BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a7f87b06b467027781fa74683471b78270 CATEGORIES:OKC Chapter Events SUMMARY:OKC Chapter Presents: Pay Attention – Technology In Use! Ken Parker - Jan 15, 2020 LOCATION:The Event Center (Formerly Jim Thorpe Event Center)\, 4040 N. Lincoln Boul evard\, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105\, United States DESCRIPTION:
O KC Chapter Presents:
Pay Attention – Technology In Use! span>
Th e Role of Technology in Shaping Minds
Ken Parker,
CEO/ Co-Founder,
NextThought
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We dnesday, January 15, 2020
11:30 - 1:00
The Event Center
4040 N. Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma Ci
ty, OK 73106
Recommended for 1 CPE in Ethics at the basic
level.
Pro
gram is suitable at the basic level for individuals who have routine intera
ctions with others that could potentially lead to contentious conversations
. OK Ethics makes no guarantees as it is up to the individual practitioner
to determine relevance to their specific area of practice.
Speaker Bio:
A native of Ohio, Ken Parker mo ved with his family to Oklahoma in 1975, when his father invested in the oi l patch. A motivated student, he skipped his senior year of high school and became a college student in 1979 at Oklahoma Christian University. Ken rec eived his undergraduate degree in Math and Computer Science in 1983 while m aintaining a perfect 4.0. As a first-generation college graduate, he immedi ately joined Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin Space Company), where he served as a Sr. Group Engineer and Principal Investigator until 1993 when h e transitioned to JP Morgan on Wall Street. While at JPM, he was responsibl e for leading the team that created the JPM Analytics Library. During this time, Ken also earned a Masters in Computer Science degree from the Univers ity of Colorado Boulder in 1994. In 1998, he helped co-found RiskMetrics Gr oup, which grew from 25 to 1200 employees over 12 years. Following the sale of the company in 2010 for $1.55 billion, he co-founded NextThought, LLC i n 2011, where he currently serves as CEO. Ken is considered among Oklahoma’ s most influential leaders in utilizing technology to change the way people experience education. He is a member of Leadership Oklahoma Class 30 and s erves on numerous boards, including the Oklahoma Christian University Board of Trustees.
Ken and Carole, his lovely wife of 36 years, live in a log home on a ranch in Noble, OK. They have three grown children, all married, curre ntly living in California and Oklahoma. Best of all, they have six beautifu l grandchildren.
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n, Friday, January 10:
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