Transform Your Leadership
Skills into a Vivit Local
User Group LeaderJanuary 16, 2019
Vivit’s Community Team
Bob CrewsVivit Board of Directors
Community ChairCheckpoint Technologies
Teri SaralloVivit Staff
Americas LUG and SIG Liaison
Annemarie StuiverVivit Staff
EMEA/APJ LUG and SIG Liaison
Hosted By
Bob CrewsVivit Community Chair
President and Co-Founder of Checkpoint Technologies
Today’s Panel
Rocky Pisto
Vivit Engage Coordinator
Vivit Worldwide
Mark Herbert
Quality Analyst III
Dignity Health
Carsten Neise
Senior IT Quality Consultant
profi.com AG Business Solutions
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➢ Who: Current LUG Leaders AND anyone interested in learning the value
and benefits of being a LUG Leader
➢ Why: ➢ Help current leaders better organize LUG meetings and increase attendance
➢ Help find additional leaders to co-lead with current leaders
➢ Help find leaders to fill open positions globally
➢ What: Panel format with one moderator and three current LUG leader
panelists discussing the Value of Being a Vivit Leader and the Steps for
Success
Panelist #1
Rocky Pisto
▪ Vivit Sponsorship Liasion
▪ APM and OpsBridge SIG Leader
▪ Micro Focus Partner Sale Representive at PCI for 30 years
▪ In VIVIT since 1996
▪ Founder Vivit Local User Group in Michigan and Ohio for 16 years
▪ LUG group focused on ITOM, ADM and SM
▪ Extraordinary Service Award 2007, Vivit 2010 MVP, Vivit Worldwide Excellence Award 2014
Vivit – Michigan and Ohio
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Vivit Ohio LUG Meeting in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Akron778 current members
Vivit Michigan LUG Meetings in Detroit Area, Grand Rapids, and Holland.390 current members
Averaged eight events a year
Panelist #2
Mark Herbert
▪ Vivit member since 2006
▪ Founded the Vivit Local User Group in Pittsburgh, PA
▪ Co-Leader of the Vivit Local User Group in Arizona since 2009
AZ LUG focused on ADM, ITOM, and SM
▪ Vivit Leader of the Year Award 2012
▪ Elected to the Vivit Board of Directors in 2013
Currently serving as the Vice President of Operations
Vivit – Arizona
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➢ Vivit Arizona Local User Group
➢ 480 current members
➢ Average three events a year
Panelist #3
Dr. Carsten Neise
▪ Senior IT Consultant
▪ Focus: Data Management
▪ In VIVIT since 09/2015
▪ Local User Group Leader
▪ Together with Dr. Andreas Birk : SIG – TQA
▪ Since 01/2017 build up SIG – PE in Germany
▪ Offerings: regional user group meetings, webinars, yearly global meetings
Vivit TQA Aktivitäten in Deutschland
Region Nord/Ost
Carsten Neise (profi.com)
Michael Thiere (SQS)
Thomas Klampke (SQS)
Irena Gauer (Direkt
Gruppe)
Region Köln
Holger Kaufmann
(viadee)
Roundtable Finanzwirtschaft
Dirk Hedderich (Micro Focus)
Felix Kugler (Micro Focus)
Christian Schütz (Micro
Focus)
Region Freiburg / Südwest
Andreas Reusch
(HAUFE.Gruppe)
Eric Schmieder (HAUFE.Gruppe)
Isabelle Farina (Endress+Hauser)
Region München
Carsten Neise (Profi.com)
Andreas Widmann (Micro
Focus)
Angegeben sind jeweils die Initiatoren bzw. Organisatoren der Treffen
Seit 2011: Regionale Treffen in
Deutschland und der Schweiz
Vivit TQA in Deutschland
Andreas Birk
(Software.Process.Management)
Carsten Neise (profi.com)Weitere temporäre Arbeitskreise:
„ALM Octane evaluieren & einführen“
▪ Kick-Off 23.02. Februar 2018 – Terminumfrage in Kürze
Weitere Veranstaltungen und Aktivitäten
▪ Vivit Deutschland Treffen,
i.d.R. einmal jährlich
▪ Treffen am Rand von Micro Focus
Veranstaltungen
▪ Kooperation mit anderen Special
Interest Groups von Vivit
Q & A
We are Here for you!
For more information about becoming a Vivit Leader, or if you have any
questions, ideas, suggestions, or comments, please email us any time:
[email protected] (Community Director)
[email protected] (EMEA and APJ Liaison)
[email protected] (Americas Liaison)
Upcoming Vivit Events
January 17, 2019Webinar: Implementing Micro Focus Service Virtualization at a Global Pharmacy Retail Chain9:00 - 10:00 AM PST (Los Angeles), 12:00 - 1:00 PM EST (New York), 18:00 - 19:00 CET (Frankfurt)https://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1177898&group=
January 23, 2019Webinar: Building a Reusable Automated Testing Framework for UFT10:00 - 11:00 AM PST (Los Angeles), 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST (New York), 19:00 - 20:00 CET (Frankfurt)https://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1178335&group=
January 23, 2019Meeting: Vivit AZ LUG Q1 2019 Event at The Capital Grille5:00 PM - 7:00 PM MST (Arizona)https://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1181924&group=
January 24, 2019Meeting: Discover the New and Exciting Micro Focus - Florida LUG Event5:30 - 7:00 PM EST (Florida)https://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1172751&group=
January 31, 2019Meeting: User Group Treffen "Testen & Test-Management mit Produkten von Micro Focus in München13:00 - 17:00 CEThttps://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1180268&group=
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