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DRI International Announces Finalists for 2015 Awards of Excellence

DRI International is proud to announce the finalists for the 2015 DRI Awards of Excellence, to be presented at the DRI2015 conference in San Antonio, TX, on Mar. 3!
These coveted awards recognize individuals and organizations who have achieved a certain level of excellence in the fields of continuity management, technology recovery, and crisis management.
Winners in the 14 awards categories will be announced at the DRI2015 Gala Dinner and Ceremony at the Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel. The nominees are:
Strategy & Initiative
Continuity Awareness Award
• The American Red Cross, Ready Rating Program
• Kaiser Permanente
• Phoenixville Office of Emergency Management
Response and Recovery of the Year
• Khalid Bahabri, NCB Capital
• Exelon Corporation
Strategy of the Year
• DBS Bank Ltd.
• GTO Deutsche Bank Group
• Pauline Williams-Banta, The Energy Authority
IT Infrastructure Award
• The Energy Authority (TEA)
• National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI Holdings)
• Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA)
Service Providers
Notification System of the Year
• MissionMode
• Regroup
• Send Word Now
Planning Software of the Year
• ClearView Continuity
• GlobalSUITE - Business Continuity
• Sungard Availability Services
Service Provider of the Year
• Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
• Sungard Availability Services
People
Team of the Year
• Commercial International Bank- Egypt
• GTO Deutsche Bank Group
• Maxis Berhad
Consultant of the Year
• Ahmed Riad Ali, Estmrarya Consulting
• Joe Rossman, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
• Arun Sharma, Control Risks
Industry Newcomer of the Year
• Adewale Akinwale, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company
• Emad Aziz, Department of Internal Services
• Abdel Karim Souman, Commercial International Bank – Egypt
Lifetime Achievement Award
• Daniel Hendrix, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
• Frank Perlmutter, Strategic BCP
• Buffy Rojas, DRI International
• Tian (Jeffrey) Yu, DRI China
Program Leader of the Year (Public Sector)
• Brian Gray, United Nations
• Ryan Miller, Howard County Office of Emergency Management
Program Leader of the Year (Private Sector)
• Larry Chase, Symantec
• Shatssy Hassan, Commercial International Bank - Egypt
• Pauline Williams-Banta, The Energy Authority (TEA)
Program Leader of the Year (Non-Profit Sector)
• Ray Bonilla, Kaiser Permanente
• Jill Frater, University of Southern California
• Tom Moran, All Hazards Consortium