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Christopher Butcher facilitates CLEAR Webinar on Continuing Competency

Ali — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:53:39 +0000

The Continuing Competence Ecosystem: A Framework for Managing your Credential
May 24, 2012 - 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern

Register

This session will illustrate a conceptual model of the relationship between the regulatory authority, licensees, and education providers as they pertain to continuing competence initiatives. Using this framework will give you a sense of the dimensions regulatory authorities can control as they seek to improve the meaningfulness of the credential. This framework gives new programs an opportunity to define immediate organizational objectives. For existing or mature programs, it illustrates dimensions programs can use to evaluate ongoing initiatives to improve effectiveness and accountability.

Learning Objectives:

Achieve a visual model for the relationships to harness when rolling out a continuing competence program
Achieve a structural understanding of the components to support continuing competence
Establish a framework to evaluate stakeholder relationships and criteria of value

Presenter:
Christopher Butcher, Principal/CTO, Heuristic Solutions

Heuristic Solutions sponsors June CNG Meeting

Ali — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:12:32 +0000

Heuristic Solutions was please to co-sponsor the Certification Network Group meeting this June.

The topic of this meeting was “Open Space” where members of the community brought topics relevant to their programs.These included:

Management 101/Managing your association like a small business
Issues faced in setting up a new certification program
Re-certification challenges
Substantiating the value of your certification program
Ethics in certification management

Heuristic Solutions looks forward in actively contributing to all of these topics.

Christopher Butcher participates in Advisory Board for Marietta College

christopher — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:16:12 +0000

Arlington, VA: On September 26, Christopher Butcher participated with faculty, alumni, and industry leaders in an advisory board for the Management Information Sciences and Computer Information Sciences programs for Marietta College, in Ohio. 　

The advisory board is responsible for developing a curriculum for Marietta students to prepare them for post-academic work. The department has engaged in extensive research to identify needs in the professional world that can shape the academic program. Says Butcher,

“I’m delighted to share my expertise with an organization like Marietta. Many colleges can produce bright people, but it takes a very special program like the one Marietta is developing to produce entry-level graduates who can hit the ground running. As a graduate of a liberal arts college, I know how difficult it can be to apply the theoretical work you do academically to the business world. At Heuristics, we like graduates from liberal arts programs, but the investment to bring them to a full understanding of how to get the job done is considerable.”

The advisory group is led by Bob Van Camp, Associate Professor of Computer Science, and Mark Miller, Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. It is comprised of Marietta graduates in the field, faculty, and industry leaders. Says, Van Camp:

“We are considering options on how to improve our current degrees. We encourage the input of experts in industry like Christopher Butcher to help us with this process. Christopher shares our belief that students need strong conceptual knowledge as well as practical experience. As the layers of abstraction increase, one challenge is to find what kind of domain knowledge students need to be successful. Christopher has extensive knowledge and experience in this regard and greatly contributed to our discussion.”

About Heuristic Solutions

Heuristic Solutions, LLC is a leader in .NET software development and consulting services for associations, political consultants, marketing communication companies and technology innovators in Washington DC and surrounding metropolitan areas. The Company specializes in helping customers solve business problems by thinking strategically about their businesses and applying fitting technologies to their problems. The Company’s clients include U.S. Census Bureau, The Federation of State Board of Physical Therapy, Malchow Schlackman Hoppey & Cooper, American Society of Nephrology, Cato Institute and the United States Coast Guard.

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Christopher Butcher to speak at ASAE Tech Conference

christopher — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:47:35 +0000

Christopher Butcher will be leading two talks at the 2011 Technoloy Conference in Washington, DC. Each talk will address some of the key issues facing organizations’ technical initiatives.

One talk will address issues organizations face regarding virtualization. The talk will bring leaders who have been through a virtualization process to describe their reasons for making the decision to virtualize and lessons learned.

The other talk will focus on the discipline of requirements management. This talk will describe various methods of gathering requirements and ways to track project progress to ensure requirements are implemented correctly.

For more information on either of these talks, refer to Christopher’s blog at www.ciocode.com, or e-mail directly: cbutcher@heuristics.net.

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Christopher Butcher promotes CIO Code Blog

christopher — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:45:26 +0000

Christopher Butcher is formally announcing his blog, the CIO Code. This blog focuses on helping bridge the gap between technical and business strategies. It includes insights gained over the last 20 years helping organizations make good decisions about technology.

The CIO Code includes “The Code” which is a set of principles for CIOs and technology leaders to govern information technology effectively. It also focuses on the relationship among project stakeholders in software implementation projects through the core principles of Predictability, Understanding, Productivity, and Quality.

