Converge Appoints Sally Conkright as Vice President of Human Resources; Former Xerox Executive Brings More Than 20 Years HR Experience to Industry-backed Global Marketplace.Business/Technology Editors PEABODY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2001 Converge, Inc., a leading collaborative global marketplace, announced today that Sally Conkright, former Director of Innovation and eLearning at Linkage, Inc., has joined the company as Vice President of Human Resources. Conkright, who also served as Xerox' Director of Worldwide Compensation, was chosen to oversee all aspects of Converge's international HR requirements, including staffing, compensation and benefits, learning and development, employee communications and employee relations. Converge currently has nearly 600 employees in nine countries worldwide. "With her extensive background in human resources and change management, Sally brings the right blend of industry understanding and practical experience to Converge," said George Devlin, Converge president. "We look to her to manage the recruitment and retention of industry's best people and her expertise will be instrumental to the company's vision and success." Conkright has more than 20 years of Human Resources experience, most recently as a consultant to major companies in the high-tech and financial arenas. In addition to her significant corporate background, Conkright is a frequent lecturer, with speaking engagements at Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. , Babson College and numerous industry conferences. She has served on the board of directors for a number of organizations, including Chrystal Software, Inc., inXight Software, Inc., Deaconess Nashoba Hospital, Nashua Symphony Orchestra and ArtFriends Foundation. She holds a doctorate from George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. , a MBA from Loyola University in Chicago and a BS from Purdue University. About Converge, Inc. Converge (www.converge.com) is a global marketplace where high-technology supply chain professionals connect, collaborate and transact to increase supply-chain efficiencies. Converge's industry leading founders include: Agilent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : A), AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. (NYSE: AMD), Canon (NYSE: CAJ), Compaq (NYSE: CPQ), Gateway (NYSE: GTW), Hitachi (NYSE: HIT), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP), Maxtor (NYSE: MXO), NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. (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 : NIPNY), Samsung Electronics (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). : SSNIF), SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) An IEEE standard for a high-speed bus that uses wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transfer data up to 1GBytes/sec. (hardware) SCI - 1. Scalable Coherent Interface. 2. UART. Systems (NYSE: SCI), Solectron (NYSE: SLR), Sumitomo, Synnex/Mitac (privately held), Tatung (TAI: 2371.TW) and Western Digital (NYSE: WDC). For more information about Converge, call (877) 693-5694 or (314) 621-7141 (outside US), or send email to: info@converge.com. A photo is available on request. |
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