Woetzel Receives Tech Leadership Award

Kurt D. Woetzel, senior executive vice president and chief information officer with The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., was selected as the 2008 recipient of the Leadership and Service in Technology Award from Pace University's Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems.

The award honors individuals and companies not only for leadership in the field of technology, but also for innovation in the application of technology to serve people and their commitment to community service and education.

Woetzel is responsible for The Bank of New York Mellon's Information Technology organization worldwide. In this role, he oversees the technical infrastructure, software development and business processes of an IT organization that is supported by more than 5,000 technology professionals. He is also responsible for the company's Office of Innovation, where he directs company resources and establishes processes in support of accelerating new product development and innovation across global markets.