Bull Worldwide Information Systems names John D. Giordano chief financial officer for North America.BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 1997-- Bull Worldwide Information Systems has named John D. Giordano as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO See Chief Financial Officer. ) and Treasurer for its North American operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. , which are headquartered here. He reports directly to Don Zereski, President & 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 Bull North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . In this position, Giordano is responsible for overseeing all operational financial matters for Bull North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , including accounting, financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against and strategy, taxation and treasury. He will also become a member of the Groupe Bull Groupe Bull (also known as Bull Computer or simply Bull) is a French computer company based in Les Clayes-sous-Bois, outside Paris. The company has also been known at various times as Bull General Electric, Honeywell Bull, CII Honeywell Bull (Bull North America's parent company) Operations Finance Committee, representing the North America operation in Bull's worldwide financial planning efforts. Giordano, who has worked for Bull for 18 years, had been serving as corporate treasurer of Bull HN, the corporate entity that comprises Bull North America, since February of 1995. He will continue for now to handle those responsibilities. As treasurer, Giordano has been responsible for a myriad of financial activities, including taxation, accounts payable, payroll, risk management and insurance, and general cash management, as well as the company's dealings with financial institutions. Previously he had been Vice President of Bull's U.S. Customer Services Organization. Giordano is a 1978 graduate of Boston College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and graduated first in his class. At B.C., he was the winner of the Raymond J. Aherne Award and the Patrick O'Connell Award for excellence in finance and business. Giordano lives with his family in Hopkinton, Mass. About Bull Groupe Bull is a worldwide information technology company with a presence in more than 85 countries, more than 24,000 employees and combined resources of $4.8 billion. Bull offers a wide range of systems, infrastructure software and information technology services through focused innovation, alliances with the best partners, and its own integration expertise. The company is recognized for innovative products such as Escala servers, Sagister multiframes, CP8 Smart Cards, plus infrastructure software such as ISM/OpenMaster for the management of systems and networks. Bull's key strategic partners include Motorola, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Wang, and Packard Bell. Bull's Billerica, Mass. location contains its headquarters for North and South America, its North America headquarters for Integris -- Bull's systems integration company -- plus marketing, technical and administrative personnel that support its direct sales force across the U.S. The company also operates a contract manufacturing business in Lowell, Mass., and a major research-and-development facility in Phoenix, Arizona. CONTACT: Steve Puleo Bull HN Information Systems, Inc. 508/294-6418 s.puleo@bull.com |
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