Mid-Atlantic CIO&CTOLive! Finalists Named

Winners to be Announced November 10, 2009 at Ronald Reagan International Trade Center

(ROCKVILLE, MD) – October 4, 2009 – The Tech Council of Maryland's (TCM) MdTech Division has selected five finalists in four categories to compete for the title of CIO/CTO of the Year and Product/Service of the Year. Winners will be announced on Tuesday November 10, 2009 at the mid-Atlantic CIO&CTOLive! Awards at the Ronald Regan Center in Washington, DC.

In its fourth year, the mid-Atlantic CIO&CTOLive! Awards is the single best celebration for CIOs, CTOs, VPs of IT and other tech professionals from companies and organizations from throughout the mid-Atlantic region. More than 400 tech professionals are expected to attend this year's event and 100 or more of those will be CIOs, CTOs and VPs of IT.

"This dinner and awards is a Who's Who of everyone in mid-Atlantic IT," said Rick Harris, Executive Director of the MdTech Division, of the Tech Council of Maryland.

The 2009 mid-Atlantic CIO&CTOLive! Awards finalists are:

• Non-Profit/Association CIO of the Year: Marty Colburn, FINRA; Peter Plourd, American Urological Association; John Spencer, American Society of Health System Pharmacists; John Sullivan, American Chemical Society; Judith Wood, University of Baltimore
• Government CIO of the Year: Devon Bryan, Internal Revenue Service; Casey Coleman, General Services Administration; Peter Fonash, Department of Homeland Security; Kathy Lyons-Burke, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Victor Thompson, NASA
• Commercial Sector CIO of the Year: Jeffrey Johnson, Constellation Energy; David Kline, Discovery Communications; David Lyons, Catapult Technology; Gabriel Mayo, Mantaro Networks; Douglas Norton, Northrop Grumman
• IT Product of the Year: Hughes; PHH Arval; Salar; Social Solutions; TeleBright

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