QAD Inc. (Nasdaq: QADA) (Nasdaq: QADB), a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, today announced that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named QAD Chief Technology Officer Tony Winter a silver winner of the CTO of the Year award in the Other category by the 16th Annual Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards®. These prestigious global awards recognize cybersecurity and information technology vendors with advanced, groundbreaking products, solutions, and services that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of security and technologies.
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QAD CTO Tony Winter (Photo: Business Wire)
“I’m honored to be recognized by Info Security Products Guide for this award,” said Winter. “Global manufacturers face ever-increasing disruption caused by technology-driven innovation and changing consumer preferences. We believe that to survive and thrive, manufacturers must be able to innovate and change business models at unprecedented rates of speed. My job is to ensure that QAD Adaptive ERP and the entire suite of QAD Adaptive Applications solutions help our customers recognize, react to and leverage disruption for competitive advantage. This recognition from Info Security Products Guide further validates our commitment to our customers and their security and innovation needs.”
Winter oversees a global team of research and development personnel and leads the latest technology innovations for QAD and its cloud-based portfolio of solutions, QAD Adaptive Applications. Under Winter’s guidance, QAD adopted QAD Labs, a four-stage process through which QAD works with its customers to navigate the fast-moving and crucially important world of technological innovation.
“The Chief Technology Officer of the Year category received nominations from all over the world. We are proud to recognize Tony Winter at QAD in this category for his contributions to his organization and the industry,” said Ray Narang, editor-in-chief at Info Security Products Guide.
More than 35 judges from around the world representing a wide spectrum of industry experts participated in the judging process.
About Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards
Info Security Products Guide sponsors the Global Excellence Awards and plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources and assets. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including tomorrow’s technology today, best deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping cybersecurity and industry predictions & directions that facilitate in making the most pertinent security decisions. Visit infosecurityproductsguide.com for the complete list of winners.
ABOUT QAD
QAD Inc. (Nasdaq: QADA) (Nasdaq: QADB), is a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. QAD Adaptive ERP for manufacturing supports operational requirements in the areas of financials, customer management, supply chain, manufacturing, service and support, analytics, business process management and integration. QAD’s portfolio includes related solutions for quality management software, supply chain management software, transportation management software and B2B interoperability. Since 1979, QAD solutions have enabled customers in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high tech, industrial manufacturing and life sciences industries to better align operations with their strategic goals to become Effective Enterprises.
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