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The Illinois Technology Association (ITA) today announced finalists for
the 2008 CityLIGHTS Awards, which honor outstanding information technology
companies, executives and advocates in Illinois. ITA will present the
awards to the winners at the ninth annual CityLIGHTS Awards Gala on April
3 at Union Station.
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This year's finalists include:
-- Lighthouse Award: Given to the company that best represents the
region's growing stature as home to world-class information
technology companies.
-- The Acquity Group
-- Aladdin Knowledge Systems
-- LANSA
-- NAVTEQ
-- System Development Integration (SD.I)
-- Rising Star Award: Given to the company that has emerged from
its start-up phase to distinguish itself in the technology
marketplace.
-- Arrowstream
-- BigMachines
-- Bridgepoint Technologies
-- Business Only Broadband
-- Model Metrics
-- Newcomer Award: Given to the company that has the strongest
potential to emerge from its start-up phase and distinguish
itself in the technology marketplace.
-- Cohesive Flexible Technologies
-- IfbyPhone
-- Inkling Markets
-- The Point
-- tvCompass
-- Spotlight Award: Given to the CIO/CTO for leadership and
outstanding contributions in the application of information
technology.
-- Hardik Bhatt, CIO, City of Chicago
-- Virgil Bistriceanu, CTO, Centro
-- Ron Markham, SVP and CIO, SPSS
-- Bob Zimmerman, CTO, Geneca
-- Ankur Mittal, CTO, CVM Solutions
-- CEO of the Year Award: Given to the CEO who has driven his
company to new heights in the past year.
-- Dick Costolo, CEO, Feedburner
-- Robert McCullen, chairman, president and CEO, Trustwave
-- Jack Noonan, president and CEO, SPSS
-- Jeff Surges, president and CEO, Extended Care Information
Network
-- John Udelhofen, Chief Executive Officer, Laurus Technologies
-- CityLIGHTS Award: Given to an individual that has made a
significant impact on the Illinois technology community.
-- Ron and Jeff Galowich, co-Founders, Initiate Systems
-- Bob Geras, president, LaSalle Investments
-- Brian Knudson, CEO, NogginLabs, Inc.
-- Eric Olson and Frank Gruber, founders, TECH cocktail
-- Brad Spirrison, president, MidwestBusiness.com
"This year's pool of applicants was far and away the most remarkable
yet," said Fred Hoch, president of ITA. "Illinois is privileged
to have such an outstanding technology community - and ITA proud to be
a part of it. We'd like to extend our thanks to all of those who submitted
nominations to this year's program."
CityLIGHTS is ITA's annual celebration of vitality and innovation in Illinois'
fast-growing technology community. The Awards Gala is the largest gathering
of technology executives in the state, and ITA expects more than 650 attendees
at the 2008 event. Executives from all Illinois companies are invited
to attend.
Sponsors of this year's CityLIGHTS Awards include Presenting Sponsor Grant
Thornton; Platinum Sponsor Judge Technical Staffing; Gold Sponsors Aladdin
Knowledge Systems, FastRoot, and McGuireWoods; and Event Sponsors Authentify,
Chase Bank and Lantern Partners.
To register for the Awards Gala, visit www.itacitylights.com.
About the ITA
The Illinois Technology Association (ITA) represents the interests of
a diverse membership of more than 450 companies in Illinois that create,
deploy and utilize information technology as a core part of their organization.
By connecting members with industry peers and participants, providing
the latest strategic information, market research and critical market
insight and by promoting key thought leaders to raise visibility and gain
a greater market awareness and presence, ITA is focused on building and
developing the Illinois technology community through collaboration. Additional
information is available at http://www.illinoistech.org/.
