March 27, 2003  at the UTDallas Conference Center
5:00 pm - Reception with wine and light buffet
6:15 - 8:00 pm - Program presentation
Admission with $35 donation ($25 for MIT Club of DFW members, $10 for students) . 
For reservations call Mary Langford at 972-377-4554, or email to mitforum@juno.com

Alliance Systems: A High-Tech Success Story

Moderator:

• David Kohl, vice president of Roach Howard Smith & Hunter.

Presenters:

• Rusty Cone, president, Alliance Systems

• Jonathan Shapiro, chief executive officer, Alliance Systems

Panelists:

• Scott Shute, president and CEO, eTalk Corporation

• Gregory E. Scheig, managing director, Southwest Region, CBIZ Valuation Group, Inc.

• Warren Hogan, chairman, Hogan Center for Performance Excellence

Program

On March 27, 2003, the M.I.T. Enterprise Forum of Dallas-Fort Worth, Inc. will present Alliance Systems: A High-Tech Success Story, at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT-Dallas) Conference Center beginning with a reception and light buffet at 5 p.m., with the program at 6:15 p.m. The cost is a donation of $35, $10 for students. Reservations can be made at mitforum@juno.com, or 972-377-4554. More information is at www.mitforum.com. 

The program, Alliance Systems: A High-Tech Success Story, will feature two Alliance principals, Jonathan Shapiro, chief executive officer, and Rusty Cone, president. A panel of experts will comment on the Company's successes and its future challenges. The moderator will be David Kohl, vice president of Roach Howard Smith & Hunter. Alliance Systems, a global systems integrator, professional services organization and value-added distributor, produces and sells high performance servers to and through telecom and call center partners. In spite of the telecom meltdown in recent years, Alliance has maintained profitability and growth because of its network of partners, because of a relentless focus on execution, and by concentrating on core competencies and operational excellence. Its hundred-fold growth began in 1992 with $600,00 in sales while operated out of the founder's garage, and is now selling $60,000,000 in products and services annually. 

Alliance Systems has won numerous awards, including the Deloitte & Touche Texas Crescent Technology Fast 50, the FastTech 50 and Pacesetter awards from Dallas Business Journal, and numerous Best of Show and Product of the Year awards. See http://www.alliancesystems.com/about/history.asp