BLACK DATA PROCESSING ASSOCIATES
February
Monthly Meeting
Bill Manns
"The $100 Laptop Computer!"
Mr. Manns has more than 25 years of business
development, leadership and information technology consulting experience.
Mr. Manns is President and CEO of ACPI, Associated Computer Professionals,
Inc, a Richmond based Information Technology consulting and network
integration company. He developed and operated a software training facility;
developed and operated a computer, peripheral device and electronics
diagnostic and service facility, and the main business consists of information
technology staffing and network integration functions. Customers have
included serving the Department of Defense, corporate and small business
clients, Virginia state government and local government agencies.
Prior to ACPI, Mr. Manns was employed
as a Philip Morris Computer Analyst specializing in the area of warehouring,
inventory management, and manufacturing applications and a Systems Developer
for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Mr. Manns has been a BDPA member since the early 1990’s and served as President of the Richmond Chapter during the period 2001-2003.
Please join us for an opportunity to
learn more about the creativity in our communities!!
Tuesday – February 26, 2008 - 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
***Please
RSVP to info@bdparichmond.org by February 19, 2008***
Genworth
Financial
6620 West Broad Street
Building 4
Richmond,
VA 23230
For more information, email BDPA-Richmond at info@bdparichmond.org, visit our website at www.bdparichmond.org, or call us at 804-751-5171
Digital Divide and Developing
Nations
Central America – South
America – Africa – Middle East – Asia
Mr. Manns will present information about the $100 laptop computer that is currently being manufactured and distributed to school aged children around the world. The non-profit organization, One Laptop Per Child, sees this as a critical step in eradicating poverty. New technology ideas intrigue Mr. Manns and over the past year, he sought to learn more and to share knowledge gained about OLPC, and Open Source systems with BDPA Richmond.