Waste Management Inc. Names Lynn M. Caddell Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2004 Waste Management Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) A programming interface (API) in Windows that allows system and network devices to be configured and managed. WMI is based on WBEM, which stores all definitions in a CIM database. ) announced today that it has named Lynn M. Caddell senior vice president and chief information officer. Caddell will succeed the Company's former 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. , Tom Smith, who retired on March 8, 2004. Caddell will be responsible for the Company's information technology functions. She will lead a group of over 400 and will report directly to Waste Management's Chief Executive Officer David Steiner You may be looking for:
"Lynn has the proven skills and talent we were searching for in a CIO candidate. We are excited to have her join our senior leadership team as we continue our strategy of operational excellence," said Steiner. "We also want to thank Tom Smith for his service to Waste Management and we wish him the very best in his retirement. Tom was instrumental in the successful turnaround of our Company, and we are grateful to him." Caddell will join Waste Management from Yellow Technologies Inc. where she has served as president since November 1999. Prior to that position, she was vice president of Systems Development for Yellow Technologies, which is based in Overland Park Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan. Prior to Yellow Technologies, Caddell held systems development and software engineering positions with America West Airlines America West Airlines was one of the United States' ten major airlines. The airline was based in Tempe, Arizona, and is now a part of US Airways Group. At the time of its integration into US Airways, the airline maintained two hubs, one at Phoenix Sky Harbor International , Motorola Inc., and International Business Machines Inc. Caddell holds a bachelor's degree in history from Jacksonville University and a master's degree in systems engineering from the University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. . She also completed an executive education program at Harvard University. While at Yellow Technologies Inc., Caddell and her team received the CIO 100 award in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003. The Kansas City Business Journal also recognized her in 2003 as one of the Journal's "25 Women Who Mean Business." Caddell will start her employment with Waste Management later this month. Waste Management Inc. is its industry's leading provider of comprehensive waste management services. Based in Houston, the Company serves municipal, commercial, industrial, and residential customers throughout North America. |
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