Edison Awards 2011 honoring innovation in the development and launch of new products and services

"For inno360, the caliber, excellence, and achievement recognized by the Edison Award provided both national recognition and awareness of both our software platform for accelerated innovation, and our company. Some say that you are judged by the company that you keep, if that is the case, then we are in great company, and proud to be amongst the peer group recognized by the Edison Award. Because of the caliber of this award, and the recognition the award has brought us, we have now connected with some of the Edison's of today."

Frank Kovacs, Chief Marketing Officer, inno360
"The Edison Award reinforced what our customers are telling us - our dedicated products are leading in ultrasound innovations, allowing clinicians to provide the best quality of care to women of all ages."

Karl-Heinz Lumpi, General Manager, Women's Health Ultrasound, GE Healthcare
"Covergirl was thrilled to be recognized as an Edison Award winner for Covergirl & OLAY Simply Ageless Foundation, the only cosmetic product to receive this recognition in 2010."

Vince Hudson, General Manager of North American Cosmetics, P&G Beauty & Grooming
"At Align, we were thrilled to win the Edison Gold award. We consider it a great honor, and have integrated the news into our consumer and professional marketing materials."

Tom Kuhn, Brand Manager, Align
"Henkel is honored that Purex Complete 3-in-1 Laundry Sheets won a prestigious Edison Gold Award. We have leveraged the Edison Award seal on both consumer and trade marketing elements since the award resonates with all constituencies as a top innovative product."

Stephen Koven, Senior Brand Manager | Laundry Care, Henkel
"The Edison Award honor carries a tremendous perceived value and an embedded familiarity in all business, end user and international circles. Edison is a global mark and prestigious achievement for any recipient. The brand is well managed and highly regarded."

Brian Levine, Vice President Business Development, Windtronics
"I strongly encourage the innovators of today to engage in this process, and put their best foot forward, for both the experience, the exposure, and the connection opportunities represented by the Edison Award. It clearly opens new doors for everyone involved."

Frank Kovacs, Chief Marketing Officer, inno360
"Being a recipient of a prestigious Edison Best New Product Award has opened many new doors for our company. Relationships and partnerships forged during the event itself and as a result of the award have significantly helped to further our brand recognition among stakeholders, media, the online community and target customers."

Art Jacobsen, General Manager, CarMD Corp.
"Fast, quality test reporting is vital to patient care. The Edison award underscores the significance of the Simplexa and 3M technologies in bringing high-end molecular testing a step closer to the patient, for faster reporting of reliable results"

John G. Hurrell, Ph.D., Vice President and General Manager, Focus Diagnostics
"This award has great personal meaning for me. Thomas Edison has always been a hero of mine, so it is especially gratifying to be honored with an award bearing his name."

Dr. D. Clark Turner, President and CEO of Aribex and the creator of the NOMAD.
"Being selected as an Edison Award winner validates our drive to develop an all-new transportation solution.Innovation has been at the heart of the Volt from its onset; from the development of the li-ion battery to the drive unit and the driver connectivity."

Tony Posawatz, Chevrolet Volt vehicle line director.
"The Edison Award provides ongoing national recognition of our invention, which fuels the fire of perseverance to keep inventing even in the face of failure. The Edison Award is a validation that at CAPS the impossible is possible."

Donna Deeds, Executive Director, CAPS
"Passion for developing diagnostic innovations that will improve patient care is central to our culture and mission. Winning the prestigious Edison award underscores the strength of our commitment to innovation and our patients while also marking the success of our close collaboration with 3M. "

Surya N. Mohapatra, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive officer, Quest Diagnostics.
"The positive reaction that the MitraClip device has received from physicians, patients, academics, and organizations such as the Edison Awards, speaks volumes about the strength of Abbott's pipeline of groundbreaking new therapies. This gold award specifically recognizes the innovation and commitment to excellence that our employees have shown in taking this new treatment from concept to improving the lives of patients."

Chip Hance, Senior Vice President, Vascular, Abbott.

EDISON ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Honoring Innovators

The Edison Achievement Award recognizes distinguished business executives who have made a significant and lasting contribution to innovation, marketing and human-centered design throughout their careers. This honor is bestowed among the elite within corporate America because the Edison Achievement Award winners' accomplishments serve as an industry-wide inspiration.

The 2012 Achievement Award winner(s) will be announced in October, 2011.

