CitySprint 1.800.DELIVER Announces Resignation of Chairman; Board Names Bruce Morgan to the Post of Chief Executive Officer.Business Editors LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2000 The Board of Directors of CitySprint 1.800.DELIVER (Amex:RPD RPD Rapid RPD Radiation Protection Dosimetry RPD Rapid Product Development RPD Rochester Police Department RPD Recurrent Pattern Detection (Commtouch anti-spam engine) RPD Relative Percent Difference RPD Removable Partial Denture ) announced today the resignation of H. Steve Swink, 59, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Swink has left the company to pursue other interests. The Board of Directors named Bruce Morgan, 49, currently 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. , to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Morgan joined CitySprint 1.800.DELIVER in August of 1998 upon the company's acquisition of Courier Australia and was promoted to Managing Director of the UK operations in May of 1999. Morgan has 23 years of experience in the transportation and service industries, and has utilized his extensive experience in international courier operations to enhance the growth of CitySprint 1.800.DELIVER's London and Australian offices. Morgan served in senior management roles for over 10 years with Mayne Nickless, TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. and 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. , all multinational, express transportation companies, before acquiring a controlling interest controlling interest The ownership of a quantity of outstanding corporate stock sufficient to control the actions of the firm. Controlling interest often involves ownership of significantly less than 51% of a firm's outstanding stock because many owners fail in Courier Australia in 1987. CitySprint 1.800.DELIVER, the international brand of Dispatch Management Services (Amex:RPD), provides fast, efficient, same-day delivery services in 23 of the largest metropolitan markets in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . The first internationally branded, urgent, on-demand delivery service, CitySprint 1.800.DELIVER brings a new standard of quality, reliability and service to the same-day delivery industry. With a global workforce of more than 6,000 people, CitySprint 1.800.DELIVER services customers ranging from Fortune 500 companies to independent at-home businesses. CitySprint offers a broad range of services to customers conducting business in single or multiple cities including: warehousing and logistics, facilities management, attorney services and the company's core competency -- same-day, on-demand point-to-point delivery. CitySprint 1.800.DELIVER is uniquely positioned to provide on-demand fulfillment services to the growing e-commerce market through its LastMileLink(sm) offering. |
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