AITP Nashville - Meetings

February 2012 Meeting
February 9th
Mobile Application Development
Jennifer K. Crum, PMP
Account Executive - Compuware Corporation

Our February program is on one of the latest trends in systems development: mobile applications. Our speaker is Jennifer K. Crum, PMP, who is the Account Executive for the Southeast Region (Tennessee Branch) of the Compuware Corporation and is based in Franklin, TN.

Jennifer will discuss the need and current trend for mobile applications, the differences in mobile versus legacy application development, and the consideration for corporations as they move into mobile development space (security, integration to enterprise applications, etc.)

Jennifer K. Crum

      Jennifer has over 15 years experience in IT, mostly as a Business Development Manager and a Senior Project Manager. She has been with Compuware since March of 2011. Compuware is a worldwide supplier of quality software products and services. They are headquartered in Detroit and have over 4,000 employees with over 45 offices in North America.

      Prior to Compuware, Jennifer spent two years working for ACS, a Zerox company in Dallas, TX, as the Director, Project Management Office for a large project for the Department of Human Services for the State of Tennessee. Jennifer also worked for EDS for over 15 years as a Business Development Manager.

      One notable project for EDS was managing the cross-functional/outsourced team in the transformation of the legacy voice environment to Voice over IP for Bank of America. This included the implementation of 5,600+ banking centers and 186,000 users. This implementation was the largest rollout of Cisco VoIP in the world.

      Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of Mississippi. She is a Project Management Professional (PMP) certified in 2003 and active in the Nashville Technology Council, Women in Technology, and National Association of Women MBA's.

      Jennifer and her husband and son, Zachary, live in the Hendersonville area. As a hobby, she provides instrumentals for formal occasions such as weddings. Jennifer plays the flute and was a member of the marching band of the University of Mississippi. Jennifer and her family enjoy cruising on vacations.

      This should be a good update on one of the latest trends in systems development.