Jan / 2012

Safe Bridge Solutions is proud to be a Premier Sponsor of the 2012 IIBA Greater Madison Chapter Annual Membership Meeting on January 24th.  To obtain more information about IIBA visit the Madison IIBA Chapter site.

Dec / 12 / 11

The Safe Bridge team once again reserved a day for the Salvation Army's annual Adopt-a-Kettle campaign.  Friends and families gathered at the Walgreens on Fish Hatchery and PD on Saturday, December 10th to take turns ringing the bells for this worthy cause.

Find out more about the Salvation Army and their services here in Dane County.

Sept / 19 / 2011

Safe Bridge’s managing partners hit the links in support of Gilda’s Club of Madison.  This year’s Red Doors golf tournament was held September 19th at Nakoma Golf Club.  Safe Bridge’s Gold Level Sponsorship helps support the Gilda’s Club mission “To ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community.”

Visit Madison’s Gilda’s Club website to learn more about the organization.
 

Aug / 27 / 2011

Safe Bridge Solutions was once again a sponsor of this year's Madison BarCamp event on Saturday, August 27, 2011.  BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences that are open, participatory workshop-events whose content is provided by participants.  BarCamps often focus on early-stage web applications, related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats.  Attendees are the event presenters, bringing ideas they want to share and present to the BarCamp community.

Participation in last year's event exceeded 100 attendees.  Many sessions will be available in either audio or video form and cover a wide range of topics.  The event is free for attendees because of support from donations such as those gifted by Safe Bridge.  Check out the Madison BarCamp site for more information on presentations.

Aug / 19 / 2011

Safe Bridge's Managing Partner Gary Reitz was asked to serve on United Way's Hi-Tech Campaign Cabinet as Vice Chair.  Gary has been very active with the United Way of Dane County for over 25 years helping them work toward accomplishing community goals through the Agenda for Change.

Safe Bridge is proud to be a contributor to United Way and provides a dollar-for-dollar company match of all donations made by our employees during the annual campaign drive.   We encourage our team members to contribute generously and participate in civic engagement with the United Way and other community organizations in which they are interested.

July / 18 / 2011

Safe Bridge Solutions is once again pleased to be a Tee Box Sponsor at the 5th Annual Drive Out Hunger Charity Golf Classic sponsored by the Alliant Energy Foundation to benefit the Second Harvest Foodbank.  This event, held on July 18th raises funding and awareness to support the efforts of this worthy organization.

The Alliant Energy Foundation was formed in order to help improve the quality of life in the communities where Alliant Energy has a presence. The Foundation’s programs reflect a commitment to play an active role in those areas and to give back to future generations. 

Second Harvest is linked into the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity (Feeding America). That allows Second Harvest to help distribute money raised at this event to food banks across the Alliant Energy service areas. Local agencies operate hunger relief programs including: food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after-school programs, Kids Cafes, Community Kitchens and BackPack programs.

June / 14 / 2011

Read about Dan Millin as the Professional of the Week on Greater Madison’s Online Business Resource -  InBusiness.

May / 19 / 2011

Safe Bridge Solutions was once again a gold sponsor for the Madison PMI Professional Development Day, held at Monona Terrace.  Supporting this year's theme of "Great Leaders Building Strong Teams, were keynote speakers Barry Alvarez and Mark Johnson.  Several Safe Bridge consultants were among the hundreds of participants providing a diverse representation of industries and with varied project managmeent experiences.  The day consisted of three exciting tracks:

• Rookie of the Year - Fundamental Topics for all Project Managers
• MVP's - In-depth topics on functions, components, tools, or techniques of project management that can be used the next day
• All Stars - Advanced topics and emerging trends in project management

Jan / 26 / 2011

Safe Bridge Solutions was proud to be a Premier Sponsor of the 2011 IIBA Greater Madison Chapter Annual General Membership Meeting on January 25th.  Approximately 50 people were in attendance to hear about establishing a Business Analyst Center of Excellence.  To obtain more information about IIBA visit the Madison IIBA Chapter site.

Jan / 21 / 2011

Safe Bridge Solutions was happy to be a Silver Level Sponsor for the January 20, 2011 PMI Madison chapter meeting.  Over 100 people were in attendance to learn about "How to Create and Manage Remote Project Teams” at Olbrich Botanical Gardens.  More information about PMI Madison and upcoming events can be found on the PMI Madison Chapter site. 

Dec / 18 / 10

Safe Bridge Solutions reserved a full day at the South Towne Shopko on Saturday, December 18th to participate with the Salvation Army and their annual Adopt-a-Kettle bell ringing campaign.  Team members spent time during the day with friends and family members to take turns ringing in the holidays to support this worthy cause!

Find out more about the Salvation Army and their services here in Dane County.

 Nov / 2010

Safe Bridge Solutions is proud to be a supporter for a new Agile User group facilitated by a Safe Bridge consultant.  Practical Agility is a users group that has been formed as a venue for agile practitioners (or anyone interested in agile) to share information, ideas and experiences. The first monthly meeting was held in December. In true agile fashion, the group will be chartered and a prioritized backlog of topics for future meetings will be created. For more information and to sign-up for the meetup group logon to the Practical Agility Madison meetup site. 

