Nancy Dorigo Promoted to Executive Director of Content

March 14, 2011 -- Ottawa, ON: GTEC Ottawa, produced by UBM TechWeb, announces that it has appointed Nancy Dorigo as Executive Director of Content for GTEC Ottawa and Terry Horsman as the Director of Sales and Marketing.

Nancy Dorigo has been Special Advisor to GTEC since 2007. She has played a key role in developing content and providing direction for the conference program for many years, building it to become the leading government technology event in Canada.

Nancy is an experienced public sector executive who has been a champion of service transformation and e-delivery initiatives over the course of her career. During her 18 year career in the federal public service, Nancy was instrumental in evolving the federal government's commitment to service transformation and e-delivery. Since leaving the federal public service in 2001, Nancy has continued her work as an independent consultant including a long-term association with the influential Lac Carling Congress for which she has been the Executive Program Director.

"We congratulate Nancy in her promotion to GTEC's Executive Director of Content," said Greg Kerwin, Vice President and General Manager, GTEC, UBM TechWeb. "Nancy is a founding partner of GTEC, and the strongest possible candidate to shape the program for Canada's 2011 government technology event. We look forward to working with her on creating a comprehensive and compelling program for public sector IT & IM professionals."

Terry Horsman has been promoted from Director of Sales to Director of Sales & Marketing. Terry started with GTEC in May of 2006 and worked in marketing until 2009 when he moved into sales. In 2010, Terry assumed a role driving both sales and marketing on the brand and is now Director of both.

About GTEC

GTEC, the Government Technology Exhibition and Conference, is now in its 19th year and is produced in Ottawa by UBM TechWeb. The event includes a professional development conference, a major exhibition, the Distinction Awards Gala and an international delegates program. Over the past five years, GTEC has explored "Government 2.0" as a way for governments to integrate Web 2.0 technologies into their service transformation efforts. More information on GTEC can be found at www.gtec.ca.

About UBM TechWeb

UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its three core businesses -- media solutions, marketing services and paid content -- UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software Developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb's communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands includes: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading magazines InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading. UBM TechWeb is a UBM company, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

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