Daniel Antion has been for the last two years an active member of NYC Smalltalk. Dan lives and works out in Conneticut but makes the time to visit NYC for our presentations and stays around for drinks while we all meet at the the hotel bar to discuss everything Smalltalk.

For our next meeting Dan will talk about how Smalltalk has been a business enabler to his organization.

Here is what Dan had to say about the presentation:

“Specifically, I would like to talk about the ways in which Smalltalk has enabled ANI to quickly respond to business and regulatory requirements. The rapid develvopment cycles combined with abundent tools and the ability to reuse and extend our objects as well as the environment has allowed us to tackle some large projectss and a variety of small projects with a very small staff.

Part of the presentation focuses on highlighting the language capabilities by addressing small, less critical projects than developers normally talk about. Building support for a language, in my experience, can’t be confined to large projects only.”

Some facts about Dan:

“Daniel Antion is Vice President, Information Services for American Nuclear Insurers. He is responsible for all systems development activities in addition to managing general information technology efforts. Prior to joining ANI, he worked in systems development for several companies. He also worked as a consultant for Coopers & Lybrand and KPMG Peat Marwick, specializing in information systems and consulting services to financial institutions. An enthusiastic fan of Smalltalk, Dan has made presentations at Smalltalk Solutions and OOPSLA.”

Hope to see you all there.

-Charles