Association of Information Technology Professionals Los Angeles Chapter (AITP-LA) focuses on keeping members abreast of trends and best practices in managing technology, as well as on providing strong networking opportunities. We hold monthly meetings as well as other events.AITP-LA is about technology – bringing experts in their field to share cutting-edge ideas with our members. Helping our members connect the dots, take the next steps, grow in their ability to apply technologies to competitive advantage. Our meetings cover a wide range of technologies and soft skills, so our members can become better at managing technologies – as well as Business-IT alignment.AITP-LA is about people – bringing together people of like interests and differing viewpoints to foster ideas and innovation, and build professional networks.Membership covers a broad range, including IT executives, CTOs, hands-on IT professionals, consulting firms, attorneys, students, and educators.AITP-LA is part of a national organization that provides learning and growth opportunities to IT Managers and technologists through chapter activities and special interest groups.The core of the AITP experience is the chapter network, with 400 professional and student chapters throughout the country. AITP is the Information Technology professional organization of choice for providing leadership opportunities, professional development and personal growth.

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Wilcon is the premier West Coast provider of best-in-class fiber optic and data center infrastructure solutions helping to enable the digital future of our customers. As one of the largest fiber optic networks in Southern California, Wilcon offers vast reach and diverse routes connecting major data centers, enterprise locations and wireless communications sites, as well as the most dense fiber and interconnection infrastructure in downtown Los Angeles. Wilcon delivers in Southern California dark fiber and ultra-broadband optical services for businesses, wireless carriers and other communications service providers that ensure optimal performance for their mission-critical data traffic and applications.

Level 3 Communications is a global communications provider that provides communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers in more than 60 countries around the world. Level 3’s global services platform is anchored by its extensive fiber networks on three continents and connected by undersea facilities providing a local-to-global network and solution set to solve a wide variety of communications challenges facing enterprises today. Its comprehensive portfolio of voice, data, video and security services provide solutions to help companies grow and protect their business. TW TELECOM- Acquired by Level 3 in November 2014Prior to the acquisition, I was an Account Executive II for tw telecom from March 2013 – November 2014 (1 year 9 months) in the Greater Los Angeles Area.For 20 years, tw telecom has delivered managed data, Internet and voice networking solutions to businesses and large organizations throughout the U.S. As one of the three largest providers of Business Ethernet in the nation, we connect more than 22,000 commercial buildings to our national fiber network.

Cogent is a multinational Tier 1 Internet Service Provider consistently ranked as one of the top five networks in the world. Our primary service offering consists of Internet access and data transport, offered over our award-winning fiber optic, IP data-only network, along with colocation in any of our 43 Internet data centers. We service two customer segments: "Corporate" (small businesses to Fortune 100 companies) and "NetCentric" (Carriers / Service Providers and Application / Content Providers, whose businesses rely primarily on Internet access).

Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading provider of IT and communications services to more than 58,000 small businesses throughout the United States. Recently named as the sixth fastest growing technology company by Forbes magazine, added to Standard & Poor's Small Cap S&P 600 index, Cbeyond offers more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications over a 100 percent private IP network.