ETMA Committees

Member-Led Initiatives for Industry Advancement

Join a Committee and Help Shape the Future of the Market

Committees

Executives' Committee

Participants are CEOs; Presidents or Manage a large business unit

Gather executives from member companies to meet to discuss key issues.
Forum to discuss challenges.
Connect and network with peers.
Share best practices.

New Member Engagement

Introductions to learn about the various sub-committees.
Best ways to drive value from ETMA membership and for ETMA.
Engaging other executives from new members’ companies.

CTO Advisory Panel

Technology management share information metrics/data.
What technologies are ETMA members deploying today

The Future of the Market

Monitors trends within the market and its future health.
Identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats, and Opportunities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Understand the business case and research for DEI.
Workshop a mission and charter for each.
Discuss specific programs, processes, systems that measure, track and evaluate the success of corporate DEI programs.
Create individual/corporate priorities to focus and create an action plan. For example, recruiting, mentorship, etc.

Thought Leadership Speaker Committee

Identify thought leadership speakers tailored for our audience for conferences physical and virtual.
Educational (not sales pitches).
Industry suppliers, carriers, and experts.

Small and Midsize Market

Forum to discuss challenges selling and serving the small and midsize market.

Membership

Increase awareness of ETMA and its mission.
Identify and actively recruit new member companies

Customer Retention

For members’ retention of their clients
Identify the most effective customer retention strategies.
Evaluate monitoring techniques for a feedback loop.

Monetize Data Change the paradigm of ETMA membership

Investigate options to aggregate member data to identify unique trends.
Potential examples purchasing behavior of Fortune and Global 1000 related to carriers, mobile devices, security etc.

Best Practices Standards, KPIs, Metrics, Benchmarks, Carrier Billing

Develop KPIs, Benchmarks and Open Industry Standards.
Monitor the market and future health.
Help organizations make cost effective and timely decisions.
Work to improve Carrier Billing; Discuss and troubleshoot issues with processing carrier billing.

Environmental Social and Governance (ESG)

Communicate about the stakes.
Identify business opportunities around the topic.
Register regulatory obligations that apply to clients.
Share information metrics/data.
Discuss solutions to manage the digital workplace carbon footprint.

Executive Board

Provide governance, policy oversight, leadership, and promotion to support the organization’s mission and needs. The board’s mission is to raise awareness and knowledge of technology solutions , to improve the quality and value of industry offerings through the development and promotion of open industry standards.

Becoming a board member:

Members of the board share the following responsibilities while acting in the interest of ETMA. Each member is expected to make recommendations based on his or her experience and vantage point in the industry. Board members should be CEOs, Presidents, principals, senior members, owners, or in the case of large organizations with many business interests, the practice leaders. All board members work for or be formally associated with ETMA members in good standing who are current with their dues, fees, or assessments in accordance with the rules of the association. Membership on the board is tied to the member company.

Each Board Member serves a two year term. Elections are staggered to allow for annual elections with a portion of new board members that are elected each year.