The Final Say: The Judges Behind the Technology Innovators Awards

Kevin Carlson

Donald Doane
President/CEO
OpenDemand Systems
www.opendemand.com\ Doane, president and CEO at OpenDemand, Newark, N.J., has been involved with testing and analyzing the performance of Web sites and applications since the first commercial Web load/stress-testing tools were introduced and was an early visionary of the "open," or unlimited, demand of the Internet. He is a qualified performance expert and a regular speaker at tech user groups and conferences.

Jim Hunt
President
Cap Gemini Technologies
www.cgey.com\ Hunt joined Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGE&Y), Vienna, Va., in September 2002. As president of Cap Gemini Technologies, the arm of CGE&Y, Hunt oversees the daily operations of a start-up company targeted to deliver more than $80 million in revenue in its first year of operation. Hunt was one of the founders of Ernst & Young Technologies Inc. (EYT), a subsidiary of Ernst & Young.

Dr. Craig Miller
CTO
Dimension Data North America
www.didata.com\ As CTO of Dimension Data North America, Reston, Va., Miller develops alliances and helps to set strategic direction for the company in existing and emerging technologies. Miller brings more than 25 years of experience in information technology and has developed a vast amount of technical expertise, ranging from large mainframe database and modeling applications to avant-garde trading hubs. Since 1985, his work has focused exclusively on e-commerce, beginning with large-scale EDI systems and progressing to Internet applications as IP-based technology became available. He was the lead architect for two online B2B exchanges (CATEX and GreenOnline) as well as for a federal system used to track $30 billion in emissions allowances.

Quy "Q" Nguyen
Founder & CEO
Allyance Communications
www.allyance.net\ Nguyen's leadership, vision and entrepreneurial spirit are the driving forces behind the creation, growth and ongoing success of Allyance Communications Networks, Irvine, Calif. Prior to Allyance, Nguyen was the co-founder and executive vice president for Cercanet, a "venture catalyst company." Prior to Cercanet, Nguyen started in the Silicon Valley branch of Qwest Communications, where he focused on sales, business development and marketing initiatives. He was also a sales director for Protech International and a sales manager for NexCom.

Ettienne Reinecke
CTO
Dimension Data Holdings
www.didata.com\ Reinecke was on the board of Reston, Va.-based Dimension Data Holdings from 1998 until 2002, when he joined the newly created executive committee. He currently heads the group's technology, research and development areas and assumes responsibility for the group's global services strategy. Reinecke has more than 14 years of experience in the IT services and networking industry.

Robert Rhodes
CEO
Systems Evolution
www.systemsevolution.com\ Rhodes has worked in software development and sales since 1986. Prior to his employment with Systems Evolution, Rhodes held positions at the BSG Alliance/IT and Software Integration Consulting Group. In 1993, he founded Systems Evolution, Stafford, Texas, which made extensive use of mentoring and training techniques to advance consulting services for knowledge transfer and the implementation of technical architecture.

Mark Stellini
President & CEO, Info Systems
www.infosysinc.com\ Stellini has directed the efforts of Wilmington, Del.-based Info Systems to embrace "break-through technologies" and develop business opportunities. Through Stellini's leadership, the business has expanded from one to four locations and has grown from a small organization to one that now employs more than 300 people with an estimated $80 million in revenue.

Ned Stringham
CEO,SBI
www.sbigroup.com\ Since co-founding SBI in 1997, Stringham has led the company to its current position as one of the most exciting and dynamic independent consulting firms in the market. He has built a team of high-caliber executives to provide the vision and leadership to drive the company's continued rapid growth. Stringham's successes have been recognized by VARBusiness and Ernst & Young.

Sperry J. Van Langeveld
Owner/Treasurer
Image Computers
www.image-computers.com\ Van Langeveld has been working with computers for several decades and holds several degrees in various technology and business areas. He and his wife, Donna, built their first custom PCs in their basement in 1984 and have been providing high-quality computing solutions and services under the "Image" logo to business, education and government clients ever since.

Dick Wurst
Independent IT Consultant
Wurst has more than 30 years of professional sales and marketing-management experience. In 1983, he entered the IT/PC industry as regional manager for a small San Diego-based intelligent controller manufacturer. Wurst joined Intel as a regional manager of the start-up Personal Computer Enhancement Operation, helping that division grow to more than $300 million in revenue in just three years. Wurst has also held sales and marketing positions at Hauppauge Computer Works (Hauppauge Digital) and Manchester Equipment (Manchester Technologies).