CI 40 Under 40: Third Time’s the Charm

Interest level is at an all-time high for annual collection of top young influencers in systems integration world. Make sure your favorite is included!

When we launched the 40 CI Influencers Under 40 list in 2014, we had no idea it would grow into an industry honor roll on which people were pushing and campaigning to be included. We knew we had a hit on our hands, but I don’t think we knew it was a summer blockbuster.

But this week, we started having previous honorees and others in the industry reach out to ask when the nominations open. The truth is they never really closed, but let’s consider this the official ribbon-cutting for nominations for the third annual 40 CI Influencers Under 40 list.

Ever since last year’s list was unveiled, I’ve been stashing names of those who haven’t been included in the first two years as potential candidates for the 2016 list. But that doesn’t mean I don’t need or want your help to put together this year’s collection.

As was the case last year, we’re hoping to get help from those who have already been part of the CI 40 Under 40 with nominations of the person to whom they’d like to pass the ceremonial baton. Although we’re strict about never having the same person on the list twice, that certainly doesn’t mean we don’t value those people’s input and want them to help shape the 2016 group.

Nominations are open to anyone, though, not just previous CI 40 Under 40 honorees, some of whom will head to Atlanta in November for the 2016 CI Summit. The best part of these lists in the first two years is it’s introduced me—and hopefully you—to people I didn’t know before.

Nominees should work for integrators, consultants or programmers. Sorry, manufacturers, we’ll have to find another way to celebrate your accomplishments, but you’re not eligible for this list.

Like last year, we’ve got a few ideas about who should—and will—be on the list (and some of them may be people you’ve seen in our magazine or on our site in various other contexts), but we want to make sure we don’t forget anyone. We’re planning to run the complete list in our September issue of the magazine, and of course post it online some time in August, so time is of the essence. The deadline for nomination is July 15, so you’ve got three weeks from today.

If you know someone who fits the bill, reach out to me and I’ll send you the short application. We generally keep the nominator to ourselves, but you’re obviously welcome to tell the person you nominated he or she may need to clear some room in the trophy case.

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Craig MacCormack is a veteran journalist who joined Security Sales & Integration in June 2023 as web editor. He is also the former executive editor of Commercial Integrator (2011-2021).

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