks,

Terence

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Terence Andre, Ph.D.

TiER1 Performance Solutions
Managing Director, Denver/Colorado Springs Office
o: 859-663-2114 | d: 859.916.7541 | m: 719-213-4205

e: t.andre@tier1performance.com

www.tier1performance.com | blog.tier1performance.com

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Agenda for Tuesday, 2/7/12

1. AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, 2/7/12:

0700-0730: INTRODUCTIONS & ASSISTANCE

During roundtable introductions we invite you tell us what you're up to these days, with special focus on anything we might be able to help with, such as referrals, advice, job search assistance, or any other networking needs. Chances are good that someone in the group can help directly or refer you to someone in the network who can.

0730-0800: PROGRAM/SPEAKER

BizNet member Leo DeGreef (USAFA '79) will lead a discussion on our tools and strategies for BizNet communication and basic information sharing, with particular focus on our roster. Currently we have 2 rosters -- the one on the main BizNet site, and also the Google Docs roster set up for us by Dave Jackson (USMA '73) to address security concerns. We intended the Google Docs roster to be the single solution, but some challenges remain with visibility and accessibility. Better communication might overcome most of those concerns, but whatever the strategy, we'd like to have a single roster that is both secure and easily accessible for our members.

Leo has good ideas on other BizNet communication strategies also, and we'd love to hear your thoughts, so grab some coffee and join us Tuesday morning.

2. UPCOMING TUESDAY PROGRAMS:

2/7/12 (this week): Leo DeGreef (USAFA '79) -- see above.

2/14/12: TBD/Open Forum. If there's a speaker you'd like to invite for this date or any future Tuesdays, or if you'd like to lead a discussion yourself, just let me know (panicciaj@aol.com) and we'll get it onto the schedule.

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Have a great week.

Joe Paniccia (USMA '84)
BizNet Coordinator
panicciaj@aol.com

Service Academy BizNet of Denver meets weekly on Tuesdays at 0700, in the Marriott Hotel at the Denver Tech Center. From I-25, exit Belleview east, then turn north onto Syracuse Street. While the Marriott lots are paid parking (approx $2-4), you can park for FREE across the street at Garcia's Restaurant (we have their permission). Look for us in the seating area inside the Marriott's coffee shop. RSVP is not required. Dress is casual. Attendance is open to graduates of the federal service academies (USAFA, USCGA, USMA, USMMA, USNA). Our schedule, roster and other information are posted on the web site at www.academybiznet.org

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Urgent Request from Kurt Schlaefer (USAFA '70)

BizNet Members:

I have an imminent emergency brewing.

I’m reaching out to you to see if any of you know of a really good Divorce and Family law attorney in Denver to help my daughter fight an estranged husband who is cheating on her and trying to take her newborn and 7 year old daughter away from her. She lives with us and had her new daughter 1 week ago and is still recovering and trying to breast feed. Her current attorney is not properly equipped to deal with the type of person her husband has become and their issues going forward. The husband is becoming worse and worse and she needs someone who will get on this right away in the face of the husbands venomous attacks and new uncaring attorney.

There are some immediate court actions upon us requiring immediate attention.

Again, if you know a really good Divorce and Family Law attorney and understands women’s issues, could you please contact me by cell or email right away.

Thanks for your help,

Kurt

Kurt Schlaefer
720-271-8277 (Cell) 303.235.9019 (Fax)
kschlaefer@centleasing.com


Centennial Leasing & Sales
67 Inverness Drive East #100
Englewood, CO 80112