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June 2009 Updates

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CIO Changes – May 2009 – June 17, 2009

· John Kovac joins women’s retailer Talbot’s Inc. as their new Chief Information Officer. View his LinkedIn profile here: John Kovac LinkedIn

· Erie Indemnity announced Eric Miller as the new SVP of Information Technology among a list of other executive management changes. View the full press release here: http://tinyurl.com/eriecio

· The State of Washington has chosen a CIO. Governor Chris Gregoire named Tony Tortorice to head Information Services for the State of Washington. Prior to joining the IS Department for the State of Washington, Tortorice was the Chief Information Officer at the Los Angeles Unified School District. Read the press release here: Washinton State CIO

· Former Level 3 Communications CIO Kevin Hart joined a new list of executives at Clearwire as Chief Information Officer. View his LinkedIn profile here: Kevin T. Hart LinkedIn

· Barbara Carlini leaves her role as VP at Motorola to take the CIO seat at Dean Foods.

· Borders Group makes some major changes in their IT Organization appointing Paul Devitt Director of E-Commerce Systems and selecting Scott Laverty as Chief Information Officer.

· KPMG selected Jim Routh to be the new Chief Information Security Officer for the company.

· Capital One Financial recently announced two major promotions in their IT organization promoting Marty Wilson to Vice President of IT. Wilson was the Senior Director of End-User Services prior to her promotion. Also, Scott H. Goodman was promoted to Managing Vice President of Audit, Information Systems, and Enterprise Projects.

· The United States Air Force announced the birth of its first numbered cyberwarfare component. Major General Richard Webber will be its first commander. Read the press release here: Air Force Cyberwarfare

· After a lengthy debate in the Oklahoma Senate, Gov. Brad Henry signed a bill creating the first ever Chief Information Officer position for the state of Oklahoma. The bill makes Oklahoma the 47^th state to have a Chief Information Officer. View the press release here: Oklahoma’s First CIO

· California-based airline, Virgin America, named Ravi Simhabhatla its new Chief Information Officer on June 11^th. View Ravi’s LinkedIn profile here: Ravi Simhabhatla LinkedIn

· Peter N. Schmidt has been appointed Chief Information Officer of the National Parkinson Foundation. View the press release here: NPF New CIO

· Emma Garrison-Alexander, former NSA official, was named Chief Information Officer of the TSA. TSA is a division of the Department of Homeland Security and operates with a $400 million IT budget. View the press release here: TSA CIO

· On June 13^th the Department of Housing and Urban Development selected Jerry Williams to serve as its Chief Information Officer.

· Progress Software hired David Benson to fill the role of CIO on June 12^th. Benson was CIO of media at News Corp prior to joining Progress Software. View his LinkedIn profile here: Dave Benson LinkedIn

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IT Outsourcing Contracts

· On May 20^th HCL Technologies signed an outsourcing services deal with media giant MTV networks. Services to be provided by HCL include digital content creation, media asset management, community networking, and programming on various platforms.

· The state of Utah recently signed a potential 10 year contract with eGovernment firm NIC. NIC will manage the official government portal http://utah.gov for an initial term of four years with six, single-year renewal options. The state of Utah has been partnered with NIC since 1999. The partnership has enabled Utah to be a consistent national leader in government IT performance.

· Xerox Corporation and Fuji Xerox, inked a five-year contract to manage the worldwide print operations for Procter & Gamble. The contract will reduce P&G’s operational cost by an estimated 20-25%. P&G believes that in addition to the cost savings the contract will reduce related power usage by 30% and paper consumption by 20% annually. Xerox will provide on-site training as well as a Web portal for consumables procurement and employee support.

· On June 4^th IBM announced several client wins for their Lotus collaboration software. Some of the clients listed are The Coca-Cola Company, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Fidelity Investments, Hyundai, Liberty Mutual, Nationwide, and HSBC among a host of other companies. IBM’s Lotus collaboration software has been seen as the cost alternative to Microsoft. Many believe that this is the reason for their recent success in the current economy.

· Indiana University recently announced a new enterprise license agreement with Microsoft Corp. In the agreement all students, faculty and staff will be given access to popular Microsoft products as IU has received unlimited licenses and software maintenance for its server software. IU will be first in line for any personal productivity advancements at Microsoft as part of the agreement. The four-year enterprise agreement is part of IU’s strategic IT plan dubbed, Empowering People.

Platform Updates

We’ve continued to innovate and add new features to our online SaaS platform. Please contact Christopher Jackson to schedule any additional training on our platform for your team members. Email Chris at cjackson@discoverorg.com

Companies added to the DiscoverOrg and DiscoverGOVT Databases

Organization	HQ State	Organization	HQ State
University of Alabama	AL	Children's Hospital Boston	MA
Arizona State University	AZ	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA
California Institute of Technology	CA	Constellation Energy	MD
County of San Diego	CA	Erickson Retirement Communities	MD
Frontier Communications	CT	State of Maine - (Office of the CIO)	ME
State of Connecticut - (Office of the CIO)	CT	Travelers Companies	MN
Yale University	CT	Peabody Energy Corporation	MO
State of Delaware - (Office of the CIO)	DE	Dartmouth College	NH
W.L. Gore & Associates	DE	Johnson & Johnson	NJ
Florida Power & Light	FL	Vonage	NJ
JM Family Enterprises	FL	Columbia University	NY
Southern Wine and Spirits	FL	Constellation Brands	NY
State of Florida - (Office of the CIO)	FL	Coopervision	NY
University of Central Florida	FL	Cornell University	NY
WellCare Health Plans	FL	Eastman Kodak	NY
Acuity Brands	GA	Harry Fox Agency	NY
Emory University	GA	Merrill Lynch	NY
PRG-Schultz International	GA	University of Akron	OH
State of Georgia - (Office of the CIO)	GA	Daimler Trucks North America	OR
WellStar Health System	GA	University of Pennsylvania	PA
State of Iowa - (Office of the CIO)	IA	Comerica Bank	TX
State of Idaho - (Office of the CIO)	ID	Fluor Corporation	TX
CDW Corporation	IL	Fujitsu	TX
State of Illinois - (Office of the CIO)	IL	Kimberly-Clark Corporation	TX
TravelCLICK	IL	Match.com	TX
State of Indiana - (Office of the CIO)	IN	Reliant Energy	TX
Collective Brands	KS	Tesoro Corporation	TX
State of Kansas - (Office of the CIO)	KS	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond	VA
State of Kentucky - (Office of the CIO)	KY	Expeditors International	WA
State of Louisiana - (Office of the CIO)	LA

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