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Fox IT Leader Award

DOREEN A. WRIGHT

Doreen A. Wright

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD

Doreen A. Wright was appointed Campbell’s Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in 2001. She leads the company’s global information technology organization and reports to the President and Chief Executive Officer. She is responsible for directing global systems strategy and planning, application development and support, infrastructure, and the telecommunications network.

Prior to joining Campbell, Doreen was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Nabisco. She began her career at Merrill Lynch, managing several retail client service and processing units. In 1984, she joined Bankers Trust Company as Vice President, Institutional Trust and Custody Marketing. For the next 10 years, she held leadership positions as a Managing Director and Senior Vice President of numerous large-scale institutional customer service and technology groups. From 1995 through 1998, Doreen was Senior Vice President, Operations and Systems for Prudential Insurance Company’s Prudential Investment Group.

Doreen earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. She serves on the Board of Directors of The Yankee Candle Company and The Riverside Symphonia, and she is a Trustee of the Campbell Soup Foundation.

SEVENTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

SUSAN J. UNGER

Susan J. Unger

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD

Susan J. Unger was named Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer for DaimlerChrysler AG effective November 1, 1998. Previously, she was Executive Director – Information Services Department for Chrysler Corporation. In her current position, she is responsible for directing systems and computer hardware strategy and planning, systems applications development, data center operations and telecommunications network operations for DaimlerChrysler AG. Unger joined Chrysler Corporation in September 1972, as a financial analyst in Sales and Marketing. Her work and academic background includes: Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, DaimlerChrysler AG, November, 1998, Executive Director – Information Services, Chrysler Corporation, November, 1993, Finance Director – Product Development and Jeep®/Truck Operations, 1993, Director – Corporate Financial Analysis, 1991, Various other managerial positions in Finance, 1973 – 1990, Financial Analyst – Sales & Marketing, 1972, M.B.A. – Finance, Wayne State University, 1979, B.A. – Economics, Michigan State University, 1972.

Sue Unger is a board member of CyberMichigan, the Eli Broad Board in the College of Business at Michigan State University (past President) and the Detroit Science Center. She is also a member of the Research Board; the Kleiner Perkins CIO Strategy Exchange Forum; the Automotive Women’s Alliance; the University of Michigan College of Engineering National Advisory Committee; the Wayne State University Foundation Board; the President’s Campaign Cabinet at Michigan State University; and the Interstate University Investment Committee. She also served on Michigan’s Judicial Information Systems Advisory Commission.

Recent awards include the 2005 Automotive News 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry and the 2004 Phoenix Mill Women’s Museum Pioneer Award. In 2003, she received the Michigan State University Alumni Service Award and the Association of Women in Computing Top American Women award. In 2002, she was named CIO of the Year by Salomon Smith Barney, Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by Wayne State University School of Business Administration and one of Detroit’s Most Influential Women by Crain’s Detroit Business. She received the 2002 Broad College Outstanding Alumni Award from Michigan State University and the Automation Alley 2002 CIO of the Year award. Ms. Unger was named one of BtoB Magazine’s Top 25 eChampions in 2001.

SIXTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

FORD CALHOUN

Ford Calhoun

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD

Ford Calhoun was appointed CIO of GlaxoSmithKline in July 2001 and is also a member of the Corporate Executive Team. Calhoun is responsible for approximately 1200 employees and has led successful projects on implementing global email systems, global data centers, standardization, global IP communications, global collaboration applications and Business-to-Business applications. Under Calhoun’s leadership GSK is making a major push to implement Six Sigma to increase IT accountability.

Previously, Calhoun has served as Senior Vice President, Information Technology. He joined SmithKline Beecham in 1984 to head US-based information technology and information management within R&D. His responsibilities expanded to include key processes in drug development, bioinformatics, competitor analysis and process management within global R&D. Calhoun transferred to SB’s Healthcare Services division in 1998 to lead its information technology organization and to drive the development of information products.

Calhoun has held faculty appointments at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He received his PhD from the University of Georgia in microbiology (genetics). He subsequently completed postdoctoral fellowships in biomathematics at North Carolina State University and in Computers in Medicine at Mount Sinai.

FIFTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

GEORGE C. NOLEN

George C. Nolen

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD

George C. Nolen is President and CEO and leads Siemens Corporation in the United States. The $16.6 billion U.S. company is a technology leader with 65,000 employees. He is also Chairman of the Board of Siemens One (the U.S. company’s cross-selling and solutions arm) and is on the board of the Siemens Foundation, which is dedicated to the support of science, mathematics and technology education in America’s high schools.

George is also serving as President and CEO of Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc., the U.S. unit of Siemens ICN, which provides integrated voice and data networks and solutions for telecommunications carriers, cable providers and enterprises. George was responsible for bringing the ICN division back to profitability in 2003.

From 1998 to 2002, George was President and CEO of Siemens Enterprise Networks LLC. He was responsible for successfully building the enterprise business into a cohesive customer-focused solutions provider. In doing so, he was instrumental in growing Siemens’ worldwide Enterprise unit into a more profitable, multi-billion dollar business.

George joined Siemens in 1982 as a member of the sales force. He went on to serve as senior vice president of sales and service for Siemens Business Communication Systems, Inc., where he was responsible for channels, accounts, support centers, telesales, and enhanced services within North America.

George is a member of the United States Chamber of Commerce (Washington, DC). He is also a member of The Business Roundtable, where he serves on the Security Task Force, and a member of NYC2012, the organization seeking to host the 2012 Olympics in New York City. George is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

FOURTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

ANDREA ANANIA

Andrea Anania

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD

Andrea Anania was named executive vice president and chief information officer of CIGNA Corporation in March 2001. She reports directly to chairman and CEO H. Edward Hanway. In her role as chief information officer, she is responsible for all systems development, data processing and telecommunications functions worldwide for CIGNA, a Fortune 500 company. Her staff consists of 3,000 individuals primarily in four locations across the country. Anania joined CIGNA in 1995 as senior vice president and division systems information officer for CIGNA Retirement and Investment Services. During her tenure she assumed responsibility for the customer support function in addition to her systems responsibility. Previously, she served with UNISYS Corporation for 20 years with assignments in technical support, sales and product management. Prior to leaving UNISYS, Anania was a managing principal with profit and loss responsibility for all service lines for one of four regional areas. She is a member of the Information Technology Board of the United Way and chairperson of the Philadelphia CIGNA March of Dimes Campaign 2001. She serves on the CIO Advisory Board of the Business School of Villanova University. She received a bachelor’s degree from Queens College and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

THIRD ANNUAL IT AWARDS

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD RECIPIENTS

DAVID S. MCGETTIGAN
JEFFREY M. HAMILTON
GREGORY S. MEYERS
ANGELA HEISE
JOHN TURNER
MICHAEL BRADSHAW
LINDA DILLMAN
GEORGE LLADO

JOHN T. MARCANTE
SUJA CHANDRASEKARAN
ADRIAN R. GARDNER
JOSEPH C. SPAGNOLETTI
J. CHRIS SCALET
BILL McDERMOTT
CRISTOBAL I. CONDE

DOREEN A. WRIGHT
SUSAN J. UNGER
FORD CALHOUN
GEORGE C. NOLEN
ANDREA ANANIA
BRUCE FADEM
KENT SEINFELD


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

RICK NUCCI
CHRIS WINK
DR. BARBARA “BOBBI” KURSHAN
JOHN K. COLLIER
JAMES RHEE
NED MOORE
ROBERT MOORE
JEFF MANGO

MATTHEW GILLIN
ALEEM WALJI
K. VENKATESH PRASAD
KURT HOLSTEIN
ANNE MULLINS
JONATHAN A. BRASSINGTON
MATTHEW C. MULLENWEG

FRANK R. SANCHEZ
JEFFREY CITRON
NIRAJ PATEL
PAUL H. RUSSELL
JAMES SHEWARD
MATTHEW S. PITTINSKY
JOSHUA KOPELMAN


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI RECIPIENTS

CRAIG E. CONWAY
FRAN GEATENS
KARTHIK K. SRIDHARAN
HIMESH BHISE
DAVE KOTCH
SATBIR BEDI

RICH BRENNEN
DINESH R. DESAI
LINDA DESCANO
ATISH BANERJEA
MARC E. SNYDER
JOHN H. SHAIN

RICHARD I. COHEN
PHILIP P. JAURIGUE
JOE WEISS
DANIEL T. GARRETT
BEN-SABA HASAN
SONDRA L. BARBOUR


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