Brett Schklar, Founder & CEO The Market Creation Group Nominated for His Leadership and Vision at the 2011 CSIA Apex Awards

Brett Schklar, Founder & CEO The Market Creation Group Nominated for His Leadership and Vision at the 2011 CSIA Apex Awards

Brett Schklar’s outstanding work, dedication and innovative organizational management leads to recognition in the 10^th annual CSIA Apex Awards.  

Denver, Colorado –June 13th, 2011 –Brett Schklar, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of The Market Creation Group was announced today as a nominee for the 2011 Apex Awards, the prestigious technology awards recognizing outstanding accomplishments and leadership by Colorado’s technology companies and professionals. The winners and finalists will be announced live Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver. 

Since the program’s inception in 2000, CSIA’s Apex Awards have been awarded to well-deserved technology companies and executives who lead these amazing companies.  Presented in five categories for companies and five categories for professionals, the awards recognize success, innovation, vision, leadership, excellent customer support and community contributions.  

"We have not only made Colorado our home, but have had great success in focusing our  efforts almost exclusively on serving Colorado's Business-to-business technology companies.  It means a great deal to be nominated for these prestigious awards that recognize technology professionals in Colorado,”said Brett Schklar, Founder & CEO, Market Creation Group.

“Leadership and vision is an important aspect for all companies, especially in the technology industry.  It’s important for these humble leaders to be recognized for all their accomplishments,”said Su Hawk, president, CSIA.  “Our Apex Awards provide them a once-a-year opportunity to celebrate their success, and generate awareness around their work, which include Brett Schklar.”

About Brett Schklar, Founder & CEO, Market Creation Group

As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Market Creation Group, Brett has helped over 100 companies outflank competitors, create new products and markets as well as showing that marketing, when done right, drives sales, not just leads.  

As a small business owner and entrepreneur at heart, Brett’s leadership achievements at MCG have been recognized by recent awards including a two-time winning position in The Fastest Growing Private Company 2009 & 2010, recipient of the Denver Business Journal’s Forty under 40 in 2010 (nominated in 2009 & 2008), a feature on him in Entrepreneur Magazine in December of 2009 (Work Less, It’s Good For Business) and through various profile pieces written about him in other national and local publications.

Brett has served as a speaker at over 120 industry and marketing events across the nation, speaking on various topics such as Entrepreneurship, B2B marketing innovation as well as at many local and national charity events.  Brett also serves as adjunct professor at University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business.

About The Market Creation Group

Market Creation Group (MCG), Denver's fastest growing marketing firm, delivers award winning marketing programs for it’s b2b clients, making them bigger, better and sexier. To learn more about how MCG will accelerate sales for you, visit demandmcg.com or call 303.325.7423.

About CSIA:

CSIA is the leader in uniting and growing Colorado’s information technology industry by providing advocacy, education, business connections, and information, while supporting economic development, unification of  technology stakeholders, and larger recognition of the industry and the people involved to develop and promote Colorado’s technology industry.  CSIA also works nationally to ensure Colorado’s technology voice is heard, through TECNA, a coalition of technology associations across the United States and Canada, as well as with TechAmerica, the national lobbying organization for federal issues.  Since 1994, CSIA has been involved in legislative issues and public policy to represent the information technology industry in Colorado, and has provided a number of annual programs, events and connections to support business success.  For more information on CSIA please call (303) 592-4070 or visit www.coloradotechnology.org

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