Noblestar, an international IT Management Consulting firm, announced today that Carson Holmes, a Senior Consultant at Noblestar and Lead Organizer for the Los Angeles Rational User Group (LARUG), will also head up the Orange County Rational User Group (OCRUG) in 2007.
Rational User Groups are independent, user-run membership organizations that provide Rational users with information to assist them in the implementation of Rational Software solutions. Members share a tight connection with Rational, helping to define and shape future products.
Each group has their first meeting of 2007 early in February, with the LARUG first on the 7th and the OCRUG on the 8th. Both meetings will feature presentations by Rob Lamb, Vice President of IBM Rational Sales Americas, and Saif Islam, Technical Services Manager. Rob Lamb will be presenting on “IT Governance with Service-Oriented Architecture” and Saif Islam will be presenting on “Process Adoption Framework”.
The LARUG and OCRUG were formed after the Southern California Rational User Group became inactive in 2003. Carson Holmes formed the LARUG and Nancy Parker formed the OCRUG. With Nancy stepping down this year, Carson was eager to head the OCRUG. He commented, “I'm looking forward to rejuvenating the OCRUG, and with Noblestar's tremendous support I will be able to schedule great speakers on prominent topics that will add value to the OC software development community.”
Rational-ug.org is comprised of User Groups, Business Partners, IT professionals and business users. It is a forum to communicate experiences, ideas, and technical expertise related to the use of Rational products. Further information can be found at: http://www.rational-ug.org.
Pioneering cutting-edge technologies for over 20 years, Noblestar is an innovative professional services firm known for effectively applying strong business and technological expertise as well as process and architectural rigor to promising digital technologies, to solve challenging business problems and enable sustainable advantages. The company, which specializes in IT Governance, IT Portfolio Management and IBM Rational is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and has offices in Austin, Houston, London, and Warsaw. Further information about Noblestar can be found at www.noblestar.com.
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