Tony Gialloreto: IT MANAGER, ALLEGHENY AIRPORT AUTHORITY, PITTSBURGH
Tony Gialloreto, 45, heads the IT department and communications group for the Allegheny Airport Authority, which runs Pittsburgh International Airport and Allegheny County Airport in Pennsylvania. He's responsible for managing the wired Ethernet LAN and wireless LAN infrastructures at both facilities, as well as for developing applications for the WLAN. Gialloreto has been with the Allegheny Airport Authority for 14 years and in IT for six. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Point Park College in Pittsburgh.
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