EMC Names Robert Heise Vice President, Chief Information Officer.HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1998-- Industry Veteran To Lead EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Global Information Systems Function EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. , the world's leading provider of enterprise storage and software solutions, today announced the appointment of Robert Heise as Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. ). Heise, 55, is responsible for EMC's worldwide information systems (IS) infrastructure, including systems development, operations, telecommunications, IS procurement, enterprise storage and facility requirements. Heise reports to Colin Patteson, Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive . "As a dynamic, fast-growing company, EMC requires information systems that are flexible, scalable and powerful enough to keep pace with our business needs. Like thousands of companies worldwide, we rely on EMC Enterprise Storage solutions to share, manage and protect the large amount of information we generate every day, " said Patteson. "Bob brings a tremendous wealth of Fortune 500-level IS experience to EMC and we are confident that his leadership will enable EMC to leverage its information technology infrastructure for increased competitive advantage." Prior to joining EMC, Heise was Senior Vice President and CIO at Chicago-based Fruit of the Loom Fruit of the Loom is an American company which manufactures clothing, particularly underwear. The company's world headquarters are based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. One manufacturing facility still remains in Jamestown, Kentucky, and several other facilities are located across the , Inc. He previously served as CIO at Richmond, Virginia-based Richfood Holdings, Inc. and also held senior-level IS positions at Black & Decker Corporation, Sprague Technologies, Inc. and PepsiCo. Heise is a graduate of North Adams State College in Massachusetts and has been involved in corporate information systems since 1965. EMC Corporation, a Fortune 500 company based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, is the world's technology and market leader in the rapidly growing market for intelligent enterprise storage systems, software and services. The company's products store, retrieve, manage, protect and share information from all major computing environments, including UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Windows NT and mainframe platforms. The company has offices worldwide, trades on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol EMC, and is a component of the S&P 500 Index. For further information about EMC and its storage solutions, EMC's corporate Web site can be accessed at http://www.EMC.com. EMC and Symmetrix are registered trademarks and EMC Enterprise Storage is a trademark of EMC Corporation. |
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