Horizon

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Horizon Spotlight Programs
Joel Storchan, MDIT
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Agenda

• What they are
• How they work
• How to be included

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Horizon Program

• Executive briefing
• Showcase your technology to MDIT executives
• Not a place for demonstrations

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Spotlight Program

• In depth presentations to our management teams
  and subject matter experts
• Product demos
• Whats under the hood

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Why Horizon Spotlight

• Better us of your time and ours
• Managed points of contact
• Efficient marketing to MDIT decision-makers
• Let you know what our interests are
• We want to learn about new technologies

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Program Benefits

• Allows access to MDIT leadership
• Provides strategic and standards information
• Gives orientation to procurement process
• Matches supplier with the right audience
• Manages communication
• Gives state input on presentation content

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What Horizon Spotlight Programs are NOT

• NOT a substitute or replacement for RFP process
• Does NOT take the place of a bid or
  pre-qualification
• NOT a meet and greet
• NOT a place for suppliers to learn how to do
  business with the state
• Does NOT stop a supplier from scheduling
  appointments with state personnel

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How the Program Works

• One Web based access for both programs
• www.michigan.gov/horizon
• Easy to use registration form
• Standards and architecture links
• Topics of interest
• Up to six monthly meetings scheduled the last
  Thursday of each month
• Monthly selection by Horizon review team
• A response to all supplier requests

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2006 Horizon Program Changes

• Enterprise Architecture team will help define
  presentations
• Once each quarter, Horizon programs will focus on
  Michigan companies
• Selection done by same committee
• Audience for Michigan focus same as other Horizon
  events

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Horizon Behind the Scenes

• Enterprise Architecture team posts topics of
  interest
• Horizon review team evaluates requests
• Horizon coordinator will research topic, develop
  agenda, and manage presentation
• Horizon coordinator follows up on all requests

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Spotlight Events

• Driven by state agency or MDIT division
• Selected audience interested in the topic
• Suppliers selected by the state or from Horizon
• Detailed presentations, demos and Q A

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Horizon / Spotlight
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Benefits
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Synopsis of Supplier Requests Since February 2005

• 197 requests
• 28 Horizon presentations
• 20 Spotlight presentations
• 25 of requests result in a presentation

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Not at This Time Designations

• Does not meet current priorities, business or
  technical architecture requirements
• Does not fit within the current state initiatives
• Technical research recommendations
• All requests are filed for future needs

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Requests that Succeed

• Executive overviews that tie to our objectives,
  topics of interests or goals
• Unique offerings that save hard
• Innovative technologies
• Michigan companies partnering with the
  manufacturer
• Michigan owned companies with great products or
  services

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Get in on the Action

• www.michigan.gov/horizon

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