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Getronics Canada Names New President TORONTO and BILLERICA, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- July 29, 2004 --Mike Newell Brings 25 Years' Experience in IT Management, Sales, and Engineering to New Position Getronics executive vice president and North America general manager Kevin Roche announced that Michael Newell has been appointed president Getronics Canada Inc. Mr. Newell comes to Getronics from Atos Origin, a global IT consulting and service organization for which he was vice president of strategic sales. He will be based in Toronto and report to Mr. Roche. "Mike Newell has an impressive background of success in the IT industry, and he brings to us valuable international experience," said Mr. Roche, who also serves as a member of the Board of Management for the Amsterdam-based Getronics, a global IT services and solutions provider. "Mike assumes the role of president of our Canadian subsidiary at an exciting time of growth and profitability, and we're happy to have him as a key player on our team." Getronics is Canada's largest independent technology services organization. With over 500 employees working from 30 service locations, Getronics Canada provides national service coverage that extends to over 5,300 communities across the country. Mr. Newell has 25 years of experience in general management, executive sales and sales management in IT services, software and hardware. He began his sales career at Data General Canada in Montreal. He then spent five years as federal government district sales manager for Wang Canada before moving to Informix Software where, as that organization's general manager, he established the Canadian subsidiary. He also spent four years at Oracle Corporation, where he rebuilt the company's central region sales force and became the top producing manager in the company. Prior to his sales career, he was a systems engineer with Datacrown Inc. of Montreal. Mr. Newell has a bachelor's degree in systems design engineering from the University of Waterloo. About Getronics With approximately 22,000 employees in over 30 countries and ongoing revenues of EUR 2.6 billion in 2003, Getronics is one of the world's leading providers of vendor-independent Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions and services. Getronics today combines the capabilities of the original Dutch company with those of Wang Global, acquired in 1999, and of the systems and services division of Olivetti. Getronics is ranked second worldwide in network and desktop outsourcing and fourth worldwide in network consulting and integration (Source: IDC 2002-2003). Getronics designs, integrates and manages ICT infrastructures and business solutions for many of the world's largest global and local companies and organizations, helping them maximize the value of their information technology investments. Getronics headquarters are in Amsterdam, with regional offices in Boston and Singapore. Getronics' shares are traded on Euronext Amsterdam ('GTN'). For further information, visit www.getronics.com/us. |
