DENVER, CO, February 05, 2010
/24-7PressRelease/ -- CSIA announced Wednesday, 36 celebrities that will be among more than 50 "Celebrity" C-Levels participating on March 11, 2010 at the CSIA C-Level @ A Mile High event. C-Level @ A Mile High is Colorado's biggest technology networking event and is designed to help increase the relationships and business done between Colorado technology companies.
The first list of "Celebrities" for 2010 includes:
Alpine Access, Dan Rojas, VP Information Technology
Aspenware, Josh Swihart, CEO
BI Inc., Andrea Young, VP of Development
Business Controls, Steve Foster, President and COO
CIBER, Peter Cheesbrough, CFO
Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Bill Stephani, Director - Information Systems
Critigen, Bill Wosilius, SVP of Operations
DCP Midstream, Peter Wright, VP, CIO
Denver Broncos, Russ Trainor, Executive IT Director
Denver Health Hospital, Jeff Pelot, CTO
eBags, Chris Cummings, CTO
EchoStar Corporation, Mike Marcotte, CIO - Global Head of Information Technology
EMSC (Emergency Medical Services Corporation), Mark Hagan, CIO
Frontier Airlines, Gerry Coady, SVP, CIO
GTRI, Rick Ricciardi, VP Corporate Operations & Technology
HealthGrades, Mark Bartling, SVP, CTO
HealthGrades, David Hicks, EVP, CIO
Home Buyer's Warranty, Bart Waress, VP, Director of Information Technology
Kroenke Sports Enterprises, Rick Schoenhals, Executive Director, Information Technology
LifePics, Ken McDonald, VP Marketing and Customer Success
Lincoln Trust Company, Helen Cousins, EVP, CIO
MWH, Micki Nelson, CIO
New Belgium Brewery, Jay Richardson, Director of Information Technology
Pendum, Kirby Slunaker, CIO
Quark, Mark Lawler, VP Information Technology
Red Robin, Chris Laping, VP & CIO
RE/MAX International, Kristi Graning, SVP, IT and eBusiness
SquareTwo Financial, Glenn Thompson, CIO
Starz Entertainment, Judy Batenburg, Executive Director of IT
Starz Entertainment, Linda Gonzalez, Executive Director - IT Development
StillSecure, Rajat Bhargava, Chairman and CEO
Sun Microsystems, Kristin Russell, VP, IT Operations
Sunrise Medical, Jim Dorvee, VP, Global IT
TransFirst Holdings, John Kirkpatrick, SVP and CIO
Vail Resorts Management Company, Robert Urwiler, CIO
ViaWest, Roy Dimoff, CEO
ViaWest, Nancy Phillips, COO
XO Communications, Robert Geller, CIO
"This prominent event recognizes the need to help Colorado tech companies grow deep relationships with technology executives, IT department leaders and other larger Colorado companies," said Su Hawk, President, CSIA. "We have heard from both sides that they want to do more business within Colorado and needed more opportunities to meet and build relationships, so this event is the perfect time to bring all the stakeholders together."
Since the program's inception in 2007, the CSIA C-Level @ A Mile High has stimulated hundreds of relationships and resulted in millions of dollars of work between Colorado companies.
The proceeds from C-Level @ A Mile High will help CSIA's work on ensuring a healthy business environment including legislative and regulatory issues. It will also support CSIA's first-ever Industry Roadmap for the software, hardware and IT services industry in Colorado to provide strategic direction for our state.
About CSIA
CSIA is the leader in uniting and growing Colorado's information technology industry by providing advocacy, education, business connections, and information, while supporting economic development, unification of technology stakeholders, and larger recognition of the industry and the people involved to develop and promote Colorado's technology industry. CSIA also works nationally to ensure Colorado's technology voice is heard, through TECNA, a coalition of technology associations across the United States and Canada, as well as with TechAmerica, the national lobbying organization for federal issues. Since 1994, CSIA has been involved in legislative issues and public policy to represent the information technology industry in Colorado, and has provided a number of annual programs, events and connections to support business success. For more information on CSIA please call (303) 592-4070 or visit http://www.coloradotechnology.org
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