| System | Name | Institution | Citation |
| Tracker | Souvik Das | Cornell | major help in the development of pixel online software |
| Tracker | Robert Stringer | UCR | crucial contributions to the development of the tracker control system |
| ECAL | Jason Haupt | Minn | crucial contributions to the ECAL commissioning |
| ECAL | Toyoko Orimoto | Caltech | decisive leadership in the ECAL prompt feedback group |
| HCAL | Jordan Damgov | Sofia | major contributions to analysis of test beam data, Global data and iCS08 |
| HCAL | Ellie Lockner | Maryland | important contributions to operations and shift scheduling for HCAL |
| Muon | Marina Giunta | INFN, Bologna | decisive contributions to DT DCS and monitoring software |
| Muon | Greg Rakness | UCLA | important contributions to installation and commissioning of the CSC |
| Tridas | Christian Hartl | Vienna | making crucial contributions to the L1 Global Trigger system |
| Tridas | Andrea Petrucci | UCSD | making decisive contributions to the DAQ run control |
| Commissioning | Andre David | LIP | key efforts on the ECAL DAQ and central run operations |
| Commissioning | Paolo Rumerio | Maryland | great responsibilities taken for HCAL and central run operations |
| Software, Computing | Dave Mason | Fermilab | being established as key member of the data operations team |
| Software, Computing | Giovanni Petrucciani | Pisa | major contributions to the Physics Analysis Tools task force |