In a hospitality industry, the senior executive was not getting the results desired from his senior staff. Major change initiatives were not getting traction. Strategic business units were working more independently than cooperatively with the corporate office. The basics of the function were not being handled effectively or consistently. With...
Senior executives across the world have given their HR departments an emphatic thumbs-down, rating them the worst-performing of all their business functions. The Economist Intelligence Unit's annual CEO Briefing survey quizzed 555 senior executives, including 226 CEOs, about their priorities and challenges over the next few years. Asked to rate...
In September 2004, Protiviti Inc., a leading business and technology risk consulting and internal audit firm, commissioned a study to better understand the risk profiles of senior executives with the 1,000 largest companies in the United States. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to identify the nature of the...
From the executive summary: 'Senior executives are under pressure to accelerate technological advances, quicken product life cycles, and improve operational performance. The traditional response in uncertain times is to cut costs, freeze recruitment, and look for layoffs. However, the measures singularly may not deliver the much-needed answer that companies require,...
I've found myself on the hot seat several times in the past having to convince a group of senior executives on the merits of purchasing expensive HR technologies, in my case, usually a hiring management system. Anyone making the arguments now, in these times of fiscal restraint, has a tough...
Senior executives at U.S multinational companies are divided about the cost of complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The paper presents the data induced by the barometer report that 56 percent of surveyed executives said initial compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley was not very costly for their company, while 44 percent...
North PlainsSystems Corp ., the leading provider of digital asset management DAMand video asset management VAM software and solutions, today announceddetails of its seventh annual TeleScope User Group TUG Conference on Sept. 8-9, 2008, in Toronto. The two-day conference, held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel ,...
Pioneering Technology Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario (TSX VENTURE: PIO), ("Pioneering") announced today that the Florida Housing Finance Corporation FHFC has awarded affordable housing tax credits to assist in funding the construction of a new affordable housing seniors apartment complex in Bartow, FL. Pioneering Technology received a purchase order for $...
Delcath Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCTH) announcedtoday the addition of two senior executives as the Company accelerates itsPhase III clinical trial towards completion. Mark Morrison, M.D., Ph.D.joins Delcath as Chief Medical Officer to oversee the expansion of clinicalactivity of the Company's first Phase III clinical trial. He replaces Dr.Seymour Fein in...
PHILADELPHIA -- Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE:SUN) announced today that its board of directors has elected Lynn Laverty Elsenhans as Chief Executive Officer and President effective August 8, 2008, upon the retirement of John G. Drosdick, current CEO and President. Ms. Elsenhans has also been elected a member of the board of...
Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation todayannounced that Kevin Wrenn, the company's senior vice president of PCBusiness and Operations, has been named a Top 25 Supply Chain Executive byGlobal Supply Chain Review. The winners of the 2008 Top 25 Supply ChainExecutives Award are listed in the magazine's June issue. According to the...
JERUSALEM -- BioLineRx Ltd. (TASE:BLRX), a clinical stage drug development company, announced today that BL-1040, a novel myocardial implant for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction MI, has been selected as one of the Top 10 most promising cardiovascular projects in development available for strategic partnering by an independent committee...
LONDON & TAIWAN -- Julian James, a senior executive with global insurance broker Lockton, has told an international audience of insurance industry leaders that in the current global risk environment, it will be a time to "analyse operations and take the tough decisions necessary to ensure survival in any downturn."...
ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines Inc. on Tuesday announced its plans for the composition of its senior leadership team after it acquires Northwest Airlines Corp. later this year. The Atlanta-based carrier said it expects the transition of Northwest's operations into Delta to last 12 to 24 months....
New Hires Add to Company's Growth; Rapidly Advancing Proprietary Non-Invasive Cancer Diagnostic Technology SAN DIEGO & LEXINGTON, Mass. -- Predictive Biosciences, an emerging molecular diagnostics company developing non-invasive diagnostic products for informed cancer management[TM], today announced the appointment of two senior executives: Ellen Sheets, M.D., to the newly...
Founder Chris Rowen Becomes CTO to Drive Advanced Processor Technology SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Expanding its executive team with the talented leadership required to take the company into its next phase of growth, Tensilica, Inc. today announced it has appointed Dr. Jack Guedj, Ph.D. as the company's president...
In preparation for rapid market and customer growth, data integration startup adds industry veterans to executive team and announces executive appointments BURLINGTON, Mass. -- expressor software corporation, the leader in semantic data integration software, announced today the addition of two industry veterans to its executive team. Frank Fallon...
CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. -- The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ:CAKE) today announced the appointment of veteran marketing executive Mark Mears to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, a newly created position. Mr. Mears will be responsible for all aspects of the Company's branding, including the development and...
HSBC reports findings of inaugural survey of under-researched market segment, representing nearly $6 trillion in sales and employing 32 million * Two-thirds (67%) of senior executives say sales abroad to grow faster than U.S. * Nearly half (49%) intend to raise international sales targets ...
New board members bring extensive venture capital, entrepreneurial and executive experience from some of the world's largest technology businesses BOSTON -- Coveo Solutions, Inc., a global provider of search-powered information access solutions, today announced that J. Alberto Yepez and Howard Gwin have joined the company as board members....
