ROADSHOWPYXIS 2018

DECODER RING FOR THE ENTIRE IT ECOSYSTEM

ATTENTION IT PROFESSIONALS… JOIN US FOR AN EXCITING STRATEGY-BUILDING OPPORTUNITY

WHERE YOU WILL HELP CHART THE FUTURE OF THE IT INDUSTRY!

ATLANTA/ MINNEAPOLIS/ LOS ANGELES/ WASHINGTON, DC

REGISTER TODAY!Use the enclosed form or go to: www.pyxisconnect.org

Special Roadshow rates with Pyxis membership!

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Pyxis has set its compass—bringing the Roadshow to the following cities:

Atlanta – April 17, 2018Marriott Northwest at Galleria

Minneapolis – April 19, 2018Minneapolis Airport Marriott

Los Angeles – April 24, 2018Los Angeles Airport Marriott

Washington, DC – April 26, 2018Sheraton Suites Old Town Alexandria

Join Us for the Pyxis Roadshow!Pyxis will be introducing itself across the United States, offering this all-day workshop for IT Professionals, where in a facilitated setting we will begin to develop a “Decoder Ring” for the entire industry.

What is a “Decoder Ring”? It is a navigation tool to help you navigate the endless ocean of best practices and technology to achieve maximum value for your career and your organization. The ecosystem we work in has become incredibly complex with new technology, vendors, best practices, and professional associations being launched all the time.

In these changing times, it is difficult to understand where you should focus your time. What should you learn? How does it all fit together? The “Decoder Ring” will provide valuable insight into navigating these rocky waters to chart a course for success.

During the four city Roadshow Tour, the facilitators will keep building on the collective work and wisdom of workshop participants. Following the completion of the Roadshow Tour, the final “Decoder Ring” product will be published and presented to each participant—so you can take this work of which you were a part of—and chart your course for career success!

A one day facilitated workshop to create a “decoder ring” for the IT ecosystem—with a network reception and final product release for all participants.

Special thanks to VeriSM for its support!

Suzanne Van Hove, Ed.D

Dr. Suzanne Van Hove has successfully blended an award-winning career in higher education with a passion for Service Management. She understands the dynamics of how people learn and the best vehicles for content retention. Dr. Van Hove has worked in public and private education, higher education, and as a curriculum designer/technical writer for the Information Technology field. Suzanne is an accredited IT Service Management instructor and has provided standard and customer-specific education, process maturity assessments (based on ITIL®, ISO/IEC 20000, COBIT®, CMMI-SVC®), and process design and implementation workshops. Dr. Van Hove has worked with numerous organizations to improve their IT capabilities. As a Lead Author for VeriSM: A Service Management Approach for the Digital Age and VeriSM: Unwrapped and Applied, she continues to push the development of Service Management across the entire organization as well as advocating a hybrid approach to service delivery. Dr. Van Hove has written two Service Management books: It’s All about Relationships – What ITIL® doesn’t Tell You (July, 2013) and Pragmatic Application of Service Management: The Five Anchor Approach (March, 2014). The second edition of Pragmatic was released December, 2016 with major additions including CMMISVC® and five additional caselets. She co-authored a Service Management-based diagnostic (SMCD) based on ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 and the content of the it-CMF from Innovation Value Institute (IVI). She has published and/or collaborated on numerous articles, blogs and videos. Active in the professional community, she co-wrote priSM (Professional Recognition in Service Management) and is co-editor for ISO/IEC 29110 4-3 and 5-3 which defines Service Delivery for the Very Small Enterprise (VSE). Additionally, she represents the United States within the International Standards community. Dr. Van Hove is Chair of GIT1 (Governance of IT), the US mirror of JTC1/SC40, IT Service Management and IT Governance and within JTC1/SC40, she is the Convenor for Working Group 2 (WG2), Maintenance and development of ISO/IEC 20000 - Information technology - Service management. Dr. Van Hove follows her first love of higher education where she delivers Service Management concepts to IS/IT students as an adjunct professor at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University and Algebra University, Zagreb, Croatia.

Doug Tedder

Doug Tedder is the principal of Tedder Consulting LLC, a Service Management and IT Governance consultancy. Doug is a recognized thought leader who is equally adept in interactions from senior leadership to day-to-day practitioners. His attention to detail, industry knowledge, emotional intelligence, and the ability to “see the big picture” and make it actionable has resulted in a track record of success in transforming IT organizations into valued business partners. Prior to starting his business, Doug spent over 25 years working in corporate IT organizations in a variety of local, regional, and global roles.

