10-30-08: HITEC Hosts Successful Atlanta Summit
ATLANTA - HITEC (Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council) continues it growing momentum as earlier this month it successfully hosted its fourth quarter summit which convened Hispanic intellectuals and executives from around the nation to celebrate Hispanic achievement and discuss business development strategies for emerging executives.
The two-day event that took place October 10-11 was held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta and featured high profiled Hispanic executives and CEO's as part of its quarterly membership focused roundtable.
Sponsored by technology staffing and outsourcing company VisionIT, Inc. and global management consulting and technology services company Accenture who sponsored the event's dinner, the summit had membership representation from across the U.S.
"Each summit seems to get bigger and better as we strive to advance the roles of Hispanic executives in the IT industry," said Alberto Yepez, Chairman of HITEC. "This event truly gave us reason to celebrate as we continue to see the momentum of our organization build and expand."
Friday's all day sessions celebrating Hispanic success stories were followed by an evening dinner. Saturday's business development plenary sessions which focused on public boards and accessing capital. Some of the featured keynotes included:
Henry Hernandez, founder of NSHMBA
Luis Taveras, Partner, Accenture
Ricardo Barta, CIO of Carestream Health's Dental Systems
David Segura, CEO, VisionIT
Carmen Ortiz McGhee, President, Marathon Club
Ed Merino, CEO, Chairman of the Board
HITEC officials also unveiled to its nationwide membership and corporate sponsors plans to compile the first of its kind list of the nation's 100 most influential Hispanic IT executives. The list dubbed as the HITEC 100 will aim to identify and profile Hispanic IT executives from around the nation on an annual basis.
"It is our hope that the HITEC 100 will be one of the IT industry's premiere lists, which will bring more attention to the growing number of talented Hispanic executives in the IT arena," said Alex Mainetto, Director, New York City Department of Education.