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AIIM Recognizes Outstanding Achievement and Significant Contribution to the Enterprise Content Management Industry

AIIM EXPO -- AIIM, the international authority on Enterprise Content Management (ECM), is pleased to announce the winners of its annual association and industry awards. Winners were acknowledged at the AIIM awards celebration last night in conjunction with the annual AIIM On Demand Conference and Exposition.

The AIIM association and industry awards recognize outstanding achievement and significant contribution by members and organizations to the industry and the association. "The Awards Committee faced an especially difficult challenge this year," notes AIIM President John Mancini. "The quantity of nominations was higher across all categories, and the quality of the candidates was truly exceptional. This demonstrates the commitment of our members to the Association and to the ECM industry -- a commitment for which we are truly grateful."

Awards are presented in the following categories:

ASSOCIATION AWARDS

--  Distinguished Service Award
--  Company of Fellows
    

INDUSTRY AWARDS

--  Thomas C. Bagg Standards Award
--  Education Award
--  Film-based Imaging Association (FbIA) Award
--  Best Practices Award
--  Master of Information Technologies Award
--  Laureate of Information Technologies Award
    

ASSOCIATION AWARDS

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Established in 1973, this award recognizes individuals whose outstanding service benefited the advancement of Enterprise Content Management technology through AIIM chapters, national or international standards development, or other committee activity.

This year's recipients are:

--  Julie Bishop, Marion County Health Department
--  Mark Carter, IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
--  John Chickering, Fidelity Investments
--  Karen Clapp, Sauer-Danfoss
--  Russ Edelman, Corridor Consulting
--  Jeremiah Ford, Horace Mann School for the Deaf
--  Janet Huebner, CUNA Mutual Life Insurance Co.
--  Mark Mandel, AmCad, LLC
--  Peter Ransome, Active Data Services
--  J. Timothy Sprehe, Sprehe Information Management Associates
    

COMPANY OF FELLOWS

The Company of Fellows honors those individuals in the association who merit recognition and distinction for their outstanding contributions to the Enterprise Content Management Industry. Each award is numbered and assigned in perpetuity. No more than four individuals are inducted each year.

Robert Blatt, President, Electronic Image Designers

Bob has been involved in the document management industry for many years starting with microfilm and fiche systems and later moving into computer storage and network operations. He is an avid supporter of the AIIM standards program serving on AIIM, ANSI and ISO technical committees. Bob received the Distinguished Service Award in 2002 as well as the AIIM Master of Information Technology designation and the Document Imaging Laureate.

John Breeden, Records Manager, Virginia Dept. of Transportation

John has been an active member of the Old Dominion for many years, serving in every office in the chapter. He participates in the AIIM Standards Program as well as serving on the US Technical Advisory Group to ISO. John received the Distinguished Service Award in 1994.

Peter Hovell, President, Hovell Assoc., Inc.

Peter has been a member of AIIM for over 25 years. He has been an active member of the Film-based Imaging Association and is Director and V. P. of Membership. Peter is currently serving as Acting-Chair. He is the recipient of the Masters of Information Technology Designation.

A.J. Hyland, President, Hyland Software Co.

A.J. has been active in the industry for the past 12 years. He has served on the AIIM Board of Directors, most recently as Chair, as well as chairing the Board of Directors Nominating Committee and is one of the founding members of the Advisory Trade Member Board.

INDUSTRY AWARDS

THOMAS C. BAGG STANDARDS AWARD

The Thomas C. Bagg Standards Award is given in memory of Thomas C. Bagg, Jr., who was an internationally recognized leader in the standards community. The recipient must have been an active member of the AIIM Standards Program and other industry standards programs for ten or more years. No more than one such award will be made in any one year, and it is not necessarily awarded annually.

This year's recipient is Lester Kruger, retired from 3M Company.

EDUCATION AWARD

The Education Award was established to recognize individuals and/or companies who have advanced the Enterprise Content Management industry through educational programs.

This year's recipient is Pamela Doyle, Director, Imaging Products Group Spokesperson, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

THE FILM-BASED IMAGING ASSOCIATION AWARD

The Film-based Imaging Association Award was established in 2001 to recognize those who have made widely recognized contributions that have materially benefited the film-based imaging industry.

This year's recipient is Russ Burkel, General Manager, Analogue Imaging, LLC.

BEST PRACTICES AWARD

The AIIM Best Practices award was established to recognize excellence in the ECM field. The term "Best Practice" denotes a standard of excellence that has been achieved within an organization and refers to a process that can be quantified, adapted, and repeated.

This year, awards are being presented in the following categories:

Banking and Financial Services -- For an enterprise-wide content access
service infrastructure
Wachovia Bank and IBM

Insurance -- For an enterprise-wide content access service infrastructure
Cincinnati Financial and Captiva

Insurance -- For an automated accounts payable system
Delta Dental and Recognition Research

Engineering and Manufacturing -- For a comprehensive content management
system
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. and Image Integration Systems

Government -- For a city-wide knowledge management system
City of Aurora, CO and Stellent

Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals -- For worldwide drug brand systems of rich
media content
Bristol-Myers Squibb and ClearStory Systems

Shoestring Award -- For an automated accounts payable system
CTS Cement Manufacturing and AnyDoc Software

Other -- For an automated abstraction process
H.W. Wilson and Imaging Solutions

Other -- For a web-based content management business portal
Land O'Lakes and Stellent

MASTER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (MIT)

The AIIM Master of Information Technologies Designation is intended to recognize those individuals with a significant track record of education, AIIM membership, and industry accomplishment.

Recipients of the 2005 Master of Technologies Designation are:

--  James Minihan, IMERGE Consulting Inc.
--  Sreenath Reddy Palnati, ACE Technologies Inc.
--  Thomas M. Seneger, Kongsberg Defense Aerospace
--  Bernard Chester, IMERGE Consulting Inc.
    

LAUREATE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (LIT)

AIIM has established areas of specialization beyond the Master of Information Technologies Program: Micrographics, Electronic Document Image Management, Workflow, Engineering Document Management, Systems Integrator/Value-Added Reseller, Enterprise Content Management and Electronic Records Management. This specialization is open only to persons who have completed the Master of Information Technologies Designation.

Recipients of the 2005 Laureate of Information Technologies Designation and their specialization areas are:

--  R.J.G. de Munk, SNS Reaal Group (Electronic Document Management)
--  Sara Flanagan, Silicon Plains Technologies (Electronic Records
    Management)
--  Nicole Smith, Cingular Wireless (Micrographics)
--  Carlos Alberto Bassi, INFORMSYS Consult Com Serv Inform Ltda
    (Workflow)
    

About AIIM

AIIM -- the international authority on Enterprise Content Management (ECM), is leading the way to the understanding, adoption and use of ECM technologies. These technologies, tools, and methods are used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content across an enterprise in support of business processes. As a non-profit association for more than 60 years, AIIM provides news, information and resources through its website and ongoing education through programs that include market analysis, industry standards development, e-learning courses, publications, local chapters and regional events. Complete information about the association, is available on the web at www.aiim.org.

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