The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) hosted a technology-training symposium in August 2007.  The purpose of this event was to solicit information from vendors, consultants and technology leaders that want to develop and present informational training sessions for FTB leadership.   Kiefer Consulting, Inc. was invited to talk at the prestigious event.

Presenter:  Greg Kiefer (MBA, PMP) is a leading expert in application development and system integration.  He has published numerous articles on application design, software development techniques, and project management.  For nearly two decades, he has managed a highly-respected consulting firm that develops software applications and provides innovative approaches for customers to meet the growing need to leverage technology when solving business problems.  Mr. Kiefer has a master’s degree in business administration and remains concentrated on information technology development.  He serves on the GTC Advisory Council and the CIO Academy advisory committees and teaches PM classes at UC Davis.    His organization is a Microsoft Gold partner.

Topic: Businesses are demanding more flexible and extensible software applications that offer easier integration, greater security, and faster time to market solutions.   Mr. Kiefer discussed the trends in software development and how these trends impact software development efforts including enterprise architecture, software quality, software testing and maintenance and operations.