ODTUG Names New Executive Director

Top Quote ODTUG, a global not-for-profit organization providing education and support for more than 25,000 Oracle technologists worldwide, has named Veronica Snow as its new Executive Director. End Quote
  • Wilmington, NC (1888PressRelease) August 07, 2015 - Snow has been a valued member of Your Conference Connection (YCC), ODTUG's Wilmington-based management company, for more than 10 years. Initially hired to serve as registration and membership manager for all major clients, she was responsible for daily monitoring and follow-up with participants and members. After approximately three years, Snow began to serve as project manager for conferences of various associations, technology user groups, and higher education institutions. Her strengths include working with volunteers and boards, conference management, editing, and overall brainstorming and implementation of ambitious projects under tight time constraints.

    "We are happy to welcome Veronica to the ODTUG team," ODTUG President Monty Latiolais said. "From a continuity perspective, the choice was obvious. The organization is in great shape, and we are confident that the addition of Veronica will keep us on that path."

    "I am excited to become an active member of the ODTUG community, which is legendary for its passion and dedication to education and camaraderie," Snow said. "I also look forward to working with the Board of Directors and the ODTUG team to continue the tradition of success."

    Snow replaces outgoing ODTUG Executive Director Crystal Walton, who has served in the position since 2012.

    About ODTUG:
    Oracle Development Tools User Group, better known as ODTUG, provides education, support, advocacy, and networking opportunities for developers, DBAs, analysts, technical leads, and managers who work on Oracle databases. The user group has 25,000+ members from 36 countries and attracts 1,700 people to its annual Kscope conference. YCC has provided association management services for ODTUG since 1993, including membership management, financial oversight, Board of Directors coordination, user group coordination, advertising, web development and maintenance, database management, committee coordination, vendor relations, and managing online content for the group's Technical Journal.

    About YCC:
    Wilmington-based Your Conference Connection, also known as YCC, is a boutique conference and association management company launched in 1992 by Founder and CEO Kathleen McCasland. With more than 25 years of experience in association and conference management, she has coordinated more than 300 workshops and conferences for national and state government agencies, academic institutions, associations, and corporations. YCC has a diverse portfolio of clients - including the Alliance of Comprehensive Planners, Microsoft Dynamics SL Users Group, Angel Resource Institute, and Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group - for which the staff performs management and planning services as well as bookkeeping, social marketing, graphics, and web development. There are 18 employees at YCC, which moved to a larger office within Barclay Commons in December.

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