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Fox Information Technology Award Recipients

JAMES SHEWARD

James Sheward

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATOR AWARD

James Sheward is CEO, Co-founder, and Director of Fiberlink Communications Corporation. Jim built the team and secured the funding that has enabled Fiberlink to become a leading provider of managed Internet-based virtual private networks. Jim’s leadership and focus on the customer shaped the company and made Fiberlink a profitable, customer-centric company that was recently named to the Hot 100 by UPSIDE magazine.

Before co-founding the company with Paul Russell in 1991, Jim was the Western Regional Sales Manager for Systems Industries, which was acquired by Micro Technologies and had a revenue base of more than $50 million.

He was the winner of the Blue Chip Enterprise Award Year 2000, sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Mass Mutual Financial Group, and has been recognized as Greater Philadelphia’s 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Software and Technology Services Category. His articles on backbone-neutral VPNs have appeared in publications such as TMCnet.com. Jim received a dual degree in economics and communications from the University of Virginia.

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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.

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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.

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BRUCE FADEM

Bruce Fadem

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD

Bruce Fadem is Vice President and CIO, American Home Products/Wyeth. Mr. Fadem is responsible for providing information technology strategic direction to the Corporation (formerly American Home Products) and its operating divisions. He also manages the Corporation’s information technology shared services operations and technology organization and the business application solution units. Mr. Fadem joined the Corporation in

September 1995 as head of Wyeth-Ayerst domestic information technology and was promoted to his current position in November 1997.

Prior to joining Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Mr. Fadem spent twelve years with BankAmerica Corporation in a variety of information technology positions including: responsible for the development, maintenance, and operation of the Retail Bank’s information technology systems; responsible for all business application development worldwide: and responsible for selection, development, and deployment of all hardware and system software. From 1971 to 1983 Mr. Fadem was employed by First Pennsylvania Bank N.A. where he served as Chief Information Officer from 1978 to 1983.

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MATTHEW S. PITTINSKY

Matthew Serbin Pittinsky

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATOR AWARD

Matthew Pittinsky has been an active leader in the field of e-learning. He has been instumental in growing Blackboard into a company with 1,900 client institutions, 415 employees, and over $100 million in investments. Industry analysts recognize Blackboard as the leading provider of e-education software infrastructure in the world.

He has served on numerous panels and presented at industry conferences for organizations such as EDUCAUSE, Harvard Business School, and the Software Publishers Association.

Most recently, he was awarded “Visionary of the Year” by the Northern Virginia Technology Council (2001). Other awards include: “Top Under-30 Technology Executives” by Washington Techway magazine (2000); “Entrepreneurs of the Year for Emerging Companies in Washington, D.C.” (with co-founder Michael Chasen) by Ernst & Young (2000); and “Young Innovators” by the Kilby Awards Foundation, a distinction shared with other Kilby laureates, such as Vint Cerf, Marc Andreesen and Linus Torvalds.

He is the editor of the forthcoming book The Wired Tower to be published by Prentice-Hall Financial Times. He serves on the advisory boards of SMARTHINKING and Syllabus2000, and serves on the board of American Universiy and Northern Virginia Technology Council.

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