Digital Ball 2008 - Revolution
May 10, 2008
The 2008 TechBridge Digital Ball, presented by Accenture, once again exceeded all attendance and sponsorship goals. The gala event held Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the Georgia World Congress Center brought 1,200 technology, business and nonprofit leaders together for an evening of dinner, dancing and visually stunning performances. Ninety-four corporate sponsors gave more than $1.2 million in cash and in-kind donations to the Digital Ball to fund TechBridge operations and its nonprofit technology programs and services. Guests were treated to a feast featuring arial stunts, flame throwing and toasts to technology.
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- 2008 Digital Ball Sponsors
- 2008 CIO Host List
- 2008 Digital Ball Photo Gallery
- 2008 Digital Ball Video
- 2008 Community Builder Award
2008 Digital Ball Co-Chairs
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Kristin Kirkconnell |
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Jean-Michel Ares SVP & CIO The Coca-Cola Company Hometown: Montreal, Canada History: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host |
2008 Digital Ball Exec Committee
Clint Bailey, Hunter Technical Resources
Tiffany Brott, Accenture
Meg Ferguson, Southern Company
Scott Garrett, Garrett Group
Michael Halbert, Northridge Systems
Sandy Hofmann, ATDC/Closets and More
John Hutchins, Troutman Sanders LLP
Janet Turnure, Aggelos
2008 Digital Ball Hosts
Confirmed participants to-date include:
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Rocky Wiggins SVP & CIO AirTran Airways Hometown: Owensboro, KY History: 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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Robert Marburger CIO Alston & Bird LLP Hometown: Rockdale, TX History: 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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John Dunbar CIO Aquilex Corporation Hometown: Richmond, VA History: 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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Don Zimmerman SVP & CIO Arby's Restaurant Group Hometown: |
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Sandy Hofmann |
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Dan Crowe CIO AutoTrader.com Hometown: Charlottesville, VA History: 2007 TIA Judge |
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Cindy Tierney SVP & CIO Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Hometown: Atlanta, GA History: 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host and 2007 TIA Judge |
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Larry Frey VP & CIO BlueLinx Corporation Hometown: New Orleans, LA History: 2006, 2007 TIA Judge |
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Joe Oesterling VP & CIO Cbeyond Hometown: Frankfort, IN History: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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Guido Sacchi SVP, Corporate Strategies & CIO CompuCredit Hometown: Rome, Italy History: 2005, 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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Greg Morrison VP & CIO Cox Enterprises, Inc. Hometown: Pinehurst, NC History: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host and 2006, 2007 TIA Judge |
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Chris Kenyon EVP, North America Systems & Technology Elavon Hometown: Key West, FL History: 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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Rich Mendola VP of Information Technology & CIO Emory University Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA History: 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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Rob Webb CIO Equifax Hometown: Toronto, Canada History: 2007 Digital Ball Host and 2006, 2007 TIA Judge |
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Carlos Cabrera VP & CIO Exide Technologies Hometown: Havana, Cuba |
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Marian Lucia Former EVP & CIO Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Hometown: Beaver Falls, PA History: 2005, 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host and 2005, 2006 TIA Judge |
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Steve Olsen Group President, Internet Banking & Electronic Payments Fiserv, Inc. Hometown: Needham, MA |
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Randy Fox CIO GE Energy Services Hometown: Anderson, IN History: 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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John Seral |
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Beach Clark VP of Information Technology Georgia Aquarium Hometown: Atlanta, GA History: 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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Ed Steinike |
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Edwin Marcial CTO IntercontinentalExchange Hometown: New York, NY |
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Thomas Gaines CIO King & Spalding Hometown: Ft. Pierce, FL History: 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host and 2005, 2006 TIA Judge |
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Ken Rabun CIO Manhattan Associates Hometown: Atlanta, GA |
