THE INDUSTRY IMPACT HONOREE
Honoree: Eden Kim (Calypso)
An individual who has significantly advanced a cause for SNIA leading to an impact on the industry or the Association.

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
Honoree: Paul Wassenberg (Marvell)
An individual who, above all others in 2011, consistently stepped up and helped SNIA achieve something new and groundbreaking or who significantly advanced an existing program.

UNSUNG HERO HONOREE
Honoree: Patrick Stanko (Oracle)
An individual who continually works tirelessly under the radar expecting no accolades or attention but who in fact probably deserves more than the rest.

Most Outstanding Achievements of a Forum or Initiative in 2011

The Forum or Initiative which in 2011 significantly advanced a cause for SNIA with its achievements leading to an impact on the industry or the Association.

Recognized Group: Green Storage Initiative

Most Significant Contributions by a Committee or Regional Affiliate/Forum

The SNIA Committee or Regional Affiliate/Forum, which above all others in 2011, consistently stepped up and helped SNIA achieve something new and groundbreaking or which significantly advanced an existing program.

Recognized Group: Education Committee

Most Significant Impact by a Technical Work Group

The SNIA TWG, which above all others in 2011, had members and efforts which consistently stepped up and helped SNIA achieve something new and groundbreaking or which significantly advanced an existing program.

Recognized Groups:
Cloud Storage Technical Work Group
Green StorageTechnical Work Group and
Solid State Storage Technical Work Group

The SNIA 2011 “Deborah Kay Johnson Memorial Award”

"Whose outstanding contributions in education best exemplifies the spirit, dedication and leadership of Deborah Kay Johnson"

Honoree:

• SW Worth (Microsoft)

The SNIA “Outstanding Tutorial Speaker Award”

Each spring and fall at SNW the SNIA “Outstanding Tutorial Speaker Award” is presented to each of the top three outstanding speakers. The awards are based on evaluation scores from the previous SNW.

Honorees: SNW Spring 2011 - Santa Clara, CA. Awarded at the SNW Fall 2011 SNIA Education Tutorial Recognitions reception, the following “Outstanding Tutorial Speaker Awards” were presented for SNW Spring 2011.

Honorees:

• SW Worth (Microsoft)
  "Green Storage – The Big Picture"
• Rob Peglar (Isilon Systems/EMC Corporation)
  "Virtualization I: Who, What, Why and When?"
• Gene Nagle (Exar Corporation) and Thomas Rivera (BlueArc Corporation)
  "Dedupe’s Role in Disaster Recovery"

The SNIA “4.5 Tutorial Club” Membership

Speakers recognized and inducted into the SNIA 4.5 Tutorial Club (listed below) are based on "SNW Spring 2011" speaker evaluations with scores 4.5 and above. Recognized at SNW Fall 2011, the following member received the SNIA” 4.5 Tutorial Club” membership" certificate.

Honoree:

• SW Worth (Microsoft)
  "Green Storage – The Big Picture"

GSI Emerald Contributors Awards:

Honorees:

• Wayne Adams (EMC Corporation)
• Clod Barrera (IBM)
• Rick Bauer (Former SNIA/CompTIA)
• Jilly Berger (Consultant)
• Mel Boksenbaum (HDS)
• Dan Byers (Quantum)
• Patrick Chu (former Seagate)
• Tom Clark (Posthumous/Brocade) 
• Jim Espy (EMC Corporation)
• Seth Feder (Dell)
• Don Goddard (NetApp)
• Tom Hammond-Doel (Engenio/LSI)
• Ronen Kat (IBM)
• Mike McIntosh (IBM)
• Mark Nossokoff (Engenio/LSI)
• Katsumi Ouchi (Hitachi Japan)

• Craig Paris (Seagate)
• Carlos Pratt (IBM)
• Kelly Reasoner (HP)
• Erik Riedel (Seagate/EMC Corporation)
• Leah Schoeb (Sun/VMware)
• Patrick Stanko (Oracle)
• Jack Stephens (Gradient)
• Edgar StPierre (EMC Corporation)
• Herb Tanzer (HP)
• Al Thomason (former IBM)
• Dave Thiel (Consultant)
• Michelle Tidwell (IBM)
• Phil Tsihlis (former EMC Corporation)
• Steve Wilson (Brocade)
• Alan Yoder (NetApp)

SMI Outstanding Contributor Award::

Honorees:

• Jim Davis (WBEM Solutions)
• Tony Fiorentino (EMC Corporation)
• Mike Hadavi (EMC Corporation)
• Madhu Jujare (Microsoft)
• Peter Lamanna (EMC Corporation)
• Hector Linares (Microsoft)
• Denise Ridolfo (NetApp)