Federated names James J. Amann to dual positions as chairman of credit and systems Groups.Stores, Inc. announced today the establishment of a single chairman/chief executive officer role responsible for management oversight of two divisions -- the Atlanta-based Federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. Systems Group (FSG See Linux Foundation. ) and the Cincinnati-based Financial and Credit Services Group (FACS FACS Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. FACS abbr. Fellow of the American College of Surgeons FACS fluorescence-activated cell sorter. ). The company said the move is aimed at better meeting its evolving data management needs. Effective March 1, James J. Amann has been named chairman and chief executive officer of both FSG and FACS. Amann has been president and chief executive officer of FACS since 1989. In his new capacity, Amann will be responsible for directing the operations of both FSG and FACS, which will remain separate divisions of Federated. Amann, who will make Atlanta his home and FSG his principal office, also will continue to serve as chairman and chief executive officer of FDS FDS Fim-De-Semana (Portugese: weekend) FDS Federated Department Stores, Inc. FDS Fiche de Données de Sécurité (Material Safety Data Sheets) FDS Famicom Disk System FDS Faculty of Dental Surgery National Bank, which issues Federated's credit cards. In announcing the move, James M. Zimmerman, Federated's president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , emphasized that Amann brings to FSG an essential blend of expertise in both department store operations and systems development/data management. "The current phase of retail data management we will be undertaking within Federated requires particular emphasis on efficient and user-friendly systems," Zimmerman said. "Jim Amann has demonstrated his ability to manage that crucial element of FACS, and with his extensive background in store operations and data management, he brings the necessary expertise and leadership to FSG that will enable it to meet our evolving needs in information management." Zimmerman noted that Federated is able to make this move now because, under Amann's leadership, FACS "is up and running as a stable business, with a clear direction and strategy and a solid management support team. It is important to emphasize that this is not a merger or consolidation of two separate operations, both of which perform a crucial support role for the corporation. Both FACS and FSG will continue to operate separately; the only change will be that going forward there will be a dual chairman over both divisions." Amann began his career at Federated in 1964 as a programmer analyst A person who analyzes and designs information systems and designs and writes the application programs for the system. In theory, a programmer analyst is both systems analyst and applications programmer. In practice, the title is sometimes simply a reward to a programmer for tenure. in the Cincinnati corporate office. In 1975, he became vice president of corporate information systems, a position he held until being named vice president for operations at Filene's in Boston, then a division of Federated. Amann was named president of the company's Goldsmith's division in Memphis in 1980, and in 1983 became president of a new, start-up division called MainStreet, in Chicago. A native of Cincinnati, Amann is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ranked as one of America’s top 25 public research universities and in the top 50 of all American research universities,[2] . He and his wife, Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. , have three children. In a related move, Lawrence E. Honig, who joined Federated in 1994 as president and chief executive officer of FSG, will be leaving to pursue career opportunities outside of the company. "We greatly appreciate all of Larry Honig's many contributions at FSG during the past two years, and we wish him every success in his future endeavors," Zimmerman said. Federated, with corporate offices in Cincinnati and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , is one of the nation's leading department store retailers, with annual sales of more than $15 billion. Federated currently operates more than 440 department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. and 150 specialty stores in 36 states. Federated's department stores now operate under the names of Bloomingdale's, The Bon Marche, Broadway, Bullock's, Burdines, Emporium, Goldsmith's, Jordan Marsh, Lazarus, Macy's, Rich's, Stern's and Weinstock's. -0- (NOTE: Information on Federated and its operating divisions, including copies of past press releases and corporate background data, also is available by calling Fax-On-Demand at 1-800-853-9150.) CONTACT: Federated Department Stores, Inc., Cincinnati Carol Sanger, 513/579-7764 Susan Robinson, 513/579-7780 |
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