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company’s advanced semantic technology platform and holds patents asso-
ciated with that work. He has worked regularly with customers such as Air-
bus Industries, State Street Bank, and UCB Pharma, helping them develop
unique and highly valuable semantic applications in their respective orga-
nizations. Over the years Alan has contributed significantly to the develop-
ment of advanced media technologies offered by both Sun Microsystems
and Microsoft. He cofounded Anyware Fast, a software consultancy, and
was instrumental in its sale to Dimension X, one of the very first Java
startups, specializing in virtual reality and interactive multimedia–authoring
software. At Dimension X, Alan was the director of technology until the
firm was acquired by Microsoft. As part of the Microsoft Office team, he
led the development of Microsoft Vizact 2000, an interactive multimedia
authoring product.
Alan has a Bachelor of Applied Science in electrical engineering from the
University of Waterloo.Kim heldman, PMP (lakewood, Colorado, U.S.)
Kim Heldman, PMP, has over 18 years experience in information technol-
ogy project management. She is the chief information officer for the Colo-
rado Department of Transportation and is responsible for all IT resource
planning, budgeting, and project management for a $1 billion organization
with 3,300+ geographically dispersed employees.
Kim has served in an executive leadership role for several years and is
regarded as a strategic visionary with an innate ability to collaborate with
diverse groups and organizations, instill hope and improve morale, and
lead her teams in achieving goals they never thought possible.
Kim has extensive experience in the government sector managing projects
of various size and scope. She serves on the Executive Governance Com-
mittee (EGC) in the Governor’s Office of Information Technology, which
is responsible for oversight and governance of IT state-certified projects.
In her role as cochair of the Colorado CIO Forum, Kim assisted with the
recommendation and review of statewide IT policies, standards, and initia-
tives. Kim is also the cofounder of the Colorado Project Management Users
Group, open to all state agency CIOs and IT project managers. She con-
tributed to the development and implementation of project management
policies, standards, and methodologies for projects statewide. The group’s
work was instrumental in helping to establish legislation requiring all major
IT projects in the state of Colorado to have certified project managers con-
ducting them.