Doug holds numerous industry certifications in disciplines ranging from ITIL®, COBIT®, Lean IT, DevOps, KCS™, and Organizational Change Management. Doug was also recognized as an “IT Industry Legend” by Cherwell Software in 2016.

Doug is an author, blogger, and frequent speaker and contributor at local industry user group meetings, webinars, and national conventions. Doug is a member and former president of itSMF USA, a member of HDI, and a contributing author to VeriSM™. Follow Doug on Twitter (@dougtedder) or visit his website (dougtedder.com).

ROADSHOWPYXIS 2018

DECODER RING FOR THE ENTIRE IT ECOSYSTEM

Meet the Roadshow Facilitators and Authors of VeriSMWe are pleased to introduce two nationally-known IT experts who will serve as our Roadshow Facilitators:

Suzanne D. Van Hove, Ed.D., FSM®, CEO & Founder of SED-IT and Doug Tedder, Principal of Tedder Consulting

Roadshow Agenda9:00 a.m........ Registration/Networking/Coffee9:30 a.m. ....... Welcoming/Start of Session 112:00p.m ....... .Lunch with Pyxis Presentation1:00 p.m. ....... .Session 24:00 p.m. ...... Wrap-Up

Followed by Networking Reception

Registration RatesIntroductory Pyxis Membership Rate - $300(includes 2018 membership + Roadshow registration)

Pyxis Member Rate - $150Non-Member Rate - $225

What is Pyxis?Pyxis is an United States-based not-for-profit professional association that will bring IT industry and other related business functions together to advance careers, standards, and performance through leadership, networking, education, training and innovation. As a professional association, Pyxis focuses on maximizing the value of best practices through the integration of best practices, capabilities, and disciplines.

Pyxis takes its name from a constellation in the southern sky. Abbreviated from Pyxis Nautica, its name is Latin for a mariner’s compass. The Board of Directors thought it was very appropriate to choose this symbol as the new association’s logo—as Pyxis will be charting a new course for IT.

The four points of the Pyxis compass are critical areas that must be seamlessly integrated to maximize the value of technology:

Agile Practice

Business Acumen

Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Other Emerging Practices

Service Management

With organizations heavily relying on technology and so much changing in the industry, Pyxis seeks to be a catalyst for conversation about the change needed to reach a new tipping point so the dynamics of the IT evolution can be better understood, promoted, and shared among IT organizations, business functions, professional associations, and the industry as a whole.

With rapid growth and advancements in best practices in the service management sector, there is a clear need for a professional association that focuses on helping professionals build their business acumen, as well as understand how to integrate best practices to maximize the value of the various frameworks and standards for the business.

Pyxis Membership Benefits:

• Quarterly access to free and deeply-discounted virtual training sessions (live and recorded)

• Discounted registration to “Decoder Ring for the Entire Ecosystem”, the Pyxis 2018 Roadshow

• Career Guidance and Advice

• Curated Industry Articles and Insights

• White Papers and articles dedicated to integrating best practices in transforming and maximizing the value of Information Technology

• Member e-News and other industry updates

• Access to Pyxis Communities and Forums

• Research (coming later in 2018)

• Being part of an exciting new venture that is going to unify IT.

Reaction to Pyxis and its work is coming in:

A new member offers: “I became a member of Pyxis because of their focus on understanding business and applying business skills to IT. They are going to spark a fundamental shift in how the industry thinks about providing IT services. I want to be a part of that conversation as it is long overdue. Best practices play a role but the business conversation and business skills are the most important aspect of being successful when I work with my business partners.”

Another new member built this business case: “I have a genuine interest in the industry knowledge of how IT frameworks are being integrated and see this as ongoing dialogue between the architecture, agile practices, and support of the IT offerings.”

Become a part of Pyxis today!

ROADSHOWPYXIS 2018

DECODER RING FOR THE ENTIRE IT ECOSYSTEM

ATLANTA/ MINNEAPOLIS/ LOS ANGELES/ WASHINGTON, DC

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q Atlanta April 17, 2018 Marriott Northwest at Galleria

q Minneapolis April 19, 2018 Minneapolis Airport Marriott

q Los Angeles April 24, 2018 Los Angeles Airport Marriott

q Washington, DC April 26, 2018 Sheraton Suites Old Town Alexandria