Ohio IT Alliance (OhioITA) Chief Executive Officer Jesse Jones announced today that Terry Rapoch, President of daytaOhio, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Governors of OhioITA. The Ohio IT Alliance is a State of Ohio Edison Center commissioned by the Governor of Ohio and funded by the Ohio Department of Development dedicated to accelerating the growth of the Information Technology industry in the State of Ohio.

Rapoch, an Ohio IT Alliance board member since 2005, served as the Chief Technology Officer for daytaOhio from January 2005 until his appointment as President in July 2007. Rapoch will fill the OhioITA chairmanship term previously occupied by Larry Triplett of Zanesville.

"Ohio IT Alliance’s, www.ohioita.org, mission is to lead Ohio in becoming a nationally recognized leader in the IT industry. Rapoch’s experience, leadership and foresight in the technology field will be a tremendous asset to Ohio IT Alliances' continued success toward achieving this objective," said Jones.

daytaOhio, www.daytaOhio.org, is a $44.5 million collaborative investment by the State of Ohio, industry, government and universities in a center of excellence focused on improving human performance through innovative visualization and computing technologies. Rapoch is responsible for implementing this strategic vision with the daytaOhio Board and industry, university and government collaborators from the Dayton region and across Ohio.

"Given the natural connection between the two organizations, I am eager to work for even more collaboration to leverage our collective local and statewide IT resources. We want to accelerate innovation and IT-enabled business growth in areas that range from bio-sciences to manufacturing throughout Ohio" said Rapoch.

About Ohio IT Alliance

Ohio IT Alliance, Inc. ("OhioITA") is located in Columbus and is a state of Ohio Edison Technology Center, chartered by the Governor of Ohio with support and funding from the Ohio Department of Development's Thomas Edison Program. The Edison Technology Centers are designed to aid in economic development in various business areas from information technology to bio-sciences to manufacturing. OhioITA was founded in 1998 and is organized as a "not-for-profit" 501(c)6 with a mandate to focus on information technology related economic development in the state of Ohio.

The OhioITA statewide network participates in funding local economic development initiatives in the six regions of the state. It works with our regional partners to achieve one common goal: growing and improving the competitiveness of Ohio's information technology (IT) industry. In conjunction with our Regional Partners OhioITA works with Ohio's 10,700 IT companies, ensuring that Ohio's IT resources are shared, leveraged and optimized for the benefit of the entire industry.