COGNIZANT CORPORATION NAMES TOP SENIOR MANAGERS IN MARKETING, HUMAN RESOURCES AND FINANCE.WILTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14--Cognizant Corporation, which is expected to be spun off from The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in October, today announced four senior-management appointments: Hans B. Amell, senior vice president - marketing; Randall Harris, senior vice president and chief human resources officer; Alan J. Klutch, senior vice president - finance; and James C. Malone, vice president - finance and controller. They will report to Victoria R. Fash, executive vice president - finance and chief financial officer of Cognizant. "We are building a world-class management team for Cognizant Corporation," said Fash. "Each of these individuals is an innovator with a proven track record for delivering creative solutions to complex business issues." Hans B. Amell Hans B. Amell, 44, has been appointed senior vice president - marketing. Amell was previously vice president - marketing of AlliedSignal Inc. since 1993, where he was responsible for developing and implementing worldwide marketing and strategy for the $14 billion global technology manufacturer. From 1991 to 1993, Amell was vice president - international at The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, responsible for international business development and implementing D&B's globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation strategy. He was vice president - marketing programs at Unisys Corp. from 1987 to 1991. From 1982 to 1987, he was with Ericsson Corp., a $10 billion global telecommunications company as president and general manager of the PC/Workstations Division, and president of Ericsson Corp. - Denmark. He was an associate at McKinsey & Company - Scandinavia from 1978 to 1982, and began his career in 1976 with ADDO ADDO Assistant Deputy Director for Operations Export in Austria, as a commodities and barter trading specialist. Amell received a B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University of Stockholm and Uppsala and attended Harvard Business School's post-graduate executive program for non-American M.B.A. graduates. Randall Harris Randall Harris, 45, has been appointed senior vice president and chief human resources officer of Cognizant Corporation. Harris joined The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in September 1995 as vice president of human resources. He was directly involved in the development and implementation of human-resource strategies at Nielsen Media Research Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre films (via the AMC MAP program) and newspapers. NMR, headquartered in New York City and operating primarily from Oldsmar, Florida, is best-known for the , Erisco, Dataquest and Pilot Software. Harris was previously with First Data Corporation, as president of ACTI ACTI Advanced Cleanup Technologies, Inc (Rancho Dominguez, CA) ACTI Advanced Computational Technology Initiative ACTI Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation ACTI Aircrew Coordination Training Instructor , a subsidiary in the financial services industry. Before that, he was senior vice president of Enhanced Services and senior vice president of Human Resources at First Data Investor Services Group. At Avanti Communications, a high-technology venture capital company, he served as CFO See Chief Financial Officer. , vice president - business administration and development and general manager. At Sprint Corporation, he was responsible for business planning and development, and served as general manager of Sprint Japan (Data) in Tokyo and executive director of Human Resources and Administration. He also held management positions at Booz Allen and Arthur Andersen. Harris earned an M.S. in Human Resource Management from The American University in Washington, D.C., and a B.S. in Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy. Alan J. Klutch Alan J. Klutch, 52, has been appointed senior vice president - finance, responsible for the tax and treasury functions of Cognizant Corporation. Klutch was previously vice president - 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 of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation since 1984. In this position, he was responsible for managing the tax function, and also provided financial support to the D&B acquisitions team. He joined D&B in 1974 as assistant manager - tax research and planning. He was promoted to corporate tax manager in 1976 and director of taxes in 1980. He was named controller in 1982 and elected a vice president of the company in 1983. Before coming to D&B, he held positions in tax at the International Paper Company, Chesebrough-Pond's, Inc., and Ohrbach's Inc. Klutch received a B.B.A. in accounting from Bernard M. Baruch College in 1967 and an M.B.A. in taxation from St. John's University in 1971. James C. Malone James C. Malone, 47, has been appointed vice president - finance and controller of Cognizant Corporation. The finance, accounting, real estate, purchasing and information services See Information Systems. functions of Cognizant will report to Malone. Malone was previously assistant vice president and leader - North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Shared Transaction Services Center (STSC STSC Software Technology Support Center (US Air Force) STSC Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council STSC Scientific Time-Sharing Corporation STSC Station-to-Station Connectivity STSC Science and Technology in Service to the Community ) since February 1995, where he was responsible for managing the North American STSC, which provides centralized accounting, finance, payroll and employee benefits for The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and its operating units. He joined Dun & Bradstreet in 1984 as manager - corporate accounting and was subsequently promoted to director of accounting operations. In 1990, he moved to Donnelley Directory as vice president and controller. Prior to joining D&B, he spent over seven years with Price Waterhouse as an audit manager, and was previously director - financial accounting at Siemens A.G. for three years. Malone earned a B.S. in accounting from St. Francis College and completed his graduate work in tax at Pace University. He is a Certified Public Accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants With over 330,525 CPA members (in August 2006), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the largest professional organization of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the United States of America. (AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). .) In January, Dun & Bradstreet announced a plan to transform D&B into three publicly traded companies publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. . Cognizant launches in October as the worldwide leader in information services for its target markets, including healthcare, high tech and media. IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. International is the premier global supplier of marketing information to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries; Gartner Group the leading provider of 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 to high-tech users, vendors and suppliers; and Nielsen Media Research the leader in audience measurement for electronic media. Employing more than 10,000 professionals in 100 countries, Cognizant anticipates high growth on a 1995 revenue base of $1.5 billion. CONTACT: Reid H. Gearhart, 203/834-4275 |
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