Avicon Names Executive Vice President of IT Solutions and Vice President of Marketing.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2000 Additions Bring Extensive Experience, Industry Knowledge to Company Avicon, a global provider of eBusiness services, today announced the appointments of Neil O'Connell as executive vice president of information technology (IT) solutions and John Lyons John Lyons may refer to:
Neil O'Connell As executive vice president of IT solutions, O'Connell is responsible for the delivery of customer solutions at Avicon. O'Connell has over 25 years of experience in international and domestic supply chain, transportation and logistics, as well as significant experience in management and IT consulting. Prior to joining Avicon, O'Connell was with Oracle where he was responsible for a supply chain practice and then led Oracle's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Industrial Supply Chain group. Previously, he helped start and then lead the contract logistics group at APL (A Programming Language) A high-level mathematical programming language noted for its brevity and matrix generation capabilities. Developed by Kenneth Iverson in the mid-1960s, it runs on micros to mainframes and is often used to develop mathematical models. , as well as served in several other leadership positions at APL and Lykes Brothers. O'Connell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management from Columbia Pacific University Columbia Pacific University (CPU) was an unaccredited nontraditional distance learning school in California.[1] It was founded in 1978 by Richard Crews, M.D.[2], a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, and Lester Carr, Ph.D., a former president of Lewis University. . "Neil has extensive experience managing a consulting practice and successfully delivering consulting services," said John Leary, founder 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. of Avicon. "Combining his strong leadership and consulting expertise with our current supply chain, Internet technology and business process expertise benefits Avicon and it customers." John Lyons Lyons has over 20 years of management experience in a variety of functional areas, including product management, sales, strategic alliances and finance. He has specific expertise in developing supply chain optimization Supply Chain Optimization is the application of processes and tools to ensure the optimal operation of a manufacturing and distribution supply chain. This includes the optimal placement of inventory within the supply chain, minimizing operating costs (including manufacturing costs, solutions in high technology companies with eBusiness tools. As Avicon's vice president of marketing, Lyons is responsible for strategic marketing, product management and marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales . Before joining Avicon, Lyons was a principal consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers 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 Services (PwC), where he led national eBusiness and supply chain assessments, strategy development and implementations for very large clients in a wide spectrum of industries. These included telecommunications equipment manufacturing, medical products, pharmaceuticals, automotive, aerospace, and semiconductor manufacturing. Prior to his work at PwC, Lyons was with GenRad, where he served as director of in-circuit test systems, director of LCD test systems and a strategic marketing specialist. Previously, Lyons held several sales and finance roles at Teradyne. Lyons holds a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree from the Carroll School of Management  The Carroll School of Management is a graduate and undergraduate business school and one of the professional schools of Boston College. , Boston College. "We recruited John because of his ability to drive the company's strategy and deployment as we rapidly expands our presence in B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business markets," said Leary. "As a veteran of 20 years in the high-tech industry, John's skills and experience complement the talents of Avicon's senior management team. We expect his addition to our team to have a strong, positive effect on the company." "Avicon's heavy internal subject matter expertise in vertical industries makes it unique in the B2B market," said O'Connell. eMarketplaces are being embraced by organizations around the world. According to Lyons, "Avicon's blend of supply chain, Internet technology and industry expertise enables us to offer outstanding service solutions for the new eMarketplaces." About Avicon Avicon is a global provider of eBusiness services. Avicon's approach is to fuse leading-edge business strategies and supply chain processes with innovative Internet solutions. The company enables clients to transform their business models through a high-velocity, value-driven methodology. Avicon's clients include emerging business leaders who seek to optimize relationships with their trading partner communities. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Avicon is on the web at http://www.avicon.com. |
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