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2004 SOFTWARE INDUSTRY AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED BY SOFTWARE COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Former Sage Software CEO David Hanna to be Awarded Software Council’s TORRANCE, CALIF. - January 28, 2004 - The Software Council of Southern California today announced the finalists for the 2004 Software Industry Awards. The awards, which will be presented at a gala dinner event on Thursday, February 5, 2004, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, honor individuals and companies that have made extraordinary contributions to the growth of Southern California as a center for technological innovation. The Council also announced that it has selected former Sage Software CEO David W. Hanna, as the first recipient of the Software Council of Southern California’s Lifetime Achievement Award. "This year’s awards finalists cover the entire region from San Diego through Santa Barbara," noted Lee Shaeffer, executive director of the Software Council. "The caliber of companies truly shows Southern California to be a hub of innovation and center of excellence for the software industry." The Software Industry Awards are sponsored by CJ Patrick Company, Dorsey & Whitney, KPMG, Oracle Corporation, and Silicon Valley Bank. Finalists A total of fifteen companies have been selected as finalists in the five awards categories: CEO of the Year - L. George Klaus, Epicor Software Corporation; James Demetriades, SeeBeyond Technology Corporation; Nicolaas Volk, Vision Solutions, Inc. Entrepreneur of the Year - Peter Shaw, Akonix Systems, Inc.; Gene Wang, Bitfone Corporation; Russell Reeder, RightsLine, Inc. Software Company of the Year - Envision Financial Systems, Inc.; SYSPRO; Telelogic North America Inc. Developer of the Year - James Spoto, Applied Wave Research; Gene Wang, Bitfone Corporation; Dr. Azad Madni, Intelligent Systems Technology, Inc. Software Services Company of the Year - Expertcity, Inc.; ProcessClaims; SiteLite Lifetime Achievement Award This year’s event, the 10th anniversary of the Software Industry Awards, will also feature the premiere of the Software Council of Southern California’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented annually to an individual who has made major contributions to the growth and success of the region’s software industry. The first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award will be David W. Hanna, the former CEO of Sage Software. Hanna played an instrumental managerial role in leading Sage Software, Inc. from a negligible net worth position in 1985, when he joined the company as CEO, president and director, to a market value of $263 million in early 1998. Founded in 1981 as State of the Art, Inc. (SOTA), the company was sold in March of 1998 to Sage, Plc, a public company based in the United Kingdom. Hanna produced a triple digit growth in revenues and earnings between 1994 and the end of fiscal 1999. Under his stewardship Sage has become the leading company in the U.S. in accounting software and support for small and medium-sized businesses. Hanna recently resigned as CEO of Sage, but he continues to play an active role at the company as a non-executive director, senior advisor and consultant. Hanna currently sits on the board of directors of three high technology companies, CacheFlow, InfoGain, and MITEM Corporation. He serves on National Board of the Alzheimer's Foundation, the Director’s Board of the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Irvine, and the Board of Directors of Empower America, a not-for-profit organization that advances free enterprise solutions to societal problems. Hanna was honored as "1998 Software CEO of the Year" by the Software Council of Southern California, and named one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People of 1999" by Accounting Today magazine. About The Software Council of Southern California (SCSC) About RightsLine RightsLine Software Inc. is a leading provider of business applications software, enabling companies to increase revenue from existing intellectual property, across all lines of business. In a time when shareholders are pushing management to do more with less, RightsLine provides the first software solution focused on increasing revenue from intellectual property. From automating licensing and sales divisions to making marketing and corporate brand management departments more efficient, RightsLine provides a proven set of rights management, licensing and royalty products, allowing our customers to increase revenue, reduce risk and improve efficiencies. For more information, visit us at www.RightsLine.com. SCSC Contact Rightsline Contact
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