CNF Transportation Names Executives To New Strategic Corporate Posts.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1997--CNF Transportation Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNF CNF Configuration (File Name Extension) CNF Conference CNF Conjunctive Normal Form CNF Could Not Find CNF Chin National Front (Burma) CNF Canadian Nature Federation CNF Cornell NanoScale Facility ) has appointed two executives to newly created corporate positions -- in business development and in information technology -- to ensure the highest service standards while exploring new opportunities for the $4.5-billion diversified transportation company. They are: -- Carlos G. Fallas, vice president, business development, CNF Transportation Inc., reporting to CNF 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. Gregory L. Quesnel, and -- Larry L. Luck, vice president, information technology, CNF Transportation Inc., reporting to CNF Vice President and Chief Information Officer Robert P. Tabb. "As our company continues to grow in new markets while seeking internal efficiencies through our air freight air freight n → flete m por avión air freight n → fret aérien air freight air n → Luftfracht f , trucking and logistics units, these new positions strengthen management in two crucial areas of our business," said Gregory L. Quesnel, president and chief operating officer of CNF. "The fact that we filled these new positions with experienced executives of the CNF companies is testimony to our company's deep bench strength." As corporate vice president of business development, Fallas will help to identify and develop service synergies among CNF subsidiaries Emery Worldwide Emery Worldwide was a cargo airline, once was one of the leading carriers in the cargo airline world. Emery started in 1946 and was the first freight forwarder to receive a carrier certificate from the United States Government. , Con-Way Transportation Services and Menlo Logistics, and to identify and evaluate new markets and business opportunities. A 23-year veteran of the transportation industry, 15 with CNF companies, Fallas previously was executive vice president of sales and marketing at Con-Way Transportation Services. He joined Con-Way as vice president of sales in 1986, became vice president of sales and marketing in 1991 and was promoted to executive vice president in 1993. Luck previously was director of information services See Information Systems. at Con-Way Transportation Services where, for the past two years, he has spearheaded the development of Con-Way's information services group. In his expanded role, Luck assumes additional responsibilities for CNF's enterprise development and maintenance activities. This includes responsibility for such major enterprise initiatives as the Oracle financial project, the PeopleSoft human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and payroll project, and the overall Year 2000 compliance efforts. Prior to joining CTS (1) (Clear To Send) The RS-232 signal sent from the receiving station to the transmitting station that indicates it is ready to accept data. Contrast with RTS. (2) (Common Type System) The data typing used in . as director of information services, Luck worked on I/S I/S Information Systems I/S Income Statement development issues for CTS as a systems reengineering consultant with the Pacific Data Group in Portland. He previously worked for Computer People, Inc., in Portland from 1988 to 1991 as a systems design and project implementation engineer. From 1984 to 1988 he served as senior programming analyst for Albertson's, Inc., where he headed a variety of systems reengineering and warehouse distribution management upgrade projects employing advanced database technologies. CNF Transportation Inc. is a holding company for businesses in international air freight, regional trucking, contract logistics management, trailer manufacturing and wholesale parts sales. The CNF companies employ about 30,000 people and have business activities worldwide. Additional information and news about CNF Transportation Inc. can be obtained by visiting the company's website at http:www.cnf.com The home page also contains hyperlinks to CNF's main subsidiary and investor relations' sites. CONTACT: CNF Transportation Mark Nelson, 650/494-2900 e-mail: nelson.mark@cnf.com |
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