Newly Elected Board and Officers of Leading Tech Trade Association
Includes Executives from Oracle, Thomson Reuters and Red Hat
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Software &
Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association
for the software and digital content industries, today announced the newly
elected members and officers of its Board of Directors. The SIIA Board
consists of representatives from the association's 500-plus member
companies, who are selected by the overall membership. Board members help
determine SIIA priorities and drive the initiatives and projects that are
undertaken each year. "This new Board brings a wealth of knowledge and
experience that will strengthen SIIA and its ability to support the
industry," said Ken Wasch, SIIA President. "The Board will be focused on
public policy issues affecting our industry as well as the various SIIA
programs that help industry players understand our complex marketplace,"
added Wasch.
The newly-elected board members serving through 2009 include:
-- Kenneth Glueck, Vice President, Oracle Corporation
-- Fred Hawrysh, Global Director of Corporate Affairs, Thomson Reuters
Corporation
-- Tom Rabon, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Red Hat,
Inc.
The following members were recently selected to serve as officers:
-- Chairman: Robert Merry, Publisher and President, Congressional
Quarterly, Inc.
-- Vice Chairman: Stuart Udell, CEO, Penn Foster
-- Secretary: Tom Rabon, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs,
Red Hat, Inc.
-- Treasurer: Kathy Hurley, Senior Vice President of Strategic
Partnerships, Pearson School Companies
The new board members and officers noted above will join the following
representatives, who will continue serving on the SIIA Board of Directors:
-- Cynthia Braddon, Vice President of Government Affairs, The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (elected through 2010)
-- Daniel Burton, Senior Vice President of Global Public Policy,
Salesforce.com (elected through 2009)
-- Paul Despins, Senior Vice President, Publishing Services and
Technology, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (elected through 2009)
-- Joseph FitzGerald, Vice President for Intellectual Property,
Symantec Corporation (elected through 2010)
-- Steve Manzo, Vice President of Government Affairs, Reed Elsevier,
Inc. (elected through 2010)
-- Randy Marcinko, President, MEI (elected through 2009)
-- Bernard McKay, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Intuit, Inc.
(elected through 2009)
-- Jim Parkinson, Vice President of Developer, Tools and Services, Sun
Microsystems, Inc. (elected through 2009)
-- Alan Scott, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Dow
Jones Enterprise Media Group (elected through 2010)
-- Tim Sheehy, Director of Electronic Commerce, IBM Corporation
(elected through 2010)
About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal
trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA
provides global services in government relations, business development,
corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 500
leading software and information companies. For further information, visit
http://www.siia.net.
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CONTACT:
SIIA Communications: Eileen Bramlet,
+1-202-789-4469, ebramlet@siia.net; or PR Contact: Beth Dozier,
Rational PR, 202-429-1833, bethdozier@rationalpr.com, for SIIA
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