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Anexinet CEO Diego Calderin Receives IT Leadership Award from La Salle University
October 24th Award Ceremony Recognizes Alum for his Contributions to the Field of Information Technology and to La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA – October 25, 2007 - Diego Calderin, president and Chief Executive Officer of Anexinet Corporation received La Salle University’s Information Technology Leadership Award. A 1983 graduate of La Salle, Calderin and his family left Cuba for the United States in 1961 with only a change of clothes. From this beginning, Calderin has achieved an “American Dream” of arriving here as a political refugee and finding the opportunity to create a better life. At La Salle, he not only earned a college degree but found the career direction he would pursue. Calderin earned a scholarship to La Salle where he planned to study medicine—until a conversation with Dr. Gerri Seitchik, the University’s pre-med adviser, changed his life.
Margaret McCoey, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at La Salle presented the award Wednesday, October 24 at an evening ceremony that took place on the La Salle University Campus. According to McCoey, Calderin was nominated for the award based on his professional achievements in the IT field, and his many contributions to La Salle.
Calderin is Chairperson of the Integrated Science, Business, and Technology Advisory Board at La Salle and was a contributing member of a board that helped plan and design the program. “Diego has been very active with the University in a number of capacities,” said McCoey. “He’s also been a leader and innovator in incorporating technology with business, and La Salle’s Computer Science Advisory Board felt he was quite deserving of this honor.”
When Calderin became President and Chief Operating Officer of Anexinet in 2002, revenues doubled. Since assuming the roles of President and Chief Executive Officer in 2003, Anexinet has expanded from a Philadelphia-area firm with offices in the New York City region and greater Washington, D.C. area. In 2005, Calderin was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® in the Emerging Business category and most recently recognized by Inc 5000 as one of the nation’s top privately-held companies.
Calderin is also an active member of the Society for Information Management (SIM); board of trustees member for the Community Volunteers In Medicine (CVIM); a translator for the Visiting Nurses Association of Chester County; a Cornerstone Sponsor for the Philadelphia Children’s Theater; and a Premier Sponsor for the Guadenzia Community.
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