2011 FTA Technology Conference and Exhibition


August 14-17, 2011• Grand Hyatt Denver • Denver, CO 80202

 

Presentations
2011 FTA Technology Conference and Exhibition

Monday, August 15, 2011

Keynote Address 
Mashups, Mobility, and Analytics:

Are You Ready for the New World of Tax Administration?

John Doyle, Senior Tax Manager, Deloitte Consulting 

FTA-IRS Tactical Advisory Group (TAG) - Working with IRS on Your Behalf
Terry Garber, SC, and Steve Asbell, Colorado

Delivering Secure Mobile Tax Applications
Clinton Mugge, Symosis Security

Preparing External Clients for Changes in Your  e-Portal
Vicki Gibbons, Wisconsin and Panel

How to Structure an IT Project When Failure is Not an Option
Virgil Helton, FAST Enterprises

IRS and State Modernized e-File Updates, Changes, and New Items
Rob Bedoya, IRS-ETA, Terry Garber, South Carolina  and TIGERS Co-Chair, and Donna Muccilli, FTA

Mobile Verification of Tax Stamps
Dr. Michael Fiedler, Giesecke & Devrient

Cloud Computing Supporting Tax Administration
Tim Blevins, CGI

Getting More Out of Your Data: Achieving Real-Time Compliance
Richard Peal, SAP

Colorado’s New Sales Tax e-File Program
Steve Asbell, Colorado

What Can Temporal Analytics Do For My Business?
Alison Torres, Teradata

Securing Your Tax Infrastructure
Joan Barr and Clinton Mugge, Tax Processing Systems

THE END IS NEAR!...for the IRS Legacy Fed/State eFile Platform
Bruce Baur, Revenue Solutions, Inc.

Getting Your Technology Projects Approved When a Strong Business Case is Not Enough - Why Benefit Funded Procurements are Making a Comeback

John Vranna, CGI

Establishing an Innovation Platform for Government
Jim Lieb, New York

New Technologies for Product Tracking and Tracing
Peter N. Allison, AmbientID

Improving Your Analytical Environment: Tools to Combat Tax Evasion and Refund Fraud
Joe Milack, Consultant, and Jim Blair, Teradata

Schedule for Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Mind Your Own Business (Rules)
Guy Kirtley, Revenue Solutions, Inc.

Why an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) May Be a Critical Part of Your Future Information Technology Infrastructure and Help You Avoid Millions in Unnecessary IT Costs
Tim Blevins, CGI

Working More Effectively With Your Taxpayer's Tax Software Company
Fluffy Cazalas, Vertex and Vice-President, NACTP

Funding and Delivery Strategies for Transformational Revenue Management Projects
Andre van der Post, Oracle, and Ted London, CGI 

How Public Records Can Improve Your Tax Discovery and Boost Tax Revenue - Featuring Multiple Government Case Studies
Andy Bucholz, LexisNexis

Updating Your Customer Web Experience
Jim Lieb, New York

Fast Track Collection Initiatives - A Strategy to Fund Modernization at North Carolina’s Department of Revenue
Ted London, CGI

Simplify Online Citizen Self-Service Options, Reduce Costs, and Increase the Number of Compliant Filings
Alec Chalmers, Adobe

Planning For Your System Replacement
Adam Schaffer, Revenue Solutions, Inc.

Using Independent Validation and Verification Services for Tax Projects
George Love, Capgemini Government Solutions

Analytics Driven Decisions --Leveraging Your Data Repositories To Improve Decision Making
Ted London, CGI

Data and Data Analytics:
A State's Approach to Fighting Refund Fraud
Andy Bucholz, LexisNexis

Tax Collection for Electric Vehicles: Revenue Grade Metering
John LoPorto, Power Tagging Technologies, Inc.

Strategies to Expand Your Capacity to Improve Compliance While Your Budget Continues To Shrink
John Vranna, CGI

Offering Applications to Your Mobile Taxpayers
David Gau, California Board of Equalization
 
Looking For A “Silver Bullet” To Solve All Of Your Technology Problems?  Why This May Be A Bad Idea…
Stan Farmer, CGI

What Could Tomorrow’s Tax Office Look Like?  Will It Be Transparent, High Tech, and Efficient?
George Love, Capgemini Government Solutions

A Data and Capabilities Strategy to Support Growing Demands for Analytics
John Bace, Revenue Solutions, Inc

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

IRS Secure Data Transfer, E-Mail and other Electronic Initiatives with State Agencies
Rod Sterling, IRS

Modernizing Collections at the Department of Taxation and Finance
Jim Lieb, New York

Creative Uses of Data for Compliance Initiatives
Mike Tekampe, CGI and Andy Bucholz, LexisNexis

Business Intelligence: Unlocking Your Agency's Data
Terry Garber, South Carolina

Hawaii's E-File and E-Pay Programs: Lessons Learned
Russell Castagnaro, eHawaii.gov

Changes in Streamlined Sales Tax
David Thompson, Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board

FTA Technology Conference Adjourns