CHICAGO, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
TechAmerica announced today several new appointments to its Midwest
Board. T. Kendall Hunt, Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, VASCO Data Security International, Inc.
(Nasdaq: VDSI), continues as Chairman of TechAmerica's Midwest
Board, and Marty H. Singer,
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, PCTEL, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCTI) ,
continues as Vice Chairman.
Member executives joining the Midwest Board include Monica Mueller, Director, Public Affairs,
Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI); Patrick
Theisen, Regional Manager, Government Relations, General
Electric (NYSE: GE); Steve Lalonde,
Executive Vice President of Sales and Sales Operations, Allscripts
(Nasdaq: MDRX); Sandeep Nain,
President, SNtial Technologies; and Jake
Parrillo, Midwest Manager, Global Communications and Public
Affairs, Google, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG).
"TechAmerica is the prominent U.S. technology industry
organization that provides extensive resources and a meaningful
voice to state and federal government for legislation vital to its
members," said T. Kendall Hunt,
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, VASCO Data Security
International, Inc., Chairman, TechAmerica Midwest. "We welcome the
addition of our new Midwest Board members and look forward to their
contributions in the coming months to strengthen TechAmerica
Midwest and our impact on the local and national technology
industry."
TechAmerica's Midwest Board supports the direction and strategic
objectives for the organization in the Midwest Region, and its
efforts to effectively represent the high-tech industry on state,
federal and international public policy issues. TechAmerica Midwest
also provides access to a comprehensive portfolio of resources,
targeted programmatic and industry engagement opportunities, and
drives several economic development and industry initiatives each
year to attract and retain key talent and companies in the region.
The Midwest Board also regularly evaluates new products, services
and affinity programs offered through the association to its
members.
"This is a committed group that represents some of the most
innovative companies in Illinois
and our country," said Ed
Longanecker, Executive Director, TechAmerica Midwest. "The
companies and executives on our Midwest Board reflect the extensive
portfolio of products, services, and policy support we provide to
technology companies in all stages of development and size."
Additional Midwest Board members include: Santos LaMantia, President, Chief Executive
Officer, Shure Inc.; Kim Hammonds, Chief Information Officer, The
Boeing Company; Jason Liu, Chief
Executive Officer, UC4; Jess
Jankowski, Chief Executive Officer, Nanophase Technologies,
Inc.; Jesse Kevan, Global
Environmental Compliance Manager, Tellabs, Inc.; Phillip Gerskovich, Senior Vice President,
Corporate Development, Zebra Technologies Corporation; Michael Krauss, President, Market Strategies
Group; Thomas R. Reedy, Chairman,
iTRACS Corporation; Joseph A.
Beatty, Chief Executive Officer, Telular Corporation;
Gary R. Fairhead, President, Chief
Executive Officer, SigmaTron International, Inc.; William S. Johnson, Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, Cabot Microelectronics Corporation; John Thode, Dell Inc.; Michael Schamberger, Partner, Grant Thornton
LLP; David Heinzman, Vice President
Global Operations, Littelfuse, Inc.; Anthony Wilson, Director, Midwest State
Government Affairs, Microsoft Corporation; Joseph Krekeler, Enterprise Account Manager,
Intel Corporation; Donna Baiocchi,
Strategic Initiatives Manager, Apple Inc.; Bob Blee, Market Manager, Silicon Valley Bank;
and Karen Westbrook, Manager
Business Development, SAIC, Inc.
About TechAmerica
TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology
industry – the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs
creation in the United States and
the foundation of the global innovation economy. Representing
approximately 1,200 member companies of all sizes from the public
and commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry's largest
advocacy organization and is dedicated to helping members' top and
bottom lines. TechAmerica is also the technology industry's only
grassroots-to-global advocacy network, with offices in state
capitals around the United States,
Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels) and Asia (Beijing).It was formed by the merger of AeA
(formerly the American Electronics Association), the Cyber Security
Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of
America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information
Technology Association (GEIA).Learn more about TechAmerica at
www.techamerica.org.
SOURCE TechAmerica