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Helen Berg SVP & CIO Merge Healthcare Hometown: Charleston, SC History: 2005, 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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Don Riley CIO Mohawk Industries Hometown: San Jose, CA History: 2007 TIA Judge |
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Phil Davis General Manager, Information Technology & CIO Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Hometown: Detroit, MI History: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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Larry Clark Managing Director & CIO Randstad Hometown: Atlanta, GA History: 2007 Digital Ball Host and 2006, 2007 TIA Judge |
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Jason Molfetas CIO Recall Corporation Hometown: New York, NY |
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Ann Franks VP & CISO Ricoh Americas Corporation Hometown: Clanton, AL History: 2005, 2006 Digital Ball Host and 2005, 2006 TIA Judge |
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Steve Winterbottom Vice-President of IT, Cisco Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company Hometown: Detroit, MI History: 2005, 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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Wade Vann SVP & CIO Simmons Hometown: Hampton, VA |
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Becky Blalock SVP & CIO Southern Company Hometown: Greenville, SC History: 2003, 2004, 2007 Digital Ball Host, 2002 TIA Judge and 2005, 2006 Digital Ball Co-Chair |
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Wes McDowell VP & CIO, Georgia Region Southern Company Hometown: Atlanta, GA History: 2007 TIA Judge |
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Brian Shield EVP & CIO The Weather Channel Hometown: Burlington, MA History: 2005, 2006, 2007 Digital Ball Host |
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Sue Powers |
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Barb Kunkel |
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Dave Barnes SVP & CIO UPS Hometown: St. Louis, MO History: 2007 Digital Ball Host and 2006, 2007 TIA Judge |
2008 Digital Ball Sponsors
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NPower Network Founding Sponsor |
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Terabyte/$30,000 Sponsors |
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Gigabyte/$15,000 Sponsors |
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Megabyte/$10,000 Sponsors
Atlanta Gas Light, an AGL Resources Company
Alston & Bird LLP
Avanade
AVYVE
BMC Software
Cbeyond
ChoicePoint, Inc.
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
Compuware Corporation
Daugherty Business Solutions
Dimension Data
DLA Piper US LLP
Equifax
Gartner, Inc.
GE Infrastructure
Georgia Natural Gas
Presidio Networked Solutions
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Primus Software Corporation
RCG Information Technology
SAVVIS
Silicon Valley Bank
Silverpop
Smith & Howard
SPI
The Madison Henry Group
UPS
What's Up Interactive
XOsphere, Inc.
Kilobyte/$5,000 Sponsors
Abacus Solutions
Alliance Data
ATDC (Asankya, Emcien, Oversight, Vendormate)
Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management
AutoTrader.com
CCCi
Cherry Bekaert & Holland LLP
Closets and More
Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Definition 6
Elavon
EMC Corporation
Executive Alliance
Exervio Management Consulting
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
Gadfly
Geller and Linowes Families
Hunter Technical Resources
Imlay Investments, Inc.
Information Management Systems, Inc.
Intellinet
Lehman Brothers
Macy's Systems and Technology
MD&E, Inc.
Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
nuBridges/C. Tycho and Marie Howle Foundation
Omnilink Systems
Patni Computer Systems Inc.
Pyramid Consulting, Inc.
Randstad
RenovoData, Inc.
Sapient
Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Southern Company
Staffing Technologies
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
The People Network, Inc.
ThoughtBridge
Time Warner Telecom
Wintellect
Media Partner
2008 Community Builder Award
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The Community Builder Award recognizes technology leaders who have demonstrated outstanding community participation in the civic and nonprofit sector while supporting local economic growth in the IT sector through their business practices.
At Digital Ball® 2008, TechBridge and TechLINKS announced the winner of the 2008 Community Builder Award:
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Guido Sacchi SVP, Corporate Strategies & CIO CompuCredit |
We also congratulate our finalists:
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Dan Crowe CIO AutoTrader.com |
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Joe Oesterling VP & CIO Cbeyond |
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John Seral |
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Brian Shield EVP & CIO The Weather Channel |
2008 Community Builder Award Judging Panel
Kornelius Bankston, Project Manager, Global Commerce: Innovation and Technology Georgia Department of Economic Development
Tiffany Brott, Sr. Manager – US Marketing & Communications, Accenture
Ann Cramer, Director North America, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, IBM
Russ Hardin, President, Woodruff, Whitehead and Evans Foundations
Alicia Philipp, President, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
2008 Community Builder Award Given By
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