Bitstream Inc. President and CEO Anna Chagnon Listed as Finalists in 6th Annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business
Marlborough, MA — November 10,2009 — Bitstream (NASDAQ:
BITS) was named a Finalist in the Most Innovative Company of the year category and company CEO Anna Chagnon was named a Finalist for Best Executive of the Year in a non-services business in the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Stevie Award winners will be announced in New York on November 13.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, and the companies they run – worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world’s premier business awards.
Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word “crowned,” winners will be announced during a gala event at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York on Friday, November 13. Nominated women executives and entrepreneurs from the U.S.A and several other countries are expected to attend. The presentations will be broadcast live on radio in the U.S.A. by the Business TalkRadio Network.
More than 1,100 entries were submitted this year for consideration in 54 categories, including Best Executive, Best Entrepreneur, and Best Community Involvement Program.
“It is marvelous to see so many brilliant and experienced women thrive in the business community and be nominated for this year’s Stevie Awards for Women in Business,” said Anna Chagnon, CEO of Bitstream. “To be included among such an exceptional group of women is a compliment and my best wishes go out to all the finalists for the Stevies.”
Chagnon has successfully positioned Bitstream to capitalize on the immense mobile and wireless market by advancing their existing technologies and developing new technologies that are taking the market by storm. With the introduction of their new product called BOLT, Bitstream has proved to be front and center in innovation and adoption of the mobile Internet revolution.
Since its introduction, 2.4 million BOLT accounts have been created, with as many as 2.5 million pages being served up each day. The BOLT mobile browser, built to be used on a wide range of mobile phones from simple “feature” phones to more advanced devices such as BlackBerry smartphones, has averaged greater than 50 percent growth in usage each month since the application made its public debut at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this past February.
“Being named a Finalist in The Stevie Awards for Women in Business is an important achievement,” said Michael Gallagher, president of the Stevie Awards. “It means that independent business executives have agreed that the nominee is worthy of recognition. We congratulate all of the Finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition.”
Details about The Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/women.
