Circle International Names Mike Lancaster Senior Vice President - Southwest Division.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1999--G. Michael Lancaster, a 20-year veteran of the transportation and logistics industry, has joined Circle International as Senior Vice President -- Southwest Division for North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "Mike Lancaster has extensive experience running large-scale air freight air freight n → flete m por avión air freight n → fret aérien air freight air n → Luftfracht f and logistics operations that deliver superior customer service," said Randy T. Clark, Circle's executive vice 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. for North America. "He is a valuable addition to our team who will provide strong leadership for one of the largest operating areas of our system." In his new capacity, Lancaster becomes responsible for overall growth, profitability, customer service and operations performance of one of Circle's fastest growing divisions, with facilities in Houston, Dallas, Austin, El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. and Laredo, Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; New Orleans, Louisiana; Memphis, Tennessee; and Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, Mexico. Lancaster joined Circle from BAX Global, where since 1996 he was regional director for BAX's southwestern area, managing one of that company's fastest growing regions. In this role he provided day-to-day leadership and directed management of operations, sales, marketing, strategic planning, capital expenditures and customer service functions for a region encompassing 17 terminals. From 1994 to 1996 he was a regional manager for BAX overseeing operations at 11 terminals. He assumed that post following five years as BAX a district manager, responsible for five terminals. Prior to BAX, Mike spent nine years with WTC WTC World Trade Center, see there Air Freight, which was acquired by BAX in 1987. During that time he advanced through assignments including sales representative, sales manager, terminal manager and district manager for WTC. Lancaster is married with three children and resides in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. The metropolitan area is further divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas–Plano–Irving area. San Francisco-based Circle International Group, Inc. (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 :CRCL CRCL Creatinine Clearance CRCL Circle CRCL Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana CRCL Center for Research in Computational Linguistics CRCL Columbia River Conservation League ) celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1998. Today, with annual revenues of $738 million, more than 4,000 employees and 340 offices in over 100 countries, Circle provides worldwide transportation and logistics services that include air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, materials management, trade procurement, warehousing and inventory management, and global supply chain management services. Additional news releases and information about Circle International Group, its affiliates and worldwide operations can be found on the Internet at the Circle web site, www.circleintl.com |
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