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Executive Alliance Unveils Quality Leadership Executive (QLE) of the Year Southeast Awards™
Executives to be Recognized for Both Visionary and Practitioner Roles
ATLANTA - August 15, 2006 - Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums, announced today the establishment of the Quality Leadership Executive (QLE) of the Year Southeast Awards 2006.
The QLE Awards honor and recognize the achievements of Information Technology executives and their teams for the exemplary practice of IT Quality Assurance.
With Founding Platinum Sponsors, Compuware and Tescom, Executive Alliance recently opened the QLE Official Call for Nominations for these prestigious awards.
Recognition and Visibility for IT Quality Assurance Executives
The program includes an Executive Forum during which the executive nominees and other experts will discuss challenging industry issues and solutions.
Nominees will experience other events as well including a VIP Reception, a Sponsor Pavilion, Gourmet Buffet Dinner and the Awards Ceremony itself. The events have a cumulative networking effect and enable peer-to-peer communication and relationship building.
Nomination criteria and nominee applications are available at www.qualityleadershipawards.com. Nominations will be accepted electronically at QLEAwards@qualityleadershipawards.com through Thursday, September 7, 2006.
The nominees will be evaluated by a panel of industry experts and luminaries who will select the winners at a private meeting. The results will be revealed at the QLE Awards Gala to be held on Thursday evening, October 19, 2006, at the Westin Atlanta North Hotel at Perimeter.
Visionary and Practitioner Award Categories
Awards will be conferred for two executive categories, Visionary and Practitioner.
The Visionary Award recognizes strategic planning, initiative, foresight, thought leadership and the employment of Quality Assurance to support business objectives.
The Practitioner Award recognizes technical acumen in the practice of Quality Assurance for the successful implementation of a specific project in support of business objectives.
"IT Quality Assurance executives deserve the recognition that the QLE Awards convey," said Marci McCarthy, CEO of Executive Alliance. "An organization that can build quality into their lifecycle and therefore reduce time to market has a tremendous competitive advantage. We see a tremendous gap in terms of leadership recognition within the IT industry and the QLE Awards Program will assist a great deal in reducing that gap."
"Deploying flawless applications that respond to the business need in an increasingly complex and maturing technical arena is tremendously challenging but very much required," said John Slack, Regional Products Vice President at Compuware Corporation. "The QLE Awards will recognize those executives who have achieved success through a clear vision and an exacting practice, both of which include quality."
"Mitigating the inherent technological risks of software and IT application development, integration and implementation is key to success for businesses today, " said Mika Liss, Executive Vice President of Tescom. "Those IT executives who are making that happen deserve celebration and visibility; to be recognized as quality leaders."
About the QLE Southeast 2006 Sponsors
The Quality Leadership Executive of the Year Southeast Award 2006™, a property of Executive Alliance, Inc., is brought to the business community by Founding Platinum Sponsors Compuware and Tescom.
Other, limited sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, please visit http://www.qualityleadershipawards.com/sponsorship.php or contact Marci McCarthy at 404.982.8562.