Five Hundred Local Telecom Leaders Gather to Honor Industry’s Top Minds

ATLANTA – November 10, 2010 – The Association of Telecom Professionals (ATP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the continued professional development and network growth of the telecommunications community, presented Barry McCarthy, General Manager, Asia/Pacific, Alliances and Government Solutions, First Data, the 2010 Atlanta Telecom Professional of the Year award at its annual awards gala last night.
 
“It’s a true honor to be recognized with such a distinguished award and to share with the exceptional Mobile Commerce team at First Data,” said McCarthy. “We have made great strides this year toward our vision of migrating everything consumers do with a leather wallet to an electronic wallet stored on a mobile phone. We are especially proud to be recognized for our work on eGiftSocial, an application that allows consumers to deliver gift cards from Facebook to an individual’s phone, and our partnership development of an NFC-enabled microSD card. This award is both affirmation of First Data’s work in the mobile commerce space as well as our decision to make Atlanta our new home.”

Over 500 of Atlanta’s most influential telecommunications executives, including 30 CIOs and a number of CEOs, attended the event kicked off by special guest speaker David Nour, author, social networking strategist, and one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. Jane Hennessy, COMSYS, a Manpower Company, Chaired the event.

During the evening ATP also honored:
2010 ATP Enterprise Leadership Award: Lisa McVey, CIO, McKesson Technology Solutions.
“This is truly an honor—for me and for McKesson Technology Solutions. Our business is all about leveraging leading-edge technologies to help our customers create a safer, higher quality healthcare system. We innovate to improve how our employees work as well as enhance our customers’ experience with McKesson. We are thrilled with this prestigious recognition.”


2010 ATP Enterprise Innovation Award: Bert DuMars, Vice President of e-Business and Interactive Marketing, Newell Rubbermaid.
“I am grateful for this honor, which I share with the entire Newell Rubbermaid team,” said DuMars. “Over the past year my team has worked with our global business units and corporate functional teams to deliver new websites, social media marketing programs, a new global intranet, and many digital marketing programs.  I am sincerely grateful to the Association of Telecom Professionals for this recognition.”

2010 ATP Industry Innovation Award: Tom Noonan, President and CEO, JouleX.
“Being a young company, we are honored to receive this award,” Noonan said. “Our JouleX team is extremely passionate about our enterprise solution for sustainable energy management and has worked tirelessly to inspire people and businesses to embrace how our technology can truly impact the environment and save energy.” Noonan goes on to say, “The energy industry is $7 trillion a year and is ripe for innovation. If we help businesses monitor, analyze, and manage energy, then we not only help companies become more efficient—but also leave the world a better and cleaner place.”

2010 ATP Industry Leadership Award: Wanda Satryb, Vice President, Business Customer Service and Technical Support, Sprint Nextel.
“It is such an honor to share this prestigious award with Sprint’s customer care employees and the entire employee base, who have each made providing our customers with an exceptional experience their number one priority over the last several years,” said Satryb. “This recognition from the Association of Telecom Professionals underscores our commitment to the Atlanta community and the many customers we serve through our wireless and wireline offerings. It also highlights Sprint’s continued momentum in the telecommunications industry overall, with the achievement of 11 consecutive quarters of improved customer care satisfaction, the launch of more than a dozen 4G products, and a strong portfolio of pricing plans that offer both simplicity and value. We intend to continue to prove our leadership and commitment in providing the best in telecom services and products to our customers with a focus on our converged products, our newly launched M2M suite of services, and our commitment to the environment.”
 
Thanks to all of our sponsors, volunteers, and board members for putting on another fantastic event!

About ATP
Association of Telecom Professionals (ATP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the continued professional development and network growth of the telecommunications community.  ATP was created for the purpose of providing an environment for networking, exchanging important industry information, and the recognition of excellence within the international telecom community.

Each month ATP meets the professional development needs of our members by drawing upon telecom and communications thought leaders to share their knowledge and experiences. It is through this exchange of ideas that we provide an avenue for networking to our members in the wireline, wireless, media, technology, and enterprise communities.

To join ATP or for more information on the many benefits associated with ATP membership and a full calendar of ATP events, please visit the web site at www.atpconnect.org.