John S. Hendricks

2011 Edison Achievement Award Winner

As the Founder and Chairman of Discovery Communications, John Hendricks created the Discovery Channel in 1985 as the first cable network in the United States designed to provide high quality documentary programming enabling people to explore their world and satisfy their curiosity. Mr. Hendricks has been the driving force behind its dramatic growth to reach a current total of 180 countries and territories with more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers. Discovery’s stable of companies now encompasses more than 100 networks representing 27 entertainment brands, including OWN, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel and HD Theater. Mr. Hendricks has been honored with a Primetime Emmy Award and with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ highest honor, the Governors Award. Edison Awards’ Steering Committee members noted that like Edison did years ago, Hendricks invested personal assets as evidence of his belief in what his dream could become, resulting in a multitude of inspiring success stories.

Alan Mulally

2011 Edison Achievement Award Winner

Alan Mulally has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Ford since 2006. Prior to joining Ford he served as the Executive Vice President of the Boeing Company and President & CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Mr. Mulally serves on the President’s Export Council, which was formed in 2010 to advise U.S. President Obama on export enhancement and ways to encourage companies to increase exports and enter new markets. He previously served as co-chair of the Washington Competitiveness Council, and sat on the advisory boards of NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a variety of other institutions. In selecting Mr. Mulally to receive the 2011 Edison Achievement Award, the Steering Committee members cited the boldness of vision and leadership he has brought to the Ford Motor Company. Mr. Mulally’s past industry and business awards include recognition as one of “The World’s Most Influential People” by TIME magazine in 2009, “Person of the Year” by Aviation Week magazine in 2006, and one of “The Best Leaders of 2005” by Business Week magazine.

2011 Achievement Award Winners
David Zaslav, John Hendricks, Sir Martin Sorrell, Alan Mulally and Mike Rowe.

PAST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS INCLUDE:

John S. Hendricks - Discovery Communications
Alan Mulally - Ford Motor Company
Susan Hockfield - MIT
A.G. Lafley - Procter & Gamble
David M. Kelley - IDEO
Susan Desmond-Hellmann - Genentech
Ted Turner - Time Warner
Reuben Mark - Colgate-Palmolive
Doug Ivester - Coca-Cola Company
Martha Stewart - MSL Omnimedia
Nolan Archibald - Black & Decker
Dale Morrison - Campbell Soup Co.
Robert Palmer - Digital Corporation
Arthur Martinez - Sears, Roebuck & Co.
H. John Greeniaus - Nabisco, Inc.
J. Willard Marriott, Jr. - Marriott International
Rich DeVos - Amway Corporation
Jay Van Andel - Amway Corporation
Bert C. Roberts - MCI Corporation
Ray Smith - Bell Atlantic
William McGowan - MCI Corporation
Frank Perdue - Perdue Farms
Herb Baum - Campbell Soup Co.

"The Edison Award reinforced what our customers are telling us - our dedicated products are leading in ultrasound innovations, allowing clinicians to provide the best quality of care to women of all ages."

"Covergirl was thrilled to be recognized as an Edison Award winner for Covergirl & OLAY Simply Ageless Foundation, the only cosmetic product to receive this recognition in 2010."

"At Align, we were thrilled to win the Edison Gold award. We consider it a great honor, and have integrated the news into our consumer and professional marketing materials."

"Henkel is honored that Purex Complete 3-in-1 Laundry Sheets won a prestigious Edison Gold Award. We have leveraged the Edison Award seal on both consumer and trade marketing elements since the award resonates with all constituencies as a top innovative product."

"The Edison Award honor carries a tremendous perceived value and an embedded familiarity in all business, end user and international circles. Edison is a global mark and prestigious achievement for any recipient. The brand is well managed and highly regarded."

"I strongly encourage the innovators of today to engage in this process, and put their best foot forward, for both the experience, the exposure, and the connection opportunities represented by the Edison Award. It clearly opens new doors for everyone involved."

"Fast, quality test reporting is vital to patient care. The Edison award underscores the significance of the Simplexa and 3M technologies in bringing high-end molecular testing a step closer to the patient, for faster reporting of reliable results"

"This award has great personal meaning for me. Thomas Edison has always been a hero of mine, so it is especially gratifying to be honored with an award bearing his name."

"Being selected as an Edison Award winner validates our drive to develop an all-new transportation solution.Innovation has been at the heart of the Volt from its onset; from the development of the li-ion battery to the drive unit and the driver connectivity."

"The Edison Award provides ongoing national recognition of our invention, which fuels the fire of perseverance to keep inventing even in the face of failure. The Edison Award is a validation that at CAPS the impossible is possible."

"Passion for developing diagnostic innovations that will improve patient care is central to our culture and mission. Winning the prestigious Edison award underscores the strength of our commitment to innovation and our patients while also marking the success of our close collaboration with 3M. "

John S. Hendricks

Alan Mulally

PAST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS INCLUDE: