Avnet Welcomes Robert W. Mason as New Chief Information Officer.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2002 Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ) Wednesday announced that Robert W. Mason will join the company as its new vice president and chief information officer, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Roy Vallee. He will commence his duties as CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. on March 4, 2002 and will be located at Avnet's headquarters in Phoenix. Mason will be leading Avnet's global IT strategy, leveraging Avnet's computing resources and global best practices to provide cost-effective and best-in-class applications solutions for Avnet's businesses and trading partners worldwide. With more than 25 years of experience in corporate information systems for Fortune 100 companies, Mason comes to Avnet from Cendant Corp., where he served as executive vice president and chief information officer. Prior to that he was the group vice president and chief information officer for Pinacor, a division of the former Microage Inc. Earlier in his career he also held executive posts in information services See Information Systems. with Anheuser Busch, GE Lighting and Johnson & Johnson. "Bob Mason For the British actor, see . For the radio disc jockey, see . For the Jersey politician, see . Bob (Robert) T. Mason (born April 22, 1961 in International Falls, Minnesota) is a retired American ice hockey goaltender. A member of the 1984 U.S. is clearly a talented, experienced, and capable leader in IT and we are very excited to have him with us," 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. "Avnet has been consistently recognized as an innovative user of IT with placements on distinguished lists such as Computerworld's 100 Best Places to Work in IT and the Information Week 500. "Additionally, publications such as InternetWeek and Forbes have cited Avnet for excellence in Web site development, electronic commerce, and e-business initiatives. We are confident that Bob will build on that legacy through his leadership of our talented IT organization and bring valuable insights that extend Avnet's utilization of technology across our enterprise." About Avnet Inc. Phoenix-based Avnet Inc., a technology marketing and services company, is one of the world's largest distributors of semiconductors, interconnect, passive and electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). components, embedded subsystems, and enterprise network and computer equipment from leading manufacturers. Serving customers in 63 countries, Avnet markets, inventories and adds value to these products and, in addition, provides world-class supply-chain management, services and solutions, plus technical, warehouse/logistics, IT outsourcing, professional and engineering services. Avnet's Web site is located at www.avnet.com. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. :http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.021302/bb3 |
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