This event is organized and sponsored by the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society, and promoted by the State & Local Government Developers Network. Open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Presentation: Middle Tennesseans in the Mexican War and Repatriating those Killed in Action at the 1846 Battle of Monterrey, Mexico Speaker: Dr. Derek Frisby, PhD.

Dr. Derek Frisby will talk about his project to ultimately repatriate the remains of US Soldiers killed and buried in Monterrey, using genealogy and DNA analysis. Many of these soldiers were from Middle Tennessee.

Derek W. Frisby is a Faculty Coordinator in the Office of International Affairs and an Associate Professor in the Global Studies and Geography program at Middle Tennessee State University teaching Tennessee, US, and military history. He is a Middle Tennessee native, MTSU alum, and US Marine Corps veteran whose research interests deal with military occupation and reconstruction strategies. Frisby received his doctoral degree from the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa and has authored numerous articles and essays dealing with Tennessee’s Civil War occupation and Reconstruction experiences. He is completing his first book dealing with southerners who remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War and their role in the region’s occupation and restoration.

Guest Speaker: Kyle Welch @kylewelch Kyle Welch is a senior developer with 10+ years of experience building, leading, and consulting on a wide variety of projects. His background includes work in the finance, product, marketing, and government industries. Currently, Kyle leads the front end team at the National Federation of Independent Business where he creates web applications with ReactJS. Outside of work he helps organize a local ReactJS meetup. Find him on twitter, @kylewelch, where he talks about JavaScript, ReactJS, and other programming adventures.

Q&A with Aimee Knight: Aimee Knight is a former figure skater, graduate of the Nashville Software School, and a software engineer for Warner Bros. Outside of work, she’s a weekly panelist on the JavaScript Jabber podcast, and she regularly participates in a variety of others. In her spare time, she enjoys speaking at conferences, playing with new technology, running, working out, or trying the latest flavor of Kombucha. Find her, and her contagious enthusiasm on Twitter @Aimee_Knight!

This is our first non-speaker meetup, and I think appropriate for the time of year when we all have much more "life" going on. So, so bring your chill and lets just enjoy some good conversation over ice cream, floats, or Five Points Pizza even, their just a few doors down... and Burger Up is right next door.

Candra McRae, a Seattle native and Nashville transplant, is a results-oriented analytics and finance leader passionate about making an impact and empowering others with data. Over 10 years of experience with a proven track record of using data to drive results, innovate, and solve complex problems.

What we'll do: • Case study on how Ramsey Solutions has used data to drive value • Discuss the changing landscape of analytics • Different types of analytics roles • Skills employers look for in analytics candidates