June 16, 2009 Martinsville Inn Project of the Year & Student Paper PDP Information: Program Number: C020-160609 Program Title: "Project of the Year & Student Paper"  PDUs: 1.5  Category Type: 3  Subject Areas  Knowledge: 10  Process: 06 Application/Specific Interest Groups: 30  Activity Sponsor: NJ/PMI Chapter . Project of the Year MLB Network Launch of the Back Office/Broadcast Backbone LAN and Network Deployment Presented by Cindy Cortell, Major League Baseball Network Cindy Cortell is representing the Major League Baseball Network IT Department.  Through this project, the team was able to successfully launch the Major League Baseball Network on January 1, 2009 in about 50 million homes, making it the largest single network deployment in cable/satellite televison history.  The project team was given the exciting challenge of building a network infrastructure from the ground up following the acquisition of MSNBC’s former studio in Secaucus.  The former MSNBC building required a complete overhaul to replace the antiquated broadcast equipment and cabling with state of the art, high definition broadcast systems and a fiber optic cable infrastructure utilizing a 10 gigabit fiber backbone.  In addition, there were no existing studios to retrofit or IT infrastructure. The team had a very aggressive and definitive timeline for setting up the broadcast and back office backbone.  Design, build, and implementation were accelerated.  Work that normally would take two months was completed over two weekends.  As you may imagine, this presented various challenges which are addressed in the presentation. POY handout can be downloaded.   . Student Paper Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (Student Paper of the Year) Presented by Paola Gutierrez, Deborah Sgro, Linjun Zhang, Tom McCaffrey, and Thomas McCarthy Although the current economic conditions have made many of us more conservative when buying and selling stocks, no matter the size or breadth of our portfolios one concern remains constant – the need for secure financial transactions.  The Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) project was designed and created to be the financial industry’s most secure and resilient network for electronic trading, connecting financial markets across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.  With SFTI, customers of the New York Stock Exchange Euronext will be able to communicate and trade electronically with their customers, suppliers, and business partners in a safe, secure, reliable and efficient manner.  These needs have taken on added dimensions in the post-911 world. The team being recognized today was one of many submitted from Dr. Aaron Shenhar's Project Management and Leadership class at Stevens Institute of Technology. Student Paper handout can be downloaded. . Networking Program:  Is Your Networking Not Working? Networking well is an art.  Participate in a facilitated session of networking.  We continue with our fast-paced program to teach networking, expose you to career/business opportunities and then allow you to practice what you have learned.   Whether you are looking to land your next job, advance your current career or simply meet new people, mastering the art of networking is very important.  Come and practice your networking skills!  No handouts for this meeting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Updated: 17Jun09