2007 AITA Leadership in Technology Awards Banquet

Event Photos; Nominees & Winners

October 25, 2007, AITA announced the winners of the Leadership in Technology Awards, an annual banquet held this year at Huntsville's Von Braun Center. With nominees representing the entire state, finalists and winners were selected from Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Huntsville.

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2007 Lifetime Achievement Winner:
This year's Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Mr. Chuck Jett, Chairman, CEO, and President of Emageon.

Category Winners:
This, the fourth annual awards ceremony, also honoured winners in four categories: Large and Small Company of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, and Top IT Executive of the Year. The criteria for Large and Small Company included being located within the state, proven successful with such distinguishing factors as employee pride, financial growth strategic analysis, recent introductions of new of new or updated products and/or services, strategic alliances, acquisitions, historical profitability and more. The delineation between large and small company was set at sales of $15M.

Winners
Large Company of the Year WINNER! Intergraph Corporation (Huntsville)	Small Company of the Year WINNER! CTS (Birmingham)
Entrepreneur of the Year WINNER! Bryan Council (Metro Monitor - Birmingham)	Top IT Executive of the Year WINNER! Mike Whitt (Compass Bank - Birmingham)