Connect: Congratulations Neil Barnes and Brad Harwell Jun 15, 2012 – Nina Buik
Each year Connect presents an award to one member/volunteer and one HP employee who have each gone above and beyond to serve Connect and its global membership. This year's awards were presented by Connect President, Steve Davidek, and Connect Vice-President, Henk Pomper at the Going for the Gold member appreciation party at Gilley's, Las Vegas during HP Discover.
Congratulations to Neil Barnes, 2012 Volunteer of the Year and Brad Harwell, 2012 HP Recognition Award recipient.
Neil Barnes
2012 Volunteer of the Year
This year’s Volunteer of the Year has been a member of ITUG and now Connect for many years. He has served as chapter leader for the active BITUG chapter and continues to serve BITUG in planning their chapter and annual events. He also serves on the Connect chapter committee bringing his great experience and expertise in chapter development to the entire Connect community.
While he is very passionate about the NonStop community, he selflessly serves the entire Connect global community in this role. He recently wrote a paper on ‘How to run a successful chapter’ and rarely misses He holds many technology credentials including an HP Master ASE and manages a large data center for Lloyds Bank in London. Connect congatulates this year's winner of the Volunteer of the Year Award, Mr. Neil Barnes!
Brad Harwell
2012 HP Recognition Award
Through the years Brad has not only helped us by championing Connect within HP, he also contributed his business acumen to the board of directors and staff. We owe him a tremendous debt of gratitude for all that he has done and seen us through. Whether it was moving an entire trade show from New Orleans to Orlando in 30 days or a legal consolidation of three user communities in less than 9 months, this HP "super hero” was always by our side to save the day. For 9 years, he has given his blood, sweat and tears (yes tears) to the user communities. Brad stood for and continues to stand for the best interest of Connect and the HP customer. Above all, we are proud to call him friend. With sincere appreciation, Connect congratulates this year's winner fo the HP Recognition Award, Brad Harwell!
