March 10, 2005: BuilConn Founder Wins Frost & Sullivan Award
IRVING, Texas - Anto Budiardjo, president and CEO of Clasma Inc. and founder of such industry events as BuilConn and BuilSpec, has been selected as the 2005 Building Technologies CEO of the Year by Frost & Sullivan.
The award honors Budiardjo's efforts to further the building technologies industry by uniting all the players from the different sectors of the industry such as HVAC, access control, lighting, CCTV, etc., to communicate the benefits of whole building integration and the role IT convergence plays in accomplishing this goal. Budiardjo helped achieve this in 2003 with BuilConn, an annual conference and exhibition that blends technical- and application-oriented presentations with networking opportunities for building systems professionals.