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Showing posts with label 2003 BDPA Conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2003 BDPA Conference. Show all posts

Thursday, October 30, 2003

Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology, Oct/Nov 2003 (Gina Billings, Wayne Hicks, Joe Smialowski)

In Philly in August, BDPA Throws a Swinging Twenty-Fifth. Black Data Processing Associates returned to its roots for its twenty-fifth annual convention and career fair. The organization's first chapter started in 1975 in Philadelphia, PA, and the city was a great backdrop for the 2003 version of BDPA's yearly get-together.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2003

Business Wire, 8/13/2003 (Joseph Smialowski)

More Than 30 Major Employers Including FleetBoston Financial, Compuware, Merck and Toyota Motors. Shomex, a national event producer and leader in live recruitment solutions, announced today the list of companies that will be participating at the BDPA National Conference Career Expo, www.shomex.com/bdpa, on August 15-16, 2003, at the Philadelphia Marriott. The BDPA National Conference Career Expo is designed specifically to connect IT professionals with employers from a wide cross section of industries looking for IT talent...

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Monday, August 11, 2003

ComputerWorld, 8/11/2003 (Milt Haynes)

IT Careers: BDPA focuses on career growth, entrepreneurs. When more than 2,500 individuals meet for the annual Black Data Processing Association Conference in Philadelphia Aug. 13-17, they'll get a rich blend of three critical career components--technical expertise, mentoring and coaching of individuals, and skills to lead start-up and established businesses...

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Monday, August 4, 2003

CSRwire, 8/4/2003 (Chris Scalet, Wayne Hicks)

Merck CIO is Keynoter for BDPA Conference. BDPA is pleased to announce that Chris Scalet, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Merck & Company, will be keynote speaker for its 25th Annual National Conference Opening Ceremonies. The event will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003, at the Philadelphia Marriott. Mr. Scalet will address the conference theme, Information Technology: From the Classroom to the Boardroom.

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Monday, July 28, 2003

CSRwire, 7/28/2003 (Allison Clark, Juan Gilbert, Milt Haynes, Wayne Hicks)


BDPA Plans Gala Silver Anniversary Conference. BDPA is bringing its 2003 national conference back to Philadelphia this year. The conference will run from August 13-17. "Philly is the birthplace of BDPA," says Milt Haynes, BDPA's national president. Haynes is an IT project manager at Lucent Technologies (Naperville, IL). IT pros Earl Pace and the late David Wimberly started BDPA in Philadelphia almost thirty years ago. This will be the organization's twenty-fifth national conference. "We expect the conference to have a big impact this year," Haynes says. He estimates that attendance may top last year's figure of 2,000 by 25 percent.

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Monday, June 30, 2003

Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology, June/July 2003 (Roxanne Clinton, Milt Haynes, Wayne Hicks)

BDPA plans a gala twenty-fifth in Philadelphia - Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA, www.bdpa.org) is bringing its 2003 national convention back to Philadelphia this year. The conference will run from August 13-17.

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Tuesday, December 3, 2002

WorkPlaceDiversity Press Room, 12/3/2002 (Milt Haynes)

National Black Data Processing Associates and WorkPlaceDiversity.com Form Partnership. WorkplaceDiversity.com (www.WorkplaceDiversity.com), the source for diversity talent, and National BDPA (Black Data Processing Associates (http://www.bdpa.org)) today announced a joint venture to recognize the ten best companies for Blacks in technology as well as to honor one of the ten companies as Company of the Year. The award for Company of the Year will be presented at BDPA's 2003 Annual National Conference to be held August 13-17, 2003 at the Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia, PA.

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