Awards


    2007 HPCWire Reader's and Editor's Awards

  • 2007 HPCWire Reader's and Editor's Awards

    HPC Community Recognition Award: Dr. Eng Lim Goh, CTO, SGI
    HPCwire readers honored Dr. Goh with an HPC Community Recognition Award at Supercomputing 2007 (SC07).

Image of Dr. Goh receiving his HPCwire award.

  • Infoworld Names SGI's Dr. Eng Lim Goh One of the World's 25 Most Influential CTOs
    After searching for visionary technologists who “scan the horizon for promising new technologies and find singularly effective ways to implement them,” InfoWorld Media Group has named Dr. Eng Lim Goh, chief technology officer of Silicon Graphics, as one of its 2005 CTO 25 Awards recipients.

    InfoWorld singled out SGI’s CTO after learning of the company’s groundbreaking work on Project Ultraviolet, which has produced a series of innovations that resulted in history-making achievements in computing.

    Each year, InfoWorld honors IT executives who have shown leadership both inside and outside of their companies.

  • SGI Global Field Logistics Manager Receives "Next Generation of Minority Business Leaders" Award for 2004 from Minority MBA Magazine
    Minority MBA, a multicultural career development magazine, has recently recognized one of SGI's exceptional leaders as a model for other minorities. Jorge Torres, Global Field Logistics Manager, was recently honored by the publication as part of the "Next Generation of Minority Business Leaders" for 2004. The award is given out to business men and women who are believed to possess the skills and potential to become key players in the business world and significant role models for those who follow them.

    Minority MBA is distributed through the MBA programs of the top business schools around the country. This is the 7th year they have recognized future minority business leaders. Torres was nominated by SGI as a result of his consistent display of key leadership skills and appreciation for cultural diversity. An SGI employee for five years, Torres is also a 2002 SGI Exemplary Spirit Award winner (annual SGI award of peer-recognition for employees who are exceptional leaders and who embody the Spirit and Culture of SGI).

  • 2004 Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Award
    The YWCA of Santa Clara Valley recently honored two SGI employees with their prestigious Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) award at their annual awards ceremony and fundraiser at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.

    Ann K. LaGrone, director of Applications and Engineering and Benchmarking, and Joan E. Roy, director of marketing, were among 50 women selected to receive this award. Its purpose is to identify and honor executive women who have made significant differences in their corporate environment. As well as recognizing women throughout the U.S. for their achievements, the YWCA also acknowledges the companies they work for. The recognition of SGI employees demonstrates SGI's commitment to a work environment that, through their executive leadership and corporate culture, has created a workplace that values equal opportunities for women and their advancement in industry. This is the fourth consecutive year employees from SGI have been selected to receive a TWIN award.

  • VARBusiness Top 100 Channel Executives
    In the March 15, 2004 issue of VARBusiness, Nancy Pierce, director, North America Channel Sales and Marketing at SGI, was named as one of "The Top 100 Executives," in an article subtitled "a who's who of the women and men minding the channels."

    The VARBusiness' "Top 100 Execs" article noted, "Pierce came to SGI in September 2000 from Intergraph Computer Systems. With more than 15 years of technology-channel experience, she has been instrumental in building SGI's partner program." Asked her top priority for 2004, Pierce listed, "To increase channel business revenue in SGI's core competencies, and to maintain and grow the company's visualization solutions business." For her top challenge for 2004, Pierce stated, "Growing high-potential channel partners to support those business initiatives and position SGI for strong revenue growth in fiscal year 2005."

  • The Computing Awards for Excellence 2002--U.K.
    2002 is Computing magazine's 29th anniversary year, and the Computing Awards for Excellence are considered the "Oscars" of the U.K. IT industry. The Computing Awards for Excellence recognize the highest standards of individual and collective achievement and are the most renowned and sought-after awards in the U.K. IT calendar. They are recognized as the benchmark for excellence throughout the computing industry.

    Professor David Hughes, manager of advanced visualization, SGI EMEA, was named "IT Professional of the Year"--the IT professional who has significantly affected the way his or her company or department works and who has shown outstanding ability in terms of technical knowledge, vision, and people management skills.

  • SGI executive appointed to the National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee
    SGI senior vice president and general counsel, Sandra M. Escher, has been appointed by the U.S. secretary of commerce to the National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee. Escher joined SGI in 1993. She is responsible for its global legal organization and its public policy activities and also serves as SGI's corporate secretary. The Nomination Evaluation Committee is composed of distinguished experts in the fields of science, technology, business, and patent law. Its primary function is to review and evaluate all nominations for the Medal of Technology and to recommend medal candidates to the secretary of commerce, who in turn makes recommendations to the president for final selection.

  • 2003 Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Award
    SGI's commitment to equal opportunity and the advancement of women in the workplace has been recognized by the YWCA of Santa Clara Valley, which honored 50 outstanding executive women from Silicon Valley at its 19th annual Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Award ceremony. Three SGI executives received TWIN awards: Anneke Dempsey, director of global alliances; Kathy Lanterman vice president, corporate controller; and Marty Coleman, director, public relations and analyst relations.

    SGI women executives have won TWIN Awards three years in a row. Last year, TWIN awards were given to two SGI executives: Larissa DeCarlo, director, investor relations, and Janet Matsuda, senior director of marketing for North America. The previous year, TWIN Awards were also given to two SGI executives: Sandra M. Escher, senior vice president and general counsel, and Christie Hardwick Vianson, vice president of change management.

  • Supplier Diversity Award from Northern California Supplier Development Council
    Charles Shepherd, SGI supplier diversity manager for two and a half years, received the Corporate Coordinator of the Year Award from the Northern California Supplier Development Council (NCSDC) on April 4, 2003. The NCSDC is the local affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, a network of 40 councils linking more than 3,000 corporations and 15,000 minority-owned businesses across the country and promoting diversity in the marketplace.