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The 2003 New York “Ten Awards” Gala & Ten Awards NASDAQ Market Opening

October 2 & 3, 2003
Gotham Hall, New York City

*NEW*
Craig Barrett Speech

Cocktails and Dinner Gallery
Winners and Speakers Gallery

Mission Statement
The New York Ten Awards is an annual selection of ten individuals in the greater New York business community who have, through their innovation, significantly impacted their organization and industry - whether it be financial services, information technology, media, publishing, telecom or retail. Innovation is the cornerstone of any successful enterprise. But, innovation is not just about business. It's also about people and their individual contributions that allow their companies and customers to do business better.

The goal of the event is to act as an annual milestone highlighting the achievements of New York's business community and our city. Our vision is that by following their example, innovation and inspiration will continue to be the cornerstone of the New York business community.



Keynote Speaker

Craig Barrett CEO, Intel


Master of Ceremonies

Liz Claman Co-Anchor, "CNBC’s Wake Up Call"


Ten Awards Winners Open the NASDAQ Stock Market

Winners and guests at NASDAQ Market Opening

Several winners pose in front of the NASDAQ Tower in Times Square

Bob Johnston of the Executive Council and Marty Cassidy of Microsoft accept the NASDAQ crystal


Congratulations to the 2003 New York Ten Awards Winners:

Shelby Bonnie, CEO, CNET Networks, Inc. 


Jason Devitt, CEO, Vindigo
Hossein Eslambolchi, CTO, AT&T and President, AT&T Labs
Donna Iucolano, President, e-Scholastic
Sallie Krawcheck, CEO, Smith Barney
Kumar Mahadeva, CEO, Cognizant
Martin Nisenholtz, CEO, New York Times Digital
2003 Civic Award Winner
Lindsay Nohr, Founder and Executive Director, Fertile Hope
Alan Patricof, Vice Chairman, Apax Partner
Joe Pititto for Jim McCann, CEO, 1-800 Flowers
Kevin Ryan, CEO, DoubleClick 


Ten Awards VIP Reception

L-R: Nina Zagat of Zagat Survey Guides; Martin Nisenholtz, CEO of New York Times Digital and Ten Awards Winner

L-R: unidentified; Danny Schultz, DFJ Gotham; unidentified; Gene Quaglia, Area Director, Intel; Randy Cowen, CIO, Goldman Sachs

LL-R: Connie Weaver, head of PR at AT&T; Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T CTO and Ten Awards Winner; Mrs. Eslambolchi; Patricia Traynor, Vice President, AT&T

L-R: Tom Waldrop, head of PR at Intel; Martin Cassidy, Director, Microsoft

L-R: Bruce Aust, Executive Vice President, NASDAQ; Roger Savell, Director, Emerging Growth Markets, Ernst & Young and Executive Council Board Member; Michael Driscoll, Director, NASDAQ

L-R: Bob Johnston, President, Executive Council and Ten Awards Host; Nick Nyhan, CEO, Dynamic Logic; Megan Nyhan, Director of Events, Cooper Union

About Executive Council of New York
Executive Council of New York is a non-profit association that brings together New York's business community for the purposes of fostering knowledge-sharing and business networking in a professional environment. Executive Council of New York programs focus on critical business and leadership issues at the intersection of technology and business, with unique industry programs focusing on venture capital, security, and corporate governance, among others. Our initiatives and corporate members contribute to the economic prosperity of the region while fostering knowledge and information sharing, professional development and partnership opportunities for our members. The Exec. Council Corporate Members range from AT&T, IBM and Microsoft to AOL TW, Citibank, and Merrill Lynch as well as many other large and emerging growth technology and financial services companies and major law and accounting firms.