Cray Inc. Names Doug Ralphs Vice President, Corporate Controller.Business Editors & Technology Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2001 Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) today announced it has named Doug Ralphs as vice president, corporate controller. Ralphs will lead the company's accounting functions on a worldwide basis. He will be responsible for ensuring that internal accounting systems support the company's operations and initiatives; optimizing financial tracking and reporting systems; and developing financial analysis capabilities for decision support and enhanced performance predictability. "Doug brings significant experience and a strong track record of success to Cray," said Cray Inc. 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. Jim Rottsolk. Before joining Cray, Ralphs was chief financial officer at Interpoint, Inc., a leading microelectronic manufacturer for the aerospace and medical industries. At Interpoint, Ralphs drove the rebuilding of the finance department, resulting in dramatic improvements in the company's financial and management information systems. Prior to Interpoint, Ralphs held increasingly responsible financial management positions with Itron, Inc., a leading global provider of data acquisition and wireless communication solutions for the utility industry. Most recently, he served as Itron's treasurer. Earlier, Ralphs was a senior financial analyst for Hewlett Packard and a financial analyst for Morrison Knudsen Corporation (now Washington Group International), one of the largest engineering and construction firms 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. . He also was an adjunct professor of finance at Boise State University, Boise, Idaho “Boise” redirects here. For other uses, see Boise (disambiguation). Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County and the principal city of the Boise metropolitan area. . Ralphs earned an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration with a finance specialization from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Recruiters also voice a strongly positive opinion of students. According to BusinessWeek's biannual MBA rankings: "Chicago's grads were hands-down favorites in our survey of companies that hire MBAs. , and a bachelor's degree in economics from Boise State University. About Cray Inc. Cray Inc. designs, builds and sells high-performance MPP (Massively Parallel Processing or Massively Parallel Processor) A multiprocessing architecture that uses up to thousands of processors. Some might contend that a computer system with 64 or more CPUs is a massively parallel processor. , vector processor and general-purpose parallel computer systems. The company has leading edge technology, multiple product platforms, nearly 900 employees, a $2 billion installed base of approximately 600 computers worldwide, major manufacturing and service capabilities and extensive global customer relationships. Cray believes its Multithreaded multithreaded - multithreading Architecture and Cray T3E(TM) and Cray SV(TM) product lines together represent the future of supercomputing. Go to www.cray.com for more information on the company. Cray is a registered trademark, and Cray T3E, Cray SV1, Cray MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. and Cray SV2 are trademarks, of Cray Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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