ARMA Gaithersburg February Chapter Meeting Thursday, February 8, 2001

OPEN HOUSE !!! 5:30 to 8:00 PM Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS) 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1200W Bethesda, MD (Two blocks south of East-West Highway and Bethesda Metro stop)

Free!! Refreshments and Light Food Provided!

PTFS is one of the region's leading systems integration firm's specializing in imaging, document and records management, archival, and library information systems solutions for government and business. (See their Web page at http://www.ptfs.com for more info on PTFS) PTFS will introduce some of their current imaging projects in process and provide a tour of their state-of-the-art specialty digitizing facility. PTFS will also discuss new innovative image enhancement and OCR technologies as well as provide an on-line demo of a resulting digital archive.

>Ari Palttala, PTFS Director of Business Development, will conduct the tour and demos. Ari currently directs the corporate marketing and sales for PTFS, Inc. Prior to joining PTFS, Ari served as a Vice President at VTLS, Inc. a leading library management systems and digital imaging company. He was responsible for the marketing, sales and customer service organizations. He also held positions as Director of Marketing and Sales and Country Manager in Europe. Ari received his M.B.A. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and he holds Masters and Bachelors degrees in Engineering from Tampere University of Technology in Finland.

Come join us for a fascinating evening!!

If you are interested in attending send your reservation into the ARMA Gaith reservation line at 301-670-7044 x200, or send an email to gburgarma@yahoo.com, or call John Milligan at 301-415-6575 by COB February 7.

(For parking, turn East at Montgomery Avenue (Route 410 one block south of East-West Highway) and go almost two blocks and parking will be on the left or underneath on the right. PTFS is in the West Building at 7315. Come on up to Suite 1200W. We hope to see you all there!!

-- Anonymous, January 26, 2001