UTC 2006 'Hall of Fame' Event to Feature Microsoft President and CEO; Microsoft's Steve Ballmer to Speak at Utah's Premier Event for Technology Companies and Leaders.SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Technology Council's eighth annual "Hall of Fame" celebration is expected to be among the most eventful for the Utah technology industry. This year's gala on October 27 will feature Microsoft president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Steve Ballmer, as its distinguished keynote speaker. The UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, Temps Universel Coordonné) The international time standard (formerly Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT). Zero hours UTC is midnight in Greenwich, England, which is located at 0 degrees longitude. Hall of Fame is known for featuring keynote CEOs from some of the most influential technology companies. This year's keynote speaker clearly continues the momentum. Steven A. Ballmer has been a driving force at Microsoft since he joined the company in 1980. In 1998 he was promoted to president and in 2000 named CEO. Variously described as ebullient, focused, funny, passionate, sincere, hard-charging and dynamic, Ballmer has infused Microsoft with his own brand of energetic leadership, vision and spirit over the years. Please click on the following link for an image of Ballmer: http://www.utahtechcouncil.org/newsimages/ballmer.jpg. A graduate of Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. in mathematics and economics, Ballmer also attended Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. Graduate School of Business. This year's "Hall of Fame" dinner will honor and induct in·duct v. To produce an electric current or a magnetic charge by induction. Dr. Jim Kajiya Jim Kajiya is a pioneer in the field of computer graphics. He is perhaps best known for the development of the rendering equation. Kajiya received his PhD from the University of Utah in 1979, was a professor at Caltech from 1979 through 1994, and is currently a researcher at and Dr. Dinesh Patel. Kajiya, an Academy Award winner, is a computer graphics hardware and software designer as well as developer of programming languages. Patel, father of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals in the Mountain West region, has founded or co-founded three companies and been an investor in numerous others. "They have both globally impacted and changed their respective fields," said Richard Nelson, president and CEO of UTC. "The Utah Technology Council is excited to welcome these two influential leaders as the newest members of the UTC 'Hall of Fame.'" This year's inductees will be joining prior "Hall of Fame" inductees Drew Major, Homer Warner, Kevin Rollins, Shane Robison, Alan Kay, James Clark, Nolan Bushnell, David Bailey, Thomas Stockham Jr., David Spafford, Spencer Kirk, Edwin Catmull, Stephen Aldous, John Warnock, Bruce Bastian, Ivan Sutherland, Ray Noorda, Philo Farnsworth, David Evans, and Alan Ashton. The Utah Technology Council's black-tie invited "Hall of Fame" celebration begins with a networking reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The cost is $250 for UTC members and $400 for non-UTC members. For information on sponsorships and tables, contact Mark Lehnhof at 801-568-3500 or mark@utahtechcouncil.org. Major sponsors include Omniture. Proceeds will help foster the growth of Utah's technology community. About Utah Technology Council As the premier professional organization for Utah's more than 3,700 technology companies, the Utah Technology Council, the power of UITA UITA Utah Information Technology Association UITA Union Internationale des Travailleurs de l'alimentation, de l'agriculture, de l'hôtellerie-Restauration, du Tabac et des Branches Connexes and ULSA ULSA Universidad La Salle ULSA Ultra Low Sidelobe Antenna , exists to form closer relationships with industry and community leaders, develop superior management talent, sharpen professional skills and help gain access to capital. For more information on UTC, please visit http://www.utahtechcouncil.org. |
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