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Dana Announces Addition of Chief Information Officer TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dana Corporation (NYSE:DCN) today announced that Bruce C. Carver has joined the company as vice president and chief information officer. Mr. Carver will be responsible for the development, coordination, and advancement of Dana's global information systems and technologies. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA ) "Bruce is a world-class information technology leader," said Dana Chairman and CEO Mike Burns. "We look forward to integrating his extensive technical and business expertise with our existing I.T. resources and working collectively to advance Dana's status as an increasingly customer-focused and technology-driven organization." Mr. Carver comes to Dana from PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP), a leading global food and beverage company with annual revenues of approximately $27 billion. At PepsiCo, he served as vice president and division chief information officer for the PepsiCo Beverages and Foods Division, an operating business with $8.5 billion in revenue. In this role, Mr. Carver played a leadership role in the division's information systems function -- an effort that has included the alignment of division and global I.T. strategies, as well as the development and implementation of a successful I.T. integration strategy following PepsiCo's merger with The Quaker Oats Company in 2001. Immediately prior to joining PepsiCo, Mr. Carver served in several leadership roles at Reynolds and Reynolds, a Dayton, Ohio, provider of automotive-oriented software systems and services. He progressed through positions in business systems acquisition, corporate systems, and information management and technology to become vice president and chief information officer for Reynolds and Reynolds in 2001. Mr. Carver earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a master's degree in Human Resources and Organizational Development from DePaul University in Chicago. In 2000, he was listed among the top 100 information technology executives by Computerworld magazine. Dana Corporation is a global leader in the design, engineering, and manufacture of value-added products and systems for automotive, commercial, and off-highway vehicles. Delivering on a century of innovation, the company's continuing operations employ approximately 45,000 people worldwide dedicated to advancing the science of mobility. Founded in 1904 and based in Toledo, Ohio, Dana operates technology, manufacturing, and customer-service facilities in 30 countries. Sales from continuing operations totaled $7.9 billion in 2003. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Dana Corporation CONTACT: Gary J. Corrigan of Dana Corporation, +1-419-535-4813, or Web site: http://www.dana.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/226839.html

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