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Fox Information Technology Award Recipients

ATISH BANERJEA

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

Atish Banerjea currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for NBCUniversal.  Mr. Banerjea is based in New York, and is responsible for leading NBCUniversal’s Information Technology organization, overseeing global technology applications, infrastructure and operations for the company’s worldwide media portfolio.

Most Recently Mr. Banerjea served as Chief Technology Officer for Dex One Corporation, where he led a major redesign of that company’s IT functions, and helped transform Dex One from a print-centric business to a digital media marketing company.

Prior to joining Dex One, Mr. Banerjea served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Pearson, where he was responsible for the global planning, deployment and management of more than $550-million in information technology investment. He has also held roles at Maurices, Inc and Simon & Schuster.

Mr. Banerjea holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Temple University, and a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Delhi.

THIRTEENTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

ALEEM WALJI

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATOR AWARD

Aleem is the Director of the World Bank’s Innovation Labs. He oversees Open Government, Transparency and Accountability initiatives with particular interest in leveraging technology to increase social accountability and improve service delivery. He oversees the Development Marketplace program which provides social entrepreneurs access to growth financing with a focus on South Asia, East Africa, and the Middle East. Aleem also serves on the Global Advisory Council on the Future of Government at the World Economic Forum.

Prior to joining WBI, Aleem served as a Head of Global Development Initiatives at Google.org, with a focus on eastern Africa. He led efforts related to increasing transparency and accountability in government and supporting the growth of small and medium-size enterprises in Africa. Aleem was also the first CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation in Syria. He is a graduate of Emory University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology and his master’s degree in International Development and Regional Planning.

THIRTEENTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

SUJA CHANDRASEKARAN

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD

Suja Chandrasekaran is the Vice President of Enterprise Information Management (EIM) of Walmart’s Information Systems Division. She is responsible for establishing the overall strategic direction of Walmart’s expanding EIM function. Suja leads the development, implementation and ongoing operation of EIM products and services and is technical subject matter expert for the future direction of information management initiatives.

Before joining Walmart in 2012, Suja was the Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer at The Timberland Company. She also worked at PepsiCo where she spent three years as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for PepsiCo, North America with responsibilities across Frito-Lay, Pepsi Beverages, Quaker, Tropicana and Gatorade across all business units. Prior to her role at PepsiCo, Suja led business transformation at Nestle Americas.

Suja earned her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Madras in Madras, India. She has a Master’s degree in Business Systems from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.  She has also received a bachelor’s executive development education from the London Business School in London, England.

THIRTEENTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

MARC E. SNYDER

Marc E. Snyder - FOX IT AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI - 2012

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

Marc Snyder is a Managing Director in KPMG’s U.S. IT Strategy and Performance advisory practice, where he leads the Northeast practice. Marc helps client executives drive improved business performance through the strategic and effective use of technology.

Marc brings over 30 years of domestic and international hands-on experience in a wide-range of industries using state-of-the-art IT to establish and build new business capabilities, improve ROI on IT investments, navigate change such as post-merger integration, and transform IT capabilities. Marc has worked on numerous domestic and cross-border, cross-business unit projects, including a four year overseas assignment in European (based in Switzerland) where he worked with several multi-national European clients. Marc is recognized as an innovative and pragmatic thought leader on IT strategy and value, especially global and cross-business unit governance issues. He has received patents for his work and regularly speaks and publishes on contemporary IT topics.

Prior to joining KPMG, he was a partner in with Accenture’s Strategic IT Effectiveness practice, and prior to that, a member of IBM’s consulting practice. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in information systems and an MBA from the Fox School of Business, Temple University.

TWELFTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS

K. VENKATESH PRASAD

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATOR AWARD

Venkatesh Prasad is a technical leader with a strong internal and external reputation for addressing large, complex, cross-national, multidisciplinary science and technology projects relating to automotive electrical and electronic systems. He is one of the masterminds behind the successful Ford SYNC® in-car connectivity system and was part of the extended team that launched Ford’s first telematics application (Lincoln RESCU). In 2012, he will help shape Ford’s new Silicon Valley Research Lab which will focus on developing mobility solutions to harness the power of seamless connectivity, cloud computing and clean technology.

Prasad is recognized for having created the formal technical specification for a built-in, brought-in and beamed-in connectivity system and led the prove-out of a number of enabling technologies and supported the core engineering teams to deliver what has become Ford’s industry leading family of connectivity technologies. Prasad also created a novel open-innovation approach by leading the design of the software system technologies and tools needed for trusted partners & third-party developers, including university students, to rapidly innovate with Ford in the creation of software applications.

Prasad has more than 20 years’ experience on the design of embedded electronics, software and associated communications systems. Previously Prasad has worked in Silicon Valley (Ricoh California Research Center) and prior to that was at Caltech and was affiliated with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

TWELFTH ANNUAL IT AWARDS