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The Microso brain trust: Chairman John Thompson, CEO Satya Nadella, founder Bill Gates, and former CEO Steve Ballmer.
REDMOND, WA — John W. Thompson (le and upper right inset corner), when Chairman and CEO of Symantec Corp., was Industry’s keynote speaker during Na onal BDPA’s 2001 annual technology conference and awards gala in Chicago, IL. Today, Mr. Thompson is the Chairman of Microso .
Microso was an exhibitor in 2001 returning again this year in Atlanta, GA from August 1-3, 2019 as an exhibitor and sponsor during #BDPACon19. Valued at $1.045 trillion, Microso Corpora on (MSFT:NASDAQ) closed earlier this week at 136.42 per share bea ng top and bo om-line es mates for the fourth quarter of their fi scal year. According to MarketWatch, Microso ’s trillion-dollar valua on is banking on con nuing cloud and enterprise growth with Azure. To join the conversa on, visit bdpa2019.com. bt
— Microso and COMPUTERWORLD photos
Microso — Industry’s Most Valuable Company in #BigTECH
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NATIONAL BDPA CO-FOUNDEREarl A. Pace, Jr.
NATIONAL PRESIDENTTerry Morris
NATIONAL BDPA VICE PRESIDENTDr. Michael Wulf
NBDPA VICE PRESIDENTNORTH REGIONTyrone McKinney
NBDPA VICE PRESIDENTSOUTH REGIONJudy Lane
NBDPA VICE PRESIDENTMIDWEST REGIONNorman Fleming
NBDPA VICE PRESIDENTWEST REGIONBeverly Moore
NBDPA SECRETARYShondria Seaton
NBDPA CHIEF of STAFFTolani Verissimo_________
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COLUMBIA, MD — The annual Youth Conference of Network Defenders (Y-CND) is a charter of events giving area teens and young adults an opportunity to network and submerge themselves with in the informa on technology and cyber communi es.
Powered by Defender Academy, the goal is to foster communica on and collabora on while increasing the level of conversa ons impac ng youth and tomorrow’s workforce. Y-CND events explore the safety, standardiza on, tools, and diversity and inclusion of the informa on technology and cybersecurity community.
This Saturday, students from Bal more, Maryland and Washington, D.C. area community technology organiza ons had an opportunity to ask ques ons, par cipate, and fi gure out new or emerging roles in cybersecurity.
Par cipa ng organiza ons encourage students to be an integral part of new teams closing America’s gap in cybersecurity professionals.___________
DreamPort is a cyber innova on, collabora on, and prototyping facility in Columbia, MD created by U.S. CYBER Command (CYBERCOM) through a Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) awarded to the Maryland Innova on and Security Ins tute (MISI). bt
Y-CND Youth Conference of Network Defenders
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