Bill Clifford to be Elected GartnerGroup Chief Executive Officer; Manny Fernandez to Continue Working Full Time as GartnerGroup Chairman.STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1998--Gartner Group, 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 :GART GART Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase/Phosphoribosylglycinamide Synthetase/Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole Synthetase GART Graphics Address Remapping Table (AGP chipset) GART Graphics Address Relocation Table ) announced that its Board of Directors plans to elect William T. Clifford, current president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , as its next chief executive officer, effective January 1, 1999. Clifford, 52, succeeds Manuel A. Fernandez, 52, who continues as chairman. Clifford was also elected to the company's Board of Directors, effective January 1, 1999. "Bill has been instrumental in leading GartnerGroup to where it is today," commented Fernandez. "Just five short years ago, GartnerGroup was essentially a single-product company. Today, through acquisitions and internal growth, we have 330 different products and services, 10 distinct product lines, more than 11,000 clients, 3,300 employees worldwide, 750 analysts, six research centers and over 700 sales executives. Bill's promotion is part of a careful plan of management succession initiated several years ago in order to broaden GartnerGroup's leadership so the company is well placed to take advantage of new growth opportunities ahead." "I have thoroughly enjoyed being GartnerGroup's 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. for the past seven years, and will now focus more of my time on business development and other critical corporate activities. Bill and I have had a long working relationship and I look forward to a smooth transition and many more years of working together. I am thoroughly committed to the ongoing success of the company and plan to remain involved with the business full time," Fernandez added. Clifford received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 27,000 students on its six campuses, including more than 9,000 graduate students in multiple programs. UConn's main campus is in Storrs, Connecticut. in 1968 and currently resides in Greenwich, Conn. He joined GartnerGroup in 1993 as executive vice president Worldwide Operations, was promoted to chief operating officer in 1995, and was elected president, Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. , Inc. in 1997. Clifford is only the third CEO in the company's 19-year history. He has more than 30 years' experience in the information technology (IT) industry and previously held senior positions at Automatic Data Processing Same as data processing. , Inc., Applied Data Research, Inc., Arthur Young Arthur Young is the name of several notable people
Clifford commented, "I am privileged to lead an organization of the brightest and most influential professionals in the IT industry. With the next decade promising to bring ever more complexity and proliferation of technology, the unbiased, hard-hitting and insightful analysis that has been our hallmark for nearly 20 years will be even more valuable to our clients and prospects." As the world's leading independent authority on information technology (IT), GartnerGroup provides clients with a wide range of products and services in the areas of IT advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , measurement, research, decision support, analysis and consulting. Founded in 1979, with headquarters in Stamford, Conn., GartnerGroup is at the center of a global community of more than 11,000 client organizations served by analysts in 80 locations worldwide. GartnerGroup's unique capabilities and resources help bring clarity to the direction of the world's hottest and most volatile industry. Additional information about the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.gartner.com.
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