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Randy Wilhelm, President and CEO of Thinkronize, Inc. was named one
of Sun Microsystems’s 2001 “iForce
Heroes."
Sun's iForce Heroes program honors individuals for their success
not only in adapting quickly to market requirements and finding
new ways to prosper in the Net economy, but also in demonstrating
the industry vision and leadership needed to create new forms of
value for the Web and their customers.
The Heroes and their companies are defined in terms of the following
categories:
- Market Leaders Who Get the Web
- New Companies Building Brands
- B2B Innovators
- Web-Smart Solutions Providers
- Web-Smart Service Providers
The Heroes were selected based on a formal nomination process
to participate in the year-long program which will recognize their
insight and accomplishments by involving them in a variety of Sun-sponsored
initiatives.
"Sun's iForce Heroes program honors dot-com visionaries who
have taken significant steps in creating new forms of value for
the Web, " said Darlene Yaplee, Vice President of Worldwide
Field Marketing, Sun Microsystems.
Previous "Heroes" list is a who's who of dot-com industry
leaders:
- A.H. Belo -- James Moroney, President, Belo Interactive
- CDNow -- Michael Krupit, COO
- ecampus.com -- E. Steve Stevens, President and CEO
- CMGi Corporation -- David Wetherell, CEO
- Corio --Jonathan Lee, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
- El Sitio -- Roberto Vivo Chaneton, Chairman, and Roberto Cibrian,CEO
- eServices Group -- David P. Walsh, President
- Exodus Communications -- Ellen Hancock, CEO
- Fleming Corporation -- Richard King, Manager Open Systems and Databases and Bill Marquard, Executive VP of Business Development
- i2 Technologies -- Greg Brady, President
- iXL, Lorin Coles -- Senior VP, Alliances
- Lucent Technologies -- Tony Scarfo, Vice President, Service Provider Division
- MyHomeLink.com -- John MacIlwaine, CTO
- National Discount Brokers -- Gregg Sharenow, COO
- OfficeMax -- Ryan Vero, Vice President
- Oracle Business Online -- Tim Chou, President, Oracle Business Online
- Portera -- Gary Steele, CEO
- priceline.com -- Ron Rose, CIO
- Scotia Bank -- Gail Smith, Senior Vice President, Front Office Development
- Zefer -- Tony Tjan, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network
is The Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW)
to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware,
software and services that power the Internet and allow companies
worldwide to ".com" their businesses. With $14 billion
in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and
on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com.
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