IDG’S COMPUTERWORLD NAMES LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS’ INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY GROUP TO 2015 LIST OF 100 BEST PLACES TO WORK IN IT

(Los Angeles, California – June 23, 2015)  IDG’s Computerworld announces Los Angeles World Airports’ (LAWA) Information Management and Technology Group (IMTG) as no. 18 among midsize organizations on the 2015 Best Places to Work in IT, and one of the 100 top organizations that provides IT staff great benefits, compensation, and opportunities for training and advancement, as well as interesting project work and a flexible and diverse work environment.

“It is truly an honor for the Information Management and Technology Group to be recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in IT as most honorees are private companies.  Organizations in the public sector rarely receive such recognition.  We are allowed very little flexibility with rewarding employees, and providing financial incentives.  One of our strengths is our diversity – in race, gender, and culture. Winning this award is primarily a reflection of the collaborative effort and excellent work of highly motivated IMTG staff,” says Dominic Nessi, the Los Angeles World Airports Deputy Executive Director/Chief Information Officer who is responsible for IMTG.

LAWA is among the leading airports that test/use new airport technologies to improve airside operations, terminal management, and passenger convenience/experience.  Over the past five years, IMTG has won several industry and professional association awards for completed IT projects.  This work was accomplished by a team of dedicated professionals in all areas of technology and management.  IMTG continues to look ahead in an effort to plan and provide resources according to specific business drivers and proactively attempts to provide employees a work/life balance, which results in lower desire to leave the organization, greater pride in their organization, and a willingness to recommend the organization as a place to work, and higher overall job satisfaction.

"The 100 organizations on Computerworld’s 2015 Best Places to Work in IT list realize that attracting and retaining a highly-skilled technology workforce leads to competitive advantage,” asserts Scot Finnie, editor in chief of Computerworld. “In a tight market for tech talent, these outstanding employers attract the best and brightest IT pros with generous salaries and top-drawer benefits, then deepen their teams’ engagement with challenging, business-critical projects built around cutting-edge technologies. As a result, these winning organizations are best positioned to take advantage of the digital transformation sweeping through every industry.”

About the Best Places to Work in IT list 

The Best Places to Work in Information Technology (IT) list is an annual ranking of the top 100 work environments for technology professionals by IDG’s Computerworld. The list is compiled based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, career development, training and retention. In addition, Computerworld conducts extensive surveys of IT workers, and their responses factor heavily in determining the rankings.

About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

            LAX is the fifth busiest airport in the world and second in the United States.  LAX served nearly 70.7 million passengers in 2014.  LAX offers 692 daily nonstop flights to 85 cities in the U.S. and 928 weekly nonstop flights to 67 cities in 34 countries on 59 commercial air carriers.  LAX ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with over two million tons of air cargo valued at nearly $96.3 billion. An economic study in 2011 reported that operations at LAX generated 294,400 jobs in Los Angeles County with labor income of $13.6 billion and economic output of more than $39.7 billion.  This activity added $2.5 billion to local and state revenues.  LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City’s general fund.

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About Computerworld

Computerworld is the leading IT media brand helping Sr. IT, business decision-makers and key influencers navigate change with effective business strategy. As the voice of business technology, Computerworld enables the IT value chain with unique editorial coverage from setting strategies to deriving value. Computerworld’s award-winning website (www.computerworld.com), focused conference series, strategic marketing solutions and research forms the hub of the world’s largest (40+ edition) global IT media network and provides opportunities for IT vendors to engage this audience. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 7.5 million monthly page views (Omniture, November 2014 - January 2015 average) and was recognized in BtoB’s 2013 Media Power 50 list; recognition Computerworld has received for more than 5 consecutive years. Computerworld is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world’s leading media, events and research company. Company information is available at www.idgenterprise.com.

For more information about the Computerworld 2015 Best Places to Work in IT, please visit http://www.computerworld.com/category/bestplaces2015 .