Mitchell’s CTO Erez Nir Named Trace3 Outlier of the Year
2012 Finalist

Award Recognizes Information Technology Excellence

San Diego, CA—January 13, 2012—Mitchell, a leading provider of technology, connectivity and information solutions to the Property & Casualty claims and Collision Repair industries, today announced that the company’s Chief Technical Officer, Erez Nir, has been nominated as a finalist for the Trace3  IT Outlier Award for 2012. This nomination is featured in the prestigious
CIO Magazine “State of the CIO” January 2012 issue. The IT Outlier Awards, held by Trace3, a leading IT Systems Integrator that provides solutions and services for reducing IT infrastructure complexity, celebrates organizations (and the people within them) that are using information technology to deliver innovation, demonstrate exceptional leadership, strategic growth or improve relationships and culture.

“We are very excited to have many prominent executives nominated for the launch of our inaugural Trace3 IT Outlier Award. Every nominee went through a rigorous peer based judging process and Trace3 considers each one as an Outlier and give special recognition to this year’s finalists,” said Hayes Drumwright, Chief Executive Officer of Trace3.

“Mitchell is pleased to be a finalist in the Trace3 IT Outlier Awards, which recognizes our commitment to developing innovative technology solutions that form the core of high performance insurance claims management. We will continue to invest in the people, processes and infrastructure needed to empower client businesses,” said Erez Nir, Chief Technical Officer at Mitchell International, “For example, at the end of 2011, we announced a significant data center upgrade that gives Mitchell, and our clients, the flexibility, reliability, security and scalability needed for future growth.”

The IT Outlier Awards recognizes outstanding information technology executives who are building and leading innovative ways to solve today’s business critical initiatives through technology. The winner will be selected by an independent panel of judges including CIO's, VP's and prominent leaders from academia, business and the media within the technology industry. The winner is to be announced at Trace3’s annual Executive Briefing Conference (EBC) at The “M” Resort in Las Vegas, NV on February 2nd, 2012.

About Trace3 Outlier Award
"Outlier" is a scientific term to describe things or phenomena that lie outside normal experience. The IT Outlier Awards will celebrate organizations (and the people within them) that are using information technology to deliver innovation, demonstrating exceptional leadership, strategic growth or improving relationships & culture.

Trace3 provides solutions that reduce complexity within your IT infrastructure by simplifying data management, simplifying virtualization, and accelerating the network. Our specialty is customizing the solution to allow you to leverage your existing investments while increasing utilization of human capital and equipment. For more information on Trace3, please visit www.trace3.com.

About Mitchell
Mitchell empowers clients to achieve measurably better outcomes.  Providing unparalleled breadth of technology, connectivity and information solutions to the Property & Casualty claims and Collision Repair industries, Mitchell is uniquely able to simplify and accelerate the claims management and collision repair processes.

As a leading provider of Property & Casualty claims technology solutions, Mitchell processes over 50 million transactions annually for over 300 insurance companies/claims payers and over 30,000 collision repair facilities throughout North America.  Founded in 1946, Mitchell is headquartered in San Diego, California, and has 1,700 employees.  The company is privately owned primarily by the Aurora Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based investment group.  For more information about Mitchell, visit www.mitchell.com.

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