Convergys Corporation Announces New Chief Financial Officer.Business Editors CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2003 Convergys Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CVG CVG Convergys Corp CVG Corporación Venezolana de Guayana CVG Clear Vertical Grain (woodworking) CVG Carrier Group CVG Corporacion Venezolana de Guyana CVG Comprehensive Video Group (South Hackensack, NJ, USA) ), the global leader in integrated billing, employee care, and customer care services, announced today the appointment of Earl Shanks as Chief Financial Officer. Shanks replaces Steve Rolls who currently holds the positions of both Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Global Customer Management and Employee Care. Rolls will remain Executive Vice President, Global Customer Management and Employee Care. The appointment of Shanks is effective November 13, and he will report to Jim Orr, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Convergys. Shanks is currently senior vice president and chief financial officer of NCR Corporation (company) NCR Corporation - Electronics company mainly active in the midrange server market. NCR was founded 1884 as National Cash Register Company. It joint the computer industry in th 1950s. (NYSE:NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers ), a position he has held since September, 2001. Previously, Shanks served 3 years as NCR's vice president of corporate finance. Before that, he served as vice president and corporate controller, as well as treasurer and head of mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining NCR in 1996, he was vice president and treasurer of Chicago-based apparel maker Fruit of the Loom Fruit of the Loom is an American company which manufactures clothing, particularly underwear. The company's world headquarters are based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. One manufacturing facility still remains in Jamestown, Kentucky, and several other facilities are located across the from 1991 to 1996, and worked in other executive positions with that company and Farley Industries for a total of 13 years. Shanks began his career at Peat Marwick International in 1978. During his five-year tenure there, Shanks served in various management positions before joining Farley Industries, Inc. in 1983 as director of tax. There he served in key areas of financial management including treasury, acquisitions, divestitures, and tax planning Tax planning Devising strategies throughout the year in order to minimize tax liability, for example, by choosing a tax filing status that is most beneficial to the taxpayer. . Shanks is a graduate of the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in accounting and a bachelor's degree in organizational behavior. (Editors: Digital pic of Mr. Shanks is available.) ABOUT CONVERGYS Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG), a member of the S&P 500 and the Forbes' Platinum 400, is the global leader in integrated billing, employee care, and customer care services provided through outsourcing or licensing. We serve top companies in telecommunications, Internet, cable and broadband services, technology, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , and other industries in more than 40 countries. We also provide integrated, outsourced, human resource services to leading companies across a broad range of industries. We bring together world-class resources, software, and expertise to help create valuable relationships between our clients and their customers and their employees. This commitment is validated by the more than 1.5 million individual bills our software produces each day to support more than 120 million subscribers, and by the more than 1.7 million separate customer and employee contacts we manage each day, both live and via electronic interaction. Convergys(r) employs more than 48,000 people in 50 customer contact centers and in our data centers and other offices in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Convergys is on the net at www.convergys.com, and has world headquarters in Cincinnati. (Convergys and the Convergys logo are registered trademarks of Convergys Corporation.) |
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