Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 3, 2000
STEPHEN J. ANDRIOLE, PhD is Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology
Officer at Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. Dr. Andriole is formerly the
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President for Technology
Strategy at CIGNA Corporation, a $20 billion global insurance and
financial services company. Dr. Andriole began his career at Decisions &
Designs, Inc., a company that designed and developed interactive
computer-based resource allocation, forecasting and decision-making
systems. He has directed large R&D programs in government, industry and
academia. Dr. Andriole was the Director of the Cybernetics Technology
Office of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). Dr. Andriole
founded International Information Systems (IIS), Inc. IIS specializes in
requirement analysis and prototyping, the design of user-computer
interfaces, and software systems evaluation. Dr. Andriole is formerly a
Professor of Information Systems and Electrical and Computer Engineering
at Drexel University, where he founded and directed the Center for
Multidisciplinary Information Systems Engineering. He is also formerly a
George Mason Institute Professor of Information Technology and Chairman
of the Department of Information Systems and Systems Engineering at
George Mason University. Dr. Andriole received his BA from LaSalle
University and his Masters and Doctorate degrees from the University of
Maryland. Profile
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