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About IOUG |
IOUG Award Winners
2012 Award Winners
- Chris Wooldridge Award - Rich Niemiec
- SELECT Journal Editor's Award - Arup Nanda
- Ken Jacobs Award - Mark Townsend
Chris Wooldridge Award
Chris Wooldridge was very active in the IOUG for many years, having held a number of volunteer positions, including Director of Conferences on the IOUG Board of Directors. Chris was well known and liked in the industry, and well-connected in Oracle Corporation as a former employee. He worked for Oracle for many years and was on the team responsible for delivery of Oracle on the IBM mainframe. His employee number (less than 20) speaks to his having been on board close to the beginning of the success story we all know as Oracle Corporation. He was a warm human being, an avid skier/snowboarder, an accomplished pilot, with credentials allowing him cockpit jump-seat privileges on commercial jets in the United States. When he passed away as the result of a mountain biking accident, the IOUG spoke with his family and founded the Chris Wooldridge Award which was first given out at the IOUG Live! conference in Dallas in 1997.
The Chris Wooldridge Award winner is announced each year at the annual conference for outstanding service to the user group community from a volunteer. In order to be nominated for the Chris Wooldridge Award, an individual must be a current volunteer for the IOUG who has been involved in the organization for at least two years. The award is intended to recognize an individual who has donated a significant amount of time, energy and/or ideas to move the IOUG forward.
Winners
| 2012: Rich Niemiec | 2002: Kelly Cox |
| 2011: Kimberly Floss | 2001: Paul Dorsey |
| 2010: Allan Hoof | 2000: Karen Langley |
| 2009: Dan Norris | 1999: Kent Graziano |
| 2008: Michael Abbey | 1998: Rich Niemiec |
| 2007: Arun Kumar | 1997: Chris Wooldridge |
| 2006: Peter Smith | 1995: Mike Corey |
| 2005: Ian Abramson | 1994: Bill Pribyl |
| 2004: Stan Yellott | 1993: Merrilee Nohr and Dave Kreines |
| 2003: Tony Jedlinski |
SELECT Journal Editor's Choice Award
The SELECT Journal Editor's Choice Award is given to a SELECT Journal author each year at the annual conference for their excellence in a technical article in IOUG's SELECT Journal.
Winners:
| 2012: Arup Nanda | 2006: John Kanagaraj |
| 2011: Tanel Poder | 2005: Kirtikumar Deshpande |
| 2010: Gary Gordhamer | 2004: Jeff Maresh |
| 2009: Dan Norris | 2003: Edward Kosciuszko |
| 2008: Steven Feuerstein | 2002: Daniel Liu |
| 2007: Jonathan Lewis |
Ken Jacobs Award (previously the Oracle Contribution Award)
An Oracle Corporation employee is recognized each year at the conference for their outstanding dedication and service to the user group community on behalf of Oracle. In order to be nominated for the Oracle Contribution Award, an individual must be a current Oracle employee. The award is intended to recognize a person who has positively affected the success of the IOUG through their support of the organization.
Winners
| 2012: Mark Townsend | 2002: Kate Kerner |
| 2011: William Hardie | 2001: Mark Jarvis |
| 2010: Charlie Berger | 2000: OTN Group |
| 2009: Dan Norris | 1999: Shari Simon |
| 2008: Tom Kyte | 1998: Barry Ariko |
| 2007: Shyam Varan Nath | 1997: Nancy Taslitz |
| 2006: Mary Lou Dopart | 1995: Marc Benioff |
| 2005: James Hobbs | 1994: Judy Boyle |
| 2004: Ken Jacobs | 1993: Geoff Squire and Derry Kabcenell |
| 2003: Mary Ann Zirelli |