Datacard Group Appoints Jeffrey J. Hattara President and CEO.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MINNETONKA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2004 Datacard Group today announced the appointment of Jeffrey J. Hattara as their new President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hattara succeeds Mr. Hatim Tyabji, the company's Chairman of the Board of Directors, who served as Acting 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. during the search process leading up to Mr. Hattara's appointment. Mr. Hattara was formerly Datacard Group's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "The Board has great confidence in the current direction of the company and the leadership qualities demonstrated by Mr. Hattara during the period of search for a new CEO. Jeff has already contributed four solid years as our CFO See Chief Financial Officer. , and we look forward to tapping his considerable management strengths as we take Datacard Group into the future," Mr. Tyabji stated in an interview today. Mr. Tyabji went on to observe, "All of Jeff's experience prior to Datacard has been with publicly listed companies that had significant international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. . That experience, combined with his tenure as a senior manager at Datacard, provide the global background for him to lead Datacard Group into the future." About Mr. Hattara A native Chicagoan, Mr. Hattara earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Northwestern University, J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, in Evanston, Illinois. Before joining Datacard Group, he was the VP of Finance and Administration, and CFO for BMC (BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, www.bmc.com) A leading supplier of software that supports and improves the availability, performance, and recovery of applications in complex computing environments. Industries in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and prior to that he had a long management career at USG Corporation in Chicago. There he held numerous management and corporate finance positions in both the corporate headquarters and various operating units, including serving as Director of Corporate Finance during an extensive period of capital market restructurings. While at USG (UNIX Systems Group) The division within Novell that was responsible for UnixWare. See USL. , he also served as Head of Finance for USG International, the company's global component. About Datacard Group Datacard Group offers the world's best-selling secure ID and card personalization solutions. The company's portfolio includes systems for high-volume card issuance, card delivery, secure ID issuance and passport production, plus extensive service and supply offerings (www.datacard.com). |
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