IDEAlliance Announces New Officers & Directors for 2011

(Alexandria, Virginia, February 7, 2011) - With the New Year, the 2011 IDEAlliance Board of Directors is taking shape. New Directors elected by the IDEAlliance membership for two-year terms are Christopher Lien, President of BCC Software, Inc., A Bowe Bell + Howell Company, and Penny Sullivan, Vice President Editorial Operations and Technology of Meredith Corporation. New Officers elected by the Board will take office in February.

In making the announcement, David J. Steinhardt, IDEAlliance CEO, stated, “We are grateful to have this level of expertise and talent on the IDEAlliance Board of Directors. The IDEAlliance Board is composed of individuals with diverse interests that find synergy in applying new technologies to advance seamless end-to-end media creation, production, and distribution.”

The new Chairman of the Board is Lisa Bos of Really Strategies. Ms. Bos is co-founder and CTO for Really Strategies and a recognized expert in the design of XML-based content management systems. Lisa provides guidance to publishers on technology choices, workflow engineering, and content design.

The 2011 IDEAlliance Officers are:

Chairman:

Lisa Bos, Executive Vice President & Chief Architect

Really Strategies, Inc.

Vice Chair:

Chip Harding, President/CEO

Harper House, Inc.

Treasurer:

Paul Clancy, Vice President of Sales, Publishing

NewPage Corporation

Secretary:

Jim Mikol, Executive Vice President Director, Solutions Group

Leo Burnett USA

Past Chair:

Guy Gleysteen, Senior Vice President of Production

Time Inc.

About IDEAlliance

IDEAlliance® (International Digital Enterprise Alliance) is a global community of content and media creators, and their service providers, material suppliers, and technology partners. Our Association identifies best practices for efficient end-to-end digital media workflows—from content creation through delivery. Through our active committees, educational conferences, webinars, training and certification programs, we provide members the forum for the exchange of information that results in the creation of our industry’s most valued standards. www.idealliance.org.