Join us this year on Tuesday, November 9, 2010,  for the prestigious annual ATPY Awards Gala. The ATPY event boasts the premier event where the who's who of the telecom industry rub elbows and honor outstanding achievements for the year. Last year's event sold out and there are a limited number of individual seats available this year.  As an added bonus, each person purchasing an individual seat for $200 will receive a free ATP membership (a $75 value!)  Purchase options include: Sponsorship Levels - Platinum, Gold, Silver and Table - as well as Individual Seats. See links below for full details.

When: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Starting at 5:30PM

Where:
Cobb Galleria Centre
Two Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339

*Valet Parking Available

GUEST SPEAKER:

David Nour – Managing Partner, The Nour Group, Inc.

Author | International Speaker | Senior Management Advisor

For more information about this year's event or to volunteer, contact the 2010 ATPY Chair, Jane Hennessy, COMSYS-A Manpower Company.

2010 ATPY Award Nominees

Click here to learn more about the nominees.

Enterprise

Noni Gonzalez, AT&T, Inc.
Ron Gastin, Compass NA/Foodbuy
Maryann Goebel, Fiserv
Ron Hutchins, Georgia Tech
Tom Conophy, IHG
Alan Frutchey, Jackson Healthcare Technology
Lisa McVey, McKesson
Bert DuMars, Newell Rubbermaid
Dr. Bryson Payne, North Georgia College & State University
Don Addington, ORTEC
Debra Naderhoff, Wellstar Health System
Dr. Michael Brooks, Westend Medical Center

Industry

Harvey Scholl, Air2Web
Phil Bienert, AT&T, Inc.
Jennifer Tillson, AT&T, Inc.
Cy Smith, AirSage, Inc.
Braxton Jarratt, Clearleap
Mark Adams, Cox Communications
Stephen Bye, Cox Wireless
Frank Grillo, Cypress Communications
Michael Miller, Fiberlight
Barry McCarthy, First Data Corp.
Kevin Moran, Intelliverse
Tom Noonan, JouleX
Alex Brisbourne, Kore Telematics
Diana Einterz, Orange Business Services
Michael Dickerson, PGi
Bill Nussey,  Silverpop
Wanda Satryb, Sprint Nextel
Scott Burkett, StarPound Technologies, Inc.
Douglas Busk, Whoop Mobile

Learn more about ATPY Sponsorship Opportunities:

Individual seats at $200 - includes ATP membership, valid for one year. Limited number so register early.

2009 ATPY Awards Gala Recap

Last year, more than 600 of Atlanta’s most influential telecommunications executives, including 30 CIOs and a number of CEOs, attended the event kicked off by special guest speaker Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets and ATP’s first Atlanta Telecom Professional of the Year Award recipient in 2004.  Karen Finger, Qwest Communications, chaired last year's event.

ATP presented Glenn Lurie, President, Emerging Devices, Resale and Partnerships, AT&T Mobility,the 2009 Atlanta Telecom Professional of the Year award.

“I am extremely grateful for this distinct honor that I share with the entire AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets team,” Lurie said. “In the past year my team has been charged with identifying new, emerging devices to connect to the AT&T wireless network and we’ve made tremendous progress. Today, we have several new products powered by our network, including netbooks, eReaders, and personal navigation devices. It is a real privilege to be honored amongst this very distinguished group of individuals.”

During the evening ATP also honored:
2009 ATP Leadership Award: Van Williams, SVP and Group CTO, Depository Institution Services, Fiserv, Inc.

2009 ATP Innovation Award: Richard Batelaan, COO, Cbeyond.

2009 ATP Enterprise Award: Dan Darling, CIO and SVP of Technology Productions and Operations, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.

ATP would like to thank our ATPY Event Platinum sponsors: AT&T and Cypress Communications, ATP Annual Gold sponsors: Level 3 and Qwest Communications; and our Gold event sponsors: Advocate Networks; Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP; Harris Stratex Networks; Internap; and Sun Technologies.