D&B Promotes Patricia A. Clifford to Vice President and Leader -- Human Resources.Business/High Tech Editors MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
D&B (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DNB DNB Dictionary of National Biography DNB Drum N Bass (music) DNB De Nederlandsche Bank DNB Dun & Bradstreet (stock symbol) DNB Den Norske Bank DNB David Nelson Band ), the leading provider of global business information and technology solutions, announced today that it has promoted Patricia A. Clifford to vice president and leader -- human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. effective immediately. Clifford succeeds Peter J. Ross who earlier this year announced his intention to retire from D&B at the end of 2002. Clifford will continue as a member of the Company's global leadership team reporting to Allan Z. Loren, chairman and chief executive officer of D&B. "As champion of our global Winning Culture initiative, Patti has focused on raising the level of leadership of the organization to support the implementation of our Blueprint blueprint, white-on-blue photographic print, commonly of a working drawing used during building or manufacturing. The plan is first drawn to scale on a special paper or tracing cloth through which light can penetrate. strategy," Loren said. "Patti's proven performance in developing a culture focused on winning in the marketplace uniquely positions her to further advance the leadership of our business." In her most recent role, Clifford had responsibility for the Company's global Winning Culture initiatives. During her tenure, Clifford drove the implementation of the company's leadership model as well as the goal setting, performance review, talent assessment and formal feedback processes. In addition, Clifford advanced the employee survey process to include mid and full year surveys and a corporate action planning process. These initiatives contributed to the achievement of the highest employee satisfaction scores and participation rate in the company's history. Prior to assuming her current role in 2001, Clifford held leadership roles of increasing responsibility at D&B, including assistant corporate secretary and assistant vice president -- recognition and events marketing. Clifford joined D&B in 1990 as part of the President's office of Dun & Bradstreet Business Credit Services group. Clifford received a Bachelor's degree in Management from the University of Scranton The University of Scranton is a private, co-educational Jesuit university, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in the northeast region of the state. The school was founded in 1888 by Most Rev. William O'Hara, the first Bishop of Scranton, as St. Thomas College. in Scranton, Pennsylvania "Scranton" redirects here. For other places named Scranton, see Scranton (disambiguation). The City of Scranton is the county seat of Lackawanna CountyGR6 in Northeastern Pennsylvania, USA. . About D&B D&B (NYSE:DNB) provides the information, tools and expertise to help customers Decide with Confidence. D&B enables customers quick access to objective, global information whenever and wherever they need it. Customers use D&B Risk Management Solutions to manage credit exposure, D&B Sales & Marketing Solutions to find profitable customers and D&B Supply Management Solutions to manage suppliers efficiently. D&B's E-Commerce Solutions are also used to authenticate (1) To verify (guarantee) the identity of a person or company. To ensure that the individual or organization is really who it says it is. See authentication and digital certificate. (2) To verify (guarantee) that data has not been altered. and verify potential trading partners online, increasing trust and confidence in e-commerce transactions. Over 90 percent of the Business Week Global 1000 rely on D&B as a trusted partner to make confident business decisions. For more information, please visit www.dnb.com. |
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