Newly Elected Board and Officers of Leading Tech Trade Association

Includes



    Executives from Oracle, Thomson Reuters and Red Hat



    WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 /EMWNews/ -- 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



    -- Treasurer: Tom Rabon, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs,

Red Hat, Inc.



    -- Secretary: 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.