Corning Elects Software Industry Executive to Board of Directors.CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 1999-- Dr. Deborah Triant Rieman, a software industry executive, was elected today to the board of directors of Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated NYSE: GLW is an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known until 1989 as Corning Glass Works. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GLW GLW Glasgow Airport (UK) GLW Gross Laden Weight GLW Good Lady Wife (Australia) ). Dr. Rieman will stand for re-election for a three-year term at Corning's annual meeting in April 2000. Dr. Rieman, 49, is the executive director of Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), an Israeli company that is one of the largest and most profitable Internet companies. It is known as the worldwide leader in technology and products that secure the Internet. She has more than 18 years of experience in the software industry. Before joining Check Point Software in 1995, Dr. Rieman was vice president of marketing at Adobe Systems Incorporated. She joined Adobe in 1993 from Sun Microsystems, where she was president and chief executive officer of its subsidiary, Sitka Corporation. Prior to Sitka, Dr. Rieman headed Congruity con·gru·i·ty n. pl. con·gru·i·ties 1. The quality or fact of being congruous. 2. The quality or fact of being congruent. 3. A point of agreement. Noun 1. , a consulting firm that provided strategic planning and marketing services to advanced technology companies. She also held senior positions in planning and marketing at Xerox Corporation, and in technical management at MITRE Corporation. Early in her career, Dr. Rieman was assistant professor of mathematics at the University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university, one of the ten campuses of the University of California. . A leading authority on Internet and enterprise security, Dr. Rieman has been widely quoted in leading business publications and television broadcasts. She is a frequent speaker in industry and financial conferences. She was recently featured on the cover of Fortune magazine, and was named as one of the "Twenty Executives to Watch" by Computer Reseller News. Dr. Rieman received a doctorate in mathematics from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College Sarah Lawrence College, at Bronxville, N.Y.; primarily for women; chartered 1926, opened 1928 as Sarah Lawrence College for Women; renamed 1947. It is noted for its creative arts program. . She also serves on the board of directors for Altera Corporation and Sandpiper sandpiper, common name for some members of the large family Scolopacidae, small shore birds, including the snipe and the curlew. Sandpipers are wading birds with relatively long legs and long, slender bills for probing in the sand or mud for their prey—all Networks, Inc. Established in 1851, Corning Incorporated creates leading-edge technologies for the fastest-growing markets of the world's economy. Corning manufactures optical fiber, cable and photonic products for the telecommunications industry; and high-performance displays and components for television and other communications-related industries. The company also uses advanced materials to manufacture products for scientific, semiconductor and environmental markets. Corning's revenues in 1998 were $3.5 billion. More information on the company is available at www.corning.com. |
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