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04
Apr

ITA Awards TECH Cocktail Founders Eric Olson, Frank Gruber at CityLIGHTS

Author: Adam Fendelman, Category: Technology

CHICAGO – Several hundred technology executives, entrepreneurs and investors convened on Thursday night at Chicago’s Union Station for the ITA’s 2008 CityLIGHTS awards gala. TECH cocktail founders Eric Olson and Frank Gruber were among those who took home some hardware.

In all, six awards were handed out to individuals and entities that help make the Illinois technology community tick. Olson and Gruber won the namesake CityLIGHTS Award, which awards those in media, education, government and business who strive to promote the vitality of the local tech community. The winners even wore tuxedos.

By Brad Spirrison