Take a look, subscribe, and provide comments!

Maria Rinaldi joins Heuristic Solutions

christopher — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:56:27 +0000

Heuristic Solutions is pleased to announce that Maria Rinaldi, PMP, has joined our team. Maria brings 15 years of project management expertise to complement our outstanding software engineering skills. Maria comes to us most recently from the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), and before that Marriott International. Prior to those companies, Maria worked for an impressive array of other web development firms. For more about maria, take a look at her biography.

About Heuristic Solutions

Christopher Butcher speaks at ASAE Technology Conference

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:30:20 +0000

Christopher Butcher, principal and CTO of Heuristic Solutions, will be teaming up with Virginia Anderson, CIO of the Cato Institute to share experiences of their successful work in selecting a new sponsor management system. Entitled “Defining Requirements for Selecting Technologies,” the talk will cover the process of gathering requirements to ensure staff buy-in, executive support, and effective selection of technologies.

About Heuristic Solutions

Heuristic Solutions, LLC is a leader in .NET software development and consulting services for associations, political consultants, marketing communication companies and technology innovators in Washington DC and surrounding metropolitan areas. The Company specializes in helping customers solve business problems by thinking strategically about their businesses and applying fitting technologies to their problems. The Company’s clients include U.S. Census Bureau, Malchow Schlackman Hoppey & Cooper, American Society of Nephrology, Cato Institute and the United States Coast Guard.

Christopher Butcher joins Washington Executives Association

christopher — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:03:25 +0000

Christopher Butcher announced today that he has been accepted as a member of Washington, DC’s premier executives association, the Washington Executives Association (WEA). Mr. Butcher cites this as an opportunity to network with some of the area’s most prestigious firms. Of the WEA, Mr. Butcher says: “I’ve been especially impressed with the quality of the people at the WEA. Each of the members is a leader in their field, and is positioned both benefit from my skills and expertise and to provide me news avenues to grow my business.”

About Heuristic Solutions

Heuristic Solutions, LLC is a leader in .NET software development and consulting services for associations, political consultants, marketing communication companies and technology innovators in Washington DC and surrounding metropolitan areas. The Company specializes in helping customers solve business problems by thinking strategically about their businesses and applying fitting technologies to their problems. The Company’s clients include U.S. Census Bureau, The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, Malchow Schlackman Hoppey & Cooper, American Society of Nephrology, Cato Institute and the United States Coast Guard.

Jonathan Krentel achieves PMP

christopher — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:59:04 +0000

ARLINGTON, Va., April 10, 2008 – Jonathan Krentel, one of Heuristic Solutions’ star Business Analysts achieved his PMI certification in March as a Project Management Professional. This certification complements Jonathan’s outstanding ability to deliver quality software as an analyst, project manager, and software developer.

Jonathan’s achievement represents a further step in Heuristic Solutions’ continuous improvement process, in which we immerse ourselves in the best practices of the industry and apply them to the unique situations of our customers.

About Heuristic Solutions

Heuristic Solutions, LLC is a leader in .NET software development and consulting services for associations, political consultants, marketing communication companies and technology innovators in Washington DC and surrounding metropolitan areas. The Company specializes in helping customers solve business problems by thinking strategically about their businesses and applying fitting technologies to their problems. The Company’s clients include U.S. Census Bureau, Malchow Schlackman Hoppey & Cooper, American Society of Nephrology, Cato Institute and the United States Coast Guard.

Heuristics Launches New Conversational Marketing Division

Bill — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:23:36 +0000

Arlington, Virginia, September 05, 2007 – Heuristic Solutions, LLC, a provider of technology based solutions and consulting announced today the launch of its newest division Wm. Loren & Associates.

WLA is dedicated to providing corporate America with conversational marketing and research solutions in both, B2C and B2B environments using internet technologies to foster, promote and analyze real world conversations. The new division will also forge strategic partnerships with PR firms as well as advertising and marketing agencies who would like to offer a conversation marketing strategy to their clients.

Heuristic Solutions tapped William Loren Mosher as director for the new division. Mosher, the former founder/director of successful word of mouth marketing and research firm Echopinion, brings more than 20 years in the field of advertising and marketing to the division. His extensive expertise combining technology and marketing in the newly emerging word of mouth marketing arena has helped customers leverage technology to take advantage of this increasingly critical marketing strategy.

“The process I developed at Echopinion was a training ground for our new offering,” states Mosher. “The new group is ready to take what we now know works and offer companies a sound conversational marketing strategy that utilizes both technology and consultative services to hold one-to-one conversations with their audience.”

