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Practitioners and Visionaries Celebrated and Winners Announced at the First Annual Quality Leadership Executive of the Year Southeast Awards™
ATLANTA - October 23, 2006 -Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums, along with Founding Platinum Sponsors Tescom (LSE: TSCM) and Compuware (NASDAQ: CPWR) announced today the winners for the Quality Leadership Executive (QLE) of the Year Southeast Awards 2006.
The winners of the QLE Southeast Awards™ are :
Visionary Award Winners
Practitioner Award Winners
Mr. Ahmad, Mr. Cooper, Ms. Nichols and Mr. Rimmey were showcased at an Awards Ceremony held Thursday, October 19th, at the Westin Hotel in Atlanta. The ceremony was the culmination of a series of events in a one day program including an executive forum where industry experts discussed business challenges and solutions in a networking environment.
A total of 19 IT Quality Assurance executives were nominated for the awards which are conferred upon chief information officers or executives in equivalent positions who have made significant contributions through the exemplary practice of IT Quality Assurance. Drawn from the public and private sectors, nominees must be employed by a business or oversee the enterprise applications for a company or subsidiary that is located in the southeastern region of the United States including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
In addition to the QLE Awards, the Technology Association of Georgia presented a Quality in Global Outsourcing Award to Definition 6, citing Paul Hernacki, Chief Technology Officer and Robby Ball, Director of Engineering for their efforts.
"The QLE Award winners are forging new ground for their employers, " said Marci McCarthy, CEO of Executive Alliance. " They are retaining and gaining customers and showing return on investment because they realize that quality has overtaken time-to-market in terms of measuring success."
"Investment of time and resources in Quality Assurance testing returns a perceptible competitive advantage," said Mika Liss, Executive Vice President of Tescom. "Hearing the winners' stories and learning the results of their endeavor to bring quality to their business clearly illustrates that advantage."
"Software applications continue to grow in complexity and permeate our businesses and lives more and more each day," said John Slack, Regional Products Vice President at Compuware Corporation. "The QLE Award winners attest to the success organizations can attain when they embrace the practice of Quality Assurance in technology."
In addition to the QLE Awards, the Technology Association of Georgia presented a Quality in Global Outsourcing Award to Definition 6, citing Paul Hernacki, Chief Technology Officer and Robby Ball, Director of Engineering for their efforts.
For more information on the winners, the nominees and the QLE Southeast Awards, please visit www.qualityleadership.com.
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 Tescom and Compuware. Association Sponsors include the American Electronics Association (AeA,) the Atlanta Quality Assurance Association (AQAA,) and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG.)
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.
About Tescom Software Systems Testing Ltd.
Tescom is a global leader in independent software quality assurance and testing solutions with over 600 professionals around the world dedicated to helping companies mitigate the technological risks inherent to the development, implementation and integration of software and information technology applications. Founded in 1990, Tescom is a public company (LSE:TSCM) that maintains operations in Australia, France, Israel, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. Visit www.tescom-usa.com.
About Compuware Corporation
Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) maximizes the value IT brings to the business by helping CIOs more effectively manage the business of IT. Compuware solutions accelerate the development, improve the quality and enhance the performance of critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and govern the entire IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and employee productivity throughout the IT organization. Founded in 1973, Compuware serves the world's leading IT organizations, including more than 90 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. Learn more about Compuware at http://www.compuware.com.
About Executive Alliance
For an executive, especially an executive in an emerging area, the keys to success and the success of their organization are a function of prominence, visibility and recognition. Executive Alliance, Inc. provides premium leadership-recognition forums that honor and recognize the outstanding achievement of executives within different industries. These forums allow industry leaders to build rich relationships within a network of peers; the programs provide visibility for executives and their companies, and offer access and insight into the people leading these industries. Through an extensive platform of collaborative events, which include Industry Award Events, Summits, Executive Roundtables, Executive Forums, Private Receptions, and Customized Programs, Executive Alliance creates interactive forums for bringing together top executives, industry innovators and practitioners. For more information, visit www.execalliance.com.