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CIO of the Year Finalists Announced!

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The Pittsburgh Technology Council and the Greater Pittsburgh CIO Group are proud to announce the finalists for the 2013 CIO of the Year Awards. The following executives lead the information technology strategy and deployment of some of the region’s most successful and innovative companies. Be sure to attend the Awards Gala on Thursday, March 7 to meet the finalists in person and learn the winners of each category listed below. For more information on the CIO of the Year program, visit www.pghtech.org/events/cio-of-the-year.aspx.

2013 Finalists Announced!

Enterprise Category, Greater than 1,500 Employees
Mark Braden, ServiceLink, Chief Information Officer

Michael Keslar, BNY Mellon, Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer of Global Transactions

Greg Wilson, CentiMark Corporation, Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer

Nancy S. Wolk, ALCOA, Inc., Chief Information Officer

 

Enterprise Category, 250-1,500 Employees

Rex A. Althoff, Federated Investors, Inc., President – Technology, Chief Information Officer

Sarampal Matharu, Aquatech International Corporation, Senior Vice President, Information Technology

Joshua Stauffer, Industrial Scientific Corporation, Global Director, Information Technology

 

Growth Category, Less than 250 Employees

Bruce E. Freshwater, Sierra w/o Wires, Chief Executive Officer/Chief Information Officer

Michael Hemy, iCarnegie Global Learning, Chief Information Officer

Douglas R. Prom, Innovate E-Commerce, Inc., Chief Information Officer/Chief Technology Officer

Christopher Radi, Foundation Radiology Group, P.C., Chief Information Officer

 

Non-Profit Category

Lisa M. Abel-Palmieri, Ph.D., The Ellis School, Director of Instructional & Informational Technologies

George W. Appley, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Charles Mance, California University of Pennsylvania, Vice President for University Technology Services

Edward McCallister, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Chief Information Officer, Insurance Services Division

David K. Thompson, Software Engineering Institute, Director, Information Technology and Security

 

About CIO of the Year

It takes great leaders to keep southwestern Pennsylvania’s technology sector on the cutting-edge. The Council, along with the Greater Pittsburgh CIO Group, honors top technology executives who work in industry, non-profit, academia and government, and who use their innovation and creativity to improve our region. Nominees, including chief information officers or those in equivalent positions, are recognized for their innovation and creativity in planning and deploying their enterprise systems, future technology goals, management philosophy and service to the industry and community.

 

Event Sponsored By:

Event Partners

Pittsburgh Technology Council | Greater Pittsburgh CIO Group

Event Sponsors:

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC | Comcast Business Class | Donwil Company | UPMC Technology Development Center

Supporting Sponsors:

Allegheny County Airport Authority | CDW Corporation | CGI | Data Recovery Services, LLC | DQE Communications | Expedient Communications | MCPc | Pomeroy, an HP Elite Partner | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | SDLC Partners L.P. | ServiceNow | Synergy Staffing

Production Sponsor:

Wrecking Crew Media

Sierra w/o Wires Amongst Best Places to Work in PA

Posted on by Jonathan Kersting

Sierra w/o Wires, Inc. was ranked #22 among the top 71 small/medium employers in Pennsylvania, according to the thirteenth annual Best Places to Work in PA awards program.

This program evaluates and ranks the best places of employment in the State based on employee satisfaction and engagement, as well as workplace practices and policies. The Best Places to Work in PA includes two groups of companies: 71 small/medium-sized firms with 25-249 employees and 29 large-sized companies with 250 employees or more. The top 100 companies were honored with an awards ceremony at the Lancaster County Convention Center.

For more information on the Best Places to Work for in Pennsylvania program, please visit http://bestcompaniesgroup.com. The Best Places to Work in PA program is a partnership between Team PA Foundation, The Department of Community and Economic Development, PA SHRM and the Central Penn Business Journal. The 2012 program was sponsored by Team PA Foundation, ParenteBeard, Wells Fargo, Saul Ewing LLP, Capital BlueCross, Comcast Business Class, Comcast Spotlight, Purpose1, LLC and Global HR Research.

Sierra w/o Wires, Inc. and Sierra Data Centers, Inc., both founded in 2006, are Pittsburgh-based Information Technology service providers specializing in remote systems monitoring, remote systems management, cloud/virtual hosting, physical machine hosting, software development and hardware and software reselling. The Sierra companies provide services and support to customers across the United States and in four countries and meet mission critical computing needs and help customers to improve IT operations.

Sierra w/o Wires Makes Inc. Magazine’s 2012 List of America’s 5,000 Fastest-Growing Privately-Held Companies

Posted on by Jonathan Kersting

Sierra w/o Wires, Inc. will appear on Inc. Magazine’s 2012 list of the United States’ 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies. Inc. Magazine and Inc.com will publish the list on August 21st.

Inc. Magazine was founded in 1979 and has published the Inc. 5000 list of companies since 2007. In order to be considered for the 2012 list of the fastest growing companies, an organization must be based in the United States and have at least two million dollars in annual revenue. Organizations are evaluated according to revenue growth between the years 2008 and 2012. Sierra w/o Wires, Inc will enjoy a rank of 1,939 within this year’s list. Sierra w/o Wires, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Information Technology services provider specializing in remote monitoring and remote management of computing systems, cloud/virtual systems hosting, physical server hosting, software development and hardware and software reselling.

Sierra w/o Wires, Inc. and its sister company Sierra Data Centers, Inc. provide technology services to customers across the United States and in four other countries. The companies attempt to achieve market differentiation through expert-level systems engineering staff.

TechVibe Radio Features the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse

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Be sure to tune in to TechVibe Radio this Saturday at noon on FM News Talk 104.7.

The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse is celebrating 10 years of growing the local life sciences industry. John Manzetti will detail the success to date.

Also, learn how Conspec is building new business in the Marcellus industry and Sierra w/o Wires details its latest tech engagements.

Hosted by the PTC’s CEO Audrey Russo and Director Visibility Initiatives Jonathan Kersting, TechVibe is on the air every Saturday at noon bringing you interviews and conversations from the Pittsburgh region’s fast-moving technology and entrepreneurial communities.

Stream TechVibe Radio on www.wpgb.com or iHeart Radio.
Missed a previous broadcast? We have a massive library of podcasts right here.

TechVibe Radio is sponsored by Concert-oh!/Chorus Call/Compunetix, EyeFlow, The Hartford, PTC Employee Benefits Group, Pittsburgh International Airport and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Charlie Batch to Appear on TechVibe Radio

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Be sure to tune in to TechVibe Radio this Saturday at noon on FM News Talk 104.7.

Pittsburgh Steeler Charlie Batch will stop by to talk about the Best of Batch Foundation and a little tech, too!

Sierra w/o Wires will talk about its ever-growing list of tech services and Circuits LLC will detail its fast-growing flexible printed circuit business.

Hosted by the PTC’s CEO Audrey Russo and Director Visibility Initiatives Jonathan Kersting, TechVibe is on the air every Saturday at noon bringing you interviews and conversations from the Pittsburgh region’s fast-moving technology and entrepreneurial communities.

Stream TechVibe Radio on www.wpgb.com or iHeart Radio.
Missed a previous broadcast? We have a massive library of podcasts right here.

TechVibe Radio is sponsored by Chorus Call/Concert-oh!, EyeFlow, The Hartford, Sierra w/o Wires, PTC Employee Benefits Group, Pittsburgh International Airport and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.