Christopher Butcher, Principal of parent company Heuristic Solutions is excited about the new offering.“Bill brings a fresh approach and excitement to conversational marketing. Our business analysts and development staff are impressed with his vision.”

WLA will have offices in Washington DC and New York and will support clients nationwide.

Heuristic Solutions, LLC is an emerging leader in software development and consulting services for associations, political consultants, marketing communication companies and technology innovators in Washington DC and surrounding metropolitan areas. The Company specializes in helping customers solve business problems by thinking strategically about their businesses and applying fitting technologies to their problems. The Company’s clients include U.S. Census Bureau, MSHC Partners, Inc., The American Society of Nephrology, Cato Institute and the United States Coast Guard.

For additional information, please contact:

William L. Mosher - Director
Wm Loren & Associates
703.232.5301

Heuristics Hires William L. Mosher

christopher — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:56:44 +0000

Arlington, Virginia, July 24, 2007 – William L. Mosher has joined Heuristic Solutions, LLC, a provider of technology based solutions and consulting, as Director of its emerging Marketing Communications Strategy Division. Mosher will report directly to Principal Christopher Butcher.

In this role, Mosher will be responsible for the management and direction of the new division which provides strategic consulting; technical build-out of conversational marketing initiatives; and general Internet services for the marketing communications industry.

Mosher, former founder/director of Echopinion! a word of mouth marketing and research firm, comes to Heuristic Solutions with more than 20 years in the field of advertising and marketing. His extensive expertise in the newly emerging word of mouth marketing arena has helped customers leverage technology to take advantage of this increasingly critical marketing strategy.

“We are proud to welcome Bill to the Heuristic team”. Butcher states. “Bill has built a solid understanding of how to speak with consumers not at them. His expertise in combining technology and marketing is a welcome mat for any corporation who would like to hold a conversation with their customers.”

Bill is one of the first paying members of the Word Of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) and played an integral part in developing the ethical standards required to perform word of mouth campaigns. He has addressed numerous groups across the country on the role conversations play in building a profitable business.

Heuristic Solutions, LLC is an emerging leader in software development and consulting services for associations, political consultants, marketing communication companies and technology innovators in Washington DC and surrounding metropolitan areas. The Company specializes in helping customers solve business problems by thinking strategically about their businesses and applying fitting technologies to their problems. The Company’s clients include U.S. Census Bereau, MSHC Partners, Inc., the American Society of Nephrology, the Cato Institute and the United States Coast Guard.For additional information, please contact:

Charlly Enroth
Director
703.243.3376 ext 16

Immigration Lawyers Choose Heuristic Solutions for Conference Management Software

Charlly — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:39:50 +0000

ARLINGTON, Va., April 27, 2007 – Heuristic Solutions, a provider of smart software applications for associations and corporations, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) to provide “OmniConference 2.0”, an integrated suite of applications to manage the association’s annual conference and other events.

The AILA is a national association of over 10,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. Entering a period of strong growth, AILA wanted to more fully automate the way it manages its annual conferences and call for presentation process. Using an unwieldy combination of Word documents and spreadsheets, AILA’s staff spent hours manually recording, tracking, and reporting meeting status and speaker confirmations. After surveying the off-the-shelf marketplace without success, AILA turned to Heuristic Solutions and OmniConference 2.0.

Michelle Gergerian, Director of Education, said, “They are excellent to work with. I found them very responsive and good communicators – able to present complex, technical details in English that we can act on.” Built on a highly configurable and modular platform, OmniConference 2.0 provides AILA the flexibility to automate its conference tasks and workflow processes without compromising required functionality or paying for an expensive custom built system. “We are already gaining tremendous benefits from OmniConference’s configurable architecture and broad functionality,” Gergerian said. The first phase of the project, “Call for Presentations”, is scheduled for launch in July 2007 with Phase 2 scheduled for the end of this year.

“We have thoroughly enjoyed working with AILA and its staff. They are knowledgeable about their business, committed to deploying a conference system that works well and are doing everything we could ask in a partner to achieve success.” Said Christopher Butcher, principle and co-founder of the Heuristic Solutions. “AILA represents a large part of the association marketplace that needs cost effective, technologically sound solutions but can’t find them with OTS solutions.”

About Heuristic Solutions

Heuristic Solutions is a leader in .NET software development and consulting services for associations, political consultants, marketing communication companies and technology entrepreneurs in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Company specializes in helping customers solve business problems by thinking strategically about their businesses and applying fitting technologies to their problems. The Company’s clients include U.S. Census Bureau, MSHC Partners, The American Society of Nephrology, and the U. S. Coast Guard.

For additional information, please contact:

Charlly Enroth, Director

703.243.3376 x16