Mobility Public Relations

Anna Chagnon, CEO of Bitstream Inc. was named Best Executive in the Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The awards were presented at a dinner ceremony November 13 in New York. Bitstream itself was named a finalist in the Most Innovative Company category.

The 2009 Stevie Awards for Women in Business is an international competition recognizing the accomplishments of outstanding women executives, business owners, and the organizations they run. The awards are produced by the creators of the prestigious American Business Awards℠.

Stevie Awards were handed out in categories including Best Entrepreneur, Best Executive, Lifetime Achievement, and Women Helping Women at the gala event at New York’s Marriott Marquis Hotel on November 13. More than 1,100 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration.

Chagnon was recognized with the Best Executive Stevie Award for successfully positioning Bitstream as a leading company in the mobile and wireless space. Credited with advancing Bitstream’s existing technologies and developing new innovative technologies, Chagnon has led Bitstream’s charge to truly change the face of the mobile market with its BOLT™ mobile browser.

With the introduction of BOLT, Bitstream has proved to be front and center in innovation and has driven the adoption of the mobile Internet. Since its introduction, over 2.6 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.

“Winning this award is testimony to the hard work and dedication of the team making Bitstream a leader in developing technologies which have enhanced the lives of our users,” said Anna Chagnon, CEO of Bitstream. “I thank my colleagues and family for their support and look forward to another year of positive milestones in advancing the mobile market.”

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are governed by a Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors that features many leading women entrepreneurs and luminaries in business. Members of the Awards’ Board selected Stevie winners from among the finalists. Finalists were chosen by business professionals worldwide during the preliminary judging period.

Details about the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of honorees are available at www.stevieawards.com/women.