KEY EXECUTIVE POSTS FILLED IN 3D SHAKE-UP.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - Fred R. Jones is the newly named vice president and chief financial officer of 3D Systems Corp. in Valencia, company officials announced Monday. And a second key executive post was filled with the appointment of Robert M. Grace Jr. to the position of vice president, general counsel and secretary of the rapid-prototyping company. Both take their jobs a year after an accounting discrepancy threatened the company's Nasdaq listing and forced an internal audit that resulted in a management shake-up. As well as running his own consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , Jones has served as chief financial officer for two firms listed 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. : Thomas & Betts Corp. and Joy Technologies Inc. He also served as president of ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Inc. after the company acquired Combustion Engineering Combustion Engineering (C-E) was an innovative American engineering firm and leading firm in the development of power systems in the United States with approximately 30,000 employees in about a dozen states at its peak. Inc., in which he was treasurer. He previously held finance positions at The Penn Central Corp. and The First National Bank of Chicago. ``Fred has built strong financial-operations teams, managed financial aspects of major mergers and acquisitions, added focus to return on capital and provided strong credibility with capital market participants,'' said Abe Reichental, 3D Systems' president and chief executive officer. ``His demonstrated leadership and strategic skills in financial matters, extensive experience in working as a senior financial executive with major publicly held companies, and his recent experience implementing internal control programs mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation are exactly what 3D Systems needs to support the execution of our business strategy and to provide the highest degree of integrity in our financial reporting.'' Jones holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Missouri at Rolla and a master's in business administration from Stanford University. Grace worked at Sealed Air Corp. for more than 22 years as general counsel, secretary and, more recently, special counsel. Grace graduated with highest honors in economics from Williams College in 1969 and from Columbia University Law School in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, in 1972. He is a member of the 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 Bar and of numerous professional organizations, including the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law , the International Bar Association, the Corporate Counsel Association and the New York State Bar Association The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), with about 72,000 members, is the largest voluntary association of lawyers in the United States. The NYSBA was founded in Albany on November 21 1876. New York lacks an integrated bar, and the NYSBA does not license lawyers in the state. . ``Having had the privilege of working with Bob for more than 20 years, I was very pleased that he chose to join me as a critical player in our new management team,'' Reichental said. ``I am confident that I can rely on his exceptional talents and capabilities to help our company meet the challenges and develop the opportunities ahead.'' Founded in 1986, 3D Systems, provides systems and materials that create three-dimensional objects from computer input. The technology helps reduce the time and cost of designing products. |
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