Callaway Golf Appoints Ian Rowden to New Role On Senior Management Team.Business & Sports Editors/Golf Writers & Columnists CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2002 Callaway Golf Company Callaway Golf Company is an American golf company based in Carlsbad, California. They manufacture woods, irons, wedges, putters and golf balls and license its name for apparel, footwear, timepieces and accessories. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ELY) today announced the appointment of Ian B. Rowden to a new role on the Company's senior management team. Rowden, Executive Vice President of the Company, will work on key business, market, operational and 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. initiatives. In addition, he will assist Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Advertising, Patrice Hutin and Richard Helmstetter, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief of New Products, with the integration of the marketing and product management functions within their respective organizations. Rowden, who will continue to report to President and 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. Ron Drapeau, joined Callaway Golf in September 2000 as Executive Vice President of Global Advertising and was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer a year ago. He was responsible for establishing the Company's product management function and expanding global brand and marketing initiatives. "Since joining Callaway Golf, Ian has brought a depth of knowledge and experience to our global brand and marketing thinking. He has successfully led these global efforts to new levels. Ian's new position is an important addition to our senior management team as we continue to grow our business worldwide," Mr. Drapeau said. Callaway Golf Company makes and sells Big Bertha(R) Metal Woods and Irons, including Big Bertha C4(TM) Compression Cured Carbon Composite Drivers, Big Bertha ERC (database) ERC - An extended entity-relationship model. (R) II Forged Titanium Drivers, Big Bertha ERC Forged Titanium Fairway Woods, Big Bertha Hawk Eye(R) VFT VFT Venus Fly Trap (dionaea muscipula) VFT Vogel-Fulcher-Tamman (polymer science equation) VFT Variable Frequency Transformer VFT Virtual Flight Test VFT Visual Function Test (R) and Big Bertha Hawk Eye VFT Pro Series Titanium Drivers and Fairway Woods, Big Bertha Steelhead(TM) III Stainless Steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. Drivers and Fairway Woods, Hawk Eye VFT Tungsten Injected(TM) Titanium Irons, Big Bertha Stainless Steel Irons, Steelhead X-14(R) and Steelhead X-14 Pro Series Stainless Steel Irons, and Callaway Golf Forged Wedges. Callaway Golf Company also makes and sells Odyssey(R) Putters, including White Hot(R), TriHot(R), and Dual Force(R) Putters. Callaway Golf Company makes and sells the Callaway Golf(R) HX(R) Blue and HX Red balls, the CTU CTU Colorado Technical University CTU Czech Technical University in Prague CTU Counter Terrorist Unit CTU Clinical Trials Unit CTU Catholic Theological Union CTU Chicago Teachers Union CTU Computer Training Unit CTU Control Unit 30(R) Blue and CTU 30 Red balls, the HX 2-Piece Blue and HX 2-Piece Red balls, the CB1(R) Blue and CB1 Red balls, and the Warbird(TM) golf balls. For more information about Callaway Golf Company, please visit our Web sites at www.callawaygolf.com and www.odysseygolf.com. |
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