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2008 Learning In Practice Award Recipients Announced

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Coronado, Calif. — Sept. 25
More than 40 awards were presented today to the learning industry’s most respected leaders during the Fall 2008 Chief Learning Officer Symposium’s special awards ceremony held at Hotel del Coronado.

“The Learning In Practice awards were established to recognize transformational and visionary leaders in enterprise education,” said Norm Kamikow, president and editor in chief of Chief Learning Officer magazine.

“A record number of top learning executives and solution providers were nominated by their peers. The winners are the industry leaders who truly champion innovation and transform it into learning and value for their organizations.”

The awards were broken into seven categories, with two divisions in each award category (Division 1 for enterprises with fewer than 10,000 employees and Division 2 for enterprises with more than 10,000 employees). Special Provider Awards also were presented to distinguished learning solution providers by Chief Learning Officer magazine in eight categories.

The award winners are as follows:

Learning In Practice Award Categories

CLO of the Year Award
Rebecca Ray, Senior Vice President, Global Talent Management and Development, MasterCard Worldwide

The Leadership Award:
Division 1
Gold: Andrea R. Huff, Executive Vice President, Lee Hecht Harrison
Silver: Carol Maietta, Chief Learning Officer, St. Vincent's Health System
Division 2
Gold: Annette Thompson, Chief Learning Officer, Farmers Insurance
Silver: Phil Morel, Director, Microsoft

The Vanguard Award:
Division 1
Gold: Linda Landry, Senior Director, Global Learning and Development, Nuance Communications
Silver: Kathy Hennessey, Senior Director, NetApp
Steve Wilson, Director, NetApp
Division 2
Gold: Ed Cohen, Senior Vice President and Chief Learning Officer, Satyam Computer Services
Silver: Lucy Dinwiddie, Vice President, Organizational Development, ConAgra Foods

The Innovation Award:
Division 1
Gold: Anthony Codianni, Director, Education and Development, Toshiba America Business Solutions
Silver: Joe Lepore, Senior Manager, Global Technical Training, Applied Biosystems
Division 2
Gold: Andy MacGovern, Head, Talent and Learning, Thomson Reuters
Silver: Chuck Floyd, Chief Operations Officer, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
Melkhart Rouhana, Corporate Senior Manager, Global Learning
Deborah Howard, Corporate Manager, Guest Relations, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

The Business Impact Award:
Division 1
Gold: Al Malinchak, Vice President and Chief Learning Officer, ManTech International
John Hovell, Director of Knowledge Management, ManTech International
Silver: Nicole Scheel, Director, InterCall University, InterCall
Division 2
Gold: Fred DePerez, Senior Manager, Sales and Product Training, Chrysler
Silver: Rajul Asthana, Head, Satyam Learning Centre, Satyam Computer Services

The Global Learning Award:
Division 2
Gold: Marianne Langlois, Vice President, Learning Solutions, Convergys Corporation
Silver: Debbie K. Hancock, Vice President, Seagate Technology

The Learning Team Award:
Division 1
Gold: HDS Supply Utilities
Silver: University Health System
Division 2
Gold: Sun Learning Services
Sun Microsystems
Silver: Clarity Education Team
CA Learning

Provider Awards

Excellence in Outsourcing Award
Gold: PerformTech Inc.
Silver: Resolute Learning

Excellence in E-Learning Award
Gold: NIIT USA Inc.
Silver: Allen Communication Learning Services

Excellence in LMS Award
Gold: Saba
Silver: GeoLearning

Excellence in Simulations and Games Award
Gold: Harbinger Knowledge Products
Silver: BTS USA

Excellence in Social Networks Award
Gold: Learning Tree International
Silver: SureSpeak LLC

Excellence in Content Award
Gold: Intrepid Learning Solutions
Silver: Harvard Business Publishing

Excellence in Customer Service Award
Gold: Meridian KSI
Silver: Expertus

Excellence in Academic Partnerships Award
Gold: Bellevue University
Silver: SMU Cox Executive Education

All of the award winners will be featured in a special report supplement in the December issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine.

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