Avnet Inc. Elects New Corporate Officer.PHOENIX -- Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ) announces the election of a new corporate officer, Bill Crowell, who is vice president and global financial officer for the $4.8 billion Avnet Technology Solutions group. Crowell joined Avnet in May 2002 with 20-plus years of experience in financial leadership positions with companies including Microtest Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MTST MTST Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto (Social movement of Brazil) MTST Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter MTST Maneuvering Target Statistical Tracker MTST Minimal Task Spanning Tree ), Rural/Metro Corp. (NASDAQ:RURL) and Arthur Andersen LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . "I am particularly pleased to recognize the significant and valuable contributions of Bill Crowell by promoting him to a corporate officer post," said Avnet chairman 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. Roy Vallee. "Bill has exhibited strong leadership over teams in North America, Europe and Asia and has contributed to the Avnet Technology Solutions team's success throughout his tenure. The Avnet executive board and board of directors are proud to recognize Bill's outstanding effort." About Avnet Avnet enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 300 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. For fiscal year ended July 2, 2005, Avnet and the recently acquired Memec (closed July 5, 2005) generated combined revenue in excess of $13 billion in the past year through sales in approximately 70 countries. Visit www.avnet.com/. |
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