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class=718401803-14102006></SPAN><FONT color=#000000>MIT’s Engineering Systems
Division invites you to a <SPAN class=437271303-14102006>lecture</SPAN> by
Linda Sanford, IBM’s SVP of Enterprise On Demand Transformation and Information
Technology, who will speak on “Engineering Systems Solutions to Real World
Challenges." This event is co-sponsored by IBM and MIT's Engineering
Systems Division<SPAN class=718401803-14102006>.</SPAN> </FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000><SPAN class=437271303-14102006>A </SPAN>reception with
refreshments will follow. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000>Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2006<SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN><FONT color=#000000>Location: Building 34, Room
101, <SPAN class=map1><?xml:namespace prefix = u1 /><u1:address
u2:st="on"><u1:Street u2:st="on">50 Vassar Street</u1:Street>, <u1:City
u2:st="on">Cambridge</u1:City>, <u1:State u2:st="on">MA</u1:State>
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color=#000000><SPAN class=437271303-14102006>Open to: Entire MIT Community --
please forward to students, colleagues, staff.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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class=437271303-14102006>T</SPAN>his event is free of charge.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ms. Sanford leads the strategy for
IBM’s internal transformation to the industry’s premier on demand business. In
this role, she is responsible for working across IBM to transform core business
processes, create an IT infrastructure to support those processes, and help
create a culture that recognizes the value that on demand leadership can bring
to IBM.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Previously Ms. Sanford was Senior
Vice President & Group Executive, IBM Storage Systems Group, where she
helped take IBM from fifth place in storage market share to second in two years.
Prior to assuming that position, Ms. Sanford headed IBM Global Industries, the
organization that manages relationships with IBM's largest customers worldwide
and is responsible for generating almost 70 percent of IBM's revenue.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">One of the highest-ranking women at
IBM, Ms. Sanford is a member of the Women in Technology International Hall of
Fame and the National Academy of Engineering. She has been named one of the 50
Most Influential Women in Business by Fortune Magazine, one of the Top Ten
Innovators in the Technology Industry by Information Week Magazine, and one of
the Ten Most Influential Women in Technology by Working Woman Magazine.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ms. Sanford is the chairman of The
Business Council of New York State, Inc. She serves on the Board of Directors of
the Partnership for <u1:City u2:st="on"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">New York
City</u1:City></st1:City>, ITT Industries, <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:PlaceName
u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">St.
John's</u1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName> <u1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</u1:PlaceType></u1:place></st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, and
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ms. Sanford co-authored “Let Go To
Grow: Escaping the Commodity Trap” a book that details how successful companies
are pursuing strategies to drive long-term growth and innovation. The book was
published by Prentice Hall in December 2005.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A graduate of <u1:place
u2:st="on"><u1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">St. John's</u1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName> <u1:PlaceType
u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</u1:PlaceType></u1:place></st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, Ms.
Sanford earned an M.S. in Operations Research from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This event is part of the
IBM-MIT/ESD Innovation Lecture Series. Each session will demonstrate how today’s
leaders and practitioners are using engineering systems and services sciences
approaches to address complex problems. Drawing from real-life examples, the
series will explain how these approaches were applied at IBM and other
organizations, and demonstrate how to achieve breakthrough solutions that
deliver sustained value to enterprises and society as a whole.The next event,
which will feature senior executives from the healthcare industry, is scheduled
for December 14, 2006. Details TBA.</SPAN></P>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lois Slavin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Communications Director</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>MIT Engineering Systems
Division</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>77 Massachusetts Avenue</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>E40-315</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cambridge, MA
02139-4307</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tel. 617.253.0812</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax: 617.253.1462</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>WWW: </FONT><A
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