TORONTO, January 16, 2001 -- Rotman alumnus Jeff Rushton, MBA’89, President, Americas of Netigy Corporation, will be the featured speaker at the latest Rotman E-Biz Forum, presented by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management on Monday, January 29. The subject of his presentation is “Are you E-Ready? The Enabling Infrastructure to Make E-Business Real Business.” Netigy provides infrastructure consulting and professional services to help enterprise clients and service providers make a smooth and successful transition to network-based E-Business models.

The event is the sixth session of the Rotman School’s ongoing series that showcases leading e-commerce strategists. Presenters in Rotman E-Biz Forum focus on the most pressing issues in e-commerce in both the business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets.

When?       Monday, January 29, 5:00 p.m.

Where?      Fleck Atrium, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management,
                        105 St. George Street (south of Bloor), Toronto

Cost?      Free for members of the media. Please contact Ken McGuffin at
                     (416) 946- 3818 or mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca to pre-register.

Recently ranked by Business Week in the top tier of business schools in the world, the University of Toronto’s Rotman School offers leading-edge research and undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including the prestigious Rotman MBA, the newly redesigned Part-Time MBA, the Executive MBA, a first-rate Doctoral Program, the distinctive Master of Management & Professional Accounting program, combined programs with the University of Toronto faculties of Law, Engineering and Nursing, and an innovative series of Executive Programs tailored to the current needs of businesses and individual managers.

Ken McGuffin
Media Relations Officer
Rotman School of Management
Voice: (416) 946-3818
E-mail: mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca

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