Cablevision Systems Corp. names Robert P. May chief operating officer.WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 21, 1996--Cablevision Systems Corp. (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :CVC See CSC. ) today announced the appointment of Federal Express veteran Robert P. May as 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. . In his new role, Mr. May will oversee the activities of the company's three operating divisions -- Cable Television Operations, Digital Services and Rainbow Programming Holdings, Inc., Cablevision's programming subsidiary. He will report to Chief Executive Officer James L. Dolan. Mr. May has an extensive background in business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets development and management. Among the groundbreaking initiatives he spearheaded during his 20-year career at Federal Express Corporation was the creation of its Business Logistics Services company. Most recently, Mr. May served as president and chief executive officer of Town Air Freight air freight n → flete m por avión air freight n → fret aérien air freight air n → Luftfracht f of South Bend South Bend, city (1990 pop. 105,511), seat of St. Joseph co., N Ind., on the great south bend of the St. Joseph River, in a farming and mint-growing region; inc. as a city 1865. , Ind., a provider of value-added services to Midwest airlines
Midwest Airlines is an American scheduled passenger airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operating from General Mitchell International Airport. and freight forwarders. "Bob has an impressive track record as a manager and operator, as well as a keen ability to integrate marketing concepts, new products and services, and advanced technology to deliver superior customer service," James Dolan said. "His talents will play an important role in the integration of Cablevision's operating areas at a time when we are poised to enter new businesses and meet new challenges." "This new post is an exciting opportunity to apply my experience in marketing, operations and technology to a dynamic company and industry," Mr. May remarked. "Cablevision offers the same mix of creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and competitive challenges that attracted me to Federal Express so many years ago. I'm looking forward to working together with Jim Dolan and Cablevision's talented managers to continue building a world-class organization focused on delivering superior customer service into the 21st century," he continued. During his decades of service at Federal Express, Mr. May was instrumental in expanding the company's presence and revenues worldwide. In the early 1980s, he played a key role in developing and implementing the Federal Express Overnight Letter, which generated more than $80 million in revenues in its first year. Less than a decade later, he established Federal Express' Business Logistics Services company, a $500 million enterprise providing integrated business solutions, logistics and technology to companies such as National Semiconductor Corp. and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . Mr. May also oversaw Federal Express' International Telecommunications Corporation, which provides voice and data telecommunications services to customers. At the time of his departure in 1993, Mr. May was senior vice president of Federal Express, with worldwide operational responsibilities for entities with annual revenues in excess of $550 million, and was president of its Business Logistics Services division. During his tenure, he was part of the Federal Express management team which won the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee chaired by Jack Grayson, it was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality . Following Federal Express, Mr. May spent two years as a senior vice president and member of the board of directors at Intelligent Electronics, a multi-billion dollar hardware and software distributor in Exton, Pa. A native of Brookline, Mass., Mr. May and his wife, Marilyn, have five sons. Cablevision Systems Corp., is the nation's sixth largest operator of cable television systems, serving 2.8 million customers in 19 states with major operations in Boston, Cleveland and the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. , where Cablevision has 1.6 million customers. Its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Rainbow Programming Holdings, Inc., manages entertainment, news and sports programming services. Cablevision Lightpath Inc., also a wholly owned subsidiary, provides telephone service to more than 350 business customers on Long Island. CONTACT: Cablevision Systems Corp., Woodbury Charles Schueler, 516/393-1399 |
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