GENERAL SIGNAL NAMES CLARK VICE PRESIDENT -- SOURCING.STAMFORD, CT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 1995--General Signal Corporation announced today the election of William W. Clark to the newly created position of Vice President -- Sourcing. Mr. Clark, 54, joined General Signal in 1992 as vice president, operations for Tau-Tron, a division of General Signal's GS Telecom Group unit. Before coming to General Signal, he worked for Eastman Kodak Company for 24 years. His positions included vice president of operations for Kodak's ATEX ATEX ATmosphere EXplosibles (French: Explosive Atmospheres) ATEX Anti-Terrorism Exercise ATEX ATM Tributary Extension (Tellabs) division, manager of corporate sourcing, and department head of Kodak's Materials Management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, operations. "Bill is familiar with unit operations Unit operations A structure of logic used for synthesizing and analyzing processing schemes in the chemical and allied industries, in which the basic underlying concept is that all processing schemes can be composed from and decomposed into a series of and has extensive experience with commodity management and developing partnerships with key suppliers. This is exactly the expertise needed to make sourcing a significant contributor to General Signal's profitability," said Michael D. Lockhart, 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. . Mr. Clark received a Master of Applied Math and Statistics from Rochester Institute of Technology and a B.A. of Science, Electrical Engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from Northeastern University. He and his wife will be relocating to the greater Stamford area. General Signal Corporation, with 1994 sales of $1.53 billion, is a leading equipment manufacturer for the process control, electrical, and industrial technology industries. CONTACT: General Signal Corporation Nino Fernandez 203/329-4320 |
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