Nominees for CSIA’s 2011 Technology Apex Awards Announced Today

Denver, CO, June 09, 2011 --(PR.com)-- CSIA, Colorado’s Technology Association, today announced the nominees for the 11th annual Apex Awards. Winners and finalists will be announced live on July 12, 2011, at the evening event program at The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver.

The winners selected from this list of nominees will illustrate technology excellence in five categories for companies: Technology Company of the Year, Technology Product of the Year, Technology Service of the Year, Rookie of the Year and IT Project of the Year. The five categories for individual professionals include: the Bob Newman Lifetime Achievement, Technology Executive of the Year, Technology Entrepreneur of the Year, Top Tech Teacher, and CSIA Champion of the Year.

"The CSIA Apex Awards is the one evening during the year when outstanding technology companies and people are celebrated for their work, passion and excellence in the technology industry,” said Su Hawk, President, CSIA. "It is exciting to see who this year’s nominees are, as they all have worked hard for their successes."

The 2011 Corporate Nominees are:

3t Systems
Advanced Assembly
Altius Space Machines
Amadeus Consulting
Amnet
AppliedTrust
Aspenware Internet Solutions
Auction & Event Solutions
Avalon Consulting
Backroom Management Services
BATMANN Analytics
Brandwise
Business Controls
Chronicle Graphics
ClickBank
CMIT Solutions of Denver
D2Xchange
DataTech Labs Data Recovery
Denver DataMan
Dot Hill Systems
Envysion
FrontDoorSoftware
Gartner
Gorilla Logic
Graphicly
Healthagen
HomeSphere
Hosting.com
Illumen
Integrate
IP Commerce
IP5280 Communications
IQNavigator
iTruss Solutions
JetJaw
Kapost
Lijit Networks
LogRhythm
Long View Systems
myDIALS
Neudesic
NewsGator Technologies
NIMBL
Njevity
nVoq
OpenLogic
Orbotix
PEI
Power Tagging
ProStor Systems
QSE Technologies
Qualvu
Radish Systems
Red Earth Software
RelevanceLogic
Rivet Software
ScriptPad
SDL
SLI Global Solutions
Social Media Energy
Solve IT
Spectra Logic Corporation
Standing Cloud
Swiftpage
Symplified
Sympoz
Telesphere
Tendril
TIAA-CREF
TranslationLinks
Udemy
USA FACT
UsingMiles
Virtela Technology Services
Zerista

The 2011 Individual Nominees are:

Brenda Armstrong, Account Manager, Denver Search Group
Robert Berger, Regional Vice President, Credera
Sherri Clemens, Technology Instructor, Douglas County School District
Helen Cousins, EVP / CIO, Lincoln Trust Company
Kristin Donley, Science/STEM Instructor, Monarch High School
Kristen Feichtner, Marketing Manager, Green House Data
Steven Foster, President, Business Controls
Beverly Gibson, Business Performance Advisor, Insperity
Jennifer Harding, Sr. Account Executive, Access Data Consulting Services
Peter Hoskins, CEO, Zerista
Rachel Hymbaugh, Account Executive, ViaWest
Sue Johnson, Computer Science Advanced Placement Teacher, Monarch High School
Shawn Juister, VP, Strategic Accounts, Mincom
Kevin Keelan, CIBER
Greg Lems, Chief Technology Officer, ClickBank
Jonita Leroy, Business Development Representative, OIT
Cliff Love, Director of Business Development, Aspenware
Chris Magyar, Vice President, Gunther Douglas
Ash Mahajan, Associate Professor, DeVry University
Abbie Martin, 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher, Silver Hills M.S.
Tom Melaragno, President & CEO, Compri Consulting
Cindy Miller, Managing Director, LifeSpan Technology Recycling
Ari Newman, VP Strategic Partnerships, Jive
Bob Ogdon, CEO, Swiftpage
Sara Poinier, Teacher Librarian, Horizon High School
Patrick Quinlan, CEO, Rivet Software
Dr. Alexander Repenning, Asst. Professor, CTO, AgentSheets & University of Colorado
Sarah Sample-Reif, Healthcare IT Manager, Kforce
Nidhi Saxena, President & CEO, DatamanUSA
Brett Schklar, Founder and CEO, The Market Creation Group
Margie Sims, Regional Vice President of Sales, ViaWest
Peter Smith, CEO, SDL
Sandy Steiner, Exec. VP, Business Development, Adams County Economic Development
Matthew Taylor, President and COO, USA FACT
Tanya Terrell, Career Services, DeVry University
Ted Thonus, President, Cottonwood Communications
Tyler Treadway, Communications Consultant, Mitel
Leslie Trexler, Instructor, Bollman Technical Education Center
Adrian Tuck, CEO, Tendril
George Tyler, Chief Alliance Officer, 3rd Eagle
Ann Van Orsdel, President, The 1st Movement
Art Zeile, CEO, Hosting.com

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