MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 12, 2014) - Jorge Titinger, president and chief executive officer of SGI (NASDAQ: SGI), has been announced as one of the winners in the prestigious CEO World Awards program. The coveted annual CEO World Awards program encompasses the world's best in leadership, innovation, organizational performance, new products and services. Jorge was named CEO of the World in the Operational Effective Category.

More than 30 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world and over 200 CEOs participated. Their average scores determined the 2013 CEO World Award winners.

"It is an honor to be named by the CEO World Awards organization and earn this peer recognition," said Jorge Titinger, president and CEO of SGI. "I accept this award on behalf of the entire SGI team for their commitment and achievement in the high performance computing and big data industries. We look forward to continuing to deliver solutions that enable our customers to push the limits of discovery, innovation and cutting-edge results in 2014 and beyond."

With over 25 years of experience in the high tech industry, Jorge has held positions of increasing responsibility at companies like Hewlett-Packard, MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. and Silicon Graphics, Inc. Since joining SGI as president, chief executive officer and director in February 2012, Jorge has brought a results-oriented leadership style and the ability to think strategically, driving forward SGI's track record of innovation and growth.

About the CEO World Awards 
 CEO World Awards are an annual industry and peers recognition program honoring CEOs and Companies of all types and sizes in North America, Europe, Middle-East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin-America. The Annual CEO World Awards is part of the SVUS Awards recognition program from Silicon Valley in the United States of America which also includes Consumer World Awards, Customer Sales and Service World Awards, Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards, Globee Fastest Growing Private Companies, Info Security's Global Excellence Awards, Network Products Guide's Hot Companies and Best Products Awards, Pillar Employee Recognition World Awards, PR World Awards, and Women World Awards. Learn more about The CEO World Awards at www.ceoworldawards.com

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