IIBA-OC January Dinner Meeting: Digital Disruption: Top Tech Trends and the Evolution of the Digital Business Analyst

BA Orange County Dinner Meeting

Digital Disruption: Top Tech Trends and
the Evolution of the Digital Business Analyst

Presented by Aparna Suresh, Lead Business Systems Analyst

Member Early Bird Pricing Until January 21 - Register now!  

Discover how the world of business has changed due to digital disruption, what is driving this change and how you as a BA can prepare and position yourself to take advantage of the ‘new normal’.

• Understand the business impact of digital disruption
• Discover the top technology trends that are driving digital disruption
• Learn how IT organizations and Business Analysts must evolve to successfully survive and thrive in this complex, ever-changing landscape

The world of business, as usual, has gone the way of the dodo and become extinct. Game-changing technology like AI, Cloud, and Augmented Reality have transformed the business world and disrupted life as we know it.

Key Point: IT organizations and business analysts can no longer rely on traditional mindsets and practices to survive and must evolve into value generators and digital change agents, becoming game-changers themselves to thrive in this new world of digital disruption.

 Professional Development Units: Earn 1 PDU for attending this session

Speaker:  Aparna Suresh, Lead Business Systems Analyst

 Aparna Suresh has over 12 years of global business experience, in designing products and delivering solutions, at Fortune 500 companies, including Experian, GE Healthcare, Motorola and First American Title.

She is currently a Lead Business Systems Analyst at First American Title, where she champions agile practices and focuses on prioritizing and delivering business value! As a certified PMP and CBAP, she integrates project management and business analysis perspectives in her role. She is also a Certified Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Product Owner and holds 2 graduate degrees in Engineering and Information Sciences (from University of Reading, England) and in Organizational Leadership (from Gonzaga University) that enable her to bridge technical and business worlds.

A fun fact about Aparna is that she is a die-hard mystery and sci-fi fan, eagerly awaiting the next season of Stranger Things and Travelers!

  IIBA OC Dinner Meeting Resume Review

Stephanie Larkin, Senior Account Executive at MRCC will be available from 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM. Come early and bring your resume. They will be ready to help you sharpen up your resume! Statistics show that you are more likely to get your next job from face-to-face networking than from an online job website.

Resume Review is available to those who are registered for the dinner so please get ready and register now!

 Dinner Raffle - At the end of the night we raffle several gift cards - register early to be entered into the raffle (you must be present to win).

January Dinner Options*:

 1) Rib Eye Steak with roasted potatoes, haricots verts with blue cheese and Merlot sauce

 2) Stuffed Chicken Breast with spinach, dill & feta cheese, seasonal vegetable, and jasmine rice

 3) Atlantic Salmon with Jasmine rice and mustard maple sauce

 4) Mediterranean Vegetable Penne - Artichoke hearts, tomatoes, broccoli, garlic, mushrooms, Kalamata olives in tomato-basil, sauce sprinkled with feta (This is the Vegitarian option).

 * Please, note the menu items are subject to change.

The dinner will include one of the following drinks: Coffee, Hot Tea, Ice Test or Soft drinks with free refill.

New Location for  our IIBA OC January Dinner Meeting
Citrus Cafe  1481 Edinger Ave, Tustin, CA 92780   

This location provides a private room, so please ask for IIBA OC when you arrive and be ready to make your dinner selection at that time. There is free Self-Parking.

Agenda:
Registration opens at 5:30 pm. 
Meeting starts 6:15 pm
Dinner served 6:20 pm
Speaker 7:00 pm
Raffle / Close 8:30 pm  

Refund Policy: There are no refunds for this event.

There are no event-only tickets allowed at this location.