Rackspace Managed Hosting Names CFO; Former Dell Financial Services Vice President Focuses on Rackspace Growth, Fanatical Support.SAN ANTONIO San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. -- Rackspace Managed Hosting today announced the company has expanded its leadership team naming Major Horton as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Horton joins Rackspace after nine years with Dell Inc. and Dell 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. LP where he most recently served as vice president and general manager of Dell Financial Services' commercial financial services group. In his new role at Rackspace, Horton will be responsible for the company's fiscal function and performance, treasury management, capital structure, investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. and supply chain management. Prior to Dell Financial Services, Horton held several finance leadership positions with Dell and AlliedSignal including vice president of finance and segment controller for Dell's Enterprise sales segment as well as division controller and corporate director of financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against and analysis with AlliedSignal. "Major brings the financial management experience from Dell to drive our finance team and hone our business model as Rackspace grows. We have been making significant progress at Rackspace, and Major will be a strong leader for the finance group as we continue to move forward as a force in the managed hosting marketplace," said Lanham Napier, president, Rackspace Managed Hosting. "Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , Major believes in our core value of Fanatical Support(TM) and recognizes it as our secret to success." "Rackspace is a company with a lofty mission of becoming one of the world's greatest service companies, and it is well on the way to achieving this vision. The company is one of the most stable players in its industry with a solid business model, a capable leadership team and nearly one thousand 'Rackers' worldwide that deliver Fanatical Support(TM) to customers each day," said Horton. "As Rackspace continues to drive the growing hosting industry, my objective will be to maximize our resources and facilitate a growth path to help reach our ultimate mission of customer service excellence." In his earlier career, Horton served as a consulting manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol and held various business planning, engineering, and information technology positions at General Motors. He earned a Master of Science in management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, and a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering from Kettering University. About Rackspace Managed Hosting Rackspace Managed Hosting(TM) is the leading managed hosting provider for customers of all sizes -- from start-ups to enterprise customers. Founded in 1998, Rackspace has built a world-class service organization based on its philosophy of Fanatical Support(TM). The company offers a wide range of managed services for enterprise hosting platforms and currently hosts 15 percent of the Fortune 100 Companies. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com, or call 800-961-2888. |
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