President of Full Sail University Named The ITFlorida "Leader of the Year"
Yesterday, ITFlorida and its Board of Directors, whose mission is to make Florida a leader in high tech advancement, announced that President of Full Sail University, Garry Jones, was awarded the ITFlorida Leader of the Year Award at its 7th Annual Awards Gala and Tech Forum, held at Disney's Yacht Club Resort.
Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) November 12, 2009 -- Yesterday, ITFlorida and its Board of Directors, whose mission is to make Florida a leader in high tech advancement, announced that President of Full Sail University, Garry Jones, was awarded the ITFlorida Leader of the Year Award at its 7th Annual Awards Gala and Tech Forum, held at Disney's Yacht Club Resort.
President of Full Sail University Garry Jones with Representative Dean Cannon and ITFlorida Board of Directors
Participants at the Gala included: Florida House Speaker Designate Dean Cannon; State CIO David Taylor; Dr. Ken Ford, Chair of the NASA Advisory Council and Director of the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition; State Representative Marlene O'Toole; Earnie Franklin, Chair of ITFlorida and President of Incepture; Roger Berry, CIO for Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide; and representatives of numerous small businesses and IT-enabled corporations throughout Florida.
Award categories such as Excellence in IT Leadership, Excellence in Bridging the Digital Divide, Government Technology Leadership, Small Business of the Year, and Leader of the Year were recognized.
Serving as a consultant in the creation of Full Sail, Jones joined the institution in 1980 as a teacher in the school's recording arts curriculum after working as a live sound engineer, recording engineer, and record producer. From 1980 to 1999, he worked in a variety of capacities including those of Course Director, Director of Education, Director of Career Development, Vice President of Admissions, and Senior Vice President, and was promoted to the role of President in 1999.
Prior to joining Full Sail, Jones toured professionally as a musician during the mid seventies and, for the next decade, worked on stages and in studios nationally and internationally as an engineer and record producer. He has been recognized by the Recording Institute of America for technical and creative contributions to recording projects that sold in excess of one million copies.
"It is a tremendous honor to receive this award," said Jones. "Full Sail University continually strives to remain on the cutting edge of technology with our academics, our labs and studios, and through leadership with and for our students. Maintaining relevant and employable education for the entertainment and media industries is one of the primary goals of the university as a whole, and we achieve this through the innovative nature of our degree programs both online and on-campus, that is gained through close and perennial contact with the industries that we serve. I look forward to an even brighter future for this great institution thanks to the creative, driven nature of our students and our staff, and the success of our graduates."
ITFlorida is a not-for-profit, membership organization that represents Florida's diverse information technology communities on a statewide basis. ITFlorida was formed in October 2001 after the sunset of the Information Service Technology Development Task Force, which focused on developing state policies to enable Florida to compete in the information age. ITFlorida built on the momentum of the Task Force and fills the need for a single statewide advocacy organization to represent Florida's IT-related technology sectors.
About Full Sail University:
Since 1979, Full Sail University, located outside of Orlando, FL, has been an innovative educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment industry. With over 33,000 alumni, graduate credits include work on OSCAR®, Emmy® and GRAMMY®-winning projects, best-selling video games, and the #1 grossing U.S. concert tours. Full Sail's 191-acre campus and online education platform proudly welcomes over 8,000 students from 50 states and 57 countries.
Full Sail currently offers a total of 25 degree programs including: Associate of Science Degrees in Graphic Design; Bachelor of Science Degrees offered in: Computer Animation, Digital Arts & Design, Entertainment Business, Film, Game Art, Game Design, Game Development, Graphic Design, Internet Marketing, Music Business, Recording Arts, Show Production, and Web Design & Development; and Master of Science Degrees in Education Media Design & Technology, Game Design, Entertainment Business, and Internet Marketing; and a Master of Fine Art in Media Design.
Full Sail was most recently named "Best Company" in the 2009 Orlando Business Journal's Reader's Choice Awards, as well as the 2008 "School/College of the Year" by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. The university has also been previously named: The Harvard of Game Schools by Tips & Tricks Magazine; one of the top three New Media Schools by Shift Magazine (alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University); one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs in the world by Electronic Gaming Monthly; one of the Best Music Programs in the country by Rolling Stone Magazine; one of the Best Music Business Departments in the Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide; and one of the Best Film Programs in the country by UNleashed Magazine.
For more information about Full Sail, please visit www.fullsail.edu.
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