30-Year Tech Industry Executive Ralph Doherty Joins Daisytek; IBM Veteran, Management Consultant to Lead Strategy Process.Business/Technology Editors PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2000 Ralph W. Doherty has been named executive vice president of worldwide team development at Daisytek International Corporation (Nasdaq:DZTK), a leading wholesale distributor of computer supplies. He will be a key executive in helping implement Daisytek's new strategic initiatives that focus on expanding product offerings and customer channels. Doherty is the senior Daisytek executive responsible for leading the company's management team in its strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. process. "Ralph helps round out our management team, which is a blend of company veterans and executives with outside experience, skills and expertise," said Jim Powell  An editor has expressed concern that this article or section is .Please help improve the article by adding information and sources on neglected viewpoints, or by summarizing and , Daisytek's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We've assembled as·sem·ble v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. a strong group of leaders at the New Daisytek to implement exciting growth strategies, and Ralph, who has worked with us in a consulting capacity for almost a year, is a critical part of this process." Before joining Daisytek, Doherty was president of Pebblebrook Consulting, Inc., a Dallas-based management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects firm that he founded in 1993. At Pebblebrook, Doherty worked with many local, national and international companies, including Daisytek, Fujitsu Network Communications, and Schering-Plough to improve their operations and management team effectiveness. Doherty is a veteran of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) where he held a wide variety of professional, senior staff and managerial positions. His assignments included positions in marketing, systems engineering, customer support, executive education, management development, information technology, customer relations, and business process management. Powell said that Doherty's career at IBM and his management consulting experience will be particularly valuable to Daisytek as the company implements its new strategic plan -- a plan that Doherty helped create as part of his consulting assignment. The New Daisytek strategy hinges Hinges may refer to:
"Ralph is ideally suited to lead our strategic development process. He is helping shape the New Daisytek and as the organization's requirements change, Ralph will ensure that we have the right people with the right skills to carry out our strategies," Powell said. Note to editors: Photos in electronic or print format are available upon request. Background: Daisytek is a leading distributor of computer supplies, office products, and film and tape media. Serving customers in more than 50 countries, Daisytek distributes almost 20,000 products from more than 150 manufacturers. Daisytek is headquartered in Plano, Texas Plano (IPA: /ˈpleɪnoʊ/) is a wealthy suburb of Dallas, Texas, located to the north, mainly within Collin County, but also extending into Denton County. According to the 2000 U.S. , and maintains sales and distribution centers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Australia, Canada and Mexico. Daisytek is a registered trademark of Daisytek, Incorporated. All rights reserved. This news release and more information about Daisytek are available at www.daisytek.com. |
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