
I
feel honored and humbled to have been given this chance as the President of the
IIA’s Detroit Chapter. The year has gone
by so fast primarily because we have had history of a very strong board, and
this year was no different. We as a
chapter accomplished a lot this year.
Besides
having quality monthly meetings and seminars, we had record attendance at our
spring conference (which is jointly held with ISACA Detroit Chapter). We also had a lot of fun at our social event
(Top Golf) and saw our membership in Detroit Chapter reach record levels. We
awarded scholarships to 3 students; shared career tips during our annual
student night; and recognized individuals as Rock Stars of the Month.
Behind
the scenes, we had a lot going on as well.
At the start of the year, our long time treasurer (Pam Weipert)
decided to leave the board and we undertook a project to migrate our book
keeping to an external vendor. Thanks to
Pam for all the hard work she did for number of years to keep our financial
records.
Towards
the end of the year, we had to say good bye to another long-time associate, our
administrator Nicole. Nicole decided to
move to Texas. Thanks to Nicole for all
her support and dedication to this chapter.
We will miss both Pam and Nicole.
The
migration to the Event Management Tool (EMT) was another big effort during the
beginning of the year. The migration had
some issues which affected our membership’s registration ability during the
first couple monthly meetings but were resolved soon after that. Duane Borkowski, although not part of our
Board, did great work in making this migration successful.
And
finally, I could not have done my duties as a President if it was not for our
Madame-Elect President (and 1st VP) Karen Muglia. Her constant guidance and support made my job
much easier. And this also makes me
confident that as we transition the Presidency to Karen, we are in great hands
and can expect greater and better things from Madame President.
Sajay Rai
Sajay
Rai
2018-2019 President, The IIA Detroit Chapter