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Technology Experts to Help Businesses Adapt

Technology Experts to Help Area Businesses Adapt

FSW, Inc., Bridgeport, CT May 17, 2011—Mark Mastrianni, who manages General Electric Corporation’s Global Technology licensing and acquisition, will be added to the roster of technology experts this Thursday (May 19) when FSW (formerly Family Services Woodfield) of Bridgeport presents its 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Technology Today Business Forum and Expo at the Courtyard Marriott of Shelton.

Mastrianni will be one of the heavy hitters in a 5:30 p.m. panel moderated by Joe Connolly, Wall Street Journal and WCBS Newsradio reporter (“Small Business Reports”), who will invite audience questions on today’s technology and the bottom line.  Other big league technology experts on the panel will be Thomas Ready, Vice President of Operations, Xerox Corp., and Ted Josephson, FVP Direct Banking & Operations for People’s United Bank. A networking session with cash bar will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. immediately prior to the panel.  David Pogue, technology columnist for the New York Times, will deliver an address at lunchtime.  He will focus on the hottest new gadgets and technologies in “Disruptive Technology: What’s New, What’s Coming, and How it will Change Everything.” 

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“We are extremely fortunate to present these five outstanding experts,”“ said Bill Hass, FSW’s President and CEO.  “We are especially proud, as a social services organization, to play a role in helping area businesses adapt to technological change. In today’s challenging economy, the business sector and the social services sector need each other more than ever.”  Bridgeport-based FSW is hosting the event with the backing of Connecticut Business Systems (CBS), platinum sponsor, and Kelser Corporation, Reynolds and Rowella, Omtool, Nuance, and Square Nine Softworks. United Illuminating Company/Southern Connecticut Gas Company is a community partner at the luncheon.   FSW ( www.fswinc.org) serves 11,000 low-income clients each year along the Norwalk-Bridgeport-New Haven corridor with a holistic range of services: programs for youth, workplace readiness, small business development, financial education and planning, homelessness prevention, literacy services, behavioral health, and food services including Meals on Wheels. To purchase tickets: http://bit.ly/hUsNhw

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Other Technology Today highlights include:

  • 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. expo with displays and demonstrations, free of charge; and
  • 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. break–out sessions on Cloud computing, and SMARTboard technology, also free of charge.

Entrance to the expo, technology demonstrations, and breakout and networking sessions are free. For more information including fees of luncheon and panel, www.fswinc.org, or  Sabra Gallo, 203-368-5537, sgallo@fswinc.org.

Pogue (www.davidpogue.com ) writes the tech column for the New York Times every week, and in Scientific American every month. On TV, he presents humorous tech videos on CNBC every Thursday, tech stories for CBS Sunday Morning, and the recent PBS NOVA series, “Making Stuff”. With over 3 million books in print, Pogue also is one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, known for his “Missing Manuals” series as well as tech and non-tech titles in the “for Dummies” series. More than 1.3 million followers are currently getting Pogue’s pithy insights via Twitter.

Connolly’s business reports are heard by 2 million people every week on WCBS 880 in New York and by millions more nationally through syndication.

FSW’s mission is to empower people to build a brighter future. Employing a holistic approach, FSW links flexible, innovative and collaborative programs that restore personal capability, develop skills and build a pathway to economic self-sufficiency.

Contact:

Marie Dallas, Communications and Outreach Coordinator

FSW Inc. CT

(203) 368-5596 (ph)

(203) 368-1239 (fax)

mdallas@fswinc.org

www.fswinc.org

 

 

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