The 2008 Tech Leadership Awards took place on Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Thank you to all the generous sponsors for helping make this event a huge success. Click here to see pictures from the event.

Digital Leadership Award

The Digital Leadership Award

celebrates outstanding leadership in a technology-related field and a commitment to corporate responsibility.

Digital Leadership Award winners:

• 2008: Blake Krikorian, Chief Executive Officer, Sling Media, Inc.
• 2007: Bruce E. Aust, Executive Vice President, Corporate Client Group, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
• 2006: Jonathan Miller, former Chairman and CEO, AOL

CIO of the Year

CFY's

CIO of the Year Award

recognizes the accomplishments of IT executives who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in information technology as well as a personal and professional commitment to a social cause. Each year's winner is selected by a CIO Panel of former and well-regarded information technology executives from Fortune 500 companies such as Goldman-Sachs, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Marsh, Inc.

CIO of the Year Award winners:

• 2008: Steven M. Scopellite, Co-CIO, Global Technology Division and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
• 2007: Becky Blalock, CIO of Southern Company
• 2006: Fran Dramis, Former CIO of Bellsouth Corporation

Social Entrepreneur Award

CFY's

Social Entrepreneur Award

honors an individual whose work has created “disruptive technology”—a product or service that generates social value and persuades our society to take a new leap.

Social Entrepreneur Award winners:

• 2007: Craig Newmark, Customer Eervice Rep. and Founder of craigslist

Family Learning Software Award

CFY's

Family Learning Software Award

recognizes the best learning software and media products for the home. It also serves to promote the creation of additional products by increasing visibility among school districts, investors, and others in the "ed tech" industry.

The winner is chosen in a unique selection process that includes a Software Experts Panel, an Education Executives Panel comprised of the top "Ed Tech" executives from some of the most prominent U.S. school districts and students from our Student Software Team.

The 2008 Education Executives Day was held on Tuesday February 19, 2008.

Family Learning Software of the Year Award winners:

• 2008:

  Language Arts Review 3a with Sports,

  Help Me 2 Learn Company
• 2007:

  Cluefinders,

  Riverdeep/Houghton Mifflin Learning Technology
• 2006:

  Real Lives,

  Educational Simulations and developer Bob Runyan

Parent of the Year Award

CFY’s Parent of the Year Award acknowledges a “parent” (or guardian, grandparent or another supportive adult) who has worked hard to improve the home learning environment for the family; thereby helping his or her child do better in school and in life. To select the award winner CFY students submit nomination forms, which include an essay about why their nominee should be CFY's Parent of the Year.

Essays of our finalists are then displayed at the Tech Leadership Awards. The winning essay is read by the nominating student—as he or she presents the Award to CFY's Parent of the Year. Such a tribute is a heartwarming and inspirational addition to our annual award presentations.

Parent of the Year Award winners:

• 2008: John Fok, Father of CFY Student Sam Fok