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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 (coloradotechnology.org) 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 the website
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