Atlanta, GA – Friday, July 22, 2011 – Steve Schuckenbrock, President of Dell Services will be the featured speaker at the 2011 CIO of the Year Awards presented by Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA).
Mr. Steve Schuckenbrock will deliver enlightening observations about the increasing importance of the CIO profession and how great CIOs should be highly sought after as valued candidates for functional leadership and COO/CEO roles.

Mr. Schuckenbrock will share a few key “nuggets” acquired along the path of his exciting and memorable journey as a CIO, COO and President.

Steve Schuckenbrock is president of Dell Services, the global IT services and business solutions unit that helps businesses, government agencies, healthcare providers and educational institutions worldwide operate more efficiently. Mr. Schuckenbrock has championed the development and delivery of end-to-end IT services and business solutions that reduce IT complexity and total costs. In his current role he is also responsible for global information technology systems at Dell.

Mr. Schuckenbrock’s impressive career path includes President, Large Enterprise, for Dell where he led delivery of globally consistent solutions and services to large commercial companies across the globe. Joining Dell in 2007 as CIO, he had oversight of worldwide information systems and technology infrastructure, and led Global Services where he built enterprise services into a multi-billion-dollar operation. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Schuckenbrock was Co-chief operating officer and executive vice president of global sales and services for EDS, chief operating officer of The Feld Group, global CIO for PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay from 1995 to 1998 and CIO for PepsiCo from 1998 to 2000.

“The GCLA is honored that Steve will serve as the 2011 keynote speaker and we look forward to his observations about the increasing importance of the CIO profession. The GCLA would also like to thank Steve and the Dell Services team for their participation as double Silver sponsor of this year’s program”, said Randy Fox, 2011 GCLA Chairperson and Chief Information Officer, Energy Services, GE Energy.

Since 1998, the CIO of the Year Awards program has recognized excellence among C-level executives in Georgia’s IT industry and has attracted some of the most well-known technology executives from around the country including 2010 keynote speaker Michael Capellas, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Acadia Enterprises, LLC and 2009 keynote speaker Anne M. Mulcahy, Chairman of the Board, Xerox Corporation.

The GCLA continues to thank all the 2011 sponsors without whom this event would not be possible:

Gold sponsors: Spencer Stuart, NIIT Technologies, Inc, SunGard Availability Services, Polycom, Inc. and Recall Corporation.

Silver sponsors: OnX Enterprise Solutions Inc, MATRIX, Tribridge, Wipro Technologies, MD&E Clarity, Qwest Communications, First Data, Extreme Networks, Bank of America, Gartner, Oracle, Insight, Salesforce.com and Dell Services.
Bronze sponsors: Abacus Solutions, AutoTrader.com, Verizon Wireless, Avaya, Presidio Networked Solutions, The Coca-Cola Company, Quality Technology Services, Accenture, Synergis, Southern Company, Slalom Consulting, PGi, Smartsoft Mobile Solutions, Veredus, Mike Collins and Associates, Symantec, NetApp, CDW, Gantec Corporation and McAfee.

The CIO of the Year Awards is presented by the Georgia CIO Leadership Association. The event will be held on October 28, 2011 at the Cobb Galleria and more than 700 local IT leaders are expected to attend.  Table-Of-Ten seats are now available.  Send a note of interest to cioawards@techlinks.net to receive information.

About Dell

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers worldwide innovative technology, business solutions and services they trust and value. For more information, visit www.dell.com.

About Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA)
The GCLA is the preeminent professional organization for Georgia’s information technology leaders. Founded in 2003, its membership is comprised exclusively of chief information officers or individuals in equivalent positions at companies and organizations throughout the state.
The GCLA is underwritten by the following companies: Deloitte, IBM, Intellinet, Morris, Manning, and Martin LLP and Microsoft. The Georgia CIO of the Year® Awards is brought to you by the Georgia CIO Leadership Association, www.georgiacio.org and recognizes TechLINKS as the official event management partner.