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Fox Information Technology Award Recipients

LINDA DILLMAN

Portrait of Linda Dillman

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD

Linda Dillman has served as Chief Information Officer for QVC since January 2012. In this role, she develops the global information technology vision and strategy in partnership with QVC’s global senior leadership.Dillman is responsible for establishing and overseeing the IT teams in all QVC Markets:  US, UK, Germany, Italy, Japan and France. Under Linda’s leadership, the Global IT team is helping to build a global brand by offering customers access to a seamlessly integrated, interactive and engaging shopping experience, wherever and whenever the customer chooses. Linda has leveraged her extensive leadership experiences to create a more agile technology platform, which allows QVC to respond very quickly to shifts in customer behavior and viewer preferences.

Dillman began her distinguished career as a computer operator.  She previously spent 18 years with Wal-Mart holding positions of increasing responsibility, including EVP and CIO.  Subsequent to Wal-Mart, she held leadership positions at Hewlett-Packard, including SVP Global IT.

A seasoned leader, Dillman was recently named one of the Top 10 Women in Retail Tech by Chain Store Age magazine.  In 2015, Dillman was named a Top IT Pro by the Philadelphia Business Journal. She has also been recognized as a Computerworld Premier 100 IT leader for 2014 and a Most Powerful Women in Cable by CableFAX magazine for the past two years. Additionally, Ms. Dillman was named to Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” for five consecutive years.

She was recently appointed to the GS1 US Board of Governors and is on the board of directors for Cerner, the leading US supplier of healthcare information technology solutions. Dillman earned her degree in Business Administration from the University of Indianapolis.

SIXTEENTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

DINESH R. DESAI

Dinesh Desai - FOX IT AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI - 2014

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

Mr. Desai has served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at Emtec since August 2005. From 1986 to August 2005, Mr. Desai was the Chairman and CEO of DARR Global Holdings, Inc., a management consulting firm. Since 2004, he has also served as Chairman on the Board of Directors of Emtec Federal, Inc. (formerly Westwood Computer Corporation).

Mr. Desai was a President, CEO, Co-Chairman and an owner of Western Sky Industries (“Western Sky”), a manufacturer of highly engineered, proprietary component parts used primarily in aerospace applications. Western Sky grew from approximately $3 million in revenues to over $170 million in revenues during the 1990’s prior to being sold to McKechnie P.L.C., in 1999.

Prior to 1986, Mr. Desai spent twelve years with American Can and Arco Chemical in various management positions, including marketing, manufacturing, finance, planning and research and development. Mr. Desai has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Enterprise Center, a Nonprofit Organization.

Mr. Desai holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India, and a Masters of Science Degree in both chemical and industrial engineering from Montana State University. He earned a Masters in Business Administration from Temple University in 1978.

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

JEFF MANGO

Jeff Mango - FOX IT INNOVATOR AWARD - 2014

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATOR AWARD

Jeff Mango is Vice President of Total Customer Experience in a new marketing organization at Verizon. Previously he lead the customer and business intelligence organization (CBI) that was the first of its kind. Built from the ground up, CBI was designed to align company-wide strategies and initiatives for listening and understanding the Voice of the Customer and Voice of the Employee. Mango’s team leverages social/digital media insights across Verizon’s business units in order to enhance the overall end-to-end customer experience and increase operational efficiency. Targeted business information and solutions help drive improvement in customer experience and loyalty, which increases revenue and reduces operating costs. He is based out of Verizon’s Corporate Headquarters in Basking Ridge, N.J.

Mango began his career in the wireless industry as a retail sales representative and has held a variety of leadership positions in multiple regions. Prior to his move to Verizon’s corporate offices, Mango was President of the Georgia/Alabama Region for Verizon Wireless. He is a three-time winner of the Verizon Wireless President’s Cabinet for sales achievement.

Mango holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sales and Meeting Management from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

GEORGE LLADO

George Llado - Fox IT Leader Award - 2015

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD

George Llado is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Alexion, and is responsible for building the company’s Global Information Technology function, focusing on initiatives that enable Alexion to serve more patients around the world as it prepares to launch a number of new products and indications with anticipated approvals between 2015 and 2018.

Mr. Llado joined Alexion on January 1, 2015. Today, he and his global team develop and implement enterprise-level business applications and infrastructure, expand ERP implementation, manage information security, deliver new analytics tools, and design and deploy systems across Alexion’s R&D, Commercial, Manufacturing, and Quality functions.

Prior to joining Alexion, Mr. Llado served as Vice President, Information Technology for Merck’s manufacturing and supply chain organizations, where he led the planning and development of IT solutions for the company’s Manufacturing Division. Before that, Mr. Llado was Merck’s Vice President, Corporate IT and business line CIO for several functions. He also successfully managed the large-scale merger integration of Merck and Schering-Plough for the IT and Shared Business Services organizations. In addition, Mr. Llado has held several other positions of increasing responsibility at Merck, and previously worked at Citibank, N.A. earlier in his career.

Mr. Llado serves on the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Board and the Temple Fox IT Advisory Board. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from New York Institute of Technology.

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

MATTHEW GILLIN

Matt Gillin - FOX IT INNOVATOR AWARD - 2014

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATOR AWARD

Matt is the CEO of Relay, where he is responsible for guiding the company’s strategy and overseeing the day-to-day operations. Matt has been an active entrepreneur and pioneer for nearly 20 years, and has been widely recognized for turning innovative ideas into successful businesses.

Most recently, Matt served as the CEO for Ecount, Inc., a company he cofounded in his parent’s basement with his friend Paul Raden. Together, they built Ecount into a recognized leader in the prepaid card industry. In 2007, they sold the company to Citi, and were successful in delivering considerable value to their investors and shareholders.

Following the sale, Matt remained as CEO of the renamed business (Citi® Prepaid Services) until 2009. In those two years, Matt and his team were responsible for establishing Citi as the world’s first truly global prepaid solution provider. Upon his departure, Citi Prepaid Services was issuing more than 40 million cards per year for over 2,000 clients, and delivering solutions in more than 40 countries across the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Matt is widely regarded as an innovator. He holds three patents in the US patent office for his inventions, and is a multiple award-winning executive. In 2002, Matt won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award®. In 2004, he was named one of the Philadelphia region’s most influential executives under the age of 40. In 2006, the Eastern Technology Council named Matt the CEO of the Year. In 2007, he was awarded the Walter M. Aikman Entrepreneur of the Year Award. And in 2013, he was named IT Innovator of Excellence at the 20th Annual Enterprise Awards. Matt holds a B.A. from Denison University.

FOURTEENTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS