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COX BUSINESS CONGRATU TES THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION AND

NONPROFIT BUSINESS HONOREES AT THE 2011 TOP TECH EXEC AWARDS

NONPROFIT

BUSINESS

GARY DEVAN

CIO | Mission Federal

Credit Union

“This event is a great

tribute to some very

talented people in San

Diego who dedicate

their lives to innovation

and process improvement. What meant the most

to me was the acknowledgment of our IT staff’s

accomplishments over the past year. I am honored

to be recognized this way.”

Gary Devan has adeptly led the efforts to upgrade

Mission Federal’s technology infrastructure to increase

network and storage capacity, lower costs, reduce

carbon footprint, improve member services, and

streamline internal procedures. Under Devan, Mission

Federal has migrated to a virtual server environment for

90 percent of its servers, enhanced its network

capacity, strengthened internal and external network

security, converted 30 percent of existing paper

documents to electronic forms while completing

programming to eliminate paper forms for new

accounts, and implemented a virtualized storage

solution to improve storage management. Devan also

implemented a newly re-designed website for greater

membership acquisition and improved service delivery,

and launched an entirely new youth-oriented website,

missionfedmpower.com.

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION

JOHN MERRITT

Vice President of IT | San Diego

YMCA of San Diego

“Apart from the humbling experience of being

honored in such a tech-savvy town, this recogni-

tion also means good things for the not-for-profi t

world where tech is often an afterthought. It

shows that not-for-profi t organizations are taking

technology seriously in support of their mission.

I think the Top Tech Event is a fun and unique

opportunity to recognize a group of individuals

that don’t often see the light of day. Cheers to

Cox and San Diego Magazine for recognizing the

unsung heroes of the business world.”

For 20 years, John Merritt has worked

diligently to leverage both technological and

human resources to meet the needs of this

rapidly growing organization. Merritt built an

impressive IT infrastructure virtually from the

ground up, providing IT support and services that

directly benefi t over 300,000 YMCA members,

participants, staff, and volunteers. As a leader, he excels in anticipating

needs and identifying proactive solutions. He has met the challenge of

maintaining IT standards for equipment, services, and infrastructure for

more than 18 major independent branches spread across the county,

each with diverse operating budgets. He has successfully unifi ed the

association’s IT infrastructure to the point where, no matter the size or

operating budget, every location works with the exact same computing

and networking equipment, wide area network, website, intranet site,

software licensing, IT asset technical support, and maintenance.

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