DETROIT – Dan Mulhern, First Gentleman for the State of Michigan, will honor finalists and winners of the Midwest Collaboration and Corporate Commitment To Michigan awards June 4 at the Midwest Technology Leaders cocktail reception at the Detroit MGM Grand Hotel.

The Midwest Collaboration Award honors partnerships between Midwest companies and local individuals or groups benefiting the technology community. The Corporate Commitment to Michigan awards honor corporate individuals who actively participate in community relations, organizations and other philanthropic activities to promote a healthy, highly-functioning Michigan.

Finalists for the MCA08 award include:

State of Michigan, Department of Information Technology

Oakland County, Department of Information Technology

US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

Finalists for the 2CMICHIGAN awards include:

Rosemary Bayer, President, MCWT Foundation, and Global Client Executive and General Manager, GM Region, Sun Microsystems

Phil Bertolini, CIO for Oakland County, Michigan

Lesley Delgado, President, StaffPro America

Peter Karmanos, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Compuware Corporation

Richard Sheridan, CEO, Menlo Innovations

Registration for this cocktail reception is open to the public, and is active, online, until 7 pm June 2. Registrants may also pay at the door on the evening of the reception June 4.

To register online, click on MidwestTechnologyLeaders.Com

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