EWC Receives Nomination For Leadership in the Field of Information Technology

Jacksonville, Fla. – Edward Waters College (EWC) is proud to be amongst the 2009 finalist for the IT Florida Awards Program. In its announcement, The Board of Directors for IT Florida listed EWC as a finalist in the area of IT Leadership in Northeast Florida. The annual Awards Program, which will culminate with the announcement of awards winners at the highly anticipated 7th Annual Awards Gala and Tech Forum, will be held November 10-11 at Disney's Yacht Club Resort.

Participants in the Gala will include Florida House Speaker Designate Dean Cannon; State CIO David Taylor; Dr. Ken Ford, Chair of the NASA Advisory Council and Director of the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition; State Representative Marlene O'Toole; Earnie Franklin, Chair of IT Florida and President of Incepture; Roger Berry, CIO for Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide; and representatives of numerous small businesses and IT-enabled corporations throughout Florida.

"As an industry, we are proud to announce this slate of remarkable finalists, who represent the forefront of Florida's knowledge economy," said Earnie Franklin, Chair of IT Florida. "For every year of the program, we have set a new record for number of nominations received, which in 2009 was 243. I'm certain that our Gala event at Disney next month will break new ground and continue our shared mission of making Florida a leader in high tech advancement."

For more information about the Gala and Tech Forum, visit http://www.itflorida.com/

About IT Florida
IT Florida is an umbrella, not-for-profit, membership organization that represents Florida's diverse information technology communities on a statewide basis. IT Florida was formed in October 2001 after the dissolution of the Information Service Development Technology Task Force (IT Task Force), which focused on developing state policies to enable Florida to compete in the information age. IT Florida built on the momentum of the IT Task Force and fills the need for a single statewide advocacy organization to represent Florida's IT-related technology sectors. It is organized to provide its members with access to lawmakers, businesses, capital, and domestic and international technology leaders. More information is available at http://www.itflorida.com