CA Names Chris O'Malley Executive Vice President and General Manager of Mainframe Business Unit.Industry Veteran Spearheads "Valued Today, Essential Tomorrow" Strategy to Extend CA's Global Leadership in High-End Systems Management ISLANDIA, N.Y. -- CA (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 :CA) today named Chris O'Malley executive vice president and general manager of its Mainframe Business Unit, reporting to CA 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. John Swainson John Burley Swainson (July 31, 1925 - May 13, 1994) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, as well as the 42nd Governor of Michigan. Swainson was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and moved to Port Huron, Michigan at the age of two with his family. . O'Malley will lead the company's "Valued Today, Essential Tomorrow" strategy, which will extend CA's global leadership in high-end systems management. His responsibilities include strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and execution oversight for worldwide technology development, marketing, sales, service, and customer experience for the mainframe area. O'Malley will also serve on CA's Executive Leadership Team. "In today's ultra-demanding business computing environment, the unique attributes of the mainframe make it a more compelling platform for hosting critical applications than ever before," said Swainson. "The mainframe has always been an important platform for CA, and Chris O'Malley has demonstrated that he has the vision and leadership abilities necessary to ensure that CA and its customers benefit fully from the mainframe renaissance." O'Malley, 45, was appointed senior vice president and general manager of the Mainframe Business Unit when it was formed in 2007. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of sales strategy and execution and senior vice president of sales responsible for the Midwest and Canada for CA. He joined CA when it acquired Applied Data Research in 1988. O'Malley graduated from the University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. with honors with 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 in computer science. He is the founder of the O'Malley Foundation, a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. that awards scholarships to college students in need, and supports fine arts programs. "CA has already seen significant results from the formation of the Mainframe Business Unit just one year ago," said O'Malley. "Corporate IT organizations are becoming increasingly dependent on their mainframes to provide highly reliable, scalable, and secure services to the business in the most cost- and energy-efficient manner. CA is responding to this growing mainframe dependence by delivering software solutions that enable IT organizations to optimize the technical and economic performance of their mainframe resources. We continue to see significant opportunities in this market." About CA CA (NASDAQ: CA), one of the world's largest independent software companies, provides software solutions to unify 1. (database, product) Unify - A relational database produced by Unify Corporation. 2. (algorithm) unify - To perform unification. and simplify[TM] IT management. With CA's Enterprise IT Management (EITM EITM Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models EITM Enterprise Information Technology Management EITM Elliot in the Morning (radio show) EITM Environmental Information Technology Management EITM Enterprise It Management ) vision and expertise, organizations can more effectively govern, manage and secure IT to optimize business performance and sustain competitive advantage. Founded in 1976, CA serves customers in virtually every country in the world. For more information, visit www.ca.com. Copyright (c) 2008 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. |
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