SoftServe Inc., a leading global provider of high quality software development, testing and technology consulting services, together with the IT Association of Ukraine, Lviv IT Cluster, and news TV channels “24” and “ZIK TV” is proud to announce the first Ukrainian national specialized award in the field of Information Technology “2012 Ukrainian IT Awards.”

Recognizing the increasingly high priority of the Information Technology field in the Ukrainian national market, as well as the considerable growth of foreign investments in the development of the Ukrainian high technology business, SoftServe has become a co-organizer and sponsor of the first IT industry national award.

The independent award will honor the best industry professionals in the categories of Quality Assurance, Project Management, Software Engineering, Software Architecture, Business Analysis, and IT Education.

The authoritative jury board includes a number of prominent industry leaders and internationally recognized IT experts from the USA (Vijay Prasad, Project Management Institute, and Eugene Yamnitsky, Imprivata Mobile Products Group), Denmark (Geir Egil Myhre, Multidata-Bluegarden), and Canada (Glenn R. Brûlé, ESI International) alongside the representatives of the Ukrainian IT leaders (IT Association of Ukraine, Microsoft Ukraine, SoftServe, Inc., Eleks Software, Lohika Ukraine, N-iX and ThickButtons, and Itera Consulting).

“We hope that the “Ukrainian IT Awards” will become an annual tradition since the recognition of the best professionals is an important step for the development of this field. Thus, we show the world that our experts meet, and often exceed all official and unofficial international standards. With the help of this project, the IT Association of Ukraine would like to demonstrate once again the importance of the dynamic development of our industry,” said Taras Kytsmey, President of SoftServe Inc., and President of IT Association of Ukraine.