Creative Computers Names Ted Sanders CFO.TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1998--Creative Computers, Inc. ("Creative") (Nasdaq:MALL) today announced that Ted Sanders San´ders n. 1. An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood. has been named Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Sanders has been Vice President - Controller of the Company for the past sixteen months. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sanders spent 10 years with the Pittston Company in various senior finance roles including Controller of its Burlington Air Express Global division and Director of Internal Audit. Mr. Sanders started his career with Deloitte & Touche and rose to the position of manager. Mr. Sanders is a C.P.A. Mr. Sanders succeeds Rick Finkbeiner who is leaving the company to accept a position as Corporate Vice President and CFO See Chief Financial Officer. with Menasha Corporation in Wisconsin Wisconsin, state, United States Wisconsin (wĭskŏn`sən, –sĭn), upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bounded by Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, from which it is divided by the Menominee . Mr. Finkbeiner will continue with Creative until October 18 in order to affect a smooth transition. "We're very fortunate to have someone with Ted's abilities and experience to immediately become our CFO. We're saddened to lose Rick, but this move will address his concerns to be close to his family in the Midwest," said Frank Khulusi, Creative 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. . Creative Computers, Inc. is a leading direct marketer of personal computers and related products. The Company offers over 45,000 products to its customers. The Company creates demand for its products through its distinctive, full-color MacMall, PC Mall, and ComputAbility catalogs, outbound out·bound adj. Outward bound; headed away: outbound trains. Adj. 1. outbound - that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" marketing, Internet marketing See Internet advertising. and its Web sites, and other promotional materials. The Company's staff of over 400 knowledgeable sales executives, telemarketing telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations. , customer service and technical support personnel work together to provide high-level customer service and gain customer loyalty. Creative also sells computers, computer-related products and consumer electronics, from a variety of leading manufacturers, in an Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the auction format, through the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, uBid, Inc. uBid's Web site is located at http://www.ubid.com. Creative Computers is a growing Internet force with its four Web sites, at http://www.macmall.com, http://www.pcmall.com, http://www.ubid.com, and http://www.computability.com. The sites offer more than 28,000 computer products -- with detailed specifications for over 8,000 to search and order online. With approximately 50,000 unique users and 700,000 hits per day, the Company's Web sites are a strategic part of the business. Customers may also call MacMall sales at (800) 222-2808, PC Mall sales at (800) 555-MALL, ComputAbility sales at (800) 558-0003 and Creative Computers Integrated Technologies at (800) 700-1000. |
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