 Oct / 5 / 2010

Safe Bridge Solutions is proud to announce our Gold Level Sponsor support for the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Wisconsin Business Analyst Development Day (WI BADD) being held on October 5, 2010.  The conference is a collaborative event hosted by the three Wisconsin IIBA chapters and is being held at the Alliant Energy Center.  Please visit us at our event booth.

Participation is expected to exceed 500 attendees, making it the largest all-business analyst conference worldwide.  There will be 28 industry-recognized speakers with tracks including:

• Requirements Elicitation
• Requirements Representation
• Business Analysis Career Management

Oct / 4 / 2010

Safe Bridge Solutions participated in Wisconsin Public Television’s and The Wisconsin Educational Communications Board’s Blueprint: Learning for Life.  The program discusses what is being done in Wisconsin to preserve our state’s economy, and how together we may help students prepare for their uncertain future.  Blueprint: Learning for Life shows how schools, businesses, and community volunteers are working together to prepare students for the future workplace.  The program features interviews with students, community volunteers, and business leaders who are working together creating innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs throughout Wisconsin. 

The Blueprint: Learning for Life series is set for Wisconsin Public Television release in December, 2010.
 

Sept / 21 / 2010

This years’ Gilda’s Club Red Doors golf event was held September 20, 2010 at Nakoma Golf Club. The annual Red Doors event is held to raise financial support and awareness of Gilda’s Club Madison whose mission it is “To ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community.” 

Safe Bridge’s Managing Partners believe in supporting causes that are championed by our clients and sponsored two holes for this year’s event.  Since opening in August of 2008, nearly 700 people have become members of Gilda’s Club Madison.  Visit Madison’s Gilda’s Club website to learn more about the organization.
 

Sept / 1 / 2010

As part of our information technology interest and expansion, Safe Bridge Solutions is continuing corporate support and sponsorship of Madison’s MADdotNET User’s Group.  MADdotNET is a community of peers focused on Microsoft .Net related technologies.  Meetings are held three times per month to educate and share .NET knowledge with companies and individual participants.  For additional information, visit the MADdotNET website.

Aug / 28 / 2010

Safe Bridge Solutions sponsored this year's Madison BarCamp event at the US Bank Building on August 28, 2010.  BarCamp, as explained by its founders, is an international network of user-generated conferences that are open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants.  BarCamps often focus on early-stage web applications, related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats.  Attendees are the event presenters, bringing ideas they want to share and present to the BarCamp community.

Participation in this year's event exceeded 100 attendees.  Many sessions will be available in either audio or video form and cover a wide range of topics including:

• The new Madison hackerspace
• Bootstrapping Your Business - how to start and build a profitable software company with very little cash
• Tech talk on building apps for Android
• Exploring the use of RFID and the internet to build a green neighbhorhood shed

The event was free for attendees because of support from donations such as those gifted by Safe Bridge.

July / 30 / 2010

On July 30, 2010, Safe Bridge Solutions sponsored a presentation for the University of Wisconsin Whitewater's CyberGirlz Technology Camp to help promote Information Technology to young female middle school students.  This FREE technology camp was held July 26-30, 2010.

This hands-on learning experience, directed to girls entering 6th and 7th grades, is a fun and exciting way for them to learn about:

• Designing and building a website
• Creating a digital scrapbook and slideshow
• Digital video recording
• Building a computer

Safe Bridge Solutions sponsored Kacie Conroy who, for the third year, delivered her GET IT (Girls Educating Themselves about Information Technology) program.  Conroy's program uses roll playing to teach the differnent types of Information Technology careers available upon college graduation.

"We are excited to be a part of the UW-Whitewater's Cybergirlz Technology Camp", said Dan Millin, Safe Bridge Solutions' Managing Director.  "Our involvement is another way for us to promote the education and importance of the business analysis role in today's businesses."

May / 21 / 2010

On May 21, 2010, Safe Bridge Solutions was a gold sponsor for the Madison PMI Professional Development Day, held at Monona Terrace.  Two triathlete keynote speakers supported the event theme of "Going the Distance with Project Management".  One speaker shared her personal journey completing the Ironman in Hawaii, after having a leg amputated at a young age, as an example of striving toward project continuation under adverse circumstances.

Several Safe Bridge consultants were among the hundreds of participants representing many companies across several verticals and with varied project managmeent experiences.  The day consisted of three exciting tracks:

• 5k - Fundamental Topics for all Project Managers
• Marathon - In-depth topics on functions, components, tools, or techniques of project management that can be used the next day
• Triathlon - Advanced topics and emerging trends in project management

May / 1 / 2010

Effective May 1, 2010 QWANtify was purchased by Safe Bridge Solutions.  The acquisition creates a combined organization focused on enhanced customer service by meeting the project management, business analysis and information technology needs of our local clients.  QWANtify’s resources add to our presence with the addition of consultants, customer relationships and information technology recruiting power.  Moving forward, this increased capability allows us to provide customers with a broader range of services.