DUN & BRADSTREET ELECTS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT TO FOCUS ON NEW BUSINESS STRATEGY; Victoria R. Fash Appointed to Top Strategy Post.WILTON, CONN.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27--The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation announced today that its board of directors elected Victoria R. Fash, 43, senior vice president - business strategy, reporting to Robert E. Weissman, chairman and chief executive officer. "D&B is evolving its strategy to the next logical progression," said Weissman. "We call it `information engineering'--integrating technology, data and service to create business insight. This innovative, long-term growth plan is the blueprint for D&B's future. Working in conjunction with D&B's executive and division management team, Vickie Fash's priority objective is developing and implementing this new strategic direction." As vice president of business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets planning since early 1994, Fash worked extensively with all D&B divisions on key strategic and operational issues. She is the principal architect of D&B's investment strategy to fuel long-term revenue growth, which yielded positive results in the first quarter. "Vickie Fash's strength is strategic thinking grounded in business fundamentals business fundamentals The general background within which an economy operates including earnings, sales, wage rates, taxes, and inflation. Improving business fundamentals are generally viewed as bullish for stocks, although stock prices at any given point ," said Weissman. "Her extensive knowledge of D&B's division operations, combined with a strong network of working relationships throughout the company, are key assets necessary to implement the information engineering strategy." Fash was with Management Science America (MSA (Metropolitan Service Area) An urban area with at least 50,000 people plus surrounding counties. There are 306 MSAs and 428 RSAs (rural service areas) in the U.S. MSAs and RSAs are used to allocate cellular licenses. ) from 1985 to 1991, when it was acquired by D&B. Based in London, she played an instrumental role in merging the international operations of MSA and McCormack & Dodge to form D&B Software. She started with MSA in sales and marketing. Prior to joining MSA, she served as director of information services See Information Systems. at the Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. , where she was responsible for production computer operations. She began her career as a financial analyst at the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
Fash graduated Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa: see fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Leading academic honour society in the U.S., which draws its membership from college and university students. The oldest Greek-letter society in the U.S. from the University of Illinois in 1975 with a B.S., majoring in computer science. She subsequently received an M.B.A. with honors there in 1978. The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation is the world's leading marketer of information, software and services for business decision making, with worldwide revenue of $4.9 billion in 1994. CONTACT: The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation Reid H. Gearhart, 203/834-4275 |
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