February 2000

GVU welcomes the three latest affiliates to join the GVU Industrial Advisory Board. They are: Andersen Consulting, represented by Joe McCarthy; Fidelity Investments Center for Applied Technology, represented by Tom Tullis; and Motorola, represented by Ken Crisler.

Andersen Consulting, is a leading global management and technology consulting firm. The firm works with clients from a wide range of industries to bring about far-reaching change by aligning their people, processes and technology with their strategy. Since 1989, Andersen Consulting's annual revenues have grown from just over $1 billion to $8.3 billion in 1998. In addition, the firm serves more than 85 of the Fortune 100 largest global public companies and many of the world's leading governments.

Fidelity Investments is the largest mutual fund company in the world, serving more than 15 million investors. The company is comprised of a close-knit enterprise of businesses that serve a variety of customers with a wide range of financial services. Customers include corporations, non-profit organizations, financial institutions and advisors, as well as millions of individuals worldwide. GVU is working with the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology.

Motorola is a $30 billion technology company with more than 130,000 employees in 50 countries worldwide. It is recognized as a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions, including software-enhanced wireless telephone, two-way radio, networking and Internet-access products, messaging and satellite communications products and systems, digital and analog systems, just to name a few. In addition, Motorola is fast becoming one of the world's premier software innovators.

Located at Georgia Tech, GVU (Graphics, Visualization & Usability) is an interdisciplinary research center focused on discovering and teaching the principles which make humans and organizations more effective. The Center is comprised of more than 70 affiliated faculty members and 160 graduate students from disciplines such as computing, psychology, engineering, architecture, and literature, communication and culture. For the second time, GVU's graduate Ph.D. program in graphics/user interaction ranks in the top five among computer science specialties at U.S. universities, according to the 2000 edition of U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools.