Mike Cyros, chief commercial officer, 518 Allied Vision Technologies, was presented with the 2014 AIA Achievement Award during the AIA’s 22nd Annual Business Conference in Orlando, Florida, USA. The award recognises his long history of outstanding contributions to the vision and imaging industry, and helping build AIA into the world’s largest vision trade association.
“Mike Cyros embodies what the Achievement Award is all about,” said Jeff Burnstein, president of AIA. “In addition to helping the companies he worked for grow into industry leaders, he devoted time to helping the vision industry as a whole by volunteering to his industry association. I have no doubt that his selection for this award will be cheered by his peers throughout the world, whose respect he has gained for his efforts over the last 25 years.”
In accepting the award, Cyros said: “winning the AIA Achievement Award came as a total shock to me, something I never expected. I am deeply honoured to be recognized, as the award states, for leadership and outstanding contributions in promoting market acceptance and growth of our industry. I am further humbled to join those who have won the award in previous years, and see this as a challenge to drive even further in the coming years those attributes recognised by such a prestigious award”.
“Mike Cyros embodies what the Achievement Award is all about,” said Jeff Burnstein, president of AIA. “In addition to helping the companies he worked for grow into industry leaders, he devoted time to helping the vision industry as a whole by volunteering to his industry association. I have no doubt that his selection for this award will be cheered by his peers throughout the world, whose respect he has gained for his efforts over the last 25 years.”
In accepting the award, Cyros said: “winning the AIA Achievement Award came as a total shock to me, something I never expected. I am deeply honoured to be recognized, as the award states, for leadership and outstanding contributions in promoting market acceptance and growth of our industry. I am further humbled to join those who have won the award in previous years, and see this as a challenge to drive even further in the coming years those attributes recognised by such a prestigious award”.
