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Edison International's Mahvash Yazdi Named a "Premier" Information Technology Executive by Computerworld Magazine

ROSEMEAD Calif., Monday, Jan. 28, 2002-Mahvash Yazdi, the senior vice president and chief information officer for Edison International and Southern California Edison (SCE), has been named "one of the business world's Premier 100" information technology (IT) leaders by Computerworld magazine.

Business leaders named to the list "demonstrate not only technical expertise but also the ability to inspire their staff to excel," according to Maryfran Johnson, editor in chief of Computerworld. "By motivating people with recognition and opportunity, these leaders understand that the strength of any IT initiative resides with the people working toward its success."

Yazdi, who joined Edison International in 1997, oversees more than 1,000 employees and is responsible for the company's overall information technology resources and activities, including the fourth-largest data center in the western United States, according to IBM, and one of the largest, most-sophisticated privately held fiber-optic networks in the nation. She also has oversight for strategy, planning, systems architecture, telecommunications, software development and infrastructure management, as well as program management and e-business.

Edison International has won several IT honors under Yazdi's stewardship. Computerworld has ranked Edison International as one of the "100 best places to work in information systems" four years in a row. The company was among Information Week's list of top 500 innovators in 2001. In 1998, IT for Utilities magazine selected Edison International for a James H. McGraw award for IT excellence, recognizing the company for its "comprehensive efforts to revitalize the organization, and effectiveness of IT throughout the company."

"Mahvash has provided extraordinary leadership over our information technology organization at a very challenging time," said John E. Bryson, Edison International chairman, president and CEO. "In recent years, Mahvash's efforts ensured that our vast computer operations for all of the Edison companies made a smooth transition through the Y2K process.

She also oversaw the successful completion of the largest software project in company history-the massive upgrade of our billing and information system that serves over 4 million utility customer accounts. This was achieved while daily managing the myriad computer systems that keep the lights on throughout Southern California."

A resident of Palos Verdes, Yazdi earned an MBA from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree in industrial management from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She also has completed the management of information technology program at Harvard Business School.

The complete list of Premier 100 IT leaders can be found in the Jan. 1, 2002, issue of Computerworld and online at www.computerworld.com.

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Edison International companies include Edison Mission Energy, Edison Capital, Edison O&M Services and Southern California Edison.