Each year for the past four, FAO Today Magazine recognizes the FAO Superstars in its pages. In 2008, FAO Today starts the tradition of recognizing the best in each of seven categories of FAO industry leader with its FAO Today Awards. The 2008 FAO Today Awards are being announced at the FAO Summit, June 3, 2008 at the Union League Club in New York City (www.FAOSummit.com), by FAO Today CEO Elliot Clark and Publisher Jay Whitehead at cocktails on the evening of June 3. Nominees for the Awards are assembled from among the 2008 FAO Superstars list, and the final selections are made by the editorial team at FAO Today Magazine. The 2008 slate of nominees is below, listed in random order.

1. 2008 FAO Practitioner of the Year-North America
   1. Sam Borghese, CEO, Catalina Restaurants
   2. George Bryan, Vice President, Financial Services, Office Depot
   3. Jake Farkas, Director Financial & Accounting BPO, Trinity Industries
   4. Jay Hughes, Vice President & Controller, Unilever USA
   5. Fillippo Passerini, Chief Information & Global Services Officer, P&G
   6. Dusty Profumo, EVP and CFO, Church’s Chicken
   7. Tom Waller, Head of Global Procurement & PMO, Electronic Arts
   
   
2. 2008 FAO Advisors of the Year
   1. Bob Cecil, EVP & Mark Toon, CEO, Equaterra
   2. J. Ross Docksey, Partner, Sonnenschein
   3. Phil Fersht, Research Director, AMR Research
   4. Karen Ikeda, Partner, Global Finance & Accounting Practice Leader, TPI
   5. Michel Janssen, Managing Director & Wayne Mincey, President, The Hackett Group
   6. Barbara Melby, Partner & Akiba Stern, Partner, Morgan Lewis
   7. Ben Trowbridge, CEO and President, Alsbridge
   8. Atul Vashistha, CEO,
   
   
3. 2008 FAO Influencer of the Year
   1. Ravi Aron, Assistant Professor, Information and Operations Management, University of Southern California
   2. Mark Dzialga, Managing Director, General Atlantic Partners
   3. Rachel Stormonth, Research Director, Nelson-Hall
   4. Jane Siegel, Director Carnegie Mellon IT Services Center, Carnegie Mellon University
   
   
4. 2008 FAO Provider of the Year-Large Enterprise
   1. Michel de Zeeuw, Vice President, Ritesh Idnani VP and Global Sales Head, Amitabh Chaudry, CEO, Infosys
   2. Gary Budzinski, EVP, HP
   3. David Kaminski, Vice President Finance & Accounting, Cap Gemini
   4. Tiger Tyagaragan, Executive Vice President, Genpact
   5. Donniel Schulman, General Manager, Global Finance & Administration Solutions, & Chris Gattenio, Vice President, MBPS Asset Strategy & F&A Program Management, IBM
   
   
5. 2008 FAO Provider of the Year-Middle Market
   1. Clarence Schmitz, CEO, OPI Global
   2. Ashok BIldikar, President, Caliber Point Business Solutions
   3. Jeff Bizzack, President, Mid-Market Services, Accenture
   
   
6. 2008 FAO Provider of the Year-Selective Process
   1. Leon Busch, President & CEO & Robert Stasik, EVP, Head of Payments Solutions & Investor Services Sector, SourceNet Solutions
   2. Randolph Altschuler, Co-President & Joseph Sigelman, Co-President, Office Tiger (An RR Donnelley Company)
   3. Gregg Mylett, President, Corporate United
   4. Carl Guarino, CEO, ICG Commerce
   5. Chris Stone, CEO, Northgate/Arinso
   6. David Andrews, CEO, Xchanging
   
   
7. 2008 FAO Thought Leader of the Year
   1. Wayne Mincey, President, The Hackett Group
   2. Akiba Stern, Partner, Morgan Lewis
   3. Clarence Schmitz, CEO, OPI Global
   4. Dr. Christian Baader, VP BPO Strategy & Market Development, SAP
   5. Tiger Tyagaragan, President, Genpact
   6. Amitabh Chaudry, CEO, Infosys

Following the Awards, we will add some fun for our Practitioner attendees who want an early start on their summer tans. FAO Summit will give away a luxury island getaway package including airfare and hotel accommodation to a lucky attendee. We will randomly select audience members who will get the opportunity to play “Deal or No Deal” for the prize until we have a winner.*

*(Only one vacation package will be awarded, employees of sponsors, media and providers are not eligible. Package includes airfare and accommodation for 4 days, 3 nights at all inclusive resort. Estimated odds 1 in 75).