THE INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ASSOCIATION GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. TOPICS • • • • • • • • • • Who is ITEA? The ITEA Vision & Mission Why join ITEA? Organizational Values Strategic Goals Governance (Board/Committees/Chapters) Membership Awards Program Key Activities Upcoming events 2:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name WHO IS ITEA? • Established in 1980 – proudly serving the T&E community of professionals over 30 years • Incorporated in the District of Columbia • Not-for-profit 501(c)3 educational association • Primary purpose to further education and science in the field of T&E • May not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates participating in or contributing to political 3:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name THE ITEA VISION & MISSION Our Vision To be the premier global association for test and evaluation professionals, organizations, and related communities. ITEA's Vision defines what the Association desires to create and/or to become in the longterm. It provides a long-term focus for the Association, its programs and services, and its resource allocations. It is the image of the future we seek to create. Our Mission To advance test and evaluation globally by providing professional development resources, best practices, networking, and learning opportunities for the test and evaluation community. ITEA's Mission defines the Association's scope, direction, and emphasis as the Vision is pursued. The Mission is a positioning statement for members, potential members, and related organizations in the short-term. It represents our purpose, reason for being, who we are and what we do. 4:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name GET CONNECTED...WITH ITEA! To LEARN To SHARE To ADVANCE 5:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name GET CONNECTED...WITH ITEA! GET CONNECTED... to LEARN • Your KNOWLEDGE Connection for: – Personal Growth – Professional Development – Career Advancement 6:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name GET CONNECTED...WITH ITEA! GET CONNECTED... to SHARE • Your NETWORKING Connection for: – Building Relationships – Acquiring Experience & Knowledge from Others – Exchanging Lessons Learned 7:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name GET CONNECTED...WITH ITEA! GET CONNECTED... to ADVANCE • Your CAREER Connection for: – Promoting YOUR Profession – Demonstrating YOUR Commitment to Excellence – Investing in OUR Future Workforce 8:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name ITEA VALUES • • • • • Professionalism Volunteerism Service-Oriented Organization Open Communications Balanced Focus on Individual and Corporate Members 9:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name ITEA STRATEGIC GOALS ITEA's Strategic Goals are the Association's highest priority purposes. The Goals define areas of critical emphasis for ITEA over the 2013-2016 period represented by this plan. Strategic goals support both the organization’s mission and vision statement, provide fundamental long-range direction, and are overarching and few in number. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10:Date xxxxxx Provide professional development opportunities that help T&E professionals acquire and demonstrate that they have the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to excel. Broaden and diversify participation. Clarify ITEA’s image and better communicate benefits of participation. Strengthen ITEA Chapters and Volunteer leadership. Improve the quality and relevance of educational courses. Increase opportunities for information exchange and networking through association events, publications, social media, and other avenues. Increase opportunities to recognize accomplishments of T&E professionals. Improve the financial performance of the Association. GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name GOVERNANCE Board of Directors President Executive Committee Vice President Treasurer Secretary Executive Advisory Group Senior Advisory Group Historian By-Laws Elections Committee Ways and Means Committee Executive Director ITEA Staff Planning and Administration Group Chapter and Individual Membership Group Professional Activities Group Corporate Development Communications Strategic Planning Technology Regional Vice Presidents Awards Education Events Publications Northeast MId-Atlantic Southeast Southwest West International 26 Chapters / 2,000 Active Members/100 Corporate Members 11:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name 2014 ITEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Board Officers Elected Directors Dr. Mark D. Brown President Mr. Charles "Charlie" Garcia Mr. Charles “Chas” McKee Mr. Steve L. Moraca Mr. Peter "Pete" Nikoloff Vice President MG Jeffrey Riemer (USAF, Ret'd) Mr. Gene Hudgins Mr. John Schab Mr. Terry Wilson Secretary Mr. Randall “Randy” Surch Appointed Directors Dr. Eileen Bjorkman Treasurer Mr. Pat Cannon Mr. Peter “Pete” Christensen Dr. Wilson Felder Mr. Michael "Mike" McFalls 12:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name 2014 ITEA ADVISORS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. Timothy "Tim" Chalfant Mr. Michael "Mike" Greco Ms. Amy Markowich Mr. Jeffrey "Jeff" Olinger 13:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name ITEA COMMITTEE CHAIRS Awards Professional Development Ms. Stephanie "Steph" H. Clewer Dr. Tim Scully, Ph.D. Chapter & Individual Development Publications Mr. Mike Wetzl Dr. Steven "Flash" Gordon, Ph.D. Corporate Development Rules and Bylaws Mrs. Kathi Swagerty Dr. Mark Brown, Ph.D. Elections Senior Advisory Board Mr. Richard "Rick" Shelley Dr. Mark Brown, Ph.D. Events Ways and Means Dr. John Foulkes, Ph.D. Mr. Mike McFalls History Mr. James Welshans 14:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name ITEA REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS Northeast Region Southwest Region Mr. John Frederick Mr. Gregory D. Lamberth Mid-Atlantic Region West Region Ms. Jeanine McDonnell Zubowsky Mr. Terrance J. McKearney Southeast Region International Region Mr. Michael T. McFalls Mr. Peter "Pete" Nikoloff 15:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name ITEA MEMBERSHIP CHAPTERS Northeast Region West Region Penn State Southwest Region Mid-Atlantic Region Hampton Roads Southeast Region International Region 16:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name CHAPTERS • 26 chapters located in continental US, Hawaii, Australia, Israel, and Europe • Basic unit of ITEA – typically centered around local commands • Carry out projects and programs supporting ITEA goals • Frequently identify areas of interest for the Association’s educational events and host or sponsor most ITEA educational events • Support ITEA’s mission to enhance educational opportunities for students and young professionals by administering the scholarship distributions • Provide entry-level leadership opportunities • Conduct regular meetings to meet the needs of their members • Participate in ITEA’s awards program • Nominate candidates for election to the ITEA Board of Directors 17:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name ITEA MEMBERSHIP Open to all individuals and organizations interested in promoting the objectives of Test and Evaluation. 2,000 individual members from: • Government • Industry • Non-profit organizations 18:Date xxxxxx • T&E related service industry • OEMs • Academia • Unaffiliated 100 Corporate members from: • Contractors • Consultants • T&E peripheral work GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP • Includes individual memberships • Eligible to send employees to ITEA events at reduced rates • May submit news articles for the “Corporate News” section of the ITEA Journal • Reduced rates for Journal advertising and exhibits at ITEA events • Receive a library subscription to The ITEA Journal of Test and Evaluation • Included annually in the Journal’s corporate membership directory; includes services and capabilities 19:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE MEMBERS! Advanced Sciences and Technologies Advanced Systems Development Inc. AEgis Technologies Group, Inc. Agency for Defense Department Republic of Korea Air Academy Associates Alion Science and Technology AMERICAN SYSTEMS Ampex Data Systems Corporation Analytical Graphics, Inc. Applied Research Laboratory/PSU 20:Date xxxxxx Arcata Associates, Inc. Astro Haven Enterprises Avion Solutions, Inc. AVW Technologies, Inc. BAE Systems BAE Systems (Australia) Battelle CALCULEX, Inc. Command Post Technologies Cubic Defense Applications Group Curtiss-Wright Controls Avionics & Electronics GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE MEMBERS! Defense Acquisition University Definitive Logic Department of Defence RaN Test Evaluation and Analysis - RANTEAA (Australia) EMRTC New Mexico Tech Engility Corporation ERC, Inc. EWA Government Systems, Inc. General Dynamics C4 Systems Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) 21:Date xxxxxx Glacier Technologies LLC IDA Technology InDyne, Inc. IPEV Flight Test and Research Institute Jacobs Technology Joint Research and Development, Inc. JT3 LLC Kratos Technology and Training Solutions L-3 Telemetry West MacAulay-Brown, Inc. GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE MEMBERS! ManTech International Corp. Marvin Group, Geotest-MTS MEI Technologies Inc. Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) NAC Image Technology NetAcquire Corporation OnTime Networks< PAE Parsons Corporation Photo-Sonics, Inc. QinetiQ, Inc. 22:Date xxxxxx QUADELTA, Inc. Rockwell Collins, Inc. Rolls-Royce Rotating Precision Mechanisms, Inc. RoundTable Defense, LLC SAIC SA Tech Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) Sierra Lobo, Inc. Smartronix Inc. Spiral Technology, Inc. GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE MEMBERS! SURVICE Engineering Company SYMVIONICS Inc. System Development Center - CSIST (Republic of Korea) System Testing Excellence Program University of Memphis Systems Engineering & Management Company - SEMCO TASC Inc. TDK-Lambda Americas Telspan Data 23:Date xxxxxx The Boeing Company The MIL Corporation THE SENTE GROUP, INC. TRAX International TRIDEUM Corporation Varen Technologies Weibel Scientific A/S Westech International Inc. Wyle GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name RELATED COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST T&E Infrastructure/ Architecture Modeling & Simulation Test and Training (Facilities/Instrumentation) Joint Experimentation (MC02) Information Assurance (new/legacy) 24:Date xxxxxx Software Research and Development Aeronautics and Space Systems GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Transportation Systems Footer: Event Name ITEA KEY ACTIVITIES Scholarship Program • Over $500,000 in scholarships distributed over past ten years • Chapter level awards 25:Date xxxxxx Workshops • 3-6 per year • Many hosted by local ITEA Chapters • International symposium held each Fall ITEA Journal Short Courses • Quarterly • One of few periodicals dedicated to T&E • Available throughout year • Tailored to customer • Topical areas (e.g. IA, Spectrum, KPP, etc.) GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name THE ITEA JOURNAL T&E articles of general interest to ITEA members and ITEA Journal readers are always welcome. Each Issue includes specialty features: – “Featured Capability” describes unique, innovative capabilities and demonstrates how they support T&E – “Historical Perspectives” recall how T&E was performed in the past, or a significant test or achievement, often based on personal participation in the “old days” of T&E – “TechNotes” discusses innovative technology that has potential payoff in T&E applications or could have an impact on how T&E is conducted in the future 26:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name THE ITEA JOURNAL THEMES 2014 ITEA Journal Themes 2015 ITEA Journal Themes How Much Testing is Enough: How do we right-size tests? (March issue) The Right Mix of T&E Infrastructure (March issue) Training the Future T&E Workforce (June issue) Test Methodology Rigor (June issue) Modeling and Simulation Use in T&E (September issue) T&E of Information Assurance, Information Security, and Cyber Readiness (September issue) Unattended Vehicle Testing: Here, we must train as we fight (December issue) Blending Systems Engineering, Reliability, Lifecycle Support, and Testing (December issue) 27:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name THE ITEA JOURNAL Interested authors should submit contributions to the ITEA Publications Committee Chairman (itea@itea.org, attn.: Dr. Steve “Flash” Gordon). Detailed Manuscript Guidelines can be found at www.itea.org under the ITEA Publications tab. 28:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name AWARDS PROGRAM ITEA Awards Provide Recognition of Achievement in T&E – – – – – – – – – Matthews Award Board of Directors’ Award President’s Award Publications Award TSPI/EO Award Cross Award Special Achievement Award Chapters of the Year Awards Energizer Volunteer Award Nominations are always welcomed and encouraged! 29:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name ITEA EXECUTIVE OFFICE STAFF Executive Director James M. Gaidry, CAE Corporate Membership and Partner Development Manager Bill Dallas Member Support and Services Coordinator Bonnie Schendell 30:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name ITEA HEADQUARTERS International Test and Evaluation Association 4400 Fair Lakes Court, Suite 104 Fairfax, VA 22033-3891 Phone: (703) 631-6220 Fax: (703) 631-6221 Email: itea@itea.org Web: www.itea.org 31:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name DISTINGUISH YOURSELF… • • • • • • Submit an article for the ITEA Journal Answer a Call for Papers Make a Presentation Volunteer for an ITEA Committee Serve at your local Chapter Submit an Awards Nomination 32:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name GET CONNECTED...WITH ITEA! • To LEARN - Your KNOWLEDGE Connection for: – Personal Growth – Professional Development – Career Advancement • To SHARE - Your NETWORKING Connection for: – Building Relationships – Acquiring Experience & Knowledge from Others – Exchanging Lessons Learned • To ADVANCE - Your CAREER Connection for: – Promoting YOUR Profession – Demonstrating YOUR Commitment to Excellence – Investing in OUR Future Workforce 33:Date xxxxxx GET CONNECTED to LEARN, SHARE, AND ADVANCE. Footer: Event Name