Joseph Farrelly

Director of the Company
Sr.VP & CIO of Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Mr. Farrelly (Joe) is presently Sr.VP & CIO of Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an $18 billion world leader in the development and marketing of pharmaceutical products. Previously, Joe was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Vivendi Universal, a $20+ billion entertainment and liquor manufacturer and marketer. From 1992 to 1998, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Nabisco, an $8.4 billion food manufacturer. From 1988 to 1992, he was Corporate Vice President of Information Systems Development for Automatic Data Processing (ADP), a $2.5 billion computer services company. Between 1980 and 1988, he was Vice President of Research and Development at Applied Data Research (ADR), a software company, where he directed the development and support services of ADR's mainframe and personal computer software products. Joe is currently a member of the Research Board in New York City (a leading information technology analysis company) and participates in Gartner Group's Information Technology Executive Program.

Mr. Farrelly has a B.A. in Mathematics from Providence College, and an M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut.