January 4, 2013 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Last year was a busy one for Michael Gelphman and Kansas City IT Professionals (KCITP), the grassroots group for Kansas City technology professionals that Gelphman … read more
Tagged Michael Gelphman
January 4, 2013 by Michael Stacy
November 19, 2012 by Annie Sorensen
Kansas City The inaugural Compute Midwest featured a full day of talks from a slate of tech leaders on Nov. 9 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo. And on Nov. 10, that conversation gave way to action as Compute Midwest, an event put on by Kansas City IT Professionals, concluded with a hackathon at Google's Fiber Space. The hackathon, which was promoted as a way to "learn, create and collaborate on the fly," resulted … read more
November 15, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City By the end of Compute Midwest, the first-year conference and the year-old venue that housed it felt positively ancient by comparison to the ideas exchanged therein. Such was the forward-looking nature of the discourse Friday at the conference put on by Kansas City IT Professionals. The event, held at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo. was billed as a chance to learn about what's next in technology. And it certainly lived up to that billing, with a future-focused perspective … read more
October 24, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City The organizer of Compute Midwest, a Kansas City IT Professionals event that will take place Nov. 8-11 in Kansas City, has announced that the event's hackathon Nov. 10-11 will be held in Google's Fiber Space, a showroom and event space offering visitors an early glimpse of Google Fiber. Hackathon competitors will be given access to a 300 Mbps … read more
September 11, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Apparently hacking the Midwest proved so successful for Kansas City IT Professionals that the organization is now endeavoring to "compute" the same region. KCITP, a grassroots Kansas City tech group founded in 2008 by Michael Gelphman, announced on Friday that it will host a new conference and hackathon, called Compute Midwest, from Nov. 8-11 in Kansas City, Mo. Billed as an event "that delves into new ideas, emerging technologies and their impact on the Midwest," Compute Midwest will consist of a conference portion and a hackathon. The conference kicks off with an opening party on Nov. 8. A day full of presentations at the Kauffman Center … read more
July 16, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City In 2008, Michael Gelphman established a grassroots group with a modest goal: to connect people in the Kansas City tech scene. Four years and nearly 9,000 online members later, Gelphman's group is doing that at a larger scale than he could have imagined. Gelphman founded Kansas City IT Professionals (KCITP) four years ago as a Linkedin group. At the outset, he says, there wasn't much of a plan for the group beyond facilitating connections. Today, KCITP, which is described as "a grassroots effort to build and strengthen the local tech community," puts on an array of events including happy hours, educational talks and hackathons. KCITP's Linkedin group is knocking on the door of 9,000 members. … read more
June 5, 2012 by Bob Specht
Kansas City If you were to guess the location of some Kansas City and the Midwest’s best developers and designers over the weekend, a golf course may not be your first choice, unless you knew about Hack The Midwest. Saturday morning nearly 100 hackers filed into the clubhouse of the Heartland Golf Club and set up shop to participate in the inaugural rendition of the 24-hour hackathon. The event kicked off with breakfast and API talks by representatives from MapQuest, SendGrid, Mashery, Dwolla and Ordr.in … read more
May 15, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Kansas City IT Professionals is inviting developers and designers … read more
March 23, 2012 by Royce Haynes
Overland Park Kansas City Information Technology Professoinals (KCITP) on Wednesday hosted InfoSec Night, an event to highlight information security and its role in consumer electronics. Staged at the Regneir Center on the campus of Johnson County Community College, the event featured a keynote delivered by Symantec CEO Enrique Salem. A hackathon-style session followed Salem's address, and networking among the more than 250 information … read more
January 30, 2012 by Annie Sorensen
Kansas City More than 120 professionals from around the Kansas City metro gathered Thursday evening at The Well in Waldo for drinks, discussion and networking. But this wasn't exactly your typical happy hour discussion. The topic du jour? Goals. The Kansas City Information Technology Professionals (KCITP) kicked off their event schedule for the new year with a happy hour focused on goal-setting and peer accountability. The event, sponsored by data … read more